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BUTTS COUNTY PROGRESS
VOLUME 33.
DEMONSTimiiuw
PROVED SUCCESS
Oil Tractor Put to Test
Here Saturday
WAS OF WIDE INTEREST
Motor Plow Ever Op
erated in Butts County-
Machine Is Handy One
on Any Farm
The demonstration held in this
city Saturday by representatives
of the International Harvester
Company for the benefit of the
local agents, Messrs. B. F. Wat
kins & Company, showing the
uses to which the farm oil trac
tor can be put, created wide in
terest and was witnessed by sev
eral hundred persons.
The demonstration was held on
the Hendrick farm between Pep
perton and Jackson and during
ing the day a large number of
farmers and other interested par
ties called and saw the tractor in
operation and had its workings
explained. A two disc plow was
used, each disc cutting 10 inches
and turning the soil to a depth of
from 8 to 11 inches. Going at
that rate four acres can be plow
ed per day and the tractors does
the work of eight mules—only it
does it better as it breaks the
land to a greater depth, thus re
leasing valuable elements of
plant food.
There was also a demonstration
of an eight disc plow, which cuts
about four feet wide. This plow
will break up eight acres per day.
It is claimed for the Mogul oil
tractor, the cost of which is $675,
that it will revolutionize agricul
ture in this country. Judge H.
M. Fletcher bought the first of
these machines ever brought to
Butts county, and Messrs. B. F.
Watkins & Cos. have been using
it to haul fertilizers from the de
pot to their warehouse. Some of
the uses to which the tractor can
be put include plowing, hauling
produce to market, threshing,
harvesting, baling hay, filling
silo, etc.
The tractor has been used in
portions of Georgia for some
time but the machine is just now
making its appearance in Butts
county, which in agriculture and
all things progressive, stands in
the front ranks. It is believed
that the general use of the trac
tor in this county will mean a pe
riod of more substantial prosper
ity for the farmers and business
interests of the community.
The I. H. C. representatives,
who had charge of the demonstra
tion Saturday were Messrs. J. L.
Williams, special tractor sales
man, P. D. Cochran, blockman of
this territory, W. L. Harlan, as
sistant manager of the Atlanta
office, E. W. Satter white, sales
man, W. T. Farrar, expert ma
chinist.
,u..cR PEOPLE KILLED ON
THE RAILROADS LAST YEAR
Atlanta, Ga., April 15.—A ma
terial decrease in the number of
persons killed in Georgia in rail
road and street railway accidents
is shown in the annual report of
the state railroad commission,
made public this week, and the
commission gives the highest
commendation to the carriers for
the increasing efforts for the
safety of passengers and em
ployes.
Asa matter of fact the num
ber of persons killed in railroad
accidents has been very small in
Georgia for a number of years
past. For the past three years
not a single passenger has been
killed in a street car accident.
In 1912 sixteen railroad passen
gers were killed, and in 1914 on
ly eight were killed.
According Io this new report,
the total number of persons kill
ed and injured on both steam
and street railroads in Georgia
during 1914 was 2715 as com
pared with 4148 in 1913, and
4566 in 1912.
NR. H. G. KNOTT
IS NEW AGENT
Jean C. Landers Goes to
Eastman
CHANGE NOW”EFFECTIVE
Change in Personnel ot
Depot Agents Will Be
of Interest to The People
of Jackson Territory
Mr. H. G. Knott has been ap
pointed agent of the Southern
Railway at Jackson, taking the
place of Mr. J. C. Landers, who
resigned to accept the agency at
Eastman. Mr. Knott took charge
of the office Friday and Mr. Lan
ders and wife left Saturday for
Eastman where they will reside
permanently.
This change will be of interest
to the people served by the local
offiee of the Southern. Mr. Knott
has filled the agency at Jackson
before and has many friends here
who will welcome him to the city.
He is an experienced railroad man
and will give the patrons of the
office efficient service. His clerk
will be his sister, Miss Carrie
Knott.
Mr. Landers, who is a thor
oughly capable railroad man who
knows the work in all its depart
ments, made many friends here
by his courteous and accommoda
ting dealings with the public and
the people of this city were sorry
to learn of his transfer to anoth
er point. Mr. Landers will have
charge of the express business as
well as the railroad agency at
Eastman.
Mr. R. 0. Settle, who has been
clerk in the local office for some
time, has been appointed relief
agent with headquarters in At
lanta.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1915.
MONEY FOR THE
COUNTY TEACHERS
Mr. Mallet Gets Check For
Spring Funds
PAY SALARIESTHIS WEEK
Butts County Board of Ed
ucation Borrows Money
And Will Pay Teachers
Promptly Each Month
Mr. Hugh Mallet, County
School Superintendent, received
a check the first of the week for
$9,000 from the Old National
Bank of Battle Creek, Mich.,
which will be used in paying the
teachers of the county their sal
aries for March. April and May.
For several years now the
board of education has been bor
rowing money from the above
named bank and the teachers
have been paid promptly. When
the board met the first of the
month arrangements were made
to borrow again this year and the
funds have just been received.
This money is obtained at the
rate of 6 per cent, it is stated.
Teachers who wish to get a
check for their salary can do so
by calling on Mr. Mallet at his
office. It will probably be Satur
day before a majority of the
teachers can arrange to come to
Jackson for the money due them.
TWO CLASSES HAVING
NECK AND NECK RACE
In the contest which is being
carried on between the Baraca
Bible class of the Jackson Bap
tist church and the Wesley class
of the Methodist church they are
running neck and neck for the
first Sunday’s report. The re
ports are as follows:
Baraca class, enrolled 42, pres
ent 26, attended church 15, new
members 4.
Wesley class, enrolled 26, pres
ent 24, attended church 18, new
members 5.
These two classes are working
hard to make of themselves two
of the best classes in this part of
the state and every one in town
should help them in every way
possible. Everybody go out to
the class of their choice next Sun
day and help them.
CLEAN UP WEEK RESULTED
IN GOOD TO WHOLE TOWN
Clean up and paint up week
was generally observed through
out Jackson and the old town is
spic and span once more. The peo
ple of the entire city, both white
and colored, entered into the spirit
of the movement and during the
week a tremendous amount of
rubbish and trash was removed
or burned. The paint brush was
also used with beautifying effect.
There is no disputing the fact
that clean up week will result in
better sanitary conditions as well
as adding to the appearance of
the city.
HOME PRODUCTS AND HOME
INDUSTRIES GIVEN BOOST
Atlanta, Ga., April 15—The
home products and home indus
try movement in Georgia got a
big boost at the recent Rotary
club luncheon when Governor
John M. Slaton made a remark
able speech dealing with the
rich and manifold products of
Georgia counties. He brought
with him a map of Georgia drawn
bv Ava Wheeler, a ten-year-old
Chattooga county girl, showing
pictures in each county of the
products of that county. The
governor pointed out that Geor
gia has every variety of climate
in the United States excepting
only Alaska, and that she is able
to produce within her borders
almost everything that can grow
anywhere on the American con
tinent. From an economic stand
point the speech was regarded as
one of the most interesting he
has ever made, and it has been
widely and favorably commented
upon.
SUNDAY SCHOOLS
IN ANNUAL MEET
Sessions Held in Jackson
Last Week
SAME OFFICERS NAMED
Some of State Offficers in
City For Convention —
Visitors Were Cordially
Entertained While Here
The meeting of the Butts
County Sunday School asso
ciation in Jackson Thursday
night and Friday of last week
was declared to have been one of
the most successful sessions yet
held.
Sunday schools in all parts of
the county sent delegates for
the meeting Friday, when ses
sions were held in the morning
and afternoon. Dinner was serv
ed at the noon hour, this proving
an enjoyable feature of the day’s
pleasures. Several interesting
addresses were made and practi
cally all the schools handed in
reports showing a satisfactory
year’s work.
Thursday night Mr. D. W.
Sims, state secretary, and Miss
Daisy Magee, one of the state of
ficials, made addresses which
were heard by a number of the
people of the city.
Towards the close of the day
Friday officers were elected for
another year. The same officers
were given another term. They
include: President. J. Matt Mc-
Michael; vice-president, S. O.
Ham; secretary and treasurer, C.
L. Carter.
The meeting place of the next
convention has not yet been an
nounced.
APRIL 30 DATE
OF LINE DISPUTE
Case to Be Tried in Henry
Superior Court
WILL SETTLE TAX ISSUE
Question of The Distribu
tion of Power Company
Taxes BetweenTheTwo
Counties to Be Passed on
April 30 is the date set for the
hearing of the Butts-Jasper boun
dary line dispute, the case to be
threshed out in Henry county
superior court in McDonough.
The phase of the case that will
be tried on that date is the pro-
portion of taxes due each county
under the returns of the Central
Georgia Power Company. Since
Secretary of State Philp Cook has
decided that the east bank of the
Ocmulgee is the line it not likely
that feature will be injected into
the hearing in McDonough.
Whether that portion of the
dam, on the Butts county side,
on which the power house and
machinery is located, is more val
uable for taxation than that por
tion of the dam, on the Jasper
county side, under water, is the
issue to be decided.
Very general interest attaches
to this now celebrated case and
the outcome will be watched with
concern by the citizens of the in
terested counties.
TAX RECEIVER WILL CLOSE
BOOKS ON MAY THE FIRST
Tax Receiver Luther L. Greer
will close his books for 1915 on
May 1. Soon after that the board
of tax equalizers will begin their
work for the year.
Up to the present time, Mr.
Greer states, there is a consider
able amount of property that has
not been returned. He has made
rounds of the county and has had
his books open in the court house
for several weeks, thus giving
everybody an opportunity to re
turn their property. All prop
erty owners who wish to get
their property on the digest
should arrange to see Mr. Greer
within the next few days.
SERVICES SUNDAY FOR JR.
0. A. M. AT MACEDONIA
The special services for the
Junior Order at Macedonia was
attended by at least fifty of the
members of Jackson lodge No.
102, together with about the
same number of their relatives
and friends.
Macedonia church was filled to
its capacity and everybody seem
ed to enjoy the day.
Avery beautiful boquet of
flowers with the Junior Order
inscription printed on a lovely
piece of ribbon to match the
flowers, was placed on the grave
of one of their number, Mr. Un
derwood.
NUMBER 16.