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THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS
|] 46-No. 44
JGEANT MINTER
PIES PNEUMONIA
js Member of United
States Marine Corps
SERVICTSINCE 1916
aTH OF jenkinsburg boy
'occurred in FRANCE ON SEP.
25—FATHER HAS BEEN AD
VISED BY WAR DEPARTMENT
j r R. Minter, of Jenkinsburg,
sbeen advised by the War Depart
int of the death of his son, Ser
nt Howard Lee Minter, which oc
jjed in France on September 25.
# th was due to lobar pneumonia,
itnone of the particulars are known
ie, It is supposed that Sergeant
iter died soon after reaching
nee, as he sailed from Quantico,
i a few days before, and a suit
k of clothes and personal effects
iched the family on the 28.
Strgeant Minter’s death caused
ifapread sorrow among a large
iber of friends over the county.
! enlisted in the Marine Corps in
iy, 1916, and had therefore been
[service for more than two years,
uring which entire time he had not
n home on furlough. He was 22
ear 3 old the past August 29, and was
native of Jasper county though he
id resided in Butts county for sev
ral years previous to enlisting in the
toes.
The records show that Sergeant
[inter was a splendid soldier, being
manly, upstanding fellow, popular
iith his officers and comrades and
hays ready to answer every call of
By. He was a member of the Jen
insburg Baptist church.
Sergeant Minter is survived by his
arents, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Minter;
*) brothers, Messrs. John O. and
ay Minter; two sisters, Mrs. H. B.
ihitaker and Miss Lillie Woods
iter, and two step-brothers, Cecil
il T. P. Stone, all of whom have
| tender sympathy of a host of
iends.
The body was interred in France,
Ad at the close of the war will be
wught home to rest in the family
metery.
■PDRTANT NOTICE OF
I RED CROSS PACKAGES
■ The Christmas cartons arc ready
B° r delivery. The label you receive
■toithe person in the service will en
■®*you to one carton. Bring the la-
wKen you c/ome for the box.
* ol >t misplace it, you cannot send
fcb ox without the label. “The post
will accept no box without this
ibel.”
The Red Cross packing room will
to Pen one hour every morning be-
Jnin S Nov. 4th, at 10 a. m., during
for delivery of boxes.
48 n, ne BROTHERS AND
husband in great war
Chica go, Oct. 26.—At a large
school in Chicago, study
office work so as to do her part
toe war, is a French woman who
*®’ ne brothers and a husband in
*„ Siting forces of the Allies.
J* is Mrs. Alice Carter, whose
r*; d > W. J. Carter, although con-
Over the draft age and a
J*®. of the Boer war, is now in
mted States aviation service in
• He is an expert machinist and
w , orm erly the automobile busi
t ln Chicago.
t^ er > vAo is of English birth,
Alice Latour in Paris eight
1 a £°> and then came to America,
K e he was naturalized. He also
t thre e brothers fighting on the
F** front.
■^ r best pal who is fighting f° r
■J. o'®*’ 0 '®*’ there” may be without a
P ke ” today. Don’t forget to sub
pto the United War Work Fund.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, NOVEMBER 1, 1918
COUNTY SCHOOLS OPENING
FOR THE FILL MONTHS
A number of the county schools
are now open for the fall months and
others will open during the next few
days. The attendance, on account of
the pupils being needed i n gathering
crops, is not as good as it will be later.
The following schools have opened
for the fall months: Beulah, Oak
Grove, Elgin, Oak Hill, Jenkinsburg,
Flovilla, Pepperton and Jackson.
The following schools will open
next Monday: Fincherville, Worth
ville, Cedar Rock, Stark, Delta Grove,
Sandy Plains, Curry’s Chapel, Union
Ridge and Grady.
The Y. M. C. A. serves 3,000 cups
of coffee a day back of the firing
lines in France. The United War
Work Fund buys this coffee. Would
you buy a soldier a cup of coffee?
Subscribe now!
JACKSON SCHOOLS
OPENED MONDAY
IuIIueDZ& Situation Shows
Improvement
ATTENDANCE STILL OFF
AFTER BEING CLOSED FOR SEV
ERAL DAYS SCHOOLS OPEN
AGAIN—INFLUENZA MUCH
BETTER IN THIS COMMUNITY
After being closed down for ten
days on account of the epidemic of
influenza, the Jackson public schools
opened again Monday morning. The
board of educatio nand council deci
ded several days ago that it was ad
visable to close the schools for a few
days until the epidemic of influenza
had spent itself somewhat. During
the time the schools were closed, the
school children were required to stay
off the streets and there was a con
siderable improvement in the general
situation.
The attendance Monday suffered
more or less on account of the influ
enza, but the ranks will soon fill up,
it i s thought, and school will move
along as usual.
On the whole, there has been a
marked improvement in the influenza
situation in this community during
the past few days. There are still a
good many cases and the situation
is bad enough, though it is infinitely
better than it has been.
high prices are paid FOR
PICKING SOUTH’S STAPLE
Present Crop Costing Farmers More
Than Any Ever Known
Washington, D. C., Oct. 26. Th
high cost of cotton picking is. revea -
Pd in figures of the department of
agriculture recording ave pn J*J
paid in all the southern states
gathering the crop. Georgia
r % ioo
cotton picxerb i owes t av
erage, ** ’ Fgures of the
in the follow**
the £
taivei (per m fJ e ‘ ntM<l
ton including short and long m
ton, North Carolina, sl-18,
Sea Island) • - cen ts; Georgia,
South CTO!ma, 99 ,1.92
,1.05; Honda, Jl.i ,1.04;
MWP'. * ; 4rk ’ ansaSj ,1.28; Ten-
To*aa. homa , ,1.57; Col
nessee, v
ifornia, $2. .
FINE SE con H d £o£show here
M,- r -rS p b oe.tocs of
thi s office the fine thi3 year,
the second crop, what perse-
Thes e P“^ e ltivatio „
verance in cu ra m. Mr.
thS faCt n h iTan "excellent gardener.
Thompson is
WAR WORK DRIVE
BEGINS HERE 12
There Will Be Speaking
Friday Afternoon
TALKED PLANS MONDAY
BUTTS COUNTY WILL STAGE
HER DRIVE ON NOV. 12 AND 13
—STORES TO CLOSE UP AND
ACTIVE CANVASS TO BE MADE
Plans for the United War Work
campaign, which begins on November
11 and continues through November
18, were discussed at a meeting held
in tfie court house Monday afternoon.
Chairman J. B. Settle presided and
various phases of the work were dis
cussed and plans were outlined for
the drive which starts Nov. 11.
The opening gun in the campaign
will be fired Friday afernoon, Nov. 1,
at 2 o’clock, when Hon. W. D. Up
shaw, of Atlanta, and Mrs. S. W. Fos
ter, of Atlanta, will be present and
deliver addresses on the work. A full
attendance of the members of the
executive committee, team chairmen
and others interested in the campaign
is urged at that time. This meeting
will be preliminary to the drive which
starts later.
Butts count will stage her campaign
Tuesday and Wednesday,, Nov. 12
and 13. On Tuesday afternoon, Nov.
12, at 2 o’clock, a soldier who has just
returned from the trenches will be
present to make a talk on the work
of the campaign. Following his ad
dress the subscription lists will be
opened and it is hoped to raise a con
siderable amount.
On Wednesday, Nov. 13, the stores
and business houses in Jackson will be
closed and the various committees
will make a canvas of every district
in the county. By that time chairman
Settle hopes to have the county and
district quotas. While it is not offic
ial, the quota for Butts county is un
derstood to be $4,000. That amount
should be raised in one day and that
without much effort.
On Thursday night, Nov. 7, at 7
o’clock, Rev. S. R. England will make
a talk at Pepperton. He will explain
the work and go over the plans with
those in charge of the Pepperton dis
trict. Pepperton has always shown up
well in all forms of war work and it
is confidently believed that the people
there well raise their full quota.
The county organization is doing
some effective work, and the women’s
committee i s taking more interest in
this drive than any previous effort.
A.ll these thipgs taken together spell
the success of the campaign in Butts
county.
RED CROSS WRITES MRS.
MADDOX ABOUT BROTHER
Mrs. L. A. Maddox has received a
letter from the Red Cross in Wash
ington, telling of the wounding of
her brother, Corporal H. G. Elliott,
mention of which was made in the
Progress-Argus at the time. The let
ter received by Mrs. Maddox is as
follows:
The American Red Cross, National
Headquarters, Bureau o$ Communi
cation, Washinton D. C*
October 20, 1918.
Mv dear Mrs. Maddox:— Corporal
H. G. Elliott, Cos. C, 151 M- G - B ’
has been wounded but is getting along
finely and will write as soon as he is
0 f ou r boys are receiving the
greatest care and we feel sure that
with the rest and quiet of the Hospi
tal after the strain of being in action
* u r soldier will keep on improving
and that the next news we have of
him will be good.
Sincerely yours,
Wm. R. CASTLE, JR.
Director.
If vou do not subscribe to the Uni
ted War Work Fund the day may
when your soldier will have no
paper in the V hut to vante home on.
BUTTS PIG CLUB BOYS
MAKE FINE SHOWIN6
That the members of the Butts
County Pig Club continue to take
high rank in the work of this depart
ment, was shown at the Southeastern
Fair, where all entrants from this
county received a prize.
George Hughey’s pig won second
place over the state in pig club work
and fourth in open competition all
over the country. This pig was shown
against some of the old time breeders
from many states.
The pigs of Lamar and Charles
Ridgeway and Willie Slade McMich
ael all won high places and the boys
will be rewarded for their efforts.
Such an excellent showing not only
reflects credit upon the boys, but upon
the entire county and friends of these
boys are glad to know of their success
in the pig club work.
POWER SITUATION
MUCH IMPROVED
General Rains Benefit
Many Industries
MORE CURRENT FOR CITY
MORE CURRENT AVAILABLE FOR
INDUSTRIES SINCE RAINS OF
PAST WEEK—MACON AND AT
LANTA ALSO AFFECTED
Owing to the general rain 3 which
have fallen in this section there is a
general improvement in the power
situation. This is true not only of
Jackson and Macon, but of Atlanta
as well.
The general rains which fell last
week raised the water i nthe Jackson
reservoir some six or seven feet. As
a result there has been a noticeable
improvement in the power situation
and many industries that were run
ning on short pov.ier are now running
full time. This is true of many indus
tries in Jackson and Macon.
The rains have made it possible for
Jackson industries to run full time,
vihereas before there was no power
from 7 a. m. to 12 o’clock, noon.
It is hoped that this condition will
hold, and will improve with fall rains
which should be quite general over
this territory during the next few
days.
The improvement in the power sit
uation has brought untold benefit to
the people of this section.
CLOCK TURNED BACK ONE
HOUR FOR WINTER MONTHS
Country Now Operating on Usual
Time Schedule
After operating for several months
under the “daylight saving” pro
gram, the clock was turned back one
hour Sunday morning at 2 a. m.
The railroads made the change at
that time, but the rest of the popu
lation waited until Monday morning
before setting the time piece.
The “daylight” conserving order
was rather popular with a large num
ber of people. The plan did no doubt
save quite a bit of light and fuel. A
good many of us had grown accustom
ed to the new “fast” time and will
have to wrestle with the latest
change before it seems quite right.
MR. G. C. MADDOX IS NEW
GAME WARDEN FOR COUNTY
Ha* Been Appointed to Fill Po*ition
Held by Hi* Father
Mr. Glenn C. Maddox has been
appointed as Game Warden of Butts
county and for the convenience of
those desiring to secure license Mr.
Maddox has arranged for their sale
at Ham & Carter Company’s store.
Mr. Maddox wa3 appointed to the
position his father, Mr. J. G. Mad
dox, held for several years. Persons
desiring to hunt will do well to pro
vide themselves with the proper li
cense.
Jackson Argus Established 1873 j
Butts County Progress Established 1882 1 Consolidated July , 1915
SAYS 35 CENTS
A FAIR PRICE
J. J. Brown Urges Hold
ing That Figure
CHARGES MANIPULATION
COMMISSIONER OF AGRICUL
TURE BELIEVES MARKET BE
ING DEPRESSED AND URGES
FARMERS TO HOLD COTTON
Atlanta, October 31.—Commission
er of Agriculture J. J. Brwn says in
view of present conditions, he feels he
cannot too forcefully urge upon the
farmers of Georgia and the entire cot
ton belt, the vital importance to the
cotton-producing industry *f asking
for their cotton a price that will at
least pay them for the cost of making
it, and of withholding it from the
market until that price is paid.
“As chairman of the Coton States
Marketing Board,” Commissioner
Brown said, “I want to state that we
have not left a single stone unturned
to get all the facta regarding the mar
keting of this year's crop.
“While we have been assured that
there would be no government price
fixing at the present time, it i 3 well
known that the crop feels the effect
of the suspense in which this matter
has been left. Producers and well
posted business men are well aware
that it cost on an average of 35 cents
per pound to make the present crop.
It is also well known that there is go
ing on some kind of manipulation and
an apparent concert of action, to de
press the price below 35 cents.
“The only solution for this problem
is for every man who has a bale of
spot cotton to withhold it absolutely
from the market until it reaches 35
cent s or more, as we do not believe
the non-producing world wants the
producer to sell his crop at less than
it cost him to make it. Only in this
vay can v*e bring the market situation
back to a natural law of supply and
demand.
“Every one knows it will be impos
sible for the manufacturers to fill
contracts unless the farmers sell their
spot cotton, as no ‘board’ contracts
can be spun into fabrics.
“Farmers and business men over
Georgia and the South, have this cot
ton in their possession, and patriotism
demands that the producer shall at
least receive for it the cost of produc
tion.
“For these reasons, for their own
advantage and protection, I wish to
urge producers with all the empha
sis at my command, to hold every
pound of their cotton for 35 cents or
more, and 40 cents would not be ex
travagant. It is up to the farmers to
get and maintain a fair price. If cot
ton is turned loose at just any price
that is offered for it, the price cannot
be maintained. If we apply business
methods to the situation, we shall at
least bring the market up to the cost
of production. It is the only way!”
MRS. SHEPPARD W. FOSTER TO
SPEAK FRIDAY AFTERNOON
Among the prominent speakers on
the program for Friday afternoon at
2 o’clock will be ,Mrs. Sheppard W.
Foster, of Atlanta, vice president
general for Georgia of the Daughters
of the American Revolution. Mrs.
Foster has been untiring in her war
work activities and in this drive of
the United War Work she is doing
splendid work. Mrs. Foster is a force
ful speaker and always handles her
subject in an able manner.
Mrs. Lucy Dozier Douglas, chair
man of the Woman’s Work of the
United War W'ork campaign desires
that every committee from every dis
trict in the county be present as well
as the public in general.
A single hut at a port of embark
ation supplies soldiers with 20,000
letter heads and 10,000 envelopes
every day. These cost money. Sub
scribe to the United War Work Fund
and do your part.