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THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS
Vol 46—No. 31
ICE FACTORY IS
BEING PLANNED
Movement Now Taking
Definite Form
MACHINERY IS IN SIGHT
PROPOSED ENTERPRISE WILL
BE COMBINATION ICE FACT
ORY AND COLD STORAGE
PLANT—LARGE CAPACITY
The movement for an ice factory
in Jackson assumed definate form
last week with the visit to the city
of Mr. O. J. Morris, of Columbia, S.
C., who has a system for the manufac
ture of ice without coal. Mr. Morris
has been in the ice business for a
good many years as southern repre
sentative for the Arctic Ice Machine
Cos., and he proposes to locate in
Jackson and build a plant and own
half the stock.
The plant, as now outlined, will be
a combination ice factory and cold
storage plant. The ice factory is to
have a capacity of some 12,000 tons
daily, and the cold storage plant a
capacity of about 25,000 tons. The
cold storage will be for the benefit
of farmers who may store their fruits,
vegetables, etc., without fear of loss.
Mr. Morris states that he has re
ceived the endorsement of the nation
al food administration in the build
ing of cold storage plants, being part
of the conservation scheme for sav
ing meats and perishable vegetables
and fruits. By having a cold storage
plant convenient it is thuoght farmers
will pay more attehtin to livestock,
which can be slaughtered any time of
the year and the meat cured perfect
ly-
In building this plant Mr. Morris
will ask the help and co-opration of
the people of the entire county. He
has already received a number of sub
scriptions, and a list has been left at
the Jackson National Bank and any
person desiring to take stock may call
at the bank and put his name on the
list. Later it is planned to incorpo
rate the concern.
The machinery for the plant has al
ready been purchased, it is stated,
and so there will be no delay in in
stalling the plant. Work is to com
mence right away, it is said. A site
convenient for the purpose will be
secured. It is proposed to use elec
tric, power, which Jackson is fortu
nate in having in abundance for new
enterprises.
Mr. Morris was a visitor to Jackson
Thursday of the past week ,and will
return in a few days and makefurther
announcement of the plans now being
formed.
BIG WHEAT CROP IN
GEORGIA IS PLANNED
Importance of Securing Seed Now
Being Stressed
The Georgia Department of Agri
culture urges prompt state-wide at
tention to the matter of sewing fall
wheat and oats, preparations for
which must soon be made.
Every farmer in Georgia will do
well to make plans now to secure his
seed and to get the best possible for
his locality. The need and demand for
it next spring and summer wiH, if
anything, be gerater than this year,
and the department hopes and trusts
that Georgia will do her full share
in this production.
It is hoped that every farmer in the
state will plant at least twp acers of
)vheat to the plow and for this pur
pose he should select his very best
acres. It is the purpose of the depart
ment to keep this matter before the
producers of the state in the hope
and belief that Georgia’s food pro
duction for the coming year will be
sl genuine
JACKSON, GEORGIA, AUGUST 2, 1918
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
ADJOURNS AUGUST 15
Only Few Days Left in Which to
Transact Business
Beginning Monday, July 29, the
legislature had just fourteen more
days of the 1918 session in which to
enact legislation. The general assem
bly will adjourn about August 15.
A consideral number of lav of
general interest have been enacted
at the present session. Still others are
pending. Probably the most impor
tant business yet to be disposed of
is the annual appropriation bill for
carrying on the state government.
So far no local legislation of im
portance has been passed. The bill
of Representative ft. W. Mays in re
gard to a change in the county com
missioner’s office has created consid
erable interest. What the final dispo
sition of this hill will be is, of course,
unknown at the present time.
JUDGE SEARCY
IS CANDIDATE
Makes Announcement For
Full Term
PROBABLY NO OPPOSITION
POPULAR GRIFFIN JURIST IS
CANDIDATE FOR FULL TERM
OF FOUR YEARS— HAS BEEN
ON BENCH THREE YEARS
The announcement of Hon. Wm. E.
H. Searcy, Jr., for Judge of the su
perior courts of the Flint circuit, is
made this week and will be of inter
est in political circles. Judge Searcy
is a candidate for the full term. It is
not believed now that he will have
any opposition.
Judge Searcy was appointed in
1915 to succeed the late Robt. T.
Daniel, and on September 12, 1916
was nominated for the remainder of
Judge Daniel’s un expired term. He
is now a candidate for the full term
of four years.
Since being promoted to the bench
Judge Searcy has measured up to the
expectations of his friends and ad
mirers. He is a splendid student of
the law, and presides with dignity
and fairness and rules with impartial
ity between all litigants. He has won
a warm place in the affections of the
bar and the people and is a very pop
ular jurist. Judge Searcy is a man
of most charming personality and en
joys the friendship of thousands of
citizens over the Flint circuit, and it
will be a pleasure for his friends to
honor him with their suffrage in the
primary of September 11.
His formal announcement is as fol
lows:
FOR JUDGE SUPERIOR COURTS
To the Voters of the Flint Circuit:
I am a candidate, subject to the
Democratic Primary rules, for Judge
of the Superior Courts of this circuit
for the ensuing full term and will ap
preciate your support and votes in
the primary election on September
11th next.
Very respectfully,
Wm. E. H. SEARCY, JR.
TWO BUTTS COUNTY BOYS
NOW AT CAMP JACKSON
56th Artillery Brigade Awaiting Ord
er* to Cross Over
Two Butts county boys, Messrs.
Ray Barnes and Seaborn Maddox
are now at Camp Jackson, Columbia,
S. C., with the 56th Artillery Brigade
awaiting orders to be sent to France.
The brigade consists of the One Hun
dred and Sixteenth and One Hun
dred and Seventeenth and One Hun
dred and Eigthteenth field artillery,
which was stationed at Camp Wheei
er, Macon, before being sent bo Camp
Jackson.
The brigade, it is understood, will
be used to teach new men at Camp
Jackson and when the course of in
struction is completed will be ordered
HIGHWAY LAW OF
MUCH INTEREST
Misunderstanding Often
Due to Ignorance
ALLPARTIES HAVERIGHTS
WHAT LAW SAYS ABOUT GIV
ING PART OF ROAD— AUTO
MOBILE LAW PASSED DURING
1915 SESSION
With the rapid and unprecedented
growth of the automobile industry in
all parts of the country and particu
larly in the South, the public is keenly
concerned about the observance of
the speed limit and the operation of
cars upon the highways. Frequent
complaints reach this office about
persons refusing to give half the road,
and there seems to be a well defined
sentiment that the man with a horse
and buggy does not always get a
square deal on the public highways.
Writing under the caption, “Hog
ging The Road,” the Bulloch Times
has the following interesting comment
on this situation:
A gentleman who drives a horse
and buggy upon the highways of the
country, was relating to a crowd a
few days ago how he had declined to
give half the road to a man in an au
tomobile who approached him from
the rear and blew his horn as a signal
of his approach.
“I always give half the road to any
body I meet, but I let people who
want to pass me do all the turning
out,” he declared with pride and em
phasis. He knew his rights, and was
amazed that any man should have the
brazenness to signal him from behind
for half the road!
And this same idea may prevail
among others ill-advised. If it does,
it is high time that people should get
proper information before they find
themselves in court as losers in a
damage suit.
The automobile law passed at the
extra session of 1915, which regulates
the operation of automobiles upon the
highways of Georgia, is so plain in
its terms that there is no excuse for
a misunderstanding. It not only pre
scribes how the driver of a car shall
control his machine when meeting
persons in other vehicles; that he
shall come to a stop when necessity
requires, and that he shall drive to
the rght of the person whom he may
meet on the road, but it provides that,
in passing a person from behind, he
shall drive to the left, and that the
person in front shall, when called on
to do so, “give reasonable opportunity
for him to pass.”
And that is plain enugh. For any
person to obstinately adhere to the
middle of the road, as our friend re
ferred to above had boasted of doing,
is failure to “give reasonable oppor
tunity to pass,” and that man who
does not know his duties in the prem
ises may be surprised when he is some
day taught it in a forceful way.
LIEUT. C. S. JOHNSON
HAS ARRIVED OVERSEAS
Mr. J. S. Johnson has received news
of the safe arrival overseas of his
son, Lieut. Charles S. Johnson, 17th
Machine Gun Battalion. Lieut. John
son won his commission at the first of
ficers training school at Fort McPher
son, and was stationed at Fort Ogle
thorpe before going to France. He is
attached to the regular army.
THIRTY-FOUR COLORED REG
ISTRANTS TO CAMP CORDON
Large Number of -Selectmen Left
Here Wednesday Morning
The local board of Butts county
sent thirty-four colored registrants
to Camp Gordon Wednesday morning.
Names of the men were published in
the last issue. This leaves only three
colored men in the 1917 class.
The men were given a patriotic
farewell by a large number of their
friends at the depot.
Jackson Argus Established
Butts County Progress Established 18831
ANOTHER CUT MADE
IN SUGAR RATION
Consumers Limited to Two Pounds
Per Month
Effective August 1 and until furth
er notice, the sugar ration of Geor
gians has been reduced from three
pounds a month per person to two
pounds per month. This action is tak
en, it is stated, to avert a sugar fam
ine which is seriously threatened in
some parts of the country. The sugar
crop in Louisiana, Cuba and the Phil
ippines is said to be disappointing, in
addition, heavy demands were
made on the available supply for
canning and preserving during July.
The food administration has taken
steps to enforce the new rule rigidly.
SHERIFFS HAVE
FEES BOOSTED
Applies to Services in
CM Cases
NEW LAW JUST ENACTED
INCREASE OF ABOUT THIRTY
THREE PER CENT ALLOWED
IN CERTAIN CIVIL CASES—
SEVERAL ITEMS INCLUDED
Increases of approximately thirty
three and one-third per cent in cer
tain fees paid to sheriffs in civil cases
were provided for in a bill which
passed the house of representatives
Friday morning by a vote of 122 to
6.
This measure which had already
passed the senate, was passed by the
house through a substitute introduced
by Mr. Smith, of Fulton, and Mr.
Williams, of Ware.
Only eight items on the list of fees
are affected by the measure. They
are as follows:
For serving copy of a process, for
merly $2, now $3.
For services in every case before a
jury, formerly $1.25, now $2.
For each levy on fi fa, formerly $2,
now $3.
For summoning each jury, during
any term of the city or suprior court,
$lO. (his fee was formerly $lO for all
juries for the entire term.)
For attendance on superior or city
court per day, formerly $5 per day
for the first twenty days and $2 per
day thereafter, now $5 per day.
For apprehending a person suspect
ed, if committed or held to bail, or
for executing and returning bench
warrants, formerly $2, now $3.
For personal services rendered out
of the county on official busienss,
authorized by the county authorities,
formerly $2 per day and expenses,
now $3.50 and expenses.
For taking bonds in criminal cases,
formerly sl, now $2.
BLIND NEGRO OPERATED
STILL NEAR THE DEPOT
A moonshine still was found in Pye
Flemister’s bam in darktown Satur
day afternoon by officers Lavender
and Thornton. The outfit was a
crude affair, a lard can having been
fitted up for -the manufacture of
“white lightning.” A barrel of beer
was also found in the bam. Flemis
ter recently returned from the chain
gang where he served a sentence for
traffic in liquor.
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR WILL
CONFER DEGREES FRIDAY
At the regular meeting of Alexius
Commandery Fiday night the Red
Cross and Order of the Temple yill
be conferred upon two candidates.
Members are requested to be present
promptly at 6 o’clock in order that
the two degrees may be conferred
in the same evening.
Coo.olidmt.d July 9. HI.
MAJORITY RULE
WAS ADOPTED
Congressional Primary to
Be Held Sept. 11
COMMITTEEHAS MEETING
SUBCOMMITTEE APPOINTED
TO ARRANGE FOR CONVEN
TION—SAME RULES AS THOSE
TWO YEARS AGO
The majority vote plan will govern
the sixth congressional district pri
mary, which will be held on Septem
ber 11, the rules having been adopted
at a meeting of the Sixth District Ex
ecutive Committee in Macon Satur
day. The rules governing the primary
two years ago were adopted, with the
added provision that a candidate to
receive the nomination must get ft
majority of the votes cast in the dis
trict. In case there are more than
two candidates and no candidate re
ceives a majority, , a second primary
will be provided for. It looks now,
however, as if the race will be fought
out by only two candidates.
The committee was called together
in the ball room of the Dempsey Ho
tel at 12 o’clock, John R. L. Smith,
of Macon, chairman, presiding. W,
H. Wheaton, of Griffin, secrtary, was
present and a majority of the commit
tee was present in person or represen
ted by proxy. Only a short time was
consumed in the transaction of the
business, and the session was an en
tirely harmonious one.
Resolutions endorsing the adminis
tration of President Woodrow Wilson
and Congressman J. W. Wise were
unanimously adopted.
The rules governing the approach
ing primary were introduced by R. C.
Jordan, of Macon. Judge A. H. Ogle
tree, by request, introduced a reso
lution providing for the county unit
system of nomination, but the major
ity plan was adopted without contest.
A sub-committee of five, consisting
of the chairman and secretary, and B.
H. Hardy, of Pike county, Walter De
fore, of Macon, and W. M. Harris, of
Henry county, was appointed to pro
vide for a second primary, should one
become necessary, and arrange the
date and place for the convention.
Both jMr. Wise, present congress
man. and G. Ogden Persons, candi
date for congress, were in Macon but
did not attend the meeting. Mr. Wise
entertained the members of the com
mittee at dinner at the Dempsey.
POLITICS IN COUNTY
SLOW IN SHAPING UP
Local Legislation Ha* Overshadowed
Politics For Present
With the state primary but little
more than a month off, the date being
September 11,'it may be stated as a
literal fact that citizens of Butts
county are showing mighty little in
terest in the various political contests.
This is true of the race for United
States senator, as well as for congress
from the sixth distsict.
This is accounted for, it is held by
well informed political leaders, on ac
count of the fight in the legislature
over local legislation in which any cit
izens are interested. As soon as the
legislature adjourns, or as soon as
the pending legislation is out of the
way, probably more interest wiil be
devoted to matters of a political na
ture.
The race for United States sena
tor, it is believed’, will be fought out
in Butts county between William
Schley Howard and T. W. Hardwick.
W. J. Harris, so far as investigation
reveals, has developed but little
strength in this county.
Within the next few days the con
gressional race is sure to come in for
a good deal of attention and discus
sion, but even this race has not been
widely discussed up to the present
time.