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THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS Vol 44—No. BUTTS COUNTY TO FITTINGLY HONOR SOUTH’S HEROIC DEAD Daughters of the Confederacy Arrange A Splendid Program Hon. W. C. Wright Will Pay Tribute to the Men Who Wore the Gray—U. D. C. Will Serve Dinner to the Veterans—Jackson Rifles, Boy Scouts And the School Children to March in Parade to Cemetery The Hon. W. C. Wright, of Newnan, prominent attorney and former chairmah of the state ex ecutive committee, has been se lected to deliver the Memorial Day address in Jackson. His ad dress is expected to be one of considerable interest and will be a leading feature of the day. Memorial Day will be observed in a fitting and patriotic manner in Jackson this year. The plans are in charge of the Daughters of the Confederacy. As usual, the parade will form on the court house lawn and headed by the Jackson Rifles, Boy Scouts and school children, the veterans .and members of the U. D. C. chapter will proceed to the City Cemetery and decorate the graves of fallen soldiers. Returning up-town the crowd will assemble in the court house to listen to the address of the day. Immediately following the speaking the veterans will be served dinner by the ladies of the Memorial Association. Following is the complete pro gram: Chorus. Prayer, Rev. Olin King. “Song of the Ages,” Mrs. W. E. Merck. Introduction of orator, Col. H. D. Russell. Address, Hon. W. C. Wright. New Dixie, Mrs. W. L. Ether idge. Delivery of Crosses of Honor and Essay Medal, President U. D, C. Dixie, School Children. Benediction, Rev. I. H. Miller. LOUISIANA TO OBSERVE TICK ERADICATION DAY Washington, D. C., April 19. Tick Eradication Day will be cel ebrated in all the public schools of Louisiana on Thursday, April 20. Governor Hall has issued a proclamation naming this day for the celebration and the state su perintendent of education has di rected that every teacher devote one hour on that day to explain ing the subject of tick eradica tion to the pupils in his class. For the information of teachers, the state sanitary Livestock board has issued 120,000 circulars which the superintendent of education is distributing. In these circu lars 12 brief reasons are given why Louisiana should eradicate ticks without delay. It is estima ted that in this way about 400,000 school children will learn some thing of the importance of get ting rid of the tick. Banks to Close For Memorial Day, the 26 On account of Memorial Day, Wednesday, April 26, the banks in Jackson will be closed. BUTTS TO FIGHT THE CATTLE TICK State Inspector Here to Start Campaign GRAND JURY FAVORED IT Dipping Vats to Be Built as Early as Convenient- State Will Co-Operate in The Undertaking State Cattle Inspector W. H. Jones, with headquarters at Thomasville and acting under the State Veterinarian, Dr. Peter F. BahnSen, arrived in Jackson this week to superintend the construc tion of dipping vats and start the campaign for the eradication of the cattle tick in Butts countv. Mr. Jones will be here for a week or ten days and will help to get the work organized and on foot before he leaves. The February grand jury, it will be recalled, recommended that Butts county exterminate the cattle tick as early as practi cable. Consequently Commis sioner of Roads and Revenues J. O. Gaston took the matter up with the proper authorities and the campaign againstthis destruc tive menace to the cattle indus try is now under way. The county will have the co-op eration of the state and federal authorities in this work. Dip ping vats will be built at the most convenient centers and the pesky tick will be treated with an ar senical solution until the county is tick free and the quarantine lifted. For several years now a num ber of private dipping vats have been in operation and the people as a whole are familiar with the work. With the proper co-opera tion, with everybody pulKng to gether. it will be a comparatively easy matter to eradicate the cat tle tick in Butts county. Tick free and the quarantine lifted, Butts county will make rapid and substantial progress in the live stock industry. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH An Easter sermon and sacri rnental meeting at 11 a. m. Sunday School at 10 a. m. Preaching at 7:30 p. m. You are cordially invited. A warm welcome to all well disposed, I. H. MILLER. JACKSON, GEORGIA, APRIL 21, 1916 BUTTS TO HAVE AN EARLY FAIR Date Was Moved up Two Weeks ACTION TAKEN SATURDAY The Butts County Fair to Be Held in Middle Georgia—Good Reports Made Saturday Butts county will have the ear liest fair —and the best fair—in Middle Georgia. At a meeting of the fair association Saturday it was decided to move the date of the fair up two weeks and the re vised dates are October 10 to 13, inclusive. The former dates were October 24 to 27. There were a number of rea sons for the change. Bv having the fair early it is believed the weather will be good, the atten dance larger and besides it will give time to get the exhibits in shape for the state fair. Anoth er reason was the association can get some high class attractions on the dates named. The affairs of the fair are in good condition. The building committee has made considera ble progress with its woyk. Some of the buildings will be erected within the next few days. The athletic field has already been put in shape and some games will be arranged between fUst teams in this section. % Saturday, April 29, at 10 a. m. another meeting will be held and at that time developments in the fair movement will be discussed. By that time it is planned to have the judges signed, the shows booked and other matters arrang ed. In the meantime every fair booster is requested to keep on the job continuously. NEGRO MURDERER WAS CAPTURED Oscar Willis Now Safely Behind the Bars KILLED SHOAT TALMADGE Fugitive Apprehended Af ter Long Chase —Shoot- ing Occurred Near Here September 18, 1915 After being at large since the 18th of September, 1915, on which date he is alleged to have mur dered Shoat Talmadge, colored, Oscar Willis, a negro, is now in the Butts county jail. He was arrested in Chattanooga Satur day morning arid Sheriff L. M. Crawford brought the black to Jackson Monday morning arid lodged him in j ail. The crime with Which Willis is charged is the murder of Shoat Talmadge, the homicide having occurred on the night of Sept. 18 of last vear. The killing took place at a frolic near Jackson and Willis is to have shot on slight provocation and the crime SCHOOLS WILL HAVE FIELD DAY EXERCISES HERE ON 26 Attractive Prizes Offered by Public Spirited Business Men Athletic Events to Be Held Wednesday Afternoon on Court House Lawn —Many Contestants Expec ted to Enter —All Schools Eligible to Enter Teams in Field Day Sports—Keen Rivalry Manifested GROUP FIVE BANKERS MEET Convention at Ft. Valley Wednesday AN ENJOYABLE PROGRAM Several Good Addresses Were Delivered—Barbe cue And Banquet Feat ures of Entertainment The meeting of Group Five of the Georgia Bankers’ Association, held at Fort Valley Wednesday, was a most interesting, profita ble and enjoyable occasion. A majority oi‘ the 116 banks em braced in group five sent dele gates, and the following strong program was rendered: Meeting called to order by Chairman J. H. Arnall, cashier Tennille Banking Company. Invocation—Dr. W. S. Dorsett, pastor First Baptist church of Fort Valley. Address of welcome—Prof. Ralph Newton, superintendent of Fort Valley schools. Response—H. T. Powell, pres ident Macon Savings Bank. Talk —“The Broadening View” by G. Gunby Jordan, of Columbus. Address—“ Better Men for the Bank,” Geo. E. Allen, education al director American Institute of Banking, New York. Address--F. S. Etheridge, pres ident Georgia Bankers’ Associa tion, Jackson. Talk—“ How to Make the Col lection Department Profitable,” T. M. Cook, cashier the Bank of Abbeville. Address—“ Opportunities for Aiding Agriculturists,” Benj. W. Hunt, Eatonton. Open discussion by members. Election of officers. Adjournment. Auto ride through Georgia’s famous peach orchards. Banquet, Hotel Winona at 8:00 o’clock p. m. y Among those from Jackson who attended the meeting were M essrs. F. S. Etheridge, J. H. Carmi chael, R. P. Sasnett, J. B. Car michael, J. W. Brown and W. Pitts Newton. was a shocking arid brutal one. Talmadge was in the employ of Sheriff Crawford at the time he was shot. Following the shooting, Willis made his escape and lias succeed ed in eluding the officers until last week. Officers here are nat urally glad that the long chase has end and and that the alleged murderer is behind the bars. He waived extradition and Sheriff Crawford was thus enabled to bring him to Jackson without de lay. Willis will be arraigned on a charge of murder at the August term of Butts superior court. Jackson Argus Established 1873 j r. ncA iiJ o<<w j i..i v o iqtk Butts County Progress Established 1882 Consolidated July , 1915 The schools of Butts county will have a track meet and field day exercises in Jackoon next Wednesday afternoon. April 26. As this is the first event of the kind ever held here there is live ly interest manifested. The exercises will be held on the streets and around the court house square, beginning at 1 p. m. Entries close at 10 a. m. the 26, and contestants will meet in Mr. Mallet’s office at 12:45 and be ready to march on the field. Teachers throughout the coupty are requested to enter as many pupils in the various events as possible in order that the occa sion prove an unqualified success. With their customary and com mendable generosity the public spirited business men and mer chants of Jackson have donated a number of substantial prizes to the winners. Following is the program: 1. 100 yiinl (lush for boys 14 and over, first prize cash sl;second, 60c soda water ticket donated by Owl Pharmacy 2. 100 yard dash for boys up to 14, first prize pair tennisshoes donated by Ktheridge, Smith & Cos.; second, tie do nated by Ham & Carter Cos. !?. 220 yard dash boys 14 and over, first prize year’s subscription to The Progress-Argus; second, mdse donated by Carrnichael-Mallet Cos. 4. 220 yard dash boys up to 14, first prize pair tennis shoes donated by the Fair Store; second, mdse donated by Paul Nolen & Cos. 5. Chinning the pole boys 11 and over, first prize $1 donated by Hugh Mallet; second, soap donated by J. A. Joyner. 0. Chinning the pole boys up to 14, first prize pair socks donated by Jack son Mercantile Cos.; second, 50c soda water ticket donated by Slaton Drug Company. 7. Standing high jump boys 14 and over, baseball bat.donated by Demp sey Hardware Cos. S. Standing high jump boys up to 14, cap donated by J. Arenson. 0. Running broad jump boys 14 and over, 5 pounds candy donated by the Racket Store. 10. Running broad jump boys up to 14, 50c soda water lickct donated by Woods-Carrnichael. * H. Running high jump boys 14 and over, cash Is. 12. Running high jump boys up to 11, cash 75c. 13. Hack race boys 14 and over, cash 60 cents. 14. Cracker race boys under 14, cash 50 cents. 15. Htanding broad jump boys 14 and over, cash 50 cents. 16. Htanding broad jump boys un der 14, cash 50 cents. 17. Relay race boys 14 and over, cash 50 cents. 18. Relay race boys under 14, cash 50 cents. 10. Pillow tournament boys 14 and over, cash 50 cents. Seventy-six out of eighty-seven cases of typhoid fever which oc curred in a recent outbreak have been traced by the United States Public Health Service to infected milk. Had the first cases been reported to a trained health officer the outbreak could have been stamped out promptly. When will we learn that disease pre vention is sure and cheap?