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Vol 44—No. 49 MISS PARISH RAPS SCHOOL BUILDINGS Declares Some Modern Structures Needed VISITS LOCAL SCHOOLS State Supervisor of Educa tion Favors Teaching Domestic Science in All The Schools of State Miss Celeste Parish, State Super visor of Education, doesn’t like the school buildings in Butts county and she doesn’t hesitate to say so. Miss Parish spent Monday, Tues day and Wednesday of last week here inspecting the schools. Together with Superintendent Hugh Mallet Miss Parish visited the following schools: Oak Grove, Delta Grove, Beulah, Sandy Plains, Cedar Rock, where the Curry’s Chapel school met the visitors Worthville, Oak Hill, Iren Springs, Union Ridge, Flovilla. Union Ridge, Flovilla. Miss Parish declared that the Oak Hill school building was the only creditable one in the county, and that all the other school buildings in the country are a disgrace to the county and twenty-five years behind the times. She was emphatic and out spoken in her declaration that Butts county needs some modern school buildings. What she had to say along that line will probably create con siderable interest. The majority of the school build ings, said Miss Parish, need new floors and work cn the interior to make them weather proof and sani tary. Another thing that Miss Parish stressed during her visit was the fact that Butts county should have a - tacher of Domestic Science. This branch should be taught in all the schools, she declared. Miss Parish said in her opinion it would be a good idea to combine the canning club work with the Domestic Science work and have one teacher to look after both these subjects. Though the weather was unfavor able during the most of the time she was here, a total of eleven schools were visited and considerable inter est was manifested in Miss Parish s talks. Miss Parish was formerly a mem ber of the faculty of the State Nor mal School at Athens and is regard ed as one of the brainiest women in the South. What she says is listened to with interest, and her efforts for better school buildings in Butts county may have a wholesome effect. TWO PARCELS LAND SOLD HERE TUESDAY But two pieces of real estate were sold here Tuesday, claims having been filed in the other property ad vertised. As usual public sales day attracted a considerable crowd to town, and the bidding was followed with interest. Mrs. Amanda McDaniel sold 101 4 acres of the J. S. McDaniel estate lands, under an order of court, the property being knocked off to Mr. J. L. Bailey for $4,500. This is consid ered a fair price for this land, which is close to town and he& Mr. Davis Kinard sold 47 acres in Towaliga district. This tract was bid in by Mr. J. L. Bailey for $-8 per acre. In addition' to the sale of real es tate some live stock were put on the block, though the bidding was rather slow. GEORGIA, DECEMBER 8, 1916 registration books to CLOSE NEXT MONDAY The registration books for the city primary will close next Monday at 4 o’clock p. in. The registration up to Tuesday momng was only 111. The normal registration is between 250 and 300. The fact that the entries close next Friday, will probably stimulate registration considerably the latter part of this week. The Allies have promised Russia Constantinople as her share of the spoils. Looks like a case of first catching the rabbit. MAYOR MOORE SEEKS RE-ELECTION All Old Officals Allow Use of Their Names FIRST ANNOUNCEMENTS Following Adoption of Primary Regulations the Political Pot Begins to Simmer in Jackson Following the meeting of the ex ecutive committee Friday night when rules and regulations for the city primary, and the date, was fixed the first announcements of the cam paign were made Saturday. Mayor Moore and the present board of ald dermen, school trustees and mem bers of the executive committee have authorized the use of their names for re-election as follows: To the secretary of the executive committee of the city of Jackson: We hereby authorize you to place our names on the ticket for the white primary called by the executive com mittee for Dec. 20, for the following offices of said city, For Mayor, J. T. Moore. Alderman for Ist Ward, S. O. Ham. Alderman for 2nd Ward, A. T. Buttrill. Alderman for 3rd Ward, J. B. Set tles. For Alderman 4th Ward, R. P. Sasnett. For Chairman of the School Trus tees, J. H. Carmichael. School Trustee from Ist Ward, S. H. Thornton. School Trustee from 2nd Ward, T. H. Buttrill. School Trustee from 3rd Ward, B. F. Watkins. School Trustee from 4th Ward, J. T. Fletcher. For Chairman of the Executive Committee, H. L. Daughtry. Executive Committeeman from Ist Ward, H. 0. Ball. Executive Committeeman from 2nd Ward, T. A. Nutt. Executive Committeeman from 3rd Ward, S. P. Nichols. Executive Committeeman from 4th Ward, C. M. Compton. WHY NOT “A COUNTY LI BRARY?” Guilford County, N. C., has seta good example of town and country co-operation. The county commis sioners there and the authorities of the city of Greensboro are co-opera ting to make the Greensboro library a county library instead of a city library The commissioners have ap propriated $1,250 a year to help support the library on condition that all white residents of the county have epual privileges in getting ar.u using books on call, and that six li brary sub-stations be established six postoffices in the county. Fifty volumes are sent to each postoffice for one month and then anew 10, o, fifty is sent. Of course the six sub stations are so situated that near.y everybody in the county u now in reach of the world’s best literature. The Progressive Farmer. CITY PRIMARY COMES DEC. 20 Nominations Will Be Made By Ward Vote - ASSESSMENTS ARE LEVIED Committee Met on Friday Night and Formulated Rules Governing Annu al Primary Election The city primary will be held Wednesday, Dec. 20. That date was selected at a meeting of the execu tive committee Friday night. Members of the council and school trustees and members of the execu tive committe will be nominated by the vote of the respective wards. The mayor, chairman of school trus tees and chairman of the executive committee will be elected by the town at large. The following rules and regula tions were adopted by the com mittee : Pursuant to a call of the chair man, the Executive Committee of the City of Jackson met Dec. 1, 1916, and adopted the following res olutions: 1. That a white primary election be held in said city on Dec. 20, 1916, at the place of holding elections for Mayor and Councilmen in said city, for the purpose of nominating a mayor and four councilmen to serve said city for the year 1917, and a school trustee and a member of the executive committee for the said city, from the city at large and one school trustee and one member of the executive committee for each of the respective wards in said city, to succeed those -whose terms expire in January, 1917. 2. That each person who desires to become a candidate in said pri mary for election for mayor shall register his name with the secretary of this committee on or before Dec 15, and pay to the secretary of this committee $5.00 and each person who desires to be a candidate for councilman shall pay to the secre tary $3.00 and register his name on or before the 15 day of Dec. 1916. Said assessment is made to defray the expense of said primary elec tion. 3. That a school trustee, and a member of the executive committee shall be nominated to serve from the city at large for the year 1917 in the same manner as the mayor and one from each ward in said city to succeed those whose terms expire in January, 1917. 4. That all male white persons who have registered with the clerk of said city and qualified themselves to vote in the January election for mayor and councilmen shaJl be enti tled to vote in said primary election. 5. That said primary shall be held and managed under the same rules and regulations governing the gen eral election for mayor and council in said city, except that the polls shall open at 8:30 a. m. and close at 4 p. m. 6. That the managers of said elec tion shall make a consolidated re turn of the results of said primary election and return the same to this committee on the following day by 12 o’clock, noon, when the result shall be declared and published and the nominees declared by said com mittee. 7. That mayor and council of said city are hereby requested to furnish to the managers of said primary election a list of qualified voters from the registration books of said city. 8. That the names of all candi dates for mayor, councilmen, school trustees and executive committee shall be placed on the official ticket to be prepared and printed by the said executive committee and ail candidates for mayor, one school trustee and a member of the exeeu- BOARD OF EDUCATION HELD MEETING TUESDAY The regular monthly meeting of the Butts county Board of Educa tion was held here Tuesday, with a full attendance of the members, ex cept Mr. VV. F. Huddleston. Several matters were considered, among them being the new school book law, the compulsory education law and the law providing that only school houses can be used for school pur poses. This change in the law forbids the use of churches for school pur poses. No definite action was taken on any of these matters, it was given out. J. P. ELECTION QUIET AFFAIR Some Districts Did Not Open Polls SMALL VOTE WAS CAST Judge McMichael Winner in Jackson —Only Four Votes Polled in Iron Springs District. The election for Justices of the Peace and Bailiffs Saturday did not create much interest locally, only one or two districts putting out more than one set of candidates. The fol lowing were elected, according to the returns received Monday: Worthville, L. L. Washington 43; G. E. Buckalew 7. Goody, B. F. Cooper 47; A. W. Seymour 30. Indian Sprngs, W. W. Preston 21; R.i J. Preston 17. Dublin, W. O. Moore 22. Iron Springs, W. M. Andrews 4. Jackson, J. A. McMichael 43. The polls were not opened in But trill and Towaliga districts, accord ing to returns. The following* Bailiffs were elect ed : Jackson, 0. B. Knowles, W. F. Thomas. Goody, W. F. Flynt, G. W. Brooks. India# Springs, A. M. Hattaway, Mr. Gardner. WEATHER FORECAST For the Week Beginning Sunday, December, 3, 1916 Washington, D. C. Dec. 2 -For the South Atlantic and East Gulf States: The weather will be generally fair except that local rains are probable Wednesday or Thursday. The tem peratures will remain moderate un til Friday or Saturday, when colder weather willoverspread these dis tricts. , BOWIE. tive committee, from the city at large, shall be elected by the quali fied voters of the City of Jackson and the candidate receiving the larg est number of votes cast in the en tire city shall be declared the nomi nee; and candidates for councilmen, school trustees and executive com mittee shall be elected by the quali fied voters of the respective wards and the candidate receiving the largest number of votes cast in his ward shall be declared the nominee. !). That the chairman of the com mitteee shall appoint the managers of the said primary election so as to have each set of candidates repre sented in the management of the said primary election. 10. That all announcements for mayor and councilmen must be made voluntarily and over the signature of the person announcing. Any can didate for any office guilty of using: any undue methods for the purpose ; of controlling votes shall be stricken from the list wherever such facts are made known to the committee. H. L. DAUGHTRY, Chr. S. P. NICHOLS. Sec. Jackson Arcus Established 1873 ( Hints County I’rocress Kstablishcd 1882 ' BUTTS CARRIERS INDORSEROADLAW Want Part of the Federal Appropriation ELECT THEIR OFFICERS Ask County Commission er J. O. Gaston to Co s in Securing Gov ernment Road Funds The Butts County Rural Letter Carriers Association met here Thanksgiving and re-organized, the following officers being elected: President, 11. B. Whittaker, of Jen kinsburg; secretary, R. L. Grant, of Jackson. The following resolution regard ing good roads work was passed at the meeting: Whereas, The national congress has appropriated a large sum of mon ey to be expended in conjunction with those states that comply with all requirements, upon the public roads thereof used as post roads; and Whereas, Georgia has met all re quirements and is now in position to share in this appropriation; and Whereas, The opinion is prevalent in some quarters that these funds are to be expended upon the main or trunk roads of the state so that motor cars can travel faster and far ther; and Whereas, The author of the fed eral aid act, Senator Bankhead, of Alabama, has made it clear, by let ter, that the purpose of the act was to aid in constructing post roads, his letter reading thus: “It was the in tention of those supporting the fed eral aid law that it should be used to aid in the construction of post roads. I do not understand that this appro priation was made for the purpose of constructing automobile high ways;” and Whereas, A majority of the pub lic road mileage of our county, Butts, is now being used for post roads; Be\ it Resolved, That we, the Butts County Rural Letter Carriers Association, urge our Commissioner of Roads and Revenues, the lion. Joseph O. Gaston, to guard diligent ly our interests in this matter and take steps at once to place our coun ty in position to share in this appro priation and expend same upon those roads now traversed by rural routes, and that our patrons lend any co operation required to share in this appropriation as those primarily ben efited. FARMERS’ UNION HOLDS ELECTION Officers elected by the Farmers’ Union of Butts county, which met in regular session here Friday, in luded: President, J. M. Gaston. Vice president, S. H. Mays. Secretary, J. D. Jones. Chaplain, W. J. McClendon. Business Manager, W. J. Garr. Assistant business manager, J. M. Gaston. Doorkeeper, W. H. Singley. Assistant doorkeeper, W. B. Kirn bell. Conductor, A. K. Mills. Assistant conductor, L. R. Dods9n. The next meeting will b. held at 10 o’clock the first Friday i.i Jan uary and all farmers and those in terested in the work of the organiza tion are invited to attend. Consolidated July 9, 1915