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BUTTS COUNTY PROGRESS
VOLUME 32.
SUGGESTIONS FOR
GEORGIA DINNERS
November 18th Will Be
Widely Observed
JACKSON MAKING PLANS
Georgia Produces Dinner
Will Be Held Here Dur
ing Butts County Fair
Week, November 18th
The following suggestions for
Georgia Products Day dinners
will be of helpful interest to the
committee, of which Mr. S. H.
Mays is chairman, who is plan
ning for the dinner to be held in
Jackson Nov. 18:
1. Make them simple and eco
nomical, to show how we could
live if we were quarantined or
marooned. If any community
cannot, for good reason, hold a
dinner, barbecue or luncheon, let
the people assemble at a “smok
er,” and discuss the welfare of
their town and county.
2. Let it be an occasion for
optimism, cheer and good-fellow
ship, with eyeryone looking to
the day when Georgia shall be
self-sustaining.
3. Let only Georgia Products
be served, except such articles of
exotic growth as coffee, and let
that be roasted in Georgia.
4. Let the attention of every
one be turned, on Georgia Pro
ducts Day. to consideration of
what Georgia produces and
what the state must do to be
come self-sustaining.
5. Everybody should do every
thing possible to make these din
ners successful and a source of
great benefit to the people. Let
it be, as far as practicable, a
“Get together” day for farmers
and town people, that they may
know each other better, under
stand each others problems, rec
ognize that many problems are
mutual, learn the lesson of co
operation for the common good,
and plan for the future accord
ingly. Nearly everywhere there
is more or less distrust of town
people by the farmer, and more
or less lack of regard for the
sterling qualities of the farmer
by the town dwellers. If,
through getting better acquaint
ed, these obstacles to progress
can be removed, the results will
repay the cost of thousands of
dinners.
6. Have your people get busy
and win some of the prizes of
fered for Georgia Products Day.
The enthusiasm and public- spir
it aroused will be worth more to
the community than all the prizes
7. The hotel men will usually
be found ready to co-operate in
getting up these dinners.
8. Please write the Georgia
Chamber of Commerce at once
stating what you have planned
for your community, and how
far the preparations are advanc
ed, so that we can give same the
proper publicity.
Authentic records show that
from a forest fire in the
tops in northern W *J
fin this fall, were carried a dis
tance of 20 miles.
Advertise Your Activities
Manufacturers Record
All over the South, as well as throughout the country general
ly, there are industries running full time to take care of the orders
growing out of the war. There were nearly 250,000 spindles
at work in the South in September, 1914, than in September of last
year, the figures being, according to the United States Department
of Commerce, 12,257,006 for this year as against 12,009,006 for
September, 1913.
Some cotton mills, woolen mills, steel mills and others are busy
with various products required for the use of the warring nations,
and some industries, notably those manufacturing glass, have been
forced to unusual activity by the shutting down of the industries
abroad.
The packers and the manufacturers of foodstuffs of all kinds
are reported so busy that visitors to the north and west declare
there were no evidences at all of a war-time derangement of trade.
The South can raise foodstuffs and livestock, and can find a
ready, profitable market, locally or abroad, for all that may be
raised.
Immediate adjustment of the business of the world cannot be
obtained, of course, and individual economy and business prudence
are imperatively required. But much business must be done by
the industries of the United States, and the South must do its share
The livest and the most energetic will get the bulk of this bus
iness, as such do at any and all times.
Therefore, be a salesman in spirit. No man can be a salesman
and a pessimist at the same time. Every expression from every
Southern man and every Southern community should be vibrant
with courage, determination, hope. There are some blotches here
and there, to be sure, but quit making a public exhibition of the
sores. Show the sound places.
Advertise your activities.
A. H. S. Davis
Teaches Writing
Mr. A. H. S. Davis, an expert
in penmanship, has organized a
writing class in Jackson and les
sons are given at the public school
building at 3 and 7:30 o’clock p.
m. each day. The class was or
ganized Monday and a number
are enrolled for the course.
Mr. Davis, who is a former
clerk of Butts Superior Court, is
well qualified to give instruction
in this important and often neg
lected branch. Those desiring to
enroll for the course should see
Mr. Davis at once.
Revival Starts
At Pepperton
A revival that will last ten days
is now in progres sat the Pepper
ton church, Rev. Frank Jackson
assisting the pastor, Rev. Z. E.
Barron. Mr. Jackson, who is
State Evangelist, is a well known
preacher of many years experi
ence. Services will be held daily at
7 p. m. and the public is invited.
The singing will be in charge
of Mr. W. W. Wilson, who will
be assisted by a well trained choir.
Get Up Something For
Georgia Products Day
All who have exhibits for
Georgia Products Day, Nov. 18th,
are requested to leave them at
Carmichael-Mallet’s store. Bring
us something to put on exhibi
tion to show our county’s re
sources, S. K. Smith,
G. E. Mallet,
Committee on miscellaneous
exhibits.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1914.
DEMOCRATS WIN
STATE EASILY
Election Proved Quiet In
All Georgia
AMENDMENTS SEEM SAFE
Bull Moose Candidates Get
A Few Counties in Some
Parts of The State—Slow
in Counting The Ballots
The election Tuesday had few
surprises, the regular Democrat
ic nominees, Hoke Smith and T.
W. Hardwick, winning handily.
The Bull Moose candidates, C.
W. McClure and G. R. Hutchens,
got a considerable vote in some
sections and carried a sprinkling
of counties, particularly in north
Georgia.
The first returns indicate that
all the constitutional amend
ments, ten in all, were ratified.
The vote was the lightest cast
in some time. The people did not
leave their work to go to the
polls, either feeling sure of the
result or showing but little inter
est in the contest.
The ticket was so long that it
was slow and tedious work count
ing out the ballots. In many in
stances the managers worked
until a late hour before they fin
ished counting.
Elsewhere will be found the
result of the election in Butts
county.
As many as 72 different kinds
of wood are used in the manufac
ture of umbrella handles, canes
and whips in this country.
Land Brings
sl6 An Acre
Forty and three fourths acres
of the estate lands of the late I.
B. Carmichael sold at public sales
Tuesday for $660, being bid in
by Mr. J. B. Settle. The realty
was sold by Mr. B. G. Carmichael
as administrator. The property
is situated in the 610 district.
This was the only property of
fered for sale. Bidding was not
spirited at any time. This was
the first real estate sold here at
public sales in some time.
MK. L. A. MADDOX
CLAIMED BY DEATH
Mr. L. A. Maddox died at his
home in this city Wednesday
morning following an illness of
several weeks, of pneumonia.
He had been critically sick for
several days and his death while
not unexpected came as a blow to
a large circle of friends.
Mr. Maddox was one of the
best known and most widely li
ked voung men in the countyj
He was a member of the Baptist
church and 32 years old.
Surviving Mr. Maddox are his
wife, who was Miss Fannie Mae
Moore before her marriage, five
sisters, Mrs. Charles Thornton,
Mrs. S. J. Watkins, Mrs. 0. L.
Adams, of McDonough, Misses
Leila and Evie Maddox; two
brothers, Carl and Dean Maddox.
The funeral was held Thursday
morning at 11 o’clock, the servi
ces being conducted by Dr. Rob
ert VanDeventer. Interment
was in the City Cemetery. At
testing the esteem in which he
was held were many beautiful
floral tributes.
In their bereavement the fam
ily have the sympathy of numer
ous friends.
BOYS CORN CLUB
HAS FINE RECORD
Highest Yield Reported Is
141.6 Bushels
BEST YEAR FOR COUNTY
Three Boys Top 100 Bush
els And Other Contest
ants Show up With Big
Yields For 1914 Work
The record of the Butts county
Boys Corn Club for 1914 is the
best yet made. Three boys are
well over the 100 bushel mark,
while other contestans show up
remarkably well.
Several of the boys have not
yet reported. The yields of all
the members who have made a
report are given herewith:
Bernard Gaston 141.6
Ernest Watkins 141.4
Powell McElhenny 127
Metz Kines 97
Lewis Dodson 77.84
Lindsey Thornton 75
Albert Hencely 71.03
Jim Smith 70
George Ray 66.80
Kinard Thaxton 65.01
Thomas Hale 64.29
Anderson Pittman 62.22
Pliny Weaver 61.08
Eton Trapp 56.63
Henry Moncrief 56.21
J. T. Kinard 56.07
Harvey Bond 55.23
Coil Perdue 54.75
Geo. B. Hughie 51.06
Leoard Dodson 50.21
Durham Thaxton 50
Walstein O’Neal 49.6
Hubert Plymale 47.50
Richard Plymale 47
Walter Vickers 42.39
Ray Duke 45.7
Robert Lavender 40.42
Ellsworth McMichael 45.33
Charles Brownlee 41.29
Bennie Carmichael 40.97
Geo. V. Martin 39.90
Levi Barnes 39.40
Verner Godsey 38.71
Morris Williams 38.63
Harold Chambers 37.99
Horace Thomas 36
Kirbie Duke 36
Ewell Nolan 31.23
A. G. Spencer 27.70
Sherwood Hardy 27
Thrasher Carmichael 23
Geo. Carter Moore 21.12
Chester O’Neal 18.56
MRS. M. E. MCELHENNEY
PASSED AWAY MONDAY
At the age of 78, Mrs. Mary
Elizabeth McElhenney, widow of
the late Frank McElhenney. died
at her home in Towaliga district
Monday afternoon at 4 oclock.
She was before marriage a Miss
Maddox, and was an estimable
Christian lady, highlp esteemed
by a large circle or friends.
Mrs. McElhenney is survived
by one daughter, Mrs. T. M. Rid
geway, one son, Mr. J. N. Mc-
Elhenney and a step-son, George
Hugh McElhenney; two sisters,
Mrs. Alfred Dodson and Mrs. Ed
Edwards.
The funeral was held Tuesday
afternoon at 3 o'clock at Fellow
ship church, the services being
conducted by Rev. Mr. Harper.
NUMBER 45.