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VOL. 47—NO. 28
■BILL AIMED TO
[ STOP THEFT CARS
I Legislation Would Require
I Bill of Sale
SHERIFF TO KEEP RECORD
GEORGIA SHERIFFS BEHIND
BILL TO PROTECT AUTOMO
BILE OWNERS. OWNER WOULD
HAVE TO PROVE IDENTITY
A bill designed to stop the theft of
automobiles by requiring purchasers
of cars to secure a bill of sale and
have same recorded in the office of
the sheriff of the county, has been in
troduced i nthe legislature. The pur
pose of the proposed legislation, if
properly carried out, will have a
wholeso—'x effect, it is believed. Many
cars are being stolen, especially in
I the larger cities.
£ The provisions of this bill, which
viill be of general interest, are as fol
lows:
It shall be unlawful for any corpo
ration, association or individual to
.sell any automobile or motor vehicle
any kind without giving to the pur
'v-baser therof a regular bill of sale for
p 4.stoe, an d it shall likewise be unlaw
for any person to buy such auto
mobile or motor vehicle without ob
taining from the vendor thereof a
regular bill of sale. The purchaser of
motor vehicles shall at once go to the
office of the sheriff of the county in
which sale is made and have the bill
of sale recorded in a book in the
sheriff’s office provided for that pur
pose, and the purchaser shall obtain
from the sheriff’s office a card of
identification showing the name of
the vendor, the name of the party
purchasing said vehicle, the number
of the motor and a sufficient descrip
tion f the motor vehicle to enable any
one to identify the same.
A record shall be made b> the sher
iff on the back of the bill of sale show,
ing the vendor, the purchaser and
. giving a description as aforesaid.
/ Both bill and card must bear seal of
the sheriff. The sheriff shall be paid a
fee of one dollar for filing such re
cord. .
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BUTTS COUNTY CROP
PROSPECTS VERY GOOD
Good Rains Make! Outlook Bright For
The County
Reports from every district in the
county state that crop prospects wsre
never brighter and the present out
| for a large yield of corn, cotton,
potatoes and other crops is most en
; couraging. Nearly all sections of the
county had good rains Saturday and
Sunday and the rain came at a time
when most all crops were clear of
grass. The work of laying-by crops
is now going on and in a few days
the farmers will have their first
breathing spell since the rush of the
1919 crop set in.
Visitors who have been in other
parts of the state declare that Butts
county crops are much better than
those in other places. While there
has been a good deal of grass here
the farmers have been able to handle
it in fairly good shape.
Inpuiries fail to reveal the pres
ence of the boll weevil on Butts coun
ty farms. That the pest will appear
later is the belief of many, though it
is doubted if the bugs will do much
damage to the present cotton crop.
With good crop prospects and indi
cations for high prices for cotton this
fall the outlook for Butts county is
exceedingly encouraging.
WILL EMPLOY COUNSEL TO
COLLECT COTTON TAX
Measure Put Through Legislature of
Interest to South
A resolution was passed Monday in
the legislature authorizing the gov
ernor to employ counsel to recover
direct taxes collected by the United
States on cotton during and following
the War Between the States. It is
tbit has been comine un
\ in one form and another for a num
ber of years. The state will be put to
no expense in the matter as the res
olution makes it a contingent propo
sition.
THOUSAND DOLLAR
) CHEESE FOR CHICAGO SHOW
Milwaukee, Wis.—An Appleton,
1 Wis , cheese weighing 31,964 pounds
and costing $16,000, the largest m
the world, has been made for the Na
tional Dairy Show in Chicago. . _
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS
SUGAR REACHES 15
CENTS LOCAL MARKET
Commodity Still Scarce and Price
Takes Sharp Boost
According to information given out
here this week by retail merchants
there is a slight improvement in the
sugar situation. That the commodity
is still scarce and hard to obtain was
the statement made by all retailers.
The price of sugar has advanced to
15 cents per pound in the local mar
ket. This is an advance of approxi
mately 50 per cent over the former
price of 10 cents.
Heavy demands for sugar for can
ning purposes is given as the , cause
of the scarcity. No reason is assigned
for the advance in price, further than
the law of supply and demand, which
is supposed to govern prices.
It is not thought likely there will
be any material change in the situa
tion for several weeks yet.
WILL MEET TO
ORGANIZE LEGION
World War Veterans to
Have Association
MEET IN MACON JULY 15
GEORGIA COUNTIES EXPECTED
TO SEND FIVE DELEGATES.
ORGANIZATION TO PROMOTE
100 PER CENT AMERICANISM
Macon, July 7. —Men from practi
cally every county in Georgia who
fought in France will attend a three
days’ meeting in Macon, beginning
July 15, at \uhich time the Georgia
division of the American Legion will
be organized. This will be a branch
of the Americah Legion, an organiza
tion of Americans who fought the
Germans, which was perfected re
cently at a meeting in St. Louis,
Lieut.-Col. Theodore Roosevelt being
one of the prime movers.
Governor Dorsey is expected to is
sue a proclamation within the next
day or two calling on the veterans to
attend the meeting and it is planned
to have not less than five delegates
from each county. In attendance at
the meeting will be Colonel H. D.
Lindsey, of Dallas, Texas, who was
elected head of the organization at
the St. Louis meeting, and Chaplain
John W. Inzer, of Alabama.
The legion is to have posts
throughout "the entire country and it
is said more than 1,000,000 ex-sol
diers are enrolled. The chief object
of the organization is said to promote
100 per cent Americanism.
The sessions here next week will
be held in the new city auditorium.
Details of the program are novi being
worked out.
MACON SCORES
IN CAPITAL FIGHT
Committees Recommend
Bill Do Pass
INTEREST AT FEVER BEAT
BY LARGE MAJORITIES HOUSE
AND SENATE COMMITTEES
VOTE TO PUT MEASURE ON
PASSAGE. KEEN INTEREST
Atlanta,. July B.—By an over
whelming vote of both committees,
the senate and the house, those sub
branches of the Georgia Legislature
have called on the main bodies of the
legislature to permit the people of the
state to exercise their right at the
ballot box on the question of the re
moval of the state capital.
The senate committee, by a vote of
17 to 7, reported the bill back with
the recommendation that “it do
pass.”
The vote in the house was 22 to 12
in favor of passage.
The bill wall not come up for pas
sage before next week.
A large delegation was present at
the hearing before the committee and
arguments were heard on both sides
of the! question.
BOARD OF EDUCATION HAD
MEETING HERE MONDAY
The Butts county boar dof educa
tion held a meeting Monday, when
only routine business was considered.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY JULY 11,1919
COLLEGE TO HELP
IN PEACH CULTURE
Co-Operation Pledged in
New Enterprise
DR. SOULE WRITES CARD
BUREAU OF MARKETS AND COL
LEGE OF AGRICULTURE TO
ASSIST CITIZENS OF COUNTY
IN FRUIT RAISING
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That the State College of Agricul
ture and the Bureau of Markets will
extend to Butts county citizens a full
measure of co-operation in growing
peaches is evident from assurances
received. This will settle the ques
tion of a market for all the peaches
grown, making the venture absolutely
safe from that standpoint. The Bu
reau of Markets has already pledged
its support and co-operation and in
the following letters from the State
College of Agriculture assurance is
given that all needed help will be
furnished.
The letters from Dr. Soule and Dr.
McHatton to Mr. R. N. Etheridge,
who is a pioneer in the movement for
more and better peaches in Butts
county, are given herewith:
Athens, Ga., June 30, 1919
Mr. R. N. Etheridge,
Jackson, Ga.
My dear Sir:
Your communication of June 28th
has been received, and I observe what
you say relative to obtaining an ex
pert from this institution on peach
culture to come to your county.
I assure you that we are alv.iays
glad to serve to the best of our abil
ity. The matter about which you in
quire is under the charge of Dr. T. H.
McHatton, head of the Horticultural
Division of this institution, to whom
I am referring your letter for such
aid and advice as he may be able to
render under the circumstances.
With best wishes, I am,
Very respectfully,
ANDREW M. SOULE, Pres.
Athens, Ga., July 3, 1919
)Mr. R. N. Etheridge,
Jackson, Ga.
My dear Sir:
Your letter of the 28th ult. re
questing assistance in the peach bus
iness has been referred to this divis
ion.* I will' turn the same over to Mr.
R. E. Blackburn, who is the only ex
tension specialist available for this
work at this time, as our extension
force has been greatly depleted dur
ing the war and the interest along
horticultural lines has greatly in
creased. I will ask Mr. Blackburn to
communicate with you as soon as he
can do so and possibly make some
definite engagement to be in your
section. He has engagements ahead
for the next week or two and will
write you as soon as he finishes his
present itinerary.
You will find that the Southern
Fruit Grower, Chattanooga, Tenn., is
a very good little paper along horti
cultural lines. The Southern Cultiva
tor, Atlanta, Ga., and the Soutehrn
Ruralist, Atlanta, Ga., as we'l as the
Progressive Farmer, Raleigh, N. C.,
all carry horticultural sections. There
is only one special horticultural paper
in the South; that is, the first one
mentioned above. You can, however,
get any definite horticultural infor
mation that you desire by writing
these journals directly or writing to
this institution.
Very truly yours,
T. H. McHATTON,
Horticulturist.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
SUNDAY, JULY 13TH
_ _“I was glad when they said unto
me; Let us go unto the House of the
Lord.”
10 a. m. Sunday School.
11 a. m. Communion Meditation
and Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper.
8:30 p. m. Sermon on The Signs
of The Times. Matt. xvi:3.
WORK ON TAX DIGEST
NOW BEING FINISHED
The copy of the Butts county tax
digest submitted to Tax Commissioner
H. J. Fullbright has been returned.
Work of preparing two other books
is now being carried out. One book
will be furnished the state and two
kept for the county.
VETERANS HAVE
REUNION JULY 25
Thirtieth Georgia Regi
ment to Meet
MAY BE LAST REUNION
CALL ISSUED FOR MEMBERS OF
THIRTIETH GEORGIA REGI
MENT TO 'MEET AT FOREST
PARK ON JULY 25
General interest will be centered in
the announcement that the annual re
union of the Thirtieth Georgia Regi
ment, Confederate Veterans, will be
held at Forest Park on Friday, July 25
Particularly is this so in view of the
fast thinning ranks of the members
and the announcement ofthe seci’etary
that this may be the last x’eunion.
Death has taken a heavy toll of these
gallant men during the last few
months.
The Thirtieth Georgia Regiment
vaas one of the famous organizations
of the War Between the States. It
was made up of Butts, Henry, Clay
ton and Campbell county men, large
ly, and the organization served with
distinction on a number of fields of
action. Companies A and I were com
posed of Butts county men, but there
are few left now to answer the roll
call.
The formal call for the meeting is
as folows:
The annual reunion of the Thir-,
tieth Georgia Regiment will be held
at Forest Park, Clayton county, Fri
day, July 25. Survivors of the regi
ment and veterans generally are re
quested to attend. Several prominent
speakers are expected to deliver ad
dresses. There are but a few of us
left but while we have the opportu
-1 nity let us meet in reunion and re
vive the associations of the past. We
hope to have a good crowd of old
veterans.
R. S. OZBURN, Pres.
A. P. ADAMSON, £secy.
RECITAL AT JENKINSBURG
WAS ENJOYABLE EVENT
Jenkinsburg, July 10.—An inter
esting event of the past week vas the
recital given by Miss Marye Manning
at her home in honor of her music
class. Twenty-six guests enjoyed the
splendid program rendered by the
pupils in which was reflected the tal
ent of their teacher. After the pro
gram delicious sandwiches and tea
were served, Miss Manning being as
sisted n serving by Miss Ida Sue Lev
erette, Mrs. P. B. Manning and Mrs.
J. A. Vandigriff.
i A prize was awarded to Miss Ollie
Lu Jackson for having delivered her
number with the most ease and grace
fulness, the decision being made by
Miss Eda Lee Leverette, Mrs. J. A.
Vandigriffe and Miss Addie Moore.
After the program Miss Manning gave
several instrumental and vocal selec
tions, among which was her own com
positions: “I Was Drafted in the
1 Army of Love,” “In the Land of the
U. S. A.”
The program was as follows:
“Nearer My God to Thee,” Tommie
' Sue Ingram; “Rock of Ages,” Ester
Smith; Recreation Waltz,” Marilu
Steele; “Angelina,” Mildred Childs;
“The Moon Flower,” Cecil Smith;
“Cradle Song,” Nannie Lu Linch;
“Chiming Bells,” Eloise McClendon;
j “March of Flower Girls,” Lafon
Bankston; “Humoresque,” Ollie Lu
Jackson; “Avarl,” Annie Mae Smith;
“America,” Christine Pulliam.
SIXTH DISTRICT GINNERS
HAVE MEETING IN MACON
W. S. Fuller of Zebulon Heads The
Organization
The ginners of the sixth congres
sional district met in Macon last week
when an organization was performed
and officers elected. This organiza
tion will be a branch of the Georgia
Ginners’ Association, each congres
sional district organized separately.
W. S. Fuller, of Zebulon, was elec
ted chairman; George S. Malaer, of
Hampton, secretary and J. B. Flem
ing, of Goggansville, was elected ex
ecutive committeeman.
An advisory board made up of one
representative from each county in
the district v<as selected. Mr. T. P.
Bell, of Jkckson, was chosen on this
board from Butts county.
The price to be chafed for ginning
this fall was discussed at length but
no decision was reached. Some of
the members wanted the price fixed
at 90 cents per hundred pounds, oth
ers at 75 cents, while still others
thought 60 cents was the right figure.
The price for bagging and ties was
also considered. *
JACKSON CANDIDATES CROSSED
HOT SANDS ON JULY FOURTH
Shriners Had Great Time in Macon
Independence Day
The Independence Ceremonial put
on by Al-Sihah temple of Shriners in
Macon on July Fourth was a great
occasion for Shriners throughout
Georgia. It was estimated that more
than 2,500 Shriners were present, and
200 candidates were initiated into the
mysteries of the order. Jackson fur
nished three candidates, Messrs. John
Frank Ingram, Jesse Kyle Sitton and
Thomas Jefferson Collins. A larger
number of candidates from Jasper
county, who are members of the local
commandery of Knights Templar,
also crossed the hot sands.
A barbecue and other features
made the day a notable one for the
Shriners.
Among the members of the order
from here who attended the ceremo
nial were: Messrs. J. C. Jones, J, B.
Carmichael, L. L. Tison, C. M. Comp
ton, H. M. Moore, A. B. Lindsey, T.
E. Robison, T. W. Moore and others.
BACK HOME THE
PRESIDENT COMES
Given Great Ovation in
New York
HAS THE PEACE TREATY
PRESIDENT TELLS PEOPLE THE
PEACE TREATY WILL SAFE
GUARD WORLD AGAINST
BLOODSHED
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New York, July B.—President Wil
son returned to the United States to
day and in his first speech delivered
on American soil since the peace
treaty was signed, declared that the
peace treaty concluded at Paris was
“a just peace, which, if it can be pre
served, will safeguard the world from
unnecessary bloodshed.”
President Wilson returned on the
George Washington, which docked
shortly before 3 o’clock. He was giv
en a great ovation, many notables
being present to greet the returning
statesman.
4 copy 1 of the revised peace treaty,
which differs materially from the
original draft, v;is brought back by
president Wilson.
CAMP MEETING
BEGINS AUGUST 7
Drs. Morrison And Paul
• The 1919 Leaders
GROUNDS ARE IMPROVED
PREPARATIONS BEING MADE
FOR OPENING OF ANNUAL
CAMP MEETING. O. W. STAPLE
TON WILL CONDUCT SINGING
The annual session of the Indian
Springs holiness camp meeting begins
in a little less than a month, the dates
for the 1919 meeting being August 7
to 16.
The leaders for the 1919 meeting
are Dr. H. C. Morrison and Rev. John
Paul, president and vice president, re
spectively, of Asbury college, Wil
more, Ky. Both of these gentlemen
are well known to the people of the
county, having conducted meetings
here before, and have a large number
of friends who are glad to know they
will* be present this season.
Mr. O. W. Stapleton will have
charge of the singing. For the first
time since the camp meeting was or
ganized Charlie Tillman will not be
in charge of the singing. He was
granted permission to engage in work
elsewhere during the Holiness camp
meeting. ,
The trustees at the last session au
thorized a number of improvements
to the buildings and grounds. Re
cently a landscape gardener was sent!
to the camn r to lay out and
beautify the grounds.
With the return of peace the at-1
tendance at the camp meeting this j
year will probably eclipse all former
records.
More and better peaches for Butts
county is a movement of great im
portance at the present time. Peach
growing will beat the boil weevil at
his own game. And Old Man 801 l
Weevil is headed straight this way.
Don’t be fooled about that.
A Bond Issue Wisely
Expended will give Good
Roads in Every District
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
WANTS PACKERS
TO BE REGULATED
Department Thinks Prices
Are Too High
WORLD NEEDS MEATS
EUROPE GETTING BEEF FROM
SOUTH AMERICA BUT PORK
STILL SCARCE. PRICES OUT
OF ORDINARY REACH
Washington, July 4.—Federal su
pervision of the packing, sale and dis
tribution of meat products was de
clared by the Department of AgricuL
ure to be the only solution for the
present siuation in which meat prices
to the consumer are so high that he
is denying himself and in which
prices for livestock, especially beef
and lambs, are so low that the pro
ducer is losing money.
A survey of the meat price situa
tion, the department said, reveals
that the excessive retail prices now
existing are not justified by whole
sale quotations. Prices to the pro
ducers have declined since the war,
it was said, but prices paid by the
consumer have not materially lessen
ed. The only solution, the department
believes, is more strict federal super
vision.
“Europe needs our surplus pork,
hut is filling its beef reqqfrements
by importation from South America
and Australia,” the department says.
“Prices of beef cattle have fallen
sharply since March" L, °n account of
the stoppage of exports for army use,
and a slack demand for beef at home,
due to the continuation of beef con
servation under the mistaken idea
that such, conservation is still neces
sary to feed the people of Europe.
Beef producers and lamb producers
who sell their products at this time
are confronted with the danger of
heavy financial losses viihich would
tend to restrict production and cause
a serious shortage in future.”
ANNOUNCEMENT CONCERNING
SALE OF WIGWAM HOTEL
To the People of Butts County;
We have sold our interest in the
Hotel Wigwam, Indian Springs prop
erty, as of date of June 30, to Messrs.
E. G. Jacobs and T. W. Hooks, of Ma
con, and our best wishes for its con
tinued patronage’’and popularity go
with the transaction.
Other than the change of owner
ship, the policies of management will
be pursued through this season, with
Manager Watts, v.ho has so capably
directed the affairs of the hotel dur
ing recent years, in direct charge.
In thus disposing of our interests
in Butts county we wish to bid an
affectionate farewell to our many
friends in this section. During the
nearly two decades that we have con
trolled Indian Springs our relations
with these friends have been most
pleasant and cordial and it has been
largely through their support that
the Wigwam has won its enviable rep
utation, and the successive summer
months spent among them added so
much to our own happiness.
We will never forget these friends
nor cease to be grateful for their end
less evidences of regard. Only the
considerations of advaneng age, re
quiring less activity in business, has.
forced us to say good bye.
Very faithfully,
SCOVILLE BROS.
July 1, 1919.
BRING AMERICAN DEAD
HOME FROM EUROPE
Three-fouth* Likely to Be Returned
to U. S. Relative* Expre** Wi*h
Washington, D. C.—Three-fourths
of the American dead in France will
find their final resting place in Amer
ican soil.
Answering an inquiry today from
Senator Chamberlain as to the wishes
of relatives Gen. March, chief of staff,
said it was estimated that replies from
rc!"tivc" thus far received showed
not more than 25 per cent who ex
pressed a preference that the soldier’s
body remain permanently in France.
With more than 4,000,000 soldier
dead of allied and enemy countries
buried in French soil Gen. March said
that nation was desirous pf proceed
ing slowly with the task of exhuming
those that are to go to thgir home
lands. No date has yet been set for
beginning the return of American,
dead.