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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.