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Vol —No. 18
liberty bop drive will close
SATURDAY WITS GOAL IN SIGHT
I With the close of the third Liberty
I Bond drive set for Saturday and with
I plenty work yet to do, the local com
■ m ittee is hopefu lthat Butts county’s
■quota of $161,800 will be raised in
The success of the campaign de-
BUids upcn the interest shown from
I now on.'
I At the first of the week some $106,-
1 000 had been raised. That left quite a
! sum yet to be taken, but all interested
j n the campaign set out with a deter
mination to get every dollar in sight.
The feature of the past week’s drive
vas the enthusiasm with which Flovil
la responded vvth a subscription of
825,000, doing more than her share
m-.d making the best showing of any,
community in the county. Jenkins-:
burg also responded with several ■
thousand dollars.
The colored citizens hr.ve ’ ecome
'sted in the Liberty loan to
ward the close of the campai; i. Fri-i
lowing- their mass meeting Monday |
night many substantial negroes have
bought bonds. According to theirj
wealth and means they are making a!
good show ing and will be a deciding j
factor when the final figures are tab-,
uhted.
Many citizens have increased their j
subscriptions. Others are going to
the banks and arranging to take,
bonds. Unfortunately still
have been utterly indifferent and will!
feel small when the campaign is over. ?
The last few weeks have witnessed
a remarkable change of feeling re
garding the vJiole war. More people
are now interested than ever before
and as news sifts in from the big bat
tle on the western front patriotic fer
vor increases and the darker the out
look the more determination must be
shown to back up the government to
the last notch.
For Butts county, which produced
crop values of between two and three
million dollars last year and which
has an automobile to every few citi
zens, to fail in this campaign would
be a disgrace that all patriotic, loyal
citizens would take to heart. To
raise every dollar assessed against the
county will be an honor worth striv
r>g for.
The time is short to save the situ
ation. If you have not subscribed get
your name on the roll of honor. No
citizen who is not absolutely a pauper
cannot afford not to buy a bond.
The following list of subscriptions
have been furnished for publication.
All names furnished too late for pub
lication will have a place on the roll
of honor next week.
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THE HONOR ROLL
J. W. Collins, B. L. Kinard, W. F.
Kinard, W. E Foster, Mrs. J. M. Gas
ton, W. A. White, Mrs. L. E. Ham
mond, J. D. Brownlee, T. H. Benton,
0. J. Martin, A. L. Moddlebrooks, S.
0. Ham, Mrs H. M. Fletcher, J. T.
Goodman, R. C. Thomas, Miss Mary
Sutton, J. E. Price, Jr., Mrs. J. S.
Cummings, J. S. Ham, J. M. Finley,
J. W. Fiynt, Mrs. M. E. Mallet, H.
L. Daughtry, J. Matt McMichael, A.
Freeman, Miss Lucy Pierce, R. Van
Deventer, J. S. Ball, L. R. Washing
ton, Miss Eva Compton, Dr. J. E.
Woods, W. L. Collins, Mrs. L. S.
Woodward, W. J. Chambers, W. J.
Bunn,Mrs. W. H. Dodson, J. M. Greer,
Mrs. Texas E. Cornel!, Mrs. Bert K.
Carmichael, Bert K. Carmichael, Jr.,
J- S. Johnson, S. H. Eiseman, Mrs. R.
A. Clark, J. W. McCord’s Estate, J.
E. Pye, City of Jackson, J. B. Settle,
F- C. Benson, Rosa F. and Marion
Bailey, Mrs. Alma M. Stephens, Elsie
K. Currie, Mrs. Bessie Bryans, Mrs.
W. H. Foster, W. C. T. U., J. A. Jar
rell, M. D., Rev. Wm. Jenkins, V. A.
Kimbell, J. O. Maddox, Thos. E. Wat
kins, Newton Hardware Cos., M. C.
Wright, L. B. Thompson, W. G. Mor
rison, Dr. R. W. Mays, A. H. S. Da
vis, Julia Buckner, W. C. Bond, J. R
O’Neal, W. M. Settle, Mrs. Carrie Du
rree Smith, Miss Minnie Greer, T.
W. Moore, O. M. Nolen, Euell Nolen,
VAST CALL TO BUY LIBERTY BONDS
1 JAUKMJN FRUtKESi-ARGUS
W. F. Malaier, Mrs. W. F. Malaier,
T. H. Nolen, Cornelius Gaston, O. A.
Pound, Mrs. M. J. Graves, Junior Or
der United American Mechanics, Mrs.
J. B. Harrison, Geo. H. White, David
Leach, Lewis Leach, W. E. Watkins,
Mrs. J. D. Jones, Joseph Doyle Jones,
H. C. Mcßride, Edna Copeland, Ar
thur Copeland, Ruby Conner, Laura
Opal Conner, First National Bank, J.
H. Carmichael, S. J. Carmichael, W.
A. Newton, J. B. Carmichael, Mrs. J.
B. Carmichael, Marion Carmichael,
C. T. Beauchamp, Joel B. Watkins,
R. B. Harkness, C. E. McMichael, Cuss
Moss, O. N. Brownlee, L P. McKibben,
J. H. McKibben, T. A. Nutt.
FLOVILLA LIST
Dr. A. F. White, F. M. Maddox, B.
A. Wright, R. V. Smith, Sr., E. L.
Lawson, F. S. Etheridge, M. L. Free
man, J. S. Edwards, Miss Lula Dozier,
W. B. Dozier, Mrs. S. M. Glover, J. W.
Mayfield, Clarence B. Waldrop, J. W.
Terrell, A. FI. Pope, Mrs. J. M. Thom
as, Mrs. F. C. Maddux, Mrs. Gus L.
Higgins, R. M. Mayfield, O. M. Duke,
,T. P. White, L. R. Dodson, T. J. Wal
dron, A. G. Preston, J A. Maddox, A.
B. Smith, W. A. Smith, R. B. Thomp
son, Howard Smith, E. B. Banks, T.
O. Linch, Robt. L. Arilen, Jr., Ilermon
Hardin, Sam Smith, T. J. Carson,
J. R. James, W. W. Preston, E. R.
Edwards, Dr. W. J. Waits, W. A. Wil
son, Mrs. W. A. Wilson, F. M. Law
son, Mrs. F. M. Lawson, C. D. Ingram,
R. H. Henderson, Miss Mildred Allen,
R. O. Ililley, Mrs. C. D. Ingram, Em
mett Torbett, Bank of Flovilla, Mrs.
J. M. Barnes, John W. Hay, Samuel
K. Smith, Mrs. John T. Gibson, Miss
Emma F. Waldrop R. B. Torbet, Ed
mond Hay, Bob Whitehead, Robt. V.
Smith, Wm. R. Lynch, W. H. Van
zandt, J. F. Mosely, O. S. Fogg, C. H.
Callahan.
WHITE BOYS OFF
BATTLE KAISER
Lucky "Thirteen” Sent to
Camp Gordon
GIVEN ROUSING SEND OFF
BOYS LEAVE IN HIGH SPIRITS—
FRIENDS GATHER TO BID
THEM FAREWELL —ALL EAGER
TO GET IN ACTION
A large number of people were at
the station Saturday morning to see
the thirteen white boys off to camp
and bid them good luck and a safe
return, after they have helped to
lick the kaiser. The boys left without
a murmur, and all were in high spir
its, taking the fortunes of the draft
with good grace. They reported. at
Camp Gordon during the day, having
been furnished meal tiskets and
transportaton to Camp Gordon.
There was but one change in the
personnel of the original thirteen se
lected. William E. Maddox was sent
in the place of John E. Maddox who
failed to reach Jackson in time. The
group v,as made up of the following:
Marvin Thomas, Dile Carliles, Hei
bert Hardy, Houghston Turner,
Floyd Moore, Troy B. Preston, Char
lie W Barnes, Warren Furlow, Tom
P Wingard, William E. Maddox, R.
Troupe Smith, Slaton J. Carmichael,
Albert W. Newton.
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MillionsTf estimated
by revenue officials, will be added to
the government funds in penalties as
a result of the ronud-up of income
tax delinquents by the Bureau of In
ternal Revenue.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, MAY 3, 1918
SOUTH’S HEROES
WERE HONORED
Memorial Day Patriotic
Occasion Id Jackson
EXERCISES AT SCHOOL
AT REQUEST OF ETERANS DIN
NER WAS OMITTED —DR. VAN
DEVENTER AND REV S. R. ENG
LAND CONDUCT EXERCISES
Memorial Day was observed in
Jackson with simple but sincere trib
utes of love and veneration for the
Confederate soldiers, dead and living,
last Friday. At 10 o’clock the veter-
ans formed on the court house yard
and were taken in automobiles to
the Jackson cemetery where school
children placed flowers on the graves
of those who have answered the last
muster.
At 11 o’clock the exercises \ ere
held in the public school uditorium.
Patriotic songs were sung by the au
dience and the exercises were con
ducted by Dr Robert VanDeventer
of the Baptist church, and Rev. S. R.
England of the Methodist church.
They paid a deserved tribute to the
valor and bravery of the Confeder
ate heroes and to the love and sacri
fice of the women of the South,
whose work at heme made possible
the brilliant exploits of the men in
the field. The speakers contrasted
the present war with that of the six
ties and showed that a reunited
country now faces the greatest ene
my of mankind with a high courage
and dauntless spirit.
Dinner was not served this year,
the veterans requesting that the food
be saved for the soldiers at the front.
The exercises were in charge of the
Larkin D. Watson chapter, Daugh
ters of the Confederacy
MR, JAMES W. BENSON IS
NEW CLERK COUNTY BOARO
Announcement is made that Mr.
James W. Benson, of Jenkinsburg,
has been appointed as clerk of the
County Commissioner to succeed the
late Mr . Joseph Jolly. Mr. Benson
assumed charge of the office on the
first of May. He will also act as
clerkto the board of Tax Equalizers,
it is said .
Mr. Benson is a well known busi
ness man of Jenkinsburg and will no
doubt discharge the duties of the of
fice in an efficient and creditable
manner. He is thoroughly qualified
to handle the work of the office and
his appointment is pleasing to his
large number of friends over the en-
tire county.
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REV. J. R. SASNETT WILL
LECTURE FOR THE U. D. C.
Seattle Pastor Will Speak at Audito
rium Friday Night, May 10
Rev. J. Randolph Sasnett, pastor of
Calvary Methodist church of Seattle,
Wash., will deliver a lecture at the
school auditorium on the evening of
Friday, May 10, under the auspices
of the U. D. C. chapter. The proceeds
will go tov. ird W r Relief Work. Mr.
Sasnett is an entertaining speaker
"nd he will no doubt be accorded a
iarge house, as the cause is a worthy
one.
FLOVILLA GOES "OVER TOP”
IN BUYING LIBERTY BONDS
Patriotic Meeting And Parade
Aroused Progressive Citizens
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
WILL MEET SATURDAY
Pursuant to a call of the chairman,
the Butts county Democratic Execu
tive Committee will meet in Jackson
at 10 o’clock Saturday morning, May
4. At that time the rules and date
of the county primary will be consid
ered. A full attendance of the mem
bers is requested in order that business
before the committee may be tran
sacted.
The call is as follows:
Members of the Butts county Dem
ocratic Executive Committee are
hereby notified that a meeting of the
committee will be held in Jackson at
10 o’clock a. m. Saturday, May 4, at
which time arrangements will be
made for holding the county primary,
fixing rules and a date for said pri
mary. Each committeeman is expect
ed to be present on that date.
J. M. CURRIE, Chairman.
COLORED CITIZENS
PLEDGE LOYALTY
Heard First Address on
liberty Ronds
MASS MEETING MONDAY
INTERESTED IN ADDRESS MADE
BY JACKSON BUSINESS MAN
—RECEPTION FOR COLORED
SELECTMEN
The farewell meeting and recep
tion held at the Jackson colored Meth
odist church Monday night for the
selectmen who left for Camp Gordon
Tuesday morning, was turned into a
patroitic meeting in interest of the
Liberty Bond campaign. Lieutenant
Miles was to have addressed the gath
ering, but returned to Macon at noon.
Mr. J. H. Carmichael, prominent
business man who recently returned
from an extended trip through the
East, was sent for and made a talk
to the colored citizens. He told them
of the issues at stake, the duty of the
colored as well as white citizens to
buy Liberty Bonds, eat com bread
and save the wheat for the soldiers
and assist the government in every
ocher manner possible. Mr. Carmich
ael’s address made a deep impression
on his hearers, being the first oppor
tunity the colored citizens of Butts
county have had of learning about
the bond issue and the real principles
involved in the war. He gave the
negroes a lot of information about
the war that they had not had pre
viously, and leaders of the race ex
pressed their gratitude to Mr. Car
michael for his help and assistance.
The meeting resulted in great good
and the colored citizens pledged them
-elves to buy bonds and back up the
government. Mr. Carmichael inform
ed the colored citizens that the First
National Bank, as well as the other
banks in the city, would sell them
bonds on liberal terms, and many
bonds have been sold as an outgrowth
of the meeting.
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The officers and crew of the German
submarine captured November 17 by
the L. S. S. Fanning, have beer
brought from England to the United
States.
Jackson Argrus Established
Butts County Progress Established 188. ■
izens.
The Y. M. C. A. is in charge of all
field activities in France. There are
no canteens, as in this country, all
this business being under the direc
tion of the Y. M. C. A. Recently
Butts county citizens contributed to
a fund to train men for the Y. M. C.
A. work at the Blue Ridge Training
School, near Ashville, N. C.
Men over 31 years old, and those
of exceptional educational ability are
desired for this service. The United
S.'.ates is nov< sending men to Europe
at a rapid rate and a large number of
Y. M. C. A. workers are needed to
look after the welfare of the troops.
Any person desiring to enlist in
this service may get in touch with Mr.
B. Settle, county chairman, and he
will turn the names over to the proper
authorities
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The total acreage of sugar cane in
the 24 sugar parishes of Louisiana in
1918, is estimated at 218,000 acres,
as compared with 293,000 in 1917
and 315,000 in 1909.
Julv 9 1915
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W r ith flying colors and amidst a
burst of enthusiasm Flovijla went
“over the top” with her quota of Lib
erty Bonds at a largely attended rally
and patriotic mass meeting Saturday
afternoon. Flovilla’s quota was $16,-
000, it wus stated, and atotal of
$25,000 was raised during the meet
ing
The meeting was the best display
of spirit yet seen in Butts county. A
crowd estimated at two thousand was
present. Before the speaking there
was a patriotic parade, and a brass
band from Gordon Institute, Barnes
ville, furnished music for the occa
sion.
The speakers were Hon. J. Q. No
len, of Atlanta, and Lieut. Miles, of
the Canadian army. How well these
speakers stirred the audience to a pa
triotic pitch is attested by the re
sponse of that progressive community.
When the subscription was opened
there was a rush of citizens to get
their names on the roll of honor.
Flovilla is leading the county in all
kinds of patriotic work. That commu
nity has bought more bonds, in pro
portion, than Jackson or any other
district in the county, and has sup
ported the Red Cross and Y. M. C. A.
work in a thoroughly patriotic man
ner. This display of progressive spir
it is a distinct credit to Flovilla and
her pubic spirited citizens and is
v.rthy of commendation.
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y. M. C. A. CALLS
FOR RECRUITS
Thousands Needed For
Duty in France
MUST BE OVER DRAFT AGE
ALL ARMY WORK IN FRANCE IS
UNER DIRECTION OF THE Y.
M. C. A.—RECRUITING OFFICER
VISITS JACKSON
Several thousand men, over the
draft age, are wanted for immediate
service in Y. M. C. A. work in France.
Mr. W. E. Heron, recruiting secretary
of the Y. M. C. A., was a visitor to
Jackson Monday in interest of secur
ing men for this service. While here
he conferred with county chairman,
J. B. Settle, and other prominent cit-