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THE JACKSON PROGRESS- AKGIS
Vol 46 —No. 40
BUTTS COUNTY BOND QUOTA $189,150
WHIRLWIND DRIVE FROM OCTOBER 7 THROUGH OCT. 12
AIRSHIP FLIGHTS, BAND, PARADE, RELIC TRAIN ON NEXT TUESDAY
CHAIRMAN HAM GETS NOTICE
OF COUNTY BOND ALLOTMENT
District Quotas Are Announced —
Should Raise Money One Week
One Hundred and Eighty-Nine
Thousand One Hundred and Fifty
Dollars—slß9,lso.o0 —that is Butts
county’s share of the Fourth Liberty
Loan. The figures were sent to the
county chairman, W. 0. Ham, last
week, after it was announced that
the loan would be for six billion dol
lars.
By districts, which Chairman Ham
states was based on the 1918 tax re
turns, the quotas are as follows:
Buttrill $16,300.00
Coody 10,200.00
Dublin 7,050.00
Indian Springs 21,150.00
Iron Springs 7,500.00
Jackson 106,550.00
Towaliga 12,550.00
Worthville 7,850.00
Total $189,150.00
Whiile this is considerably more
than the quota of the third loan, |
which was $121,000.00, still it is
lieved the full amount will be raised. I
Butts county plans to raise her
full quota next week, the middle week
of the campaign. The drive will start
Sunday when all the ministrs in the
county will make announcement of
the campaign in their pulpits On
Monday night there will be an address
in the auditorium, and on Tuesday
afternoon from 1:15 to 3 •15 the rel
ic train will be in Jackson. During
that week the various sales commit
tees will endeavor to see as many of
the citizens as possible and special ef
forts will be put forward to raise the
money in one week.
Chairman Ham has the county well
organized, and if everybody comes up
with their part of the work the county
will get her alloment in one week and
win an honor flag. eße prepared with
your subscription when the committee
calls on you and save time and trou
ble, as everybody is very busy at
this time.
Reports from over the state show
the Liberty Bond campaign started off
with a rush Saturday. Many counties
went over the top in the first few
hours. Monroe county was amopg
the number. Butts county can do as
well. All that is needed is a little co
operation and pulling together.
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FOURTH LOAN IS FOR
SIX BILLION DOLLARS
Quotas Were Announced Last Week
By Government
The fourth Liberty Loan is for six
billion dollars.
The amount of the loan was an
nounced last week by the government.
At the same time state, county and
district quotas were given out. New
York must raise over thirty per cent
of the entire loan.
The bonds bear interest at the rate
of 4 per cent and run for twenty
years, maturing in 1938.
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146,000 MACHINE GUNS HAVE
BEEN PRODUCED IN AMERICA
Washington, Sept. 27.— According
to announcement made today by or
dinance department 146,322 machine
guns, 2,437,297 rifles of all types and
221,801 pistols have been produced
since the entrance of the United
States into the war.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, OCTOBER 4, 1918
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As chairman of the Fourth Liberty
Loan organiization in Butts county
Mr. Ham has done most effective
work and is pulling for the county to
“Go over the top” in one week.
FEW MEN PUT
IN CLASS ONE
Board Completed Classi
fication This Week
TO HAVE PHYSICAL TEST
MEDICAL EXAMINATION WILL
BE STARTED PROBABLY NEXT
WEEK—MANY OF MEN OVER
32 PUT IN DEFERRED CLASSES
Men who registered for military
duty on September 12 are now being
classified by the local board of Butts
county. As fast as the questionnaires
are returned the men are classified.
All the selectmen were classified
this week.
The great majority of the regis
istrants are being put in deferred
classes, it is stated. This is particu
larly true of the men over 32 years of
age. The majority of the A-l men
are those between 19 and 21 years
old.
Medical examination of the regis
trants w.ll be started within a few;
days, probably some time next week.;
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NATION GOES ON A DRY BASIS
FIRST OF JULY NEXT YEAR
By a vote of 171 to 34, the house
of representatives has adopted the
prohibition measure previously
ratified in the senate, and the nation
goes on a dry basis July 1, 1919,
for the duration of the war.
TUESDAY BIG DAY
FOR THE COUNTY
Aeroplane Flight And the
Relic Train
STARTS BOND CAMPAIGN
AEROPLANE FLIGHTS, MILITARY
BAND, PARADE AND RELIC
TRAIN ARE AMONG HEADLIN
ERS FOR OCTOBER 8
Next Tuesday, October 8, \yill be
one of the biggest days in the his
tory of Butts county.
• Besides the Relic Train, announce
ment of which has already been made,
Chairman W. O. Ham of the Liberty
Loan organization has taken up with
the war department the question of
having one or more airships from
Americus visit Jackson at that time.
At Americus is a large school of flyers
and as these ships make almost daily
visits to Macon and other cities in
this section it is hoped to have some
of the flyers visit Jackson during the
stay of the Relic Train.
In case the arrangemnts go through
—and it is believed the war deppart
ment will grant the request—the air
ships will be an added attraction.
While the Relic Train is at the depot
and during the speaking, the airships
will circle over the city. This will be
an attraction worth vnhile and should
add no little to the interest of the oc
casion.
The Relic Train, military band, pa
rade and aeroplane flights will make
Tuesday a great day for the citizens
of Butts county, and every man, wo
man and child should arrange to be
present
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TWENTY COLORED MEN
OFF TO CAMP HANCOCK
Still a Few Colored Registrants in
Old Class
Twenty colored registrants were en
trained for Camp Hancock, Augusta,
Friday morning by th* local draft
board. This leaves son l * 12 me in the
old list of colored selectmen.
The mm sent to Camp Hancock in
clude the following:
Robert Thomas, Howard Hans
ford, Henry Barber, LaFf.yette Green
William Carter, Willie Slaton, James
Green, Ike Weaver, Early Price,
Charlie Willis, A. J. Etheridge, Lewis
Wise, Herbert Usury, Jesse Foster,
Jim Lawrence, Aaron Thurman.
Woodson Wise, David Norris, Ernest
Fears, Jesse Cotton.
MRS. OLIN GREER PASSED”
AWAY SUNDAY AFTERNOON
Following an illness of several
months, Mrs. Olin Greer passed away
Sunday afternoon at her home near
Flovilla. While her death was not
unexpected it nevertheless came as
a shock to the family and a wide cir
cle of friends.
Mrs. Greer who was Miss Nellie
Morton, of Lumpkin, Ga., before her
marriage, was 21 years of age. She
was. a most excllent Christian charac
ter and enjoyed the friendship and
esteem of all who knew her.
Mrs. Greer is survived by herhus-i
band, an infant; her father and moth-j
er, Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Morton, of
Lumpkin, and other relatives. The
body was sent to Randalls Crossing,
Stewart county, Monday afternoon,
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STAGE SET FOR OPENING
BIG BOND DRIVE MONDAY
County Will Wage Snappy, Short,
Vigorous, All-Together Campaign
ROLAND ELLIS TO
SPEAK MONDAY
Liberty Loan Rally at the
Auditorium
OFFICER ALSO SPEAKER
PATRIOTIC MEETING WILL BE
HELD MONDAY NIGHT TO
OPEN LIBERTY BOND DRIVE
GOOD SPEAKERS WILL COME
Hon. Roland Ellis, of Macon, one
of the most/ brilliant speakers in the
state, will address the citizens of
Buttls county at the public school au
ditorium next Monday night, October
7, in the interest of the fourth Liber
ty Loan.
Mr. Ellis will be accompanied by a
French or British officer or by a Uni
ted States marine who took part in
the fierce fighting around Chauteau-
Thierry, in which battle the marines
played such a glorious part. This bat
tle was the turning point of the
whole war and a veteran of that big
fight will bring a thrill to any audi
ence.
This meeting will formally launch
Butts county’s campaign. After the
speaking subscriptions will be taken
and it is hoped to realize a substan
tial amount. It is the. plan of the lo
cal organization to stage a short,
snappy and whirlwind canvass and
end the bond sale in just a few days.
The meeting at the auditorium will
be open to the public and it is expec
ted a large crowd viill attend. Good
music and other worth while features
will contribute to the interest of the
occasion.
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SCHOOLS OVER STATE TO
FORM MANY WHEAT CLUBS
ARtlanta, Oct. 2.—Sponsored by
the Georgia Food Administration, by
the Georgia State Federation of
Clubs and approved by Mr. Hoover,
a movement has been set on foot in
Georgia thereby it is expected that
100,000 bushels of wheat will be ad
ded to the Georgia crop next year.
The plan, suggested by Mrs. George
Mell, of Athens, is that the school
children of the state shall form La-
Fayette Wheat Clubs for the culti
vation of at least one acre of wheat
at every school in the state, the en
tire output of the acreage thus ob
tained to be pledged to France and
the soldiers overseas.
That such a plan is entirely prac
ticable and that it will not only as
sure a much larger wheat production
but will also aid in determining the
variety of wheat best suited to Geor
gia’s climate, is the opinion of ex
perts who have been informed of the
plan.
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Six billion dollars is the price of ;
victory and the people of the United
States have the money.
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Back the Fighting Men with The
Fighting Loan.
Jackson AryusEstablished 1873/ . . , . - lof ,
Butts County Progress Established 1882 } Consolidated July 9.1915
The stage is set for the opening of
the fourth Liberty Loan campaign in
Butts county next (Monday. The cam
paign will open Monday and will con
tinue through the week, closing Sat
urday, October 12.
In this week the full quota of $lB9,
150.00 will be raised, according to the
prsecnt plans.
As has been announced before,
Sunday will be observed as “Liberty
Sunday” in the churches of the coun
ty, when announcement! of the drive
will be made from the pulpits.
Monday night, October, 7, there
will be a pattriotac meeting in the
auditorium. That meeting will be ad
dressed by Hon. Roland Ellis, of Ma
con, and an officer of the French, Brit
ish or American army. The subscrip
tion list? will be formally opened at
that meeting and a large number of
subscriptions are expected to be an
nounced at that time.
Tuesday, October 8, the Relic
Train will be in Jackson for two hours
from 1:15 to 3:15. A military band
has been secured and there will be a
parade from the business portion of
the city to the depot, school children
and the Boy Scouts taking part. At
the depot the relics, consisting of
cannon, guns, laeroplanes, helmets,
bayonets, shells and other articles
captured on the field of battle will be
explaintd to the crowd.
Committees representing the bond
organization will pass among the au
dience and take subscriptions. A com
mittee of ladies, dressed as Red Cross
nurses, will assist in selling bonds.
At this meeting Chairman W. O. Ham
hopes to be able to announce that
Butts county’s full allotment of
bonds has been sold.
The district and county organiza
tion is now complete. General and
special sales commttees will work the
eight distrcts of the county. The quo
ta for very citizen in the county, fig-
on the 1918 tax returns, is
known and these quotas will be in
the hands of the sales committees.
If every citizen will come up with
his estimated share of bonds, the
county will easily and quickly raise
her assessment and the campaign
will be a glorious success.
“Over the top” is the slogan. Will
you do your part?
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MR. W. J. WOODWARD IS
GROWING FINE POTATOES
One Hill Yields 21 Pounds of Tubers,
He States
Mr. W. J. Woodward reports the
largest potato yield of the season,
having gathered 21 pounds from one
hill. The largest potato weighed 3
pounds and there were some eight or
nine tubers under the hill. The pota
toes are of the Porto ltico variety.
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DELEGATES NAMED TO THE
STATE CONVENTION MACON
Meeting of Body Will Be Held in
Central City
Governor Hugh M. Dorsey has ap
pointed the following delegates to
the state convention in Macon which
meets Thursday. The county is en
titled to two delegates and two alter
nates, the list being as follows:
Delegates, S. H. Mays, Andrew J.
Fleming; alternates, J. H. Land and
Sherwood Thaxton.