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Jackson is a Good Town to Lire in and Bosst for. Help Make It Better! VOL. 47—NO. 27 GOVERNOR DORSEY BEGINS 2ND TERN In Address Be Scores Lynch Law IN FAVOR TAX REFORM SWORN IN SATURDAY FOR SEC OND TERM. RECOMMENDS THE BUDGET SYSTEM AND TAX RE FORM TO LEGISLATURE Atlanta, June 28.—Enforcement of the law and observance of proper or der and respect of humanity to the end that lynchings be stopped, and • the necessity of reformation of the taxing system of the state, were the two particularly outstanding features fein the inaugural address of Gov. pfugh M. Dorsey to the joint general today, when he entered on his second term as chief executive of the state. The hall of the house vns filled when Bishop Warren A. Candler in voked divine blessing on the adminis tration, and Chief Justice Fish, of the supreme court, administered the oath of office. A second keynote in the inaugural was the congratulation which the gov ernor extended to the legislature on having had done for it, by commis sioners heretofore created, a vast amount of investigation and prepara tory work, on which has been based recommended measures now in or shortly to be put into the bodies for consideration and action. His refer ence, of course, was to the state bud get and efficiency commission, which has gone through the entire list of ap propriations, spent the better , part of a year on the work, and made up a model appropriation bill; and to the state tax commission, which proposes the refermation of the system. He reviewed the work done by the budget commission, the hearings and personal investigations made by it, and outlined its reasons for making up the kind of appropriation bill it has offered. More at length he dealt with the matter at tax reform and the work of that commission, saying in reply to critics of the commission’s recom mended method of collecting taxes that these critics, in declaring the sys tem of classification and segregation of property will mean the creation of classes in the state, if a careful study is made it will be found that this act ually exists under the present ante quated system. He also pointed out the necessity for revising the constitution of Geor gia. , He showed that real estate*contrib. Aite s 53 per cent of all revenues col lected by the state, while. money, \ notes and accounts only 6 per cent Discussing lynching, Governor Dor sey declared that unless steps are taken to prevent so many outbreaks by mobs that the fedeal government will take jurisdiction. He declared the state should have an officer and officers whose duty would consist in making a definite and specific investi gation of lynchings, and that all local officers found to be derelict should immediately be removed from office; that the participants i nmob violence should be arraigned before a spcial state traverse jury and the expense of such a trial should be paid by the county where the violence occurred. FLOVILLA CHAUTAUQUA PROVED ENJOYf *'E Success Despite Rain Which Held Bown Attendance The Chautauqua held at Flovilla Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of last week proved an enjoyable and en tertaining affair. The attendance while large, was not as great as would "have been the case had not rain fallen almost every day. The chautauqua was put on by the Ttadcliffe association afld the talent was even better than former years, it men of Flovilla underwrote the assem bly and went into the enterprise with the idea that the instruction would be worth while even if the financial re-, wards,-'ere not great. Mr. W. A. a public spirited young business man, was secretary and treasurer of the Flovilla chautau qua. Peach growng on a commercial scale win make Butts coutny better and richer. This is an enterpnse worth trying. THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS BUSINESS WILL SUSPEND FOR NATIONAL HOLIDAY Glorious Fourth Will Be Observed in Sane Manner Friday, July Fourth, will be observ ed in a safe and sane manner by the people of Butts county No public demonstration will be held, but the thoughts that the war is over and peace has returned will be uppermost in the minds and hearts of all citi zens. Business will be at a standstill for the day. The banks and stores will be closed. The post office will observe a holiday, as will the rural carriers who will not make their rounds until Saturday. Many citilens will seek entertain ment and amusement in the cities. A large delegation of local Shriners will go down to Macon for the ceremo nial of Al-Sihah temple. The Pepper, ton Cotton Mills will be closed from Thursday night to Monday morning and the team representing the mill will play a game with the Juliette nine. MACON MEN BUY WIGWAM HOTEL Deal Consummated This Week EFFECTIVES TUESDAY FAMOUS RESORT HOSTELRY TA KEN OVER BY JACOBS AND HOOKS OF MACON. SAME MANAGEMENT THIS SEASON f .■ That the Wigwam Hotel at Indian Springs has been sold by Mr. L. W. Scoville to Mr. E. G. Jacobs, capital ist, and Mr. T. W. Hooks, proprietor of the Hotel Lanier, of Macon, -was the announcement Tuesday. This an. nouncement will be of wade interest over the state, as all of the principals in the deal are well known and the Wigwam is one of Georgia's finest re sort hotels. The change in ownership became effective Tuesday, July 1, it was stat ed. Mr. J. Mote Watts, who has been manager of the Wigwam this season and connected with the 1 hotel for sev eral seasons,- remains as manager. The personnel of the hotel also re mains the same, it was stated. Mr. Scoville has been connected with the Wigwam Tot fifteen years and has made a great success of the business. He is also proprietor of the New. Morris hotel in Birmingham and will devote his entire attention to that property in future. Mr. Scoville has a large number of friends in Butts county who regret that he has dis posed of his interests at Indian Springs. Mr. Jacobs is a prominent business naan of Macon and recently disposed of his interests in' a large drug firm there to engage 1 in the hotel business. Mr. Hooks as manager of the Lanier Hotel is well known over the state and has had Temarkable success in the hotel business. The consideration was not given, though it was understood to be some, thing less than $50,000. The deal in volves the Wigwam Hotel, the casino, garage and all niher buildings on the state reservation. It was stated that the deal has been pending for some time but the final details were only closed Monday. $14,000,000 WORTH OF GEOR GIA PEACHES BEING MOVED Most of Them on Line of Central of Georgia Railroad Macon, Ga.—lt is estimated that sl4/000,000 worth of peaches are being moved from tbe peach belt by the Central of Georgia and other railroads. This estimate is based on r.f) 'rads, varied $2,000 each. Two thousand dollars a car is considered high, but are being moved by trucks as well as railroads, and so the $14,000,000, according to railroad officials should not be an overestimate. The movement so far has not been as heavy as last year up to this time. Until today 1,372 cars had been mov ed, while last year 1,787 cars had gone forward. The crop this year is expected to go well over 8,500 can, and may reach last yew** mark of 7,000 cars. JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY JULY 4, 1919 PEACE TREATY SIGNED AT LAST World War Came to Eud Saturday HUNS AGREE TO SIGN / • GERMANS HUMBLED BY HAVING PEACE FORCED ON THEM. CONFLICT LASTED NEARLY FIVE YEARS Versailles, June 28.—Germany and the allied and associated poders sign ed the peace term here today in the same Imperial hall, where the Ger mans humbled the French so ignomi nously forty-eight years ago. This formally ended the world war which lasted just thirty-seven days less than five years. Today, the day of peace, is the fifth anniversary of the murder of Archduke Francis Fer dinand, at Serajevo. The ceremony of signing the peace terms was brief. Premier Clemenceau called the session to order in the Hall of Mirrors of the Chateau of Versail les at 3:10 o’clock. The signing began when Dr. Hermann Mueller and Jo hannes Bell, the German signatories, affixed their names. Herr Mueller signed at 3:12 o’clock and Hell Bell at 3:13 o’clock. President Wilson, of the allied delegates, signed a minute later. At 3:45 o’clock the momentous session was concluded. Asa contrast with the Franco-Ger man peace session of 1871, held in the same hall, there were presnet to day grizzled French veterans of the Franco-Prussian war. They replaced I the Prussian guardsmen of the pre vious ceremony and the Frenchmen i today watched the ceremony with grim satisfaction. The conditions of 1871 were exact ly reversed. Today the disciples of Bismarck sat in the seats of the lowly while the white marble statue of Mi nerva, goddess of war, looked on. Overhead on the frescoed ceiling, were scenes from France’s ancient wars. Three incidents were emphasized by the smoothness with which the cer. emony was conducted. The first was the failure of the Chinese delegation to sign. The second was the protest submitted by General Jan Christian Smuts, who declared the peace unsat isfactory. The third, unknown to the general public, came from the Ger mans. When the program for the cer emony was shown to the German del egation, Herr von Haimhausen, of the German delegation, went to Col onel Henri, French liason officer, and protested. He said: "We cannot admit that the German delegates should enter the hall by a different door than the entente dele gates, noT that military honors should be withheld. Had we known there would he such arrangements, before, the delegates would not have come.” After a conference with the French foreign ministry, it was decided, as a compromise, to render military honors as the Germans left. Otherwise, the | program was not changed. Secretary Lansing was the first of ! the distinguished diplomats to arrive. He was followed shortly hy M. Clem, enceau and General Bliss. Few of the spectators recognized any of the dip lomats as they came in, and there were no demonstrations. The delegates of the minor powers made their way with difficulty through the crowd to thdr places at the table. Officers and civilians lined the walls and filled the aisles. Presi dent Wilson’s arrival ten minutes be fore the hour of signing was greeted by a faint burst of applause from the feW persons who were able to see him. The German correspondents were ushered into the hall shortly before 3 o’clock, and were given standing room in a window at the rear of the corres pondents’ section. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH SUNDAY, JULY SIXTH A Sabbath well spent brings a week of content. And health for the toil of the morrow: But a Sabbath profaned, whate’er may he gained. Is a sure forerunner of sorrow. —Sir Matthew Hale. 10 a. m. Sabbath School. No service at eleven o’clock. Preaching at Fellowship. 8:30 p. m. Preaching. “I am the Life.” John xiv:B. STATE EDITORS MEET JULY 14 Convention Will Be Held io Monroe FLAN MANY FEATURES PROGRAM OF INTEREST ARRAN. GED. SESSIONS WILL BE DE VOTED TO BUSINESS, WITH POLITICS BARRED The annual convention of the Geor gia Press Association, which convenes in Monroe jjn July 14 for a three days session, promises to be the most large attended in the history of the associa tion. President Paul T. Harber has already received assurances from more than 180 editors who have signi. fied their intention to attend. The meeting v.ill be called together Monday night and business sessions will be held Tuesday and Wednesday, both morning and afternoon. Several features of entertainment have been arranged, including open air recep tions, a barbecue and a tour of Wal ton county’s good roads. Wednesday afternoon the visitors will make an automobile trip to Athens where a short while will be spent on the Uni versity campus. Thursday morning the editors will leave for a trip through the moun tains of North Georgia, the itinerary including Mountain City and Clayton. The program as sannounced by President Harber is as follows: “What Constitutes a Good Editorial Page.”—John L. Herring, Tifton Ga zette. “Should the Government Buy Newspaper Space for Certain Lines of Propaganda.”—David Comfort, Mari etta Journal “How to Deicrmine the Price for Display Advertising ” —Ralph Meeks, Carrolton Free Press. “Some Methods for the Develop ment of Foreign Advertising.”—E. W. Carroll, Athens Herald. “The Zone Postal Law and Its Ap plication to Newspapers.”—A. S. Hardy, Gainesville News. “Can One Man Successfully Act as Editor and Business (Manager of a Live Weekly Newspaper in These Modern Days.”—Otis Brumby, Cobb County Times. “How to Get Advertising From Home Business Enterprises.”—Mrs. Edith O. Susong, Greenville, (Tenn.) Democrat. “Enlarging the Volume of Adver tising and Increasing the Net Profit to the Publisher.”—James O’Shaugh nessey, Secretary American Associa tion of Advertising Agencies. “The Country Weekly From the Advertising Agent’s Viewpoint,”—E. E. Dallis, Atlanta. The Aims and Status of the Select Newspapers Association of Georgia.” O. W. Bassavant, Newnan Herald. “Print Shop Labor Shortage and How it May Be Remedied.”—M. L. Fleetwood, Carterville News-Tribune. “A Georgia Weekly Newspaper Drive.”—Miss Emily Woodward, Vi ennia News. “Press Agent Propaganda.”—Jack L. Patterson, Covington News. “Is the Worth While Weekly News paper Appreciated At Its True Worth.”—E. A. Caldwell, Walton News. “Relations of the Daily and Weekly Press.”—John S. Cohen, Atlanta Journal. “The Place of the Rural Press in American Civilization j”—Wright A Patterson, Editor Western Newspaper Union, Chicago. ROY W. MOORE NAMED AS CENSUS ENUMERATOR f lacon Man Will Name County Census Enumerators This District Announcement is made from Wash ington that Roy W. Moore, of Macon, has been appointed Census Supervis or for the sixth congressional district. The enumeration will begin January 1 and all of the enumerators wiii re port to Mr. Moore, who in the mean time will make All the plans for the taking of the next census in the sixth district. The county enumerators will be named later. It is expected there will 1 be a considerable scramble for these places. So far as known there are no contestants for the place in Butts county, but something definite in this connection will likely develop within the next few weeks. FARMERS INSTITUTE TO BE HELD 111 BARNESVILLE County Agents Arranging to Take Large Party From Here The two county agents, Mrs. Mary E. Butner and Mr. J. H. Blackwell, together with a considerable number of boys and girls who are members of the county clubs, will attend the summer course and farmers institute to be held at the Sixth District A. & M. School in Barnesville July 8 to 12. During the institute many topics of interest will be handled in a thorough and practical way by the county agents and by experts from the state college of agriculture. Provision will be made to take care of the boys and girls in the dormito ries at the A. & M. school, or they may come home at night if they pre fer. Those interested may sec Mrs. But ner of Blackwell for full informa tion. $154,763 IS GAIN IN TAX RETURNS J Good Showing Made The Past Year TOTAL D1GE5T12,399,482 NCREASE IN PROPERTY VALUES LARGER THAN HAD BEEN EX PECTED. MOST OF GAIN BY WHITE TAXPAYERS Butts county shows a gain of $154,763 in taxable values for 191!) over the preceding year. Of that amount $117,30). is the gain of white property ovsners and $37,402 of col ored taxpayers. The total amount of property on the digest is $2,399,482. This is com pared with $2,282,181 for 1918. The increase in tax returns is very gratifying, showing the growth and prosperity of the county. Part of the gain is due to the return of improve ments separate form real estate Tax Receiver J. P. Vaughn and his assistants have just completed the di gest. This will be submitted to the comptroller general and if ratified two other digests will then be made up. The returns by districts for white property owners are a 8 follows: Buttrill—sl7B,7s6. C00dy—5123,266. Dublin—s9l,294. Indian Springs—s266,6s2. Iron Springs—99,733. Jackson—sl,39B,334. Towaliga—s 149,777. Worthville—s9l,67o. Colored taxpayers returned the fol lowing amounts: Buttrill, $32,505; Coody, $15,923; Dublin, $8,180; Indian Springs, $22,- 827; Iron Springs, $9,545; Jackson, $49,098; Towaliga, $18,651; Worth ville, $11,833. RAW MATERIALS BEING RUSH ED TO THE SUGAR REFINERIES Thought That Present Sugar Shortage Will Soon Be Over Savannah, June 28. —The sugar shortage, existing in many sections of the state and threatened in others, mainly due to heavy canning opera- tions by housewives generally, and to the fact that many fearing shortage bought heavily at the beginning of the season, is not affecting Savannah much. The secretary of the refinery com pany here declared that conditions are about as usual in regard to the supply and that no difficulty i B ex pected in shipping sugar to southern points in quantities equal to those forwarded for sometime past. Raw materials are being supplied to the refinery here a B rapidly as the plant can handle them. TEXAS’ FIRST BALE IS AUCTIONED FOR SI,OOO Houston, Texas, June 30. One thousand dollars was paid for the first bale of 1919 Texas cot ton here today, when it was sold at auction on the cotton ex change. The bale weighed 471 pounds and was sold at $2.12 a pound to N, D. Namon, of Hous ton. It was grown by Salvador Cardenas, in HHdalgo county. A Bond Issue Wisely Expended will give Good Roads in Every District $1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE BILL GIVES ROAD WORK A BOOST Common Schools to Get More Funds WANTS "SUN TIME" HERE GEORGIA LEGISLATURE GETS DOWN TO WORK EARLY IN SESSION AND TACKLE SCHOOI AND HIGHWAY PROBLEMS Atlanta, June 30.—Highway and school legislation got started in the house today. Bills were introduced authorizing the state to issue bonds for highways and spending 50 per cent of all revenue received by the state from all sources on the common schools of the state. The house passed a measure rais ing the pay of the members of the house and senate from $4 to $7 per diem and allowing the presiding offic ers of the two bodies $lO per diem. Return of the railroads to their owners in as good condition as they were taken over by the government, with just compensation for their use, is asked in a resolution introduced by Judge McCall, of Brooks county. Continued retention of the railroads is regarded as “unwise, undemocratic and ungenerous” by the author of the resolution. Adoption of “sun time” as standard time for the state is proposed in the bill introduced today by Representa tive Barnes, of Bibb county. The minimum salary county school super intendents in the state will be raised from $450 to SI,OOO, and the annual expense allotment from $l5O to $250 if the school revision bill by Mr. Hay nie, of Oconee, passes. Amendments to the motor vehicle law, proposed in the bill introduced by the Clarke delegaton, stipulate an nual lieenses as follows: . Each motorcycle, $5. Passenger carrying motor vehicles, seating 1.0 persons or more, SIOO. Passenger carrying vehicles, not exceeding 22 horse power, sls. Each motor vehicle, exclusive of non-passenger carrying vehicle or truck, exceeding 22 horse power, per horse power, 80 cents. The scale of trucks continue as fol lows: Itol Vi tons, S3O; IV4 to 2: tons, S4O; 2 to 2Vi tons, SSO: 2Vi to. 3 tons, S6O; 3 to 3Vi tons, S7O: 3Vi to 4 tons, $100; 4 to 5 tons, $200; 6 to 6 tons, $500; 6 to 7 tons, $1,000; in excess of 7 tons, $1,500. Dealers must register and pay a fee of SSO for a dealer’s nlimber, which can be used only on the make of vehicle re ported to the secretary of rftate* BUTTS COUNTY GETS $1,505.17 FROM AUTO TAG TAX 19IS Money Has Just Been Apportioned by Secretary of State Butts county’s part of the 1919 automobile tag tax amounts to $1,505.17. The total for the state is $269,101.77, on an official mileage of 80,453. The amount is considerably larger than last year, mar.y new cars having been registered recently. BAXTER WATKINS GETS DISCHARGE FROM NAVV Friends of Mr. Baxter Watkins are glad to see him home after a service of several months in the United States navy. He was recently granted his discharge and has returned home GHAN6ES ANNOUNCED!!! THE JACKSON POST OFFICE Mors Clerk* and Shorter Hours for Jackson Office Effective the first of July, when the Jackson post office was p'seed in the second class, a number of changes be come effective. The postmaster, assistant postma.it ter and clerks are now allowed to work but 8 hour s per day. n " f ormer city mail carrier, has been appointed clerk, with Clyde Mcßryant as auxiliary clerk. Henry Allen succeeds Mr. White as mail carrier. V The money order and stamp win dow will now open at 7:30 a. m. and remain open until 6 p. m. The general delivery window will not be opened on Sunday and no mail will be given out on that day. Qidy box mail will be pot up and'dlstribut ed Sunday. It ia also announced that no R. F. D. mail will be given out oo Sunday.