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Jackson is a Good Town
to Live in and Bosst for.
Help Make It Better!
VOL. 47—NO. 24
CLEAN-UP WEEK
CLOSES JUNE 14
Time Extended by The
Woman’s Club
WILL COMPLETE THE JOS
WARNING GIVEN THAT PREMIS
ES MUST BE MADE SANITARY
CAMPAIGN WILL CONTINUE
THROUGHOUT THE WEEK^
To cover all parts of the town thor
oughly and give every citizen an op
portunity to make his premises clean
and sanitary, clean-up week, which is
being fostered by the Woman’s Club,
has been extended until Saturday,
June 14. The campaign was schedul
ed for last week only, but it has been
decided to extend the time through
the present week.
In many instances citizens respond
ed liberally and generously to the ap
peal for a spotless town. Some did
not, howover, and it is to give the
latter a chance to redeem themselves
that the campaign was extended. It
was impossible to secure the trash
wagon last week all the time, but the
city has promised to give all the time
necessary this week to the removal of
trash.
Asa rule, leaders of the movement
state colored citizens responded liber
ally to the call for a celan town.
Some few did not clean up their prem
ises at all and unless they do this week
their names will be turned over to the
policemen and will have cases made
against them.
The trash wagon will be around
some time during the week and all
trash and cans, paper, rubbish, v-aste
matter of every description will be
hauled off and burned.
The president of the Woman’s Club
states that the results obtained the
first week were satisfactory and that
by extending the time another week
the movement will mean a great civic
improvement to the entire community.
GEORGIA CONVICTS IN
1919 NUMBERED 4,370
Prison Commission Recommends Laws
For Improvement of Conditions
Atlanta. —A total of 4,370 prison
ers were handled by the Prison Com
mission of Georgia, according to a re
port which will be made to the gener.
al assembly when it meets this month.
During the year there were 755 com
mitments; 207 recaptures; 702 dis
charges; .534 escapes; 162 paroles;
117 deaths; seven returned for new
trials; two pardoned; two delivered
to sheriffs.
There were 3,046, men, women and
children serving sentences for crime
in Georgia, which range all the way
from murder to having whiskey on the
breath. The oldest of these unfortu
nate persons is 84 and the youngest
10. The majority of them, hov. ve",
are between the ages of 17 and 31.
The crimes for which they were sen
tenced are murder 965, burglary 551,
manslaughter 408, attempt to mur
der 213, larceny 190, making whiskey
19, and bigamy 13.
Several important recommendations
'for amendment to existing statutes
are placed before the governor,
among them being an indeterminate
sentence law for the state, better pro
vision for the <*ave arJ treatment of
drug addicts, and the vocational train
ing of youthful offenders at the state
reformatory.
It is pointed out that men are serv
ing different lengths of time for the
same offense committed in different
sections of the state, and that with an
indeterminate sentence authorization,
an equalization process could be in-
augurated.
■Drug addicts, the report declares,
are more to be pitied than censured
and that a separate institution should
be provided for them and their treat
ment with the purpose of curing them
of the habit.
The most unfortunate condition of
all, it is declared, is the deplorable
lack of vocational training among the
beys and girls at the reformatory dur
ing their sentences of probation. Ev
ery efTort should be made to train the
wayward youths in useful occupa
tions so that when released they will
be fitted for the duties of citizenship
instead of having acquired a tendency
to drift back to lawlessness.
Self-respect will sometimes do as
much for a man as real physical cour
age. The man who wants to run and
doesn’t is a hero.—St. Loui Globe-
Democrat. i
THE JACKSON PRQGRESS-ARGUS
CHEAP RATES FOR
REUNION IN DAWSON
Faire of Two Cents Per Mile Each
Way Was Granted
The railroads have granted a fare
of 2 cents per mile each vay, for the
annual reunion of the Georgia Divis
ion, United Confederate t Veterans,
which meets in Dawson on June 18.
The distance from Jackson is approx
imately 120 miles, an and those who in
tend making the trip can figure the
cost on tl\at basis. Several parties are
planning to make the trip by automo
bile.
Those going from Butts county plan
to leave on the 17. Tickets will be
void after June 21. The Dawson Inn
has been designated as headquarters,
and all veterans should secure identi
fication blanks, which may be obtain
ed from the adjutant general. Gen. J.
A. Thomas is commander of the Geor
gia Division, U. C. V., and Bridges
Smith, of Macon, is adjutant general.
The visitors will be entertained in
that open-hearted hospitality charac
teristic of South Georgia and a great
trip is assured all who are fortunate
enough to attend,
PURE-BRED HOGS
TO CLUB MEMBERS
Mr. J. H. Blackwell WHI
Give Neat Frizes
OPEN TO BOYS AND GIRLS
INTEREST IN PIG CLUB WILL BE
AROUSED BY GIVING PURE
BRED SWINE AS PRIZES. MUST
ACT AT ONCE ON OFFER
Mr. J. H. Blackwell, county demon
stration agent, makes a most liberal
ipfior to:the boys and girls of the coun
ty who are members of the Pig Club
or who desire to enroll in this club.
He has seven pure-bred Hampshire
hogs, of his own breeding, which he
will place with the boys and girls who
join the Pig Club. The hogs now
weigh.about 200 pounds each. They
must be shown at the county fair
this fall and to the boy or girl who
raises the largest hog Mr. Blackv-ell
will give a $25 scholarship to the
State College. To every boy and girl
who makes their hog weigh 400
pounds, (Mr. Blackwell will give $5 in
cash.
Asa further inducement to the Pig
Club members who take these hogs
and follow the instructions of the de
partment, Mr. Blackwell will give one
third of the cash proceeds oof the
hogs when sold. If sold for breeding
purposes the hogs should bring around
$125, and one-third of that amount
will be an attractive reward for the
boys and girls who keep these hogs. If
sold for market purposes, each hog
should bring around SBO and a third
of that wall be a substantial prize for
the efforts of the club members.
This offer to be effective must be ac.
cepted at once. All boys and girls in
the county who are interested in this
generous offer would do well to get
in touch with Mr. Blackwell at once.
ESTATE DR. MAYS
APPRAISED $170,000
Judge J. H. Han Completes Work
For The Hoirs
Judge J. H. Ham, Ordinary, who
was requested by the heirs to appraise
the estate of Dr. R. W. Mays for in
heritance tax, has completed the
schedule. He appraised the estate at
$170,961.85. After all deductions,
it is estimated the inheritance tax that
this estate will be required to pay the
state will be in the neighborhood of
$1,500.
The following schedule was assess
ed by Judge Ham:
Real estate, 2,418 acre:, @ 5-30
per acre, $72,540.00.
Cotton, 393 bales, @ $125 x.cr
bale, $49,125.00.
City property in Jackson, $39,-
460.00.
Solvent notes and mortgages, $5,-
644.63.
Cash from sales of personalty, sl,-
122.47.
Sale of mules, wagons, junk, etc.,
$3,069.75.
This estate is one of the largest, if
not the largest, in Butts county.
A Wise limtaeat —ROAD BONDS.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY JUNE 13, 1919
NEW THEOLOGY
BITTERLY SCORED
In CommencemeHtSertnon
at Emory
ATHLETICS ARE BARRED
I I3HOP CANDLER DECLARES EM
ORY COLLEGE IS NO PLACE
FOR SPORTIVE YOUTHS. RAPS
“BEER-SOAKED” THEOLOGY
Oxford, Ga., June B.—Preaching an
“old time gospel sermon” as one fea
ture of, the program of the last com
mencement exercises to be held in
Oxford before Emory College is mov
ed to the Emory University campus
in Atlanta, Bishop U. V. W. Darling
ton this morning emphatically scored
the “beer-soaked theology” of Ger
man teachings, which he termed as
“more deadly than poisoned gas,”
pleaded for a revision from material
ism to Jdsus ChrisStl and declared that
the war has taught “that “unsanctified
education cannot save the world.”
Bishop Darlington condemned
“soap, soup and sunshine” sociology
and declared that “our only hope is in
the fearless preahing of the living
gospel from burning hearts.”
“Thousands of our choicest young
men,” he said, ‘‘were lured across the
Atlantic to be innoculated with a poi
son more deadly than gas. They went
there to sit under the influences of
beer-soaked theology, from men
whose lips but faintly pronounced the
name of Jusus Christ, but whose
brains and hearts and lives were reek,
ing with the filth of paganism. Until
today many of our centers of learning
are more deadly poison than Prussian
liquid fire. The war has taught, us
one thing, that unsanctified education
cannot save the world. Materialism
has failed, rationalism has failed.
Beerrsoaked theology has failed. Give
Jesus Christ a fair trial.”
The trustees of Emory University
voted against intercollegiate athletics,
but favored thorough physical train
ing. The trustees also opposed co-ed
ucation except in the summer school
and teachers’ college.
ißshop Warren A. Candler, the
chancellor, said concerning these de
clared policies of the University:
“Emory University proposes to be
a serious institution for serious young
men who seriously desire the best
preparation for earnest and useful liv
ing. It will be no place for sportive
youths who desire to give most of
their attention to games and amuse
ments.
“Emory University is not a boys’
playground but is a man’s power
house.
“With reference to co-education,
the policy of the institution is not to
compete with our schools for women,
which outnumber already more than
two to one the colleges for young
men. ,
“There seems to be no more reason
for the admittance of young women
to Emory than for demanding the ad
mittance of young men to the grand
old Wesleyan College at Macon, or to
the strong colleges for women at
Montgomery, Ala., and Lynchburg.
“A college that ig equally good for
both men and women is not very good
for either.”
ASK FOR REPEAL OF TAX
ON ALL SOFT DRINKS
Petitons Being Sigend and will Be
Seat to Wuhingtan
t
Petitions asking the repeal of the
tax on soft drinks are being readily
signed here. These petitons were
placed in the drug stores several days
ago and a long list of names has al
ready been secured and the petitions
will be forwarded to congress.
The "tax of one cent on all soda wa
ter and ice cream, costing up to ten
cents, and two cents orf drinks above
that sum, is not popular with the peo
ple, and it i s believed that congress
can find some ether method of raising
revenue without enforcing this tax
It is estimated that the soft drink tax
will bring the government several nii
lion dollars annually.
WILL MAKE TRIP TO RE.
UNION BY AUTOMOBILE
An automobile party who will mo
tor to Dav.son for the reunion of the
Georgia veterans consists of Messrs.
S. H. Mays, Z. T. Buttrill and J. M.
Ball. Both Messrs. Buttrill and Mays
are officers of Camp Barnett of Jack
son. Mr. Ball has two children liv
ing in Terrell county, J. Fed Ball,
cashier of a bank at Bronwood, and
Mrs. J. W. Bridges, of Dawson.
MEETING FRIDAY
INTEREST OF FAIR
President Foster Issues
Formal tail
WANT ALL BE PRESENT
ACTIVE WORK ON FAIR THIS
FALL WILL BE STARTED *AT
ONCE. WANT EXPRESSION
FROM OFFICERS ASSOCIATION
For the purpose of discussing plans
for the county fair this fall and to
project an active campaign in inter
est of that movement, President S. J.
Foster has called a meeting of the
stockholders of the Butts County Fair
Association to be held at the couid
house in Jackson Friday morning at
1 0 o’clock.
All officers, including district vice
presidents and directors, as well as
stockholders are requested to be
present at that time.
A good part of the war work, it is
hoped, it is out of the way and the
track is clear for seme needed work
in behalf of the fair this fall. As soon
as possible the premium list will be
made up and printed and active steps
taken to put on the greatest fair the
county has ever known.
Come out to the meeting Friday and
make known your attitude concerning
the fair.
MR. T. A SPENCER PASSED
AWAY SATURDAY MORNIN6
i
Wat Prominent and Well Known Cit
izen of County
Mr. T. A. Spencer, one of Butts
county’s best known and most highly
esteemed citizens, passed away at an
early hour Saturday morning at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. R. E. Ev
ans, a fevi miles from Jackson. He
was ih his usual good health Friday
afteraooon and. that night had a chill
from the effects of which he did not
recover, death resulting at 4 o’clock
the following morning.
Mr. Spencer was one of the coun
ty’s oldest citizens. He was born
January 12, 1835, and was 84 years
of age. He was a native of Jackson,
of Scotch ancestry, his father hvaing
come to this couutry from Scotland.
Mr. Spencer had visited Scotland on
several occasions and owned consid
erable propert there. He was married
to Miss Sarah Ball who preceded him
to the grave.
His sterling character, courtesy
and genteel manner made him a wide
number of friends. Truly he was a
gentleman of the Old South and was
vvdely known for his courtesy and
chivalrous bearing. He served in the
Confederate army as a member cf
Cos. A Thirteenth Georgia Regiment
and was a member of Camp Barnett
of Jackson. Mr. Spencer’s death was
the third among the veterans of
Butts county last week, the others
being Mr. R. A. Wilson and Mr. M. D.
Henderson.
The funeral services were held at
the graveside in the Jackson cemetery
Sunday morning at 10 o’clock, with
Rev. S. R. England officiating, and
the body was laid to rest 'beside his
wife.
Mr. Spencer is survived by his three
sons, Messrs. T. L. Spencer, of Atlan
ta, George and J. B. Spencer, of
Butts county; six daughters, Mrs. Liz.
zie Woodward, Mrs. J. T. Fletcher,
Mrs. C. T. Beauchamp, Mrs. R. E.
Evans, Mrs. J. W. Fletcher and (Mrs.
W. H. Steele.
LOCAL BOARD RECEIVES NO
TICE OF THEIR DISCHARGE
I Highly Praised for Their Loyal and
UaMlfiih Work
Judge 3. H. Ham, Dr. A. F. Whits
and Judge J. A. McMichael have re
ceived notice of honorable discharge
from their duties as members of the
local board, v. : th the following com
ment: “You hare performed a stu
pendous task, you have i f
loyally, unselfishly and well, but you
have done more—you have the
groundwork for anew ideal r.i democ
racy. You have taught and shown the
order and possibilities of sympathetic
and understanding co-operation; you
have discovered, vindicated anew al
truism; you have crystalized an ideal
and made of it a system. In these
closing words I add my heartfelt
praise to the grateful thanks of Amer
ica."
PICNIC SATURDAY FOR
. COUNTY CLUB MEMBERS
County Agents Will Entertain With
Picnic Dinner
In compliment to the members of
their clubs, Mrs. Mary E. Butner and
Mr. J. 11. Blackwell, demonstration
agents of the county, will give a pic
nic and barbecue dinner at the school
house in Jackson Saturday. About
one hundred parents of the club mem
bers, as well as a few other friends
have been invited to be present.
The purpose of the dinner is to stim
ulate the jffet-to-gether spirit. Prof.
J. G. Oliver, of the State College of
Agriculture, has been invited to be
present and make a talk. There will
probably be other short talks, all of
which v.TI be intended to arouse
greater enthusiasm in the club work
this year.
The day promises to be one of
much interest and profit to all those
who attend.
$58,000,000 LOST
BY RAILROADS
Deficit For Year Placed
at $250,680,000
HINES MAKES STATEMENT
HEAVY FALLING OFF IN NET
OPERATING REVENUES FOR
FOUR MONTHS OF YEAR. MAY
RAISE FREIGHT RATES
Washington, June 7.—Director
General Hines estimates today that
the railroad administration incurred
a deficit of approximately SSB, )00,-
000 in April, making a totaj deficit of
$260,000,000 for the first four months
of the year.
The director general reiterated,
however, his previously expressed
judgement that persent economic
conditions were too unsettled to af
ford a safe basis for decision as to the
necessity for increased rates to offset
the difference between income and
operating cost. For the present there
no raise, he added, the admin
istrSion confining itself to practicing
every possible economy. The net op
erating income for April was about
$26,000,000 a s compared with $71,-
000,000 for April, last year, and j:i
average of $67,102,681 fer April
during the three-year-test period, on
which compensation to the roads is
based.
“In Aprii,” Mr. Hines said, “ag m
January, February and March, this
unfavorable shov.ng was due in large
part to the heavy increase in wges and
cost cf materials. The railroad admin
istration is not unlike other industrial
undertakings in the increase in wages
and cost of materials, but is unlike
these other enterprises in that the lat
ter have made corresponding increases
in the prices of what they sell whi'e
the railroad administration has made
increase in transportation rates of
only 25 per cent, which is far less
than the increase in wages and cost
of materials.”
PEOPLE ASKED TO INVEST
COUPONS IN W. S. S.
Interest Payment on Liberty Bonds
Due Juno 15
“Holders of First Liberty Loan
Fondg can make no better use of in
terest payment they will receive on
June 15 than to turn it into Thrift
and War Savings Stamps," Miss Wal
drop, postmaster at Jackson said to
day. “By so doing they can make
th,eir interest keep on making more
interest for them.
'‘Many thousands of persons and
, corporations in the Sixth Federal Re.
serve District invested in the First
Liberty Bonds. Each one of these veil
I reap an interest crop on June 15. By
sewing it back into War Savings
Stamps that interest is continuing to
! grow. If necessity arises War Sav
j ings Stamps are always carhable at
! the post office on ten days notice,
i “The Treasury Department is urg
ing all persons who possibly can to
invest their interest coupons in Thrift
and War Savings Stamps. First Lib
erty Loan Bond coupons can be ex
changed for Thrift and War Savings
Stamps at the banks and at the post
office. Keep your dollars working."
Fruit growers of Georgia are ex
periencing a great year. Reports
from the Fort Valley section declare
the crop is large, and the price being
paid is as attractive one. The peach
crop will bring millions of dollars to
the people of Georgia.
A Bond Itaue Wisely
Expended will give Good
Roads in Every District
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
THIS IS BOY
SCOUTS WEEK
Campaign in Swing For
Associate Members
STRENGTHEN.. FINANCES
BUTTS COUNTY REQUESTED TO
SECURE 333 ASSOCIATE MEM
BERS. CHAIRMAN HAS NAMED
DISTRICT COMMITTEES
The week of Jure 8 to 11 is Boy
Scouts week in Georgia.
During the campaign efforts will be
made to secure a large number of
associate members. Fathers and moth
ers of the Scouts are particularly de
sired to enroll as associate members.
The fees are SI.OO and up. Any per
son may become an associate member
cf the Boy Scouts by paying this fee.
The money thus received will be sent
to national headquarters and will be
used, it i s stated, in enlarging the
scope of the organization.
Butts county’s quota, it is estimat
ed, is 333 members.
At the first Baptist church Sunday
Dr. Robert VanDeventer, who is Scout
Master of the Jackson troop, had a
member of the Scouts read the Presi
dent’s proclamation.
A county organization has been
perfected with Mr. J. B. Settle as
chairman. Other members of the or
ganization include:
Jackson, Ist yard—Hugh Mallet
and Otis Ham.
Second ward—C. L. Redman and
G. B. Carreker.
Third ward—S. P. Nichols and Jin
Bowden.
Fourth ward—R. P. Sasr.ett and
Sarah Louise Furlow.
Flovilla —Dr. A. F. White and W.
A. Dozier.
Jenkinsburg—W. D. Compton, Jr.,
and H. C. Childs.
Wra, G. Me/ doo, former secretary
of the treasury, heads the national
movement. E. R. Callow;.;,', ol La-
Grange, is chairman for Georgia.
DR. A. F. WHITE ASKED TO EX
AMINE CRIPPLED SOLDIERS
Dr. A. F. White, who served for
several months a6 a member of the
Butts county eu'.iptioi board, has
been requested by Provost Marshal
General Crov.ler to act as examining
physician for disabled soldiers. Dr.
White is undecideJ yet whether or not
he will accept the apporntemnt on this
board.
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
HAVE BIG CLASS
Degrees to Be Conferred
Friday, June 20
BARBECUE FOR VISITORS
ALEXIUS COMMANDERY WILI
INITIATE CLASS OF THIRTY
ODD. VISITORS WILL BE WELL
ENTERTAINED DURING STAY
A class of about 36 candidates will
receive the degrees in Alexius Com
mandery No. 22, Knights Templar, on
June 20. It is planned to make the
occasion one of the most notable Ma
sonic gatherings in the history of
Buttg county and a barbecue is ono
of the features of entertainment for
the visitors.
Monticello will furnish some thirty
odd candidates and Jaclraon has sev
eral novices awaiting to receive the
mysteries of the order. The business
session will begin at 4 o'clock Friday
afternoon and the Red Cross and
Malta will be conferred ard cammuni
cated. A barbecue will then be served
the candidates and visitors and at
night the impressive and Christian
Order of the Temple will be conferred
This is one of the largest classes in
the history of the order in Georgia.
The degrees will be conferred by the
officers of Alexius Cc-; .mandery arid
a nrmber of visitors from Monticello
and McDonough are expected to be
present and take part in the exercises
TWO JENKINSBURG BOYS
DISCHARGED FROM SERVICE
Two Jenkinsburg boys, Lieut. Ar
thur Bankston and Lois Tolleson, re
ceived their discharge from the army
several days ago and have returned
home. Lieut. Bankston was with the
Eighty-Second Division and had many
narrow escapes. Their friends are
glad to welcome them home