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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.