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THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS
Yol 44—No. 19
SPRING TERM TO
CLOSE NEXT WEEK
Commencement Exercises
Will Be Short
ADDRESS BY DR. PARK
Twenty-Two Members of
Graduating Class —This
Has Been Success
ful Term For Schools
The Jackson public schools will
<fiose for the spring term Friday,
May 19. The graduating class
consists of twenty-two members,
nine boys and thirteen girls, and
is one of the largest classes ever
turned out by the city schools.
The commencement exercises
will be simple but impressive.
The class will sing a song, Dr.
Robert Emory Park, of the de
partment of English at the Uni
versity of Georgia, will deliver
the literary address. Superinten
dent W. P. Martin will deliver
the diplomas and the exercises
will be over.
The 1915-16 session has been
one of the most uniformly suc
cessful and profitable in the his
tory of the schools. Good work
has been done in the several de
partments and the school has
made notable advancement along
all lines.
Following is a list of the grad
uates: Misses Ruth Crawley,
Julia Pettigrew, Sallie Maud Pat
rick, Lillian Duke, GladysO’Neal,
Byrdnett Manley, Ocie J. Meri
deth, Lurline Torbet, Ethel Col
vin, Lessie O’Neal, Birma Barnes,
Helen Barnes, Sylvia Lyons;
Messrs. Ernest Watkins, Clyde
Mcßryant, Harold Ham, W. J.
Saunders, Ammons Knowles, Els
worth Watkins, H. M. Fletcher,
William Crum, Oma Garr.
The following program will be
rendered:
Sohg—By class.
Invocation —Rev. Olin King.
Music.
Literary address —Dr. R. E.
Park, of University of Georgia,
Athens.
Music.
Delivery of diplomas—Superin
tendent W. P. Martin.
Benediction.
FREE DIPPING
There seems to be an impression among
some of the people that there is a charge for dip
ping cattle in connection with the campaign to
eradicate the cattle tick in Butts county. There
is absolutely no charge to the individual for dip
ping cattle in the vats which have been built by
the county. All that one has to do is to drive
his cattle to the vats and treat them to a bath in
the arsenical solution. The authorities solicit
and will appreciate the co-operation of all the
people in this work.
Remember, it co&s you nothing to dip your
cattle. This service is FREE.
SIX LIQUOR CERTIFICATES
FILED FIRST DRY WEEK
Under the first week of prohi
bition six shipments of whiskey
were received in Jackson, accord
ing to the records in the office of
Judge Ham, Ordinary. Five of
the six persons receiving booze
were colored.
The express agent is required
to file the affidavit in three days
after the shipment is received.
To all appearances the prohi
bition law is being enforced in
Butts county and there has been
no evidence of drinking since the
first of May.
JUNIORSAWARDED
ANNUAL DEBATE
Contest Staged Here Last
Friday Night
WAS BITTERLY FOUGHT
Immense Crowd Turned
Out to Hear “National
Preparedness” Discussed
by Young Speakers
Before an audience that taxed
the auditorium to itsjcapacity, the
Juniors were awarded the decis
ion in the annual debate with the
Seniors, Friday night. The de
bate was decidedly the most in
teresting and hotly contested of
any ever staged by the Jackson
high school.
The question, “Resolved, That
the United States Should Make
Necessaay Preparations for War, ”
was ably handled by both sides.
The Senior speakers, William
Crum and Harold Ham, had the
affirmative, and the negative was
championed by the Junior team,
Hugh Bailey and Harry Moore.
In point ot diction, delivery and
argument the speeches were of a
high order.
The judges were Messrs. J. H.
Carmichael, C. T. Beauchamp
and Jack Dempsey.
With the popular side of the
question, the Seniors had gener
ally been picked to win and the
decision created alert attention.
The whole town got worked up
over the debate and nearly ev
erybody took sides one way or
other. The parade Friday after
noon in which about sixty at
tractively decorated automobiles
took part, was a feature that the
two classes thoroughly enjoyed.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, MAY 12, 1916
MANY MEMBERS
ENROLL IN CLUBS
This Is Proving Banner
Year in Work
PIG CLUB TO THE FRONT
More Than One Hundred
Boys Join Corn and Pig
Clubs —Much Interest in
Demonstration Activity
The year 1916 is proying one
of the best vet experienced in
•the county demonstration work.
Farm Agent G. E. Rice has en
rolled more than one hundred
members in the Boys Corn Club
and the Pig Club. Mrs. C. A.
Butner, Canning Club Agent, has
likewise done well. A list of her
club members will be published
later.
From the following list it will
be seen that notable progress has
been made in the Pig Club work:
Boys Corn Club
Jefferson Leverett Harry Redman
Metz Kines Albert Duke
Lindsey Thornton Howard Crane
Carl Hodges J L Barnas
Forest Maddox Ber’n McClendon
James Hammond Cecil Brooks
Bry’t Williamson Royce Thurston
Bernard Gaston Dewey Edalgo
Tommie Webb H N Brooks
Her’b Williamson Charlie Tnrner
Morris Williams Roger Bankston
Leo’d McMichael HowrrdDuke
Esca O’Neal LutT Wash’gton
Marvin Pace Harold Chambers
/
Harvie Bond John H Smith
J F McElhaney Tom Stodghill
W M Collins Jim Smith
GVV Washington George Fields
John G Brooks Willie Smith
R E Flynt J Dave Fields
La’r Washington David Hammond
Lanier Ridgeway Almond Singley
Marvin Ridgeway Walthall Pope
Forest Hale R J Thomas
C N Brownlee Horace Thomas
N B Pettigrew Lervis Dodson
E F Niblet Leonard Dodson
M N Coody Fletcher Fincher
M D Moore Ernest Standard
A H Waldrop George Chasteen
BJ Hattaway Gilbert Henley
Loyd White Lawrence Young
James Hammock Ewell Nolen
D P Benton Milton Edwards
Boys Pig Club
C S Maddox Morris Duke
Wiley Ramsey Rogers Duke
TalmadßeMad’ox Marquis Childs
Adeal Maddox Bernard Harper
Bry’t Williamson Marvin Farrar
Tommie Webb Orin VandigriflTe
Walter O'Neal Roy Thurston
Lovard McMi’ael David Hammond
J F McElhcney Howard Duke
H M McElhaney Lut’r Washi’gton
Bob J Thomason T M Washington
Thomas Hale Horace Bankston
Mack Ridgeway Harvey Lavender
Lam’r Wash’gton Lervis Dodson
R L Flynt William Dodson
Forest Hale Leverit Wilkers'n
Robert Evans Wiley Standard
Ponder Spencer Henri Nolen
Jim Barth White Doyle Bennett
J L Barnes Thomas E Foster
Jadie Duke Douglas Htroud
Chester O’Neal Jamie Stroud
Knights Templar Put on
Degrees Friday Night
At a convocation of Alexius
Commandery No. 22, Knights
Templar, Friday night the Red
Cross degree was conferred upon
J. A. Simpson, of McDonough,
and the Order of the Temple upon
Mr. Simpson and Mr. Grover C.
Evans, of Jackson.
TAX EQUALIZERS FINO
PLENTY OF WORK TO 00
The Butts county Tax Equali
zers,' consisting of Messrs. W. D.
Curry, chairman, R. A. Wood
ward, Ed Hoard, and Joseph Jol
ly, clerk, have entered upon the
second week of work and find a
considerable amount of work to
be done. It is declared that sev
eral hundred persons failed to
return any property for taxation,
and the board has sent out at
least six hundred notices. As
soon as all the property is on the
! digest the tax board will proceed
i with its work of equalization.
HUGH DORSEY
FOR GOVERNOR
Made Formal Announce
ment Sunday
WAS NOT UNEXPECTED
This Makes Third Avow
-'ed Candidate For The
Governorship—Race to
Take on Fresh Interest
Coming immediately after the
executive committee fixed the
date of the state primary, the an
nouncement of Solicitor General
Hugh M. Dorsey for governor is
one of the most interesting polit
ical developments of the year.
He announced Sunday that he
was in the race, subject to the
primary of September 12.
Mr. Dorsey’s announcement
was brief and made no mention
of his platform, which will fol
low later.
This announcement had been
expected for several weeks. Mr.
Dorsey is the third avowed can
didate for the governorship, the
other two candidates being Gov
ernor Harris and Dr. L. G. Hard
man. Other probable candidates
are A. 0. Blalock, United States
internal revenue collector, and
J. E. Pottle, of Milledgeville.
The entry of Mr. Dorsey has
already created keen interest in
state politics. He is expected to
prove a strong and active con
tender for the governorship and
will have a large following in va
rious sections of the state.
The state Drimary is only four
months off and the state campaign
will now begin to take definite
form, and announcements for
congressmen, judges, solicitors,
representatives and state house
officers will be made within the
next few weeks.
Chicken Thieves Made
Raid Sunday Night
Chicken thieves got busy Sun
day night and raided the hen
house of Mr. A. H. Smith, on In
dian Springs street, and made off
with seven choice fowls. Mr.
Smith was attracted by the noise
and fired several shots at the in
truder, who dropped one chicken
but continued his midnight flight.
BS & W pS$2? Eablished ™ I Consolidated July 9. 1915
BOLL WEEVIL IN
HENRY COUNTY
Pest Makes Appearance
in This Section
PROBLEM FOR CITIZENS
Farm Agent G. E. Rice
Positively Identifies Bug
as Mexican 801 l Weevil
—Was Attacking Cotton
That the boll weevil has made
its apperance in Henry county,
and that the pest will have to Fe
contended with this season, is the
statement of Farm Agent G. E.
Rice. One day last week while
Mr. Rice was passing through
McDonough he saw a boll weevil
that a farmer living about two
miles from town had brought in.
Mr. Rice and Mr. Hancock, dem
onstration agent in Henry county,
both positively identified the bug
as the boll weevil.
The specimen was captured by
the farmer and put in a bottle.
The bug had already attached it
self to a stalk of cotton. This
fact convinces Mr. Rice more
firmly that it was the real boll
weevil that he saw. He states
he has examined hundreds of the
pests and that he could not pos
sibly have been mistaken in the
matter.
While the boll weevil is known
to have invaded southwest Geor
gia and several counties in the
western part of the state adjoin
ing the Alabama line, it had been
hoped that the pest would not
reach this portion of the state the
present season.
The appearance of the weevil
in Henry county this early is
significant. It shows that more
than one weevil is in that vicinity
and that the dreaded insect prob
ably reached this section last
season.
Last’ year several farmers re
ported that the boll weevil or
some other insect did considerable
damage to their crops. The find
ing of a genuine Mexican boll
weevil in an adjoining county to
Butts will be of wide interest to
farmers here. To what extent
the 1916 cotton crop in this sec
tion will be damaged by the wee
vil remains to be seen.
The coming of this deadly ene
my of the cotton farmer means
that a practical and common sense
system of crop diversification
will have to be practiced.
JACKSON BOY WINS
IN COLLEGE OEBATE
Discussing the ship subsidy
question, the debating teams rep
resenting the University of Geor
gia won from South Carolina and
Tennessee, Saturday night. A
Jackson boy, Joel Mallet, mem
ber of the senior law class, was
one of the debaters that met and
vanquished South Carolina at
Knoxville, Tenn.
Mr. Mallet, on account of his
fine record in college, was re
cently initiated in the Sphinx,
the honor society at the Universi
ty. This is a distinction won by
only a few of the graduates of
the University of Georgia.