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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 l 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 i 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. „ „ IQM Consolidated July 9. 1919