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THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGDS
V01|46— No. 8
GEORGIA MUST
JtED HER PEOPLE
JwtiDg in Macon Will
■fciscuss Situation
Hsnor ISSUES CALL
WILL BE HELD IN MA
’jMJ NEXT WEDNESDAY AND
KmERS AND BUSINESS MEN
■GED TO ATTEND
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 21.—1 t is impe
•ftrajlP that Georgia shall grow food,
still more food, during 1918.
iwEeriousness of the situation which
heeded now, if the state is
l§|||Loid a possibly distressing food
was so strongly shown at a
Ijgjßference just held here, that Com
|||Moner J. J. Brown, as chairman of
council on food production
conservation, and Dr. A. M.
He, federal food administrator for
■Hgia, have called a meeting to be
in the city auditorium in Macon,
atl o’clock a. m., Wednesday, Febru
|lk27th, to deal with the subject. w
M|cvemor Dorsey, who is chairman
■Bhe state council of defense, will
over this meeting and make
■ opening address. The call is ad
■jfesed to the “Farmers, Bankers
Business Men of Georgia,” and
Hb-yone who can do so is strongly
to attend, because it is antici-
Hed that this will be one of the
important m eetings ever held
history of the staate. Governor
Bsey has issued a special call to all
Hnty councils of defense to be pres-
Bins meeting proposes to deal with
in question of the world's food sup
fl and the steps that should he tak
■ so far as Georgia is concerned, to
a possible food shortage. *
Hit is not alone a qustion af Geor
fll's doing her part in helping to feed
|Berican and allied troops, but of
jßviding sufficient food and feed
IBducts for her own people and ani*
MBs, because it is more than likely
■t it will be impossible to obtain
from othe rsources.
fj. addition to the acreage hereto
flße devoted to food production,
has many idle acres which
be turned to good account in
solution of this all-impoortant
pß>lem, provided plans for securing
can be devised.
Bhe food problem, the biggest one
■ before Georgia as well as the rest
country, will be dealt with in
■of its important details; and it is
Bed that every man who can lend
Bi small assistance in the solution
oßt will make it a point to attend
|H meetng.
gtfMEKS’ UNION HAS
1 ELECTION SATURDAY
H S. H. Mays Heads Organization
For Ensuing Year
■he Butts county Farmers' Union
■ in Jackson Saturday and formal
*>r&amzed for the years’ work.
Hcs were made by Messrs. J. M.
■ton, J. H. Blackwell, J. H. Mills
■S. H. Mays. The need of greater
and the importance of
down the cotton acreage and
more food crops was stressed.
Blackwell made a timely appeal
to make this the greatest
PUf in the history of of the club
Bphe next meeting will be held at
Saturday afternoon, April
M&o lowng are the offcers named for
■current year: President, S. H.
v ire President, S. J. Smith;
, and treasurer, J. D. Jones;
Ba;n, J. M. Gaston; conductor, L.
assistant conductor, L. E.
fWfeal; doorkeeper, G. L. Higgins;
■htant conductor, R. C. Thomas;
■smess agent, J. M. Gaston.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, FEBRUARY 22, 1918
MR. A. M. WATKINS
MAY BE CANDIDATE
Prominent Citizen Urged to Run For
Representative
Mr. A. M. Watkins, former county
commissioner and prominent and well
known citizen, is regarded as a prob
able candidate for representative in
the primary this year. Numbers of
friends have been urging him to enter
the race and he is said to have the
matter under consideration and will
make known his decision at the prop
er time.
Mr. Watkins is a large farmer and
man of affairs. He is widely known
and generally well liked and would
be a serious factor should he decide
to offer for the place. He is in close
touch with the needs of the people
and could be depended upon to rep
resent the county with zeal and fidel
ity. Mr. Watkins is held in high esteem
by people everywhere and would have
the support of a large body of voters
in case he finally decides to make the
race.
NEGRO LYNCHED
FORSTEALINGBABY
Fayette County Citizens
Avenge Kidnapping
HUSBANDInIhE ARMY
AFTER KIDNAPPING MOB FORM
ED AND BLACK WAS STRUNG
UP—BABY WAS RECOVERED
IN BRIARPATCH, UNINJURED
Fayetteville, Ga., Feb. 18.—“ Bud”
Cosby, a negro was lynched last night
by a mob of Fayette county citizens
after h 6 had attempted to rob the
home of Mrs. Barney Mcllwaney, in
the west part of the county, near Ab
erdeen, and had kidnaped her 2-year
-1 old baby, according to reports re
ceived here late tonight. The child
iwas found by members of the mob
yesterday morning in a briar patch
uninjured, the reports said, and re
stored to its mother.
Mrs. Mcllwaney, her mother-in-law,
Mrs. Reese Mcllwaney, and the baby
were alone in the home Saturday
night when Cosby is alleged to have
intruded. Mrs. Mcllwaney’s husband
recently was drafted into the army
and is located at Camp Wheeler.
Cosby, after finding no money, drove
the women away from the house and
seized the child and escaped.
A mob formed Sunday morning
soon after reports were sent out of
the attempted robbery and kidnaping
of the baby. After an hour’s search
the child was found in a briar patch,
about a mile fro mits home.
The mob continued the search for
Cosby all day Sunday, finding him
last night at the home of another ne
gro, near Aberdeen. According to in
formation received here, the negro
was carried to the b riar patch where
the child was found and hanged to the
limb of a tree. The mob then dispersed
Sleriff Gerlrn, of Fayette countv,
and the courty coroner, who left her*
early today for the scene of th lyn
ching, returned to Fayetteville to
night. The sheriff said he hi! been
unable so far to apprehend *r / *f
the members of the mob.
A large harvest of natural ice is be
ing strongly urged. The Food Admin
istration states that assurance can not
be given that there will be a sufficient
supply of ammonia for the manufac
ure of the customary amount of arti
ficial ice next summer.
j
But 2,001 men have been exempted
on the ground of “moral deficiency.”
This phrase was defined by the Pres
idents regulation to include persons
convicted and sentenced for felony in
any court of record. |
BLALOCK WOULD
FORCE FOOD CROPS
Advocates Acre Grain For
Eacb Acre Cotton
THINKS STEP NECESSARY
SUGGESTION HAS BEEN TAKEN
UP WITH STATE AND FEDERAL
DEPARTMENTS WOULD IN
SURE PLENTY OF FOOD
All southern farmers this spring
will be required by Uncle Sam to till
their fields on a fifty-fifty basis, that
is, growing an acre of food crop for
every acre of cotton grown. If a
movement started by A. O. Blalock,
collector of internal revenue, receives
thh endorsement of the national food
administration.
Mr. Blalock has received the hearty
support of Dr. A. M. Soule, federal
food administrator for Georgia, and
Dr. Soule has promised to present
the plan at a meeting of the state
food adminisrators to be held in
Washington the first of next week,
urging that it be indorsed and that
whatever steps may be necessary to
make it effective be taken.
The collector has been working on
this idea for several days, and has dis
cussed it either personally or by let
ter wtih prominent citizens and far
ers of all parts of the state, and he
says it has met with unanimous ap
prooval.
Georgia to Fall Short
Explaining his plan, Mr. Blalock
said: “Unless something of this sort
is done Georgia is in danger of fall
ing far short of meeting the demands
to be made upon it this year for
foodstuff. Cotton being high, as it is,
the temptation to plant heavily in
that crop is likely to prove g reater
than the farmer can resist, and the
result will be a disastrous food short
age unless something is done to keep
the cotton acreage down and increase
the production of food crops.
“I have thught a great deal on this
matter, and I have reached the con
clusion that no one would suffer
but on the other hand that every
body would profit by a federal meas
ure compelling every farmer to grow
at least one acre of food crops for ev
ery acre that he plants in cotton.
That would help in two ways: first it
would make certain that the South
'would produce sufficient food for its
own needs with probably considerabe
for export, and second, it would serve
to keep the cotton production down
to a point in volume that would in
sure maintenance of highest profits
and prices to the growers.
No Word in Opposition
“I talked this matter over with va
rious farmers and business men and
sounded out sentiment in all parts of
J the state, either by letter or verbally,
| and I have yet to hear the first word
|in opposition to it, either from the
| farmer or anybody else. All that is
needed I believe to make the plan ef
fective is to impress the people of the
1 cotton states with the real serious
jness of the food situation that con
i fronts our country and the other na
tions at war against the Hun; then I
have no doubt that the farmers with
out exception will fall into line, co-op
erating with their help and by this
means win the war.
“I had the matter up with Dr. Soule
today over the long distance tele
phone and he heartily endorsed the
plan, and he said that he would pre- \
sent it at the meeting of the food ad- (
ministration in Washington and do all
he could to bring about it adoption.”,
It is the opinion of the United
States Food Administration that the
gross maximum profit for wholesalers
in flour should not exceed from 50 to
75 cents per barrel. The profit to re
tail dealers in originahmill packages
should not exceed ffom 80 cents to
$1.20 per barrel, depending upon the
character of service performed.
Where retailers sell in amounts less
than the original mill packages, the
gross profit shoul dnot exceed 1 cent
a pound.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE
0. E. SMITH MENTIONED
Former Deputy Sheriff Suggested For
The Lower House
A name frequently heard in con
nection with the approaching primary
for representative is that of Mr. O. E.
Smith. For several years Mr. Smith
has been regarded as a likely candi
date, though he has always given his
support to some other candidate, but
this year he may be induced to enter
the race. Mr. Smith is a man particu
larly well known to the people of the
county, having served as deputy sher
iff for several years under Sheriff L.
M. Crawford.
He is well informed on all impor
tant matters, being a close student of
affairs and has always shown an ac
tive interest in politics. Mr. Smith
belongs to a family prominent in the
annals of Butts county. His father,
Hon. Wilson Smith, represented the
county in the lower house, as did also
his grandfather, Hon. Sam Smith.
He is a progressive, wide-awake citi
zen and should he decide to make the
race he would have the support of
many friends in all parts of the coun
ty.
SHERIFF AND SON
FATALLY WOUNDED
Killing Occurred Saturday
at Thomaston
POLICE CHIIF ARRESTED
TROUBLE STARTED WHEN EF
FORT WAS MADE TO ARREST
SON OF SHERIFF HOWELI
AFFAIR CREATES SENSATION
Thomaston, Ga., Feb. 17. —Lloyd
Howell was killed almost instantly
and his father, Sheriff C. L. Howell,
of Upson county, died at 9:20 o’clock
tonight as the result of pistol bullotl
wounds received Satuday night in a
fight with policemen of Thomaston.
Lloyd Howell was creating a disturb
ance on the streets and and linking.
Night Marshal J. J. Moore attempted
to quiet him, and Howell shoved
Moore through a big plate glass win
dow of the store of Jones-Adams-
Johnson Cos. He was finally disarmed
and Chief of Police J. W. McDaniel,
Night Marshal Moore and others were
attempting to get him home when his
father, Sheriff Howell, appeared on
the scene and interferred, with the
result that the sheriff received a mor
tal wound, the son dying in about 40
minutes.
Owing to the prominence of all the
parties involved the shooting has cre
ated a great local sensation.
Chief of Police McDaniel, who was
alleged to have fired the shots that
caused the death of Sheriff Howell
and his son, was arrested by Coroner
Ingram and taken to the Bibb county
jail.
Sheriff Charles Howell, of Up3on
county, was an uncle of Mr. A. A.
Howell, of Jackson, who came here
several months ago to engage in bus
iness. The family is one of the most
prominent in that portion of the
state. Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Howell at
tended the funeral of their kinsmen,
which was held Tuesday.
DEATHS JN BRITISH FORCES
ESTIMATED AT BUT 7 PER CENT
Now that American troops are tak
ing their places in the trenches, atten
tion is again directed to an estimate
by the Secretary of War, that the loss
es up to June 1, 1917, of the British
expeditionary forces from deaths in
action and from wounds amounted to
but 7 per cent of the total of all men
sent to France since the beginning
of the war.
The ratio of losses of this character
today, because 4)f improved tactics, is
less than 7 to every 100 men.
Jackson Argus Established 1873 {
Butts County Progress Established 1882 <
INCOME TAX MAN
NOW IN JACKSON
Ready to Assist People
With Returns
OFFICE IN COURT HOUSE
MR. M. M. BORCHARDT HERE TO
HELP PEOPLE IN MAKING OUT
RETURNS—WILL REMAIN HERE
THROUGH FEBRUARY 28
Citizens of Butts county and sur*
rounding community are being afford
ed an opportunity to make their in
come tax returns through Mr. M. M.
Borchardt, a representative of the
Internal Revenue Department, who
will be in Jackson through February
28.
Mr. Borchardt arrived in Jackson
Monday and has offices in the grand
jury room of the county court house.
He may be seen any time between
the hours of 8 a. m. and 4 p. m., and
will be glad to render any assistance
in his power to all persons subject to
file an income tax return. Already a
number of persons have called and
secured blanks and secured informa
tion necessary to the proper filling
out of the blanks. Any point not cleau
to an individual will be explained by
Mr. Borchardt, who will also assist
in filling out the blanks.
Single persons with incomes in ex
cess of SI,OOO, and married persona
having an income of $2,000 and over,
are subject to pay an income tax.
There are exemptions of S2OO fot
each child under 18 years of age in
the case of married persons.
The returns must be made before
the first day of April, and the tax
must be paid on or before June 1.
Butts county, , f it is expected, will
make a good showing in the matter
of income tax returns. It has been es
timated there are four hundred per
sons in this county subject to pay the
tax.
While Mr. Borchardt is in the city
it is a good idea for all persons inter
ested to call and have the matter ex
planed by one w ho is thoroughly
competent and qualified to settle all
points at doubt. This may save em
barrassment later.
Unless the farmers of the South
show a determination to reduce the
cotton acreage and increase food pro
duction, the government will no doubt
fix the price of cotton or require an
acre of food crops for every acre of
cotton planted.
According to a statement by the
manager of the Emergency Fleet
Uorporation, the Shipping Board now
has 716 shipways, of which 312 are
for wooden ships and 404 for steel
construction. The program calls tot
the construction in 1918 of eight
times the tonnage delivered in 1916,
at a cost of more than $1,000,000,000
OKLAHOMA FARMERS
FEED WHEAT TO HOGS
Say Wheat la Not Profitable at The
Present Price*
Washington, Feb. 16.?'Stock rais
ers in Oklahoma are feeding wheat
to hogs on account of a shortage of
corn, the senate agricultural commit
tee was told today by John A. Simp
son, of Weatherford, Okla., who said
that wheat at $3 a bushel should be
provided to give the Oklahoma farm
ers full protection. The corn crop in
most sections of Oklahoma was a fail
ure, he said.
Price fixing has discouraged farm
ers, he said. The reason given by far
mers for feeding wheat to hogs was
that they could not haul a load of
wheat to market and for the money
obtained for it bring back a load of
corn.
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Consolidated July 9. 1915