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THF. JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS
Vol 44—No. 7
FAIR PROMOTERS
MEET MONDAY
Committees Will Make
Reports
OFFICERS TO BE NAMED
Permanent Organization to
Be Formed And Active
Work Started For The
Fair This Fall
For the purpose of working out
further details of the 1916 fair
and perfecting a permanent or
ganization, the Butts County Fair
Association will hold a meeting
in the court house in Jackson at
12:30 p. m. Monday, Feb. 21.
At that time several important
business matters will be consid
ered and it is hoped to have a
large and representative crowd
present. The election of officers,
the selection of a date for the
fair and the appointment of stand
ing committees are among the
questions to be disposed of.
Three or four committees are
expected to make reports at the
meeting Monday. These are
committee on securing grounds,
committee on charter and com
mittee on selling stock. On
the report of these committees
depends a great deal of the future
interest in the fair movement.
From reports received there is
a commendable spirit of enthu
siasm for the fair in all parts of
the county. Every person inter
ested in seeing Butts county have
the best fair in Middle Georgia
should come out to the meeting
Monday.
MRS. J.K. GOOD DEAD
Was Miss McDaniel Before
Her Marriage
Mrs. J. K. Good, formerly Miss
Margia McDaniel of Butts coun
ty, died at her home, 4483 Wash
ington Boulevard, St. Louis, Mo.,
Friday of last week, death fol
lowing an illness of more than a
year. Mrs. Good was twice mar
ried, her first husband being Ho
mer Spence of Griffin, who died
after moving to St. Louis. Her
second husband was J. G. Good,
a wealthy merchant of St. Louis.
The surviving relatives are her
husband, two sons by her first
marriage, Horace and Leon
Spence; tw T o daughters and a son
by her last marriage; her mother,
Airs. Amanda McDaniel; three
sisters, Mrs.T. J. Preston, Louis
ville, Ky,, Mrs. M. S. Maddox,
Mrs. Andrew Hamlin, Jackson;
a brother, Mr. J. W. McDaniel,
Atlanta.
The death of Mrs. Good came
as a shock to her family who have
the sympathy of many friends in
their bereavement.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, FEBRUARY 18, 1916
11,646 BALES 6INNEO IN
BUTTS COUNTY TO JAN. 16
To Jan. 16 Butts county had
ginned 11,646 bales of cotton, as
compared with 16,206 the year
before, a decrease of 4,560 bales.
It is not likely the total ginnings
of the crop of 1915 will reach
12,000 bales. A normal crop for
the county is about 14,000 bales,
though the 1914 production was
considerably more than that, the
exact figure being 17,015.
BUTTS BOY WINS
SUPREME HONOR
In Corn Production of the
United States
CAPTURED MANY PRIZES
Ellsworth Watkins Said to
Have Been Awarded Uni
ted States Sweepstakes
on His 1915 Production
Though not official it is report
ed here that Ellsworth Watkins
won the United States sweep
stakes prize for corn production
in the boys corn club work last
year. His yield was 166.69 bush
els. He won first prize at the
Butts county fair, the state cham
pionship at the state fair in Macon
and the sweepstakes prize at the
Southeastern fair in Atlanta.
Young Watkins’ winning last
year totaled S3BO. For the larg
est yield and the best showing of
profit he won sls, each, at the
county fair in Jackson; SIOO for
the state championship at the
Macon state fair; and the Hast
ing sholarship of $250 to the Col
lege of Agriculture at the South
eastern fair in Atlanta. He will
leave in September for Athens to
use the sholarship.
If it be true that Mr. Watkins
won over all the corn club boys
in the United States, this is in
deed an honor for Butts county.
For Butts county and a Butts
county boy to hold the corn club
championship of the entire United
States is an appreciated honor.
It shows the wonderful strides
the countv has made in corn pro
duction in the last few years.
JACKSON NEWSIE WINS
FREE TRIP TO ATLANTA
For his good work as local
agent of the Atlanta Georgian
and Sunday American Sidney
Jackson was awarded a free trip
to Atlanta Wednesday, at which
time several hundred agents of
the above papers held their sec
ond annual convention. Master
Jackson is a hustler and has in
creased his subscription lists by
a considerable number. Railroad
fare and hotel accommodations
were furnished the winners in
this contest and altogether the
news agents had a delightful trip.
NEW COMMITTEE
TO BE ELECTED
Meeting Will Be Held on
February 22
FIX THE PRIMARY DATE
Chairman Ogletree Issues
Call to Democrats to As
semble in Court House
Tuesday, February 22
For the purpose of electing an
executive committee to serve for
the next term a mass meeting of
citizens is called for Tuesday,
February 22, in the court house
in Jackson. The meeting will be
held during the noon recess of
superior court.
The new committee will fix the
date of the countv primary and
adopt rules governing said pri
mary election. It is said to be
the wish of a number of the can
didates that the primary be held
in the early spring, though, of
course, it is not known what ac-
tion the committee will take in
that direction.
Following the setting of the
date of the primary it is expected
there will be considerable activity
in political circles and all candi
dates will probably come from
under cover. The formal call for
the mass meeting follows:
A mass meeting of the citizens
of Butts county is called to meet
in the court house at the noon re
cess of superior court, February
22nd, for the purpose of electing
anew executive committee.
A. H. OGLETREE, Chr.
DR. HARDMAN TO
ADDRESS VOTERS
Will Speak in Jackson
Next Tuesday
Dr. L. G. Hardman, of Com
merce. candidate for governor,
will address the voters of Butts
county Tuesday, Feb. 21 at the
noon recess of superior court.
Dr. Hardman is a forceful and
entertaining speaker and what
he has to say will be of interest
to the voters. He will discuss
the issues of the campaign and
define his position on public ques
tions. Dr. Hardman is one of
the most prominent public men
in the state and a business man
of large affairs. He is quite well
known here and his friends are
working hard to land Butts coun
ty in the Hardman column this
year.
The people of the entire com
munity are invited to come out and
hear the address of this distin
guished citizen.
MR. JOE NORRIS OIEO
AT PEPPERTON THURSDAY
' Mr. Joe Norris, aged 49, passed
away at his home in Pepperton
Thursday morning of last week.
Death was due to pellagra, it
was said.
The body was shipped to Ca
mak, Ga., for funeral and inter
ment. Mr. Norris, who had been
a resident of Pepperton for some
time, is survived by his wife and
several sons and daughters. He
was a member of the Knights of
Columbia.
SCHOOL TEACHERS
RECEIVE MONEY
State Sends out First of
1916 Checks
BUTTS’ SHARE $12,700
Ten Per Cent of Common
School Fund Was Paid
by State —Butts County
Schools Flourishing
The first payment of the 1916
school fund has been received
from the state by Superintendent
Hugh Mallet. The check was for
$1,200, ten per cent of the year’s
appropriation of $12,700. Last
year Butts county received only
$12,080 from the state, the extra
amount being due to an increased
appropriation made by the legis
lature to the common schools.
As soon as the money was re
ceived it was applied to the debt
of the Old National Bank, of Bat
tle Creek, Mich., from which the
board of education borrwed $3,-
100 to meet the January payroll.
This is the first time since the
public school system was estab
lished in 1871 that the state has
paid the teachers promptly. Be
fore this the state has always
been a year or more behind with
the teachers. By borrying mon
ey from a New York bank at 31
per cent Governor Harris was
able to meet the teachers’ salar
ies when due.
All of the Butts county schools,
white and colored, are in full op
eration and under the able su
pervision of Superintendent Mal
let some solid and substantial
work is being accomplished.
JENKINSBBURG MASONS
HOLO ENTHUSIASTIC MEET
A degree team from Jackson
went up to .Jenkinsburg Thurs
day night and conferred the Most
Excellent Masters and Royal
Arch degrees for Jenkinsburg
chapter No. 53. The candidates
were Rev. F. G. Spearman, Prof.
A. F. Fleming and Mr. Lum
Jones. An oyster stew was ser
ved by the members of Jenkins
burg chapter and this was one of
the most enjoyable features of
the evening. In the party going
to Jenkinsburg were Messrs. D.
G. McMichael. H. L. Daughtry,
F. M. Allen, J. B. Hopkins, J.
C. Jones, R. Gunter, 0. Lee
Chesnutt, C. M. Compton, J. D.
Jones.
Jackson Arnus Established 1873 j r n n.ntiata !.,lv i<m
Butts County Progress Established 1882 1 Consolidated July 9.1915
TWO WEEKS COURT
BEGINS MONDAY
Much Business in Two
Divisions
CIVIL CASES FIRST WEEK
Docket Consists of Impor
tant Civil And Criminal
Suits —Judge Searcy To
Preside —Busy Session
Jackson will have two weeks
of “big court”—and that is true
literally—beginning Monday, the
21, with the Hon. Wm. E. H.
Searcy, Jr., judge of the super
ior courts of the Flint circuit,
presiding and Solicitor General
E. M. Owen present as prosecu-.
ting attorney. Judge Searcy and
the court attaches will arrive in
Jackson early Monday morning
and court will be convened about
8:30 o’clock.
Civil suits will be considered
the first week. The calendar
contains more than a hundred
and thirty cases. Prominent in
the list of cases set for trial are
the damage suits against the Cen
tral Georgia Power Company.
More than the usual number of
criminal cases are ready for trial
at this term and the grand jury
will probably return a number,pf
indictments. It is considered al
together likely that an adjourned
term will be ordered by Judge
Searcy, in the event the court'is
unable to get the docket in satis
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factory shape in two weeks.
The approaching session prom
ises to be one of interest arid ac
tivity. The politicians and can
didates from far and near will
probably take advantage of the
occasion to mingle with the vo
ters who will be out in force.
MR. HOLIFIELD FOR COL.
Popular Citizen Gets in the
Running
Mr. J. H. Holifield is in the
f
race for Tax Collector, his an
nouncement appearing in this is
sue. Mr. Holifield, who is a res
it
ident of Jackson, is a well known
and highly respected citizen of
the county. He is qualified-,to
fill the office and is assured of a
strong support. Several years
ago Mr. Holified served as Tax
Receiver, an office he filled with
general satisfaction and his con
duct at that time won him many
friends who will support his can
didacy in the present campaign.
Mr. Holifield is acquainted with
the majority of the voters and is
a deserving citizen. If elected
he states he will give the office
his strict personal attention and
will strive to merit the confidence
of his constituents.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Preaching by the minister, I.
H. Miller, at 11 a. m. and 7p.
m. Subject: “Who is Christ?”
Come, you are welcome.
I. H. MILLER.