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BUTTS COUNTY PROGRESS
VOLUME 33.
HON. C. S. MADWa
YIELDS TO DEATH
Paralytic Stroke Proved
Fatal Monday
WAS SHOCK TO COUNTY
He Was Widely Known
Educator, Prominent in
Business Circles And an
Influential Citizen
Stricken with paralysis Janu
ary 26. Hon. C. S. Maddox, Su
perintendent of Schools of Butts
county, died at his home in this
city at an early hour Monday
morning. His death while not un
expected, as he had been sinking
for the past few days, came as a
shock to the community. It was
was a blow that all felt.
Mr. Maddox was one of the
county’s first citizens and as an
educator his usefulness and influ
ence was state wide. For a long
number of years he had been at
the head of the educational sys
tem of Butts county and was an
earnest advocate of the common
schools. He had written and
spoken entensively on education
and his views commanded respect
throughout the state. He had
done a man’s full duty in fight
ing illiteracy and his death is a
serious loss to the cause of edu
cation. Mr. Maddox was partic
ularly interested in the boys and
girls and the members of the
Boys Corn Club will miss his en
thusiasm and counsel.
Mr. Maddox was 73 years of
years and a member of the Con
gregational Methodist church.
He was a prominent Mason, hav
ing been at the head of Jackson
Chapter No. 54 for many years.
In the civil war he served as a
member of Company I, Forty-
Fifth Georgia regiment and his
record is that of a brave and
faithful soldier and he carried to
his grave the scars of battle. At
the time of his death Mr. Mad
dox was adjutant of John L.
Barnett camp of veterans and
was much interested in all that
pertained to the Confederacy.
Mr. Maddox was a planter on
an extensive scale and was in
terested in and a director of sev
eral of the enterprises of the
county. He was considerd quite
wealthy.
The surviving relatives include
his wife, who was a Miss Ponder
before her marriage, three sons,
Messrs. D. F., J. W. and A. C.
Maddox, four daughters, Mrs. J.
D. Browelee, Mrs. W. P. Wat
kins, Mrs. T. M. Bond and Miss
Winnie Maddox, a brother, Mr.
N. N. Maddox, two sisters, Mrs.
C. E. Carter, of Concord, and
Mrs. George Johnson, several
grandchildren and other relatives
The funeral was held Tuesday
at 12 o’clock noon at Providence
church, of which he was a mem
ber, and was largely attended,
hundreds of friends gathering
for a last tribute. The services
were conducted by Rev. Mr.
English, and High Falls lodge of
Masons had charge of the cere
monies at the grave.
VVIUIU iNovlOin
• knw i iiwik JU
CROP FOR FARMERS
Atlanta, Ga., Feby 11--“ Put
your bare acres in peas or other
leguminous crops, ” urges Com
missioner of Agriculture J. D.
Price, to the Georgia farmer.
It will beat cotton all to pieces
this year, he says. The State
Department of Agriculture is
now prepared to furnished Geor
gia farmers with the nitrogen
bacteria inoculant for legumi
nous crops at 25 cents per acre,
or actual cost, where they have
heretofore been paying private
parties from $1.75 to $2.00 per
acre. This inoculin makes these
crops grow luxuriantly, and the
department is ready to supply
Georgia farmers with all they
need at cost of manufacture.
BUTTS TO HAVE
GRAIN MARKET
Decided at Mass Meeting
Here Friday
J. M. GASTON MANAGER
All Kinds of Farm Products
Will Be Handled And
Particular Attention to
Market For Foodstuffs
At the meeting held in the
court house last Friday it was de
cided to establish a market for
the sale of farm products. It will
be under the management of Mr.
J. M. Gaston, general manager
of the Farmers’ Union warehouse,
who has made such a marked
success of that institution.
To begin with the market will
be started on a small scale. All
farm products, corn, hay, oats,
peas, potatoes, etc., will be han
dled in any quantities up to car
load lots. These articles will have
to be prepared for market in at
tractive form and will have to be
equal in quality to those raised
anywhere in the country. Along
this line there must be consider
able education before the people
can hope to accomplish a great
deal in disposing of their wares.
On account of unfavorable
weather conditions and bad roads
there was not a large attendance.
Mr. J. M. Gaston was made chair
man and stated the purpose of
the mass meeting. He expressed
his emphatic belief in the need
of a market for farm products
and the feasability of making the
movement a success and an eco
nomic blessing to the county.
Others who made short and en
thusiastic talks were Rev. Z. E.
Barron, Hon. J. H. Mills, Hon.
J. Matt McMichael and Mr. W.
S. Cook.
Colored Teachers to
Meet Here Saturday
E. B. Barco, principal of the
Jackson colored school, requests
The Progress to announce that a
meeting of all the colored teachers
in the county will be held in the
colored school building Saturday
morning, Feb. 13. at 11 o’clock.
Business of importance will be
transacted and a full attendance
is requested.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1915.
GOOD SHOWING
AT INSPECTION
Jackson Rifles Have An
Annual Test
CORPORALS WON PRAISE
Company Visited by State
And United States Offi
cers Monday Night—sl
Men Were in Line
The annual inspection of the
Jackson Rifles, Company A, Sec
ond Infantry, National Guard of
Georgia, was held Monday night.
Major F. L. Palmer, inspector
general of the state militia, and
Captain J. M. Kimbrough, Jr.,
U. S. A., were the inspecting of
ficers. Major Polhill Wheeler,
of Macon, was also present to
get a line on the inspection.
Captain L. H. Hendrick had a
full quota of men in line. The
inspection was said to have been
one of the most rigid yet held.
It consisted of close and extend
ed order drill, guard duty, ques
tions on tactics and other move
ments that thoroughly tested the
knowledge of the men.
The company, which is one of
the best in the state, made an ex
cellent showing. Major Palmer
complimented the corporals par
ticularly on the high order of
their work. There were fifty-one
enlisted men in line. On the
examination passed the company
will be given a good average by
the inspecting officers.
WHAT THE DOLLAR KEPT
AT HOME WILL DO
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 11—Several
towns in the South are trying
the experiment of a “Buy at
Home Dollar” with startling re
sults to show just what a busy
dollar will do if it stays in its
home town and keeps moving.
The originator of the idea took
a dollar bill and pasted it in a
blank book, with the request
written in the book that each
person who received it note just
what he spent the dollar for and
with whom.
In twenty-four hours that one
dollar had been spent fifty-two
times, and had bought fifty-two
different articles. It had made a
profit for fifty-two persons, and
was ready to start out and do it
all over
Mr. J. C. Alexander
Answers Latft Call
After a short illness Mr. J. C.
Alexander died at his home at
Jenkinsburg Friday night of last
week, death having been due to
paralysis. He was 70 years of
age and was well and favorably
known throughout the county.
Mr. Alexander is survived by
his wife and four children, one
sister, Mrs. P. V. Manning. The
remains were shipped Saturday
morning to his old home in Dou
glasville for funeral and inter
ment.
GEORGIANS URGED TO BUY
NEW STATE BOND ISSUE
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 11—“ Buy a
Georgia Bond” is the new idea
suggested by Governor Slaton,
who has just returned from a
business mission to New York.
The new state bond issue is to
be cut up into SSOO bonds, and
the governor says he would like
to see the whole issue taken in
Georgia by home people.
Governor Slaton found the
money market in New York a
great deal easier than a few
months ago. Eastern financiers
seemed to have high regard for
Georgia’s financial soundness,
caused by wise laws governing
economy, and say the bonds will
easily bring par. A few months
ago they would have been sold at
a heavy loss.
TWO WEEKS OF
SUPERIOR COURT
February Term Begins on
Next Monday
BUSY SESSION PROSPECT
Criminal Cases Will Come
up The Second Week—
Good Batch of Business
Ready For Trial
With a prospect of two weeks
of hard work ahead, the Febru
ary term of Butts county super
ior court will meet in Jackson on
next Monday, with Judge R. T.
Daniel presiding and Solicitor
General E. M. Owen present as
prosecuting attorney.
Civil business only will be tried
the first week. There is a good
batch of business on this side of
the court, the calendar having
been made up through Wednesday
None of the cases against the
Central Georgia Power Company,
of which there is a large number,
pending a decision of the higher
courts in a test case, will be tried
at this term, it is stated.
Criminal cases will be reached
the second week. An average
number of jail cases will be pre
sented for a hearing. Bonesie
Brownlee, a negro, charged with
the murder of his wife on Jan.
10, 1914, will be arraigned at this
term. There are a considerable
number of misdemeanor and oth
er cases of that nature.
The grand jury will probably
have a number of matters to en
gage their attention, aside from
receiving the reports of the va
rious county officers.
Good Program For
Suuday Schools
“Georgia Go To Sunday School
Day,” will be observed next
Sunday, February 14 at the Jack
son Baptist Bible School.
The Cradle Roll and Home De
partment members are urged to
be present, and everybody, not a
member of some other school, is
earnestly invited.
Special programme, inspiring
music, and a warm welcome
to all.
F. S. Etheridge,
Superintendent.
WILL PURCHASE
GEORGIA PRODUCTS
County Commissioners of
State Interested
WILL AID HOMEINDUSTRY
Million Dollars Worth of
Foodstuffs Required to
Feed Convidts And Stock
in The 151 Counties
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 8.-To bring
to the attention of the commis
sioners of roads and revenues of
the 151 counties of Georgia the
fact that they can provide a mar
ket for $1,000,000 worth of Geor
gia-raised foodstuffs in 1915, by
agreeing to give preference to
Georgia-grown articles and where
possible to those raised in their
own counties, the Georgia cham
ber of commerce has sent to the
chairman of the board of each
county, or to the ordinary, where
that official acts as the county
commissioner, a letter which in,
part, is as follows:
“At our request, merchants
throughout the state are signing
agreements to give preference to
Georgia products—quality, price
and preparation for market be
ing equal. These names will be
given to the press of the state as
a ‘roll of honor’ and we will pub
lish the list in a pamphlet, for
free distribution, with the rules,
formulated for us by a committee
of experts, for preparing grain
and hay for market in accordance
with prevailing trade customs, in
order that they may command
the highest prices and be made
sound security for advances and
loans. We wish to include your
board.
“The prison commission advis
es us that there are at present
5,300 convicts and about 4,000
mules and horses worked on pub
lic roads in Georgia. We estimate
the cost of feeding at $3,000 per
day, or over $1,000,000 per year.
The prison commission states that
only three or four counties cover
the cost of feeding convicts and
stock by county-owned farms.
“If the county commissioners
of every county will pass resolu
tions or issue instructions, giving
preference to Georgia products—
preferably raised in their own
county—quality, price and prepa
ration for market being equal —
it will greatly increase planting
and go far toward providing mar
kets.”
What The Great Barnum
Said of Advertising
P. T. Barnum once said: “If
you have nineteen dollars to put
to use, pay ten dollars for the ar
ticle and nine dollars for the ad
vertising. I can out talk any man
but a printer. The man who pub
lishes a newspaper and talks ev
ery week to thousands of men,
while I am talking to one, is the
man I am afraid of. and I want to
be his friend. The business man
who does not advertise is a poor
stick. Trade with the men who
advertise if you want to get bar
gains and the worth of your
money.”
NUMBER 7.