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BUTTS COUNTY PROGRESS
VOLUME 33.
TO HONOR SOUTH’S
HEROES SATURDAY
Good Program Arranged
By U. D. C.
EXERCISES BEGIN AT 9:30
People of Entire Commu
nity to Unite in Honor
ing Confederate Cause-
Col. Russell Is Orator
Everything is in readiness for
the Memorial Day exercises Sat
urday and the occasion will be
celebrated in Jackson this year
with the usual patriotic spirit.
The plans are entirely in charge
of the Daughters of the Confed
eracy and an attractive program
has been arranged.
The parade will form on the
court house square at 9:30 and
the veterans will be taken in au
tomobiles to the cemetery where
the graves of the heroic dead will
be decorated with flowers. Fol
lowing the parade the crowd will
assemble in the court house for
the exercises. Several stirring an
thems will add to the interest of
the occasion. Judge H. M. Fletch
re will introduce the speaker,
Col. H. D. Russell.
The U. D. C. chapter will serve
dinner to the veterans, their
wives, the Jackson Hifaes and the
Boy Scouts and speakers, in the
court house corridors, at the con
clusion of the exercises.
Following is the complete pro
gram:
Music, America—audience.
Prayer—Rev. Olin King.
Music, A Prayer for our Coun
try-Double quartette.
Introduction of orator.
Address-Col. H. D. Russell.
Music, Massa in the Cold, Cold
Ground—Male quartette.
Delivery of medal by historian
—Miss Waldrop.
Talks by Veterans.
Music —Bonnie Blue Flag.
Prayer —Rev. I. H. Miller.
Dixie.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
TO HAVE INSTALLATION
Next Sunday at 11 a. m. and
7p. m. Rev. F. D. Hunt, D. D.,
Rev. A. R. Holderby, D. D., of
Atlanta, and Rev. Jonas Bark
ley, D. D. and Hon. B. B. Car
michael, of McDonough, will be
here as the commissioners offi
cially elected to install Rev. I. H.
Miller as pastor of the Jackson
Presbyterian church. Drs. Hunt,
Holderby and Barkley are re
garded as among the strongest
men in the southern Presbyterian
church and their coming to Jack
son is a matter of interest to the
community.
The installation will be in the
most ancient and approved form.
Seats free. The officers of the
church extend a cordial invitation
to the public to attend these ex
ercises.
BANKS TO CLOSE MONDAY
The banks in Jackson will ob
serve Memorial Day, Monday,
April 26, by closing for the day;
CAMP BARNETT
MEETS SATURDAY
Will Elect Officers For
The Year
AND TRANSACT BUSINESS
Adjutant Will Be Chosen
to Fill Vacancy Caused
by The Death of Mr. C.
S. Maddox on Feb. Bth
John L. Barnett camp 1114,
U. C. V., will hold its annual
meeting here Saturday during
the Memorial Day observance,
and officers will be elected and
other business transacted.
Since the last meeting the ad
jutant of the camp. Mr. C. S.
Maddox, has died and his suc
cessor will be elected. Capt. F.
L. Walthall is the efficient com
mander of the camp and he will
probably be named to succeed
himself, while Mr. S. H. Mays
will likelv be the choice for ad
jutant, an office he has been fill
ing by appointment for the past
several weeks.
Delegates to the Confederate
reunion in Richmond, Va., will
also be: selected at the annual
business session of the camp.
The ranks of the veterans are
being thinned so rapidly that the
annual meetings, where the old
heroes meet and mingle and live
over the old scenes again, are al
ways occasions of much interest.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 23. 1915.
THE DAUGHTERS
By Ralph Methven Thomson.
Gone is the day the Men in Gray
Marched forth with courage high,
Out of their homes and far away,
To fight, and bleed, and die;
But pledging them with a loving cup,
Brimmed with heroic names.
Have Southern women risen up
To link their deeds with Fame’s.
Lost is the cause whose vaunted flaws
Led to the bitter strife?
Dead is the battle field’s applause—
Sheathed are the swords for life;
But with their bumpers sparkling pride,
And pure as skies above,
Have Southern women glorified
The Southern soldiers’ love.
Oh, souls that sleep, oh, hearts that keep
The trust of other years;
Oh, comrades left bv age to weep
The tenting cavaliers,
A fig for Clio’s narrative,
For any Fate’s decree,
So long as Southern women live
To mother—Memory!
CHILDREN’S DAY AT
METHODIST CHURCH
Instead of the regular preach
ing service next Sunday morning
at the Methodist church there
will be a Children's Day program
of songs and readings, beginning
at 11 o’clock. All are most cor
dially invited. All members en
rolled in the Home Department
are requested to come.
Fathers and mothers of all ba
bies on cradle roll are especially
requested to bringthese little ones
COL. W. E. WATKINS ON
STAFF OF GEN. PRESTON
Hon. W. E. Watkins has re
ceived his appointment as aide
de camp, with the rank of major,
on the staff of Gen. J. W. Pres
ton, commander of the Georgia
division, Confederate veterans.
Mr. Watkins has accepted the
appointment and will probably
attend the approaching reunion
in Richmond.
This is an honor that is appre
ciated both by Col. Watkins and
his friends, as it gives him an
opportunity to attend the reunion
and meet a great many distin
guished persons.
W eather F oreca^t
For the week beginning Wed
nesday, April 21st, 1915, issued
by the U. S. Weather Bureau,
Washington. D. C.
For the South Atlantic and East
Gulf States: Except for local
showers at its beginning in the
East Gulf States, the week will
be one of generally fair weath
er. with temperatures above
the normal.
MEETING FOR
DIXIE HIGHWAY
Butts Still Pulling For
This Route
WHICH IS THE SHORTEST
It May Be Several Weeks
Yet Before The Direct
ors Announce The Of
ficial Route Chosen
For the purpose of considering
matters in connection with the
Dixie highway there will be a
meeting of the commissioners ap
pointed to select the route, in
Frankfort, Ky., Friday, the 23.
It is not thought the route will
be selected at that time, as the
directors from the seven states
through which the highway will
pass desire time to thoroughly
acquaint themselves with the
merits of the various routes.
In the meantime Jackson con
tinues to work in a auiet way for
the highway through Butts coun
ty. No mass meetings have been
held nor wind jamming engaged
in. though a great deal of effec
tive work has been done. Jack
son bases her hopes on the fact
that Butts county offers the best
roads, has the shortest route and
presents some worth while at
tractions to tourists.
Henry and Butts counties are
working in harmony on this pro
ject and the county authorities
ANOTHER VETERAN
CROSSES RIVER
Mr. W. D. Crawford Died
Sunday Last
HE WAS 68 YEARS OLD
Funeral Monday Morning
at Fellowship Church-
Death Was Due to At
tack of Pneumonia
News of the death of Mr. W.
D. Crawford, which occurred at
his home a few miles from Jack
son Sunday afternoon at 1 o’clock,
was received with regret over
the county. Death was caused
by pneumonia and a complication
of diseases. Though he had been
a sufferer from asthma for some
time, friends were not prepared
for the fatal turn of his last illness
Mr. Crawford was well and fa
vorably known over the county
and was held in the highest re
gard by his fellow citizens. His
integrity in every relation of life
was unquestioned. He was a na
tive of Butts county and in the
war served as a member of Cos.
G Third Georgia regiment. Mr.
Crawford was a member of the
Methodist church, his member
ship being at England’s Chapel.
He was 68 years old, being one
of tbe youngest Confederate vet
erans in the county.
Surviving Mr. Crawford are
his wife and a daughter, Mrs. T.
B. Fletcher, by his first marriage,
and three small children, two sons
and a daughter, by his last mar
riage: four brothers, Messrs. Jim
Crawford, Jenkinsburg, Jose and
Charlie Crawford, Henry county,
M. S. Crawford, Jackson; one
sister, Mrs. Liza Hammock, of
Florida.
The funeral was held at Fel
lowship church Monday morning
at 11 o’clock, Rev. F. G. Spear
man and Rev. I. H. Miller con
ducting the services. The in
terment was made in the ceme
tery at Fellowship.
MRS. EMMA BYARS
GOES TO REWARD
The death of Mrs. Emma By
ars, widow of the late Uncle
Dick. Byars, former sheriff of
Butts county and a well known
citizen in his day, occurred Fri
day of last week at the home of
her niece, Mrs. A. H. Pritchett,
near Forsyth. She was nearly
80 years old and death was due
to a general breakdown.
• Mrs. Byars before her marriage
was a Miss Pritchett and is sur
vived by a sister, Mrs. Sallie Par
ham of Monroe county and one
brother, Mr. A. F. Pritchett of
this county. She was a member
of the Methodist church.
The funeral and interment was
at the Indian Springs cemetery
Saturday morning at 11:30o’clock.
stand ready to meet any reason
able demands in the way of road
improvement.
It may be several weeks yet
before the official route of the
Dixie highway is announced.
NUMBER 17.