The Jackson progress-argus. (Jackson, Ga.) 1915-current, March 24, 1916, Image 1
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARCUS
Vol 44—No. 12
BOOSTER ME! fING
OF FAIR SATIftDAY
s
Several Committei; Will
Make Report
START BUILDING SOON
Affairs of Fair Association
Being Placed on Solid
Basis—Full Attendance
Desired Saturday
Now that the date of the Butts
county fair has been fixed from
October 24 to 27, the business is
being pushed and details worked
out as fast as possible. The next
meeting will be held Saturday,
March 25, at 10 a. m.
At the session Saturday several
committee reports will be made.
Chief of these is the report of the
building committee. This com
mittee, it is understood, will be
prepared to report substantial
progress.
As the purpose and aims of the
fair become l etter known citizens
all over the countv are manifest
ing greater interest in the pro
ject. There is no opposition to
the fair and everybody is boost
ing the movement, which is as it
should be.
New stock subscriptions are
toeing sent in every day and the
district vice presidents and field
agents are expected to render a
flattering statement Saturday.
As it is getting well along in
the season it is necessary that the
various departments push their
work as rapidly as possible now.
With this idea in view a full at
tendance of the members is ex
pected at the meeting Saturday
morning in the court house.
HON. C. A. TOWLES
MAKES ANNOUNCEMENT
To succeed himself as Repre
sentative from Butts county, sub
ject to the state primary, Hon.
C A.. Towles makes announce
ment in this issue of The Pro
gress-Argus. This is the open
ing gun in the local campaign for
state house officers and the card
of Mr.’Towles will be read with
considerable interest. This race
will be a long one, as the state
primary will probably be held on
or about September 1.
Mr. Towles is serving his first
term as a member of the general
assembly, having been chosen in
the election held in the summer
of 1914. Asa member of the
lower house Mr. Towles has been
active in working for the things
he considered for the best inter
ests of his constituents. Speak
er Burwell appointed him on sev
eral desirable committees and he
is held in general high esteem bv
his colleagues. Personally Mr.
Towles is well known, well liked
and very popular with the voters
of the county. He has numerous
friends in all portions of the
county who will support him in
his campaign for re-election.
It is not known at this time
who will measure strength with
Mr. Towles for the honor of rep
resenting Butts county in the
general assembly.
MORE FERTILIZER TAGS
SOLD THAN YEAR AGO
• ‘
According to figures given out
by Commissioner of Agriculture
J. D. Price the number of tags
sold in January 1916 was practi
cally double that of the year be
fore, the exact figures being, Jan
uary and February 1916, 320,110
tons of fertilizers and 31,266 tons
of meal; January and February
1915, 164,990 tons of fertilizers
and 43,460 tons of meal.
In the same two months of 1914
the department sold tags for 627,-
036 tons of fertilizers and 39,906
tons of cotton seed meal.
While the consumption of fer
tilizers is about double that of
1915, it is still only one-half of
that of 1914.
Local dealers report that their
sales to date are as large as for
the entire season last year.
REGISTRARS TO
FINISH SATURDAY
Took Recess Monday For
Few Days
LIST WILL BE LARGE ONE
Good Many Added to The
Book—Collections Will
About Defray Expenses
of Purging The Li&
The board of registrars has set
Saturday, March 25, as the date
for finally clearing up the regis
tration list. On that day all per
sons in doubt will be summoned
to appear before the registrars
and show cause why they should
not be stricken off the list. It is
said there is a considerable num
ber whose right to vote is in dis
pute.
After being in session for thir
teen days, the registrars adjourn
ed Monday afternoon to meet
again Saturday. Since being in
session the board of registrars
has cut off several names and on
the other hand several names
have been added to the list. ho
begin with there was a registra
tion of 1550, but it will not be
known until the final sitting of
the board Saturday just how
many qualified voters the list will
contain. It is quite certain, how
ever, the list will come near being
a record for the county.
Up to the present the registrars
have collected about $97 in taxes
and it is thought the total collec
tions will be enough to more than
!pay the expenses of purging the
list.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Preaching by the minister at
11 a. m.
Sunday School at 10 a. m.
Come, you are welcome.
No evening services on account
of revival at First Baptist church.
I. H. MILLER.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, MARCH 24, 1916
ALL CANDIDATES
ARE QUALIFIED
Assessments Paid in by
Saturday Noon
TOTAL OFTHIRTY IN RACE
Official Ballot For Primary
Has Been Prepared—All
Candidates Putting in
Good Time With Voters
All candidates in the Butts coun
ty campaign qualified by paying
their asessments by 12 o’clock
Saturday, March 18. There is a
total of thirty aspirants for the
several offices.
The primary will be held now
in less than two weeks. The re
maining time will be put to good
use by the candidates, their
friends and supporters. Some of
the races are exciting considerable
interest and are being warmly
contested. All of the candidates
are hopeful and feel confident that
they will be returned winners.
The official ballot, for the pri
mary election of April 5, is as
follows:
Official Ballot
Butts County Democratic
Primary to be Held
April 5, 1916
FOR ORDINARY
J. H. HAM
FOR CLERK SUPERIOR COURT
S. J. FOSTER
FOR SHERIFF
(Vote for one)
L. M. CRAWFORD
GEO. F. GILMORE
FOR SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT
(Vote for one)
HUGH MALLET
W. MORRIS REDMAN
FOR TAX COLLECTOR
(Vote for one)
LEWIS M. ATKINSON
JOHN BILLIE BENSON
J.' S. CARTER
J. H. HOLIFIELD
J. E.
J. G. MADDOX
JOSEPH P. MADDOX
T. W. NELSON
J. J. PELT
J. C. TOLLESON
FOR TAX RECEIVER
(Vote for one)
E. C. CAWTHON
REESE CLARK
O. B. KNOWLES
J. P. VAUGHN
FOR TREASURER
(Vote for one)
J. L. BAILEY
JAS. W. BENSON
J. W. CARMICHAEL
A. H -. DAVIS
JOHN M. Mc.MICHAEL
11. J. QUINN
H. J. SMITH
FOR 3URVEYOR
J. M. COLLINS
FOR CORONER
(Vote for one)
R. D. LEVLRETTE .
F. C. STEPHENS
DELTA GROVE SCHOOL HAS
LARGE CLUB MEMBERSHIP
Delta Grove school has one the
largest and most flourishing clubs
in the county, the following be
ing the members of the various
branches of the co-operative dem
onstration work:
Boys Corn Club —Ernest Stan
dard, George Chasteen. Gilbert
Henley, Lawrence Young, James
Hammock, David Paul Benton,
Ewell Nolen.
Girls Canning Club—Florence
Chasteen, Josie Hammock, Ada
Benton, Dollie Martin, Queen
Lester, Mattie Lou Hammock,
Floria Wallace, Mrs. Willie May
McElhenney, Ernest Standard.
Poultry Club—James Ham
mock, Henry Mote, Mrs. Willie
May Hammock.
Pig Club—Wiley Standard, Da
vid Paul Benton, Henri Nolen,
Troy Chasteen, Ada Benton,
Florence Chasteen, Queen Lester,
Dollie Martin, Charlie Sims*
Doyle Bennett.
PATRONS WANT
SERVICE RESTORED'
Want Rural Routes Put
on as Formerly
TO PRESENT PETITIONS
Voters Will Be Asked to
Show Disapproval of
Present R. F. D. Service
—General Complaint
For the purpose of impressing
the post office department at
Washington with the unsatisfac
tory rural route mail service in
Butts county and asking for the
restoration of the eight routes be
fore the shakeupof last fall, it is
declared that petitions will be
placed at each of the ten precincts
in the county on the day of the
primary, £pril 5, and voters will
be asked to sign the petitions.
Before the change of last No
vember the R. F. D. service was
highly satisfactory and patrons
received their mail promptly.
Since that time the service has
been more or less demoralized
and coinplaint has been general.
Routes 7 and 8 from Jackson
were discontinued and the service
of the entire county was affected.
At present the routes are consid
erably longer than under the old
system. The change was made
in the interest of economy, it was
said.
It is understood that Congress
man Wise has been appealed to in
the matter and that lie has prom
ised to do what he can to have
the service restored to the former
status.
There is deep interest in the
matter on the part of every pa
tron of the R. F. \J. service intiie
j
1 tv and it is expected the pe
-1 titiou will be largely signed.
Bu S To^nTrroß?ess S E e ß?abHshed I*BB2 \ Consolidated July 9. 1915
11,059,430 BALES
GINNED IN 1915
Crop Falls Far Short of
1914 Yield
REPORT ISSUED MONDAY
Decrease From 1914 Pro
duction Amounted to
Nearly 5,000,000 Bales —
Caused Little Surprise
Wsshington, D. C., March 10 —
The 1915 cotton crop of the Uni
ted States aggregated 11,059,430
runningbales, or 11,183,182 equi
valent. 500 pound bales, exclusive
of linters and counting round
bales as half bales, the census bu
reau today announced in its final
ginning report of the season. The
department of agriculture on De
cember 10, last, basing its calcu
lations on reports of its agents
throughout the cotton belt, esti
timated the crop at 11,160,000
equivalent 500 pound bales. The
census bureau’s final figures of
the crop compare with 15,905,840
running bales, orl6,l34,93oequiv
alent 500 pound bales produced
in 1914; 13,982,811 running bales,
or 14,156,486 equivalent 500 pound
bales in 1913, and 13,488,539 run
ning bales, or 13,703,421 equiva
lent 500 pound bales in 1912. The
1914 crop was the record for pro
duction. Included in the figures
are 39,633 bales which ginners
estimated would be turned out
aj'ier the March canvass.
Round bales included number
ed 111,116, compared wjth 57,618
in 1914, 99,962 in 1913, and 81,528
in 1912.
Sea Island bales included num
bered 91,920.
The average gross weight of
brles for the crop was 505.6
p unds, compared with 507 2 in
1914. 506.2 in 1913, and 508 0 in
1912
Ginneries operated for the crop
numbered 23,149.
Linter cotton, not included in
the total ginning figures, amount
ed to 895,274 running bales or
880,780 equivalent 500 pound
bales.
FLOUR MILL MAY BE
ESTABLISHED HERE
Talk of a flour mill in Jackson
is being revived. This time Dr.
W. P. Glover, who es'ablis.hed
the large mill at Juliette, is said
to be behind the enterprise.
Dr. Glover, it is reported, will
establish roller mills in Monticol
lo, Jackson and other points in
this territory. His lepresenta
tive, Mr. Edwards, of Macon, has
been in the city for several days
looking into the situation. He
has been most favorably impress
ed with Jackson and the possibil
ities it offers for new enterprises.
It is likely the mill will be lo
cated on the railroad near the de
pot, provided suitable grounds
can be obtained.
Tnere has been considerable
discussion about a flour mill in
.Jackson for the last year or so.. In
view of the fact that Butts coun
ty farmers are growing a large
amount of wheat it is believed
such an enterprise would be a
profitable investment. The citi
zens of the county are intensely
interested in the proposed roller
mill and will co operate in any
reasonable manner to secure (his
new enterprise.