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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 Cross 'II . Jr ! \ mM \ A i\\vk \ 1 m . ..... y.-bJ SCHOOL WILL CLOSE FRIDAY Hod. M. L. Brittain Will 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. Jackson Argus Established 18731 Butts County Progress Established 18821 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