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BUTTS COUNTY PROGRESS
VOLUME 32.
ELECTION COMES
NEXT TUESDAY
Long Ticket to Be Voted
• This Year
ARE MANYAMENDMENTS
Bull Moose Party Has Can
didates in The Field—A
Good Vote Is Expedted
in Combined Elections
The State and National election
in Georgia will be held on next
Tuesday, November 3. This is
the first time in the history of
the state that the two elections
have been held on the same date,
the legislature at the last session
having changed the date of the
state election so as to conform to
the national election.
The ballot is a long one. Ten
constitutional amendments are
to be voted on in the general elec
tion. Four new counties were
created at the last general as
sembly and will be voted on. An
amendment changing the term
of county officers from two to
four years and another abolish
ing the office of county treasurer
are among the proposed amend
ments to the state constitution.
The Progressive or Bull Moose
party has a set of candidates in
the field for United States sena
tor against the nominees. This
may inject some interest into a
race that is otherwise very quiet.
In this county all the arrange
ments for the election are being
made by Judge J. H. Ham, who
has the tickets and all the neces
sary blanks ready for distribution
among the several precincts.
Sunday Schools
Held Meeting
A large attendance and inter
esting discussions were features
of the meeting of the Jackson
division of the Butts County Sun
day School Association which
met here Sunday, the Methodist
church being the host. Mr. D.
W. Sims and Miss Magee of the
State Association were prominent
visitors who delivered addresses.
There was a session in the
morning and in the afternoon,
both of which were largely at
tended. Several local speakers
appeared on the program, which
was changed somewhat. oo
music added much to the success
,of the convention.
The out-of-town delegates and
visitors were entertained by the
people of Jackson.
Money For Fair
Wanted at Once
All those who subscribed to the
County Fair are requested to pay
their donations to Mr.
Daughtry, treasurer, at once
The fair committee is working
hard and earnestly to get aU the
details of the exhibit completed.
As the date for the fair is on y
a few days off, it is irap ®' a ' ;d
that all the subscriptions be pa
at the earliest time possible.
CORN CLUB BOYS
GOING TO FAIR
Twenty-Five Have Over 67
Bushel Average
MAY WIN VALUABLEPRIZE
Demonsration Agent Wor
sham Will Accompany
Bovs to State Fair Next
Thursday Morning
Twenty-five members of the
Butts County Boys Corn Club,
having a combined average of a
JACKSON, GEORGIA. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1914.
Southern Independence.
By W. L. PICKARD, President Mercer University.
The south must write anew declaration of independence. And
this must be written in deeds, not in words; in conditions, not
laws, bylaws, and resolutions.
The New England States, the north, and the west are going to
look out for themselves. It is of no use for us of the south to
quarrel at the north for not coming to our rescue when a crisis
here does not hurt the north.
It is futile for the south to look to congress for aid. We ought
to know this by now. For fifty years we have paid princely tribute
to the other sections of the United States, and have gotten from
the govornment not results but postoffice buildings. On every
showdown the south has been left to take care of itself. Truly we
have been slow to heed the lessons we have learned.
England and New England stand together against the south to
bear the cotton market in order to get our cotton as cheaply as pos
sible that they may buy it and manufacture it and sell it back to
us in high priced goods. Therefore England and New England are
not going to help the south in our crisis, for they use our crisis as
their pie time. It is human nature’s way.
The middle northern states are the great manufacturers of ma
chinery and furniture. And they count on selling us all of our
machinery and farming implements. Here, at present, we are
slaves to the manufacturing states.
The middle west and west reckon on selling us meal, flour,
corn, oats, hay and meat. Therefore, they are not going to come
to our relief in a crisis. All these sections are looking to their own
interests, not ours. Human nature in England, New England, the
north, the middle west and the west is just about the same.
The south must help herself. Till then, she will be helpless in
every crisis. When she does this she will have passed her last ciisis.
She must grow every bushel of her wheat, oats, corn, barley
and rice, and raise all the hay she needs. She must grow all of
her beef, pork and mutton. She can do all of this, and because
she can, she must.
She must make all of her machinery and furniture in her own
bounds out of her own iron wood, and steel. She can do it if she
will try. And her own people can do it. We southern people can
do anything when we try to.
Then, we must manufacture every bale of our cotton here on
southern soil where it is grown, and make Europe, Asia and the
balance of the world pay us for our goods, instead of letting the
world use us as its slaves on the question of our cotton. The
other part of the world pays us what it pleases for it, then makes
us pay the weightage, the freight and exchange on every pound of
it. Then it manufactures it, sells the goods back to us at its own
prices, and makes us pay the freight back on the goods and ex
change on the money. On this industry the south must make the
world come to her terms. Think of it! Liverpool, Boston and
New York that never saw a cotton stalk grow, fixes the price of
our cotton. It would be funny if it were not a commercial tragedy!
Every farmer in the south should grow all of his food at home
except his sugar and coffee. He should grow all the provender
necessary to run his farm. He can do this with judgement and
work. Could grow his sugar if he would.
To haul cotton to market in order to haul meal, flour and meat
back home is utter foolishness.
a valuable prize.
Thursday and Friday are corn
club days at the state fair, which
opens next Tuesday, and all the
boys who conformed to the rules
are requested to write, at once,
to Mr. C. S. Maddox or Prof. H.
L. Worsham, giving their ages
and stating whether or not they
are going to Macon. The boys
are requested to meet at the of
fice of Mr. Maddox at 8 o’clock,
Thursday morning, Nov. 5. The
parents of the boys are asked to
accompany them. Arrangements
have been made to pay the bovs’
railroad fare, though, of course,
the fathers of the boys will bear
their own expenses.
Mr. Worsham has already ship
ped the corn exhibit to Macon.
It was packed and put in the ex
press office Monday.
A few of the boys are late in
gathering their corn. They must
attend to that matter at once, as
the time limit expires this week.
SPELLING MATCH
HUGE SUCCESS
WiU Be Repeated at An
Early Date
COURT HOUSE THE PLACE
Unrivaled Interest Aroused
By Contest Which At
tracted Large Crowd-
Judge Ham’s Team Won
The spelling match given by
the William Mclntosh chapter,
Daughters of the American Rev
olution, last Friday night was an
entire success in every way, the
side chosen by Judge Ham win
ning over Mayor Watkins’ team.
Financially the spelling contest
MEETING FAILED
TO ADOPT PLANS
Opposed to Extra Session
of Legislature
SEVERAL SPEECHES MADE
Mass Meeting Held Here
Saturday Did Not Agree
on Anything Definite-
Stick to Previous Plans
The mass meeting held in the
court house Saturday afternoon
failed to agree on any definite
plan of action, and after going on
record as opposing an extra ses
sion of the legislature to consider
cutting the cotton acreage, ad
journed. The attendance was be
tween seventy-five and one hun
dred, and interest was not as
keen as that of the previous meet
ing held here.
Judge J. H. Ham, Ordinary,
stated the purpose of the meeting
and read a resolution prepared
by Harvie Jordan. This reso.u
tion recited the fact tua* there
would be on hand, Sept. 1, 1915,
14,000,000 bales of cotton a; 1 sta
ted that legislation was . npera
tive to save the South from se
rious injury.
Mr. S. K. Smith and Dr. R.
YV. Mays were among those who
made talks at the meeting.
So far as known the farmers
of Butts county will stand by the
plan of diversification previously
adopted, which includes the ac
ceptance by landlords of payment
of rents in grain and foodstuffs
in 1915.
Grand Lodge
Now in Session
The Grand Lodge of Masons is
in session in Macon this week,
having convened Tuesday. It is
estimated that at least fifteen
hundred visitors attended this
year’s session. Several matters
of importance were acted on, in
addition to the routine business.
The business was transacted in
two days this year. The question
of the Masonic temple was dis
cussed at length.
Judge H. M. Fletcher and sev
eral others from Butts county
attended this meeting.
was a success, some nine or ten
dollars being realized. What the
crowd lacked in numbers it made
up interest and there was not a
dull moment during the evening.
The spelling bee brought out
the fact that there are some good
spellers in Butts county. Those
who stood up longest on Mayor
Watkins’ side were Miss Puss
Patterson and Mr. W. M. Taylor,
while Mrs. J. T. Moore, Mrs. J.
D. Jones and Mr. S. P. Nichols
were declared the winners on
Judge Ham’s team.
Prof. Martin pronounced, his
work pleasing both'sides. There
was a good deal of fun mixed in
with the match and the contest
made a decided hit with the peo
ple of the city.
In respone to many requests
the chapter plans to repeat the
spelling match at an early date.
NUMBER 44.