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THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGHS
-No. 52
(!' WMIMI
Wn\i WILL BE
~ NEW MAYOR
BUTTRILL WON IN SECOND
Sasnett in Fourth-Others
Were Unopposed
In Tuesday’s primary for the j
nomination of city officers for the
ensuing year, Hon. J. Threatt
Moore was returned winner over
* Hon. W. E. Watkins by the vote
of 123 to 121 for mayor.
In the second ward Alderman
A. T. Buttrill was nominated by
vote of 53 to 45 over Mr. J. M.
Leach.
In the fourth ward Mr. R. P.
Sasnett won over Alderman J. C.
Jones by vote of 29 to 22.
Alderman S. 0. Ham in the
first ward and Alderman J. B.
Settle in the third ward were
nominated without opposition.
The contest for mayor proved
a close orie and not until the last
ballot was counted was the win
ner known. The official returns
show that Mr. Moore carried the
first and second wards and Mr.
Watkins the third and fourth
wards.
A good deal of interest center
ed in the two aldennanic races
and the friends of the candidates
were quite active.
The second ward polled a large
vote, 98 ballots being cast there
to 146 for the rest of the city.
.About 244 votes were cast, out
of a registration of about 275.
The vote was rather lighter than
kad been expected.
Tuesday was a miserably rainy
■and dreary day and the voters
to make their way to the
Cwns in a slush.
f; The tabulated result of the pri
mary is given herewith:
Moore Watkins
Ist Ward 26 25
2nd Ward..— 59 40
3rd Ward 17. 27
4th Ward 21 29
Total 123 121
Buttrill Leach
2nd Ward 53 45
Sasnett Jones
4th Ward 29 22
The full list of nominees, who
will be duly elected early in Jan
uary, follow:
For Mayor
J. T. MOORE
For Councilman, Ist Ward
S. 0. HAM
For Councilman, 2nd Ward
A. T. BUTTRILL
For Councilman, 3rd Ward
J. B. SETTLE
For Councilman, 4th Ward
R. P. SASNETT
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
For Executive Committee Town
at Large
H. L. DAUGHTRY
For Executive Committee
Ist Ward
H. 0. BALL
For Executive Committee
2nd Ward
T. A. NUTT
For Executive Committee
3rd Wa-d
S. P. NICHOLS
For Executive Committee
4th Ward
C. M. COMPTON
JACKSON, GEORGIA, DECEMBER 31, 1915
To Our
ADVERTISERS and READERS
Who manifested their support in a
material way during the year now
drawing to a close
THE
PROGRESS-ARGU S
Wishes
To Extend
Its Sincere Thanks
And Appreciation
That The Year
1016
MAY BE THE BEST
YOU HAVE EVER KNOWN
IS OUR WISH
BUTTS COUNTY’S CAT
TLE TICK AND IT’S NEW
BURYING GROUND
The most discouraging thing to
this or any other county whose
chief industry should be live stock,
is the activity of the destructive
cattle tick. The cattle tick is to
the live stock industry what the
boll weevil is to the cotton indus
try. Both are very disastrous to
these industries.
It is most encouraging now to
hear every man in Butts county
stand up and say what are we
going to do to get rid of the tick.
They realize that too long the old
tick has been killing their cattle,
drinking their milk, eating their
feed and robbing the sale of their
cattle by drinking the blood of
the cow, if not totally destroying
life, making the poor cow’s con
dition so weak that she cannot
make the growth or rear the calf
expected.
To better understand present
condititions let us make a trip
over our county and see just what
we have. Read carefully:
Cattle ticks
Quarantine
Disease
Death of cattle
Scrub cattle
Market restrictions
Low priced cattle
Few cattle
No interest in cattle
Shipping in beef and butter
Shipping in hay and corn
Shipping out meal and seed
Poor soil
Low crop yield
Fertilizer bills increasing
One crop system
High rates of interest
Bovs leave the farm
Waste land
Unimproved land
No pastures
Poor barns
Unimproved schools
Bury the tick and note the
change. Read carefully what to do
Build vats
Use arsenic dip or tick oil
Dipping all cattle
Begin May the first
Every two weeks
Twelve times
Ticks eradicated
Tick fever eliminated
Quarantine raised
Cattle improved
SIO.OO per head
Markets opened
Encouragement
More pastures and feed
More cattle on farm
Feeding cattle
Making manure
Improving the soil
Better crops
Cheaper crops
Diversified farming
More money oftener
Living at home
Better barns
Consolidated schools
Better people
Happier people
Read up
These are facts that stand out
as prominent as Gibraltar and
cannot be denied. Then let us
bury that tick in the vats of ar
senic and play the funeral march
of ticky cattle and sing you have
drunk of my fountain your last
time.
The U. S. Department and the
State Department of Animal Hus
bandry will co-operate with the
county and the work will start
soon. Dr. Peter F. Bahnsen has
written the officials of the county
that he will be down within a
few weeks to make definite ar
rangements to start the work so
that we will be ready to begin
dipping our cattle by the first of
May. And just think if we dip
our cattle .every week for 12
weeks it will be good by Mr. Tick.
Bulletins on “How to Do It’’
will be mailed within the next
few days to every man in Butts
county and as your farm demon
stration agent I ask that you not
only read these bulletins but
STUDY them. The bulletins will
be sent from the U. S. Depart
ment of Animal Husbandry and
will fully explain methods em
ployed in eradicating ticks and
removing the quarantine from
our cdtfnty.
Respectfully,
G. E. Rice. U. S.
Farm Demonstration Agent.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Preaching at 11 a. m. and 7. and.
m. The public is cordially invi
ted to attend.
I. H. Miller.
Jackson Argus Established 1873 J 191*
Butts County Progress Established 1882 i Consolidated..!uly 9. Ills
CHRISTMAS WAS
SAFE AND SANE
NO DISORDER REPORTED
Less Drinking Than in
Sevaral Years
The Christmas holidays were
quietly and sanelv observed in
Jackson and throughout Butts
county. From all reports receiv
ed it was one of the most orderly
Christmas celebrations in the an
nals of the countv.
No disorder was reported in
any part of the county. There
was less drinking and drunken
ness here than before in a gen
eration. Mighty few intoxicated
persons were seen on the streets
of Jackson. Liquor shipments,
while brisk, appeared to be be
low the average at Christmas.
The business houses in Jackson
were closed Christmas day, Sat
urday. Many Christmas trees
were given for the little folks.
Christmas 1915 will long be
pointed to as a model of saneness
and orderliness, as far as Butts
county was concerned.
GOODWIN HOME
WAS BURNED
WAS PARTIALLY INSURED
Family in Macon at Time
of The Fire
The residence of Mr. Mack
Goodwin on McDonough street
was completely destroyed by lire
at an early hour Friday morning.
The entire contents were lost.
The alarm was turned in shortly
before 3 o’clock but the fire de
partment could do little to check
the flames, which were leaping
out of the top of the building be
fore the arrival of the depart
ment.
The family was in Macon at
the time, having been called to
the bedside of Mrs. Goodwin’s
sister. There had been no fire
in the house for a day, which
leads to the belief that it was the
work of incendiaries.
The loss is partially covered by
insurance There was $1,500 in
surance on the house and SSOO on
the furnishings, it was stated.
Mr. and Mrs. Goodwin have
the sympathy of the entire com
munity in their great loss and
trying misfortune.
Card of Thanks
We desire to express our sin
cere thanks to each friend who
was so kind and sympathetic in
our bereavement. May God bless
each one.
Mrs. Robt. T. Carmichael,
Mrs. J. F. Carmichael,
Mrs. H. S. Rowland.
Mr. Geo. Carmichael,
Mr. S. C. Kicklighter.
Mrs. Virgil C. Cooke,
Mrs. J. M. Shannon.
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 21, 1915.