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THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS
■j 46—No. 37
W. J. HARRIS SWEEPS GEORGIA CLEAN
I'ISE HAS LANDSLIDE IN CONGRESS RACE SIXTH DISTRICT
KURTH LIBERTY LOAN CAMPAIGN SEPTEMBER 28 TO OCTOBER 19
kWARD EASY WINNER IN
[ BUTTS COUNTY OVER FIELD
lightest Vote in Years Polled
I Throughout County Wednesday
■The returns Thursday morning in
■.flte W. J- Harris swept Georgia in
He race for United States senator.
He had a veritable landslide. How
■d ran second and Hardwick third,
Hrly reports show, though the offi-
Hal count may change the result to
Hue extent.
■j. Walter Wise for congress de
lated Ogden Persons overwhelming-
H, carrying a great majority of the
■unties of the district. Butts county
lent for Wise by a surprisingly big
■ajority.
lUp to the time of going to press
I number of races are undetermined,
■he official consolidation being neces
■ary to tell the winners.
I Unofficial reports Thursday morn
ing said Wise carried Monroe county
lor congress over Persons.
I William Schley Howard took Butts
(bounty by a safe majority over Tom
■Hardwick. Harris ran a poor third
In this county.
I Butts county polled the lightest
Ivote known in years. This is accoun
ted for because so any of the men are
I away in the arrmy and the further
Ifact that the farmers were very busy
nicking cotton. In Jackson district
only 333 votes were cast, whereas the
usual vote is nearly double that fig
ure.
Outside of the senatorial and con
gressional race there was mighty lit
tle interest manifested.
One of the most important and hot
ly contested campaigns in the past
CONSOLIDATED RETURNS
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60
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a £ i e | .1 %
S C 2 w "3 £ 73
•fi >£ a .2 - J | t $
£o'2oT3omS‘o®o
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n o Q H h ft p
For Governor 54 49 8433 7 69 80 04 1020
HUGH M. DORSEY 115 72 66 0
For Secretary of State ~. oc JQ c V n
s. g. McClendon 46 33 44 w<i jg a 417
henry b. strange <* 33 22 8 24 91,8
For Attorney General , Q „ r 9
JOE HILL HALL 83 20 43 311 8 43 94 12 20 49 3 2
CLIFFORD WALKER 75 49 21 22 41 40 231 5,
For Prison Commissioner 9fl
ALEX E. KEESE 43: 27, 44 39 5 42 41 19 S .9 4 1
T. E. PATTERSON 66 43 21 14 42 36 180 50
For Railroad Commissioner 1>44
W. TROX BANKSTON 48 18 71063579 16 ,• m
JAMES D. PRICE 22 33 37 U 40 81 UQ n 10 25 * B6
VOLNEY WILLIAMS 42 20 ll
For United States Senator 8 2 0 6 26
JOHN R. COOPER 2; JO 1 J 48 74 31 8 37 304
THOMAS W. HARDWICK 34 lo J® "„ 9M 7 17 5 1 44
WILLIAM J. HARRIS 9 42 14 27 - 99 55 89 491
William schley Howard 58 37 is i< 0 0 4 23
EMMETT R. SHAW 5 0 2 0 3 z
*
For Judge Court of Appeals ! . „ 7 33 8 2 30 450
FRANK HARWELL 89 24 1 29 35 10 31 2 ( .
ALEX W. STEPHENS 47 4,j 35 16 30
Wor Congressman Sixth District 75 29 4 41 307
OGDEN PERSONS 47 21 1J 44 g 52 281 4 i 76 53 713
WALTER WISE 69 ol 60 39 -2
For Judge Superior Court Si M 7 70 80 94 1018
WILLIAM E. H. SEARCY, JR. 115 72 65 54 49 84 -W
0r Representative of Butts County . q J og- 70 79 9 4 994
J. T. MOORE 101 72 65 4, 49 80 ,
JACKSON, GEORGIA, SEPTEMBER 13, 1918
generation came to a close Wednes
day with the fall of the ballots in the
state-wide primary for the nomina
tion of governor, United States sen
ator, congressmen and state house
officers.
The campaign had been waged
with the utmost vigor and the candi
dates for the past several months
have been on the hustings presenting
their claims to the electorate. Inter
est centered in the race for United
States senator in which five candi
dates were entered.
In the sixth district a hot race was
staged between Congressman J. W.
Wise, the incumbent, and G. Ogden
Persons, of Forsyth. This race was
fought with the keenest degree of
rivalry, both candidates waging an
active campaign.
Governor Hugh Dorsey was nomi
nated without opposition. So was
Commissioner of Agriculture J. J.
Brown and some of the other state
house officers.
Judge Wm. E. H. Searcy, Jr., was
nominated to succeed himßelf as
judge of the superior courts of the
Flint circuit. Judge Searcy had no
opposition.
In Butts county Hon. J. Threatt
Moore wa a elected as representative
without opposition. His only oppo
nent, Dr. R. W. Mays, representative
for the past two years, withdrew sev
eral days ago.
The vote by precincts is shown by
the following table:
COTTON SEED NOW
s7l IN CAR LOTS
Food Administrator Soule
Announces Price
WASHINGTON CONCURS
ANNOUNCEMENT OF PRICE WAS
MADE LAST WEEK—HARD
FIGHT BY FARMERS—DEAL
ERS PROFITS LIMITED
Atlanta, Sept. s.—The price of
s7l per ton for sound cotton seed in
Georgia f. o. b. cars at shipping point,
announced last night by Dr. Andrew
M. Soule, federal food administra
tor, is final. This announcement is
made tonight by the food adminis
tration :
The following telegram was re
ceived tonight from Mr. Denny, head
of the cotton seed division of the
United States food administration at
Washington:
You are correct in your published
statement that the Georgia price of
cotton seed is s7l in car lots, to apply
this season, based on actual yields se
cured by crushers in Georgia last year
This statement of prices gives effect
to the recommendation of the produ
cers, which was accepted by the food
administration.”
The committee represneting the
producers asked for a price of S7O on
the basis of a yield of 41 gallons of
oil to a ton of seed. That basis was
adopted and, today, some question
arose on the price of s7l per ton on
the yield from the Georgia seed.
Information from Washington is
that the producers’ committee, while
in Washington, examined a state
ment translating their recommenda
tion, and that statement worked out
the following detail on the basis rec
ommend by them:
Forty-two gallons of oil, $55.12;
940 pounds of meal, $24.91; 500
pounds of hulls, 5; 145 pounds of
lint, $6.77.
FAIR ASSOCIATION WILL
HAVE MEETING SATURDAY
President S. H. Mays has called a
meeting of the stockholders of the
Butts County Fair Association for
Saturday, Sept. 14, at 10 o’clock a.
m., in the court house at Jackson. At
that time business in connection with
the holding of a county fair this fall
and other matters will be presented
for consideration.
A full attendance of the stockhold
ers is requested. There is a division
of opinion as to the advisabilty of a
fair this fall, some favoring, some
opposing it, and this is one of the
questions that will be settled at Sat- ;
urday’g meeting.
GRAND IUryMSHED
ITS WORK WEDNESDAY
The Butts county grand jury com
pleted its work for the term Wednes
day afternoon and was dismissed by
Judge Searcy. The recommendations
contain a number of matters of inter
est to the citizens, and will be pub
lished in full next week.
Preachng at Indian Spring*
Rev. J. W. MacNamara will preach
at the Indian Springs Baptist church
Sunday at the morning and evening
service.
CHAIRMAN W. 0. HAM NAMES
COMMITTEES FOR CAMPAIGN
Butts County’s Quota to Be Made
Public Within Next Few Days
Active preparations are now being
made for the fourth Liberty Loan
campaign, which starts Sept. 28 and
ends October 19. County Chairman
W. O. Ham attended a meeting of the
district and zone chairmen in Macon
Tuesday and Tuesday night a meet
ing of business men tos held to dis
cuss plans for the coming drive.
The county is being well organized
and a considerable amount of prelim
inary work will be done in advance
of the opening of the campaign. With
a campaign of education and the
proper co-operation it will be no
trouble for Butts county to go over
the top with a rush.
It is hoped to have the county
quota available for publication with
in a few days.
The following organization has
been perfected, and other committees
will be announced in a short time:
County Chairman—W. 0. Ham.
Vice Chairman —J. H. Carmichael.
Executive Committee—R. N. Eth
eridge, chairman; S. P. Nichols, Dr.
A. F. White, J. D. Jones, J. B. Settle,
W. E. Watkins, E. L. Smith, J. P.
Etheridge, Dr. Robert VanDeventer,
REGISTRATION IN PROGRESS
IN WHOLE NATION THURSDAY
Butts County Expected to Reg
ister 1,480 Men From 18 to 45
According to the government esti
mate Butts county was expected to
register 1,480 men between the ages
of 18 and 45 Thursday.
In the registration held June 5,
1917, Butts county had 1,108 men Be
tween the ages of 21 and 32 to reg
ister.
The local board has arranged for
the registration to be held in each
voting precinc int the county. The
following managers were appointed
for that work:
Buttrill district—J. B. Childs, H. C.
Childs, J. W Benson.
Coody district—J. R. Hammond, D.
F. Maddox, O. L. Weaver.
Dublin district —S. K. Smith, C. A.
Towles, Frank Ogletree.
FIRST BUTTS SON
HOME FROM FRANCE
Lieut. T. J. Collins Came
Home Wednesday
WILL ACT AS INSTRUCTOR
Lieutenant Thomas J. Collins, 320
Field Artillery American Expedition
ary Forces, on of Mr. and Mrs. J. M.
Collins, arrived in Jackson Wednes
day night after an absence of several
months in France. It is understtod
Lieut. Collins has been detailed as an
instructor in the American camps.
Jackson Argus Established JSZiI
Butts County Progress Established ISU •
Consolidated July 9,1915
Rev. S. R. England, Hugh Mallet, L.
P. McKibben, R. P. Sasnett.
Publicity Committee—J. P. Ether
idge, chairman; J. D. Jones, W. E.
Merck.
Speakers Committee —W. E. Wat
kins, chairman; H. L. Daughtry, F. S.
Carmichael.
Automobile Committee—L. P. Mc-
Kibben, chairman; S. H. Thornton, A.
A. Howell.
Church Committee —Dr. Robert
VanDeventr, chairman; Rev. S. R.
England.
School Committee—Hugh Mallet,
chairman; W. P. Martin, W. F. Hud
dleston, J. B. Childs.
Local Finance Committee —R. P.
Sasnett, chairman; B. K. Carmichael,
R. P. Newton.
Special Sales Committee —E. L.
Smith, chairman; S. P. Nichols, Dr.
A. F. White, H. C. Childs, J. M. Gas
ton, R. J. Carmichael, J. C. Jones, B.
A. Wright.
General Sales Committee —R. N.
Etheridge, chairman; J. B. Settle, H.
O. Ball, S. O. Ham, J. H. McKibben,
H. M. Fletcher, C. M. Compton, T. A.
Nutt, W. H. Mallet.
Indian Springs district— R. W.
Watkins, J. E. Cornell, B. A. Wright.
Iron Springs district—O. E. Smith,
E. L. Pittman, J. O. Cole.
Jackson district—H. M. Fletcher,
R. L. Carter, C. T. Beauchamp, W.
Pitts Newton, J. T. |Moore, Linton
Hopkins, G. B. Carreker, L. P. Mc-
Kibben.
Towaliga district—R. E. Evans, G.
C. McKibben, W. F. Huddleston, W.
P. Thaxton.
Worthville district—G. W. White,
J. O. Maddox, J. J. Hammond, H. H.
Colwell.
Pepperton—Hugh Mallet, H. O.
Ball, W. L. Nutt.
Flovilla—R. B. Thompson, E. R.
Edwards, W. W. Preston.
Lieut. Collins ha been in active
service in the front line trenches dur
ing some of the big battles and will
have some interesting experiences to
relate to hi s friends, who are giving
him a most cordial welcome home.
NEW AGENT FOR SOUTHERN
HAS ARRIVED IN JACKSON
Mr. F. J. Stukes, of Hazlehurst,
the new agent of the Southern Rail
way System, arrived in the city this
week to take up his duties. He suc
ceeds Mr. S. D. Johnson, who resign
ed to take a position with the South
ern Cotton Oil Cos. in Zebulon.
Captain C. W. Woodward, of Camp
Gordon, spent the week-end in the
city with relatives.