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BUTTS COUNTY PROGRESS
VOLUME 32.
ROLLER MILL
FOR JACKSON
Enterprise May Be Built
Here Soon
IS GREATLY NEEDED NOW
Revival of Interest in The
Growing of Wheat in
Butts County Creates A
Demand For Roller Mill
There is a well defined move
ment under way for a roller mill
in Jackson. The matter has been
agitated for some time and has
been endorsed by a large number
of the people of the county.
There is no denying the need
of such an enterprise in Jackson.
The acreage planted in wheat
this fall is the largest the county
has ever known, and now that
the farmers have gone into the
production of wheat on a large
scale they will continue to plant
this important food crop. It is
pointed out that a roller mill is
needed to encourage wheat grow
ing in Butts county.
By having such a mill in Jackson
it would be centrally located and
in easy reach of everybody. One
could bring his wheat to town
and carry the flour hom.e At
present the nearest large wheat
mill is several miles distant.
The Jackson Bottling and Mill
ing Company is said to be figur
ing on putting in a roller mill. It
is believed such an enterprise
would be an attractive one finan
cially. A number of people have
said they would take stock in a
roller mill and it is hoped to have
the mill in operation by next
spring at the latest.
BUTTS WON S9O AT
THE STATE FAIR
A total of S9O in prizes came to
Butts county as a result of the
corn club contest at the state fair.
Included in this amount is a
cash prize of sls awarded in the
countv contests, Butts standing
fourth, and three scholarships at
the State College of Agriculture,
valued at $25 each. These were
awarded to Bernard Gaston, Er
nest Watkins and Frank McEl
henney and were given by the
Georgia Bankers Association.
This is a fine showing, consid
ering the fact that this is the
first year Butts county ever en
tered the state contest Much of
the credit for the splendid record
is due to Farm Agent H. L. Wor
sham who has worked hard all
the year to make a good showing
at the state fair.
Outside of its use for fence
posts black locust finds its prin
cipal utilization in insulator pins
and brackets for telegraph and
telephone lines.
One hundred shade trees will
be planted by the ““
forestry association in cities or
SESdfour population classes
which win prize contests for ex
cellence in street tree planting.
Writing Class in
the Court House
Beginning Monday last, a class
in penmanship is being conducted
in the court house under direction
of Mr. A. H. S. Davis. A total
of twenty-two lessons will be
given and the cost of the course
is $2.50. The hours are from 3
to sin the afternoon and 7to 9
at night.
A pen drawing by Mr. Davis
of a lion’s head was one of the
much discussed displays at the
county fair this week. It was
shown with the school exhibit.
The drawing stamps Mr. Davis
as a clever pen artist and the
work was admired by all w T ho
saw it.
GEORGIA BAPTISTS
ANNUAL SESSION
Convened in Carrollton
Tuesday Morning
WILL LAST THREE DAYS
Several Hundred Delegates
Are in Attendance—Dr.
Robert VanDeventer At
tending From Jackson
The Georgia Baptist Conven
tion convened in annual session
at Carrollton Tuesday morning,
and will be in session for three
days.
Several hundred delegates are
in attendance and are being hos
pitably entertained in the homes
of Carrollton citizens. There is
considerable business to come be
fore the meeting, the most im
portant of the year for the Bap
tists of the state.
Dr. Robert VanDeventer, pas
tor of the First Baptist church,
left Monday to be present at the
opening session. The other del
egates from here are Messrs. F.
S. Etheridge, W. J. Wood.
The sessions are being held in
the Baptist Tabernacle. A pro
gram of exceptional entertain
ment has been planned for the
visitors.
A number of cities are bidding
for the 1915 convention and a hot
fight is promised when this
question comes to a vote.
Post Office Inspector
Compliments Officials
Post office inspector R. H. Tom
linson visited the Jackson post
office last Friday and complimen
ted the officials most highly upon
the manner in which the business
is conducted. He declared the
Jackson office is one of the best
in his division. The books, rec
ords and reports are a model of
neatness, stated the inspector
who completed his work in a few
minutes.
Mr. Tomlinson’s headquarters
is in Macon and he has seventeen
counties in his district.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1914.
THREE LOCAL BOYS
WIN SCHOLARSHIP
Good For Course at State
Agricultural College
GOING TO ATLANTA SHOW
Bernard Gaston, Ernest
Watkins, Frank McEl
henney Awarded A $25
Scholarship at Athens
Three Butts county boys, Ber
nard Gaston, Ernest Watkins
and Frank McElhenney, have
been awarded a $25 scholarship,
each, at the State College of Ag
riculture for their exhibits at the
state fair.
Butts county won a liberal
share of premiums at the Macon
fair, the county standing fourth
and being awarded a cash prize
of sls. Now announcement has
been made that three of the con
testants were given scholarships
at the Agricultural College at
Athens for the short course next
spring.
Bernard Gaston’s yield was
141.6 bushels and his profit was
$94.87; Ernest Watkins’ yield
was 141.4 and his profit was
$94.73; while Frank McElhenney
made 127.75 bushels, at a profit
of $103.48.
The exhibit made by the mem
bers of the Butts county corn
club will be taken to Atlanta and
displayed at the great Atlanta
Corn Show, which will be held in
December, and will be an event
of state-wide interest. The lo
cal boys stand an excellent chance
to win still greater honors at the
Atlanta show.
Every person who has express
ed himself on the matter is de
lighted with the fine showing
made by corn club members of
Butts county. This is the third
year of the work here and the
showing in 1914 is far the best
yet made, but that some new
records are going to be rung up
in 1915 is the confident belief of
those who are familiar with the
work.
MRS. SINGLEY’S DISPLAY
WAS GREATLY ADMIRED
For variety and excellence of
arrangement the agricultural and
canning exhibit of Mrs. L. D,
Singley was the feature of the
County Fair Wednesday. This
display would have done credit to
the state fair.
Her exhibit was divided into
three sections, Agricultural, Can
ning and Preserving and Poultry.
It was not only the largest, but
the best display shown at the
fair. In the agricultural exhibit
was shown everything grown on
the farm, the variety being too
great to be enumerated. Mrs.
Singley’s canning and preserving
exhibit was magnificent and won
the admiration of the hundreds
who viewed it.
No less interesting was her
exhibit of thorough bred poultry,
which have won first honors at
some of the biggest shows in the
entire South.
Little Girl Dies
At Pepperton
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Quinn of
Pepperton have the sympathy of
their friends in the death of their
four and a half year-old daugh
ter, Cecil Marie, which occurred
last Wednesday. Death was due
to typhoid fever.
The funeral was held Thursday
afternoon at 2 o’clock, with in
terment in the Pepperton ceme
tery. The services were conduc
ted by the pastor, Rev. Z. E.
Barron, and many beautiful floral
tributes, one by the Pepperton
school, were presented.
STORES WILL
CLOSE HERE
Thanksgiving to Be Quiet
Day in Jackson
HOLIDAY FOR CARRIERS
According to Long Estab
lished Custom in This
City Stores, Banks And
Business Houses to Close
The banks, stores and business
houses of Jackson will close for
Thanksgiving, Thursday, Novem
ber 26th. This has been the cus
tom here for many years.
The post office will observe
Sunday hours. All mails will be
received and dispatched as usual.
The rural carriers will have a
holiday.
All indications point to a very
quiet day for Jackson. There is
no set program of exercises plan
ned for the city, so far as has
been made known. A large pro
portion of the population will no
doubt spend the day afield with
gun and dog, as the hunting sea
son will be in full blast by that
time. The annual football games
in the cities will be the attraction
for many. While still others will
spend a quiet day with home
folks here or elsewhere.
The petition asking the busi
ness houses to close has been
largely signed.
Bible From Appomattox
Shown at County Fair
One of the objects of interest
shown at the County Fair was a
very old Bible, picked up on the
battlefield at Appomattox where
General Lee surrendered to Grant
in 1865. It is owned by County
School Superintendent C. S. Mad
dox, who was with Lee’s army
when the curtain was rung down
on the Confederacy.
Mr. Maddox has treasured the
Bible all these years and the book
is still well preserved. It was
viewed by many interested spec
tators during the fair.
There is one grand scramble
for office in the newly created
counties. Which shows there is
always a strong reserve of pa
triots willing to serve the public.
METHODIST HOSTS
MEET IN MARIETTA
Session to Continne Into
Next Week
BISHOP DENNY PRESIDES
Rev. A. E. Sansburn At
tends From This City-
Large Number Will Be
Present During Week
Marietta is host to the North.
Georgia Conference which met
Wednesday and will be in session
through next Monday.
Bishop Collins Denny, of Vir
ginia, is presiding over this im
portant gathering.
Rev. A. E. Sansburn of the
Jackson Methodist church, chair
man of the committee to examine
second year applicants for the
ministry, left for Marietta Mon
day night to meet with his com
mittee.
The local church, it is stated,
made a good showing the past
year, about $3,500 having been
collected for all purposes.
Whether or not Mr. Sansburn
will be returned to Jackson for
another year is not known. This
is his first year as pastor of the
local church.
The appointments for another
year will not be announced for
several days, probably some time
next week.
There is a great deal of impor
tant business to be disposed of
by the conference and the pro
ceedings of the body will be
watched with attention.
ANTE-BELLUM WOMEN
LAUGH AT HARD TIMES
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 19—The
Order of Ante-Bellum Women,
composed of Atlanta grandmoth
ers who remember "before the
war” is disposed to laugh at
modern folk who talk of hard
times caused by the trouble in
Europe. They merely recall what
they went through and sav life
is a dream of bliss now.
"It was the Southern woman
who bore the brunt of the civil
war,” said one of these old ladies
this week. "We did without
coffee and we used cane syrup
for sugar. We made over clothes
until there wasn't anything left
to make over, and we knit socks
for the soldiers until the yarn
would have reached from here to
the sun and back. Dont you re
member the old song, ‘The Bon
nie Blue Flag?’ It had a verse
like this:
11 ‘The homespon dress was plain I
know, the hat, palmetto, too;
“ ‘But then it showed what Southern
girls,
“ 'For Southern rights would do.’
“Every girl and woman in the
cotton states ought to make a
pledge not to wear anything but
cotton for a solid year, and keep
the pledge.”
NUMBER 47.