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THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS Voi 43-N<y. o .': BUTTS WON $520 AT STATE FAIR Gaston And Watkins Get Corn Club Honors SIOO AS COUNTY PRIZE Exhibit Was Splendid One For First Attempt—All Honors in Corn Club Awarded to Butts Though Butts county did not win a capital orize at the slate fair, her exhibit was declared a meritorious one and a prize of SIOO was received. The showing put up by Butts on her first at tempt was a most creditable one and was an honor to those who made the exhibit possible. Prize winning counties at Ma con were: Jackson county, first, $1,000; Houston, second, $800; Cobb, third, $600; Worth, fourth, $400; Tift, fifth, $200; Carroll, sixth, $175; Barrow, seventh, $175; Dooly, eighth, $150; Hall, ninth, $l5O. The judges who made the awards were H. T. Moore, of Macon; J. D. Stewart, of Ameri cus, and S. S. Fort, of Stewart county. Including the SIOO county prize and the S2O award for third prize in corn club contest, the individ uals awards to the members of the girls canning club and the boys corn club, Butts won $520 in prize money which is not a bad ten days’ work. BUTTS HAS GINNED 7,377 BALES TO OCTOBER 18 Prior to October 18 Georgia had ginned 1.178,423 bales of cot ton of the crop of 1915, as com pared with 1,367,916 bales last year. Butts county has ginned 7,377 bales, as against 8,349 a year ago. Ginnings in the counties of the sixth district follow below: County 1915 1914 Bibb 5,875 8.250 Butts 7,377 8,349 Clayton 6,824 6,492 Crawford 3,493 4,531 Fayette 7,417 7,631 Henry 13.031 14,739 Jasper 12,899 13,472 Jones 7,150 8,458 Monroe 11,907 13,518 p ik e 14,772 14,169 Spalding 9,229 9,795 Upson 8,052 7,735 MISS HELEN CARMICHAEL MAID OF HONOR AT FESTIVAL Atlanta, Ncv. 11-Miss Helen Carmichael, a well-known Jack son belle, has been selected to represent her town and county as maid of honor at the Harvest Festival here next week. Up wards of a hundred maids of hon or are expected to be in atten dance coming from as manv cities in the state. There is a hot contest on tor queen of the big festival with fifteen candidates representing six of the leading cities. JACKSON, GEORGIA, NOVEMBER 12, 1915 NOV. 18 IS CLUB DAY AT ATLANTA FESTIVAL Members of the Boys Corn Club and the Girls Canning Club will be interested to know that Thursday, November 18, will be club day at the Atlanta Harvest Festival. Members of these clubs will be entertained free in the homes of the public spirited citi zens of Atlanta. Valuable prizes will be compe ted for at the Atlanta show. A number of the members of the local clubs will compete for some of the premiums offered in Atlan ta. All who intend to make the trip should see Mrs. C. A. Butner, in charge of the Canning Club work, and Mr. G. E. Rice, farm demonstrator, who has charge of the Corn Club work, and make final arrangements for the trip. GIRLS CANNING CLUB WIN PRIZES Showed up Strong at the State Fair THREE GIRLS WINNERS Miss Lois Conner, Miss Gladys O’Neal And Miss Willie Barnes Individual Prize Winners in Macon Members of the Butts county Canning Club won a number of prizes at the state fair in Macon last week. Lois Conner won first prize of sl2 in the special Spanish Pepper contest. In the special Fig contest Gla dys O’Neal won second prize of SB. Willie Barnes won second prize of $5 in the special Tomato con test. The aggregate of these prizes is $25. Winning counties in the can ning club display were: Wash ington county, first prize; Macon county, second prize; Muscogee county, third prize; Pike county, fourth prize. This is the second year that the canning club work has been organized in Butts county and it is considered the members made a fine showing. Mrs. C. A. But ner had charge of the work the past season and she was tireless in her efforts to arouse interest among the girls. Thirty-five finished the work and made a | great showing at the Butts coun ty fair as well as at the state fair in Macon. Honor Roll Flovilla School Fourth grade—lda Mav Brooks, Marguerite Maddox, Eileen Ter rel. Fifth grade—Jewel Leverette, | Kathleen Maddux, Lucy Preston, Opal Preston. 1 Sixth grade—Robert Allen, Eddie Joe Cole, Kinus Pendley, Albert Smith, Sara Smith, Davis Thomas, Myrtle Thornton. 7,384,871 BALES COTTON GINNED Prior to November First According to Bureau IS BEHIND LAST YEAR Fourth Ginning Report of The Season Issued Mon day—2,ooo,ooo Bales Be hind La& Season Washington, D. C. Nov. B. The fourth cotton ginning report of the season, compiled from reports of the census bureau cor respondents and agents through out the cotton belt and issued at 10 a. today, announced that 7,384,871 bales of cotton, count ing round as half bales, of the growth of 1915, has been ginned prior to November 1. That com pares with 9,826,912 bales or 61.8 per cent of the entire crop, gin ned prior to November 1, last year, 8,830,396 bales or 63.2 per cent in 1913 and 8,869,222 bales, or 65.8 per cent in 1912. The av erage quantity of cotton ginned i prior to November 1 in the past ten years was 7,954,534 bales, or 62 per cent of the crop. Ginnings prior to November 1, by states, with comparisons for the past three years, follow: Alabama — Year Bales 1915 727,368 1914 1,068,771 1913 -1,015.788 1912 - 809,662 Florida — 1915 40,389 1914 56.645 1913 47,315 1912 35,362 Louisiana— 1915 __x 272,379 1914 297,356, 1913 - 222,464 1912 261,701 North Carolina -1915 408,056 1914 427,949 1913 384,260 1912 496,537 South Carolina -1915 772,481 1914 910,558 1913 846,468 1912 730,690 Texas— -1915 2,345,566 1914 3.168.736 1913 2,950,444 1912 3,709,725 Arkansas -1915 444,908 j. 914 - otS.oil 1913 431,522 1912 440,482 I Georgia -1915 1,431,290 1914 1,763,374 1913 1,606,506 1912 1,112,419 i Mississippi -1915 584,069 1914 669,148 1913 568,005 1912 511,678 Oklahoma -1915 171,229 1914 649.367 BUTTS COUNTY LADY WINS PRIZE AT THE STATE FAIR J. K. Orr Shoe Cos., of Atlanta, manufacturers, of Red Seal Shoes had on display at the state fair at Macon a large shoe. Every body was urged to guess at the size of this shoe. Mrs. Mary A. Bohanon of Butts county guessed nearer the right size than any other lady in the state and was awarded a pair of the best shoes that J. K. Orr Shoe Cos. had. These shoes are to be given to Mrs. Bohanon by Etheridge Smith and Cos., of Jackson. The large ✓ shoe will be on display at the New York store next week and they are going to give as4 00 pair of shoes to the person guess ing nearest the size of the shoe. THIRD PRIZE IN CORN CLUB WORK Butts Had Fifty-Five Boys in Contest CAPTURED S2O PREMIUM Both State Fair Prize And Corn Club Prize Award ed to Butts County Boys —To Compete in Atlanta With fifty-five boys enrolled and an average yield of 44.4 bush els at a cost 26.5 cents. Butts county captured third prize in the corn club contest at the state fair. This prize was S2O. Wayne county won first prize and Coffee county secpnd. Bernard Gaston won first prize in the boys corn club contest. His yield was 141.3 bushels, pro duced at a profit of $66.43. He won a scholarship to the State College of Agriculture, valued at SSO. Young Mr. Gaston is state champion in the corn club for the next year. Ellsworth Watkins with a yield of 166.69 bushels, grown at a cost ot 17 cents per bushel, won the state championship. He did not enter the boys corn club con test but went after the state fair prize of $75 and the Hastings’ scholarship, valued at $250, both of which he won. Butts county thus won both the boys corn club and state fair association prizes, capturing the highest honors it was possible to win in this de partment. Members of the Butts county boys corn club have an opportu nity to win still greater honors at the Atlanta Corn Show and they will no doubt give a good account of themselves at that contest. 1913 536,303 1912 599,190 Tennessee— -1915 146.869 1914 172,485 1913 - 174,379 1912 118,485 All other states— -1915 - 40,267 1714 - 58,907 1913 46,942 1912 43,291 Jackson Argus Established 1873 I i,.i v o 191* Butts County Progress Established 1882 ] Consolidated July y. ms COUNTY EXHIBITS SHIPPED FREE Big Time at the Atlanta Harvest Festival MANY DISPLAYS ASSURED Thousand Dollar Prize For Best Float Will Be Hotly Contested By Score of Live Georgia Cities Atlanta, November 11th—Def inite arrangements Have been made for the shipment to Atlan ta free of cost on all of the rail roads in the state, of all agricul tural products which are to be used in countv displays or coun ty floats in the Agricultural Day Display of the Georgia Harvest Festival, Thursday, November 18. All the county committees will have to do will be to pack their exhibits and ship them intheir own names or to themselves, in care of the Georgia Harvest Festival 24 W. Alabama street. There the exhibits will be placed in a warehouse and kept safely until the exhibitors call for them to equip and decorate their floats. There is still time for counties which have not yet made arrange ments to participate in this agri cultural parade, to do so. If they will ship their material as direc ted, Chairman Phil C. McDuffie, of the Atlanta Ad Men’s com mittee, states that he will be more than glad to render any assistance | possible. Any county writing j him or calling him on long dis tance phone, may be assured of having important matters atten ded to in connection with their exhibits. Chairman McDuffie says he will make arrangements as to securing trucks or wagons, or looking after any other details which the exhibitors may desire attended to, and there will be no charge whatever for the service. These matters can be looked after at any time up, to Monday, No vember 15. Keen interest is.being manifes ted all over the state in the at tractive prize of SI,OOO in gold offered for the best countv float. In addition to this, there will be second, third and fourth prizes consisting of valuable agricultu ral implements. The floats will be judged as follows: Fifty points for the best artistic effect, 25 points for the best variety, and 25 points for the best quality. Georgia women will be promi nently represented in the big Agricultural Day parade, which now promises to be one of the best and most complete showings of Georgia resources and Georgia industries, particularly of agri culture, ever seen in the state. MR. J. H. MILLS OELE6ATE TO FARMERS CONVENTION Mr. J. H. Mills was elected a delegate from the Butts County Farmers’ tfnion, Friday, to the state convention which convened in Douglas Wednesday. The ses sions continued through Thurs day. Besides routine business and the election of officers for an other year, there were several important matters brought be fore the convention.