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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 • 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.