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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 c n 60 is „ . a £ i e | .1 % S C 2 w "3 £ 73 •fi >£ a .2 - J | t $ £o'2oT3omS‘o®o 3 ®sr S3 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.