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Pay Roll Butts County
Chain Gang for December, 1914
Vouchers
409 M E Washington, wood.. ---$ 150
410 Tom Fletcher, flour - - 12 00
411 Dempsey Hardware Cos., tools 150
412 Lawrence Maddox, provisions 10 65
413 T J Byars, provisions 497
414 J C Harper, tax collector 10 00
415 M S Crawford, tax collector 10 00
416 Shunk Plow-Co., machinery 229 86
417 J H Smith, hoj?__ - 10 68
418 Bob Thomas, axe handles 180
419 Thurston & Harper, repairs.. 33 35
420 J T McClure, warden 80 00
421 Jack Maddox, free labor 55 00
422 J T Fincher, free labor 22 00
423 Sam Cook, guard 45 00
424 J A McClure, free labor... 35 00
425 W A Nolen, free labor 35 00
426 Walter Cole, free labor 35 00
427 J C Duke, free labor 25 92
428 Newton-Carmiehael Hardware Cos., tools 119 71
429 D B Duke, beef - 846
430 Mrs J L Bailey, milk and butter 21 50
431 P L Johnson, repairs 50
432 Jackson Mercantile Cos., stock food and provisions. _. 237 24
433 A G Burford, beef 720
484 Henry Singley, beef 42 90
436 McKibben Buggy Cos., oil 15 00
436 J H Smith, hay - 39 75
437 Ham & Carter Cos., stock food 161 83
438 Happ Bros Cos., clothing and winter quarters fur... . 446 05
439 W A Neal & Son, machinery 177 03
440 M L King, hay 27 16
Total $1 963 56
J. 0. GASTON, Commissioner, JOSEPH JOLLY. Clerk.
How the Small Farmer May
Succeed Despite Low-Priced Cotton
Pres. Andrew M. Soule, Georgia State College of Agriculture
Suppose a farmer has 28 acres of
loud fairly fertile on which he has
been growing cotton. Since cotton
la unprofitable what can he do?
First of all, he should minimize cot
ton production and not attempt to
devote more than five acres to this
'crop in 1915. At least eight acres of
’the land now in cotton should bo seed
ed to cereals; three acres should be
used whom the soil Is suited to this
crop, for wheat and five acres for
eats. He should prepare an acre of
land as carefully as possible with the
Idea of planting Irish potatoes as
early in the spring as it is practica
ble. When the Irish potato crop is
harvested the land should be devoted
to sweet potatoes. He should set
aside five acres to be planted to graz
ing crops to be harvested by hogs.
He should certainly devote a half
•ere to a garden for his family aud
to the production of such truck as
will soil most readily in the local
markets. One-half acre of land should
be devoted to the growth of a variety
ef crops suited to poultry. Eight
COST OF PRODUCING
COTTON IN GEORGIA
N. 0. Murray of the United States
Department of Agriculture estimates
that it cost to produce cotton at the
taking of the last census, which was
in 1910, 8.48 cents to produce a pound
ef cotton, which is virtually 8 1-2
cents. He divides the cost according
to cents and decimals of a cent as
follows; fertilizer .60, preparation .89,
*eed .21, planting .19, cultivation 1.63,
gathering 1.79. ginning .63, rent 1.33,
miscellaneous .31.
The cost in Georgia of raising cot
ton is higher than in any other cot
ton producing state except Texas,
which is 8:59 cents per pound. Other
Sivothem states are as follows: North
Carolina 8.22 cents, South Carolina 8.07
cents, Alabama 7.92 cents, Louisiana
S.OV cents, Arkansas 8.20 cents, Ten
nessee 8.19 cents, Oklahoma 8.44 cents.
A. I’. Pike is now dairy expert as a
successor to the late J. W. Hart, and
has an assistant, Mr. Howell. These
gentlemen will give their entire time
to visiting dairymen, assisting them in
meeting their problems.
One Turk and one Chinaman are
specializing in cotton at the Georgia
State College of Agriculture.
Let Us Do Your Job Printing
PROGRESS JOB DEPT.
“Printing That Pleases.”
acres should be devoted to com, with
velvet beans, peanuts or cow peas in
the middles. As soon a S the oats and
wheat are ripe, the land should be
prepared thoroughly and sown to
peas or peas and millet for hay.
The cotton land should produce five
bales; the com should yield at the
rate of 35 bushels, making a total of
280 bushels for the eight acres. The
three acres of wheat should yield 60
bushels of threshed grain; the five
acres of oats, 40 bushels per acre, or
200 bushels, all told. The Irish pota
toes should yield 100 bushels and the
sweet potatoes 100 bushels. The gar
den should provide an abundance of
food for the family and leave a con
siderable surplus for sale.
Allowing a liberal rental and for
taxes and fertilizers, the farmer
should have SBOO at the end of the
year to pay for his labor and that
of his family. In addition, he has
lived ofT the land and lived well. He
also has for the enrichment and main
tenance of the productive power of his
soil an accumulation of 18 to 25 tons
of yard manure.
WHAT IS THE PROPER
CROP ROTATION IN GEORGIA?
John R. Fain, Professor Agronomy,
Georgia State College of Agr.
With the necessary elimination of
cotton from the farm program this
year, what other crops will be grown
and what rotation should be followed
to get the largest use of the land
and reduce its fertility least? Hay
must be considered as one of the great
essentials in a rotation. Georgia
farmers should consider for this pur
pose soy beans, cow peas, sorghum,
millet and Sudan grass. The perma
nent pasture should be assigned a
place, the base of which should be
bermuda grass with which is sown
white and bur clover and rescue grass
to increase winter grazing. Paspalum
grasses should be encouraged of which
there are about 60 species growing in
the south.
The cereals should be given promi
nence with the legume worked in as
frequently as practical. Each farmer
must face his own problem. Many
tilings enter into the consideration of
a proper rotation, such as the amount
of live stock to be fed. the market ad
vantages for given crops, the adapta
bility of the soil to various crops, etc.
The College of Agriculture is now
operating its new green house and is
specializing on winter vegetables.
THE RUE PRESS
The Local Paper a Most Useful
Agency on the Farm —The
Press, Pulpit and School a
Trinity of Influence That
Must Be Utilized in
Building Agri
culture.
By Peter Radford
lecturer National Fanners’ Union.
A broad campaign of publicity
on the subject of rural life is
needed in this state today to
bring the problems of the farm
ers to the forefront. The city
problems are blazoned upon the
front pages of the metiopolitan
dailies and echoed in the country
press, but the troubles of the
farmers are seldom told, except
by those who seek to profit by
the story, and the glitter of the
package ofttimes obscures the
substance. A searching investi
gation into the needs of the farm
ers will reveal many inherent de
fects in our economic system that
can be easily remedied when
properly understood and illumi
nated by the power of the press.
The rural press, the pulpit and
the school are a trinity of pow
erful influences that the farmer
must utilize to their fullest ca
pacity before he can occupy a
commanding position in public
affairs. These gigantic agencies
are organized in every rural com
munity and only await the pat
ronage and co-operation of the
farmers to fully develop their
energy and usefulness. They are
local forces working for the best
interests of their communities.
Their work is to build and their
object is to serve. They prosper
only through the development
and prosperity of the community.
Every farmer in this state
should subscribe for the local
paper, as well as farm periodicals
and such other publications as
he may find profitable, but he
should by all means subscribe
for his local paper, and no home
should be without it. The local
paper is part of the community
life and the editor understands
the farmer’s problems.
A Noble Task.
In too many instances the
country papers mimic the city
press by giving prominence to
scandals, accidents and political
agitation. The new rural civili
zation has placed upon the rural
press renewed responsibilities,
and enlarged possibilities for use
fulness. It cannot perform its
mission to agriculture by record
ing the frailties, the mishaps and
inordinate ambitions of human
ity, or by filling its columns with
the echoes of the struggles of
busy streets, or by enchanting
stories of city life which lure our
children from the farm.
It has a higher and nobler
task. The rural press is the gov
erning power of public sentiment
and must hold steadfast to prin
ciple and keep the ship of state
in the roadstead of progress. The
rural press can best serve the
interests of the farmers by ap
plying its energies to the solution
of problems affecting the local
community. It must stem the
mighty life current that is mov
ing from the farm to the cities,
sweeping before it a thousand
boys and girls per day. It has
to deal with the fundamental
problems of civilization at their
fountain head. Its mission is
to direct growth, teach efficiency
and mold the intellectual life of
the country, placing before the
public the daily problems of the
farmers and giving first attention
to the legislative, co-operative,
educational and social needs of
the agricultural classes wrthin its
respective community.
The Power of Advertising.
The influence of advertising is
clearly visible in the homes and
habits of the farmers, and the
advertising columns of the press
are making their imprint upon
the lives of our people.
The farmer is entitled to all
the advantages and deserves all
the luxuries of life. We need
more art. science and useful fa
cilities on the farms, and the ad
vertiser can render a service by
teaching the advantages of mod
ern equipment throughout the
columns of the rural
Court Calendar February Term
1915, For Butts Superior Court
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15
No. 66 Armsted Glover vs Southern Ry Cos.
622 B. B. Ford & Cos. vs F. M. Lawson
959 J. L. Fletcher vs R. A. Franklin
1010 W. J. Young vs T. P. Kimbell
1012 Mrs. Georgia A. Jenkins as next friend vs J. \V. Terrell
1016 H. D. Allen vs J. W. Guest, J. M. Leach, claimant
1022 C. A. Pittman, Admr. vs Thos. W. Fears, Mrs. Ida Fears, claimant
1025 C. A. Pittman, Admr. vs A. H. Wall and U. S. Fidelity & Guar
anty Company
1029 Ham & Carter Cos. vs Powell Hodges, Mrs. E. L. Hodges, claimant
1038 The W. T. Raleigh Medical Cos. vs F. F. Lofton, F. S. Smith, et a 1
1039 Bailey & Jones Cos. vs Pye Flemister
1048 Mrs. Ella Wilson vs E. A. Fincher
1053 W. S. and Ghitta Cook vs J. A. McMichael, Admr
1054 H. R. Slaton vs Southern Express Cos.
TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 16
1007 Jasper County vs Butts County, et al
738 Southern Ry Cos. vs Standard Oil Cos.
1055 J. Eblen vs Jas L. Edwards and J. B. Edwards
1056 Robt Channey by Lum Channey next friend vs Sou Cotton Oil Cos.
1057 Lum Channey vs Southern Cotton Oil Cos.
1059 W. W. Wilson vs Southern Ry Cos.
1061 T. W. Manley vs Floyd Jester and J. F. Cochran
1065 R. L. Allen vs George Brown
1076 B. G. Carmichael vs J. R. Conner
186 J. H. Holloway vs Butts County
164 E. D. Crane & Cos. vs R. A. Franklin
171 David Rothchilds & Cos. vs J. Arenson & Cos.
9 R. H. Henderson vs A. H. Wall and C. A. Pittman, Admr
11 Buttrill Bros vs A. H. Wall and C. A. Pittman, Admr.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17
13 Butts Lumber Cos. vs F. Z. Curry and Mrs. Annie Curry, claimant
14 Buttrill Bros vs F. Z. Curry and Mrs. Annie Curry, claimant
15 H. F. Gilmore vs F, Z. Curry and Mrs. Annie Curry, claimant
17 Mrs. Willie Sneed vs Mack Goodwin
21 Fred C'awthon vs Mrs. W. M. Preston
22 W. W. Wilson vs City of Jackson
23 W. W. Wilson vs City of Jackson
24 Geo T. Manley vs Middle Ga. Interurban Ry Cos. & City of Jackson
25 Mrs. Sarah J. Guest vs Southern Ry Cos.
27 J. H. Welsh & Cos. vs C. L. and J. S. Carter
32 L. A. Maddox vs Nathan Williamson
33 H. D. Moore vs Jackson Hardware Cos.
46 Jasper County vs Butts County, et al
NO. 9186 REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
The Jackson National Bank
At Jackson, in the State of Georgia, At the Close of Business Dec. 31, 1914.
RESOURCES
Doans and discounts $107,214 46
Overdrafts, secured, $473-72; unsecured, $2,882.51 _. 3,356 23
U. S. bonds deposited to secure circulation (par value) $75,000 00
Commercial paperdep. tosecurecirculation (book value) 36,141 57 — 111,141 57
Other bonds to secure postal savings. 1,000 00— 1,000 00
Premium on bonds for circulation 1,763 29 1,763 29
Subscription to stock of Federal Reserve bank 5,400 00
Less amount unpaid .... 4,500 00 — 900 00
Banking house, $9,517.60; furniture and fixtures, $6,419.72.. 15,937 32
Due from Federal Reserve bank 988 18
Due from approved reserve agents in central reserve cities 3,239 82 — 8,239 82
Due from banks and bankers (other than above) 9,802 13
Outside checks aud other cashitems $1,678.54; fractional
currency 185 40 — 1,763 94
Notesof other national banks 995 00
Lawful money reserve in bank:
Specie 3,660 00
Legal-tender notes 1,735 00— 5,395 00
Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer, (not more than
5 per cent on circulation) 5,100 00
Total - - $268,596 94
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid in $ 75,000 00
Surplus fund 15,000 00
Undivided profits $ 11,229 19
Less current expenses, interest and taxes paid 3,447 03— 7,782 16
Circulating notes •_ 102,000 00— 102,000 00
Dividends unpaid 2,250 00
Demand deposits:
Individual deposits subject to check 31,988 27
Certificate of deposit due in less than 30 days.. 4,135 00
Cashier’s checks outstanding 89 10
Postal savings deposits.
Time deposits:
Certificates of deposit due on or after 30 days. 10,591 16— 10,591 16
Rediscounts with Federal Reserve banks 3,060 00
Notes and bills rediscounted. 6,700 00— 9,760 00
Bills payable, including obligations representing money borrowed.. 10,000 00
Total $268,596 94
State of Georgia—County of Butts:
I, R. P. Sasnett, Cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly
swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
11. P. SASNETT, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 12th day of January, 1915.
S. J. FOSTER, Clerk Superior Court.
Correct—Attest: F. S. Etheridge, Joel B. Watkins, E. L. Smith, Directors.
Mr. S. E. Andrews, former
well known Jackson newspaper
man, is down from Atlanta the
guest of relatives this week.
The Quinine That Does Not Affect The Head
Because of its tonic and laxative effect, LAXA
TIVE BROMO QUININE is better than ordinary
Quinine and does not cause nervousness nor
ringing in head. Remember the full name and
look lor the signature of E. W. GROVE. 25c.
“Supply the American food
stuffs to Americans, prevent suf
fering at home and end the Eu
ropean war” is the latest battle
cry.
Cut out war talk and talk bus
iness. It’s more profitable.