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BUTTS COUNTY PROGRESS
VOLUME 33.
RECORD CROP OF
V COTTON IN 1914
Greatest Ever Grown in
United States
16,102,143 BALE CROP
Several States Smash Pre
vious Records —Value of
Crop Away Below That
of The 1913-14 Yield
Washington, D. C., March 20
—The greatest cotton crop ever
produced in the United States
was grown in 1914.
Census bureau statistics issued
today, giving final ginning fig
ures, officially place the 1914 crop
as a record with 16,102,143 bales
of 500 pounds each.
That is 409,442 equivalent to
500 pound bales, or 204,721,000
pounds more than produced in
the great crop of 1911.
Sea island bales included num
bered 81,598.
The average gross weight of
bales for the crop was 507.2
pounds, compared with 506.2 in
1913, 508 in 1912 and 504.5 in 1911
Ginneries operated for the crop
numbered 24,522, compared with
24,749 in 1913, 25,279 in 1912 and
26,349 in 1911.
While the crop was a record
one, the only states to make new
records in production were Ala
bama, Louisiana and Oklahoma.
The other cotton states all come
close to their reeords.
Unofficial estimates place the
value of the crop, which this sea
son has been greatly reduced by
the effect of the European war
at $570,000,000 for lint. That is
based on an average price of 7.2
cents a pound to producers. On
the same basis the value of the
seed is estimated at $134,000,000.
These together make the estima
ted value of the 1914-15 crop to
cotton farmers $704,000,000, com
pared with $911,000,000, the val
ue of the 1913-14 crop, estimated
in the same manner.
Production of states in equiva
lent 500 pound bales, exclusive
of linters, with comparisons for
1911, follows:
Alabama —
1914 1.750.281
1911 1,716,534
Arkansas
-1914 1,015,674
1911 939,302
Florida
-1914 80,968
1911 83,388
Georgia —
1914 2,713,470
1911 2,768,627
Louisiana
-1914 447,861
1911 384,597
Mississippi
-1914 1,244,703
1911 1,204,545
Missouri —
1314 81,687
1911 - 96,808
North Carolina
-1914 925,233
1911 1,075,826
Oklahoma—
-1914 1,261,350
1911 1,022,092
South Carolina
-1914 1,524,595
1911 1.648,712
§ THOUGHT of love immortal blende
Klitb dear remembrances of friende,
Hnd in these earth bom flowers,
ftlitb Bden'e lingering fragrance sweet,
Che heavenly and the human meet,
Che heart of Christ and ours.
—QDbittfer.
MASONS' ANNUITY MAKES
A SPLENDID SHOWING
Atlanta, Ga., March 25—Mem
bers of the Masonic order through
out the state will be glad to learn
that despite business depressions
and other causes the Masons’ An
nuity of Atlanta reports an un
usually good year of work. The
organization is devoted to the
care of widows and orphans of
deceased Masons in good stand
ing, and secretary George E. Ar
gard reports assets of $820,163,
besides payment of annuities ag
gregating $585,071.
Tennessee —
1914 382,431
1911 449,730
Texas—
-1914 4.584,933
1911 ...4,256,427
Virginia
-1914 25,182
1911 29,891
All Other States—
-1914 63,880
1911— 17.215
JACKSON, GEORGIA. FRIDAY, MARCH 26. 1915.
A large wholesale firm
has collected statistics
which signify that about
eighty-four per cent of
the failures in this coun
try centers among those
who spend nothing on
advertising.
—System.
FUNERAL OF JOSEPH CASWELL
HELD HERE LAST THURSDAY
The funeral of Joseph Caswell,
the young man killed in Iron
Springs district Monday of last
week, was held Thursday after
noon, March 18, at 4 o’clock.
Short but impressive services
were conducted at the grave by
Dr. Robert VanDeventer of the
Baptist church, assisted by Rev.
Olin King of the Methodistchurch
and the interment was in the
Jackson Cemetery.
The authorities here were una
ble to locate any of the unfortu
nate young man’s relatives, al
though every effort was exhaus
ted. The body was buried at the
county’s expense.
GOVERNOR SLATON PAID
COMPLIMENT FOR BOND SALE
Atlanta, Ga., March 25 —Gov-
ernor John M. Slaton will be
paid a unique compliment when
the recent issue of $3,525,000 of
Georgia bonds are printed by a
New York firm. The engravers
have asked the privilege of pla
cing the governor’s picture on
each bond, and he has consented.
This was done in consideration
of his efforts in making the most
advantageous bond sale the state
has ever known.
Financial circles have not vet
recovered from the surprise they
got when Asa G. Candler, At
lanta’s wealthiest citizen, appear
ed and bought the whole $3,525,-
000 of bonds by bidding $72,000
premium for them, by far the
highest bid received. Mr. Can
dler will have them issued in
small denominations and market
them at his leisure, giving Geor
gia purchasers the preference.
COUNCIL FIGHTS
INSURANCE RATES
Additional Fire Protection
Provided For
ACTION MONDAY NIGHT
Boiler at Water Works to
Be Kept JUnder Steam —
Raise of Ten Per Cent
Was Threatened
Facing the alternative of hav
ing the fire insurance rates raised
ten cents on each one hundred
dollars of property or provide ad
ditional fire protection by keep
ing the boiler at the water works
under steam, Council at the ses
sion Monday night decided to
have the boiler fired up. This
means that the present rate will
continue in force for the present.
When new water mains were
laid a year or so ago a lower in
surance rate was granted Jack
son. It was not long, however,
before the Southeastern Under
writers Association began to
make more demands on the city.
In the present instance there was
a demand for additional mains or
greater water pressure through
keeping the old boiler under
steam.
No city in the state has any
lower fire losses than Jackson.
The fire losses for several years
have amounted to almost nothing.
The local fire department is one
of the best volunteer organiza
tions in the country.
Council's action Monday night
will save property owners of the
city a considerable sum.
KEEP OFF RAILROAD TRACKS
OBJECT OF PROPOSED LAW
Atlanta. Ga., March 25—Sev
eral organizations, including the
Atlanta chamber of commerce
and the Associated Charities, are
backing a bill to be introduced at
next session of the legislature to
prohibit walking on the tracks of
a railroad unless one is an em
ployee engaged in his work.
The bill grows out of the enor
mous number of accidents caused
by trespassing upon railroad
tracks, which are used as public
thoroughfares by so many people.
Statistics show that a large pro
portion of fatalities on railroads
would have been avoided had the
victim stuck to the highway and
kept off the road's property.
ADVERTISING BOOSTS SALE
OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS
Atlanta. Ga., March 25—That
the farmer can use advertising
to just as good advantage as the
merchant has been proved by
several wide-awake agricultural
ists, according to reports from
the government.
One southern farmer had some
corn to sell. It waa good com,
the price was right, but the far
mer had no time to peddle it. He
called up the office of his home
newspaper and gave an order for
a four line advertisemerlt. Be
fore the week was out he he had
sold his 420 bushels at good fig
ures. The next year the farmer
had learned the uses of advertis
ing, so he spread out a little. He
sold farm products amounting to
SI,OOO for an advertising expense
of ten dollars.
NUMBER 13.