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THE JACKSON PROGRESS ARGUS
Vol 46—No. 20
Butts County Plans to Raise $2,000 For the
Red Cross in a Whirlwind Drive, Tuesday
BUSINESS HOUSES WILL CLOSE
TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR DRIVE
RED CROSS DRIVE
BEGINS MONDAY
United States Called on
For $100,000,000
BUTTS’ QUOTA IS $2,000
Planning to raise the quota of
$2,000 assessed against Butts county
in a whirlwind campaign, business
men of Jackson will close for a half
holiday next Tuesday afternoon and
will canvass all parts of the county in
a big drive for Red Cross funds.
County Chairman W. O. Ham call
ed several of the business men of the
town together Tuesday morning and
at the meeting plans for the Red Cross
Drive were formulated. A committee
was appointed to perfect plans for
the route to be taken next Tuesday.
On this committee with Chairman
Ham are Messrs. J. H. Carmichael, J.
B. Settle, R. N. Etheridge, S. 0. Ham,
E. L. Smith and R. P. Newton, the
latter being named treasurer of the
Red Cross war fund.
A publicity committee consisting of
Chairman Ham, Messrs. R. P. Sasnett,
R. J. Carmichael and J. D. Jones was
appointed to advertise the drive as
thoroughly as possible.
A meeting of the business men will
he held at 6 o’clock Monday after
noon at which time the special com
mittee will submit a report showing
the itinerary, the number of cars
that will make the rounds and all oth
er details necessary to a thorough
canvass of the county.
The ladies will play a prominent
part in the drive, a special organiza
tion having been perfeced, generals,
captains and lieutenants being named
ed from among the most active work
ers.
Much interest and enthusiasm has
been shown in the drive which opens
Monday and continues for a week.
Butts county citizens are determined
to raise the full $2,000 in one after
noon and to that end every patriotic
and loyal citizen in the county varll
center all his energy.
I The full list of co-operative com
mittees which will be appointed in
every district in the county, will be
named by the special committee hav
ing that matter in charge. Flovilla,
Indian Springs and Jenkinsburg have
auxiliaries of the Red Cross and all
these communities, as well as every
district in the county, will be expect
ed to lend whole hearted support to
the drive which begins Tuesday.
Remembering the recent success of
the Liberty Loan campaign, Butts
county citizens are pledged to “go
over the top” in whirlwind drive for
the Red Cross, and every dollar of the
$2,000 must be raised in one day.
The Red Cross chapter in Butts
county is nearly a year old, having
been organized last June. In the first
drive the campaign was for members,
and several hundred are enrolled as
members of the Butts county chap
ter and the auxiliaries. This campaign
is for funds to support the war work
of the Red Cross and is not a mem
bership campaign.
It should be easy to raise Butts
'bounty’s quota of $2,000. That is ap
proximately 15 cents per capita, an
amount so insignificant that the
county should should “go over the
top” with one whoop. Chairman Ham
has been busy for several days ap
pointing committees, conferring with
leading citizens and arranging the de
tails of the drive.
EMMETT SHAW
SPOKE SATURDAY
Candidate For Senate A
Prominent Visitor
HE WAS WELL RECEIVED
CANDIDATE OF “PLAIN PEOPLE’'
SPOKE TO BUTTS COUNTY VO
TERS SCORED HARDWICK
FOR DISLOYAL VOTE
In the interest of his candidacy for
the United States senate, Hon. Em
mett R. Shaw, of Fort Gaines, deliver
ed an address to the voters of Butts
county in the court house Saturday
afternoon at 4 o’clock. He was intro
duced by Hon. S. H. Mays, who serv
ed in the general assembly with him.
Mr. Shaw elaborated on his plat
form, which had previously been pub
lished in this paper. He made a strong
appeal for a loyal support of the gov
ernment, and said the war must be
won if it takes fifty billion dollars and
all the man power of the nation.
The speaker rapped his opponents,
paricularly Tom Hardvsick, who he
charged, was not loyal to the nation
in its supreme crisis. Hardwick is
just such a senator as the kaiser
wants, said Mr. Shaw, and nothing
would please Berlin more than to see
Hardwick remain in the senate, de
clared the speaker. He charged that
Hardwick has betrayed the people on
the parcel post, express and sugar
bills and that he had been the friend
and tool of the Wall Street interests.
The senate race is a race of “Bills,”
he said, naming Bill Hardwick, Bill
Harris and Bill Howard.
He said that W. J. Harris helped
nominate Hardwick at the Macon con
vention. He charged that Harris fool
ed the people on coal last fall and
winter, causing much suffering as a
consequence.
The speaker declared that Atlanta
is trying to hog all the big offices, in
cluding governor and two United
States senators.
He said the daily pres shad ignored
him, refusing to print his cards, and
that the daily papers had printed ev
erythig the other candidates had to
say.
After the var, he said, many grave
problems would confront the coun
try, including immigration, which he
sad he opposed.
He was given an attentive and re
spectful hearing. The court house
was comfortably filled, and Mr. Shaw’s
speech was well received.
THREE TEACHERS
ELECTED MONDAY
At a meeting of the Board of Ed
ucation Monday afternoon three
teachers were elected for the 1918-19
session thus completing the faculty.
Those elected were Prof. Alexan
der H. Stephens, of Palmetto, Ga., a
graduate of Emory and a teacher of
eighteen years experience. He has
also had training at the University of
Chicago and is highly recommended
as a progressive and efficient educa
tor. He has accepted the position it
was stated.
Miss Eunice Glausier, of Conyers,
was elected teacher of French and
History.
Miss Ruby Riley, of Mcßae, teach
er of the seventh grade.
Red Cross Drive May 20-27
JACKSON, GEORGIA, MAY 17, 1918
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Address Graduates
VERY SUCCESSFUL TERM
CLASS OF TWENTY-EIGHT WILL
RECEIVE DIPLOMAS PAST
YEAR HAS BEEN A MOST SAT
ISFACTORY ONE
After a year of hard work, success
ful results and satisfactory progress,
the Jackson public schools will close
for the Spring term Friday evening,
May 17.
This week is being given over to ex
aminations. These will be completed
by Friday, when promotion cards will
be issued to all entitled to receive
them. Pupils with the proper percent
age were not required to take the fi
nal tests.
In spite of the war which has crip
pled all schools more or less, the at
tendance of the Jackson schools has
been uniformly good. The out of
town patronage is the best yet record
ed, it is said. Both teachers and stu
dents have been interested in their
work and good results have been ac
complished.
A week is being clipped off the
spring term, due to the fact that the
schools started early in the fall and
FARMERS LINE UP
FOR COTTON FIGHT
Strong Protest Against
Fixing Price
DELEGATIONS ARE BUSY
J. H. MILLS AND OTHER PROMI
NENT LEADERS IN WASHING
TON TO FIGHT REGULATION
OF COTTON PRICE
Atlanta, May 16.—Hundreds of
letters have already been received by
the State Bureau of Markets to its
questionnaire, sent to every militia
district in Georgia, for the purpose of
securing a basis for accurately arriv
ing at the cost of producing cotton
in this state. Many others are yet to
come, but the response so far receiv
had a short vacation at Christmas.
The superintemdent and teachers
have already been elected for another
year.
The literary address will be deliver
ed by Hon. M. L. Brittain, State Su
perintendent of Schools. Diplomas
will be awaded a class of twenty-eight
—a splendid showing for Jackson—by
Supemtendent Martin. Previous to
the exercises Friday evening the stu
dents will hold their class day exer
cises at the auditorium Friday morn
ing.
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ed has been large and gratifying.
This information is being gathered
primarily for the use of the Washing
ton representative, E. A. Calvin, of
Texas, of the Cotton States Official
Advisory Marketing Board, and will
be used in the campaign which this
board is conducting looking to the de
feat of the Emerson bill, or of any
other effort to bring about congres
sional action fixing the price of cotton
While the information has not yet
bet) tabulated, it has been well sup
plied by the correspondents of the
State Bureau of Markets, and will
furnish a foundation for a valuable
report aB to the cost of cotton produc
tion in Georgia. The Bureau is very
grateful to its correspondents for the
prompt care and attention given to
its request.
Red Croa* Drive May 20-27
FINE SPECIMEN OF OATS
GROWN BY MR. JOHNSON
The finest specimen of oats shown
at this office during the year was
brought in Saturday by Mr. P. P.
Johnson, of Worthville. About three
months old, the sheaf measured more
than three feet. Mr. Johnson states
the oats are planted on very ordinary
land, and have no fertilizer except
nitrate of soda. He has four acres of
these oats, which are the Texas rust
proof, and hopes to harvest fifty bush
els to the acre.
Many fields of fine spring oats are
reported over the county, and evident
ly there will be a considerable crop in
spite of the winter freeze.
Red Croat Drive Mey 20-27
Consolidated July 9, 1915
Contributed by Jno. CasseL