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Jackson is a Good Town to Lire in and Bosst for. Help Make It Better! VOL. 47—NO. 25 VILLA’S GANG QUICKLY LICKED * American Soldiers Cross Mexican Border PRISONERS ARE TAKEN BRUSH RESULTED IN EASY VIC TORY FOR AMERICAN TROOPS. ONE DAY AND NIGHT ALL THE TIME REQUIRED FOR FIGHT El Paso, Texas, June 16.—Ameri can troops that participated in the punitive expedition against the Villa rebels in and near Jaurez last night and today were billited in barracks and camps on the American side to night after twenty-four hours of cam paigning. . Several ragged Mexican prisoners I were herded toward the Fort Bliss vstockade by a detachment of the /Fifth Cavalry v.ihile another cavalry detachment drove a herd of 100 cap tured Mexican horses and ponies to the remount station. It was unofficially stated tonight at Fort Bliss that approximately fifty Vi !, a followers were killed. One American of the Seventh Cav • airy, was shot through the lung by a Mexican rebel. After crossing during the night the cavalry column, supported by a bat talion of the 82nd artillery, advanced and at daybreak began a scouting tour. Capturing the seven prisoners before reaching the Villa camp, the cavalry wa s enabled to proceed, dis mounted, to a short distance of the adobe headquarters when fighting was begun with the Americans stand ing in water up to their knees. Four Villa men were killed in the first assault and the entire force num bering approximately 200 men, moun ed and escaped toward the southwest vcth the cavalry troops in pursuit. The rebels scattered into small bands, b the Fifth cavalry pursuing one band ||Bs miles. Hfjl In the meantime the Seventh Caval •;ry deployed to, the southeast and pur sued another band. Troops A and C executed a mounted pistol charge from the saddle and killed a nur.iher of the rebels. The artillery piaced shrapnel directly over the heads of the fleeing Villa forces and many were killed. After the pursuit the two cavalry forces formed a junction and returned to the American side of the river, accompanied by the artillery and Eighth Engineers. SERGEANT HODGES AT 1 HOME AFTER SIX YEARS KHas Taken Part in Four Wars in * Twenty Years First class Sergeant Wm. H. Hodges, wbw is spending several days with his brother and sister, Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Etheridge, enjoys the rather unique distinction of having participated in all the wars in which the United States has been engaged for the past twenty years. He has been in the reg ular army for twenty year s and dur ing that time has taken part in the Spanish-American war, Phillipine in surrection, the scrap on the Mexican border and the recent world war. He went to Europe at the outbreak of the war with the First division of reg- was transferred to the , 89th and wound np his service over -1 seas as a member of Cos. C 314th Field Signal Battalion. Sergeant Hodge§ had a close call when a piece ofshrapnel knockout one of his front teeth. Otherwise he emerged from the conflict unhurt. Thy is his first visit at home in six years. He is on a six weeks furlough and will be stationed at Camp Upton, near New York. Sergeant Hodges has had some interesting experiences dur ing his long service and is being cor dially welcomed not only among rnem berg'of hi ß family but by the oecple of the city. ATTENDING REUNION OF VET ERANS IN DAWSON THIS WEEK Several Butts county veterans, in cluding Messrs. F. C. Stephens, S. H. fays, J. M. Ball and Z. T. Buttrill, I. H. Thornton, J. E. Kitchens, E. C. awthon, J. M. T. Mayo, Hamlin | Jiompson are attending the state re * !\(po n of the Confederate veterans in IYWaon this week. V (Cite reunion was opened Tuesday \ a program of exercises of much interest to the veterans had been ar ranged. The visitors were well en tertained during their stay, a barbe cue being one pf the features. THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS WILL ENFORCE THE SPEED LIMIT ORDINANCE Instructions Given Officers to Make Cases for Violations City council announces its intention to enforce the ordinance against speeding and running automobiles with cut out open. There h* s been quite a bit of complaint on both of these scores recently, so much so that members of council have been stirred to action. From this time on, it is declared, cases will be made against all those exceeding the speed limit and those running cars with the cut out open. There is now in force an ordinance against both of these practices, but the restrictions have not been rigidly enforced. Instructions have been given the policemen to make cases for violation of the speed limit and cut out open ordinance, it was stated by members of council Monday. FAIR WILL GIVE HANDSOME PRIZES More Than $1,280 Cash Premiums Offered NEXT MEETING SATURDAY FAIR ASSOCIATION WILL STIMU LATE INTEREST BY GIVING LARGE CASH PRIZES. ACTIVE WORK STARTS SOON Prizes aggregating 81,27.') will be offered by the Butts Cour.tv Fair As sociation Tor the winners in the coun ty fair this fall. It was decided a meeting held in the court house Fri day to offer the most liberal pre miums ever given by the Fair Asso ciation. The premiums will be divided as folio Wo.: Girls Canning club and Poultry club, S2OO. Boys Corn club, Pig and Calf clubs, $175. Agricultural department, SSOO. Live stock department, S3OO. LadieS’ department, SIOO. Another meeting of the fair associa tion will be held in the court house Saturday morning at 10 o’clock at which time the date for the fair will be selected. It is also planned to have all .committees ready by that date, as well as a preliminary report on the premium list. Just a s soon as it can be arranged the premium list will be printed and distributed among the people of the county. By making the premiums larger it is believed there will be more and better exhibits and greater in terest all around. Active work will be started on the fair at once. Every officer sliou’d be present at the meeting Saturday and lend his encouragement to the fair movement. Come out and say wheth er or not you are going to be behind the fair this fall. It takes more than a few individuals to have a successful fair and your co-operation and assist, ance will help greatly. FUNERALOF MRS. MIRY RRYANT HELD ON FRIDAY Former Butt* County 1-ady Died in Atlanta The death of Mrs. Mary V. Bryant, formerly of Butts county, occurred at her home in Atlanta Thursday at temoon. She was 48 years of age and wßs a Miss Yancey before marriage, being a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Yancey. Many friends of the family here were pained to lean cf her passing. Mrs. Bryant is survived by the fo’- lowing relatives: Her husband, two sons, C. E. and W. B. Gresham and a daughter, Mrs. L. R. Harrcd, of At lanta; four sisters, Mrs. J. T. Mc- Clure. of Jackson: Mrs. W. R. Mason, t .f Atlanta; Mrs. C. B. H-.dges and ' T ; tw; brothers, W. A. and Swannie Yancey, of ,Mcßae. The body was brought to Jackson Friday afternoon and carried to Wor thville where funeral services were conducted at the Baptist church, of which she vns a member. Dr Rob ert VanDeventer oficiated and the in terment was in the Worthville ceme tery. One rat will eat or spoil 4 bushels of grain a year. It costs $2 or $3 a year to feed a rat on your place. JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY JUNE 20, 1919 TAX COMMISSION MAKES REPORT Property Would Be Divi ded into Classes HARD FIGHT EXPECTED WOULD SUBMIT TWO CONSTITU TIONAL AMENDMENTS TO VO TERS. RECOMMENDATIONS OF KEEN INTEREST Atlanta, Ga.—The report of the state tax commission to the next leg islature a s adopted by the commission recommends tvvj constitutional amendments to remedy the existing evils of the present tax system. These amendments are practically the same as outlined by the commis sion at its public hearings over the state recently with the exception that the amendment submitted at that time has been divided into two amendments, the first to deal with the classification of property and the second deals with taxes on in comes, inheritances, privileges and occupation. The proposed amendment reads as follows: Classify Taxable Property First. All ta ? s shall be levied and collected under general laws and for public ou ves triy The general assembly siia'l have the paver to classify property for taxation and to adopt different rates and methods for different classes of property and to segregate different classes of prop erty for state and local taxation. But all taxation shall be uniform upon the same class of subjects within the ter ritorial limits of the authority levying the taxes. Taxes may be levied adval orem upon any given class property without regard to the method used in levying taxes on any other class of property. Second. Taxe s may be also impos ed upon incomes, inheritances, privi lege and occupations, which class cf taxes may be graduated and when levied may contain provisions for reasonable exemptions. Tax on Merchant* and Banks While centering its whole ragu ment on the passage of the above leg islation, which viruld follow the pass age of a bill, the taxes proposed upon merchants, bank deposits, secured debts, etc., are discussed by the com mission in its report and recommenda tions as to rates are made, but these are only tentative, as it is recognized that such classification laws could not I e enacted before the summer of 1921 even if the proposed amendments are passed at once by the next legisla ture, because the next general elec tion at which the amendments would have to be approved by the people will be in the fall of 192 C. The commission also recommends'a plan for the creation cf a permanent tax commission with twelve deputy tax commissioners and other of a modern improved system of ad ministration, but it does not recom mend the inauguration of this system until after the constitutional amend ment has been adopted and approved by the people. POLITICIANS WARNED NOT TO ATTEND MEET Newspaper Men Have Business They Want to Discuss “All politicians and pot-bod mg friends” have been kindly but firmly invited to stay away from the annual meeting of the Georgia Press Associa tion at Monroe July 14. This invita tion has been issued by President Paul Harbor, with the request that all pol iticians kindly not worry the conven tion, as the editors have a little busi ness of their cwn to attend to. “We like all the gentlemen,” said Mr. Harbor, “but we simply don't want them around the meeting, either on the inside or outside. The gather ing is for the newspaper editors, to attend to their business and strictly fer that purpose, and it is in no wise li.aigned cither to further cr hinder the ambitions of any politicians. “Of course we can’t keep them from coming to the tow n where we are going to meet, nor can we keep them from log-rolling on the outside if they want to do a thing like that, anyway. But we can make it plain that we have a little business of our' own to attend to; that we want to be let alone this year to attend to that, and then if they come, why it’, up to them.” Good Roads Moan Good Bus moss. CHAUTAUQUA TO OPEN WEDNESDAY Elovilia Will Have Three Days Assembly MANY STRONG FEATURES GOOD TALENT SECURED FOR THE THREE DAYS ASSEMBLY. PROGRAM OF EDUCATION AND ENTERTAINMENT ARRANGED Final preparations are under way for the opening of the chautauqua. The dates for Flovilla’s three-day in spirational community meet are June 25, 26, 27. Co-operating with the Radcliffe Chautauqua System, the local organ izers of this annual getting-together are arranging for a rousing time with twelve gripping events on the pro gram. Entertainment numbers of the first quality are to be combined with features of the great central theme of this year’s program—Education for every American child. The quickened spirit of democracy preparing for the dawn of a nev. era embraces education as the only road to future progress. Embarking on a I crusade for real education and stak j ing its success on the finer and more ' jcyous things of life, the Radclilfe Chautauqua, and its local co-operators invite the whole community to make the town the dynamic center of the i United States for three days. The local Chautauqua promoters are building for an ideal—a raised standard of living for everybody. And they are building with ideas. The program is loaded with material. | The Fighting Yanks, a group of military boys in the uniforms they wore in France, will make the Chau ' tauqua atmosphere vibrate with the speed of their rapid-fire entertain ment on the afternoon and night of the first day. This organization of in strumentalists, vocalists and dramatic entertainers will give the opening ■ program its humorous and its rollick ing touch, with their colorful “trench” reportery. I The Agnes Mathis Cos., rollicking youthful spirits, all of them, but ar tists of the highest older, will offer two concerts on the second day. These are skilled instrumentalists as v.ell as | highly trained vocalists, and their es- I thetic musical numbers are olfereJ in 1 combination vith colorful costume j effects. The Lawson Concert Cos. will give i character to the last day with their ! distinctive entertainments A varied I repertory of readings, impersonations, I characterizations, and comedy bits I will be offered by this group, both for ' amusement values and for the educa tional benefits. These talented players I are artists in expression and their I acted episodes, solos and recitals are expected to be of high culture value. The six lecturers fare not less en tertaining, witty, snappy and radiant, one is assured, but they have a very serious purpose. The big, throbbing question of the hour is Education. The chautauqua orators and demon strators will make this subject ring. Col. G, A. Gearhart, broad, elo quent, keen, analytical, constructive, the master of 5,000 audiences, wi 1 give the opening afternoon lecture on “The Lamp of Aladdin.” This lecture will be remembered long after the khaki tent has departed. There will be stimulated brains and aroused emo tion before he ha s finished with his graphic picture of the achievements of the trained minds of the world. His evening subject, “The Greatest Thing That Men May Knovi,” will promote ideals of true education, not of the hands alone, nor yet of the head only, but also of the heart. The marshal of this educational crusade will be the Chautauqua Di rector, Dr. McFadden, who, on the night of the second day, will casry the central theme to a practical level •under the topic “The Problem of the "Unprepared.” The director will in ject fresh elements into social life and, in snappy, live-wire phrases, awaken as to the backward conditions of American life. Hi". *h:r-l ■-* * ♦ ic will be “Pushing Back the Horizon —lndividual, Home, Community,” a fertile subject that invites eloquence and imagery but that affords also a vauable basis for objective instruc tion in ideals. Of particular significance will be the lecture on “Home-Making” and the conference on “The House Around the Corner” by the RadclifTe Woman Specialist in Home-Engineer ing, on the afternoon of the second day. That she will be listened to with absorbing interest by both men and JACKSON POST OFFICE GOES SECOND CLASS Raise in Salary of Postmaster Under New Order Effective the first of July the Jack son post office will be a second class office, according to announcement just made. This rating wa s secured by virtue of the receipts for the past year being more than SB,OOO. An increase in the salary of the postmaster from SI,BOO to $2,000 will be made when the office is placed in the second class. There will be four persons connected with the of fice, the postmaster, assistant post master, clerk and auxiliary clerk. None of the employees will be allowed to work over 8 hours per day. Mr. G. H. White who had been city mail carrier since Jackson was given free delivery will be a clerk in the post office after July 1. It is not known who his successor will be. LEGISLATURE TO CONVENE ON 25 Many Important Matters Before Session POLITICS TO BE MIXED IN SEVERAL MEASURES OF STATE WIDE IMPORTANCE WILL BE CONSIDERED. HOLDER WILL BE RE-ELECTED SPEAKER The general assembly of Georgia will convene in annual session next Wednesday, June 25. Hon. J. T. Moore, representative from Butts county will go up the first of the week to be present at the opening session. There is a vast amount of busines: coming before this ession, it is stated. Not before in years will the doings of the legislature be followed with keener interest. Several measures of state-vrde interest will be brought up for discussion and the sessions will have plenty of business to keep the members busy. Among the live subjects that will be considered are: The tax reform bill; highway legis lation; enlargement of the railroad commission; woman suffrage; the cap ital removal issue; the proposed deg tax and many others, including the -constitutional amendment for a state wide bond issue to build permanent roads and for school improvement. As usual, there will be the usual num ber of local bills. It is likely that Hon. John N. Hol der, of Jackson county, will be re elected speaker of the housa of rep epresentatives. There are several can didates for president of the senate and the outcome of this election seems more or less in doubt. ATTEND SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION IN ROME Messrs. J. Matt McMichael, pre i dent of the Butts County Sunday School Association, and S. M. Pope representing the Methodist Sunday School, attended the state convention cf the Georgia Sunday School Asso ciation in Rome last week. Butts county is still in the Gold Banner class, and made an excellent showing for the past year. Messrs. Pope and McMichael stated the convention was a very successful and enjoyable one and the attendance was about seven hundred. women is the assurance given because of the scientific importance ard the practical nature of her talk and her demonstration. Miss Franles Breckenridge Ma'tby, a graduate nurse, especially assigned to this education work by the Ameri can Red Cios.; will lecture on the af ternoon of the third day on “The Red Cross—a Record and a Prophecy” and V ill hold an instruction conference or “Home Care of the Rick.” The Arne*-, ican Red Cross holds a unique plat" the world, and the message of its rep resentative will be eagerly sought. The whole inspiring, educative pro gram is symmetrically arranged. There i ssomething worth while for ♦ veryone, and none need go fifty miles from home to get lively entertainment and fresh cultural impulses, when these are brought in such rich meas ure right to the community. The suc cess of the Chautauqua can be read in the striking features outlined and in the sincerity of the community’s pur pose in arranging for it A Bond lue Wieely Expended will give Good Rood* in Every District $1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE COTTON SLIPS IN PAST FEW DAYS Other Crops Reported in Good Shape BOLL WEEVIL APPEARS REPORTS REACHING AGRICUL TURAL DEPARTMENT SHOW THAT COTTON OUGHT TO BRING GOOD PRICE THIS FALL Atlanta, June 19.—Authentic re ports from all parts of Georgia to the state department of agriculture indi cate that crop conditions are such as are most likely to command good pri ces for products the coming fall. There has been material deterio ration in cotton during the last tw> or three weeks. The cool weather and showers have been favorable to the excessive growth of grains, while cot ton hag been retarded. Reports to the department show that there has been a material reduction in the cot ton acreage, and that through the southwestern to the southeastern por tio nef the state the boll weevil is exceedingly active and w ill do much damage. The reports as to the condition of of cotton coming to the department, are exactly in line with those promul gated by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture in Washington, and indicate strongly a material re duction in the amount of the Georgia cotton yield this year. In addition to bad weather condi tions, considerable trouble has beer experienced on account of shortagi of labor. Many sections of the start have indicated a demand for cotton choppers, and on many farms as the result of the inability to obtain them, the women and even young girls are working in the cotton fields. This is a state of affairs vihich the south pro poses to remedy just as soon as pos sible. Reports indicate a good stand of corn all over the state. Where there is a large number of hogs and cattle, the velvet bean acreage seems to have bee n materially increased. Borghum is being planted extensively, both for forage and syrup; and this is said to look better than any other -crop. One mateial advantage from the rainy weather hag been the planting of a larger sweet potato acreage and a favorable condition for a larger yield. Tobacco is looking well arid the acreage, particularly in “bright tobacco,” has been largely increased. The tendency has been to plant a lar ger acreage of peanuts and more to the acre. This crop is said to be mak ing considerable progress. PRESBYTERIAN CKU PH SUNDAY, JUNE 22 "Not forsaking the aisemMing of yourselves together as the manner of some is.” 10 a. m. Sunday School. B. K Carmichael, Supt. • There will be no preaching service at eleven ag the minister will be at Fellowship church. In the evening at 8:30 the minister will preach on the theme: The First Thing God sees About a Man. Mark 11:5. DEMONSTRATION WEEVIL FIGHT AROUSES INTEREST Use of Poison to Kill Cotton Pest WilJ Be Shown on Sumter Farm Amcricus, June 17.—George C. Marshall, Sumter county farm demon stration agent, has received dozens of letters recently inquiring about meth ods for applying calcium arsenate, Ihe new poison which it is said will ef fectively destroy boll weevil. These letters come from all pa’ts of Geor * i . at. ■ t in a.*64- bama far>oert have also written. A demonstration has been arranged for Friday, June 27. Ample provision vi’l be made for entertaining the hundred or more who are expected to be here for the demonstration, and at. tention will be given to details in or der that the process may be as widely followed as practicable. To date only a few weevils have been found in Sumter county fields, and for this reason the farm where upon the demonstration is to be stag ed hag not yet been selected.