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THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS
Vol 44—No. 6
GOVERNOR Hi.-i. ."-L 7 ' 1 c
IS A CANDIDATE
Makes Announcement in
M&con Address
CHALLENGE TO HARDMAN
Gives Account of His Ad’
ministration—Thinks He
Is Entitled to A Second
Term—To Enforce Laws
Macon, Ga., Feb. B.—BefQrean
audience of twelve hundred per
sons Governor Nat E. Harris an
nounced his candidacy for re
election in an address delivered
to his home people last night. He
was introduced by Mayor Bridges
Smith.
In announcing for re-election
Governor Harris gave an account
©f his stewardship, of what had
been accomplished and of laws he
hoped to see enacted. He said he
stood for the enforcement of all
laws, naming the prohibition law
and laws against lynching.
Governor Harris, in replying to
the charge that he was not phys
ically able to perform the rather
strenuous duties of the office,
challenged Dr. Hardman, his op
ponent, to a joint debate in every
county in the state.
He said he thought his admin
istration of the state’s business
justified him in asking for a sec
ond term.
In regard to the Stripling case
and his alleged promise to par
don the noted prisoner, Governor
Harris explained that he would
act as soon as the prison commis
sion made a recommendation in
the case.
Governor Harris’ informal and
matter-of-fact address was well
received and he was given an
ovation during his visit to Macon.
MR. MADDOX CANDIDATE
Announces for Re-Election
As Collector
Mr. Joseph P. Maddox is a can
didate for re-election for Tax Col
lector, as will be seen by his an
nouncement in this issue. Mr.
Maddox, who is serving his first
term, has made an efficient, cour
teous, accommodating official and
has discharged his duties with
general satisfaction. He is pop
ular with the people of the coun
ty and will no doubt receive the
united support of his friends. En
couraging assurances of support
have been received from all quar
ters, Mr. Maddox states, and his
entry into the race will add to the
interest of the political situation.
Attention is directed to. the
letter of Commissioner of Agri
culture Price in this issue. What
he has to say about the fertilizer
situation will be of interest to
fanners throughout the county.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, FEBRUARY 11, 1916
•“ ■' BOWDEN DIES
Prominent Citizen Answers
Summons
Mr. W. B. Bowden died at his
home at Jenkinsburg Wednesday
night of last week, of a compli
cation of diseases. He had been
in feeble health for several weeks
and his death was not unexpect
ed, though coming as a shock to
his family and friends.
Mr. Bowden was a native of
Henry county and was 55 vears
old. He was a member of the
Methodist church and as a citi
zen was held in the highest re
gard. In his passing the com
munity loses one of its most ster
ling. public spirited citizens and
the family have the sympathy of
many friends.
Surviving Mr. Bowden are his
wife, three sons, Messrs. W. J.,
J. M. and J. T. Bowden; one
daughter, Miss Jennie Bowden;
two brothers, J. F., of McDon
ough, and G. M. Bowden, of Lo
cust Grove; six sisters, Mrs. Tom
Hubbard and Miss Mandy Bow
den, of McDonough, Mrs. B. W.
Walden, of Stockbridge, Mrs.
Will Allen, of Ola, Mrs. Henry
Rawls, of Jackson, Mrs. Almita
Perry, of Atlanta.
The funeral was held at Phila
delphia, Henry county, Friday at
12 o’clock, the services being con
ducted by Rev. L. G. Bowden, of
McDonough, and Rey. F. G.
Spearman, of Jenkinsburg.
BIG POLITICS
JUST AHEAD
State Committee Meets
oo Nineteenth
GOVERNOR MAKES SPEECH
Date of State Primary Will
Be Fixed And Manner of
Choosing Presidential
Delegates Decided
Atlanta, February 10.—With
the meeting of the state demo
cratic executive committee sched
uled to take place in Atlanta one
week hence, on February 19th,
and with the press commenting
widely on Governor Harris’
speech in Macon last Monday
night, it may be said that the 1916
political season is under way.
The main duty of the democrat
ic executive committee will be to
fix the date of the gubernatorial
primary, presumably the latter
part of August or early in Sep
tember.
The committee will also decide
on how the delegates from Geor
gia to the national democratic
convention at St. Louis shall be
chosen. It is expected that they
will probably allow them to be
voted on in the various local coun
ty primaries which it is expected
may all be held about the same
date, and in time for the national
convention.
In the meantime Governor
Harris' speech, while not an an
nouncement of his platform, was
a statement of his views regard
ing future laws, and an account
of his stewardship during the
first term. It is being talked of
more than anything else politi
cally at this moment, and has
been commented on favorably by
most of the daily and weekly
press ot the state.
VETERANS FAVOR
TILLMAN BILL
Would Return Money to
Veterans
ACTION BYCAMPBARNETT
Petition Requests Hon. J.
W. Wise, Congressman,
to Support Measure of
Arkansas Representative
The members of camp Barnett
U. C. V., of Jackson, have en
dorsed the bill of Representative
Tillman, of Arkansas, providing
for the return by the government
of the cotton tax confiscated dur
ing the civil war. The amount
involved is about $65,000,000,
which, it is figured, would be
sufficient to pay each Confeder
ate veteran or his widow SSOO
and S3O a month for life.
Captain F. L. Walthall, com
mander of camp Barnett, has in
terested himself in the matter.
A petition has been circulated
asking Hon. J. W. Wise, con
gressman from the sixth district,
to support the Tillman measure.
The petition, confined to veter
ans only, has been largely signed
and is regarded as a strong one.
There is general local interest
in the matter on the part of the
veterans and the public general
ly. Should the bill pass and the
government distribute this mon
ey, held now for fifty years,
it would a blessing to the veter
ans of the Confederacy, many of
whom were made poor by the
war.
BEAUCHAMP IS HONORED
Heads Convention in City
of Shreveport
The friends of C. 0. Beau
champ, of Shreveport, former
mayor of this city, will be pleas
ed to learn of the honors confer
red on him the past week by his
adopted city of Shreveport.
A few days ago Mr. Beauchamp
was made chairman of the pub
licity and railroad committee of
the state Sunday school conven
tion held in Shreveport April 4-
5-6. In 1912 during a similar
convention he had charge of this
department of the convention
and made such a great success of
the convention that he was again
placed in charge for the 1916 as
sembly. In 1912 and 1913 Mr.
Beauchamp conducted a Sunday
school campaign in Shreveport
and increased the attendance of
the Sunday schools 400 per cent.
Last week Mr. Beauchamp was
selected as one of the twenty lay
men from the Protestant, Catho
lic and Jewish churches of Shreve
port to conduct a Home Visita
tion in Shreveport, Wednesday
afternoon, Feb. 9, from 2to 4
o’clock, wherein the religious,
civic, industrial and commercial
organizations of the city will take
a census of the city of more than
40000 in 2 hours time. More than
800 workers will be at work in
this religious movement and it is
the greatest movement of its
, kind conducted in the southwest,
I when it is considered that the
census of the city is taken in 2
1 hours Wednesday afternoon.
BUTTS COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIA
TION ORGANIZED HERE FRIDAY
Strong Stock Company Formed
For Holding The Fair This Year
Grounds Will Be Bought or Leased, Suitable
Erected, Race Track And Athletic Field Construc
ted —Stock Being Sold Throughout The County
in Small Blocks—Next Meeting February 21st
At an enthusiastic mass meet
ing of citizens held in the court
house Friday afternoon a tempo
rary organization of the Butts
County Fair Association was per
fected. It was decided to organ
ize a stock company with a capi
tal of not less than $5,000, with
stock divided into shares of the
par value of $5.00 each.
Mr. Hugh Mallet was elected
temporary president and Mr. G.
E. Rice secretary. These officers
will direct the affairs of the asso
ciation until the next meeting, to
be held Monday, February 21,
when a permanent organization
will be formed. J. D. Jones was
appointed chairman of the or-
ganization committee.
Col. W. E. Watkins and J. D.
Jones were appointed on a com
mittee to draft a charter and
were instructed to make a report
at the next meeting.
Messrs. J. Matt McMichael, L.
M. Crawford and J. D. Jones
were appointed as a committee
to secure grounds, by purchase
or lease, for the use of the asso
ciation. The grounds will be en
closed, suitable buildings erected
and race tracks and an athletic
field constructed.
Since the organization of a
stock company the movement for
a fair this fall has been received
with widespread interest. Al
ready a considerable amount of
stock has been sold and it is be
lieved the stock will be raised
easily and quickly. The stock
was divided into small shares so
that every man in the county can
have a part in the fair. It is
planned to put the association on
a practical, sustaining, business
basis.
It is hoped that each district
will raise at least SI,OOO, and a
committee of three or more in
each district was appointed by
chairman Mallet to sell stock and
report at the next meeting. By
districts these committees are:
Buttrill —J. H. Mills, J. B.
Childs, T. W. Moore.
Coodys—J. D. Brownlee, W.
N. Treadwell, G. F. Etheridge.
Dublin —C. A. Towles, S. K.
Smith, A. H. Pope.
Iron Springs—L. R. Dodson, J.
M. Greer. W. M. Bledsoe.
Indian Springs-Dr. A. F.
White, Wright Watkins. G. W.
Thornton.
Jackson—F. S. Etheridge, J.
H. Carmichael, J. O. Gaston, S.
H. Mays, J. Matt McMichael, R.
N. Etheridge, G. E. Mallet. L.
M. Crawford.
Towaliga—R. E. Evans, J. E.
Hale, Jr., O. L. Weaver.
Worthville—E. A. Fincher, W.
i F. Smith, Rupert Washington.
There are so many details to
be worked out that full reports
are desired from all committees
at the next meeting. At that
!§U ! Consolidated July 9.1915
time it is hoped to select a date
for the fair, make arrangements
for the premium lists and attend
to other business matters. The
election of officers is another im
portant matter to be decided, and
it is hoped a large attendance will
be on hand.
The date of the next meeting
is Monday, Feb. 21, at 12:30 p.
m. in the court house. Now that
the movement for a bigger and
better county fair has assumed
definite shape every person inter
ested in seeing the fair a success
should turn out to the February
21 meeting, prepared to do a lot
of boosting in this worthy cause.
MR. J.B. THAXTON DEAD
Passes Away After Long
Illness i
After a prolonged illness Mr.
J. B. Thaxton, one of the coun*
ty’s best known citizens, passed
away Wednesday night at the
age of 59. He had suffered with
a tumor, and underwent two opr
erations without securing relief^
Mr. Thaxton was well and pop
ularly known over the county
and was held in high esteem. He
was a citizen of high charactet
and was a member of a large and
prominent family of this section.
He was a member of Liberty
church and a substantial man of
affairs. The death of Mr. Thax
ton came as a shock to his family
and numerous friends.
The funeral was held at Fel
lowship church Friday morning'
at 11 o’clock. Rev. T. H. Vaughn
conducted the services.
Surviving Mr. Thaxton is a
large family connection, includ-;
ing his wife, four daughters,'
Mrs. Jim Flynt, Mrs. L. A. At
kinson, Misses Annie Mae and
Nellie Thaxton; six sons, Messrs.
Walter, John, Roy, William, Levi
and Len Thaxton; nine brothers,
Messrs. George, S. M., Robert,
Kenney. Riley, Jim and Jack
Thaxton of Butts county and
William and Franklin Thaxton, j
ot Louisiana: three sisters, Mrs.
Fannie James, Mrs. Louisiana
Perdue, Mrs. Charlie Bennett. He
is also survived by his mother,
Mrs. Susan Thaxton.
Cara of Thanks
We wish to thank our many
friends for their kindness to us
during the sickness of our loved
one. May God’s blessings ever
reign over them is our prayer.
Mrs. J. P. Johnson,
Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Williams.