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BUTTS COUNTY PROGRESS
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VOLUME 33.
JUDGE HARRIS
NOW GOVERNOR
Inaugurated Saturday As
Chief Executive
MADE BRILLIANT ADDRESS
Macon Sent Large Delega
tion to Atlanta—Govern
or Harris Stands For Ed
ucation of All Children
Judge Nat E. Harris, of the
county of Bibb, was on Saturday
inaugurated as governor of Geor
gia for the term of two years.
The exercises, held in the hall
of the house of representatives,
were the most elaborate in years,
large numbers of the governor’s
friends from Macon and else
where over the state attending.
The oath of office was adminis
tered by Chief Justice W. H.
Fish of the state supreme court.
J ; udge Harris was given an ova
tion when he arose to receive the
great seal of state from Govern
or Slaton.
In an eloquent inaugural ad
dress the new chief executive ad
vocated several timely measures.
He favored a liberal support for
the schools of the state, urging
the wiping out of the stigma of
illiteracy; favored an increase in
pensions for Confederate veter
ans; urged rigid economy in the
public business; stressed some
sort of compulsory education law;
favored the enforcement of the
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GOVERNOR N. E. HARRIS
prohibition law and touched upon
the leasing of the state road.
Judge Harris is one of the most
popular men who has ever been
governor of Georgia and he en
ters upon the discharge of his
duties with the united support of
both branches of the general as
sembly.
Card of Thanks
We desire to express our heart
felt thanks and appreciation to
those so kind to us during the
illness and death of our darling
baby. May God bless each and
everv one of them is the sincere
desire of Mr. and Mrs. L. L.
Washington.
MAN! APPLICANTS for
POSITION OF CARRIER
Twenty-one applicants stood
the civil service examination Sat
urday for the position of rural
carrier at Jackson. The papers
were forwarded to Washington
and it will probably be several
weeks before the winners are an
nounced. There was the keenest
kind of interest in the examina
tion, as is evidenced by the num
ber of applicants.
The examination was conduct
ed by Mr. J. G. McDonald, assis
tant post master.
eventfuTweek
FOR ATLANTA
Militia Called Out After
Frank Commutation
INAUGURATION ON HAND
Capital City Finds Itself
All Stirred up By Events
of Week—Legisla
ture to Take Care of
Atlanta, July I—The past sev
en days have constituted an
eventful week for Georgia, be
ginning with the statewide inter
est occasioned by the commuta
tion of Leo M. Frank and the
sending him to the state prison
farm; going through the opening
of the legislature, the inaugura-
tion of anew governor and the
retirement of Governor Slaton.
Governor Harris’ inaugural ad
dress was hailed with enthusi
asm as presaging a period of
prosperity and activity in Geor
gia in spite of the prospects for
a long-drawn-out struggle in Eu
rope.
4 ‘I think there never was a time
in the history of the state,” said
the new govenor, ‘ ‘when she had
need of a more careful, painstak
ing, intelligent body of legisla
tors than today. No one can
predict how long the great Euro
pean war will last nor what may
be the outcome of its influence
JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JULY 2. 1915.
FIELD MEETING
FOR COUNTY
Experts From The State
College Coming
DATE IS JUITTHE 19TH
Meeting Will Be Held at
Indian Springs—Basket
Dinner to Be Served—
Several Speakerson Hand
Butts county is to have a Far
mers Institute or Field Meeting
this summer, as the following
letters show:
Mr. Editor: The following let
ter from Mr. Firor is self explan
atory. Now let every citizen,
both young and old, take advan
tage of this school of instruction.
You may get from attendance
upon this meeting just one idea
that may change your method of
fanning and help you to grow
and prosper in your noble pro
fession. The boys and girls are
especially invited, for it is they
after all who get the most out of
all demonstration work. Where
a man becomes set in his ways
he is somewhat loath to make a
change. I am proud to say,
though, we have in Butts some
elderly citizens who are free to
admit that “more blades of grass
are growing now where only one
grew before."
This meeting will be held at
Indian Springs on July 19th and
everybody is invited to attend and
bring well filled baskets, as din
ner will be served at the casino
in picnic style. I wish to stress
the importance of attending to
this last feature.
Very Respectfully,
H. L. Worsham,
County Extension Agent.
Athens, Ga., May 20, 1915.
Mr. H. L. Warsham,
Flovilla, Ga.
Dear Sir: We have placed
your county on our itinerary of
summer meeting for July 19. The
lecturers from the College will
be Prof. Bigford on “Developing
the Beef Industry in Georgia;”
Prof. Carter on “Soils and Fer
tilizers;” Prof. Westbrooke on
“Improvements in Farm Crop
Production.”
We will expect you to adver
tise and make all local arrange
ments for the meeting, and the
college will furnish the speakers.
These meetings will be like those
of last year and in the nature of
what is known in farm demon
stration work as Field Meetings.
Trusting that th< meeting in
your county will be successful, I
am, very respectfully,
Guy W. Firor,
Secretary of Extension Dept.
on our nation and state. Within
the limits of the constitution,
gentlemen, you will work with
me to secure the welfare and
happiness of our people by pro
viding such legislation as may be
for her good and serve her in
terests.”
This week the preliminaries
are over, the
to the change of administration
has subsided, and the legislature
in the spirit expressed in the gov
ernor’s message, has settled down
to a fifty days of solid work.
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HON. W. E. H. SEARCY, JR.
New Judge of the Superior Courts of the Flint Circuit. He was
appointed last week to succeed Judge R. T. Daniel.
SEARCY WINS
JUDICIAL PLUM
Popular Griffin Attorney
Is Appointed
WERE MANY APPLICANTS
Succeeds The Late Judge
Robert T. Daniel—Will
Hold Court in Jackson
The Last of August
Hon. W. E. H. Searcy, Jr., of
Griffin, was appointed judge of
the superior courts of the Flint
circuit by Governor Slaton Thurs
day of last week. He succeeds
the late Judge R. T. Daniel. Mr.
Searcy will fill the unexpired
term, which began January last,
and will therefore have nearly
two years to serve.
Judge Searcy is a native of
Griffin and a son of Hon. W. E.
H. Searcv, Sr., former senator
from the twenty-sixth district
and court reporter of this circuit.
Mr. Searcy is a well known at
torney of Griffin, being city at
torney, and is referee in bank
ruptcy for the northern district
of Georgia.
Judge Searcv was widely en
dorsed for this position and his
appointment, it is thought, will
meet with the approval of the
people of the entire circuit. He
won the appointment over sever
al other strong applicants, the
bar and business men of Jackson
joining in a request for the ap
pointment of the Griffin man.
Judge Searcy will hold court
in Jackson on the third Monday
in August, at which time he will
obtain his first official introduc
i tion to the citizensof Butts county.
MORE PAY FOR
RURAL CARRIERS
$1,200 Per Year Is New
Scale
BEGINS JULY THE FIRST
All But One of The Eight
Routes Out of Jackson
to Receive Full $1,200 —
Improving Mail Service
Beginning July 1 rural free de
livery mail carriers will receive a
salary of SIOO a month or $1,200
per annum. This is for standard
routes of 24 miles or over.
All of the carriers from Jack
son will draw $1,200, with the
exception of Mr. S. J. Watkins
of route 1. and his salary will be
$1,152 a year. Route No. 1 lacks
a short distance of measuring up
to the standard route required by
the post office department.
Last year a conditional raise in
salary, depending upon the num
ber of pieces of mail handled,
was granted the carriers. How
ever, only two local carriers ben
efited by that system. Now the
raise is a straight one, and need
less to say will be appreciated by
the carriers. This is generally
considered good pay for this
branch of the service, though the
work is hard and all kinds of
roads and weather conditions are
encountered.
Post master general Burleson
is making a number of changes
with a view to improving the ser
vice. Several motor carriers have
recently been put on, South Geor
gia coming in for a share of these
carriers who will have a longer
distance to travel but receive a
considerable increase in salary.
NUMBER 27.