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Clean Up, Paint Up Week—April sto 12. Will You Do Your Part?
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS
Vol 44—No. 13
JACKSON WILL OBSERVE
CLEAN UP, PAINT UP WEEK
Elaborate Plans Being Made
by The Jackson Civic League
People of Whole Town Will Co-Operate in Movement
For Clean, Sanitary City-Mayor Moore Issues A
Proclamation —Week Will Be Made Notable Event
in Civic Betterment of The Community
“Clean up, Paint up,” is the slogan
The Civic League has handed down,
Everybody is asked to co-operate in
Making Jackson The Spotless Town.
Clean up week, April sto 12,
will be generally and enthusiasti
cally observed in Jackson, the
Civic League taking the lead in
the movement for a spotless town.
Residents and property owners
are requested to have their prem
ises placed in a sanitary condi
tion and the city is expected to
have streets, alleys and public
places thoroughly overhauled and
cleaned. The Civic League de
sires that not only front yards be
cleaned but that back yards be
given equal attention and trash
and litter be burned and tin cans
and other rubbish be piled up so
they can be hauled off.
The co-operation of the colored
citizens is requested in this great
movement. The members of the
Civic League will be divided into
squads and the entire city will be
inspected.
Mayor J. T. Mayor has issued
a proclamation calling upon the
people of the town to co-operate
in making clean up week a suc
cess.
This great national movement
has grown in scope and impor
tance during the last few years.
A city made clean and sanitary
in the spring means not only an
attractive city but a heathful city
the whole year round. It pre
vents disease, keeps down flies
and other insects, stops epidem-’
ics and adds a wholesome atmos
phere.
MAYOR MOORE ISSUES
CLEAN UP PROCLAMATION
To the Citizens of Jackson:
Upon the request of the Civic
League of the City of Jackson,
that beginning April the sth and
continuing through the 12th day
of April, as a suitable time to be
designated as Clean up days for
the entire city; and
Whereas, cleanliness is next to
godliness, I, J. T. Moore. Mayor
of the City of Jackson, do issue
this my proclamation, calling up
on each business house and each
resident in said city to render
their assistance in making our
city clean and sanitary.
By order of the Mayor.
J. T. Moore, Mayor.
J. A. McMichael, Clerk
of the City of Jackson.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Preaching by the minister at
11 a. m.
Sunday School at 10 a. m.
Come, you are welcome.
services on account
ol revi va fit n>aptit church.
, I. H. MILLER.
BUTTS’ COTTON
CROP WAS SHORT
5,338 Bales Below 1914
Production
NORMAL CROP IS 14,000
Each of Twelve Counties
in Sixth District Shows
Falling off —Burke Leads
With41,609 Bales Ginned
Cotton production in Butts coun
tv for the crop of 1915 was 5,338
bales less than the crop of 1914.
Ginnings in the twelve counties
of the sixth district in 1915, with
comparisons for 1914, are given
herewith:
County 1915 1914
Bibb 8,777 14,340
Butts.___ .11,667 17,015
Clavton . 11,777 15,139
Crawford 5,051 8,838
Favette 13,011 18,596
Henry 23,083 32,690
Jasper 20,944 29,223
Jones 11,035 16,887
Monroe. 17,962 25,671
Pike 20,545 27,431
Spalding 15,732 22,477
Upson 11,526 17.062
The total for the state was
1,936,115 bales in 1915, compared
with 2,723,094 bales in 1914.
Burke county with a production
of 41,609 bales led the state last
year.
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JACKSON, GEORGIA, MARCH 31, 1916
WORK STARTS ON
ATHLETIC FIELD
Fair Activity Now Well
Under Way
TO BE MODEL BUILDINGS
Several Valuable Ideas Are
Gathered From Inspec
tion of Other Fair Build
ings—Next Meeting 15
The committee who went to
Griffin to inspect the buildings at
the fair grounds, according to
the report made Saturday at the
meeting of the fair association,
believes it will be possible for
Jackson, profiting by the mistakes
of others, to have some of the
best arranged fair buildings in
the state. The present plans con
template the erection of buildings
suited absolutely to the purposes
of the fair, and it is planned to
utilize the grounds for baseball
and football games, several weeks
during the year.
Mr. J. Matt McMichael is chair
man of the building and grounds
committee and he has already
made a drawing of the proposed
buildings. Work on the athletic
field is to be started at once and
the committee will have the as
sistance of Prof. W. G. Perritt of
the Jackson public school in lay
ing out the baseball and football
field. Prof. Perritt, who is an
experienced athlete, will coach
the baseball team.
The fair association will hold
its next meeting Saturday, April
15, aj; 10 a. m. in the court house.
At that time the political cam
paign will be out of the way.
Agricultural Agent Rice will have
his club work in shape and every
body can concentrate their efforts
on the fair and push the move
ment vigorously and rapidly.
PRIMARY WILL BE HELD
NEXT WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5
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Polls Open at 8 O’clock And
Close at 4 P. M. in All Distridts
Present Campaign Has Been Hotly Contested —Thirty
Candidates in The Field —Voters Must Ballot in
Their Own District —Registration Is Heaviest in
History of County—Consolidate Returns April 6
REGISTRATION
IS ABOUT 1,521
Registrars Completed List
Wednesday
IS RECORD FOR COUNTY
Books Contain 1,561 Names
Though Some May Be
Cut off by Board at Final
Session —40 Defaulters
The registrars did not complete
their work Saturday but will fi
nally purge the list Wednesday.
The complete list will be prepared
too late for publication in this is
sue. However, the following list
of qualified voters and defaulters
in each district is approximately
correct, though a few changes
may be made by the hoard at the
final session Wednesday:
Worthville—Qualified 116; de
faulters 3.
Towaliga—Qualified 117.
Dublin—Qualified 109; defaul
ters 4
Coodys—Qualified 104; defaul
ters 4.
Iron Springs—Qualified 132; de
faulters 6.
Indian Springs—Qualified 146;
defaulters 7.
Buttrill —Qualified 193; defaul
ters 2.
Jackson —Qualified 604; defaul
ters 14.
Total registration (as reported
Monday) 1521
Total defaulters.. 40
Total on list 1561
Jackson Argus Established 1873 / i,.iv ,qie
Butts County Progress Established 1882 ( Consolidated July 9. 1915
In justaweek from Wednesday,
will be held the Butts county pri
mary. The remainder of this
week and for three days next
week the candidates will be busy
as bees rounding up the voters
and putting the finishing touches
to their campaign.
The campaign which comes to
a close Wednesday, April 5, has
been one of the most interesting
and hotly contested in the history
of the county. For the first time
county officers will be elected for
a term of four years, and this
fact served to bring out a full
quota of candidates for the sever
al offices. The race for sheriff,
tax collector, treasurer and school
superintendent seems to be arous
ing the greatest interest and from
this angle it appears all of these
contests will be hard fought.
The registration is the largest
in the annals of the county and
a record vote is predicted. Voters
will remember that the polls open
at 8 a. m. and close at 4 p. m.,
sun time, in all the precincts of
the county. Voters will not be
allowed to vote outside of their
own district.
The official ballot has been prin
ted and will be distributed, to
gether with tally sheets and other
necessary blanks for holding the
election, the last of the week.
The primarv will be held under
the immediate supervision of the
executive committee.
The executive committee will
meet Thursday. April 6, at at 12
o’clock, noon, for the purpose of
consolidating the returns and de
claring the results of the election.
Delegates to the state convention
in Macon May 3, will also be elec
ted by the committee.
There is a spirit of optimism
among all the candidates, who
are working industriously. The
present race has so far been
marked by good-natured rivalry
and intense activity. Various
claims are being rn:ide and natur
ally ail the candidates think they
have a strangle hold on the office
to which they aspire. The official
count will tell the tale.
liAPT. RUSSELL RECEIVES
COmMISSIUN FROM STATE
Governor N. E. Harris Monday
issued a commission to Henry Do
zier Russell as captain of the
Jackson Rifles, Company A, Sec
ond Infantry, National Guard of
Georgia. The commission dates
from Jan. 1, 1916. Capt. Russell
is a capable and experienced mil
itary man, having received train
ing at the University of Georgia,
and under his leadership the lo
cal company is expected to main
tain its high rank as a most effi
cient branch of the national guard.
Other officers of the Jackson
Rifles include W. D. Pope, first
lieutenant, W. R. Carmichael,
second lieutenant.