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BUTTS COUNTY PROGRESS
VOLUME 32.
COUNTY FAIR ON
NEXT WEDNESDAY
Final Meeting to Be Held
Here Friday
NO CHARGEFOR DISPLAYS
Mr. H. L. Worsham Chos
en As General Manager of
The Fair—Large Atten
dance Is Expected
Plans for the Butts County
Fair are about complete, another
meeting being scheduled for Fri
day at 2 o’clock in the courthouse
when the final arrangements will
be perfected.
Members of the Boys Corn club
and the Girls Canning club will
be awarded prizes, in cash or its
equivalent, amounting to $275.
It was decided, on account of the
present conditions, to give Blue
Ribbons to the prize winners in
all other departments.
The live stock exhibit will be
shown in the county stockade on
Oak street. All other exhibits
will be in the court house or on
the public square.
Farm Demonstrator, H. L.
Worsham, will be general mana
ger of the exhibits and those de
siring to make a display should
see him at once.
There is no charge for entering
exhibits.
This is the first fair ever pro
moted in Butts county, and will
doubtless prove a big success.
The money for the premium list
was contributed by the public
spirited citizens of the county.
A large attendance is expected.
There will be exhibits in live
stock, poultry, Boys Corn club.
Domestic Science and Sehool ex
hibit, Girls Canning club, Agri
cultural displays, Ladies depart
ment, Miscellaneous exhibits.
The judges for the various de
partments will be selected by Mr.
Worsham and will be specialists
in their lines.
Governor O’Neal
Likes Slaton Plan
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 12.—Gover
nor O’Neal of Alabama and the
attorney general of that state are
in hearty support of the position
taken by Governor Slaton of
Georgia as to laws to regulate the
cotton acreage. The attorney
general has handed down an
opinion that such a reduction law
as was proposed would be uncon
stitutional.
The Alabama executive in a
letter to Governor Slaton praises
the latter highly on his recent
address to the people setting
forth reasons why he would not
call an extra session to force
such a law on the farmers.
"It was the most logical and
statesmanlike presentation of the
issue that has been made, said
Governor O’Neal.
Contributions for
Fair Are Wanted
The Butts County Fair Associ
tion requests an early settlement
of all funds subscribed for the
purpose of awarding premiums
and defraying expenses. The
day for the fair is right at hand
and the funds are needed. Please
see our treasurer, Mr. H. L.
Daughtry, and get a receipt for
same.
Thanking you who have sub
scribed and those who haven’t
subscribed, for any moral or fi
nancial help you may give a wor
thy move like this.
Very respectfully,
H. L. Worsham, Mgr.
EXPRESS COMPANY
PUTS ON DELIVERY
Other Impovements to Be
Added later
SERVICE ALREADY BEGUN
Jackson Will Get Express
on All Trains As Soon
As Business Conditions
Will Authorize It
The Southern Express Compa
ny put on a delivery system in
this city on the first of Novem
ber. The system is not as com
plete as first planned, but other
improvents are to be added later.
At present the delivery work
is being done by the agent, Mr.
J. L. Lyons. Another man will
be put on as soon as business con
ditions will justify it, it is said.
The city has the same service
as heretofore, but some time be
tween now and the holidays ex
press packages will probably be
handled on all trains reaching
Jackson. Such an express ser
vice as that with.the delivery ad
ded will be a great convenience
to the people of the city.
Announcement was made sev
eral weeks ago that an improved
express service would be put on
here, and was received with in
terest, particularly by the busi
ness houses. The express com
pany will find that the people of
this city are quick to appreciate
a service commensurate with the
commercial importance of the
town and that this long-delayed
act of enterprise will be met with
a liberal show of co-operation.
Wants Everybody to
Pull For County Fair
The Sixth District Fair at Bar
nesville was quite a success. The
exhibit was excellent. I saw it
at the State Fair in Macon. Tif
ton, Thomasville and other fairs
have been good.
Now for a strong pull and a
pull all together to have a good
one in Butts. Our County Dem
onstrator will do his part but e
can’t do yours. Let’s all get busy.
j. S. Lewis.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1914.
41,696 MILES RURAL
ROUTES IN STATE
Fund of S%OOO Will Be
Divided
BUTTS SHARE IS $589.36
Money From State Auto
mobile Tax Will Be Used
For Road Purposes By
Counties of Georgia
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 7.—Bar
tow and Echols have reported
on rural route mileage at last,
and the returns are now complete
in the office of Secretary of
State Cook.
In the 148 counties of the state
there are 41,696 miles of rural
mail routes, which is not far
from the estimate made some
weeks ago by Secretary Cook.
To these 148 counties the sum of
$92,739.58 will be distributed by
Treasurer Speer.
Each county will receive pay
ment on a basis of $2,224 per
mile, so it will be comparatively
easy for any county to take the
rural route mileage and figure
out how much is due.
Carroll county leads the state
in the number of miles, 686, with
Cobb a close second, 667. Lau
rens has 664 and Gwinett 618.
These are the only counties in the
600 class, but there are many
with 500 or more.
Fannin and Mclntosh will not
receive a cent as neither has a
mile of rural route. Glynn has
only 44, Charlton 54, Dade 58.
Ten counties have less than 100
miles.
The big city counties paying
the bulk of of the auto tax will
receive small sums from the
fund compared with other coun
ties paying little into it. Bibb
has 211 miles; Chatham 79; Ful
ton 204; Richmond 203; Musco
gee 199. Carroll for instance
will receive almost as much as
Bibb, Fulton, Richmond and
Chatham combined.
This is the first time this infor
mation has ever been compiled
in this way, not even the govern
ment having it in detail. Wash
ington has by the way requested
a detailed copy of the report
when made up.
Bibb will receive $469.32. and
has 754 machines registered;
Richmond gets $451.52. and nas
667 machines registered; Carroll
will receive $1,528.80, and has
179 machines registered; Fulton
will get $453.75 and has close to
4,000 machines registered.
Butts county has a rural route
mileage of 265, and will receive
from the automobile tax fund the
sum of $589.36. This amount
will be used for building good
roads and will be a material help
to the county just at this time.
Butts County Men on
Federal Grand Jury
Messrs. J. H. McKibben and
J. T. Goodman, of Jackson, and
R. W. Watkins, of Indian Springs
were drawn to serve on the fed
eral grand jury which is in ses
sion in Macon this week. Judge
Emory Speer is presiding and the
grand jury will be in session for
a week or ten days.
9,828,695 Bales
Ginned to Nov. 1
Washington. D. C., Nov. 9.
The figures of the census bureau
made public today show that
9,828,695 bales of cotton of the
crop of 1914 had been ginned pri
or to Nov. 1. This is compared
with 8.830,396 bales in 1913.
The average quantity of cotton
ginned prior to Nov. 1 in the past
seven years was 8,336,349 bales,
or 63.4 per cent of the crop.
MANY PEOPLE TO
ATTEND DINNER
Georgia Products Will Be
Enjoyed
WEDNESDAY IS THE DATE
Basket Dinner to Be Serv
ed at The Butts County
Fair Wednesday, Nov
ember Eighteenth
One of the features of this
year’s County Fair, which will be
held next Wednesday, the 18th,
will be the Georgia Products Day
dinner. A basket dinner will be
served and the people of the en
tire county are invited to attend
and take part in the exercises.
Mr. S. H. Mays is chairman of
the committee on arrangements
for the dinner. He will be assis
ted in preparing for the dinner
by the following members of the
committee: Messrs. S. K. Smith,
L. R. Dodson, W. P. Thaxton,
A. H. Ogletree, O. L. Weaver,
J. W. Benson, E. A. Fincher.
There will be a number of cit
ies in the state to serve Georgia
Products Day dinners, and it is
proposed to make the local cele
bration one of the most notable
in the state. It is planned to
have the menu consist entirely
of Georgia products, so far as
possible. A year ago, it will be
recalled, the day was observed in
Jackson with a barbecue in which
several hundred people took part.
The dinner will be served at
the noon hour on the court house
square. The occasion is one that
should serve to bring the people
of the county and city close to
gether and show them that the
interests of all the citizens are
identical, and the gathering will
no doubt result in far-reaching
good to the community.
8,349 Bales Have
Been Ginned in Butts
Butts county ginned to Octo
ber 18, 8,349 bales of cotton, as
compared with 7,809 bales last
year. The total for Georgia is
1,367,916 bales, against 1,296,911
bales the same date in 1913. With
35,326 bales Burke county leads
the state with Laurens second
with 29,523 bales and Bulloch
third with 27,445 bales.
FINE SHOWING
AT STATE FAIR
County WiU Win One of
Choice Prizes
MANY BOYS ATTENDED
Butts Will Come Next to
Pickens in Corn Glub
Exhibit at The State Fair
in Macon
Butts county’s corn club exhib
it at the State Fair was one of
the best in the state and it is be
lieved that one of the most at
tractive prizes will be awarded
to this county. While the prizes
have not been announced, it is
understood that Butts county is
next to Pickens which is said to
have captured first honors.
Forty-two members of the corn
club went to Macon Thursday,
Several of the boys were accom
panied by their fathers, and in
the party were Messrs. J. O. Gas
ton, J. Matt McMichael, H. L.
Worsham, C. S. Maddox and a
number of others.
The boys who spent the day at
the fair are as follows: Bernard
Gaston, Sherwood Hardy, Geo.
A. Ray, Richard Plvmale, Butler
Long, Lovard McMichael, Coil
Perdue, Geo. Carter Moore, Law
rence Fincher, Henri Johnson,
Marvin and Paul Farrar, Charles
Brownlee, Leonard Dodson, Lind
sey Thornton, A. G. Spencer,
Jim Pettigrew, Thomas Hale,
Frank McElhenney, Hubert Ply
male, Lewis Dodson, Robert Lav
ender, Harvey Bond, Ellsworth
McMichael, Fred and Horace
Thomas, Walstein O’Neal, Roy
Duke, C. B. Biles, Jr., Thrasher
Carmichael, Kinard Thaxton,
Rolfe Ridgeway, Pliny Weaver,
G. V. Martin, Durham Thaxton,
J. T. Kinard, J. B. Ezell, Metz
Kines, G. W. Washington, Em
erson McMichael, Harvey O’Neal.
Giant Cop
For Atlanta
Atlanta. Ga., Nov. 12—C. E.
Martin, of Seneca, S. C., is six
feet and eight inches tall, weighs
220 and can toss a cotton bale
about with ease, so he thinks he
would make a fine policeman.
He has written a letter to Chief
Beavers of the Atlanta depart
ment to say as much and to ap
ply for the next vacancy.
If Martin lands he will be the
heftiest cop on the force. A man
like that, once “city broke” so
that he wouldn’t shy at a trolley
car would make a fine figure for
a traffic officer at busy Five
Points.
Game Season Opens
in Georgia Friday, 20
The game season in Georgia
opens Friday, November 20th.
There is said to be an abundance
of birds this year and some fine
sport is assured hunters. Game
license are now on sale and war
dens report a brisk Sale.
NUMBER 46.