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THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS
Vol 44—N0,0,
THANKSGIVING IS
QUIETLY OBSERVED
Business Houses Closed
During Day
HOLIDAY FOR CARRIERS
Public Schools Have The
Only Exercises in Jack
son-Many Enjoy Hunt
ing Excursion
Thanksgiving was generally ob
served in Jackson and throughout
Butts county, the day being spent
quietly by the majority of citizens.
The stores and business houses in
Jackson were closed for the day, and
post office observed Sunday hours,
mails being received and dispatched
in the morning and afternoon. The
rural carriers had a holiday.
Outside of the special Thanks
giving program by the Jackson pub
lic schools, Wednesday morning,
there was no exercises of any kind.
A large number of people spent
the day hunting, taking this oppor
tunity, the first of the season, to go
after the feathered’ tribe. The Geor
gia-Tech-Aubura football game in
Atlanta afforded attraction for a
good many, while several went up to
Atlanta to witness the production of
“The Birth of a Nation.” Several of
the teachers spent the Thanksgiv
ing holidays at their respective
homes.
A number of students away at
tending school came home for the
holidays. Many dinings were given,
and the occasion was a delightful
home-coming event for a large per
centage of the population.
Thanksgiving this year was wide
ly observed and the occasion proved
an enjoyable one for all, special
thanks being given for another year
of peace, plenty and prosperity.
BIG FEAST FOR
BOYS ON BORDER
AN ATTRACTIVE MENU
Government Buys 60,000
Turkeys For Soldiers
That the boys on the border are
living on the fat of the land and
that they had a Thanksgiving menu
the equal of the best anywhere is
the news that has reached here. The
government has purchased 60,000
turkeys and these were distributed
to the military, each mess sergeant
being given a turkey for Thanks
giving in lieu of the regular allow
ance of meat.
Here is the menu of Company A,
Jackson Rifles:
Roast Turkey and Dressing, Cran
berry Sauce
Roast Pork and Gravy
Candied Yams Mashed Potatoes
Bread and Butter
Apple Pie Coffee
Jackson Public Schools
Have Two Holidays
On account of the Thanksgiving
holidays, the Jackson public schools
will have a holiday from Wednesday
until Monday, both Thursday and
Friday having been given to the pu
pils as a period of rest and recre
ation. This is the first holiday of
the fall term and w'ill naturally be
welcomed by both pupils and teach
ers.
A number of the teachers will
spend the holidays at their respec
tive homes. ~
JACKSON, GEORGIA, DECEMBER 1, 1916
FARMERS’S UNION
ELECTS BARRETT
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Palatka, Fla., Nov. 25.—The final
session of the National Farmers un
ion was held Friday. The offi
cers elected for the ensuing year
were as follows:
President, C. S. Barrett, Union
City; vice president, A. V. Swift, of
Oregon; secretary, A. C. Davis, of
Kansas; executive board, L. M.
Rhodes, Tennessee; J. L. Sheppard,
Florida; 0. F. Dornblaser, Texas;
C. H. Gustafson, Nebraska; George
H. Bowles, Virginia.
All of the officers were re-elected
except J. L. Sheppard and C. H. Gus
tafson, who are members of the ex
ecutive board. The selection of a
meeting place for next year is left
to the executive board.
A. V. Thornhill, of Virginia, was
appointed national business agent.
MR. J.wT BROWN
SUNDAY S. SUPT.
Succeeds Mr. Lyons at
Methodist Church
IS AN ACTIVE WORKER
Mr. Brown Is Prominent
And Popular Sunday
School And Church
Leader—Effedtive Sunday
His friends will be glad to know
that Mr. J. W. Brow’n, cashier of the
Jackson Banking Company, has been
elected superintendent of the Jack
son Methodist Sunday School to suc
ceed Mr. J. L. Lyons, resigned. Mr.
Brown was elected at the last quar
terly conference, but the change
does not become effective until next
Sunday.
Mr. Lyons has been superinten
dent for a number of years and has
served the Sunday school most faith
fully and efficiently.
Mr. Brown is much interested in
church and Sunday school work, is a
recognized leader and it is the con
fident belief of his friends that he
will make the school a very active,
alert and successful superintendent.
Since coming to Jackson only a few
months ago Mr. Brown has made
many warm friends who will learn
with interest of his election to this
important position, and will congrat
ulate him upon promotion in Sun
day School work.
STATE COLLEGE WANTS
EARLY MATURING COTTON
Farmers who have pure early ma
turing varieties of cotton seed for
sale will favor the State College of
Agriculture and themselves if they
j will notify County Agent G. E. Rice
the number of bushels, price per
bushel and the variety of seed, to
gether with their full name and ad
dress.
This information will in turn go to
every county agent in the state and
will be published through the col
lege press.
If you have good cotton seed for
sale advise Mr. Rice at once, as this
information must be in the hands of
President Soule by early in' Decern
ber.
SMALL FIRE MONDAY
1 The fire department was called
out Monday morning to extinguish a
small blaze at.Mr. F. S. Etheridge’s.
A small storage building in the back
yard caught from burning grass, but
the fire was put out by the depart
ment before much damage had been
done.
DR. FOOTE NEW
JACKSON PASTOR
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Rev. Olin King Goes to
Forsyth Church
CONFERENCE IS OVER
Flovilla And Jenkinsburg
Get New Pastors—The
Same Presiding Elder in
Griffin District
It is a matter of regret not only
to the Methodist congregation but to
the people of the entire town that
Rev. Olin King, who has served so
ably and efficiently as pastor of the
Jackson church for the past two
years, was not returned for another
year. He was transferred to For
syth. This action of the conference
was somewhat of a surprise, as it
had been generally supposed that
Mr. King would come back to Jack
son for another year.
The new pastor of the Jackson
Methodist church is Rev. W. R.
Foote. He comes from Washington,
Ga., and is said to be one of the
ablest preachers in the North Geor
gia conference. The people of the
city will join in welcoming Rev. Mr.
Foote to this city.
The 1917 session of the confer
ence goes to LaGrange. After the
appointments were read Monday af
ternoon the conference adjourned.
The following are the appointments
for the Griffin district:
Presiding elder, W. L. Pierce;
Barnesville, Frank Quillien; Cullo
den and Yatesville, George Tumlin;
Fayetteville, A. B. Sanders; Flo
villa circuit, J. J. Copeland; For
syth station, Olin King; Forsyth cir
cuit, R. P. Tatum; Griffin, first
church, W. P. King; Hanleiter Me
morial, R. J. McElreath; Third
church and Kincaid, G. W. Hamil
ton; Griffin circuit, Nath Thompson;
Hampton, W. 0. McMullan; Inman,
J. S. Hill; Jackson, W. R. Foote;
Jenkinsburg, J. R. Jones; Locust
Grove, H. L. Bird; Milner, C. A.
Norman; McDonough and Turners,
J. T. Robbins; The Rock circuit,
L. E. Wright; Thomaston, R. M.
Dixon; Thomaston circuit, J. R. Tur
ner; Zebulon, E. P. Eubanks; dis
trict commissioner of education, W.
P. King.
BOLL WELVIL NOW IN
109 GEORGIA OQUNIIES
According to State Entomologist
E. Lee Worsham the boll weevil is
now to be found in 109 Georgia
counties out of a totol of 152. On
the western part of the state the
weevil is in every county from the
Florida line north to Floyd county,
and extends across the state to
Chatham county on the Atlantic
coast.
A number of meetings are being
held in different parts of the state
in an effort to get the people ready
for the pest. It is the belief of Mr.
Worsham and other experts that the
farmers of Georgia will have a se
rious problem to face next year with
the boll weevil scattered over prac
tically the entire state.
WEATHER FORECAST
For the Week Beginning Sunday,
November, 26, 1916
Washington, D. C., November 25,
1916—For the South Atlantic and
East Gulf States: Fair weather will
prevail during the week except that
rains are probable about Thursday.
The temperature wili be much high
er during the first half of the week
and considerably colder the latter
part, probably after Thursday.
BOWIE.
SAYS BOLL WEEVIL
IS ALL OVER COUNTY
Editor Progress-Argus:
I am sending you for publication
the official figures on cotton ginning
in Butts county as announced by
U. S. Census Office:
There was ginned in Butts coun
ty prior to Nov. 14, 989(5 bales as
compared withl 0,041 bales to same
date last year.
There can be no doubt about the
boll weevil being here. We find them
on my place imbedded in the late
cotton bolls, and in all stages, the
egg, the lava, the pupa, and the
adult, fully grown with his long
bill, etc.
We just as well get ready for him
by making a living at home.
S. K. SMITH.
MR. J. S. HAM
DIES SUDDENLY
VICTIM HEART TROUBLE
Sitting Before Fire When
Stricken, Friday
Coming as a surprise to his many
friends was the death of Mr. J. S.
Ham, which occurred at his home
near Jenkinsburg Friday afternoon
at 3 o’clock. Though he had been
ill for some time, he was much im
proved in health and was sitting be
fore the fire writing when seized by
a sudden attack of heart trouble.
He expired in a short time and be
fore medical assistance could be
summoned.
Mr. Ham, who was 60 years of
age, was one of Butts county’s best
known and most successful citizens.
He was widely known over the coun
ty and was a good substantial citi
zen and was held in high esteem. Mr.
Ham was a member of the Cedar
Rock Congregational Methodist
church.
The surviving relatives are his
wife, who was a Miss Watkins be
fore her marriage, two daughters,
Mrs. Marvin Ridgeway and Miss Lu
cile Ham; one son, Porter Ham; one
sister, Mrs. Coleman, of Monroe
county.
The funeral was held from the
Jackson Methodist church Saturday
afternoon at 2 o’clock, the services
being conducted by his pastor, Rev.
Mr. Harper. The pallbearers were
Messrs. W. R. Minter, J. M. Gaston,
W. J. Bunn, A. L. Maddox, T. E.
Williams and J. J. McKibben. Inter
ment was in the City Cemetery.
TAYLOR BUTTRILL SMITH
BITTEN BY DOG FRIDAY
Taylor Buttrill, the fourteen-year
old son of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Smith,
of Jackson, is now taking the Pas
teur treatment as the result of hav
ing been bitten by a dog declared by
officials of the state board of health
to have been affected with rabies.
Young Smith was bitten Friday
night by a Collie dog belonging to
Mr. W. G. Morrison. At the time but
little attention was given to the in
cident, but when the dog died Satur
day night it was decided to send the
head to Atlanta for examination.
Officials of the state board of health
declared that the dog showed un
mistakable signs of hydrophobia.
When this fact became known the
lad was carried to Atlanta and given
treatment. The serum was ordered
and is being administered by a local
physician. The full treatment will
be given and it is the sincere wish
of all friends of the family that the
injections will be successful and that
no unfavorable symptoms will de
velop.
Jackson Arams Established 1073 j
Butts County Progress Established 1882 ♦
LIEUT. SETTLE
WITH REGULARS
Deserved Promotion For
Jackson Boy
NOW IN 23RD INFANTRY
Lieut. Settle Transferred
From Georgia National
Guard to Regular Arriy
—Promotion Was Rapid
Friends here of Lieut. Smith Set
tle will be delighted to learn of the
promotion that has come to him in
the national guard, he having re
cently been transferred from Com
pany A Second Georgia infantry to
the Twenty-Third regiment of regu
lars. This is a distinction that has
come to but few of the Georgia boys
since going to the border, and is all
the more appreciated by Lieut. Set
tle and his hosts of friends.
Lieut. Settle has been in the na
tional guard only a few months. He
was made second lieutenant in the
Jackson Rifles and when the order
for mobilization came went to Camp
Harris with the local militia. His
rise in militury honors has been
rapid and is a source of gratification
to all who know him. That he is des
tined for still further promotion in
the regular army is the confident be
lief of his friends.
A graduate of Emory college,
Lieut. Settle is a young man of
splendid education and fine charac
ter. He likes army life, and has paid
strict attention to duty and when an
opening occurred he *was chosen for
promotion. In the regulars Lieut.
Settle will obttain much valuable
training in a military way. It is un
derstood he can remain in the regu
lar army after the troops return
from the border, though it is not
known if he will decide to do this.
Lieut. Settle is the second son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Settle, of Jack
son, and has a wide circle of friends
throughout the county who will
watch with interest his rise in mili
tary circles.
MUCH BOOZE
WAS DESTROYED
City’s Supply Poured in
Sewer Tuesday
ALDERMEN FINISH WORK
Confiscated Whiskey Ac
cumulated During Raids
Put Out of Way—Sever
al Gallons Involved
There was something else running
in the gutters Tuesday besides the
rain.
Alderman S. O. Ham of the First
Ward and Alderman R. P. Sasnett of
the Fourth Ward emptied all the
confiscated whiskey at police head
quarters, some several gallons in
all, into the sewer. During the year a
number of raids had been made and
there was liquor of every color, odor
and description, and in almost every
sort of receptacle, jugs, bottles, dem
ijohns, quarts, pints and half pints.
Some of the liquor is said to have
had a kick like a mule, and the odor
could be detected for several blocks.
The fact that the liquor was to be
destroyed was not widely heralded,
but there will be deep gobs of sor
row in Darktown when the fact be
comes known.
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Consolidated July 9. 1919