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THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS
Vol. 43— No. 31
DIXIE HIGHWAY THROUGH
BUTTS IS POPULAR ROUTE
MUCH TRAVEL ON
EASTERN WINC
Improvements Still Being
Made to Road
BEST LINK OF HIGHWAY
McDonough-Jackson-1 n
dian Springs Branch of
Dixie Highway Getting
Lion’s Share of Travel
That the Dixie highway in
Butts county is one of the best
links of the entire road from Chi
cago to Miami, is proved by the
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ON DIXIE HIGHWAY IN BUTTS COUNTY
large number of autoists using
this route.
Since the Dixie highway com
missioners designated the road
from McDonough to Forsyth via
Jackson and Indian Springs as
the official eastern route between
Atlanta and Macon, Commission
er J. 0. Gaston has had a lot of
work done on this stretch of road.
Continued improvements will be
made, however, until this is ab
solutely the best stretch of road
on the entire eastern wing of the
Dixie highway.
The accompanying i illustration
of a stretch of thoroughfare be
tween Jackson and Jenkinsburg
shows the type of road Butts
county is building and shows the
reasons for the commissioners
naming the McDonough-Jack
son-Indian Springs route.
Travel over the Dixie highway
from Jackson to Indian Springs
has been particularly heavy of
late. Motorists find it the ideal
way. It is a dull week-end when
two or three hundred automobiles
are not registered at Indian
Springs.
MANY SUMMER SCHOOLS
ARE NOW IN FULL BLAST
Eleven white and nine colored
schools are now open for summer
terms, which will run from four
to eight weeks, the average be
ing about six weeks. The fol
lowing are the white schools now
in operation:
Worthville. Cork, Fincherville,
Curry’s Chapel, Woodlawn, West
Butts. Mt. Vernon, Oak Grove,
Beulah, Union Ridge, Oak Hill.
THIRTIETH GEORGIA
TO HOLD REUNION
Famous Command Meets
Friday
BIG DAY FOR VETERANS
Riverdale, Clayton Coun
ty, Will Be Ho& to Sur
vivors—Good Addresses
Will Be A Feature
The annual reunion of the sur
vivors of the Thirtieth Georgia
regiment to be held at Riverdale,
Clayton county, Friday, is an oc
casion of interest to Confederate
veterans and their descendants.
Several persons from Jackson
have planned to make the trip.
Riverdale is on the Atlanta and
Fairburn electric railway and is
easily reached. The people of
that section have arranged to en
tertain the visitors in a hospita
ble manner and a good time is
assured all who attend. Govern
or Nat Harris, himself a gallant
Confederate soldier, is expected
to deliver an address. There will
be other addresses.
The people of this section are
interested in all that pertains to
the Thirtieth Georgia, one of the
famous commands of the war.
The regiment was composed of
volunteers from Butts, Spalding,
Henry, Clayton and Fayette
counties, and was mustered in
near Fairburn Sept. 25, 1961,
with D. J. Bailey, formerly of
this city, as colonel. Among the
survivors of the regiment in this
county are Messrs. F. L. Wal
thall, W. D. Curry, Joseph Jolly,
J. M. T. Mavo. J. F. Preston,
B. T. Deason, J. A. Dodson, C.
F. Etheridge, W. D. Hoard. T.
J. Holifield and L. E. Stephens.
EXAMINATION SATURDAY TO
BE AT SCHOOL BUILDING
The examination Friday and
Saturday, the 30 and 31. will be
gin at 8:30 a. m. White teach
ers will stand the examination at
the Jackson public school build
ing, and colored teachers will
take the test at the colored school
building. Prof. Mallet will be
assisted in the examination by
Captain F. L. Walthall.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, JULY 30, 1915
FARMERS’ UNION
TO DISCUSS COTTON
Meeting WOI Be Held on
August Sixth
WANT ToIELL IN BULK
Organization Wishes to Be
Ready to Market New
Crop to Advantage
—Full Attendance Desired
At the August meeting, to be
Friday, the 6, the Butts County
Farmers' Union will discuss the
matter of selling the new cotton
crop to the best advantage. It
is proposed to work out, if possi
ble, a plan whereby farmers can
dispose of their cotton in bulk.
A full and complete discussion
is promised, and for that reason
the officers of the Union want
all members, those who have ev
er been members and those who
may become members, to attend.
It is pointed out by those who
have studied the question that
buyers would rather purchase
cotton in large lots than a bale
at a time; and it is claimed fur
ther that better prices can be ob
tained where the staple is put on
the market in large quantities.
If the proper arrangements can
be perfected it is likely the Far
mers’ Union will sell cotton in
fifty, one hundred atld two hun
dred bale lots this fall.
Not only cotton but other pro
ducts of the farm may be handled
by the Farmers' Union if the
plan proves a success. The prob
lem of providing the proper mar
kets for the products of the farm
is one of those questions that is
engaging the earnest thought of
the country and if the Butts
County Farmers' Union can throw
any light on the subject it will
have performed a worth while
service.
MASONIC MESSENGER
COMPLIMENTS JACKSON
Alexius Commanderv, No. 22
Knights Templar of Jackson, Ga.,
have had on exhibition in their
city the Libation Set given them
by the Grand Commandery of
Georgia as the second prize for
best average attendance during
the Templar year 1914-15.
This prize of silver containing
25 pieces of beautiful ware, em
bellished with Cross and Crown,
has been viewed by thousands in
the past few days and elicited
the highest praise for the officers
and members of Alexius 22 in
capturing so valuable a prize.
Templarisrri in Jackson stands
for far more than mere show.
The Sir Knights are for the prin
ciples as sent down from the time
of the crusades, and the nobility
of their purposes are pre-eminent
ly displayed in their attachment
and unbounded chivalry in up
holding the banner of the order,
“In Hoc Signo Vinces." —The
Masonic Messenger,
WILL OBSERVE THE SEVER
ANNIVERSARY OF CAMP GROUND
REAL ESTATE
VALUES INCREASE
Rersonal Returns About
The Same
COUNCIL lEARS KICKS
Gain in Real Estate Values
$7,490 More Than Pre
vious Year —Will Com
plete Tax Digest Soon
Real estate values in the city
of Jackson were assessed $7,490
more this year than in 1914. The
total for 1915 is $755,165 as com
pared with $747,675 last year.
The assessors, Messrs. T. H.
Buttrill, H. L. Daughtry and W.
P. Nutt, completed their work
some time ago and the list has
been approved by Council. All
complaints, kicks and protests
were heard by Council last week,
a few assessments being reduced.
Personal property returns are
being put on the digest this week
by City Tax Receiver W. H. Wil
son. Personal property is expec
ted to be about the same this year
as in 1914. With the increase in
real estate and personal property
holding its own, the tax digest
will show an increase over the
previous year. The gain will not
be a large one, though anv in
crease at all will be most gratify
ing a year like this.
Mr. Wilson will probably have
the digest completed in another
week and the full figures for the
two years will then be available.
MEETING OF THE FAIR
ASSOCIATION SATURDAY
To perfect further details of
the Butts county fair, a meeting
has been called for Saturday af
ternoon at 2 o’clock in the court
house.
It is particularly desired that
the members of the advertising
committee be present, as it is
important that plans be worked
out for the publicity campaign.
The premium list will be prin
ted in a few days and the chair
men of committees are requested
to complethe the premium list in
the various departments at once.
VETERANS TO GET
RAISE IN PENSIONS
If a bill that has passed the
house receives the sanction of the
senate and is signed by Governor
Harris, Confederate soldiers will
receive an increase in their pen
sions. The legislation provides
an increase of $lO annually, be
ginning in 1916, until $lO9 is
reached when pensioners are to
draw SIOO instead of S6O as at
present.
The bill provides that blind
pensioners be paid SIOO.
The bill was introduced and
championed by Representative
Dart, of Glynn county.
Jackson Argus Established 1873 t
Butts County Progress Established 1883 i
CAMP MEETING
BEGINS THURSDAY
The Twenty-Filth Annual
Session
EVERYTHING'S READY
New Cottages Built, The
Grounds in Tip Top
Shape, Fine Roads And
Cheap Rates on Railroads
Next Thursday night is the
date for the opening of the In
dian Springs Holiness Camp
Meeting. The closing session
will be held Sunday night, the 15.
This marks the twenty-fifth
annual session of the camp meet
ing and an attractive silver an
niversary program will bear-.
ranged. All indications point to
one of the most successful ses
sions yet held.
In Dr. H. C. Morrison, presi
dent of Asbury College, Wilmore,
Ky., Rev. J. L. Brasher and Rev.
Arthur Moore the trustees feel
that they have secured some un
usually able leaders for this sea
son. Charlie D. Tillman will be:
in charge of the music, the same
as for the past several years.
Those who own cottages have
been moving in recently. Sev
eral cottages have been erected
this year and the summer colony
will be larger than ever before.
The grounds have been placed in
tip top shape and all is now in
readiness for the opening session.
The railroads have offered the
usual cheap rates on account of
the camp meeting. The Dixie
highway runs by the camp ground
and an increased number of au
tomobile tourists are expected to
visit the camp meeting this year.
Being the largest camp meet
ing in the South and with Indian
Springs as an added attraction,
each succeeding annual session
of the Indian Springs Holiness
Camp Meeting witnesses a larger
attendance and arouses a keener
interest.
MERCHANTS WHO ADVER
TISE GET THE BUSINESS
Atlanta, Ga., July 29th—While
small town merchants complain
of the mail order houses taking
away their trade, the Fourth Es
tate, a publication devoted to
newspaper work, has made an in
vestigation which shows that
lack of publicity on the part of
local merchants is principally re
sponsible. ..
The investigation showed that
farmers received mail order cat
alogues regularly, while compar
atively few local merchants ad
vertised in their home papers to
any extent, and then with old
standing ads which were lacking
in attractiveness, quoted no pri
ces, and were not calculated to
produce a desire for goods. In
those towns where the merchants
advertised liberally, the influence
of the mail order house was hard
ly felt.
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