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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. Buy Liberty Bond* 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. ■ Buy Liberty Bonds 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 IBHPPr SMWfy SjjffiipjMfl wjW^Br m%t- ' ■■'■■ PP? ><; -- Jk^PHMHp •- £ I ' HI ' Jj|||HHpH£^R|B HR B|BpHaPi||| y ;wßHijft W. O. HAM 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.; Buy Liberty Bond* 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 Buy Liberty Bond* 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, iV* JL Ut*V*U* V*v4 *** -- • 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. Buy Liberty Bond* 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. Buy Liberty Bond* Six billion dollars is the price of ; victory and the people of the United States have the money. Buy Liberty Bonds 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? Buy Liberty Bond* 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. Buy Liberty Bonds 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.