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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.