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THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS
Vol 44—No. 46
FARMERS 7 lS H N Ham |
TO HOLD MEETING
National Convention Goes
to Palatka, Fla.
BUTTS CITIZENS OFFICERS
State President J. H. Mills
And State Secretary A.
J. Fleming Take Leading
Part in Convention
Butts county citizens will play an
important part in the national con
vention of the Farmers’ Union,
which will be held in Palatka, Fla.,
Nov. 21-24. Hon. J. H. Mills is state
president of the Georgia division
and Prof. A. J. Fleming secretary
and treasurer.
The Georgia division will be head
ed by Hon. J. J. Brown, Commission
er-elect of Agriculture, and Mr.
Mills and Prof. Fleming. Other citi
zens from Butts county will attend
and Georgia will be represented by
thousands of delegates.
This annual meeting is one of con
siderable importance, as a number
of matters will be discussed. Ques
tions regarding the betterment of
the farmers will be given special at
tention, and proposed legislation
will be given attention by the meet
ing- .
Palatka, which is in the center pf
the citrus industry, has made elabo
rate preparations to entertain the
visitors. Features of the entretain
ment already planned is a stemboat
ride down the St. Johns river to
Crescent City where a barbecue
will be served, and automobile ride
to St. Augustine, the second oldest
city in the United States and a show
place of unusual interest.
For this convention the railroads
have granted a rate of one and a
half cents per mile for the round
trip. The fare from Atlanta will be
approximately $12.00. Train No. 6,
which leaves Atlanta Nov. 20, will
by special arrangement, stop at
Jackson and other points, and will
carry a large number of delegates
and visitors.
Officers of the Farmers’ Union
are anxious to have a good repre
sentation of ladies and a number are
planning to attend. Persons who are
not affiliated with the order are also
invited to attend and participate in
the pleasures of the occasion. It is
expected that several thousand vis
itors will be in attendance.
President Mills and Secretary
Fleming are now busy completing
the final details of the meeting.
They will be able to report consid
erable growth in the Georgia divis
ion, and in fact this is declared to
have been one of the best years in
the history of the Farmers’ Union.
It is probably assured that Char
les S. Barrett, of Union City, who
has served the Union for so many
years, will be re-elected as national
president at the Palatka meeting.
Secretary Fleming will be glad to
furnish complete information con
cerning the trip to all interested par
ties.
WEATHER FORECAST
For the Week Beginning Sunday
November 12, 1916
Washington, D. C. t November 11,
1916—For the South Atlantic and
East Gulf States: Unsettled weath
er, with probably rain, will prevail
during first part of the week; the
latte. - half will be fair. Much colder
weather will occur the first half of
the week and cold weather will con
tinue thereafter, with general frosts
except in southern Florida.
BOWIE.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, NOVEMBER 17, 1916
ruin nooiiumilON WILL
HAVE MEETING FRIDAY
There will be a meeting of the
stockholders of the Butts County
Fair Association in the court house
in Jackson Friday moitning, Nov.
17, at 10 o’clock. Business of im
portance will be considered and a
full attendance is urged. Officers
will be elected for the ensuing year
and plans for the 1917 fair discuss
ed. Come out and show your inter
est in the fair and help lay plans for
the 1917 fair.
J. MATT McMICHAEL, Pres.
G. E. RICE, Secy.
COUNTY BOOKS
BEING AUDITED
WORK BEGAN MONDAY
Expert -Accountants Are
in Charge
Mr. J. O. Gaston, Commissioner
of Roads and Revenues, has arrang
ed w T ith Alonzo Richardson & Cos., of
Atlanta, for an audit of the public
records of Butts county. The work
was started this week and will be
completed as early as possible, prob
ably about the first of the year.
The work will be done by one
principal accountant and one assist
accountant.
The books of the Treasurer, Tax
Collector and County Commissioner
will be audited first.
There has been a demand for this
audit for some time and the fact
that the public records are to be
audited by one of the best known
public accountants in the South will
probably meet with general ap
proval.
CANNING CLUB
HAD HIGH SCORE
Captured Prizes at Macon
And Atlanta Fairs
MEMBERS MAKE RECORDS
High Average Made at The
Two Big Georgia Fairs
—Mrs. Butner And Girls
Deserve Praise
The Butts County Canning Club
made a fine showing at the Atlanta
and Macon fairs, prize winners hav
ing just been announced.
At the Southeastern Fair in the
county exhibits Butts was awarded
second prize of $45; first prize in
the county fresh vegeable contest,
the premium being sls; while in the
individual pepper contest Lois Con
ner was awarded second prize of SB.
At the State Fair Butts county
won first prize of sls in the fresh
vegetable contest; and Lois Conner
won second prize of $8 in the spec
ial pepper contest.
This i3 a fine showing for the
members of tse Butts county Can
ning Club, and reflects credit upon
Mrs. C. A. Butner, the energetic
and efficient agent, as well as upon
the individual members. Mrs. But
ner is doing a great work in this line,
and has succeeded in arousing inter
est not only among the club mem
bers but among the people of the en
tire county. This has been one of
the best years in the history of the
work.
The winnings of the girls at the
local fair and at the fairs in Atlan
ta and Macon represent a substan
tial sum.
JACKSON RIFLES
ENJOYING CAMP
In Comfortable Quarters
at El Paso
CAMPED NEAR BORDER
Break Monotony With A
i Rabbit Hunt-Interesting
Experiences Enroute to
The Texas City
Camp Cotton, El Paso, Texas.
November 7th, 1916.
Editor Progress-Argus:
Thinking you might care to pub
lish for the readers of The Progress
, Argus some straight dope about the
1 Georgia brigade, I am writing adout
the trip from Macon to El Paso, the
nature of the camp here and some
of the other features of the border
service that I think will be interest-
mg.
The second regiment, of which
Company A is a unit, moved from
Macon by way of Columbus, Ga.,
Montgomery and Mobile, Ala., New
Orleans., Houston, San Antonio and
Del Rio, Texas.
We arrive! in New Orleans about
dark of the second day of our trip.
Her we left the train and marched
over the city giving us chance to ex
ercise and to get out in the fresh air
for a while. We entrained again after
crossing the Mississippi on one of
the gigantic ferry boats, an exper
ience we all looked forward to with
a great deal of interest. The next
stop was made at Del Rio, Texas.
This place also held a double inter
est for us on account of the fact
that it was the first designated point
for the Georgia Brigade. Here we
participated in a parade with a reg
iment of Alabama troops, a squad
ron of cavalry from the regular
army and a machine gun company
also of the regular army. It was a
very noticeable fact that as the
Georgia boys marched through the
streets of this beautiful little city
headed by the Second Regiment
Band playing our famous marching
song “The Old Gray Bonnet,” with
every man in ranks stepping as one,
the citizens cheered us again and
again and again while the regulars
and Alabama troops were hardly no
ticed. We were delayed at this point
for about 36 hours on account of a
bridge burning ahead of us. The
cause of the fire was said to have
been the Mexican bandits, better
known to us as “Greasers.” This the
ory was very probable as the rail
road, at this point, ran right along
the border; so near to it, in fact,
that we could see the patrols en
camped along the side of the track
and could see the sentrys as they
paced their posts.
When we arrived at the place
where the bridge had been burnt,
we found that the damage had not
been entirely repaired and were de
layed about four hours longer. The
trains stopped right out on an open
plain. For miles on both sides of the
track you could see nothing but cac
tus and small bushes. Here we in
dulged in the first real sport of the
trip. The boys scattered all over the
plain and enjoyed one of the biggest
rabbit hunts I ever witnessed. I sup
pose there were something like fif
teen hundred soldiers scattered all
over the plain hunting rabbits. When
ever a rabbit was jumped, he had
what we call a “bad day” for there
was no chance of escape. We caught
or killed something like a hundred
in a very short time. Some of the
boys searched for other kind of
western specimen and brought in
snakes, lizards and many other kind
of desert inhabitants. The trip from
Del Rio to El Paso was uneventful
from there on.
We were very fortunate in arriv
ing in El Paso at night, so we got an
early Etart at setting up camp. We
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CITY REGISTRATION ROOKS
NOW OPEN FOR PRIMARY
At a meeting of Council Mon
day night it was decided to open the
books for registration of voters in
the approaching municipal primary,
Tuesday, Nov. 14. The books will
remain open through December 11.
Interested parties will find the books
open in the office of Clerk and
Treasurer, J. A. McMichael.
The normal registration of the
city is about 350, the total regis
tration depending upon the inter
est in the primary.
THE BOLL WEEVIL
AROUSES CITIZENS
DUBLIN DISTRICT INVADED
Meeting Held to Discuss
The Situation
The fact that the boll weevil has
appeared in Dublin district in such
lorge numbers has awakened inter
est throughout that section and the
entire county. The weevils are said
to be pretty well over Dublin dis
trict.
Agricultural Agent Rice spent
Monday in that district looking over
the situation, and while there col
lected a bottle full of the weevils.
At night a meeting was held and the'
boll weevil problem was discussed
in an interesting way by Mr. Rice,
who gave the cotton growers pres
ent the advantage of the latest gov
ernment bulletins regarding the con
trol of the pest. The meeting was
largely attended and a keen degree
of interest was manifested.
That the boll weevil has invaded
Butts county there can no longer be
any question. The pest will have to
be contended with in a serious way
next season and farmers had as well
shape their crops with that idea in
view.
MR. WATKINS
WINS FAIR PRIZES
Scored Several Points at
State Fair
HAD SPLENDID EXHIBIT
First Prize on Yield Corn,
Second Prize on Home
Cured Meats And Thir
teenth County Exhibit
His friends throughout the county
and the public generally will be in
terested to learn that Mr. B. F.
Watkins came out so well at the
State Fair. He won first prize of $75
for the largest yield of corn, second
prize of sls for the second best dis
play of home cured meats and thir
teenth prize of SIOO, in the county
agricultural displays.
Mr. Watkins was Butts county’s
sole exhibitor, except the canning
club girls and the com club boys, at
the State Fair. He deserves credit
for the interest he has taken in ex
hibiting the county’s agricultural
resources, and he is being congrat
ulated upon his excellent showing.
His display was one of the best at
the fair, and was widely commended.
Mr. Watkins al3o won a prize of
S4O at the Southeastern Fair in At
lanta, bringing his total winnings of
the year to about $230.
Than Mr. Watkins there is no bet
ter farmer in Butts county. He has
displayed keen interest in scientific
' farming for several years, and has
Jackson Argus Established J 873 j
Butts County Progress Established IRHi
MAY BUILD FEED
MILL IN JACKSON
Matter Being Considered
By Mr. McKibben
PROVIDE A CASH MARKET
Proposed Mill Will Be of
Latest Type And Have
Large Capacity—To An
nounce Decision Soon
Congo „ dated i u i y 9.1915
Mr. J. H. McKibben, one of Jack
son’s successful farmers and busi
ness men has under consideration
the erection of a feed mill in this
city. If he decides to erect the milt
he will probably build a mill that
will have a capacity of about four
tons an hour.
Mr. McKibben has been investi
gating the question for some time,
and recently made a trip to Chipley
to study feed mills and the boll wee
vils situation. The mill would pro
vide a cash market for every bit of
the hay, sorghum, alfalfa, wheat
and oats, and such crops,that could
he produced in Butts county. The
erection of a mill in Jackson would
no doubt be a good thing for the
farmers of the county, not only pro
viding a cash market for food crops
but affording the farmers an oppor
tunity to grow crops that the boll
weevil can’t destroy.
If it is decided to build, the mill
will probably be erected near the de
pot to be in easy reach of the rail
road. The mill, such as Mr. McKib
ben has in mind, will represent a
considerable investment. He will sell
in wholesale quantities and the in
stitution will add considerably to the
payrolls of the town.
These feed mills, it is understood,
are paying propositions in other cit
ies and the building of a mill in
Jackson will be a progressive step
and one that should he liberally en
couraged.
YOUNG MAN KILLED
Out Riding When Pistol Wa*
Discharged
News was received here the first
of the week that Mr. Ned Giles, son
of Mr. Charlie Giles, of Jasper coun
ty, was killed Saturday night when
his pistol was accidently discharged.
Mr. Giles, it seems, was out riding
with some young ladies and took his
pistol out and fired two shots. As he
dropped the gun in his overcoat
pocket it was discharged, striking
him in the stomach and inflicting a
wound from which he died in a short
time. The family of the unfortunate
young man is well known in Butts
county.
BUTTS GINS 9,129 BALES
TTm i Below Yield Some
Date in 1915
The report of the bureau of the
census shows that Butts county had
ginned prior to Nov. 1, 9,129 boles
of cotton. This is compared with
8,745 bales the same date last year,
an increase for 1916 of 384 bales.
long been an advocate of raising
everything to eat at home. He has
the fair spirit, and believes in exhib
iting what Butts county farmers con
do.
His yield on corn this year was
164 bushels—the largest in Georgia.
This same acre of bottom land won
the championship of the United
States last year for Ellsworth Wat
kins, whose yield was 166 bushels.
Mrs. Otis Ham spent Saturday
and Sunday in Atlanta where she
was called on account of the illness
of her young son, Marshall, who is
spending some time with his grand
father, Mr. M. M. Welch.