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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.