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About The Butts County progress. (Jackson, Ga.) 18??-1915 | View Entire Issue (May 28, 1915)
AN EXPERIENCE IN CENSUS MING IN PINE MOUNTAINS Editor Progress: Since about the middle of March I have been engaged in a work that has re quired a pretty thorough canvass of six middle Georgia counties, including my home county of Butts. Incidentally my work has brought me in close touch with the business and social life of our middle Georgia people in these counties, both in the towns and rural communities, and I thought perhaps some of my observations might be of interest to your readers. Of the general revolution in the methods of farming that has tak en place in the last 25 years, of the betterment of the social and financial life among the farmers in that time and of the more won derful and greater increase in the population and wealth of our towns and cities, etc., these and other interesting features that have come under my observation I must defer to a later article. For some experiences of the last two or three days has caused me to fall into a sort of sentimental or some other non material or impractical state of mind, so to speak, and if I write at all this lovely Sabbath day I must write of things somewhat in the light in which I have been seeing them for the last few days. Last Friday my work carried me into the lower part of Pike county and as I rode out in a southeasterly direction from Zeb ulon and as we ascended the crest of a hill my eyes fell upon a long blue ridge of hills or rather one continuous blue looking ridge stretching from east to west for several miles, in the distance, with high sharp peaks in some places and I rt wer depressions in others. Turning to Piute, my colored driver, I inquired what it was. “Dat’sde mountains, boss." “What mountains?" “De Pine mountains." Never having be fore heard of mountains in mid dle Georgia my curiosity was somewhat aroused. “What county are they in, Piute?" “Pike county." Mak ing a hasty examination of my list of maufacuturers for Pike, I said “Where is Meansville?" “Why, Meansville is 15 miles away, way over the other side of the moun tains." “All right, let’s go to Meansville." Upon making in quiry of the kind farmers along the road I found that I had sev eral saw mills and grist mills lis ted that were right in and around those mountains. I was delight ed and turned to Piute with “All right to the mountains." Piute at first seemed to have some misgiving about going into the mountains, but upon being reassured as to what kind of man ufacturing I was hunting or rath er wasn’t hunting, he leaned back, pulled the throttle of his old Ford wide open and we went chattering down the road toward the mountains. In about half an hour and after careful inquiry we drew up on the north side of the mountains where one of Uncle Sam's manufacturers had been engaged in the making of lumber and timber products, but found that he had moved to parts un known to me. Going to a nearby farm house I explained my mission and my difficulty in not being able to lo cate this saw' mill, after being fully assured that my mission was constructive and not destruc tive, the man of the house, who proved to be a genial and whole- Look, at Me I am Well. “I cannot say too much for Pe runa. It has en- I tirely cured me of I n'i y trouble. My eye lids were Jo thick and red nearly all the^^^Hj|p| : W time. My eyes v.' ere especially VHw * sensitive to light. Eljjßjgr Catarrh was my trouble. , I had % had my eyes treated and took 1 a great deal of medicine, but • nothing seemed to help me until I tried Peruna. I always use Peruna when my family need it. Always And it very good; It helps wonderfully. You can use my testimonial anywhere you wish to." So says Mrs. C. Skehan, No., 614 S. Leavitt St, Chicago. Ills. souled fellow owning several hun dred acres of mountain land, very kindly offered to go with us and show us the way. Directing us over a road that led around to a depression between the ridges we soon pulled up at the manu facturing establishment on the south side of the mountain. After finishing my errand with this typical, genial saw mill man theafternoon waswell nigh spent. The north and east side of the mountain clothed with thick un derbrush and the thick foliage of spring, the tail ridges cast their shadows for a mile or more across the fields and while Piute carried the car back a mile or so to the oth er side my new found friend and myself made our way straight up and across the mountains to his farm which lay on the opposite side only a few hundred yards away. For these ridges are not very wide but narrow, steep and covered with small flint rocks and timbered for the most part with small, scrubby oak, blackjack and a considerable quantity of origi nal forest pine that these saw mills were cutting into as fine heart pine lumber as I ever saw anywhere. I thought what a pity that these few remaining relics of our forests that stand on these ridges with their tops extending so far above the surrounding landscapes like sentinel guards on duty, should have to be sacrificed for commercial needs. But the most interesting growth on these rid ges is the many beautiful ferns, wild flowers, etc. I dare say there are a hundred times as many ferns growing wild on Pine mountain and prettier ones than there is grown by artificial means in all the homes and gardens in the state of Georgia. Any my! what pretty wild flowers. One kind seemed to be especially abundant and pretty. I asked my friend the name of them. “The Devil's Shoe String." he replied in the most reverent and solemn tones. He pulled up a bunch and asked me to break one in two to show me it had the right name. After trying it I agreed with him and we ascend ed slowly the top of the hill. Just before we reached the top on the south side we walked into an open space where it was unusually rocky and consequently very lit tle vegetation and standing there on this ridge a hundred feet or more above the surrounding coun try we had a beautiful view of the surrounding country to the south and west. Away through lower Pike and Crawford coun ties the broad panorama of woods and fields thickly dotted with white farm houses lay before us. In the far distance my friend pointed out to me the steeples of the churches and the court house at Thomaston. We could trace the valley of Big Potato Creek and that of the smaller streams running into it. I stood and looked upon this beautiful scene and I thought how grand and how wonderful. How calm and peaceful it seemed and looked to me. I thought of how in contrast this seemed to so much siri, sickness and suffering in the world. I thought of the nations nowpt war and I wonder ed if it was or ever had been the Divine decree or plan that mor tals should sin, be sick or suffer, and there came into my mind that line from Thanatopsis which runs something like this: “How strikingly the course of Nature tells through her light heed to human suffering, that she was fashioned for a happier world." But, as the preacher says, I can’t dwell. I trespass on your space and the patience of your readers too far. We soon found ourselves at the home of my newly found friend, where I was offered and extend ed every courtesy and kindness common to the good middle class of farmers to which he belongs. Piute had been waiting for some time with our Ford and about the time they were turning on the light in Zebulon we were back in town. With good wishes and kind thoughts for you and all your readers. Occasional. TO MEMBERS OF THE COUNTY OAT CLUB Gentlemen: Please have the measurement of your acre in oats as well as the measurement of your oats when threshed certifi ed to by some responsible person. The premium will be one bushel from each member to the highest yielder. Below are the names of those members who joined last fall. State whether bottom or upland. H. L. Worsham, County Dem. OAT CLUB T E Fears W J Waits R H Henderson F C Benson R L Allen J H McKibben J B Settle S H Mays C R Swint W H Singley W N Treadwell W F Jones W J Sutton J T Atkinson A B Smith James R Hughey J H Duke B F Maddox R C Thomas Edgar Hale Oscar Weaver J Cal Meredith E A Fincher J B Thaxton Ed Lavender Barkley Bros W C Redman J E Wallace, Jr J R Conner S K Smith , H M Fletcher 0 E Smith T E Williams S L Thompson W W Wilson J W Mayfield B F Watkins, Sr J H Patrick J S Ham J R Hammond Pay Roll for Butts County Chain Gang for April 1913 Vouchers . . l4 90 510 Mrs J L Bailey, provisions,. * 00 511 Mrs AH S Davis, land for roads... (XX XX 512 W A Newton, land for roads A XX 513 Thurston & Harper, repairs iX XX 514 J T McClure, warden. - ° nft 515 Jack Maddox, free labor XX XX 1516 A E Davis, engineer.. 07 cn 517 Walter Cole, guard * %XX 518 Sam Cook, guard 519 J A McClure, free labor 2x XX 520 W A Nolen, free labor - g~X 521 W H Singley, provisions Xf 522 G H Thompson, provisions 1 rr 523 J A Burford, free labor * j" 524 Conner & Crawford, provisions - - Wo? ‘525 Newton-Carmichael, tools —— fi 526 Jackson Mercantile Cos., stock food and provisions.. 565 15 527 Dr J B Hopkins, dentistry - 528 Woods-Carmichael Drug Cos., drugs £ 529 Dempsey Hardware Cos., dynimite Total - 1378 96 J. O. GASTON, Commissioner. JOSEPH JOLLY, Clerk. BUD BAKER KILLED HERE MONDAY NIGHT Shocking in its brutality, sud den and swift in its execution was the murder near the public square Monday night of Bud Ba ker, colored, by Bud Ish, also colored. Baker’s throat was cut and the head almost severed from the body and he expired in a few minutes. The homicide occurred at the corner of Third and Mulberry streets and Baker fell dead in front of the Woods-Carmichael store. The killing tpok place at about a quarter of 8 o’clock and an excited crowd soon gathered. The murderer was soon captur ed by Messrs. O. B. Willis and Norman Bryant and was placed in the county jail. It appears that Ish slipped up behind Baker and holding him by the collar slashed his throat from ear to ear. There were eye witnesses and consequently no Panama Pacific Exposition SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA Opened February 20th Closes December 4th Panama California Exposition SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA Opened January Closes December 31& $72.00 Round Trip Fare $96.85 From JACKSON, Via Southern Railway Premier Carrier of the South A A A PPl icab l e via Chicago, St. Louis, Memphis, J | A.IP 11 Shreveport; returning via same or any other Y direct route. Not via Portland or Seattle. A / Q r Applicable via Chicago, St. Louis, Memphis, lyUauJ Shreveport; returning via same or any other r ' v v direct route. ONE WAY VIA PORTLAND-SEATTLE. Tickets on sale March Ist to November 30th, inclusive. Final return limit three months from date of sale, not to exceed December 31st, 1915. Stop-Overs permitted at all points on going and return, trips. ♦Side Trips may be mate to SanteFe, Petrified Forest. Phoenix Grand Canyon. Yosemite National Park, Pike’s Peak Gar den of the Gods, Glazier National Park, and other noints of interest. FREE SIDE TRIP to SAN DIEGO, and Cali fornia Exposition from Los Angeles. Through Pullman Sleeping Cars to Chicago, St. Louis, Kan sas City and Denver, making direct connections ‘ with through cars for the Pacific Coast, necessitating only one change of cars. For complete information call on nearest agent or address: J. S. Bloodworth, T. P. A., Macon, Ga. J. C. Beam, A. G. P. A., Atlanta, Ga. inquest was necessary. Both men were married, Baker working for Leach & Cos. and Ish for the railroad. Baker who was 35 years old had the reputation of being a good negro. Ish’s wife was said to have been the cause of the trouble. For Sale Good second-hand pony phae ton. Apply to Dr. J. Lee Byron. Cures Old Sores, Other Remedies Won’t Curs. The worst cases, no matter of how lons are cured by the wondeil’tl, old reliable Dr. Porter's antiseptic Healing Oil. It reliever Pain and Heals at the same time. 25c. 50c. Si .0> Now just watch Jackson and Indians Springs capture three fourths of the travel over the Dixie highway between Atlanta and Macon. For better roads, the South’s most famous health resort and the shortest route wil count. Does the label on your paper read &"1916? If not, pay up. .
