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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.