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THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS
Vol 44—No. 22
GOVERNOR’S LIST
PROBABLY CLOSED
It Seems That Race Will
Be Spirited
HARRIS STILLOPTIMISTIC
Solicitor PottleHad Sudden
Inspiration—Friends of
Macon Candidate Confi
dent of Victory
Atlanta, Ga., June I.—Will
there be any more candidates for
governor? The general opinion
expressed in Atlanta is that the
lists have closed, although the
rules of the primary still permit
other hats to be tossed into the
ring if ambitious candidates think
there is room to wedge in.
As things stand now, it looks
like Governor Harris for re-elec
tion against the field, and if local
conditions, coupled with reports
brought in by visitors to the cap
ital are to be taken as an indica
tion of the general situation over
the state, the prohibitionists are
rallying to the Confederate vet
eran governor with increasing en
thusiasm and confidence.
Governor Harris’ friends de
clare he will run a better race
with three candidates in the field
against him than if the opposition
were confined either to Pottle,
Dorsey or Hardman.
Governor Harris in his cam
paign speeches, which he will
make throughout the state, will
claim re-election as an endorse
ment of his administration in ac
cordance with long established
precedent.
In this connection his friends
have cited the fact that his most
recent opponent, Solicitor Pottle,
himself declared in a speech at
Gray, Ga. on April 27, that Gov
ernor Harris was making the best
goyernor since the civil war and
was entitled to re-election unop
posed, Governor Harris, Solici
tor Pottle and Hon. Charles L.
Bartlett spoke at Gray on the oc
casion of a chautauqua, and Mr.
Pottle paid a high tribute to the
governor.
CARMICHAEL-MALLET CO.
ANNOUNCE HOLIDAY PLAN
Attention is directed to the ad
vertisement of Carmiehael-Mallet
Company in this issue in which
they announce a plan of giving
their employees a holiday during
Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
afternoons of each week. A num
ber of clerks will be given a holi
day on each afternoon, while a
number remain on duty and in
that way the store will not be
closed at all, it is stated. The
management of the store declares
that this arrangement has met
with the approval of each and
every employee of the company.
The card also states that it is
the custom of this store td give
the various clerks a week’s vaca
tion during the summer, with full
pay. This act of liberality on the
part of this firm will no doubt be
appreciated by the salespeople.
140 SHIPMENTS OF
BOOZE TO MAY 29
The records in the office of Or
dinary J. H. Ham show that Butts
county citizens have been sprink
ling their thirst at rather a lively
rate since the first of Mav, when
the free and unlimited shipment
of booze was stopped.
From May 1 through Monday
night, the 29, a total Of 140 af
fidavits had been filed with Judge
Ham. That is nearly four ship
ments a day, average. The ship
ments were divided among the
three express offices as follows:
Jackson 65
Jenkinsburg 38
Flovilla 37
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Preaching on evangelistic top
ic Sabbath at 11 a. m. and 7:30
p. m.
Sunday School at 10 a. m.
I. H. MILLER.
HOLIDAY PLAN
BEGINS JUNE 7
Being Very Extensively
Advertised
MUCH INTEREST SHOWN
Jackson to Join Other Cit
ies in Having Weekly
Half Holiday—Closing
Hour Is One O’clock
One week from Wednesday—
June 7 being the date —the half
holiday plan will be put into ef
fect in Jackson. All the stores
that signed the agreement will
close at 1 o’clock on Wednesday
afternoons and remain closed dur
ing the rest of the day.
The business men who have en
tered into this agreement have
advertised the movement thor
oughly and extensively and ev
erybody throughout this section
will be acquainted with the clos
ing by June 7. It is not thought
the half holiday plan will incon
venience shoppers, as people will
soon adjust themselves to the or
der of things.
This movement, it is pointed
out, has been widely endorsed
and commended by the people of
the community. Several of the
county’s best known citizens have
given the plan their undivided
approval.
Information gathered from all
over the state shows that a large
and growing number of cities are
joining the movement for a holi
day once a week. As the pro
ject works well in other places it
is held that it will work satisfac
torily in Jackson.
Wednesday afternoon, June 7,
marks the beginning of the week
ly holiday movement and stores
and business houses will close on
each Wednesday afternoon there
after up to and including Aug. 30.
Banks Will Close Saturday
The banks in Jackson will be
closed Saturday, June 3, which
is Jefferson Davis’ birthday and
a legal holiday in Georgia.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, JUNE 2, 1916
STATE BANKERS
HOLD MEETING
President Etheridge Had
Fine Report
NEW OFFICERS CHOSEN
Columbus Won 1917 Meet
ing—Chas. B. Lewis Suc
ceeds Jackson Man As
President of Association
Mr. F. S. Etheridge, of Jack
son, president of several banks
and the Atlanta Trust Company,
and retiring president of the
Georgia Bankers Association,
which met in annual session in
Macon Friday, made a good re
port of the work accomplished
during his administration. His
address was declared to have
been one of the features of the
opening session Friday.
ft j
MR. F. S. ETHERIDGE
The recent meeting of the Geor
gia Bankers Association was said
to have been one of the best held
in several years. Addresses were
delivered hy bankers of national
reputation arid several topics were
discussed in a most interesting
w'ay.
Charles B. Lewis, of Macon,
was elected president for the en
suing twelve months.
The next meeting goes to Col
umbus.
Among those who attended ihe
meeting from here were Messrs
F. S. Etheridge, who presided
over the business sessions, I
H. Carmichael. J. B Carmichanl.
R. P. Sasnett. and W. L. Eher
idge.
COUNTY OFFICERS Will.
MEET AT ST, SIMONS
The annual meeting of the
County Officers Association of
Georgia will beheld at St. Simons
June 21-23. The officers, H, E.
Allen, Americus, president, arid
M. S. Joyner, Millen, secretary,
are sending out notices of the
meeting, which will probably be
well attended. Several of the
Butts county officers are members
of the association, which met last,
year at Indian Springs, and Sheriff
Crawford is a former president
of the body.
The death rate of persons un
der 45 is decreasing; of those over
45 it is increasing.
PROGRESS-ARGUS HAS
CASH SUBSCRIPTON PLAN
As previously announced, TheJ
Progress-Argus will conduct its
circulation on a strictly cash ba
sis hereafter. The new system
became operative June 1.
A small number of subscribers
who failed to respond to the no
tices sent them were cut off the
list. It is hoped they will pay up
and get in good standing. The
paper regretted to part with any
of its readers but the rule has
been made and will be adhered to
impartially and rigidly.
Since first mention was made
of the cash in advance basis, a
large number of subscribers have
responded nobly. Without ex
ception all those who have ex
pressed themselves on the ques
tion heartily endorse the cash in
advance system. Ninety five per
cent of the people state they do
not want to “read the paper on
a credit.”
By placing its circulation on a
cash system, The Progress-Argus
will be able to issue a larger and
better paper and to that end all
of its energies will be directed.
D. A. R. CHAPTER
TO DEDICATE HOME
Will Formally Accept the
Varner Gift
GOOD PROGRAM PLANNED
Flag Day, June 14, Will Be
Combined With Dedica
tion Exercises of Varner-
Mclntosh Memorial
To show their appreciation of
the gift of the Mclntosh house
to the William Mclntosh chapter
of the Daughters of the American
Revolution by Miss Joe Varner,
the chapter will hold appropriate
exercises at Indian Springs June
14. This is Flag Day, which is
always observed in a patriotic
wav, and the dedication exercises
of the Varner-Mclntosh Memorial
will be combined with the Flag
Day program.
A program full of historic and
patriotic interest will be carried
out by the chapter. The exer
cises will be held from 4to 6
o’clock. It is hoped to have the
slate regent, Mrs. Howard Mc-
Call, of Atlanta, and other prom
inent D. A. R. leaders present.
The public is invited to attend.
Members of the William Mclntosh
chapter of this city will go down
in force.
The Varner-Mclntosh Memor
ial was the splendid conception
of Miss Joe Varner, one of the
most interesting women in the
state. The gift consists of one
acre of land, the Varner house, a
structure built by William Mcln
tosh, the Indian chieftain, and a
large number of quaint and valu
able relics. In presenting the
property to the D. A. R. chapter,
Miss Varner intended it as a fit
ting and enduring memorial to
her sister, Miss Amanda Varner.
The property has been greatly
improved by the Jackson Daugh
ters and rooms will be rented to
boarders during the summer.
Jackson Argus Established 1873 / ~ . . f . 0 lftlc
Butts County Progress Established 1882 S onsolidated J uly 9, 1915
STATE SUNDAY
SCHOOL MEET
Thousands Expected in
Atlanta
DATES JUNE 14 TO 15
Cheap Rates Are Offerred
on Railroads Several
Prominent Speakers on
The Program
One of the largest religious con
ventions ever held in Georgia will
be at the State Sunday School
Convention, which meets in the
Baptist Tabernacle, Atlanta, June
13, 14, 15. The Baptist Taber
' nacle of Atlanta has a seating
capacity of 3,500. Atlanta is
getting ready for 2,000 out-ef
' town delegates, and there will
j probably be 1,000 delegates from
j the Atlanta and Fulton county
Sunday schools.
Anew feature of the conven
tion this year will ue a mammoth
Bible class parade on the after
noon of Thursday, June 15. This
parade will he composed of all the
men delegates to the convention,
and the Men’s Bible classes of
Atlanta. The men in the parade
will wear special hats and badges
which will be furnished for the
occasion.
On the progam for the conven
tion are speaker of national fame.
Mr. Marion Lawrence, of Chica
go, general secretary of the In
ternational Sunday School Asso
ciation, is the foremost Sunday
school man of the world. Mr.
P. E. Green, of Birmingham,
Ala., educational superintendent
for the Alabama Synod of the
Presbyterian church, U. S. A., is
one of the few men in America
who has made a special study of
Sunday school work with teen
age boys and girls. Miss Myra
Batchelder, Montgomery, Ala.,
elementary superintendent of the
Alabama Sunday School Associa
tion, is one of the most widely
known elementary workers in
the south. These with about
sixty of the most prominent Sun
day school and church workers
in the state make an unusually
strong program.
The music of the convention
which will be under the direction
of Prof. 0. E. Excell, of Chicago,
and Prof. Alvin W. Roper, of
Winona Lake, Ind., will be one
of the attractive features of the
convention.
Every white Sunday school in
the state is entitled to three del
egates besides pastor and super
intendent. Delegates will be
met at the station and assigned
homes.
Sir Knight Fletcher to
Represent Commandery
At a called meeting of Alexius
Commandery Knights Templar,
Monday night, Sir Knight H. M.
Fletcher, eminent commander,
was chosen as representative to
the Triennial Conclave of the
Grand Commandery in Los An
geles. Sir Knight H. L. Daugh
try was elected as representative
some time ago, hut on account of
sickness was prevented from
making the trip.