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THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS Vol 44—No. 15 WORK PROGRESSING ON FAIR GROUNDS Baseball Field Has Been Completed BUILD ENCLOSURE NEXT Big Booster Meeting Will Be Held in The Court House Saturday Morning —Everybody Pulling Hard Substantial improvements are being made to the Butts county fair grounds and the -baseball diamond will be completed this week. A good portion of the lumber for the fence and build ings has been placed on the lot. The enclosure will be built next. Quite a good deal of grading has been done and streets are being 'opened up and bridges built. All of this work has been car ried on under the active direction of Mr. J. Matt McMichael. He is proving a most consistent boos ter of the fair movement and has proved his faith by his work. The fair buildings will be con structed after the most improved designs. They will be erected with the idea of convenience and and comfort and will be among the most modern fair buildings in the entire country. The fair association will hold a meeting in the court house at 10 o’clock Saturday morning, April 15. A final report is desired on the premium list by that time so the list of prizes can be announc ed as early as possible. Other essential details will be worked out at the meeting and it is ho ped a full attendance of the mem bers will be on hand. Negotiations are under way for the shows and concessions. Some of the highest class shows in the whole country will be secured for the fair. Work is progressing satisfac torily in every department and it is becoming more apparent ev ery day that the Butts county fair is going to be a great suc cess. The doubting ones have taken to the woods and now ev erybody is pulling for the fair. DEATH OF MRS. MARY CARROLL OCCURRED FRIDAY Mrs. Mary Carroll, aged 27, passed away at her home in Pep perton Friday afternoon, the 7, at 6:30 o’clock. Death was due to tuberculosis from which she had suffered for seyeral months. Mrs. Carroll is survived bv her mother, Mrs. Andrew Nutt, one child, Julia Carroll, who is cared for in one of the Atlanta orphans homes. The funeral was held at Mace donia church Sunday morning at 11 o’clock, the pastor, Rev. Mr. Bonner, conducting the services. Interment was in the Macedonia k emetery. * GEORGIA FORGES AHEAD WITH ROAD BUILDING Atlanta, Ga., April 13.—Ac cording to statistics that have just been made public 7,376 state and county prisoners were work ed on Georgia roads last year, their labor was valued at $2,646,- 000, which with cash sums spent, totaled $6,342,377. An average of five miles of road per day were completed. If the Empire State carries out the program of road building out lined for the next ten years, it is stated, a permanent twelve month’s road will lead to every man’s house. Their value will be worth millions of dollars: THE CLEAN CITY CAMPAIGN OVER Gratifying Results Were Obtained 1 ! CO-OPERATION GENERAL Civic League Surpassed All Previous Efforts in Clean up, Paint up Work —Jackson Spotless Town In ooint of interest manifested and results accomplished, clean up week which came to a close Wednesday was the most success ful in the history of Jackson, The Civic League did its work well. This organization enlisted the co-operation of the citizens of the entire community and the campaign from the first was one of united action. The work was tackled with spirit and enthusi asm, and as a result Jackson is cleaner and more sanitarv than before in months. A great mass of trash and rub bish was burned; tin cans galore were consigned to the scrap heap; back yards, front yards and all about the premises were cleaned up, and the paint brush was used quite freelv to tone up unsightly places. An inspection of the city was made by the members of the Civic League and they were de lighted at the good work done. The clean up, paint up move ment is more than a local institu tion. It is a national issue. Gov ernors of states, mayors of cities now issue their proclamations calling upon the citizens to ob serve clean up week. Jackson by taking hold of this movement heartily and unitedly establishes her reputation as one of the most progressive civic centers in the whole country. Card of Thanks Editor Progress-Argus: Will you please allow me space to thank each and every one who helped me in my recent race for county treasurer. The voters have expressed their choice at the ballot box and I accept the re sult cheerfully, realizing that all the candidates cannot be success ful every time. I caD never for get what my friends have done for me in the past. Their loyal ty to me in the recent contest, as JACKSON, GEORGIA, APRIL 14, 1916 SIO,OOO CHECK WAS RECEIVED Part of Power Company Back Taxes MORE MONEY STILL DUE Central Georgia Power Company Settling For Taxes For Years 1913 to 1915--Other Be Paid Soon Tax Collector Joseph P. Mad dox received a check this week for approximately $10,000.00 as part payment of the Central Geor gia Power Company taxes for the years 1913-14-15. Of this amount about $1,300 was due to the school fund. According to the report made to the grand jury the power com pany was due the county about $21,276.16. Under the terms of the recent settlement of the liti gation between Butts and Jasper counties, two-thirds of the taxes come to Butts and one-third goes to Jasper county. Some $10,000.00 remains to be paid into the county treasury. The remainder of the taxes for the three years, 1913, 1914, 1915, will, it is said, be paid within the next few days. When all this money has been received the county will be able to wipe out a number of its obli gations. More than $1,500 is still due the school fund. LAYMEN'S MEETING OF THE KIMBELL ASSOCIATION The Laymen’s Meeting of the Kimbell Association will be held with Sardis church April 29, and the following program will be rendered: Theme: “Christian Missions on Trial.” 1. The Witness of the New Testament, (a) Christ and His Disciples, (b) Paul and his co laborers. 2. The Testimony of Eighteen Centuries —from A. D. 100 to A. D. 1900. 3. The Testimony of Modern Missions, (a) The Witness of Christian Education. (b) The Witness of Orphans’ Homes and and Hospitals, (c) The Witness of the Home Churches with all organizations, (and) The Witness of the Heathen Churches and their organizations and institu tions. 4. Christ, our Lord, the Judge. Each church is invited to send at least twelve laymen. It is sta ted noted speakers have been in vited to take part in the discus sions. well as former ones, will ever be held by me in grateful remem brance, and I trust that some op portunity will be presented by which I can show my apprecia tion to all who have ever helped me politically or otherwise. My heartfelt desire is that my declin ing years may be so spent as to prove worthy of the loyalty and kindness my friends have shown to me. With good will \o all, S. J. Smith. DELEGATES TO MACON WILL BE APPOINTED The Butts county democratic executive committee, at its meet ing last Thursday, empowered the chairman. Judge A. H. Ogle tree, to make the appoinment of delegates to the state convention in Macon May 3. Butts is enti tled to two delegates. Judge Ogletree will appoint the dele gates within the next few days. In addition to the delegates sev eral other citizens from Butts county will attend the Macon con vention, which will bring togeth er prominent politicians from all parts of the state. GROUP MEETINGS GEORGIA BANKERS Mr. Etheridge to Deliver Addresses STATE MEETING IN MACON President Georgia Bankers Association to Talk on “Farm Credit Statemets” —Other Speakers Secured Mr. F. S. Etheridge, of Jack son, president of the Georgia Bankers Association, will deliver an address at each group bank meetings to be held during the next few days. The subject Mr. Etheridge has chosen is “Farm Credit Statements,’’ a principle which seeks to place chattel mort gage and crop loans on a modern business basis. Geo. E. Allen, educational di rector of the American Institute of Banking, will speak in each group on “Better Men for the Bank.” Other prominent speak ers also will appear at all of the meetings. The group meetings will come in advance of the state conven tion which will be held in Macon May 25-27. Thedatesand places of the group meetings are an nounced as follows: Group I—Douglas, April 17. Group 4—Dawson, April 18. Group s—Fort Valley, April 19. Group 3—Cedartown, April 20. Group 2—Winder, April 21. JACKSON KNIGHTS TEMPLAR WERE INSPECTED FRIDAY Eminent Sir C. A. McAlister, of Macon, an officer of the Grand Commandery of Georgia, inspec ted Alexius Commandery No. 22, Knights Templar, Friday night. The Red Cross was conferred on Mr. Grover C. Evans after the inspection. On account of the bad weather and illness of mem bers there was not a large atten dance. Sir Knight McAllister made a very beautiful and im pressive talk that was a feature of the inspection. At the next regular conclave 1 which will be held Friday night, ; April 21, officers will be elected . for the ensuing year. Jackson Argu* Established 1873? t.il v q ik Butts County Progress Established 1882 s onsolidated July 9,1915 FATAL ACCIDENT ON ELECTION DAY Monroe County Citizens The Victims THREE DEATHS RESULT Automobile Proceeding to Polls Struck by Train And Occupants Were In jured, Three Fatally Forsyth, April B.—J. R. Wor sham, father of E. Lee Worsham, state entomologist, was instantly killed and J. T. Guest, candidate for county surveyor in the pri mary held here today, was fatal ly injured when an automobile in which they were riding was struck by a Central of Georgia train here today. D. H. Green and Walter Jackson, other occupants of the car and Wallace Tribble, the dri ver, also were injured. Tribble, according to persons who saw the accident could not see the approaching train until it was almost upon him because of a cotton gin which stands near the crossing. Fragments of the automobile and its occupants were scattered along the track for nearly a hundred yards. J. T. Guest, who was taken to his home here after the accident, died of his injuries tonight. Mr. Worsham was an uncle of Prof. H. L. Worsham, former farm demonstrator in Butts coun ty. News of the frightful acci dent was received with genuine and widespread regret by citizens of this county. Later dispatches from Forsyth state that Mr. Green succumbed to his injuries Sunday night. MR. MALLET WINS PLAGE AS UNIVERSITY DEBATER It will be pleasing to the friends of Mr. Joel Mallet, a member of the senior law class at the Uni versity of Georgia, to know that he has been selected as one of the speakers to represent the Uni versity in the triangular debate with Georgia, Tennessee and South Carolina as contenders. He was also one of the debaters last year. The debate will be held in Columbia, S. C., and the question for discussion is the Ship Subsidy. Mr. Mallet has bad perhaps one of the most brilliant college ca reers of any bov Jackson ever turned out. Following his grad uation at Emory he taught for a year in the Jackson public schools and is now completing his stud ies in law at the State University at Athens and will be graduated in June with hign honors.