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THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS Vol 44-No. 43 PRIZE WINNERS AT BUTTS COUNTY FAIR ANNOUNCED •Mrs. L. D. Singley Awarded First Prize in Agricultural Department * Mr. E. R. Merritt Wins Largest Number of Prizes — Money For Premiums Now Being Paid By The Treasurer, Mr. H. L Daughtry—Full List of Win ners Given Below —Call And Get Prize Money The full list of prize winners at the Butts county fair is given herewith. The awards were tak en from the official judges book, and have been carefully checked. * Premiums may be obtained by calling on the treasurer of the association. Mr. H. L. Daughtry. y Agricultural Department 1 First prize, Mrs. L. D. Singley, $25 2 Second, L. L. Britton, $2O 3 Third, E. R. Merritt, $l5 Special Agricultural 1 Best 10 stalks ribbon cane, Ernest Standard, $2 2 Best 10 stalks sorghum, G. A. Al i len, $2 3 Second best 10 stalks sorghum, W. M. Bledsoe, $1 4 Best display sorghum syrup, G. , A. Allen, $2 * Jy Second best, A. C. Smith, $1 6 Best 10 stalks corn, Bertha Wil liams, $2 7 Second, Herbert Williams, $1 8 Best bushel velvet beans, Mrs. J. D. Jones, $1 9 Largest gourd, Henry Allen, $1 10 Gourd with longest handle, Leroy Dodson, 50c 11 Hest peck peanuts, S. F. Smith, $2 12 Second, Mrs. J. D. Jones, $1 J%13 Best 10 ears corn, A. C. Smith, $2 14 Second, E. R. Merritt, $1 15 Best peck pecans, Mrs. C. A. But ner, $1.50 16 Largest pumpkin, Metz Kines, $1 *l7 Best display peavine hay, E. R. Merritt, $5 18 Largest collard, A. F. Taylor, $1 19 Largest sweet potato, E. R. Mer ritt, 50c 20 Best display sweet potatoes, E. R. Merritt, $2 21 Best 5 stalks cotton, E. R. Mer ritt, $2 22 Best bushel oats, E. R. Merritt, $1 23 Best bushel wheat, E. R. Merritt, $1 Live Stock Department 4 1 Best bull dairy breed, J. H. Pat r ick S5 2 Best beef bull, G. E. Mallet, $5 3 Best beef cow, G. E. Mallet, $5 4 Best heifer under 2 years, G. E. Mallet, 15 5 Best general display, G. E. Mal let, $5 6 Best pair colts up to 3 years, C. H. Farrar, $lO 7 Best stallion, D. W. McClendon, $5 8 Best horse colt under 3 years, D. W. McClendon, $5 9 Best pair colts, E. R. Merritt, $lO 10 Best mule colt up to 2 years, E. ft. Merritt, $5 ll Best Duroc gilt, Adell Maddox, $5 12 Second, Lewis Dodson, $3 13 Third, Onre Nolen, $2 14 Best Berkshire gilt, Leonard Dod ron, $5 15 Second, Charles Maddox, $3 16 Third, Wiley Standard, *2 17 Best Berkshire boar over six months, Edgar Hale. $2.60 18 Best Poland China gilt, Thomas E. Foster, $2 50 19 Best Hampshire boar, Fred Ham mond, $5 oO Second, Janies Hammond, 21 Best Hampshire sow, Wade Ham mond, $5 jiest Essex sow, F. M. Washing tom no premium 93 Best registered Duroc boar over 6 months, E. D. Hoard, $2.50 •■>4 Best Poland China, sow, E. R, Merritt, $2.50 JACKSON, GEORGIA, OCTOBER 27, 1916 25 Best Duroc sow over 6 months, B. M. Barnes, $2.50 SWEEPSTAKES 26 Best sow over all, Adell Maddox, $5 27 Best boar overall, Edgar Hale, $5. Ladies Department 1 First prize on embroidery, Mrs. E. D. Hoard, $1 2 Second, Miss Laura Daughtry, 50c 3 First prize on battenberg, Mrs. L. L. O’Kelley, $1 4 Second, Mrs. L. D. Watson, 50c 5 First prize on crochet work, Mrs. J. R. Thurston, $1 6 Second, Mrs. Albert Edwards, 50c 7 First prize on tatting, Miss Nan nie McElroy, $1 8 Second, Mrs. J. M. Ball, 50c 9 First prize for silk crazy quilt, Mrs. J. M. Ball, $1 10 First prize on worsted crazy quilt, Mrs. Eufola Merritt, $1 11 Second, Mrs. J. M. Ball, 50c 12 First prize on cotton quilt, Mrs. J. L. Dodson, $1 13 Second, Mrs. Ruby Norris, 50c 14 First prize on woolen coverlet, Mrs. J. D. Jones, $1 15 Best collection needle work, Mrs. J. M. Ball, $2 16 Second, Mrs. S. J. Foster, $1 17 First prize on hand painted pic ture, Miss Ocie J. Merideth, $8 18 Second, Miss Maggie Gene Foster, $1.50 19 Best loaf bread, Mrs. G. W. Wise, $1 20 Best plate butter, Mrs. C. L. Brit ton, $1 Flower Department 21 First prize on pot flowers, Mrs. L. M. Crawford, $2 22 Second, Mrs. W. M. Bledsoe, $1 23 Best flower decorated design, Mrs. S. L. Lofton, $2 Industrial Department For largest number of persons haultd into fair grounds on two-horse wagon (86 including driver), E. R. Merritt, $lO Poultry Club 1 Best display, Bertrom Singley $5 2 Second, Lois Conner $3 3 Third, Mattie Kate Thomason $2 4 Best pen, Mattie Kate Thom ason $2 5 Second, Bertrom Singley $1 6 Third, Mack Lewis 50c 7 First Cockerel and First Pullet, Butler Long $2 8 Second Pullet Butler Long 50c 9 Second Cockerel, Lois Conner 50c 10 Third Cockerel, Bertrom Sing ley, ribbon. . Poultry Department AMERICAN BREEDS 1 First and Second Pen, Mrs. L. D. Singley $3 2 First Hen, Mrs. L. D. Singley $1 3 Third Pen, Dr. Franklin, ribbon. 4 First Pullet, Robin Wood $1 5 Second i'uliet and Second Cock erel, H. F. Gilmore $1 MEDITERRANEAN BREED 6 First and Second Cockerel, L. L. ! O’Kelly $1.50 | 7 First Cockerel, L. L. O’Kelly $1 S First and Second pair Carneaux ! Pigeons, W. L Wagner $1.50 9 First and Second Pigeon, Joe ! Buchanan $1.50 ! io Best pair in show, Joe Buchan an $1 Girls Canning Club 1 Girl canning greatest number of cans, Mvrtle Long, Scholarship. 2 Second, Mary W. Lewis, Scholar-1 r} Third. Einmaline Hale $lO TROOPS OFF TO EL PASO, TEXAS Second Infantry Left on Sunday Afternoon WILL ARRIVE THURSDAY Other Units of Georgia State Troops Get Away Monday and Tuesday- Real Service For Soldiers The Jackson Rifles are off to the border. Together with the other com panies of the Second regiment they left Camp Harris Sunday afternoon for El Paso, Texas. Major Thomas’ battalion to which Cos. Ais attached, was the first to get away. The troops traveled over the Central via Columbus to Mont gomery, thence over the Nash ville & St. Louis to New Orleans and thence over the Southern Pa cific to El Paso. The total dis tance is something like 1,800 miles and the troops were due to reach their destination some time Thursday. They traveled in spe cial Pullman cars. The First and Fifth regiments left Macon Monday. In Atlanta the Fifth stopped over long enough to give a parade. The Macon Telegraph sent a reporter to the border with the troops and through the press and letters the folks back home will be able to keep in close touch with the boys at the front. Capt. G. E. Mallet of thequar master’s department did not go to the border, and will return home in a few days. 4 To first year girl raising greatest number of pounds of tomatoes, Dollie Martin $5 5 Second, Jennie Lee Allen $3 6 To girl having on display the greatest variety and I test quality of pre serves and jellies, pickles and canned products, Mary W. Lewis $lO 7 Second, Myrtle Long $5 8 Best record book, second year girl, Gladys O’Neal $2 9 Second, Mary Maddox $1 10 Best record book first year girl, Blanche Thornton $2 11 Second, Jennie Lee Allen $1 12 Second year girl w riting best sto ry, Willie Barries $2 13 Second, Blanche Thornton $1 14 First year girl w riting best story, Mattie Moss $2 15 Second, Emmaline Hale $1 16 Each Canning Club or Poultry Club member that finished the work will be given a club pin. Boys Corn Club 1 Best 10 Ears Corn, Bernard Gas ton $5 2 Second, Herbert Williams $3 3 Largest Yield Bottom Land, Ber nard Gaston $lO 4 Largest Yield Up-Land, Milton Edwards $lO 5 Second, Charles Brownlee, $5 6 Best Written Report, Charles Brownlee $5. 7 Second, Luther Washington $2 SPECIALS To boy making largest yield on up land, Hereford bull donated by L. M. Crawford, Milton Edwards. To boy making largest yield on bot tom land, bank account given by L. M. Crawford, Bernard Gaston. 1 MR. TOWLES LOST BARN BY SUNOAY NIGHT BLAZE Hon. C. A. Towles, of Cork, lost his barn and its entire con tents, consisting of corn, fodder, hay, oats and other feed stuffs, Sunday night. Few of the de tails were learned, and it is not known how the fire originated or if the building was insured. The loss is a considerable one and Mr. Towles’ friends sympathize with him in his misfortune. MAY ESTABLISH FEED MILLS HERE BOLL WEEVIL SAFEGUARD Much Information Picked up on Chipley Trip Messrs. J. H. Patrick, J. H. McKibben, W. E. Foster and G. E. Rice, who spent last Tuesday in Harris county for the purpose of studying feed mills and the boll weevil, were greatly im pressed with what they saw. A number of the boll weevils were brought home to prove that the pest is no myth—as some still in cline to profess. The business men at Chipley have established large feed mills for the benefit of the farmers. All kinds of grain and forage crops are made into an excellent quality of feed, thus encouraging diversification and affording a cash market for products other than cotton. These gentlemen state the boll weevil has played havoc in the section around Chip ley. Feed mills for Butts county are being discussed and it is practi cally assured that a number of these- establishments will go up here within the next few weeks. WHOLESALE RAID MOONSHINE STILLS FOUR FLUSHED TUESDAY Several Negroes Placed Under Arrest Tuesday was a bad day for moonshine stills in Butts county. Three outfits were broken up and another flushed. Three of the joy juice factories were loca ted on the property on the Cen tral Georgia Power Company. At No. 1 1,000 gallons of beer were found and Rube Lummus. Har vey McMillan and Jess Cook, all colored, were arrested. Nobody was at home at No. 2. Three hundred gallons of beer were found at No. 3 and John Suggs, colored, was arrested as the alleged operator. Whiskey was found in his house and on | his person, as was also a pistol. ■ Sheriff Crawford had to threaten force before Suggs would go to jail. There are four cases pend ing against Suggs. Outfit No. 4 was in Towaliga, ■ but had just been moved. The local officers were assisted in the raid by Internal Revenue Officer Sowell. Jackson Artrus Established IK7J ( Butts County Progress Established 1882 JACKSON CHURCH HAS GOOD REPORT Quarterly Conference Was Held Sunday DR. PIERCE PRESIDES Financial Report Entirely Satisfactory—Rev. Olin King Highly Commend cd--Conferencein Griffin The fourth and last quarterly conference of the year was held at the Jackson Methodist church Sunday, with Dr. W. L. Pierce, presiding elder of the Griffin dis trict, presiding. A flattering financial report was made, showing the collec tions have been up to the stan dard. The reports showed that all departments of the church are in excellent condition. The re ports, it is said, were entirely satisfactory. Rev. Olin King, the pastor, was commended for his work in behalf of the church. It is likely Mr. King will be returned to Jackson for another year. He is popular with the people of the entire community and it would be highly pleasing to the people here to have Mr. King returned for his third year. The annual meeting of the North Georgia Conference will be held this year in Griffin, be ginning Nov. 22. It is expected a large number of people from here will attend the conference in November, as Griffin is only a short distance from Jackson. Dr. Pierce preached at the Methodist church morning and night and conference was held in the afternoon. BOLL WEEVIL FOUND HERE P.P. JOHNSON FINDS BUG Dreaded Pest Has Made Appearance in Butts While in the city Tuesday Mr. P. P. Johnson reported that he had found a boll weevil on his farm in the Worthville section. It has been thought for some time that the boll weevil was in Butts county, and Mr. Johnson’s find seems to cinch the fact. The pest has been found in Monroe and Jasper counties, according to reliable information, and will no doubt scatter throughout this section before stopped bv frost. 801 l weevil experts declare the pest will damage this section next year to the same extent that South Georgia was damaged this season. It will be impossible to make more than half a crop of cotton in this territory next year, according to those informed on boll weevil conditions. In the meantime it is a mighty good time for the farmers of Butts county and this section to plant a large crop of wheat and oats this fall. n i„i„ o iqh Consolidated July 9.1919