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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.