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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. ro of ho 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. Buy Liberty Bonds 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. Buy Liberty Bonds 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. Buy Liberty Bond* 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 Buy Liberty Bonds 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 ‘ ‘ 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. Buy Liberty Bonds 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-