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THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS Wo\ 46-No. 25 iOWARD-SMITH ISPOKE SATURDAY ■ote-Wianing Address by I Atlanta Congressman Barge crowd was out ■fsiTORS CORDIALLY GREETED W BY BUTTS VOTERS-MR. SMITH LAUDS RECORD OF W. J. HAR RIS—SAYS WAR SERIOUS Citizens of Butts county were reated to two political speeches Sat urday afternoon, when Hon. William Ichley Howard spoke in the interest f his candidacy for the United States enate, and Hon. John R. L. Smith, f Macon, appeared in behalf of Hon. J. Harris’ campaign for United tates senator. Though the two speak rs appeared the same afternoon it ras not a joint debate. Mr. Smith ar anged the date for Saturday at 11 . m., but later changed the time to 3 . m. Mr. Howard later made an en ;agement for Saturday afternoon at t o’clock. Mr. Howard by agreement spoke irst, being presented to the audience ,y Hon. C. L. Redman. A crowd that jomfortably filled the superior court ■oom was present to hear the speech 's. The speakers were given a re spectful and attentive hearing and ioth made a fine impresion, frequent ipplause puncturing their remarks. Was Urged to Run Mr. Howard said he did not an lounce for the senate until it appear 'd certain that a strong man was leeded to insure the defeat of Tom Hardwick. More than 2,800 letters urging him to run were received, he stated. He reviewed his own record of 18 years of public service, and de clared he had always stood by the President and the country. The speaker paid his complments to his opponents, particularly Harris and Hardviick. He declared he would deal with H. H. Dean later and after the two joint debates scheduled have been completed he said he thought Dean would have no more appetite for joint discussions. Harris, the speaker charged, has no record to entitle him to the nomina tion. He said that Harris has done nothing but follow in the shadow of President Wilson, and was running on the strength of the appointments he made while a member of the federal trade commission and census enumer ator. He challenged Harris to pro duce proof that President Wilson had advised him to run or had promised him his support. IWaht Hardwick Defeated Tom Hardwick, on account of his disloyal stand, should be defeated, the speaker declared. Though he himself knight go down in defeat on Septem ber 11, he pleaded with the voters to also take the political life of Tom Hardwick at the same time. Mr. Howard is a most entertaining speaker and he wion votes by his visit to Butts county. Mr. Smith Speaks Hon. W. E. Watkins introduced Hon. John R. L. Smith, of Macon, formerly of Butts county. In begin ning his address Mr. Smith declared he had never been in politics and was only appearing nowi because of the grave situation in Europe. The war situation is grave, he said, and it is a time when all loyal, patriotic Geor gians should eliminate politics and renter on a clean, able man for the nited States senate. On account of ls past record and the confidence of resident Wilson, cabinet members and other national leaders, W. J. Har ns was the most suitable man for the place > said Mr. Smith. 1* Significant h r - Smith declared it is significant t r t men °f the type of Judge An- J. Cobb, former congressman M. Howard, Judge Whipple, John • Bennett, and other prominent e °rgians, are taking the stump for ' • Harris. In reviewing the record 1 Harris the speaker pointed out res i accom Phshed worth while .** ’ n every capacity he has serv : taal be io a elean, pUCOcoofu! bUS COUNTY TO GET $1,405.78 FROM AUTO TA6 ROAD FUND GEORGIA HAS 80,110 MILES OF ROAD AND A TOTAL OF $225,- 000 WILL BE DISTRIBUTED AMONG 152 COUNTIES The apportionment of the state raod fund, a total of $225,226.55, de rived from the automobile tag re ceipts and covering a total road mile age of 80,110, was completed by Sec retary of State Strange Monday. Under the apportionment Butts county will receive $1,405.78. Other counties of the sixth district will receive the following amounts: Bibb, $984.01; Clayton, $1,028.99; Crawford, $975.57; Fayette, 1,- 065.54; Henry, $2,389.74; Jasper, $1,481.63; Jones, $1,204.52; Monroe. $3,514.32; Pike, $1,790.90; Spald ing, $1,827.44; Upson, $1,405.73. BOLL WEEVIL ON A BUTTS FARM Insect Found Said to Be Genuine Weevil FIRST SCARE OF SEASON J. O. PRESTON OF IRON SPRINGS DISTRICT BRINGS IN FIRST BOLL WEEVIL—EXTENT OF DAMAGE YET UNKNOWN A boll weevil, the first to be re ported in the county this season, so far as known, was brought in by Mr. J. 0. Preston, of Iron Springs district Saturday. That it is a real genuine Mexican boll weevil Mr. Preston is convinced, as he has seen the bugs in Texas. Farm Agent J. H. Blackwell also declared it was a sure enough boll weevil. The pest was found by Mr. Preston while plowing in hs cotton, the bug being in the bud of the plant, where it first appears, waiting the develop ment of the squares. Mr. Preston stated that he would pick his crop within a few days and make every ef fort to get off all the weevils. The dry weather of this spring has been an unfavorable time for weevils. They thrive best in wet weather, it is said. To what extent the boll weevil will be afactor here this season remains to be seen. In South Georia reports state that cotton knee high is being plowed up and the land planted to other crops, as the weevil has appear ed in large numbers and the cotton is being stripped of all foliage. LOCUST GROVE INSTITUTE ADOPTS MILITARY TRAINING Same Faculty Elected for Another Year by Trustee* At the recent annual meeting of the board of trustees of Locust Grove Institute it was voted to adopt mili tary training, and hereafter, begin ning with the fall term, this will be a regular department of the school. The same faculty was Te-elected for an other year. Miss Lucy Pace, a Jack son girl, is teacher of expressio nand domestic science in Locust Grove In stitute. iness man and would make a safe and sane senator, and would be m har mony with the administration. Grave CrUi* No effort was made to conceal the fact that the sieuation facing the country is a most serious one, and people should be concemel about the safety of the country, declared Mr Smith Absolute unity, team work and co-operation and sacrifices on the part of the whole people are needed to win the war. He said it is not • time to play politics, but that every man should put his shoulder to the wheel to help bring about the defea of the mighty German war machine. Being a native of the county and o well and favorably known here Mn Smith was given a cordial reception u* Ilia luany fiienuo. JACKSON, GEORGIA, JUNE 21, 1918 DRIVE STARTS NEXT FRIDAY County Organized For War Savings Stamps MANY SPEAKERS COMING CITIZENS WILL GATHER IN SCHOOL CEN T E R S AND PLEDGE COUNTY’S QUOTA OF $284,000 IN ONE DAY On next Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock the citizens of Butts county will assemble in their respective school centers for the purpose of pledging the county quota of War Savings Stamps. The amount to be raised on that date is $284,000. To date the county has raised some SIO,OOO. County chairman R. P. Sasnett is now working out the details of the campaign. Vice chairmen appointed are W. R. Carmichael and W. H. Mal let, and Misses Lucilc Elder and Lois Biles. Directors of publicity are W. O. Ham and R. N. Etheridge. Each district will have two chair men, a dstrict and school district chairmen. Proclamatons have been is sued by the President, Governor and mayors calling upon citizens to as semble at 2 o’clock for the purpose of raising this money. The meetings will be addressed by representative citizens. A speaker from state head quarters will be sent to Jackson, the meeting to be hel din the court house. Speakers from Jackson will address the district gatherings. Each citizen will be called on to to sign one of two cards, a pledge card agreeing to raise a weekly or monthly installment or a refusal card, showing he does not propose to help in the campaign. Citizens absent from the meetings will be communicated with later by the district chairman. The amount subscribed can be paid in weekly or monthly installments during the remainder of the year. The per capita quota is S2O. The quotas by districts are: Butt rill a. $40,860 Coody 27,080 Dublin 18,740 Indian Springs 33,460 Iron Springs 31,940 Jackson 89,560 Towaliga 30,420 Worthville 27,620 District and school district chair men appointed, the district chairmen being given first, follows: Buttrill —H. C. Childs, Rev. C. C. Heard. Coody—W. M. Hammond, O. L. Weaver. Dublin—Frank Ogletree, Miss Ma bel Smith. Indian Springs—Dr. A. F. White, Miss Lula Dozier. Iron Springs—J. K. Sitton, Miss Fannie Myrt Biles. Jackson—J. P. Etheridge, W. P. Martin. Towaliga—Mr. an dMrs. W. F. Huddleston, G. C. McKibben. Worthville—J. O. Maddox, Mrs. I. M. Wilson. County Chairman R. P. Sasnett has addressed the following card to citi zens of the county: “The people of this county ar e ex pected to subscribe for and purchase during 1918 War Savings Stamps to the maturity value of $284,000. In order to distribute this allotment of War Savings Stamps equitably among the various parts of the county, a quota has been assigned each school district which will be stated at the opening of the meeting in each school house on June 28th. In order to raise the total amount from this county, it will be necessary that each district subscribe the amount allotted to it. This will not impose any burdens on any persons in the district if each per son does his duty, and the persons conducting the meetings in each district have been instructed to insist upon the total amount allotted to it being subscribed before the meetings are adjourned. “R. P. SASMETT, “War Savines Chairman for Butt3 County.” DR. PICKARD QUITS AS PRESIDENT OF MERCER FRICTION AMONG TEACHERS THE CAUSE—NEW PRESIDENT TO SELECT HIS OWN FACUL TY Following friction in the faculty, Dr. W. L. Pickard, president for the past four years of Mercer University, has resigned. The entire faculty has also resigned. The new president will select a faculty in harmony with his ideas and it is hoped that in the future this great Baptist institution will move along smoothly. It is announced that the trustees have voted to include military train ing as a part of the curriculum at Mercer. BAD WIND STORM STRIKES COUNTY Damage Done to Fences And Trees PEACH BELT HIT HARD DUST STORM WAS FIERCE WHILE IT RAGED SOME DAMAGE DONE TO LOCAL LIGHT PLANT Butts county was visited by one of the worst wind and sand storms in a number of years, Monday afternoon. The wind, which blew with the force of a gale, reaching a velocity of from 40 to 60 miles an hour, swept oceans of sand and dust before it and the elements were almost obscured with flying particles of dust. Some damage was done to trees and fences, a con siderable portion of fruit being blown from trees. Very little rain accom panied the storm. In the region of Fort Valley and other peach growing sections great damage was done to fruit. It s esti mated that from 20 to 50 per cent of the fruit crop was blown from the trees. Considerable damage was done to the electric light plant in Jackson and power was cut off for about two hours. A tree fell across the line be tween town and the power plant. Superintendent Merck worked till late at night getting all the circuits in working order. The clouds swept out of the north east and driven by a hard wind looked threatening for a while. Fortunately, however, the storm passed without doing any great damage. CLOTHING REPAIRS AT ARMY CAMPS SAVES NEW EQUIPMENT Through the operation of repair shops for clothing and other articles, a considerable saving in reissue of ne equipment has been made at army camps. One camp quartermaster esti mates that the issue of new clothing has decrased one-third, and of shoes 40 per cent. At a base repair shop for clothing an average of 2,881 garments were repaired daily during the first 18 days of May. In addition to the work done at base repair shops, many thousands of garments are repaired at camp shops, one shop being located at each large camp. During April nearly 170,000 pairs of shoes were repaired in army repair shops. At present practically all hat repairing is done by contract,the price varying from 50 to 90 cents per hat. This work is in charge of the Con servation and Reclamation Division of the Quartermaster Corps, which has been in operation only during the last four months. The 12-cylinder Liberty motor, ac cording to a tatement by the war de partment, weighsß2s pounds and de velops 450 horsepower, or a weight of 1.8 pounds per horsepower. The gaso line consumption is approximately 0.46 pound per horsepower per hour. Jackson Argus Established 1873 J Butts County Progress Established 1882 i ~ ... . . , , „ Consolidated July 9. 1915 ARMY OF 3,000,000 DURING AUGUST Proposed to Raise Age Limit 18 to 45 HEAVY DRAFTCALLSI9I9 BY FIRST OF AUGUST U. S. WILL HAVE 3,000,000 UNDER ARMS —AGE LIMIT MUST BE CHANG ED Washington, June 15.—Three mil loin Americans will be under arms by next August Ist, the senate military committee was told today by Provost Marshal General Crowder. Extension of the age limits in the army draft will be necessary, General Crowder said, if the present rate draft calls is contnued. He estimated that all the men in class one would be exhausted soon after next Jan uary Ist. General Crowder said that 1,347,- 000 of the 2,428,000 men in class one already have been called to the colors. He estimated that some four hnudred thousand additional men for the first class will be secured from the men who registered last June sth, and that another 200,000 would be added by the re-classification of men in the re examinat?o|n of tthe questionnaires now being made. Requisitions from the draft to com plete the 3,000,000 total by August Ist, General Crowder said, have been made. Of these 2,000,000 will be draft registrants and other volunteers adn national guardsmen. “Everybody thinks there will be heavy calls during the first six months of 1919,” was a significant statement made by General Crowder. General Crowder approved the general principles of the bill intro duced by Senator France, of Mary land, extending the registration ages to from 18 to 45 years, thereby pro viding additional men for military and industrial service. He did not, however, approve the age limits fixed in the bill.. After outlining the plans of the war department for additional calls, General Crowder said that at the present rate class one will be exhaust ed by the end of the present year. Unless the age limts are extended and another registration held, it will be necessary early next year to call men in clas two, and probably soon thereafter in class three. Final figures of classification of the first registration totalng 8,689,447 were given. The registrants were shown to have been divided as fol lows: Class one, 2,428,729. Class two, 509,666. •' Class three, 427,870. Class four, 3,483,326. Class five, 1,839,856. General Crowder submitted figures showing the progress of the draft this year. A total of 1,347,512 men, all from class one, will have been called by the end of July, divided by months as follows: January, 23,288; February, 83,779; March, 132,484; April, 174,377; May, 360,230; June, 283,354; July 290,000. FIRMS ARE PENALIZED FOR VIOLATION FOOD SAVING RULE Scores of firms throughout the Uni ted States have been penalized for violations of rules of the food admin istration. In some cases licenses to operate have been suspended; in oth ers, contributions to the Y. M. C. A., Red Cross and other organizations have been accepted in lieu of suspen sion of license. Among the more numerous viola tions are sales of flour without sub stitutes; refusal to accept foodsfuffs previously ordered; operating without licenses; excess sales of sugar; carry ing more than a normal 30 days’ sup ply of sugar; failure to use the prop er amount of flour substitute in bread making; and profiteering. Asa Candler is not a Candidate to succeed himself as mayor of Atlanta. Probably the people expected too much of the multi mi!!:entire.