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BUTTS COUNTY PROGRESS
VOLUME 33r
BOW TO PREPARE
FOOD FOR MARKET
Jim Price Gives Planters
Some Pointers
MEANS BETTER PRICES
Grain And Other Food
stuffs Should Be Prepar
ed For Market in
Attractive Manner
Atlanta, Ga., March 11—An
advance appeal to the farmers of
Georgia to pack their foodstuffs
which they may have for sale in
merchantable shape has been is
sued by the state department of
agriculture. The department
points out that only by putting
up products in a careful and sys
tematic manner can the Georgia
farmers expect to compete with
those of other states whose goods
are properly packed.
Commissioner of Agriculture
J. D. Price has repeatedly advo
cated the establishment of grain
warehouses in the state, where
farmers might procure some ad
vances on grain and food crops,
and in this connection he has
pleaded with the farmers of the
state to be particular about pre
paring their products for
market. The department’s state
ment in this connection will
prove of interest. Among other
things, it says:
“The department of agricul
ture appeals to the farmers of
Georgia to put up their surplus
food products which they expect
to offer for sale, in merchantable
shape. Some of them have been
in the habit of putting up their
oats in all kinds of bags holding
from one bushel to five bushels,
and tying the bags at the top
with a string. Has any Georgia
farmer ever bought a load of
western oats put up in this
shape? Oats, and in fact all
grain, should be put up in bags
as nearly alike as possible. They
should be packed of uniform
weight and neatly sowed across
the top.
“The farmers of Georgia will
do well to follow the state laws
and rulings of the department
in making up their packages of
grain. These laws and rulings
were made for the protection of
the farmers of this state, and
when they come to sell to others
it is only fair that they themsel
ves should fill the requirements
which were made for their own
protection. If a Georgia farmer
has a bag of oats to sell he should
offer it in as good shape as the
bag of oats he goes to buy. The
state law and department rulings
require that all commercial feed
stuffs must be in standard
weight bags or packages, holding
50 pounds, 75 pounds, 100 pounds.
125 pounds, 160 pounds, 175
pounds or 200 pounds; except
corn may be sold in 112 pound or
2i bushel bags, and oats may be
sold in 144 pound or 4i bushel
bags, or 160 pound or 5 bushel
bags.
“This plan should not only be
followed with all grains, but with
other products as well. The far
mer growing potatoes should
assort them carefully, putting up
LIBRARY AT THE
STATE PRISON FARM
Atlanta, Ga., March 11.—Ef
forts to build up a fine library for
the convicts at the state prison
farm at Milledgeville are being
met with considerable response
from all over the state and the
prison commissioners hope that
within a short time a really val
uable librarv will be established.
There are about eight hundred
prisoners at the farm, of which
over three hundred are women
and children under sixteen. They
have no way to occupy their
minds or to gain information, af
ter their hours of work, and con
tributions of books are invited
for them. There is no appropri
ation for purchasing books for
this purpose and gifts either of
books or money will be acceptable.
BOARD ENDORSES
THIS MOVEMENT
Medical Examination For
School Children
WILL BE COMPULSORY
Parent-Teacher Associa
tion Helps to Secure The
Work—Physicians Have
Divided up Duties
Medical examination for school
children having been endorsed
by the board of education and
the dentists and physicians of
Jackson having tendered their
services without charge, the in
spection will begin at once, it is
announced.
The following physicians have,
it is said, divided the work up as
given herewith:
Dr. H. W. Copeland, lungs,
heart and blood.
Dr. J. E. Woods, eyes, ears,
nose and throat.
Dr. J. A. Jarrell, skin diseases.
Dr. R. Gunter, contagious dis
eases.
Dr. C. R. Eitel, kidneys and
nerves and physical development.
Dr. C. D. Heard, hookworm.
The three dentists of the city,
Drs. Hopkins, Franklin and Ches
nutt, will examine the teeth of
the school children.
the large and nice ones in sepa
rate packages so that he may get
the best price for them. The lit
tle ones may be kept for home
use for feeding hogs or may be
sold as such, if desired; but the
important point is to assort them
properly and pack them nicely in
order that they may bring the
best price. Likewise in packing
hay it should be put up in bales
Of uniform size and weight. Only
by following these simple rules
can the farmer hope to get the
best prices for his produce."
JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1915.
Some are born to great
ness; some achieve it—
and we believe it. But
one might add to this
moralizing That most
grow great by adver
tising.
WILL IMPROVE
COURT SQUARE
Survey Has Been Made
This Week
WORK IS MUCH NEEDED
Extensive Improvements
Will Add Greatly to Ap
pearauce of The Public
Court Yard
Preparatory to grading the
court house square, a survey has
been made this week by engineers
from the Central Georgia Power
Company's plant. Work of im
proving the court yard will begin
at once, it is understood.
Mr. J. O. Gaston, Commission
er of Roads and Revenues, will
have the work done by the con
victs and it is his plans to make
the court house square one of the
most attractive in the state. Af
ter the square has been graded
and walks laid off it will then be
sodded. A coping will be built
around the square, and this will
necessitate the removal of all the
trees bordering the sidewalks.
The coping and walks will be
built by Mr. J. R. Lyons, it is
stated.
It will be recalled that the re
cent grand jury recommended
this work be done. Before that
time the Civic League and other
organizations had been endeav
oring to have the court house
lawn beautified and announce
ment that this work is to be done
immediately will be of interest
to the citizens of the county.
Work of improving the square
began Wednesday morning.
JACKSON PAINTER KILLS
FATHER, MOTHER, SELF
Anniston, Ala., March
bodies of J. A. Cooper, his wife
and their son, L. A. Cooper, were
discovered in the Cooper home
near here early today. The po
sitions of the bodies indicated
that the son had shot his parents
as they lay in bed and then had
committed suicide. A shotgun
was found beside young Cooper’s
body. J. A. Cooper at one time
was editor of the Monticello (Ga.)
Times.
L. A. Cooper formerly worked
for the Empire Buggy Company
of this city as a painter, a few
years ago. He is remembered
here by a number of the people.
Previous to working for the Em
pire Buggy Company Cooper is
said to have been employed at
the Pepperton Cotton Mills.
GEORGIA TO SELL BONDS
ON MARCH FIFTEENTH
Atlanta, Ga., March 11.—Bids
will be opened next Monday,
March 15, at the state capitol,
for the purchase of all or any
part of $3,525,000 worth of state
refunding bonds, and Governor
Slaton has expressed the hope
that all or most of the issue will
be taken by Georgia investors.
For this reason the bonds have
been issued in denominations of
SSOO and SI,OOO so that even a
small investment may be made.
Georgia bears the enviable dis
tinction of having its securities
safeguarded by perhaps the most
stringent state laws in the coun
try, and its bonds are looked upon
in financial centers as being as
good as government bonds them
selves. There will be bids sub
mitted by several great financial
syndicates.
THE GOVERNMENT
WARNS FARMERS
Against Planting Certain
Variety of Cotton
SAY STAPLE IS INFERIOR
Uncle Sam Tells Planters
That “Half And Half
Cotton" Will Not Com
pare With Other Kinds
What will be of wide interest
to cotton growers is the warning
sent out from Washington by the
United States department of
agriculture against the raising of
the so-called “half and half cot
ton," which government officials
claim is far inferior to other va
rities of cotton.
The staple of the “half and half
cotton" does not grade well and
it sells for less on the market.
That planters who grow that va
riety will experience difficulty in
selling it in the future, is the in
timation of the government ex
perts. It sells for considerably
less than other standard varieties
of the fleecy staple.
Local cotton buyers state they
have noticed the difference be
tween the “half and half" and
other varieties of cotton and do
not pay as much for the former
on account of the poor staple.
The government warning, to
gether with the advice of Jack
son cotton buyers, should be of
interest to Butts county cotton
growers.
Hon. J. H. Mills Away
on A Lecturing Tour
The Hon. J. H. Mills, former
representative in the legislature
from Butts county and state vice
president of the Farmers’ Union,
is spending a month in Northeast
Georgia in the interest of this
farmers organizstion. While
away Mr. Mills will visit Rich
mond, Columbia and Walton
counties and will organize sever
al local and county Unions.
He left Jenkinsburg Sunday
and will return home early in |
April.
HON. J. T. MOORE
TO BE SPEAKER
He WHI Deliver Memorial
Day Address
BEFORE U.lx AT LYONS
Well Known Jackson At
torney Accepts Invita
tion of Robert Toombs
Chapter, U. D. C.
A Jackson attorney, Hon. J.
Threatt Moore, will deliver the
Memorial Day address at Lyons
this year. The invitation sent
him by the Robert Toombs chap
ter, U. D. C., several days ago
has been accepted.
Colonel Moore is in great de
mand as a Memorial Day spe ak
er and that the Robert Toombs
chapter made no mistake in the
selection of their orator is attes
ted by all who have heard this
eloquent attorney. He has spo
ken in this city on several Mem
orial Day observances, and was
the orator at the time the Larkin
Watson chapter unveiled the
monument to the Confederate
soldiers of Butts county, a few
years ago.
Mr. Moore first gai ned notice
as a speaker of unusual ability
while a student at the University
of Georgia. He won several
medals in intercollegiate debate
and since being admitted to the
bar has sustained his reputation
as an eloquent and convincing
speaker.
W
: llj
HON. J. T. MOORE
He represented Butts county
in the legislature in the sessions
of 1910-11 and is the author of
the well known law making wa
ter power companies subject to
trial in the county where the
damage occurs, instead of the
county in which the home office
of such company is located.
Those who know Mr. Moore’s
oratorical ability are quite sure
that the people of Toombs county
will hear the cause of the Con
federacy defended eloquently,
patriotically and masterfully on
the occasion of his visit April 26.
NUMBER 11.