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BUTTS COUNTY PROGRESS
VOLUME 32.
MAY HAVE PIG
CLUB NEXT YEAR
State Agent Interested in
The Matter
MR. DOWNING’S LETTER
All Boys And Girls Who
Desire to Join Should
Get in Touch With Mr.
Worsham At Once
Athens, Ga., Nov. 24, 1914.
Mr. H. L. Worsham,
Jackson, Ga.
Dear Sir:
My attention has been called to
the last issue of the Jackson pa
per in which the editor has very
kindly called attention to the pig
clubs, lam writing you at this
time to say that I appreciate very
much what the editor has done.
A situation came up at the
state fair this fall which has set
me to thinking it might be advis
able for me to have some more
pig clubs near to the fair. This
is the first year in Georgia and
unfortunately the counties that
were selected are all considerable
distance from Macon and the
number of pigs sent to the fair
was necessarily small by reason
of the loner distance they would
have to come. This has sugges
ted to me the advisability of get
ting some counties nearer to the
state fair so the boys will have a
shorter haul. With that situation
in mind I am writing you at this
time to ask if your county is in a
favorable mood for taking up pig
club work next year. The chief
aim of the work is to get all the
boys and girls between the ages
of ten and eighteen to raise a
purebred pig and keep a careful
record of the feed to be turned
in next fall.
The special advantage of the
pig club is that a boy in the corn
club or a girl in the canning club
may also be a member of the pig
club, and in that way they have
a chance to win two prizes instead
of one. I will appreciate it if
you will write and tell me what
the situation is down in your
county so that I may act upon
the matter intelligently.
Thanking you in advance for
your kindness, I am.
Very truly,
Jas. E. Downing,
In charge of U. S. Pig Clubs.
Note—The letter accompanying
this is self explanatory and it is
my desire to have it published so
that every boy and girl, too, of
the proper age may have an op
portunity to express himself on
the material of Mr. Downing s
letter. Do you want a pig club
in Butts county next year. Do
you own or can you get a pure
bred pig? Will you carry out the
rules of the club and have him at
the fair next fall? Fathers, en
courage your children to Join.
Has the corn club been a failure.
Let me hear from you, so that
I can write Mr. Downing intelli
gently on the matter.
Respectfully,
H. L. Worsham, Cos. Dem.
REGISTRATION SLOWER THAN
USOAL THIS YEAR IN CITY
With less than two weeks be
fore the city registration books
close, only a small number of
voters have registered to date.
The books were opened on Nov.
15 and will close on Dec. 15
at 4 p. m.
Ordinarily there is a registra
tion of some two or three hun
dred for the city primary, but up
to the first of the week only
forty or fifty voters had qualified
for the election. It is expected,
however, that there will be a
rush within the next few days
as soon as the executive commit
tee fixes the date of the primary.
The primary was held last year
on Dec. 29.
CITY POLITICS
NOW SIMMERING
Some Developments May
Be Expected Soon
NOTHING DEFINITE YET
Talk of Candidates in City
Primary Rife, Though
No Announcements Are
Yet Forthcoming
The city primary will be held
in a few weeks and this fact is
responsible for the interest in po
litical circles.
Politics, now simmering, prom
ise to warm up at most any time.
There is considerable talk going
on, but no actual developments
of note; This is the period when
candidates, near and real, are
feeling the public pulse and tak
ing stock of their resources.
Just what all of this talk will
amount to is, of course, not as
yet known. There may be sev
eral tickets in the field and again
there may not be but one. How
ever, it is certain that something
definite will develop during the
next few days.
The city executive committee
consisting of Messrs. J. B. Settle,
chairman, G. E. Mallet first ward,
A. T. Buttrill second ward, S. P.
Nichols third ward, H. 0. Ball,
fourth ward, met Tuesday of
this week and formulated
the rules and fixed the date for
this year’s primary. Following
this action it is expected that lo
cal politics will take on added in
terest.
Prize For Corn Club
Boys For Year 1915
A scholarship to the short
course at the state college of ag
riculture or 1000 lbs of Arcadian
sulphate of amonia has been
offered by the American
Coal Products Cos., to the corn
club boys in each congressional
district in Georgia, Alabama and
South Carolina. This prize is
offered to the members of the
com clubs for the best yields of
corn grown in 1915. and will go
to the winning boy in each dis
-1 trict.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1914.
PROF. GRIDLEY
TO SPEAK HERE
Visit Jackson in Interest
Live Stock
DATE IS DECEMBER 17TH
Butts Chosen As One of
Few Counties in Prof.
Gridley’s Itinerary—F ull
Attendance Is Desired
Prof. R. M. Gridley, instructor
in Animal Husbandry in the Col
lege of Agriculture at Athens,
will speak to the members of the
Butts County Live Stock Associ
ation at the court house in Jack
son on December 17. Mr. Gridley
will be remembered as having
judged the live stock exhibit at
the recent county fair.
At the meeting on the 17 it is
proposed to reorganize the live
stock association and place it on
a better basis. Officers will be
elected at that time.
There is a good deal of atten
tion being given to the raising of
pure-bred live stock in Butts at
this time and the purpose of Mr.
Gridley’s visit will be to arouse
still greater interest in this im
portant movement. Butts county
is one of the few counties that
Mr. Gridley will visit on this trip.
It is hoped that there will be a
large and enthusiastic attendance
on hand to greet the speaker and
that the live stock industry may
be given a substantial boost.
NEGROE’S BIG FAMILY
GAINS HIM FREEDOM
The fact that Monroe Myrick,
an aged negro, is the father of
twenty-two children had consid
erable weight with United States
Commissioner L. M. Erwin yes
terday in permitting Myrick to
keep his freedom under a person
al bond of SIOO.
The negro had been arrested in
Butts county on a charge of illicit
distilling. The arrest was made
by Deputy Marshal M. L. Cooper,
following a raid on the “still” by
E. L. Bergstrom, deputy internal
revenue collector. A distilling
apparatus was found near My
rick’s place, together with a
quantity of beer and whiskey.
The apparatus was set up and
gave evidence of having been
used recently. A quantity of
beer was also found later at My
rick’s house.
Myrick gave his age as 62 years,
but appeared to be considerably
older than that.
“Have you a family?” asked
Commissioner Erwin.
“A wife and twenty-two chil
dren," replied the old negro.
“Well, if that’s the case, I will
let you go under your own per
sonal bond of $100," said Com
missioner Erwin. --Saturday’s Ma
con Telegraph.
A great deal of the oak used
on the Pacific coast comes from
the eastern part of Asia.
NEW PASTOR ARRIVES
IN CITY THIS WEEK
Rev. Olin King, who was as
signed to this city as pastor of
the Methodist church, arrived
with his family Thursday night
and will occupy the pulpit Sun
day morning for the first time.
Mr. King comes from Walker
street church, Atlanta.
Rev. and Mrs. A. E. Sansburn
left for Atlanta Saturday. Mr.
Sansburn will be pastor of the
Walker street church the follow
ing year.
A committee from the board of
stewards met Mr. King and fam
ily at the depot Thursday night
and welcomed them to the city.
He was formerly pastor at Mc-
Donough and irrespective of de
nomination the people of Jackson
will extend Rev. Mr. King a cor
dial welcome.
DR. HUNNICUTT
PRAISES FAIR
Calls It One of Best Held
in The State
LIKED LIVE STOCK SHOW
Current Issue of Southern
Cultivator Pays Deserv
ed Compliment to Butts
County’s Big Fair
The following article compli
mentary of the Butts County Fair
appeared in the current number
of the Southern Cultivator and is
given for the benefit of readers
of The Progress:
Georgia Product’s Day we
spent down in Jackson, Butts
county, attending a one-day fair
held at the court house. This
was a most creditable showing
for Butts county. The livestock
was the strong feature—colts,
Shetland ponies, cattle and hogs.
Two farmers had some half doz
en mule colts. Mr. Smith of
Cork, Ga., had a pen of mule
colts. Mr. Geo. E. Mallet is a
young farmer, but he is doing
some good for his county. He
had on exhibition three Perche
ron mares, registered Hereford
bull and heifer, and he has on
his farm 30 head of pure Short-
Horn heifers. Mr. A. M. Pace
said: “Four years ago Butts
didn’t have a single head of reg
istered cattle within her borders.
Now she has over twenty.” This
is making a good showing. Ev
erybody is telling the farmers
what to do-we are here to tell
you many of them are already
doing something and in a few
years the results will make
themselves manifest.
Found Dead In
Road Near Forsyth
Mr. R. P. Gilmore, living on
the line of Butts and Monroe
counties, was found dead in the
road near Forsyth Monday morn
ing. He was a Confederate vet
eran and was 71 years of age
and a well known planter of
Monroe county.
HOGS FOR COTTON
IN THE SOUTH
Government Gives Advice
to Farmers
URGES MOREUVESTOCK
Four Timely Measures Re
commended For South
ern Planters By Federal
Agricultural Department
Washington, D. C., Dec. 4
Four measures are being recom
mended by the U. S. Department
of Agriculture to the farmers of
the south in order to remedy the
conditions created by the collapse
of the cotton market. These are:
1. The reduction of expenses
by the production of more food
for the family and more grain
and forage for live stock.
2. The substitution of other
money crops for part of the cot
ton acreage.
3. The raising of more live
stock.
4. The addition of humus to
the soil in order to make fertiliz
er less expensive.
The first thing to be done, say
the government specialists, is to
plant winter crops to be used
partly for winter and spring
grazing, partly for spring hay
and grain, and partly for cover
crops to be turned back into the
soil for fertilizing purposes.
These crops should include oats
for grain, and oats, barley, or
rye for hay, and any one of these
for winter and spring grazing or
for humus value. Although Oc
tober and November are the best
months for planting these crops
in the cotton country, the time
may be extended into the winter.
The winter crops should be fol
lowed by summer legumes such
as cowpeas, soy beans, etc. Fall
and winter vegetables should be
planted for home use and for the
market.
Hogs are recommended as the
best form of live stock to grow.
Immediate steps should be taken
to increase the profits from hogs
and hog products by the planting
of crops for winter and spring
grazing, to be followed by , sum
mer and fall crops for the same
purpose. Growers are also being
warned to take rigid precautions
against hog cholera. If strict
quarantine measures are adopted
and if the animals, when threat
ened, are inoculated with anti
hog-cholera serum, growers
suffer little loss from this source.
Hogs, however, cannot be
grown profitably when they have
to be fed on grain at $1 a bushel.
A succession of pasture crops
is therefore of prime importance.
For Georgia, rape, rye, vetch,
and bur and crimson clover are
recommended with cowpeas, Ber
muda pasture, alfalfa, velvet
beans, artichokes, and above all
peanuts to follow.
The chief difficulty in the way
of planting these crops is that all
available labor is now needed in
the cotton fields. This empha
sizes all the more the extensive
use of the machinery and imple
ments which will minimize the
need for human labor anil set the
hands free to do other urgeit
work on the farm.
NUMBER 49.