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THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS
Vol 46—No. 30
BIGGER WHEAT
CROP WANTED
Increased Production Is
Vitally Needed
APPEAL TO THE FARMERS
■Role country urged to
UP PRODUCTION TO
LIMIT —GEORGIA’S ACREAGE
GIVEN AT 449,000 ,
Washington, July 21.—A great lib
erty wheat harvest in 1919 was as
sured by farmers in a national grows
ing program issued today by Secre
tary Houston, after full consideration
of the increasing needs for this es
sential food at home and in the allied
nations.
Not less than 45,000,000 acres of
winter wheat is caled for in this
fall’s sowing and Secretary Houston
suggested that probably 47,500,000
acres could be sown if conditions are
especially favorable. The larger
acreage, it was pointed out, would
better meet the estimated needs of
the allied nations and the population
at home.
From the minimum acreage called
for, which is only about the average
of the five years, 1913-17, it is esti
mated 636,000,000 bushels of winter
wheat might be expected and from
the suggested larger acreage approx
imately 667,000,000 bushels could be
harvested. These production estimat
es are based upon an average yield
of 15.7 bushels an acre and an aban
donment of 10 per cent in the area
sown on account of winter kill.
Definite acreages, both minimum
and maximum, for eac hstate have
been worked out and a campaign will
be launched immediately by the de
partment of agriculture, state agri
cultural colleges and leading farmers
throughout the country to have the
farmers make good their quotas.
The minimum acreage suggested
for Georgia is 449,000, and the max
imum acreage 514,000.
WOULD HAVE SCHOOLS
OPEN NOVEMBER 1
Scarcity of Farm Labor to Be Met By
School Children
The suggestion has been made that
the opening of the fall terms of all
schools be postponed until November
in order to release school children to
help gather the crops. The sugges
tion was put forward by the Fitzger
ald Lfeader-Enterprise and has arous
ed much interest over the state.
From the present outlook there will
be a great scarcity of labor this fall.
Many men are being called to the
colors and still others will be drafted
before harvest season, which (will
make it difficult to save the p resent
crops. Many boys who made crops
are being called to the colors and can
not, of course, gather their harvest.
This week several statewide meet
ings are being held to grapple with
the labor situation.
Just how the suggestion as to the
schools will be received is not known.
Any step that interferes with the
work and efficiency of the schools
will not be tolerated, except as an
imperative necessity, and whether
such a necessity exists is a proposition
those in authority will have to settle.
JUDGE ORDERS LIQUOR
SENT TO ARMY CAMPS
Confiscated Booze Will Be Used
in Hospitals
Savannah, Ga., July 20.—Judge
Beverly D. Evans, of the United
States Court, has sent nine hundred
c ases of high-class liquors to differ
ent army encampments in the South
for hospital uses. One hundred cases
were sent to Camp Gordon, fifty to
Camp Hancock, and two hundred to
Camp Wheeler. This liquor was seiz
ed by the government because of il
legal transportation into Georgia
from Florida.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, JULSPp, 1918
TWO SHIPMENTS OF GOAL
RECEIVED BY DEALERS
Small Amount of Coal Comes in For
Winter Use
Two shipments of coal have re
cently been received in Jackson by
local dealers. One of these shipments
was consigned to Mallet & Nutt-Wat
kins & Settle, and was a good grade
of domestic coal.
The other shipment was consigned
to J. P. and R. N. Etheridge and was
run-of-the-mines. This coal was not
in demand for domestic consumption
and arrangements were made for one
of the industrial enterprises to use
it. Hereafter, these dealers state, no
more run-of-the-mines coal will be
accepted.
Other shipments of coal for domes
tic consumption are expected vathin
a short time, dealers state, the mines
having promised several cars during
the summer months.
And in the meantime the public is
assuming an attitude of “watchful
waiting.”
LOCAL MEASURE
STRIKES SNAG
Was Not Properly Posted
on Bulletin Board
BILL WITHDRAWN LATER
BILL TO CREATE BOARD OF
EIGHT COUNTY COMMISSION
ERS WITHDRAWN BY THE
AUTHOR, DR. MAYS
Holding that the notice of local
legislation had been insufficiently
advertised on the bulletin board in
the county court house, the committee
on County and County Matters re
fused to give a favorable report on
the bill of Representative R. W. Mays
to create a board of eight county
commissioners for Butts county. The
hearing was held in the capitol last
Thursday afternoon and a consider
able number of interested parties
went up for the hearing.
It was brought out at the hearing
that Representative Mays advertised
his notice of local legislation for three
weeks, under the caption “to create
a board of three commissioners” and
that later changed the notice to read
“three or more.” The last notice was
not changed on the bulletin board,
though changed in the press, and it
was on this point that the bill was
held up by the committee.
On Friday )Mr. Mays withdrew his
bill.
NAMES OF NEGRO MEN
WHO ENTRAIN JULY 31
The thirty-four colored registrants
who will be sent to Camp Gordon on
Wednesday, July 31 have been select
ed by the local board. This leaves two
men in the old class one classification.
The men, together with two alter
nates, who will entrain for Camp
Gordon next week are:
Asa McCoy, Charlie Clark, Walter
Clark, Willie Clark, John H. Rey
nolds, George Brownlee, Lucian
Greer, John C. Jordan, James Hark
ness, Charlie Head, Conoel Hicks, Ed
Stewart, George Butler, George Ur
sery, Bob Sanders, Grady Hogan,
Harry Goodrum, Jim Weaver, Wash
Calloway, Jene Bartlett, Kirby Smith,
Robert Duke, Porter Barnes, Charlie
Holland, John Goolsby, Berner John
son, Will Cash, Walter Locan, Clemie
Darden, Howard Hampton, Olin Sims,
Clayton Thurman, Jacks Johnson,
Henry A Pie, John Greene, John Hen
ry Brown, Joe Oscar Barber.
NEW SUPERINTENDENT OF
COTTON OIL COMPANY
Mr. G. C. Cagle, of Cordele, is the
new superintendent of the Southern
Cotton Oil Cos. He succeeds iMr.
Griffith who has been transferred to
Columbus.
MRS. J. J. MAPP
KILLED BY BULL
Enraged Beast Attacked
Her in Lot
TRAGEDY A GREAT SHOCK
PROMINENT MONROE COUNTY
LADY MANGLED BY SUPPOSED
PET—FUNERAL HELD AT PA
RON CHURCH TUESDAY A. M.
Attacked by a mad bull when she
went to the lot to turn the cows in
the pasture Sunday morning, Mrs. J.
J. Mapp, 52 years of age and one of
the most highly respected women of
Monroe county, died at her home near
High Falls Sunday night of the inju
ries received. The victim was horri
bly bruised and mangled and her
right arm was broken at the wrist.
Internal injuries were also sustained
and despite prompt medical attention
Mrs. Mapp passed away at midnight
Sunday.
The infuriated beast attacked Mrs.
Mapp in the lot, throwing her to the
ground and trampling the body. De
spite her wounds and pain she caught
a ring in the bull’s nose and held the
beast until members of the family
could come to her rescue. jMr. Mapp
was about 300 yards from the house
at the time and ran to her assistance
when he heard her screams. Her dau
ghters also ran to her rescue and
when assistance arrived the animal
w.as standing astride of the body.
Mrs. Mapp’s desperate fight with the
mad bull having prevented her almost
instant death.
The animal, a Holstein, had been
raised by Mrs. Mapp on a bottle from
a calf and was considered a pet. Re
cently it had shown signs of becom
ing vicious but Mrs Mapp did not
think the animal would harm her. It
had been dehorned, but the vicious
animal did terrible execution with its
head and feet, trampling the Chest al
most to a pulp.
The unfortunate tragedy cast a
gloom over the entire community.
Mrs. Mapp was one of the most
prominent women in Monroe county.
She w as highly respected by all who
knew her and was a member of the
Methodist church. Before her mar
riage she was a Miss Heard, of Mon
roe county. Her husband, Mr. J. J.
Mapp, is a leader in his community,
having served several terms as presi
dent of the Farmers’ Union of Butts
county.
Mrs. (Mapp is survived by her hus
band and five step-daughters, Mrs.
W. E. Proctor, Mrs. W. B. Garr, Mrs.
Frank Ham and Misses Ethel and
Ruby Mapp, all of Monroe county,
and one step-son, Otis Mapp, who is
a soldier at Camp Gordon. The fam
ily have the tender and heartfelt
sympathy of hosts of friends in their
great sorrow.
Funeral services were held at Pa
ron church in Montloe county Tuesday
morning at 11 o’clock.
HUNS ARE ALREADY
MULTIPLYING NUMBERS
Prisoner* State Americans Have Ar
my of 10,000,000 Men
i'
With the American Army on the
Aisne-Mame Front, July 22.—A
German prisoner captured by the
Americans today, formerly was a
baker in New York city and Leban
on, Pa. He was asked what the Ger
mans thought about the Americans.
Since Thursday, the prisoner said,
the Germans had concluded that the
announcement that a million Ameri
cans were in France, was false, and
rumors among the Germans on this
front are that there are 10,000,000
Americans in France.
Bastile Day, July 14, the French
Republic national holiday, v>as ob
served and celebrated this year on
land and sea by American land and
navy forces under special orders in
like maner is observed the American
TTruvnfV> nt Tiller
PEACH BRANDY AND
WOMAN CAUSES KILLIN6'
Sank Bailey Slain and Alleged As
sailants in Jail
As the result of a shooting affray
near Mr. J. L. Fletcher’s Thursday
night, Sanford Bailey, known as
“Sank” Bailey, is dead and Charlie
White and Walter Barron are held
in jail charged with the crime. All
of the participants are negroes.
The trouble is said to have started
over some peach brandy, a gambling
game and a woman—a combination
that usually leads to difficulties.
Bailey lingered after being shot until
Saturday morning when the wounds
proved fatal.
White and Barron, who are charg
ed with the crime, asked for a com
mitment trial during the week, and at
the trial more details in connection
with the shooting w.ill probably be
brought to light.
Paper thread is a Denmark war
substitute for use in binder twine.
CAMP MEETING
OPENS AUG. 8
Record Attendance Being
Expected This Year
ABLE LEADERS CHOSEN
COTTAGES ALREADY BEING OC
CUPIED —IMPROVEMENTS ARE
MADE TO BUILDINGC AND THE
GROUNDS—OPENS AUGUST 8
Active preparations are now being
made for the opening of the Indian
Springs Holiness camp meeting on
August 8. Many of the cottages are
already being occupied, and other
families will move in soon to remain
until after the close of the meeting.
Last year a considerable sum was vot
ed for improvements and the grounds
are being put in first class condition
for the reception of guests and vis
itors.
The leaders selected at the last
annual meeting include Rev. J. H.
Smith, of Los Angeles, Rev. Mr. Bab
cock, of lowa, and Rev. C. M. Dun
way, of Atlanta. The music will be
under the direction of Charlie Till
man, of Atlanta, and he will have a
large chorus composed of the best
talent to be obtained.
Rather than hindering, the war will
probably help the camp meeting.
Automobiles have increased tremen
dously in this section within the past
twelve months and all indications at
the present time points to the largest
attendance in the whole life of the
camp meeting. Butts county’s good
roads vaill be utilized to the fullest
extent and the number of persons
traveling by motor will be larger
than any heretofore seen.
YOUN6 REGISTRANTS TO
BE EXAMINED TUESOAY
Men Who Recently Registered to
Have Physical Test
Physical examination of the men
who registered on June 6 will be
commenced next Tuesday, notices
having been sent the registrants to
appear on that date. The selectmen
have already been classified, as was
announced in the last issue.
Upon the completion of the medi
ca lexamination and final classifica
tion they will soon be ready for ser
vice, and it is not unlikely thi t some
of them will be called to the colors in
the late summer or early fall.
THAXTON FAMILY REUNION
WILL BE HELD JULY 31
The annual reunion of the Thaxton
family will be held at Liberty church
on Wednesday, July 31. All mem
bers of the family are requested to at
tend and take the customary “well
filled baskets.” This occasion is al
viays one of much interest and pleas
ure to thye attending.
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WILL ENROLL
MEDICAL MEN
Scarcity of Doctors Felt
in The Army
143,000 INIMTED STATES
PHYSICIANS WILL BE GIVEN OP
PORTUNITY TO ENROLL VOL
UNTARILY—ARMY NEEDS A
LARGE NUMBER DOCTORS
—
That the United States is preparing
to enroll for military service all the
medical men in the country is shown
in the following dispatch from Wash
ington :
Washington, July 18.—The govern
ment is about to assume control of
the entire medical profession in the
United States to obtain sufficient doc
tors for the fast growing army, and
at the same time distribute those re
maining to the localities or services
where they are most needed for civil
ian work.
This mobilization Is to be accom
plished either by enrolling all doctors
in a volunteer service corps under
pledge to accept whatever service,
military or civilian, is assigned them
by the governing body of the corps,
or if the volunteer plan is not suc
cessful, by legislation providing for
drafting them into government ser
vice. Medical officers of the govern
ment believe compulsory conscrip
tion will not be necessary.
Of the 143,000 doctors in the Uni
ted States, it is estimated bewteen
80,000 and 95,000 are in active prac
tice, and 23,000, or about one-fourth,
are in the army and navy. Nearly
50,000 will be required eventually
for the army and navy. The active
practitioners remaining, together with
those who have retired but who can
oe c*isuaded to n*ume h>t*ve v rk.
must ry on health maintenance
w utK in this count;y.
MISS HUNNICUTT’S
DEATH IS DEPLORED
Athen* People Mourn Death of Late
Prof. Hunnicutt’s Daughter
Miss Emily Hunnicutt, whose sad
death occurred at her home in Atlan
ta on Tuesday, July 9th, has many
friends in Athens made during her
residence here when a young girl and
on frequent visits to relatives.
She w*as the daughter of the late
Prof. J. B. Hunnicutt, the first Presi
dent of the Georgia State College of
Agriculture and a niece of Dr. J. A.
Hunnicutt, Sr., of Athens.
Miss Hunnicutt was a graduate of
the Athens high school and of the
Georgia Normal and Industrial Col
lege at Milledgeville, and later took a
degree at Vanderbilt University. She
had been on the staff of the Southern
Cultivator in Atlanta for quite a
while.
Miss Hunnicutt was a most accom
plished and capable young lady and of
such a lovable nature that she err
deared herself to a host of friends
who are deeply grieved at her deaths..
A number of relatives left Athens
today for Atlanta where they will at
tend the funeral and be with the- rel
atives in their bereavement.—From
the Athens Herald, July 10, 1918.
Miss Hunnicutt was a sister of Mrs.
Elam F. Dempsey, and many Jackson
friends of the family sympathize with
them in their sorrow.
FARMERS’ UNION TO HAVE
SPEAKING DELTA GROVE
J. H. Mills and A. J. Fleming Will
Deliver Addresses
Hon. J. H. Mills and Andrew* J.
Fleming, president and secretar
treasurer, respectively, of the Far
mers’ Union will deliver addresses at
Delta Grove Saturday night, July 27,
at 8 o’clock. They will speak in in
terest of the Farmers’ Union and the
general public is invited to attend.
Matters of interest to the farmers
will be discussed at this meeting.