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official oruan OF butts county THE BEST PAPER IN THE BEST TOWN IN THE BEST COUNTY IN THE -BEST STATE IN THE BEST COUNTRY. FORTY-FIRST YEAR. CIFEDEiTE MEMORtAL DAY ILL BE FITTINGLY OBSERVED HEBE TOMORROW Plans Completed For Making This Day a flemo rabie Occasion—Col. W. E. Watkins Orator of Day—Sham Battle by the Jackson Rifles a Big Feature. Plans looking forward to a great celebration of Memorial Uay in Jackson Saturday have been com pleted, the festivities to be held under the auspices of Larkin D. Watson Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy, The following committees, ap pointed at a recent meeting of the Chapter, will look after the details of the celebration: Mrs. S. O. Ham, Chairman of Committee on Music; Mrs. J. W. Crum, Assistant. Mrs. John Fletcher, Chairman Committee on Place and Tables, with Miss Fannie Gibson, Mesd&mes Will Wright and Mary Heflin, As sistants. Mrs. L. B. Thompson, Chairman Committee on Dinner and Dishes; Mesdames Mallet, Copeland, Guth rie, R.*N. Etheridge, Heflin, and Asa Buttrill, Assistants. Miss Mary Newton and Law rence Crawford form, a Committee to Solicit Dinner. Decorating Committee selected were Mesdames Park Newton,Law rence Crawford, the Misses Newton and Miss Hattie Buttrill, with Mrs. Frank Etheridge, Chairman. Miss Bessie Waldrop, with the assistance of the other teachers, will have charge of the decoration of the graves. Misses Pauline Mallet, Sallie Mae Ball and Myra Miller will decorate the monument. The parade, participating in which will be the old veterans, the ' Boy Scouts, teachers and children of the Public Schools, ladies of the Memorial Association, citizens gen erally and the local military, will, as usual, be one of the important features of the program. All Jack son and Butts oounty should turn out and take part in this parade. “thin gray line” is growing thinner still, and the patriotic ladies who have charge of Memorial Day are leaving nothing undonetomake this a memorable occasion in honor of the heroes who fought for South ern rights. The parade wi'l take place through Third street from the Con federate monujnent to the City cem etery, where, in accordance with the time-honored custom, the gra\ es of the 1 heroes who wore the gray” will be decorated with flowers. The memorial oration will be delivered by Col. W. E. Watkins. Probably the most interesting feature of the day’s program will be the sham battle bv the Jackson Rifles, which will be pulled off on the Public Square after the speak ing in the court house. During ihe progress of the ex ercises, which will be held in the forenoon, all the business houses are requested to close their doors to enable everyone who desires to do so to take part in the celebra tion. SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION , TO MEET AT JENKINSBURG * The Butts County Sunday School Convention will meet at Jenkms burg Friday, May 2. All Sunday schools are requested to send written reports of num ber enrolled, average attendance, amount of collections and how dis posed of All ministers of the gospel are especially invited to be present and lend their co-operation. J. MATT McMichael, Pres. Emory Harper, Sec. THE JACKSON ARGUS. HIDDEN CHECK FOCND IN THORNTON’S STORE Bert. Carmichael and Linton Hop kins found the hidden check Monday forenoon “behind a decorated ad on east side Square.” The ad referred to was in S. H. Thornton’s furniture store. WALTER D. POPE COMMISSIONED MIN OF JACKSON NIFLES Walter D. Pope has been commis sioned Captain ot the Jackson Itifles, Company A, Second Infantry, to suc ceed Captain George Mallet, appoint ed First Lieutenant and Aide on the staff of General W. A. Harris. FLUSHES FROM FLOVILLfI. Miss Bessie Bloodworth spent Tuesday in Jackson. Troupe Smith will spend Sunday In Atlanta with friends Misses Dorcas and Olivia Greer spent Thursday in Macon. Mrs. R. L. Allen and Miss Olivia Greer spent Tuesday in Jackson. M iss Alice Thompson was the week-end guest of friends in Atlanta. Messrs. John Harkins and Donovern, of Locust Grove, spent Sunday here. Mrs. Robeet Douglas has returned home, after spending eight months most pleasantly in New York. Mrs. L. F. Redman and lit tle rons Frank and Sam, oi Griffin, are spending some time with Mrs. J. F. Greer. Mis. Luther Kdwards and little daughter, Eugene, have returned to their home, after spending two weeks in Macon and Greston. Miss Mary Ella Thomas en tertained the graduating class this week at her beautiful country home. Lovely hya cinths and ferns were used for decorating the pretty rooms, and at the conclusion of the games a delicious ice cream course was served. Those present were :Misses Mary Li la Thomas, Marilu Terrell; Messrs. Ernmit Torbet and Ben Watkins, of Indian Spring, Misses Susie Oneal and Ethel Bonner. Van Fretwell spent Monday in Atlanta. R. H. Henderson was in from Flovilla Wednesday. The banks will be closed to morrow —legal holiday. Tom Bond has been spending this week in Jackson. Col. and Mrs. T. J. Dempsey re turned Thursday from Orlando, Fla., where they spent the winter. JACKSON. BUTTS COUNTY. GEORGIA. FRIDAY. APRIL 25. 1915. WAITING FOR THEIR CONGRESSMAN < a . a %■ A Western Congsessman declared in Washington a few days ago that he was afraid to return home, as Wilson’s conservative policy made it impossible for him to get places for his numerous job-hungry constituents. Some of our Georgia Congressmen seem to be in the same boat. RURAL ORGANIZATION SERVICE 10 BE IMPORTANT BUREAU OF THE DEPARTMENHF AGRICULTURE \im of New Service Is to Make the Farm More At tractive —Includes Better Schools, Better Roads, /lore Agricultural, Education, Closer Rela tions Between Producer and Consumer. (By Clyde 11. Tavernier, Member of Congress.) Washington, April 24.—What will be easily the most important bureau of the Department cf Ag riculture is the Rural Organization -Service now being organized by the new Secretary, David F. Houston. The Bureau of Rural Organization is the idea of Secretary Houston brought with him when lie came from St. Touis last month to take charge of the department. Through the aid of the General Education Board Dr. Houston was enabled to put his idea into effect almost as soon as he arrived in Washington. In a short while the Rural Organization Service will take its place as one of the most important factors in national life. Dt. Houston’s plan has the hearty support of President Wilson. J'lie primary purpose of the new service is to attack the high cost of living. And it will attack it fun damentally. It will goto the farm, where the necessities of life are produced. For one of the chief factors in the high cost of living is the fact that production has not kept pace with demand. The aim of the new service is to make the farm more attractive, and in this statement is included the scores of reforins which economists have been urging for rural life. It includes better schools, better roads, wider distribution of agri cultural technical education, more people on farms, more intelligent farming, Jretter marketing condi tions, closer relations between pro ducers and consumers —in short, all of the activities for rural Jretterment now scattered through a scbre of official and semi-official organiza tions will be concentrated in this one bureau. The task will be a tremendous one. The work is big enough to enlist the attention of a whole Fed eral department. While the stated purpose of the service is abstract, in actual work the bureau “will gel down to cases.” It will teach better rural life by actual demon strations. While no specific plans have yet been made, it is expected that the service will conduct actual model schools in different sections of the country. It may construct model country roads for demonstration purposes. By actual demonstra tion it will show how tlie rural school can become the farm neigh borhood center where the country population can go for entertain ment, instruction and social inter course. Marketing associations will be studied, and the service may or ganize co-operative marketing as sociations of farmers along model lines. The whole purpose of the work will be to stimulate the move ment from the cities hack to the farm and to check the opposite movement. Success in this work should be to increase farm production and thus bring down the cost of living. UNION RIDGE SINGING SUNDAY There will be a singing at Union Ridge Sunday afternoon at one o’clock. All lovers of music are invited to h>e present at that hour. MRS. LEILA CAWTHON PASSES AWAY Mrs. Leilty Bnrfurd t'uwthon, wife of Mr. .1.0. Oawthon, passed to (lie realm of bliss last Sunday evening •it <i o’clock at the age of 47 years, lior death being caused by pneumo nia. *She is survived by tier hus band, two daughters, Ruby and Helen,'and several brothers and one sister, Mrs. J. R. Sams. The funeral services were conduct ed Monday afternoon at ii o’clock by Rev. Z. E. Brown, of Jenkinsburg, resisted by Rev. M. S. Williams, of lackson. tlie interment being at Old Bethel church. Mrs. Cawthon’s many friends mourn over her demise. Her Chris tian character and lovable disposi tion hut exemplify the Christ, life which was ever present with her. Henry Byron, of Atlanta, ex pects to spend Sunday in Jackson. W. T. Scarbrough and W. B Thompson went to Atlanta Tues day. Hon. C. S. Maddox will attend the County School Superintendents’ Convention in Atlanta 'J’uesdav. WHY WORRY About Ordering Cut Flowers. just eaLL Phone 1 and we'will do the rest. f, The Owl Pharmacy § Also agents for Kern’s Candy. Best Advertising Medium in Middle (ieorgia ATLANTA MISTERS DENOUNCE MORMONS Preachers Declare Mormonism Rot ten and Immoral to Core, While Mormons Contend That Their Teachings Are Moral, Atlanta, Ga., April 24.—At lanta preachers are apparently lin ing up for a religious persecution— or crusade, whichever you choose to call it —against the Mormon church in this community. Sensational denunciations of the Mormons have already been hurled from several of Atlanta’s leading pulpits, and in public interviews numbers of ministers have advo cated the adoption of whatever means may be legal to drive the Mormons out of Georgia. Strange to say, both the Mormon leaders and the Christian ministers leading the attack against them are placing their legal justification in the Constitution of Georgia. The Christian nfinisters say the Mor mons can be suppressed under it, while the Mormons say it is their absolute safeguard. Here is what the Constitution says on tlie subject, in Article 1, Section 1, Paragraph 13 of the Bill if Rights: “No inhabitant of this State shall be molested in person or prop erty, or prohibited from holding any public office or trust, oil ac count of his religious opinions; but the right of liberty of conscience shall not be so construed as to ex cuse acts of licentiousness or jus tify practices inconsistent with the peace and safety of the State.” 'File Mormon leaders, taking their stand on this section, declare that their teachings are absolutely moral from an ethical standpoint; that ihey conform with the code of morals in this country, and that they do not teach polygamy. The preachers say that Mormon ism is rotten and immoral to its core, and insist that the Mormon church does secretly stand for the polygamy doctrine, though it may not always dare to proclaim it openly. HOME DEPARTMENT DAY. Next Sunday is Home Depart ment Day at the Jackson Baptist Bible School. Everybody invited. 9:30 a. m. F. S. Etheridge, Supt. Dr. Byron’s friends are glad to see him back again in his regular practice after recovering from the recent spell of sickness he has had. NO. 12