The Jackson progress-argus. (Jackson, Ga.) 1915-current, March 24, 1916, Image 1

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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.