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THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS
Vol 46-No. 45
Butts County Starts War Work Drive Tuesday
County’s Quota Is $4,000.00
PLANNED TO GO OVER THE TOP IN ONE DAY CAMPAIGN
WHIRLWIND DRIVE TO
RAISE THE FULL AMOUNT
Headquarters Ask Oversubscrip
tion of At Least Fifty Per Cent
Butts county citizens are asked to
go over the top once more.
Tuesday, Novmber 12, is the date
set for raising the county’s quota of
$4,000 in the United War Work
drive. On that day the stores and
business houses of Jackso nwill close
and the various district committees
will put in a hard day’s work in an
effort to raise the full amount reques
ted.
Tuesday has been set apart as the
day for raising the county’s quota.
Should any district fail to come up
with the full amount asked, efforts
will continue until the mone yis rais
ed. With the proper spirit of co-ope
'ration it is believed, however, that
the money can be raised to the last
cent in one day’s drive.
Butts county has been asked to
raise $4,000, but County Chairman J.
B. Settle has been advised from head
quarters that an oversubscription of
50 per cent is desired. Instead of the
$170,500,600 originally asked in the
United War Work drive, the amount
ha s been placed at $250,000,000.
There is urgent need of every cent of
the money and it is hoped the people
of Butts county, in common with
those throughout the country, will
respond nobly to the appeal.
District Quotas
The following are the district quo
tas, though district chairmen are urg
ed to try for an oversubscription of
50 per cent:
Butrill —$350.
Coody,s22o.
Dublin —$150. • .
Indian Springs—s4so.
Iron Springs—sl3o.
” Jackson-*—52,265.
Towaliga—s27o.
Worthville —165.
Committees from Jackson, under
the direct supervision of County
Chairman Settle, will assist the va
rious district organizations in raising
the quotas. An automobile committee,
of which Mr. L. P. McKibben is chair
man, and consisting of the following
members, Messrs. V. A. Kimbell, A.
T. Buttrill, J. W. Carter, A. A. How
ell, W. T. Scarbrough, W. I. Wagner
and O. N. Brownlee, has been appoint
ed to arrange for cars canvassing the
county. Members of this committee
are requested to attend the meeting
Friday afternoon to recive final in
structions for Tuesday’# drive.
Efforts will be put forward to see
every man woman and child in the
county. Citizens are asked to have
their subscriptions ready when the
committee calls. The general plans of
the Red Cross drive, which worked so
successfully in May, will be followed
in this campaign. By having tbier do
nations ready for the committees,
ritizens can lighter} and shorten the
work. The entire campaign is one of
public spirit, and a determination to
back up the men in the trenches, and j
the men and women who are direct- j
ing the campaign should have the
most hearty and active support and
co-operation.
While the drive lasts from Nov. 11
to 18, yet is hoped to finish Butts
county’s quota in one day. Don’t wait
to be asked. Volunteer. Serve in j
whatever capacity you can be most;
useful. The money is asked for our;
boys at the front—to make life more
comfortable for them. It is a time
f or every patriotic citizen to ponder
this question seriously and to give un-
JACKSON, GEORGIA, NOVEMBER 8, 1918
WAR WORKERS
TO MEET FRIDAY
Fin&l Plans Will Be Gone
Over at That Time
WANT MEMBERS PRESENT
MEETING SET FOR 3:30 IN THE
COURT HOUSE IMPORTANT
BUSINESS WILL COME UP FOR
FINAL CONSIDERATION
For the purpose of shaping final
plans for the United War Work cam
paign, which begins in Butts county
Tuesday, there will be a meeting of
the organization i nthe court house
Friday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock.
Chairman J. B. Settle requests a full
attendance of the various committees
and others interested in the work.
At that time final instructions will
be given for the drive Tuesday. The
organization i s already in good shape,
but the finishing touches will be put
on the campaign. Every team captain
and chairman of committees in the va
rious districts should arrange to be
present at the Friday meeting.
Valuable suggestions mill be made
at the meeting Friday and the inside
details of the campaign thoroughly
e* plained to the members of the sev
eral committees. As many of the
chairinen of the district committee
as possible are urged' to be on hand
Friday afternoon.
A PREPARATION SERVICE
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
Sunday 11a. m.
The firing of the first gun in the
United War Work Drive.
The Pastor will present reasons
why every one should support this
drive.
The* Chairmen, members of the
committees and everybody are invit
ed to hear this discussion..
FOOD ADMINISTRATOR
- SAYS LAW VIOLATED
Calls Attention to Substitute With All
Flour Sales •
The sale of pure wheat flour is not
permitted unless a 20 per cent of
com meal is sold with it at the same
time. The fact that the purchaser
'ha s meal or com at home is no ex
emption to this rule. The merchant
must not, Let the flour move unless
the meal moves with it.
Sugar, 3 pounds to each person
per month, all at • one sale. These
rules are being violated every day.
You had better stop.
Truly,
J. T. MOORE,
Food Administrator for Butts Cos.
Nov. 5, 1918.
til his conscience tells him to stop.
Get ready, be ready for this drive
Tuesday. Let Butt 3 county citizens
go over the top as willingly and as
cheerfully as the men who are over
fighting for the liberty of
American firesides.
290,773 MEN IN
NOVEMBER CALLS
Largest Call Yet Made
Under Draft Act
GEORGIA TO SEND 9,000
MEN WHO WERE CALLED IN OC
TOBER TO BE INCLUDED IN
NOVEMBER CALLS GEORGIA
MEN TO CAMP WHEELER
Washington, Nov. 2.—Draft calls
for the mobilization of 290,773 addi
tional men at army training camps
before Nov. 21, were announced to
night by Provost Marshal General
Crowder. Between Nov. 11 and 15,
it was announced, 253,335 white men
physically qualified for general mili
tary service will entrain, making the
largest single call issued under the se
lective service act.
The remainder of the November to
tal, so far as announced, will be
made up by negroes for entrainment
Nov. 19 to 21.
With the assembling of the men
provided in these calls at camp, the
total of men inducted into military
service under the draft will have
passed the 3,000,000 mark, and the
number of men in the llnited States
army in the field or in training, will
total more than 4,000,000.
Men who registered Sept. 12 under
the act extending the draft age limits
will make up the largest proportion of
the November mobilization as the el
igible list remaining from previous
registrations largely was exhausted
by the October calls. Though the Oc
tober calls were suspended because of
the influnza epidemic, nearly all have
been reissued, during the last three
weeks. In states where the calls have
not been reissued, men, called for
camp in October will leave with the
men called for this month. Calls for
additional men to entrain later this
month are in preparation, it was said
today at the office of the Provost
Marshal General.
White, registrants from the South
ern states and camps to which they
will be assigned, and selectmen from
other states who will be sent to south
eastern training camps include:
Georgia, 5,000, Camp Wheeler, Ga.
South Carolina, 312, Fort Moultrie,
S. C.
Negro registrants called, include:
Florida, 632, Camp Meade; 1,890,
Capjp Wadsworth.
Georgia, 4,000, Camp Wheeler, Ga.
South Carolina, 1,110, Camp Wads
worth; 2,000, Camp Sevier; 479,
Camp Humphries.
Judge J. H. Ham, chairman of the
Butts county board, states official no
tice of this call has been received,
and preparations will be made to en
train the coutny’s qpot;i on the dates
designated.
ONE PIECE OF REAL ESTATE
SOLD AT PUBLIC SALES
170 Acres in Worthville District Sold
for $4O Acre
There was but one piece of real
estate sold here Tuesday at public
sales. ,Mr. J. J. Hammond as admin
istrator of Mrs. J. J. Hammond’s es
tate sold 170 acres in Worthville dis
trict, the property being bid in by
W’illie White at $4O per acre. It is
understood the land had previously
been sold, the sale Tuesday being on
ly to perfect titles.
Keep the home fires burning over
tftpre. C,jv to the United War Work i
Campagin. |
THREE POUNDS SUGAR
PER MONTH NEW ORDER
Effective Friday, Nov. 1, one-third
more sugar per capita per month was
allowed for home consumption and
public eating places.
An order to this effect was issued
Thursday by Dr. Andrew M. Soule,
federal food administrator, based on
infomation and authority from Wash
ington. This order carries into effect
the policy which Dr. Soule urged
when the food administration first
adopted and directed promulgation of
rules governing the allotment of su
gar.
Dr. Soule’s order, by direction from
Washington, fixes the allotment at
three pounds per person in family
per month, instead of two pounds.
THE FOURTH LOAN
WAS $6,866,416,300
Over 21,000,000 People
Bought Bonds
A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS
IN SPITE OF A NUMBER OF HAN
DICAPS LOAN WENT NEARLY
BILLION DOLLARS PAST GOAL
—SOLDIERS BUY BONDS
Washington, Nov. I.—Despite
peace talk and influenza, American
citizens have responded for a fourth
time to the government’s appeal for
war loans with more than wa a asked.,
Total subscriptions of $6,866,416,300
from more than 21,000,000 individ
uals is the record of the Fourth Libe
erty Loan, as announced today by the
treasury, based on careful estimates
by the twelve Federal Reserve Banks.
The entire $866,416,300 oversubscrip
tion will be accepted and applied to
reducing the size of the fifth loan, to
be offered in the spring.
Final figures may send the fourth
loan total even higher. Owing to long
delay by banks in tabulating their
pledges, reserve banks were instruct
ed by the treasury to report conserva
tive estimates of their sales and sub
scribers, making these too low rather
than too high. For this reason, some
revision of the totals will be made
within a week or ten days.
All federal reserve districts over
subscribed; the Boston district reach
ing 126 per cent of its quota, and
standing first in the percentage col
umn. Richmond made 123 per cent,
and Philadelphia 119.
Other distrit percentages were as
follows:
Cleveland, 116; Minneapolis, 114;
St. Louis, 113; Atlanta, 112; Dallas,
111.69; New York, 111.11; Chicago,
110; Kansas City, 109; San Francis
co, 105.
In addition subscriptions received
at the treasury amounted to $32,-
538,750.
Soldiers subscribed $75,000,000
and men in the navy $43,500,000.
MR. M. C. WRIGHT ACCEPTS
POSITION WITH LANIER
Mr. M. C. Wright has accepted a
position with the Lanier Hotel in Ma
con as day clerk. Mr. Wright serevd
with the Wigwam the past season and
is an experienced hotel man, possess
ing many friends among the travel
ing public. He has sold his home on
McDonough street to Dr. H. W. Cope
land, who will move hi 3 family in a
little later.
Mrs. Wright and little daughter
win inin Mr Wright, in Macon for the
, vinter months.
Jackson Argus Established 187.1 j ... , . , . „
Butts County Progress Established 18824 Consolidated July 9,1915
SPEAKINGTUESDAY
BEEN CALLED OFF
No Soldier Available on
Account Influenza
MAKE DRIVE THAT DAY
COUNTY WILL STAGE DRIVE
WITHOUT FURTHER SPEAKING
—SOLDIER COULD NOT COME ON
ACCOUNT OF “FLU”
Chairman W. E. Watkins of the
speakers bureau of the United War
Work campaign hag been advised that
on account of influenza it will be im
possible to send a soldier to Jackson
next Tuesday to make an address.
Therefore, the speaking has been
called off.
The various committees will spend
the day Tuesday in making a canvass
of the county and will put forth spec
ial efforts to raise the full quota.
It is thought that the speaking
was not really necessary anyway, in
view* of the fact that a rally was held
held here last Friday and practically
every man, woman and child, both
white and colored, in the county is
familiar with the aims and purposes
of the campaign.
PEOPLE SLOW IN
PAYING THEIR TAXES
Only $4,000 Paid in During Entire
Month of October
With only fifty days left for tax
payers to settle their claims with the
county, state and schools, there re
mained on November 1 some $70,000,
or more, to be collected before the
boks close oil Dec. 20. During Octo
ber, the books having opened on Oct.
I, only about $4,000 was collected for
all purposes.
There will have to be a consider
able improvement in the situation if
all the taxes are paid by Dec. 20, on
which date the tax collectors are re
quired by the new law to close their
books and issue fi fas against all per
sons who have failed to pay. Tax
Collector T. W. Nelson will he one qf
the hardest worked men in the county
if all the accounts arc settled with ths
state, county and schools by Dec. 20.
It might be well enough to make a
no{.e of this and shop early with tho
tax man, who has no discretion in the
matter but is obliged to comply with
the law and close his books on Dec.
20.
METHODIST CHURCH
S. R. England Pastor
Sunday School 9:45 a. m. R. P.
Sasnett, Supt.
Preaching 11a. m. and 7:00 n. m.
by the pastor.
This being the last Sunday before
the pastor leaves for Conference, a
full attendance of the members is
very much desired.
Let all who can be in the Sunday
School and remain to the preaching
service in the morning, and come
again to the night service.
The Pastor will leave for Confer
ence next Tuesday the 12. He will
carry to Conference a splendid report
of the years work.
The public is cordially invited to
attend these services.
Meeting of the Woman's Missionary
Society Monday 3 :30 p. m.
Mid-week prayer meeting Wednes
day 7 p. m.