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THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS
Vol 43-No. 48
LARGE GRAIN
CROPS PLANTED
Acreage Largest Ever
Known in County
CUTTING COTTON CROP
Several Cars of Seed Oats
And Wheat Sold to Far
mers —Many Try Virgin
ia Wheat —Practical And
Profitable Diversification
Witftout question the people of
Butts county are planting the
largest grain crop this fall ever
knownin the historyof the county.
Merchants have sold several
car loads of seed wheat and oats
already and planters are still put
ting in grain. A car of Virginia
wheat, which is said to be superior
to the ordinary variety, has been
shipped into the county.
Besides wheat and oats, an in
creasing number of farmers are
planting alfalfa, and several are
sowing vetch and clover. Certain
that it is only a question of time
when the boll weevil will reach
the county, farmers are getting
ready for the coming of the pest
and are following a practical and
profitable plan of crop diversifica
tion.
Large as was the gram acreage
last fall, it is assured that an even
larger acreage will be planted
this fall. With favorable seasons
the farmers will have plenty of
foodstuffs another year. The
planting of so much grain means
that the acreage in cotton next
spring will not be as large as
heretofore.
MRS. H. L. GRANT YIELDS
TO ATTACK TYPHOID FEVER
After an illness of three weeks
with typhoid fever Mrs. Amanda
J, Grant died at her home in
Monroe county Sunday morning
at 5 o’clock. Her death brought
regret to a large circle of friends
throughout this section.
Mrs. Grant was a native of
Butts county and was a Miss
Washington before her marriage.
She was 56 years old, a member
of Towaliga Baptist church and
an unselfish. Christian character
who was held in high and affec
tionate esteem by all her friends
and acqaintances.
The surviving relatives are her
husband, Mr. H. L. Grant; two
daughters, Mrs. Pearl Martin
and Miss Nannie Kate Grant;
four sons, Mr. Robert L. Grant,
earner on Jackson route 4, Clar
ence. Otis and Early Grant; one
sister, Mrs. J. S. Carter; two
brothers, Messrs. M. E. and Al
len Washington.
The funeral was held Monday
morning at 11 o’clock at Towali
ga church, Rev. T. H. Vaughn
officiating. Interment was in the
Towaliga cemetery.
f ACKSON, GEORGIA, NOVEMBER 26, 1915
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR TO
MEET FRIDAY NIGHT, DEO. 3
There will be a meeting of
Alexius Commandery No. 22
Knights Templar Friday night,
Dec. 3, beginning at 7 o’clock.
The Red Cross and Order of the
Temple will be conferred at that
time. All members are expected
to be present in full Templar
uniform.
A number of candidates have
recently been initiated prepara
tory to a ceremonial session of
Al-Sihah Temple of Shriners in
Macon on Dec. 9.
THANKSGIVING
TO BE OBSERVED
Business Houses Will Be
Closed For Day
SCHOOL GETS HOLIDAY
Churches Will Have Union
Service And Return
Thanks For Year Peace
And Prosperity—Day to
Be Observed Quietly
Jackson citizens will join in the
observance of National Thanks
giving Day, which falls this year
on Thursday, November 25.
The business houses of Jack
son will close for the day and
there promises to be very little
doing along trade lines. This
has been the custom for many
years.
The public schools will close
from Wednesday to Monday, thus
giving teachers and pupils one
extra holiday.
An appropriate program of
union services will be carried
out'by the churches of the city,
when thanks will be returned to
a kind Providence for the bles
sings of the past year.
JAKE FANN ARRESTED FOR
PICKENS COUNTY OFFICERS
Jake Fann, wanted in Pickens
county on a criminal charge, was
arrested in Monroe county Satur
day afternoon by Bailiff W. G
Lavender. Sheriff T. E. John
son, of Pickens county arrived in
Jackson Monday and carried
Fann back to answer the char
ges against him.
Fann had lived in this section
for three or four years. He is
said to have been employed by
Sullivan, Long & Haggerty dur
ing the installation of the city's
sewerage system. It was repor
ted here that he had done time
before in Pickens county for cow
stealing.
8,777,794 BALES
GINNED THIS YEAR
Compares with 11,668,240
Last Year
NEXT REPORT DEC. BTH
Georgia’s Ginnings Now
Total 1,640,803 Bales-
Ten Year Average 73.0
Per Cent of Whole Crop
At This Date
Washington, D. C., Nov. 22.
The fifth cotton ginning report
of the season compiled from re
ports of census bureau correspon
dents and agents throughout the
cotton belt, and issued at 10 a. m.
today, announced that 8,777.794
bales of cotton, counting round
as half bales, of the growth of
1915 had been" ginned prior to
Nov. 14. That compares with
11,668,240 bales or 73.4 per cent,
of the entire year; 10,444,529
bales, or 74.7 per cent in 1913 and
10,299.646 bales, or 76.4 per cent,
in 1912. The average quantity of
cotton ginned prior to Nov. 14 in
the last ten years was 9,257,817
bales or 73.0 per cent, of the
crop.
Included in the ginnings were
82,528 round bales, compared
with 31,904 last year, 74,167 in
1913, and 62,768 in 1912.
Sea Island cotton included num
bered 69,477 bales, compared
with 54,197 last year, 51,951 in
1913 and 40.389 in 1913.
The next ginning report of the
census bureau will be issued at
10 a. m. Wednesday, Dec. 8, and
will show the quantity of cotton
ginned prior to Nov. 30.
Ginnings prior to Nov. 14, hy
states, with comparisons for 1914
follow:
Year Bales
Alabama
-1915 . 855.368
1914 1,270,450
Florida
-1915 46,464
1914 65,903
Louisiana
-1915 299,676
1914 341,251
North Carolina —
1915 - 523,851
1914 556,175
South Carolina
-1915 922,178
1914 1.091,320
Texas
-1915 2,614,521
1914 3,511,762
Arkansas
-1915 573,687
1914 738,853
Georgia
-1915 1,640,803
1914 2,062,875
Mississippi—
-1915 708,437
1914 838,349
Oklahoma —
1915 331,245
1914 870,672
Tennessee —
1915 204,430
1914 238,451
All other states—
-1915 57.126
1914 82,179
MRS. E. C. ROBINSON WAS
AWARDED PAIR OF SHOES
Mrs. E. C. Robinson was
awarded the pair of shoes offer
ed by Etheridge, Smith & Cos.,
for the person guessing nearest
the size of the shoe on display at
their store for the past several
days. The correct number was
381 and Mrs. Robinson’s guess
was 384. A large number of
people entered the contest, which
created considerable interest, the
drawing Saturday afternoon be
ing attended by a large crowd.
MOONSHINE STILL
WAS DESTROYED
Located Near Sandy Creek
in Dublin District
500 GALLONS BEER FOUND
U. S. Revenue Agent Sow
ell Raided Large Outfit
Last Saturday—No Ar
rests Made —Still Found
in Swamp Near Church
A large moonshine still was
destroyed in Dublin district Sat
urday by Internal Revenue Agent,
Sowell, of McDonough. The still
was located in the forks of two
branches just in the rear of Sandy
Creek church.
Five hundred gallons of corn
beer was found by the officers.
The still was destroyed. It is
said that the outfit had probably
been operated the night before.
Mr. Sowell, who is now with
the U. S. Revenue service, was
sheriff of Henry county for a
number of years.
RED CROSS CHRISTMAS
SEALS NOW ON SALE
Atlanta. Nov. 24. —The sale of
red cross Christmas seals, to
raise money in the fight against
tuberculosis, begins all over Geor
gia this week, under the direc
tion of the W. G. Raoul Founda
tion of Atlanta, which has gen
eral supervision and which is
furnishing the seals in the desir
ed quanity to the local orginiza
tions which are engaged in the
sales.
In nearly every city and town
of Georgia the work is in charge
of the women’s clubs or some
other patriotic and charitably in
clined organizations.
Secretary James P. Faulkner
of the Raoul Foundation received
this year 2,200,000 seals for
Georgia, and it is expected that
the sales this year will exceed
anything in the past. The sale
begins this week, on Thanksgiv
ing day, and lasts through the
holidays.
Jackson Arr’is Established 1873 i i„tv o ion
Butts County Progress Established 1882 S Consolidated uly 9, 1915
BUTTS BOY NOW
STATE CHAMPION
Liberal Frizes Captured
at Corn Show
SEVENTH COUNTY AWARD
The Individual Sweepstake
Prize Given to Ellsworth
Watkins —Bernard Gas
-1
ton Comes Third With
Yield of 141.38 Bushels
Winning speepstake prize on a
yield of 166.69 bushels, third
highest yield of 141.38 bushels
and seventh county prize, Butts
made a great showing at the At
lanta Corn Show last week.
Ellsworth Watkins led the corn
club boys of the whole state with
his production of 166.69 bushels.
He won the Hastings’ scholar
ship of $250 at the State College
of Agriculture at Athens. Thus
young Watkins is state champion
in the boys corn club and Butts
has won the highest honors that
can come to her in this line.
Bernard Gaston, who won the
highest honors at the state fair,
received a valuable educational
prize offered by the Georgia
bankers’ association. His yield
of 141.38 bushels was the third
highest in the state.
Butts county had 55 boys in
line and captured seventh prize.
The winning counties were:
Av. Yield
County No. Boys Per Bu.
1. Carroll 120 46
2. Haralson 104 46.6
3. Wayne 84 495-16
4. Coffee 83 53.6
5. Cobb 70 39.3
6. Lowndes 56 48
7. Butts 55 48
8. Walker 54 51
9. DeKalb 51 38 3-6
MR. L. R. DODSON MAY
RUN FOR TREASURER
That Mr. L. R. Dodson, a lead
ing and well known citizen of the
county, will be in the race for
County Treasurer next year now
seems certain. He has the matter
under consderation and a number
of his friends have spoken to him
about the race. He will make
known his decision a little later.
Mr. Dodson served as Tax Col
lector a few years ago and filled
the office very effiiciently and
with entire satisfaction to his
constituents. Popular with a
large number of the voters, it is
predicted Mr. Dodson will make
a strong race if he decides to en
ter the 1916 contest.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Rev. I. H. Miller will preach
at 11 a. m. and 7p. m. Evange
listic sermons. Gome. Seats
are free.
Yours and His in service.
I. H. Miller.