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THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS
Vol 46—No. 32
LOCAL MEN IN
GREAT BATTLE
Fight Followed With A
Keen Interest
CASUALTY LISTS STUDIED
■UTTS COUNTY PEOLE ARE FOL
LOWING GREAT BATTLE WITH
UTMOST INTEREST—RAINBOW
DIVISION IN FIGHT
Citizens of Butts county have been
following the big battle raging be
tween Soissons and Rheims with
breathless interest, for a number of
our boys are in the rainbow Divis
ion, which has been in the thickest
of the fight. The 42nd division—the
Rainbow Division—was thrown into
the fighting several days ago and
has done great work in helping to
smash and crumple up the German
line in the center of the salient.
Speaking of the Rainbow Division
the official report says:
“Have made good their positions
against the enemy’s best fighting
units. They have met, outfought and
forced backward by their fierce ar
dor picked PnlSsian and Bavarian di
visions brought fresh to the field with
orders to hold the line of the Ourcq
at all costs. That line has been bro
ken!”
As is well known, the Rainbow Di
vision has a large number of Georgia
boys. The 151st Machine Gun battal
ion was made up in Macon. This bat
tallion is composed of many Macon,
Butts and Jasper county men. The
division went to France early last
fall and has covered itself with glory
in the recent great battle.
Kirk Biles, Paul Byars, Joe Wat
kins, Joe Norris, all boys from this
county, are with the 151st machine
gun battalion. Mr. M. A. McDowell
of the Grocery Cos. has a
brother in this battalion.
The casualty lists from the recent
big battle have not yet come through.
Whether any of our men have laid
down their lives in the supreme test
is not known, but the present is a
time of anxiety and quick heart
throbs.
BUTTS COUNTY EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE TO MEET 17
Assessments for Candidates in Com
ing Primary to be Fixed
There will be a meeting of the
members of the Butts county Demo
cratic executive committee in the
court house in Jackson Saturday,
August 17, at 10 a. m., for the pur
pose of fixing assessments for the
primary of Sept 11. All members
of the committee are urged to be
present at that time.
EXTRA SESSION MAY
BE FORCED ON STATE
APPROPRIATIONS EXCEED IN
COME AND UNLESS COMPRO
MISE IS REACHED EXTRA SES
SION MAY BE RESULT
From the present angle it begins
to look as if there would be an ex
tra session of the Georgia legislature.
Unless the house and senate can
reach a compromise over the appro
priation bill within a feW days there
is sure to be an extra session.
The house has passed an appropria
tion bill calling for approximately
$9,000,000. This is at least $2,000,-
000 in excess of the state’s income,
which is about $7,000,000. So un
less thejse differences can be threshed
out and compromised in conference
or unless Governor Dorsey vetoes the
bill there is almost sure to be an ex
tra session of the general assembly.
DISTRICT AGENT STRATFORD
SPENT MONDAY IN JACKSON
District Agent R. A. Stratford,
with headquarters in Bamesville,
spent Monday in the county, confer
ring with Mrs. C. A. Butner and Mr.
J- H. Blackwell over their work.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, AUGUST 9, 1918
WINTER WHEAT IS
URGED IN GEORGIA
FARMERS TOLD TO PLANT AT
LEAST TWO ACRES TO PLOW
CEREAL WILL BE NEEDED
NEXT YEAR
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 8. —“Don’t for
get to plant winter wheat,” is the
urgent advice of the State Depart
ment of Agriculture, “as there will
be urgent need for every bushel of it
that can be raised.”
The deparment is consstently and
persistently advising every farmer in
the state to put in at least two acres
of wheat to each plow, and to give
his very best acres to it. It is time
now to begin to plan for wheat and
oat planting.
The State Bureau of Markets
stands ready to lend its assistance to
any who may desire it in the matter
of securing good quality seed for fail
planting. Prompt attention will he
given to the requirements of those
who will write the bureau at the
State Capitol, Atlanta.
NO COUNTY FAIR
HERE THIS FALL
Has Been Called oil Due
to War Conditions
LABOR SHORTAGE ACUTE
SCARCITY OF LABOR AND INA
BILITY TO SECURE SHOWS
AMONG REASONS FOR CALL
ING OFF FAIR
Due to war conditions there will be
no county fair this fall. This decis
ion has been reached following a con
ference of the officers of the Butts
County Fair Association.
The suspension of the fair is only
temporary and due to conditions
brought about by the war. One of
the main reasons for not holding the
fair is the scarcity of labor, both upon
the farm, in the business houses and
that needed to run the fair.
Some of the directors took the pa
triotic view that citizens of the coun
ty ought to save all the money they
would have spent at the fair and buy
War Savings Stamps and assist the
Red Cross and other war work.
Still another reason why it was de
cided to abandon the fair for the
present is the difficulty experienced
in securing high class attractions. It
is almost impossible to get the rail
roads to move shows, and without
good attractions a fair does not have
a strong appeal to the average citi
zen.
It wa s also urged by some of the
directors that since Butts county has
furnished more than 400 men to the
country’s service, the people back
home are not in a mood for fairs. It
is possible that heavy casualty lists
viill be coming in by fall and this
certainly would not have a tendency
to boost a county fair, it is held.
There will be general regret that
no fair is to be held this year, but the
action of officers and directors is
probably wise. It is in line with ac
tion taken by scores of other county
fairs. Baseball, largely, has been
forced to suspend on account of war
conditions, and other lines of endeav
or have been seriously crippled.
During the time the Butts county
fair association has been in existence
two very creditable fairs have been
held. These fairs have been a finan
cial and moral success, stimulating
many people of the county to greater
effort along better methods of farm
ing.
Just as soon as normal conditions
return annual sessions of the fair
will be resumed. For the present ev
ery stockholder, director and officer
of the association is pledged to help
the country win the war.
When the American soldiers whip
the Germans and return home they
will run the politics of the country.
The little two by four fellows had bet
ter have their inning now or never.
WAR COMES HOME
TO NORTHERN FOLK
Jackson Citizens Report
Interest Keen
WOMEN IN MEN’S PLACE
WAR MORE KEENLY FELT IN
NORTH THAN HERE SAY TWO
JACKSON BUSINESS MEN JUST
HOME
The North is in the war heart and
soul and intensely patriotic,' is the
message that two Jackson business
men, Messrs. J. B. Settle and R. N.
Etheridge, bring back from New
York where they spent several days
recently on business. The North and
East have felt the war more than
the South, these gentlemen state,
and on every hand are evidences of
activity and patriotism.
“A trip to New York will fill any
man with patriotism,” said (Mr. Eth
eridge. Continuing, he said, “why,
we haven’t shot from taw yet. In
New York the women are taking the
places of men, running street cars,
elevators and doing other work. In
large part the women are wearing
men’s togs, using leggins and making
a masculine appearance.
“You feel the war, too,
when you go into a restaurant.
Instead of having the variety one is
accustomed to at home, all you get is
two small slices of bread, one lump of
sugar, a thin slice of meat, a cup of
coffee—and the price is 80 cents.
You can not get any more bread.
Two slices is the limit. On the dining
car only corn bread was served.
“I was impressed with the interest
and activity being shown in the war
in New York city. On nearly every
street corner the women are selling
War Saving Stamps. In many cities
from Atlanta to New York the ladies
have tables to serve the soldiers lunch,
in this way raising moneys for the Red
Cross. There are piles and piles of
wood stored along the railroad for
use at the army camps.
“Our people as yet have not felt
the war, but they are going to feel
it.”
Mr. Settle was equally emphatic
that the people of the North are doing
their bit. “I found the most intense
patriotism/’ he said. “Everywhere
women are taking the place of men
who have gone to the front. There
are women running elevators, street
cars and serving as clerks in hotels
and filling other positions that have
heretofore been filled by men.
“The people of New York are
awake and we are not. The subma
rine menacehas frightened the people
considerably. New York harbor is
protected by a huge net to keep* out
the U-boats and there are hundreds of
submarine chasers in the harbor.
“In Washington where I stopped
for a few hours, I found the same
patriotic spirit. That city is protected
from hostile air raids by an immense
searchlight. The people in those cities
are showing the keenest intrest in all
phases of the war, particularly in the
casualty lists now coming in from
the big battle in France.”
Both Messrs. Settle and Etheridge
declared goods to be high and scarce.
They say that people in that section
are wearing old clothes and making
other sacrifices to help the govern
ment.
NEW COURSES OFFERED AT
SIXTH DISTRICT SCHOOL
Military Department -Planned ..and
Red Cross Work for Girla
Attention is directed to the ad
vertisement of the Sixth District Ag
ricultural and Mechanical School of
Bamesville, iq this issue. Prof. T.
0. Galloway is theanew principal, suc
ceeding W. H. Maxwell who has re
signed after several years connection
with the school.,
A military department is planned
at this school and Red Cross for girb
is already a feature. This school has
always been popular with the people
of this county and there are several
students from here now enrolled in
the Bamesville institution.
OPEN BOLL COTTON
REPORTED TUESDAY
FIRST OPEN BOLL OF SEASON
BROUGHT IN BY S. B. KINARD
—JACKSON TO GET FIRST
BALE NOW SOON
The first open boll of cotton of
the 1918 season reported at this
office was brought in Tuesday after
noon by Mr. S. B. Kinard. The boll
was found on his Towaliga farm and
is an early variety. The cotton was
planted April 16, had a bloom June
17 and an open boll was found Aug 5.
Cotton in all parts of the county is
reported as doing well since the re
cent rains and the first bale will
probably be b rought to market with
in a few days.
SPEEDERS WILL
BE DEALT WITH
Officers Give Warning to
General Public
WILL ENFORCE AUTO LAW
OFFICERS WILL BE ALERT DUR
ING CAMP MEETING AND ALL
SPEEDERS WILL BE PUNISHED
BY LAW
Officers of Butts county, a s will be
seen from an advertisement in this
issue, are putting forth special ef
forts to break up speeding on the
public highways of the county.
During the camp meeting extra of
ficers will be on duty between Jack
son and Indian Springs and all per
sons found violating the speed limit
will be dealt wiih. Every precaution
will be taken to insure the safety of
the traveling public, and when hun
dreds of cars are on the roads during
camp meeting a reasonable speed
must be observed to prevent accidents
Notice is being given through the
NOTICE
With the view of insuring the safety of the
traveling public and as a precaution during camp
meeting, the speed limit will be rigidly enforced
on the public highways of Butts county.
Your attention is directed to section 10 of
the Automobile Law, passed at the extraordinary
session of the General Assembly in 1910:
“No person shall operate a motor-ve
hicle or motorcycle upon any public
street or highway at a speed greater than
is reasonable and safe, and not to exceed’
a speed of 30 miles an hour, having due
regard for the width, grade, character,,
traffic and common use of such street or
highway; or so as to endanger life, limb
or property in any respect whatever.
“Upon approaching any bridge, rail?-
road-crossing, dam, sharp curve, dugwajr
or deep descent, or in traversing such
bridge, railroad-crossing, dam, curve,
dugway or descent, the operator of a
motor-vehicle or motorcycle shall at all
times have said vehicle under immediate
control, and shall not operate said vehicle
ata greater speed than ten miles per hour. ”
Take due notice and be governed accord
ingly.
This August 5, 1918.
L. M. CRAWFORD,
Sheriff.
Jackson ArirusEstablished 1873 j
Butts County Progress Established 188 J <
_
Consolidated July 9. 1915
AUTOMOBILES TO
BEAR STIFF TAX
Gasoline Will Also Help
Run The War
TO YIELD $170,000,000
CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE
AGREE ON TAX AUTOMOBILES
MUST PAY—GASOLINE WILL.
BE TAXED 2 CENTS GALLON
Washington, D. C., July 31.—A
federal graduated excise tax on the
use of an automobile running from
$lO a year on cars originally retailed
at not exceeding SSOO, to S6O tax on
$3,000 cars and S2O additional for
each SSOO above $3,000, was agreed
today by the House ways and means
committee, which is framing the new
$8,000,000,000 revenue bill. The tax
applies directly tto the owners, while
the tax of 10 per cent on gross sales
of automobiles and 5 per cent on
gross sales of automobile trucks,
agreed to yesterday, applies to the
manufacturers, producers and impor
ters of cars. The tax on use of cars
is based on the original retail listed
price of the cars regardless of the
year of manufacture.
The committee also agreed to a tax
of 2 cents a gallon on the production
of gasoline and a federal excise tax
of $5 a year on the use of motorcy
cles. Members of the committtee sta
ted that while the manufacturer’s
tax and the owner’s tax are differen
tiated it is generally believed the
owners ultimately will have to pay
all the tax, the manufacturers pass
ing on the tax in increased prices.
The automobile and motorcycle ex
cise tax is expected to yield approxi
mately $125,000,000 and the gasoline
tax $45,000,000.
press of the officers’ intentions to
break up speeding, and a number of"
placards are being posted on the
main highways. The co-operation of
the public will be a big help to the
officers in enforcing the speed law.