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THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS Vol 43—No. 51 CITY PRIMARY NEXT TUESDAY Mayor And Four Aldermen to Be Elected a heavyHecistration Annual Primary Eledion Develops Considerable Degree of Interest —All Candidates Confident! The city primary for the nom ination of officers for the ensuing year, will be held Tuesday, De cember 28. Interest; in things po litical is beginning to pick up. There promises to be a number of closely contested races. For mayor the candidates are Hon. W. E. Watkins, running for re election, and Hon. J. Threatt Moore, city attorney. Alderman A. T. Buttrill and Mr. J. M. Leach are the oppos ingcandidatesin the second ward. In the fourth ward Alderman J. C. Jones is opposed by Mr. R. P. Sasnett, cashier of the Jack son National Bank. Other contests for members of the executive committee and school trustees will probably serve to bring out a heavy vote. The registration list was purg ed by Council Monday night. Six names were stricken and after file duplicate registration was straightened out some 275 quali fied voters were left on the books. This year the nominations will be made by ward vote. Only the tandidates for mayor, chairman ,of the executive committee and president of the board of educa tion will be chosen by the voters of the entire city. The primary will be held at the city hall. The polls open at 8:30 a. m. and close at 4 p. m. Though a short campaign, a considerable degree of good-na tured rivalry has been injected into the contest and the result of the election will be awaited with wide-awake interest. ANOTHER VETERAN GOES TO HIS FINAL REWARD The death of Mr. T. J. Thurs ton, Cpnfederate veteran and a well known citizen, occurred at the home of his daughter, Mrs. R. L. McMichael, Friday night of last week. He was 69 years of age and had been in declining health for some time. Mr. Thurston served through the war as a member of Cos. G Third Georgia regiment. He was a member of the well known Jburjston family of Butts county and as a citizen was held in high and affectionate esteem by a large circle of friends. Mr. Thurston is survived bv his wife and two daughters, Mrs R. L. McMicheal, Cedar Rock, Mrs. E. R. Rich, Locust Grove; four sons, Messrs. W. J. and C. L. Thurston, of Jackson, J. S. Thurston, Locust Grove, and Rev. E. C. Thurston. Whitwel), Tenn.: one brother, Mr. S. D. Thurston, of Jenkinsburg. The funeral services were con ducted by Rev. F. G. Spearman at County Line church Sunday morning at 11 o’clock, following which interment was in County Line Cemetery. JACKSUn rao iuil 6IVEN HANDSOME REMEMBRANCE The Ladies Aid Society of the Stockbridge Presbyterian church made with their own hands a beautiful quilt and sold it to the public for S2B and presented it to the pastor. Rev. I, H. Miller. This beautiful and successful plan was inspired by Mrs. Haw kins. the mother of the church, and her daughter. Mrs. Swan. They are now carrying out other plans to pay off the debt on the church at Stockbridge. BUTTS CROP MAY BE 11,000 BALES Ten Thousand Bales Are Ginned to Date REPORT FOR 6TH DISTRICT Ginnings to December Ist Fall About Four Thous and Bales Behind Same Period Last Year That the cotton crop in' Butts county will be some 4,000 bales behind last year’s production is now practically assured. Well informed followers of cotton pro duction estimate the 1915 crop of the county at 11,000 bales. The average for the county is from 13,500 to 14,000 bales. The report of the census bu reau shows that Butts had gin ned 10,916 bales prior to Dec. 1, as compared with 14,288 bales in 1914. This is a decrease of 3,372 bales. The total for Georgia is 1,768.- 410 bales, against 2,285,924 last year. Burke countv still leads the state with 38,318 bales. Ginnings, prior to Dec. 1, in the twelve r counties of the sixth district, with comparisons for 1914, follow: County 1915 1914 Bibb 7,618___. 12,155 Butts 10,916 ...14,288 Clayton M1,071....12,870 Crawford 4,749.... 7,199 Fayette 12,447.... 15,624 Henry 21,648 ...27,186 Jasper 19,498 24,379 Jones 10,149 14,304 Monroe 16,948 21,843 Pike 20,037....24,154 Spalding 14,473....17.794 Upson 11,115 14,117 SI. JOHNS LODGE HAS ANNUAL ELECTION At the meeting of St. Johns lodge No. 45, F. and A. M., Mon day night, officers were elected for the ensuing year. The officers thus chosen will be installed at the next convocation. Some of the appointive officers will be announ ced later. Those elected are as follows: H. Li Daughtry—W. M. J. B. Hopkins—S. W. W. W. Miller—J. W. F. M. Allen-Sec. D. G. McMichael—Treas. F. M. Hodges—Tyler. JACKSON, GEORGIA, DECEMBER 24, 1915 OFFICIAL BALLOT City Primary to be held DECEMBER 28, 1915 For Mayor (Vote for one) W. E. WATKINS J. T. MOORE For Councilman, Ist Ward S. O. HAM For Councilman, 2nd Ward (Vote for one) J. M. LEACH A. T. BUTTRILL For Councilman, 3rd Ward J. B. SETTLE For Councilman, 4th Ward (Vote for one) J. C. JONES R. P. SASNETT For Executive Committee Town at Large H. L. DAUGHTRY For Executive Committee Ist Ward H. O. BALL For Executive Committee 2nd Ward T. A. NUTT For Executive Committee 3rd Ward S. P. NICHOLS For Executive Committee 4th Wan! (Vote for one) C. M. COMPTON Dr. J. W. CRUM For Chairman School Board Town at Large J. H. CARMICHAEL For School Board, Ist Ward J. M. CURRIE For Schoul Board, 2nd Ward J. R. THURSTON For School Board, 3rd Ward Dr. J. B. HOPKINS For School Board. 4th Ward Dr. R. GUNTER METHODISTS WILL ASSIST WORTHY ORGANIZATION On Sunday, December 26th, all Methodist churches in Georgia will ask for contributions to what is known as the annual Christmas offering for charity work at Wes ley Memorial Hospital. The public has no idea of the amount of charity work done at this great hospital. $12,683 worth of charity work has been done this year, while only $4,000 has been contributed to this cause. This is the tenth anniversary of Wesley Memorial Hospital, arid over $56,000 worth of charity work has been done-not one fourth of which has been contributed —the hospital has paid it out of its earnings. It must be thoroughly under stood that there is no regard paid to creed nor church affiliations at this hospital. The same treat rnent is accorded every one in need or suffering. Sunday School Superintendents and Sunday School children, par ticularly, are asked to co-operate in this noble work. 6EOR6IA PIG CROP IS WORTH $16,000,000 Atlanta, Ga. Dec. 20—The pigs in Georgia now number over two million and represent over $16,- 000,000, according to figures on live stock and crops just prepared by the bureau of crop statistics at Washington for the Georgia chamber of commerce, at the re quest of Hon. W. J. Harris of the federal trade commission. The figures show that Georgia is ad vancing in all kinds of live stock but particularly in swine and beef cattle. SECOND WARD HAS TWO CANDIDATES Spirited Aldermanic Race Is Predicted MUCH INTEREST SHOWN Messrs. A. T. Buttrill And J. M. Leach Are Oppos ing Candidates —Large Vote May Be Polled With the announcement of Mr. J. M. Leach that he would be a candidate for Alderman from the second ward in the city primary next Tuesday, interest in politics has picked up considerably. Mr. Leach will contest the seat of Alderman A. T. Buttrill, who is a candidate to succeed himself. A few years ago Mr. Leach represented the second ward on Council and was the chairman of several important committees. He was active and faithful in working for the city’s interest then ar and would doubtless prove an efficient worker now. Mr. Leach is quite generally popular with the voters of the second ward and the entire city and his friends will give him their active support. Alderman Buttrill is serving his first year on Council and was honored with the position of may or pro tem. He holds a number of desirable committee appoint meats and is held in high esteem not only by his colleagues and tin voters of the second ward but bv ihe citizens of the whole town. This contest is one the voters of the second ward, under the rules of the executive committee, will have to settle and the out come will be watched with in terest. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. Program for Sunday. Dec. 26 11 a. m. and 7 p. m. Rev. E. L Courson, student at Mercer Uni versity, will preach. 9:30 a. m. The Bible school. 3p. m. The Young People? Union. Mr. Courson will talk th young people at 3 o’clock. Christmas Entertainment a> the Church Christmas tree at the church for the Primary Department on Wednesday afternoon. A Christmas social, Thursday evening at the church. The pastor left Tuesday for Virginia and North Carolina. {Sj.’o.lKSpSSilfKibll.h., Ini I Comolld.ledUuly 9.1.15 GOVERNOR HARRIS WILL RUN AGAIN Made Statement Sunday to That Effect PROHIBTION CHAMPION Now Seems Certain That Dr. Hardman Will Op pose Governor Harris- Hard Fight Coming Atlanta, Ga. Dec. 20—That the conspicuous part taken by Gover nor Nat E. Harris in the enact mentof Georgia’s new prohibition laws will make him the leading candidate for governor in next year’s state election is the pre vailing opinion in polictical circles in the capital. It is expected that Governor Harris in his race for reelection will have the support not only of the citizens who supported the prohibition laws and lent their influence to the enactment of the same but also of the members of the legislature whose votes put through the bills. The governor is proud of the fact that his call for the extra session of the legislature and his inclusion of prohibition in the call made possible the passage of the laws without delay, and is proud of the further fact that his sig nature as governor made the bills the law of the state. Asa candidate for reelection the governor will commit himself strongly to the proposition that the full benefits of prohibition cannot be realized without enfoce ment of the prohibition laws, and he will makeclear hisdeterm ination to use the executive power to the limit of authority for the accomplishment of this result. The governor's friends express the utmost confidence in his re election. They advised him to make known his intentions at this early date because they believed an early announcement would greatly simplify the situation from the political standpoint, and say the announcement has been well received throughout the state. MR. CARMICHAEL’S FUNERAL HELD HERE ON FRIDAY The funeral of Mr. Robert T. Carmichael, whose death occur red last Thursday morning as the result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident near Indian Springs, was held from the resi dence of Mrs. James F. Carmi chael at 2 o’lclock Friday after noon. Dr. Robert VanDeventer )f the First Baptist church, as sisted by the Rev. Isaac Miller of the Presbyterian church, conduc ed the services. Many beauti ful floral offerings were sent by riends and admirers. Tne remains were taken to At unta Saturday morning and the ody was laid to rest in Oakland emetery. The unfortunate death of Mr. arrnichael has evoked manv ex pressions of sincere regret and ne stricken family have the ten ter sympathy of the entire com nunity. So far as known the iccident was unavoidable. Mr. Carmichael was well and favorably known in insurance circles. He had been district tgent of the National Life of Vermont and had produced much business for the company. It ia stated Mr. Carmietim 1 had about $6,000 infrura c • o>< hi - life.