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THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS VOL. 46—NO. 48 COUNTY OVER SUBSCRIBES QUOTA $545.88 IN T DRIVE All But Two Districts Over Top— Chairman Settle Thanks Citizens From all reports received, Chair man J. B. Settle of the United War Work campaign reports that Butts county subscribed a total of $4,545.88 There will probably be several scat tering amounts to come in during the next few days. The county quota was $4,000. An over subscription of at least 50 per cent was asked. The oversubscription was not realized, though the county •went well over the top. A surprisingly large amount of the subscriptions were paid cash, the figures being: Cash, $3,834.88 and pledges s7ll. Nearly two thousand persons took part in the campaign, showing the keen interest felt. Amount sfrom 10 cents up to SSO were acknowledged. Every district in the county went over the quota assessed, except But trill and Worthville. The district quotas, the amounts raised, in cash and pledges, and the amounts contributed by the Earn and Give clubs are shown herewith: Buttrill district—Quota $350; cash $177.75; pledges $25; total $202.75. The Eeam and Give club of Jenkins burg school contributed $29.40. Coody district—Quota $220; cash $353.05; pledges S2B; total $381.05. Earn and give club in Coody district contributed the following through the schools: Sandy Plains, $11.93; Grady, $1.25. New Hope lodge, col ored, contributed $28.27, showing a commendable spirit of interest and i co-operation. This amount was hand led in by Sam Norris. Dublin district —Quota $150; cash ($155.15. i Indian Springs district —Quota 1450; contributed by Indian Springs 172.50, by Flovilla $358.36, total 530.86. Iron Sprins district—Quota $130; ash $390.20; pledges $25.50; total 1415.70. The earn and Give club of )ak Hill School contributed $3.30. Jackson district} —Quota ;$2,2 65; :ash $1,820.12; pledges $632.50; to tal $2,452.62. The Earn and Give club of the Jackson public school con tributed $163.61, and the Pepperton [school contributed $11.56. Towaliga district —Quota $270; cash $305.07. The Earn and Give club of Beulah school contributed $15.50. Worthville district —Quota $165; cash $102.68. The Earn and Give clubs of the various districts reported the follow ing amounts: Buttrill, $29.40, Coody, $13.18; Iron Springs, $3.30; Jackson, $175.17; Towaliga, $15.50. CHAIRMAN SETTLE THANKS CITIZENS In connection with the recent cam paign to raise funds for the support of the United War Work, I desire to thank each and ev&> citizen, man, VUC***** - - woman and child, white and colored, who by their unselfish help and gen erous subscriptions made possible Butts county’s magnificent showing. Without your help and co-operation I could have done nothing. It was a genuine pleasure to have been asso ciated with so many faithful workers, and I wish it were possible to thank i erne in person. You have done ' etancl have won credit for not only i .= hut for your county and y °tion and have helped to make life :Sr and better for the - ~ or here” and over there. CS A?tot“e Sd Planned to publish , list of names, showing J th * f inbuted to the support of the Wh V°hut have decided, owing to the f and the CMt ' %££££* unse,fish efforts. ceTTLE, Chairman. Butts County War Wok Committee. AMERICAN KILLED TOTALS 36,154 When Fighting Stopped November 11 ALL CASUALTIES 235,117 NEARLY QUARTER MILLION OF CASUALTIES—KILLED SLIGHT IN PROPORTION TO WOUNDED —MANY GERMANS TAKEN Washington, Nov. 23.—Total cas ualties in the American expeditionary forces, up to the signing of the armis tice, were 235,117, divided as fol lows: Killed and died of wbunds, 36,154; died of disease, 13,811; died from other causes, 2,204; wounded, 179,- 625; prisoners, 2,163; missing in ac tion, 1,160. The American forces in France, General Mach said, had captured 44,- 000 German prisoners and about 1,400 guns. THANKSGIVING GENERAL HOLIDAY OVER COUNTY ALL BUSINESS HOUSES WILL CLOSE FOR DAY AND POST OF FICE AND RURAL CARRIERS WILL CELEBRATE EVENT Thanksgiving is being celebrated with more than the usual interest by Butts county citizens this year. The recent signing of the armistice and the cessation of hostilities have brought the country much to be thankful for. This great event to gether wiith bountiful crops of all kinds, have given the entire nation much for rejoicing and with grateful hearts the people everywhere are "en tering into the spirit of the occasion. The stores and business houses in Jackson will close for the day. The banks, post office and rural carriers are all enjoying a holiday and no business of any kind will be transact ed. Union Thanksgiving services at the Baptist church will be attended by hundreds of citizens of the commu nity. Others will find their interest in hunting, motoring or spending the day in the cities attending football games. PRESIDENT WILSON TO GET POTATO WEIGHING 20% LBS Mammoth Tuber WiFi Show What Georgia Can Produce Atlanta, Nov. 27^—If President Wilson has forgotten the delights of the Georgia sweet potato since the affairs of the world have enrossed his mind so largely he will be reminded of the sweetness of the Georgia yam when he eats the sweet potato which has been sent to him by W. L. Martin, of Decatur county. The potato weighs 20% pounds, and Mr. Martin says he wants the president to see what the state of Georgia and Decatur county in partic ular can do towards raising food for a hungry world. COST OF LIVING INCREASED 16 PER CENT PAST YEAR A government report issued Mon day shows that the cost of living in creased 16 per cent the past year. The largest increase was in the big cities Atlanta showed an increased cost of living of 19.1 per cent. JACKSON, GEORGIA, NOVEMBER 29, 1918 UNION SERVICE BAPTIST CHURCH Thanksgiving to Be Most Impressive Event AN ATTRACTIVE PROGRAM PEOPLE OF ENTIRE COMMUNITY WILL GATHER FOR OCCASION —DR. McKAY WILL PREACH— GOOD MUSICAL PROGRAM The three churches of Jackson unit ed in a most interesting Thanksgiving observance, a program appropriate to the day being rendered. The services were held at the First Baptist church and were largely attended by people of the community. Probably never before in the history of Jackson was there so much interest shown in a sim ilar service. The sermon was preached by Rev. M. McN. McKay, pastor of the Pres byterian church. In a pleasing and forceful manner he told of the signif icance of Thanksgiving, of what the day means to the people of the United States and of special reasons why the occasion should be observed this year. Patriotic hymns and music appro priate to the day were rendered: The following program was carried out: Doxology. Invocation, Rev. J. W. MacNamara. Anthem. Hymn 319. Scripture. Prayer of Thanksgiving, Rev. S. R. England. Offertory. Sermon Rev. M. McN. McKay. Hymn 68. Benediction. JACKSON BOYS COMING HOME Thirty-First Divisioa to Be Seat Home Early GENERAL MARCH STATES TROOPS NOT NEEDED IN EU ROPE WILL BE MUSTERED OUT IN HOME CAMPS—SHOULD BE HOME BY FIRST OF NEW YEAR Among the American divisions now in France that vail be returned at an early date is the Dixie division, which was trained at Camp Wheeler. This division embraces the 121st infan try (old second Georgia) and the 122nd infantry (old fifth Georgia.) A large number of Butts county men are with the Dixie division, which left Camp Wheeler several weeks ago. The division arrived in France too late to get into the fight. News that the division will be sent home soon will be of interest to the people of the county. The Jackson Rifles, the home company, has had its men scattered, but there are still a number of old members of the com pany in ranks and the boys will be given a great ovation when they get home. It is understood the Dixie Division will be mustered out at Camp Wheel er. MR. J. P. ETHERIDGE WILL ENTER BUSINESS AT PERRY Popular Buiineii Man AVill Leave Jackson January 1 Mr. J. P. Etheridge, who has for a number of years been one of Jack son’s well known business men, will move to Perry the first of January. He will engage in the warehouse and ginnery business and will also embark on peach raising, having purchased a 300 acre tract of land. Jackson cit izens regret to give up Mr. Etheridge and interesting family, but the best viishes of hosts of friends will follow them to their new home. SOUTHERN GOVERNORS URGE SQUARE DEAL FOR COTTON Unite in Proclamation Asking Reasonable Price For Staple The governors of the cotton states have issued a joint proclamation call ing upon farmers, merchants and bus iness men of the south to carry out the suggestion of the cotton states marketing board, that no cotton be sold for less than thirty-five cents a pound, and requesting them to lend their aid “to the end that a price may be obtained for our chief staple equal to the cost of production plus a reas onable profit.” The proclamation, which is signed by the governors of all the cotton growing states, embodies the resolu tion on this subject adopted by the cotton states marketing board at its recent conference, held in the state capitol, Atlanta, November 7, last. Following is the proclamation: We the governors of the several cotton states, recognizing the justice and wisdom of the action taken by the cotton states official advisory marketing board in the cotton confer ence held in the state capitol of Geor gia on November 7, 1918, as shown in the following resolution as adopted: “Whereas, the recent heavy break in cotton prices is wholly unjustified by existing conditions and the great disturbance incident to the heavy break in cotton prices is wholly un justified by existing conditions and the great disturbance incident to the heavy break in the market has tempo rarily paralyzed the agricultural and business interests of the south and entailed heavy loss to the cotton pro ducer by reason of the price being below the cost of production. “Therefore, be it resolved, That the farmers, merchants, bankers and business me norganize and unite with the determined purpose to withhold from sale all cotton until a price can be obtained that will cover the cost of production, plus a reasonable prof it. That v.hen such price is obtained we further urge that cotton be sold only to meet pressing obligations and wherever possible borrow money to meet such obligations, and in this con nection we urge that the Federal Re serve banks throughout the country be just as liberal as is consistent with good business in rediscounting notes secured by cotton. We further heart ily recommend to the farmer of the south that by reason of the great need for increasing food and feed crops that they materially increase their acreage of these crops for the year 1919, and to accomplish this end by reducing their cotton acreage. We urge that the widest publicity be giv en the action of this conference and that the authorities and agencies in each state be especially charged with the duty of organizing each state into county and school districts for the purpose of carrying out the action em bodied in these resolutions. Be it further resolved, to urge the farmrs and dealers not to sell cotton for leas than 35 cents a pound, basis middling.” We do, therefore, jointly call upon the citizens of the cotton states to carefully consider the foregoing res olution as adopted and in so far as it may be possible each of you are re quested to lend your aid to the end that a price may be obtained for our chief staple equal to the cost of pro duction, plus a reasonable profit. W. P. HOBBY, Governor of Texas. HUGH M. DORSEY, Governor of Georgia. RICHARD I. MANNING, Governor of South Carolina. CHAS. H. BROUGH, Governor of Arkansas. THOS. W. BICKETT, Governor of North Carolina. THEODORE G. BILBO, Governor of Mississippi. CHAS. HENDERSON, Governor of Alabama. SIDNEY J. CATTS, Governor of Florida. $1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE Statement by J. J. Brown President J. J. Brown, of the cotton states marketing board, makes tho following statement: The bears are in our midst seeking to discredit your past efforts against their federal price-fixing scheme. And now they try to frighten you—for what? Why to make you sell and break the market of course. You opposed federal price-fixing because every southern senator and congressman advised the cotton far mer to keep cotton away from federal price-fixing. Every commissioner of agriculture, marketing director and farmers’ un ion president of the cotton states in joint conference wiith these congress men in Washington had ample evi dence that the best interests of the south demanded that we resist federal price-fixing on cotton, and they, therefore, opposed it with all their might. Legal federal price-fixing of cotton is dead. The bill introduced by Congress man Cox, of Indiana, to price our cot ton at 15 cents per pound will never be resurrected. The export restrictions have now been modified and speculative short selling has been prohibited, and these changes will strengthen the market. Hold your nerve—act as your sons did in the front lins in France. Tell the pirates they shall not pass. COTTON STAES OFFICIAL ADVIS ORY MARKETING BOARD. By J. J. Brown, President. RESTRICTIONS ON COTTON LIFTED M&y Now Be Shipped to European Countries EXPECTED TO BEEP PRICE WAR BOARD NAMES FOREIGN COUNTRIES TO WHICH THE STAPLE CAN BE SHIPPED— WILL STEADY PRICES Washington, Nov. 21.—Restrictions on the operation of raw cotton to Great Britain, France, Italy, Belgium and Japan were removed today by the war trades board and the committee on cotton distribution. The order is effective December 2. Exportation restrictions on rairtr cotton going to Spain, whereby the quantity exportable was limited and allotted among the various shippers* also were withdrawn, effective No* vember 22. After this date applica tions will be considered with a view to granting licenses freely. Regulations which required that the grade and staple be specified on application for export, and that the applicant disclose the existence ef an actual sales contract or freight al lotment also were withdrawn, effec tive November 22. In connection with cotton for export to the allied nations, the special license will be issued to the proper customs officials at the point of exit, who will be authorized to pass shipments in ac cordance therewith. Applications to export raw cotton to other destinations will be consid ered and granted freely, the announc ment said, and where agreements for shipments exist, international licenses will be granted in accordance with them. Messrs. J. W. Goddard, of Green ville, S. C., L. W. Goddard, of Griffin, J. A. Thompson, of Empire, and Har vey Bond, of Locust Grove, attended the funeral of Mrs. Charity Chicld3 at Macedonia Friday.