The Jackson progress-argus. (Jackson, Ga.) 1915-current, July 30, 1915, Image 1

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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 : * >. ju ; > ■ > ■ jV'WBNMjAfI | . fltfkCjAggl ML __ I iiiii iif fi \ iMBIB WHM HR! gUf ISSlpi m -"V - v; _ w,-'- § 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. c0„„ 1u .,.i . m*