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THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS
mol 46—-No. 38
RELIC TRAIN IN JACKSON OCTOBER 8
1,144 BUTTS COUNTY MEN ENROLL FOR MILITARY SERVICE THURSDAY
■liberty loan push grips
[ INTEREST OF WHOLE COUNTY
[Clearing House Committee Will
Tabulate All Bond Subscriptions
In the interest of the fourth Lib
erty Loan campaign, which begins on
September 28, Mr. W. J. Rudland, of
Atlanta, will address a meeting of
the business men of Jackson Saturday
afternoon at 3 o'clock. Chairman W.
0, Ham requests as many of the
committeee as can do so to be pres
ent at that time and hear he work of
the approaching drive explained.
Announcement is also made that
the Relic Train, which will be used
to arouse interest in the Liberty
Loan campaign, will visit Jackson on
October 8. This will be made an oc
casion of great interest to the citi
zens of the entire county. Chairman
Ham is arranging for a reception of
the French and British officers in
charge of the relics. These plans are
to be worked out in detail and will
be explained fully later,
i Meetings of the executive com-
Imittee are being held every few days
and the ground work of the campaign
is being laid and everything will be
in readiness when the push opens on
September 28. The busine s men of
Jackson are providing for an exten
sive advertising campaign in interest
of the bond sale and the people of the
whole community are being acquaint
ed with the aims and purposes of the
bond campaign. When the drive is
put on here it is confidently believed
Butts county will raise her quota in
a very short time.
Mr. Ham has appointed the follow
ing committee of ladies to act as a
Clearing House Committee, and in
addition the members of the commit
tee will act on the General Sales
committee. The members of this
committee are:
Clearing House Committee —Miss
Pauline Mallet, chairman; Miss Lur
line Lawson, Miss Mary Newton, Miss
Kosa Newton, (Miss Helen Carmichael,
Miss Hattie Buttrill, Mrs. Harold Mal-
K Mrs. H. O. Ball, Miss Jessie Jones,
Miss Annie Kate Ham.
County Organization
County Chairman—W. O. 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,
Rev - S. R. England, Hugh Mallet, L.
- MdKibben, R. P. Sasnett.
Publicity Committee—J. P. Ether
ise, 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-
Cbb en, chairman; S. H. Thornton, A.
A - Howell.
Church Committee —Dr. Robert
anDeventr, chairman; Rev. S. R,
England.
School Committee—Hugh Mallet,
Jairman; W. P. Martin, W. F. Hud
son, J. B. Childs.
Local Finance Committee —R. P-
Sasnett, chairman; B. K. Carmichael,
P> Newton.
Special Sales Committee —E. L.
chairman; S.- P. Nichols, Dr.
*;• F. White, H. C. Childs, J. M. Gas
loT'> P- J- Carmichael, J. C. Jones, B.
Wright.
General Sales Committee— R. N.
Iheridge, chairman; J. B. Settle, H.
;• B all, S. O. Ham, J. H. McKibben,
J- M. Fletcher, C. M. Compton, T. A. j
A ' att . W. H. Mallet.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, SEPTEMBER 20, 1918
MANY CONVICTED
SUPERIOR COURT
August Term Adjourned
Friday Night
SENTENCES ARE IMPOSED
DOCKET PRETTY WELL CLEAR
ED—JUDGE SEARCY FINES
MANY CONVICTED OF MISDE
MEANOR CHARGES
The August adjourned term of su
perior court completed its work for
the session and adjourned Friday
night. A considerable number of
criminal cases were disposed of,in
cludng the following:
Posey Cook, having liquor on hand,
12 months or S6O.
Will Mayfield, carrying concealed
weapons, 12 months or SIOO.
Homer Barber, gaming, 8 months
or s 4 °. v . / ***
Fred Pye, gaming, 8 months*or S4O.
George Clowers,
worship, 8 months or S4Q.
Henry Banks, misdemeanor, 4
months or $25.
Haroold Lowe, carrying concealed
weapons, 10 months or SSO.
Adel Bivins, misdemeanor, 4 months
!or $25.
Roy Penn, misdemeanor, 4 months
or $25.
Henry Simpson, misdemeanor, 4
months or $25.
Otis Williamson, gaming, 8 months
or S4O. _
Tom Flemister, gaming, 8 months
or S4O.
Quilla Cloud, gaming, 8 months or
S4O. . .
Edgar Whitehead , gaming, 8
months or S4O. _
jjohn Whitehead, gaming, 8
months or S4O.
Henry Stark, misdemeanor, 4
months or $25.
John Williamson, public drunken
ness, 8 months or SSO.
Douglas Porter, carrying conceal
ed weapons, 12 months or $75.
Andrew Thomas, gaming, 8 months
01 " Bud Bradley, gaming, 8 months or
Betty Trimble, carrying concealed
weapons, 12 months or * SO, ,
John Strickland, public drunken
ness, 12 months or SSO.
John Galloway, gaming, 8 months
° r D s ick Wright, gaming, 8 months
Porter, disturbing divine
worship, 8 months or S4O.
SJge Shepherd disturbing d,-
Albert Booker, gaming, 3 months
° r Albert Booker, misdemeanor, four
m °X "IT misdemeanor, 12
m Aed°Trimbie. burglary (recom
mendation) 12 co ncealed
Wi " n *IOO.
W6 Wm Mitc'hell, shooting a, another,
12 vSf wise, carrying eonceaied
We oCLere°t nt ci4me eonceaied
"TrcTWinn”"-"’' ” Wrfl,r ’ ’*
TELES OF FIGHTING
ON WESTERN FRONT
Lieut. Collins Made Talk
Sunday Night
PRAISES THE RED CROSS
BUTTS COUNTY BOY JUST BACK
FROM FIGHTING ZONE TALKS
TO HOME PEOPLE—VICTORY
SURE IF MONEY IS SUPPLIED
An audience that crowded the
First Baptist church to its capacity
listened with attentive interest to the
talk of Lieut. Thomas Jefferson Col
lins, 320 Feild Artillery, who has re
cently returned from France, Sunday
night. Not before in a long time has
such a large audience gathered in this
church, many from the country join
ing the town people in hearing the
interesting experiences of this young
officer.
Lieut. Collins gave first hand infor
ation of conditions in France. He
has been on the scene of battle and
know s of his own personal knowledge
the conditions that prevail in war
tom France and Belgium. He brought
home to the citizens of Butts county
an intimate picture of the great war,
visualizing !the great struggle and
giving the people a better insight into
conditions than they have had hereto
fore.
• Lieut. Collins told of some of the
great battles, describing how in the
fight of Bellau Wood 5,000 German
dead were buried in one great ditch.
It is his firm conviction that the Allies,
with the assistance of the Americans,
are winning day by day and that fi
nal victory is sure, if America fur
nishes the men; the money and the
munitions. The men at the front are
doing and will do their part, he said,
and it only remains for the people at
home to measure up to the sublime
duty before them.
The Red Cross was paid a warm
and deserved tribute by the speaker.
He said the noble women who are
knitting for the soldiers are doing a
greater work than they realize. If
they realized the importance of the
work they are doing, he said, they
would knit without stopping.
He sketched in a historical way
Germany’s past scheme of conquest;
how Schleswig-Holstein was taken
from Denmark, Alsace-Lorraine from
France in 1870, and said the Ger
mans were now on their biggest con
qust of all. He said he didn’t know
exactly what Germany wants in this
war —but knew what they would get
before the war dogs of America,
France, England, Belgium and Italy
turn loose.
Lieut. Collins spoke for about an
hour, holding at all times the keenest
interst of the large audience. That
his talk will stir the people of hi s na
tive county to a higher pitch of pa
triotism and a more determined and
cheerful support of the war progam
is assured.
Lieut. Collins wa s sent home only
last week to act as an officer in train
ing new divisions recently created by
the war department. He left Monday ;
for Camp Meade, Md., where he will
be stationed. He has been recommen
ded for a captaincy and will no doubt j
receive his commission within a few
days.
Lieut. Collins graduated from the
University of Georgia with high rank,
receiving valuable military training,
there. Later he was graduated from j
the first officers training school at;
month sor $75.
Robert Winn, assault to murder,
12 months or $75.
Sam Jackson, having liquor on
hard, fi mor’hs or S4O.
657 WHITE AND 487 COLORED
MEN READY TO GO AFTER KAISER
Registration in Butts County
Falls Short Government Figure
BOYS AND GIRLS
TO GET PRIZES
No Regular County Fair
This Year
EXHIBIT CLUB MEMBERS
CLUB MEMBERS WILL BE WELL
REPAID FOR THEIR EFFORTS
—COMMITTEES WILL RAISE
CASH FOR PRIZES IN NOV.
No regular county fair will be held
this fall under the auspices of the
Butts county fair association. How
ever, there will be an exhibit of the
work of the boys and girls clubs some
time in November, the date to be an
nounced later.
This was decided at a meeting of
the stockholders of the fair associa
tion Saturday morning. The exhibit
will be held independent of the fair
association, which will be in no wise
responsible for the exhibit. Permis
sion was granted for use of the fair
grounds and buildings and the exhibit
will be worked up by a committee se
lected by County Farm Agent J. H.
Blackwell, Home Economics Agent,
Mrs. C. A. Butner, S. H. Mays, pres
ident of the fair association. Ore
member from each district will be ap
pointed to assist in colecting money
and arranging exhibits.
The exhibit will be entirely free to
everybody who wishes to attend. The
boys and girls will be suitably reward
ed fo rtheir splendid efforts in the
club work through prizes to be raised
by private subscription. This has been
a fine year for the club members and
due appreciation will be showrn their
work by the award of substantial
cash prizes and other articles of value
The meeting was not largely atten
ded, though those present took the
position that this is not the time to
hold a regular county fair. Th> s ac
tion was based on the fact that it is
impossible to secure adequate attrac
tions, wire, etc., for lighting the
grounds, and the further fact that ev
ery spare dollar in he county should
be invested in Red Cross and Y. M. C.
A. work and Liberty Bonds and war
savings stamps.
It i 8 a matter of sincere regret that
no regular county fair will be held
this fall. This is in line with the ac
tion of many other counties, however.
The suspension of the fair is only
temporary and due to war conditions.
Immediately after the war Butts
county will embark upon the fair
movement on a larger and broader
scope than ever before. Baseball and
sports of many kinds have been aban
doned for the present, and due to the
scarcity of labor and the fact that so
many of the men have gone to war it
was not deemed advisable to try to
hold a regular county fair.
In their efforts to have a creditable
exhibit of the club members’ work
Mrs. Butner and Mr. Blackwell should;
have the co-operation of all citizens
of the county.
Fort McPherson and assigned to the
field artillery. His many friends here
are watching his career with no lit
tle interest and expect him to win
new and higher honors before the war
i s over.
He spent about four months in
France.
Jackson Argus Established Jlv 9 1918
Butts County Progress Established 1882! ‘
Eleven hundred and forty-four
men between the ages of 18 and 45
registered in Butts county Thursday
under the recent selective service
draft. Of that number 657 are white
and 587 colored.
This is 236 less than the number
estimated by the government, which
was 1,480. In the first registration
on June 5, 1917, 1,110 men register
ed. Since that time men becoming 21
have registered to the number of
85. Altogether Butts county ha g had
2,338 men to register for military
service.
The registration by districts show
the following:
Buttill —117.
Coody—B2.
Dublin —57.
Indian Springs—lls.
Iron Springs—7B.
Jackson —490
Towaliga—ll3.
Worthville —92.
The local draft board will begin at
once the work of classifying the new
ly registered men. As soon as they
are classified they will be summoned
to appear for physical examination
and as early as possible will be put
in shape for induction into military
service The whiie registrants are prac
tically exhausted in this county, but
there are a few colored selectmen to
draw from.
The volunteer registrars in the
several districts did good work in en
rolling the men and the local board
appreciates the grateful and cheer
ful co-operation extended them.
White and colored registrants in
the different ages are shown as fol
lovas:
18 years old—white, 75; colored 81
19— white, 59; colored, 36.
20— white, 42; colored, 16.
21— white, 2; colored, 0.
22 white, 0; colored, 1.
23 white, 1; colored, 0.
25—white, 1; colored 0.
31— white, 0; colorded, 1.
32 white, 14; colored, 13.
33 white, 36; colored, 33.
34 white, 39; colored, 37.
35 white, 31; colored, 31.
36 white, 43; colored, 35.
37 white, 48; colored, 42.
38— white, 34; colored, 41.
39 white, 40; colored 21.
40— white, 32; colored, 19.
41— white, 34; colored, 14. /
42 white, 28; colored, 10. /
43 white, 35; colored, 18.
44 white, 19; colored, 17.
45 white, 44; colored, 21.
MR. T. E. ROBINSON TO
ATTEND OFFICERS SCHOOL
Jackson Boy Won Drill at Columbia,
S. C., Last Week
His many Butts county friends will
be interested to know that Mr. El
wood Robison has been sent to the of
ficers training school at Camp Gordon
and will be in line for a commission.
Mr. Robison was recently sent to the
University of South Carolina training
school at Columbia and last week won
a competitive drill over the entire stu
dent body. In a telegram to friends
in Jackson he said he had been as
signed to the officer* trgnkig school
at Camp Gorinon. Mr. Robison re
ceived military training at the Univer
sity of Georxia, which will stand him
in good hanJ in his military career,
which his fra-nds are watching with
hearty interest.