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THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS
Vol 44 —No. 21
BRILLIANT ADDRESS
BY PROF. PARK
Spoke to Jackson Seniors
Friday Night
PRAISED LOCAL SCHOOLS
His Address Was Plea For
Better Educational Fa
cilities—Heard by targe
And Attentive Audience
The address delivered Friday
night by Prof. R. E. Park of the
department of English Literature
at the University of Georgia, to
the graduating class of the pub
lic schools was an able and pleas
ing effort It was a convincing
plea for education, more educa
tion and better education—train
ing for twentieth century condi
tions. Prof. Park was given
strict attention and his address
was enjoyed not only by the mem
bers of the graduating class but
by the immense audience that
comfortably filled the auditorium.
Prof. Park complimented the
Jackson school upon the quality
of work being done, and stated
that students from Jackson inva
riably stood well at the Univer
sity. When he declared that
Jackson needs and should have a
new school building, Prof. Park
" uttered a truth that met with a
hearty response.
During his talk he pointed to
the fact that only one out of ev
ery three hundred persons attend
college, but that 70 per cent
of the big jobs throughout the
country are held by college men.
Keen as is present day competi
tion and with so many wonderful
things taking place, Mr. Park de
clared that one cannot afford to
neglect education. And aside
from the material benefits of ed
ucation, truth, kindness, honor,
character and sincerity are the
greatest blessings that education
can bring in life, he declared.
JENKINSBURG HAS ELECTED
TEACHERS FOR 1916-17
The faculty of the Jenkinsburg
public school has been elected for
the ensuing year and is as fol
lows:
A. J. Fleming, principal.
Fred T. Bridges, Auburn, Ga.,
assistant principal.
Miss Rubye YVilkerson, College
Park, English and history.
Miss Ruby Culpepper, Irwin
ton, sth and 6th grades.
Miss Myra Garner, Soarta, 3rd
and 4th grades.
Miss Earl Humphries, Macon,
Ist and 2nd grades.
All the teachers have accep
ted the positions. The fac
ulty is regarded as a particularly
capable one and the educational
interests of Jenkinsburg will con
tinue to prosper under the lead
ership of Mr. Fleming and his
efficient assistants.
Fresh air, food, rest —these
three combat tuberculosis.
$80,671.45 COLLECTED
IN TAXES LAST YEAR
The statement made by Tax
Collector Joseph P. Maddox, for
the year 1915, shows that he col
lected for all purposes $80,671.45.
That amount is divided as fol
lows:
Paid the State $11,580 48
Paid the County 60,022 05
Paid to Schools 9,068 92
Total $80,671 45
Mr. Maddox has made his final
report to the state, and was high
ly complimented by Comptroller
General W. A. Wright upon the
neat and correct manner in which
he keeps his books.
WANTS EXHIBITS
FOR COUNTY FAIR
Now Is The Time to Get
Displays Started
FARM AGENT HAS APPEAL
Tells Farmers to Save Few
Sheaves of Wheat And
Oats For The Fair—This
Is Time to Prepare
Prepare now for the county
fair. One of the most attractive
crops to be used in any farm ex
hibit is the grain crops of all
kinds and these are most often
neglected, perhaps because they
are harvested so long before the
fairs are opened, and because
they come at a very busy time.
It is expected that over fifty
farmers will make individual
farm exhibits at the county fair
this fall and no exhibit will be
complete without it is beautifully
decorated with the wheat, oats,
rye and the early hay crops.
Do not try to save sheaves of
grain that are cut with a binder
as the machine breaks the straws
and it is hard to make a neat
looking sheaf from these bundles.
The grain crops should be cut
with a cradle or by hand and cut
just before dead ripe for a nice
exhibit. They should be cleaned,
dried and carefully tied and
stored in a dry place and kept
free from rats and insects.
An excellent exhibit of grain
at our county fair will play a
wonderful part in bringing a
flour mill to our town and the
flour barrel in our homes. Let
us try it.
G. E. Rice, County Agent.
Power Company Pays
$10,300 in Back Taxes
The remainder of the back tax
es due Butts county for 1913 to
1915 by the Central Georgia Pow
er Company, amounting to some
$10,300, was paid Monday. Of
that amount the public schools
received about $1,500 and about
SB,BOO went into the county cof
fers. The officials were delighted
to get this money, which was tied
up by the litigation between Jas
per and Butts counties.
Polluted drinking water causes
many deaths.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, MAY 26, 1916*
MRS. BUTNER
WRITES GIRLS
Tells Them Not to Get
Discouraged
EXPECTS GOOD RESULTS
County Agent Back From
Athens Seeks to Arouse
Interest Among Canning
Club Girls of Butts
Dear Girls: I know this dry
weather is making you feel a
little blue over your gardens,
but you know real canning club
girls do not get discouraged to
the point of giving up entirely.
We may feel disheartened, but
that quality in us that counts,
and that we want to cultivate is
that determination which helps
us to stick to things worth while.
If. as boys and girls we do not
stay on the small jobs we have to
perform, we need not expect
people to have so much confi
dence in us when we grow older.
I am counting on each of you to
STICK in spite of all the hard
luck that we are having. You
must remember that it is the
hard task that makes us stronger.
Now girls, if your seed have
not come up, or they have died
since coming up, either from
drought, insects or transplanting
please plant again or secure plants
from someone and try again.
I think if you will water well
when you set out and then shade
they will live even if it is so dry.
The best way to transplant is to
dig a deep hole for plant, place
the plant, pour on the root of
each plant a quart of water. Do
not raise the plant out of the wa
ter, but press the dry dirt firmly
about the plant. Please work
very earnestly with your gardens
and do not let up for any difficul
ties. If you fail with one thing
or at one time, keep on trying.
I have just returned from Ath
ens where we had a very profit
able meeting of the Co-Agents.
We learned a great many new
things that lam anxious to tell
you.
Right soon I will send you a
list of canned goods we will be
required to have in our county
and state exhibits this fall. I
want each one of you to be pre
pared to enter someone or more
of the classes. I want the girls
to do as they did in 1915, not buy
a single container or jar that has
not been recommended by the
department. Tell your mothers
to be sure when they buy jars
for their vegetables and fruits to
get the glass top jar. It is so
much better than the screw top
jar and doesn’t cost any more.
The firm that handled our sup
plies last year has been good to
us again, and will sell to us on
the same basis. Such a favor is
greatly appreciated by us. He
will have a full supply of the
right kind of things, both glass
and tin.
Now girls let those of us that
are in organized clubs meet reg
ularly. Nothing will help us
more than to discuss our prob
lems and study our bulletins to
gether.
If you nave been discouraged
BUG FOUND HERE
WAS NOT BOLL WEEVIL
A report from State Entomolo
gist E. Lee Worsham declares
that the bug found on the farm
of Mr. J. H. Patrick was not the
! boll weevil but the “pea weevil.”
Mr. Worsham’s report was re
ceived with a great deal of inter
est and it was a relief to know
that the boll weevil has not yet,
so far as known, made its ap
pearance in Butts county.
An efficient health officer is a
good investment.
Insufficient sleep endangers
health.
FLOURISHING CLUBS
ARE ORGANIZED
Many Members in Poultry
And Canning Club
MRS. BUTNER IN CHARGE
Fifty-Six Members Enroll
in Girls Canning Club
While Thirty-Nine Join
The Poultry Club
The following are the names
of the members of the Girls Can
ning Club and the Poultry Club.
Mrs. C. A. Butner has succeeded
in arousing deep interest in this
work and has a strong club this
'season.
Girls Canning Club
Jennie Lee Allen Myrtle Lavender
Erma Burford Mattie Moss
Willie Barnes Mary Maddox
Ada Benton Sara McLendon
Annie May Britt Maggie Martin
Bessse Lou Butler Doris Maddox
Eddie Joe Dole Dollie Martin
Nellie Clark Eloise McLendon
Lois Conner Willie McElheny
Florence Chasteen Clara Norsworthy
Posie Doby EstellNorsw’rthy
Frosey Doby Gladys O’Neal
Etor Duke Maggie J O'Neal
Robert Evans Ossie Preston
Annie J Fincher Gladys Redman
Emmalene Hale Nellie Kingley
Ruth Harper Verna Kingley
Nellie Hattaway Annie L Spencer
Jo-de Hammond Marie Spencer
Mattie L Ham’ml Ernest Standard
Gussie May Jones Erma Thomas
Rosa Bell Jones Eudell Thomas
Sallie Lummus Blanch Thornton
Myrtle Long Lucile Taylor
Mary W Lewis MattieThomaston
Annie L Lindsay Clyde Williamson
Queen Lester Mildred Webb
Mary Lavender Florrie Wallace
Poultry Club
Albert Lynch Bertram Kingley
Butler Long Irene O’Neal
Iverson Chambers Mary Maddox
Bertha Thornton Porter B Flynt
Rosa Curtis Cole Chas H Maddox
Marjorie Thomas Walter Seymour
Lucy Preston Ira Maddox
Robert Evans Leonard Maddox
Emmalene Hale Lewis Dodson
Forrest Hale Leonard Dodson
Myrtle Weaver Wallis Lavender
Alice May Wise Clara Norsworthy
Marie Spencer James Hammock
Lois Conner Henry Moate
Charles Lewis Mildred Webb
Mack Lewis Nellie Williamson
Forrest Maddox Mary, W Maddox
MattieThomast’n Janie Torbet
Nellie Hattaway O! lie Lou Jackson
Laura Bell Benson
please let this encourage you.
Remember we are counting on
you to stick. When you want
me let me know.
Your friend,
Mrs. Mary E. Butner.
Jackson Argus Established 1873 # ... A , . ,
Butts County Progress Established 1882 i Consolidated July 9,1915
HEAVY PENALTY
FOR BUND TIGERS
Straight Sentences For
All Violators
NEW RULE ANNOUNCED
Four Defendants Came to
Bat Monday Morning
And Drew Stern Sen
tence From Mayor
Straight sentences on the city
streets, without the alternative
of paying a fine, is the penalty
for violations of the prohibition
law in Jackson, from this time
henceforth, according to an an
nouncement made Monday by
Mayor J. T. Moore. This is in
line with theactionof judges and
recorders all over the state.
When four alleged offenders
against the prohibition law were
arraigned before Mayor Moore
Monday morning heavy senten
ces resulted. J. G. Washington,
white, was arrested Saturday
night, charged with having more
than the legal quantity in his pos
session. He was given 60 days on
the streets and bound over to the
superior court under SSOO bond.
The case was appealed, it is said.
Lum Greer, colored, was up on
the same charge and drew 60
days on the streets and was held
for the state courts under a S2OO
bond.
Pye Flemister was bound over
to the superior court under S2OO
bond, and Henry Barkley was
held under a SSOO bond, both of
these blacks being charged with
tigering.
Officers declare they are deter
mined to break up violations of
the prohibition law in Jackson.
SHRINERS Will HAVE 816
TIME IN ATLANTA JUNE t
Atlanta, Ga., May 25.—There’s
going to be some big times in At
lanta next week—June Ist—when
the Shriners get to town. They
They are coming several thous
and strong from all parts of
Georgia and the southeastern and
southatlantic states to a ceremo
nial at the city auditorium Po
tentate Walter P. Andrews and
his committees of Yaarab Tem
ple have alreadyunade all prepa
rations for the event, which
promises to be the biggest thing
of its kind ever pulled off by a
single shrine temple in the south.
Six thousand shriners are ex
pected, including a dozen or more
potentates with their patrols and
bands. It will take more than
an hour to witness the parade in
the afternoon. At night the au
ditorium will be a scene of orien
tal splendor.
Yaarab Temple, with its 2,500
members, are making a big rec
ord for themselves and under
the leadership of Potentate An
drews, promise to make one of
the hits at the National Conven
tion in Buffalo in July. One of
the national officers will be the
guest of the temple at the cere
monial next week. He is Impe
rial High Priest and Prophet
Freeland Kendrick of Lula Tem
ple, Philadelphia.