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THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS
Vol 46—No. 21
$1,766.21 Raised in One Day for Red Cross
BUTTS COUNTY MAKES
RESPONSE TO APPEAL
Well Over $2,000 Quota to Be
Raised Before The Drive Stops
Displaying a lofty spirit of patriot
ism and loyalty and fired with the de
termination to do even more than is
asked of them, citizens of Butts coun
ty raised in one day’s drive Tuesday
a total of $1,766.21 on the quota of
$2,000 assessed Butts county for the
second Red Cross War Relief. This is
exclusive of Indian Springs, which is
pledged to raise SIOO, and Flovilla
and Dublin district, which have
agreed to raise $250. With these
pledges in hand the county will be
well over the top.
The campaign was well planned and
as brilantly executed. Individual
teams showed interest and enthusiasm
and the people of every district in
the county responded readily and
willingly to the noble appeal of the
Red Cross. But for this fine spirit of
harmony and co-operation—a willing
ness to serve and sacrifice—the excel
lent showing never could have been
made. It was in reality a whirlwind
campaign.
Work will not stop until the quota
has been well passed. Committees in
the various districts have the names
of every tax payer and the names will
be carefully checked, and all those
who were not seen Tuesday will be
called on later to give their part. In
this way jt is thought a considerable
amount \fri§iyet be added to the cash
and pledges already in hand.
The colored citizens will stage their
drive Sunday, with a big rally at
their church. Several prominent
speakers, including Chairman W. O.
Ham, will be pesent, and it is be
lieved the colored people, who are
showing much interest in the work of
the Red Coss, will raise a Considerable
sum.
In proportion Pepperton outdis
tanced all communities in the county.
The committees there reported a total
of $230.95, with more yet to come.
Many of the citizens there willingly
and cheerfully gave a day’s work to
the great Red Cross cause.
Flovilla and Indian Springs will
finish their work and hand in reports
during the week.
The following amounts have been
reported by the several districts:
Buttrill district $ 122.95
Coody district 128.45
Iron Springs district 126.85
Jackson (city) 789.40
Jackson (district) 159.40
Pepperton 230.95
Towaliga district 125.25
Worthville district 95.96
MR. W. J. BANKSTON
FOR COMMISSIONER
Well Known Jenkinsburg Business
Man Announces for Place
An announcement of interest in po
litical circles is that of Mr. W. J.
Bankston, of Jenkinsburg, for Coun
ty Commissioner. He has had the
matter under consideration for sev
eral days and finally yielded to the
solicitation of many supporters and
entered the race Tuesday.
Than Mr. Bankston there is no bet
ter known citizen in the county. He
is held in high esteem by the people
of his own community, where he has
served in many capacities of useful
ness, and is favorably known over
the county. He is president of the
board of education of the Jenkinsburg
public schools and is a public spirited
citizen and high toned gentleman.
While he has never entered politics
before, Mr. Bankston states that he
has received many assurances of sup
port, and if elected he promises to
give the people a faithful administra
tion of the public business.
THE BOND TOTAL
WAS $4,170,019,650
Seventeen Million People
Take Part
SETS A WORLD RECORD
THIRD ISSUE WAS EVEN MORE
SUCCESSFUL THAN HOPED
FOR—ATLANTA DISTRICT
RANKS FOURTH IN COUNTRY
Washington, May 17.—The total
of the third Liberty Loan is $4,170,-
019,650, an oversubscription of 39
per cent above the three billion min
imum sought. The number of sub
scribers was about 17,000,000. Every
federal reserve district oversubscrib
ed, the Minneapolis distict going to
172 per .cent, the highest, and the
New York district to 124 per cent,
the lowest. The Atlnnta district was
fourth in per cent of quota subscribed,
having raised $136,653,350, or 151
per cent.
“This is the most successful loan
the United States has offered, both in
number of subscribers and in the
amount realized,” Secretary McAdoo
announced. “Every subscription was
made with full knowledge that allot
ment in full was to be expected, un
like the first loan, when allotments
were limited to $2,000,000,000 and
the second loan, when allotments were
limited to one-half the oversubscrip
tions.
“I congratulate the country on this
wondeful result, which is irrefutable
evidence of the strenghth, patriotism
and determination of the American
people.”
Red Cross Drive May 20-27
FARMERS CONFIDENT
OF FINAL VICTORY
J. H. Mills Gives Out Statement Af
ter Return From Trip
Atlanta, May 23.—‘Returning from
Washington, D. C., the committee
delegated by the Georgia Farmers’
convention, which met in Atlanta on
May 1, reports successful and satisfac
tory results in connection with its
mission in opposition to any congres
soinal action fixing the price of cot
ton.
gia Farmers’ Union, and a member of
J. H. Mills, president of the Geor
the committee which was delegated
•'or this mission, upon his return to
Atlanta, made this statement:
“Our trip was successfu lfrom ev
ery standpoint. We held conferences
in conjunction with E. A. Calvin, the
Cotton States Official Advisory Mar
keting Board, which is composed of
Farmers’ Union presidents, commis
sioners of agriculture and Market
bureau directors of the cotton states.
We vent over every phase of the.sit
uation and feel that close attention is
being given to the interest of the
Georgia farmer by all our delegation
in congress m conjunction with our
marketing board, which is maintain
ing an office in Washington for sta
tistical purposes.”
Red Cross Drive Mey 20-27
JACKSON, GEORGIA, MAY 24, 1918
STRONG ADDRESS
BY MR. BRITTAIN
A Class of Twenty-Eight
Awarded Diplomas
SPRING TERM NOW OVER
SUCCESSFUL YEAR IN PUBLIC
SCHOOLS AND LARGE GRADU
ATING CLASS RECEIVE CER
TIFICATES
Featured by a strong address by
Hon. M. L. Brittain, state superinten
dent of schools, the spring term of
the Jackson public schools closed
Friday evening. Mr. Brittain’s address
had to do with education and educa
tional problems and was a splendid
appeal to the boys and girls to meas
ure up to their full responsibility in
the tasks now facing them.
Promotion cards were issued Fri
day, following a week of examina
tions, to all entitled to receive them.
Friday morning the interesting class
day exercises were held in the audi
torium.
The graduating exercises Friday
were short, though interesting. They
consisted of the invocation by Rev.
S. R. England, pastor of the Method
ist church, the address of Mr. Brittain
and the delivery of diplomas by
Prof. Martin.
The following constituted the roll
of the senior class:
Doris Kinard, Laura Kate McMich
ael, Emma Allen, Larue Barnes, Mil
dred Wilson, Kate Lyons, Miriam
Sams, Hazel Bankston, Mary Moore,
Annadawn Watson, Elizabeth Bell,
Bertha Lemon, Tommie Kate Holi
field, Anna Rosa Wright, Sarah Beau
champ, Gladys Andrews, Laura Al
len, Winifred O’Neal, Anderson Pitt
mann, Joseph Buchanan, Fielder
Jones, Lewis Moore, J. R. Carmichael,
Marion Thomas, Pliny Weaver, Fred
Maddox, Sidney Jackson, Louie
Thompson.
Red Cross Drive May 20-27
AIRPLANES CARRY MAIL
FOR THE UNITED STATES
Jackson Man Receives One of First
Letters Mailed
Washington, May 15.—Aerial mail
service in the United States today be
came an accomplshed fact.
Piloted by army aviators, airplanes
carried consignments of mail from
New York and Philadelphia to Wash
ington and from Philadelphia to New
York. A plane which started from the
capital for Philadelphia in the pres
ence of President Wilson and other
high government officials was forced
tp land at Waldorf, Md., 30 miles
away, because of a broken propeller.
The first batch of letters carried by
aerial mail contained circulars from
Rear Admiral Robert E. Berry, presi
dent of the Aerial League of America,
to the members. Mr. W. E. Mrcek, a
member of the Aerial League, receiv
ed one of these letters Friday. It was
mailed Wednesday. The rate of pos
tage for aerial mail is 24 cants, for
delivery anywhere in the Unite I
States. The letter was carried f.om
New York to Washington by aerial
mail and from Washington re’avc I fy
ackson thrcu-jh re rular Uni ed Stat •
mail service.
The letter constitutes quite a sou
venir and is highly prized by Mr.
Merck.
Red Cross Drive May 20-27
The Red Cross is doing a great
work that no other organization does.
Where the battle rages the thickest,
where death, woe, suffering, misery
and pain are found there’s where
the Red Cross comes to the rescue.
Come across liberally.
JUNE FIFTH IS
REGISTRATION DAY
Men Becoming 21 Since
Last Year to Qualify
THOUSANDS ARE LIABLE
NEARLY A MILLION MEN WILL
BE QUALIFIED FOR MILITARY
SERVICE UNDER LAW JUST
ENACTED BY CONGRESS
Men who have become 21 years of
age since the last registration, June
5, 1917, will be required to register
on Wednesday, June 5, 1918. This
will qualify for military service some
700,000 young Americans, it is esti
mated.
The original registration was held
on June 5, last when all men between
the ages of 21 and 31 were required
to register under the selective sei*vicc
draft. Between nine and ten million
men registered at that time.
The present law, just passed by
congress, provides that all men who
have become 21 since the last regis
tration be required to present them
selves and register for military duty
on June 5, next.
It is likely that Butts county will
have approximately 100 men who
have become of age since last June
nd will be required to register under
the conscription law.
Judge J. H. Ham, chairman of the
Butts county exemption board, has re
ceived the following telegram from
Major Joel Mallet, in charge of the
selective law in Georgia:
“The act providing for the registra
tion of men who have become twenty
one years of age since June fifth last
has been passed by congress and proc
lamation by President will be issued
shortly, naming June fifth as a day
for registration. Give widest public
ity through newspapers that June
fifth, 1918, is the day when all men
who have become twenty-one years
of age since last registration day must
register. Kindly rush all preparations
since they must be completed by May
25 and a report of readiness must be
wired by that date.”
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR HOLD AN
NUAL MEETING IN SAVANNAH
Next Meeting Will Be Held In Atlanta
Next May
At the meeting of the grand com
mandery of Georgia, Knights Tem
plar, held in Savannah last week,
Fred W. Clarke, of Savannah, was
e’ecled grand commander for the
next year. Atlanta was chosen as the
next meeting place. The report of
he finance committee showed that the
'’T-ind commandery has assets of $24,-
000. Liberty Bonds to the amount of
$5,000 have been bought by the in
vestemnt committee, while donations
have been made to the Red Cross and
other war work, SI,OOO being given to
'he Maritfnic home in Macon and SSOO
was voted for the Scottish Rite home
for crippled children in Atlanta.
The following are the officers elect
ed:
Grand commander, Fred W. Clarke,
Savannah; deputy grand commander,
E. K. Farmer, Fitzgerald; grand gen
eralissimo, A. C. Atkins, Cordele;
grand captain general, Dr. J. C.
Watts, Rome; grand senior warden,
T. D. Ridley, Dalton; grand prelate,
Rev. Guyton Fisher, Quitman; grand
treasurer, M. A. Weir, Macon; grand
recorder, Chas. S. Wood, Savannah;
grand standard bearer, H. S. Jones,
Millidgeville; grand warder, Perry L.
Blackshear, Atlanta.
Your contribution to the Red Cross,
whether large or small, will be appre
ciated. It is not so much the amount
that counts, but the spirit shown.
Red Croi Drive Mey 20-27
Jackson Argus Established 1873 (
Butts County Progress Established 1882 .
SATURDAY LAST
DAY TO PAY FEES
Candidates Must Qualify
by That Date
POLITICS WARMING UP
ALL CANDIDATES RUNNING IN
PRIMARY OF JUNE 4 MUST
PAY ASSESSMSNTS BY SATUR
DAY OF PRESENT WEEK
With Saturday, May 25 named as
last day in which candidates may an
nounce and pay their fees for the pri
mary of June 4, politics has taken on
new inteest during the last few days.
Up to the first of the week there
were five candidates in the field, Mr.
Mr. J. O. Gaston and Mr. W. J. Banks
ton for county commissioner, and Col.
J. T. Moore, Hon. C. A. Towles and
Dr. R. W. Mays for representative.
All of the candidates who have an
nounced for representative to date
except Dr. Mays, who has announced
for the primary of September 11, will
run in the primary of June 4. What
effect this announcement will have
on the race remains to be seen.
Assessments, according to the rules
adopted by the executive committee,
must be paid by 12 o’clock Saturday,
May 25. The assessment for county
commissioner is $75, and for repre
sentative SSO each, with the provision
that all funds remaining after the ex
penses of the primary are paid will be
refunded prorata among the several
contestants.
BUTTS COUNTY FURNISHED
NO MEN IN LATEST CALLS
Butts county was not required to
furnish any men under the calls of
May 20, 24 and 29. A number of
counties in the state, among which
Butts is included, have already fur
nished their full quota of men from
class 1, while other counties have not,
and it is to even the percentage of
men from each county that certain
counties in the state will have to fur
nish a majority of men under the
three May calls.
Offical announcement of the next
call has not been given.
NOTICE OF LOCAL BILLS
NOW BEING PUBLISHED
In accordance with a card previous
ly published outlining his intentions,
Dr. R. W. Mays, representative from
Butts county, gives official notice
this week that he will introduce two
local bills at the approaching session
of the legislature. One of these bills
will be an act to abolish the office
of county commissioner, created in
1910, and the other will be an act to
create a board of three county com
missioners.
As is the case with all legislation
affecting county affairs, this proposed
legislation will be followed with in
terest by citizens of the county.
EQUIPMENT AND CAPACITY OF
NATION’S HOSPITALS LISTED
Information regarding the hospitals
of the United States, in process of
compilation since 1916, is now colla
ted and indexed in the medical sec
tion of the Council of Defense. A
central bureau of information con
cerning the hospital facilities of the
country, under war conditions, is
thus provided. The data will be kept
up to date from month to month.
This bureau has not only the details
of over 1,000 active hospitals, but is
also gathering full data concerning
nearly 8,000 other institutions, which
include sanatoria, infirmaries, homes,
asylums and dispensaries.
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Consollda.wo July 9, 1915