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Jackson U n Good Town
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Help Make It Better!
VOL. 47—NO. 29
WOULD REDUCE
HIGH COST LIVING
W. D. Upshaw Introduces
Bill in Congress
TO SELL WAR SUPPLIES
food supplies worth more
THAN $121,000,000 TO BE SOLD
AND RELIEVE THE PRESENT
HIGH PRICES
Washington, July 12.—Bills de
signed to reduce the high cost of liv
ing vere introduced today by Repre
sentatives Upshaw, Democrat, Geor
gia, and Campbell, Republican, Kan
sas.
Mr. Upshaw’s measure would di
rect Secretary Baker to sell surplus
foodstuffs of the army, amounting
to $121,000,000, “at such prices as
will most speedily relieve the con
sumer.”
Mr. Campbell proposed that the
agriculture department, interstate
commerce commission and federal
trade commission co-operate “to the
end that the cost of producing, man
ufacturing and transporting food to
consumers be stablized and reduced
by ascertaining and fixing the rela
tions of the cost of production, man
ufacture and final distribution.”
Discussing his resolution Repre
sentative Upshaw delivered a state
ment tonight. Mr. Upshaw estimates
the value of these products at $121,-
000,000.
The statement says in part:“l be
lieve that the excessive high cost of
living has lingred entirely too long
after the emergency of war condi
tions has passed, and the holding of
vast quantities of surplus foodstuffs
by the government in the face of
this condition is inexcusable. Prices
persist in remaining stubbornly and
intolerably high. Meat and bread are
not scarce in this country, but they
are higher than they have been for
a generation. I believe that the first
duty of the government is to take
prompt and vigorcu; action in an
honest effort to relieve the necessi
ties of millions of consumers who
have borne with unmurmuring loy
alty the rapid advance of the neces
sities of life, accepting with all good
faith that it was necessary in order
to feed the army and the starving in
Europe. However worthy may have
been the purpose of the government
holding this amount of food to pre
vent a hurtful collapse in prices, it
seems that policy has lasted long
enough and for a speedy solution of
this problem the government should
proceed on the fundamental doctrine
of the greatest good to the greatest
numbfer. The manufacturers and
distributors should be considered,
but the consumers should receive
first consideration.
WILL FORM FRUIT
GROWERS EXCHANGE
Organization of Fruit Grower. Will
Be Made Shortly
The movement to embark upon
peach growing in Butts county on a
large scale is assuming definite form
and a meeting to form an association
will be called at an early date, it is
declared. The organizatioa will
probably be called the Butts County
1 Fruit Growers Association or the
Butts County Fruit Exchange.
The purpose of the organization,
backers of the plan state, is to ap
portion the work among the various
citizens interested in growing peach
es. The work has grown to where it
is quite impossible for one man to
handle all the details, and as soon as
the organization is perfected com
mittees will be assigned to particu
lar duties.
Notice for the call for the meet
ing will probably be given within the
next few days.
big decrease reported in
THE SUGAR CANE ACREAGE
Will Probably Have Effect on Price*
of Syrup
Washinton, July” 12. A decrease
m sugar cane acreage in the United
' States this year to 509,000 from las
,W S total of 527,000 acres is
i shown in reports of fi e!d e " S
the bureau of crop estimates, it was
'announced today by the department
' other .seeded cane.
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARCUS
COTTON SELLS FAST
AT 35 CENTS POUND
Bank Depotits Jump and Business
Activity Noted
When cotton reached 35 cents
last week it was the occasion of the
greatest selling movement known in
recent months. Hundreds of bales
were turned loose at that price,
deposits took a sudden jump and un
usual activity was noted in all lines
of business.
It is impossible, of course, to say
just how much cotton was being held
for the 35 cents figure, but it was
a considerable quantity. Many far
mers disposed of their holding at 30
cents and better. Some still held for
the higher mark and were finally re
warded for their perseverance.
A lively shipping movement fol
lowed the sale of cotton at 35 cents
and indications now are that the lo
cal warehouses will be pretty well
cleared of the old cotton before the
new crop begins to move.
The sale of a considerabe amount
of cotton at high prices has put a
lot of money in the banks and stim
ulated business at a season when
normally it would be dull.
JACKSON SUFFERS
FROM ICE FAMINE
Hot Weather And The Ice
Shortage Arrive
PEACH SHIPPING CAUSE
CITIZENS HAVE BEEN WITHOUT
ICE MOST OF TIME FOR THE
PAST WEEK. NO PERMANENT
RELIEF SEEN
Jackson citizens and many people of
the county have been in the agonies
and throes of an ice famine during
the last few days. The shortage of
the cool and refreshin gcommodity
was noted Friday when local dealers
sold out and were unable to secure
a shipment that day. A shipment of
twelve tons reached Jackson Satur
day about noon but was sold out in
a short time. Monday was another
hot dry and iceless day.
The cause of the shortage, it is
declared, is due to the movement of
the peach crop. The refrigerator
care are iced at the shipping point,
in Macon and again in Atlanta. This
takes a vast amount of ice, several
hundred cars of peaches being mov
ed daily now.
No lasting relief is in sight until
after the peach season.
Jackson, it will be vividly recalled,
suffered the same discomforts last
year. At that time the factories not
only had to supply the peach growers
but care for the government camps
and the out-of-town shipmetns were
few and far between. With the
camps out of the way it was not
thought likely there would be an ice
shortage this season. But there is
where another guess is coming.
Soda founts are getting what ice
they can from adjoining cities that
have ice factories and have managed
to keep running.
A shortage of ice in July has ser
ved to stimulate the citizens of Jack
son to the imperative need of an ice
factory. The matter has been widely
discussed during the last few days
and most of the comment is favor
able to such an enterprise.
BUTTS COUNTY ON HONOR
ROLL OF THE RED CROSS
Chapters Here Show Up Well In
Important Work
Butts county is on the honor roll
of the Red Cross, a statement just
issued by the state headquarters
shows. The requirements that chap
ter financial reports form 203 be
sent to the division headquarters be
fore the 7 of each month is being
followed by comparatively few
chapters. , _
The Butts county Red Cross,
through the chapters at Jackson,
Flovilla, Indian Springs and Jenkins
burg, did most effective work during
the war.
The follow-ng cities and counties
appear on the honor roll.
Atlanta, Augusta, Baldwin county,
Brunswick, Butts county, Carroll
county, Chattooga county, Cobb
county, Commerce, Dallas, l-ayette
county, Forsyth, Griffin, Lumpkin
county, Macon, Marion county, Put
nam county, Henry county, Jasper
county, Thoniasville, Wilkinson
eounty, Zebrlcn
JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY JULY 18, 1919
NR. H. J. MILLER
SERIOUSLY BURNED
Accident Caused When
Gasoline Catches Fire
HAD A NARROW ESCAPE
PROMINENT JACKSON BUSINESS
MAN VICTIM OF ACCIDENT
SATURDAY NIGHT. INJURIES
PAINFUL BUT NOT SERIOUS
Mr. H. J. Miller, manager of the
Jacksoin Coca Cola Bottling Com
pany, had a narrow escape from an
instant and horrible death Saturday
night, when the truck he v.s driving
caught fire. He was painfully
though not seriously burned on the
arms and back and face, one of his
ears also being singed.
The accident happened near
Woodstown as Mr. Milie.* was re
turning from Stewart where he had
been to deliver a truck load of bot
tled goods. The gasoline pipe be
came clogged and he borrowed a
lantern from a negro living nearby
and was endeavoring to unstop the
pipe when the gasoline fumes caught,
from the lantern. He was badly
burned before he could get from un
der the truck. 1 Mr. Miller extinguish
ed the flames by rolling i n the sand,
it was stated.
He was given immediate medical
attention, being cared for by Dr.
Randall, of Snapping Shoals.
The truck was pretty badly dam
aged by the fire, which was extin
guished by a party of negroes.
Mr. Miller left Jackson about 2:30
Saturday afternoon to make a de
livery of Coca Cola and soda water,
he was due to return early in the
night. When he had nbt shown up
et 10 o’clock Mr. W. D. Pope and
Mr. Capps, who drive trucks for the
company, went to look for him. They
brought Mr. Miller back to Jackson,
arriving here aboue 2:30 o’clock
Sunday morning.
The accident happened aboue 9
o’clock Saturday night, it was stated.
The injuries are all surface burns,
it is stated, and are responding to
treatment. It will be several days,
however, before Mr. Miller will be
able to be out again.
He has been manager of the local
bottling company since it was estab
lished here several years ago, and
has a wide circle of friends who are
sorry to know of his injuries.
BOOSTERS VISIT
PEACH ORCHARDS
Profitable Day Spent in
Houston County
ENTHUSIASM IS RAMPANT
BUTTS COUNTY VISITORS SAW
PEACH INDUSTRY IN ALL
PHASES. REAL ESTATE
DEALS FOLLOW VISIT
A party of thirty-one Butts county
citizens spent Thursday of the past
week in Houston county visiting the
large peac hgrowing centers with a
view to obtaining information pre
paratory to engaging upon this in
dustry on a commercial scale here.
The party visited Byron, Fort Valley
and Perry. The visitors were com
plimented with a barbecue by Mr.
R. N. Etheridge, who has been taking
the lead in fruit growing here, on
his Houston county farm, and all of
the visitors are enthusiastic in their
praise of Mr. Etheridge’s hospitality.
The trip was made in automobiles,
the party leaving Jackson early in
the day and returning about night.
While in the peach belt the Butts
county citizens had an opportunity
to see every phase of the peach
growing industry. They visited the
orchards where the peaches were be
ing picked and crated, stopped at
the canning factories, and saw the
peaches loaded and being iced for
shipping to the wholesale centra. The
information gathered was valuable
and much of it will be turned to
good use.
On result of the trio has been to
stimulate interest in peach growing
on a commercial scale and it is said
many of those who made the trip
are already planning to set out
thousands of peach trees. Several
real estate deals, having a view to
peach growing, have been made in
Butts during the past few days, it
is stated.
ICE FACTORY FOR
JACKSON ASSURED
MROE HOST TO
GEORGIA EDITORS
Annual Meeting Largely
Attended
VISITORS WELL TREATED
EDITORS AND FAMILIES GO TO
MOUNTAINS OF NORTH GEOR
GIA ON PLEASURE OUTING.
OFFICERS WERE ELECTED
The annual meeting of the Geor
gia Press Association was held in
Monroe, Walton county, this week,
the session being one of the most
important and largely attended ever
held by the members of the Fourth
Estate. An attendance of between
200 and 300 was registered during
the meeting.
The convention was opened Mon
day night in the Walton county
court house where addresses of wel
come and responses were given. Fol
lowing the short bnsiness session an
informal reception was held on the
court house square, where the dele
gates and visitors got acquainted
with all their friend* and neighbors.
Tuesday morning at 9 o’clock the
first business session was held, when
annual reports were submitted and
standing committees announced. A
basket dinner prepared by Monroe
citizens was then enjoyed, and an
other business meeting held in the
afternoon.
A business session was held Wed
nesday morning, followed by a bar
becue at the noon hour. In the after
noon the visitors were taken on a
tour of inspection of the drainage
districts in Walton county, where
the first drainage work in Georgia
was done.
Wednesday afternoon at 5 o’clock
the visitors left for where
the night was spent. A business ses
sion was held on the University of
Georgia campus, citizens of Athens
and summer school students of the
university joining in extending a
welcome and entertainment to the
editors.
The party left Thursday morning
at 8 o’clock for Clayton and Moun
tain City and other north Georgia
towns, for a pleasure outing.
The program arranged this year
was one of considerable interest,
much attention being given to recon
struction work. Officers for the year
were elected during the business
meeting.
GOVERNMENT GOING AFTER
LUXURY TAX DELINQUENTS
/ —————
Special Drive Will Be Made to Get
Amounts Due
Washington, July 12.—A special
drive for the collection of luxury
taxes was announced today by the
Bureau of Internal Revenue. Instruc
tions have been sent to all collectors
by Commissioner Roper to begin a
thorough canvass for delinquent!
who have not been turning in the
full amount to which the government
is entitled on the sale of soft drinks,
theater admissions, club dues, jewel
ry, art works, wearing apparel, toi
let articles, boats and certain manu
facturers and occupational taxes.
“In every case,” Mr. Roper said,
“warranted by investigation, penal
ties assessed by lav for failure or
wilful refusal to make returns will
be enforced strictly.”
PROTRACTED MEETING AT
MACEDONIA BEGINS SUNDAY
Service* Continue For Week,
J. A. Bonner Preaching
A series of protracted meetings
wili begin at Macedonia church Sun
day night and wiy continue for one
week. Rev. J. A. Bonner, the pastor,
will do the preaching and services
will be held at 11a. m. and 7 p. m.
Mr. J. T. Mayo will have charge of
the singing.
Members of the church and the
public generally are cordially invit
ed to attend these services.
COUNTY LOST
OVER 16 BRIDGES
One o! Worst Storms in
Recent Years
REPAIRS COST BIG SUM
GREATER PART OF DAMAGE BE
REPAIRED DURING PRESENT
WEEK. ROADS, BRIDGES
AND CROPS SUFFERED
The torrential rain of July 8 did
more damage to the bridges of Butts
county than any rain since 1900—
the year of the Cabin Creek wreck.
In June, 1900, practically every
every bridge in the county was wash
ed away and the board of commis
sioners were put to heavy exepnse to
repair the damage.
Mr. J. O. Gaston, County Commis
sioner states that a total of 16 brid
ges were washed away by the rain
of Tuesday, July 8. It will cost the
county to put these bridges back, it
is estimated, approximately $2,000.
Mr. Gaston hopes to have the bridges
repaired by the last of the present
week.
In addition to the bridges washed
away outright, many abutments and
concrete filles were seriously damag
ed. All of the steel bridges withstood
the unprecedented rainfall in good
condition, proving again that a steel
bridge is a wise investment for any
county.
Additional reports of damage to
crops and roads continue to be re
ceived. In many places the ditches
were filled up and the water washed
deep holes in the roadg. Terraces
broke under 4 the heavy downpour and
creek and branch bottom crops were
severely damaged, much of the
growth being covered with sand and
mud.
This big rain put the county to
heavy expense in repairing roads and
bridges, but the work id being rushed
as fast as practicable and the greater
part of the damage will receive at
tention before the week is out.
PRESIDENT WILSON VETOES
DAYLIGHT SAVING MEASURE
Gives Reasons For Saving Act Pass
ed in 1918
Washington, July 12.—The day
light saving law was rescued from
repeal today by President Wilson’s
veto of the agricultural appropria
tion bill.
In vetoing the bill President Wil
son made the following statement:
“I believe the repeal of the law
referred to would be of very great
inconvenience to the country and I
think that I am justified in saying
it would constitute something more
than an inconvenience. It would
involve a serious economic loss. The
act of March 19, 1918, to save day
light resulted not only from a care
ful study of industrial conditions by
competent men familiar with the
business operations of the country
but also from observations of the
happy and Beneficial consequences
of similar legislation in other coun
tries where legislation of this char
acter has been for some time in op
eration and where it has resulted
as the act of March 19, 1918, has
resulted in the United States in sub
stantial economics."
WILLIAM McCLURE HOME
FROM OVERSEAS DUTY
Jackson Boy Spent Nearly Two
Year* in France
The many friends of William Mc
•Clure are giving him a cordial wel
come home after a service of more
than two years in the army, nearly
two years of which were spent in
France. For the past several months
Mr. was post quartermaster
sergeant at the Samur artillery
school. He went overseas with the
17th engineers, being one of the first
Butts county men to answer the call
to the colors after war broke out
in 1917.
Mr. McClure arrived home Satur
day, after having receivd his dis
charge the past week.
A Bond Issue Wisely
Expended will give Good
Ronds in Every District
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
OVER HALF OF
STOCK RAISED
Whirlwind Campaign to
Complete Plans
REMARKABLE INTEREST
COMMITTEES WORKING ON
COST OF BUILDING PLANT.
ANOTHER MEETING TO BE
HELD TUESDAY, JULY 22
With more than $5,000 raised in
an hour or two Tuesday morning,
the movement for an ice factory and
cold storage plant in Jackson has as
sumed definite form and the success
of the enterprise is now assured.
The canvass was taken at random
and not one half of the people were
seen, but almost without exception
evei’ybody subscribed to the enter
prise, showing the interest felt and
the determination to have an ice
plant that will do away with the ice
shortage in this community.
A preliminary meeting was held
in the Liberty theater Tuesday af
ternoon for the purpose of discuss
ing plans for the ice plant. Mr. R.
N. Etheridge was made chairman of
the meeting and several short but
pointed talks were made by those
interested in seeing the plant built.
A committee consisting of Messrs.
J. H. Turner, W. O. Ham an dDr. J.
B. Hopkins was appointed to confer
with city council about securing a
franchise for the ice factory.
Another committee, v.ith Messrs.
R. P. Sasnett, C. M. Kimbell, J. D.
Jones, Hugh Mallet and J. H. Tur
ner, was named to investigate the
cost of building an ice factory, to
ascertain the cost of plants of 10
and 20 tons capacity, and find out
all other information needed in the
I work of establishing such an enter
| prise
j Messrs. S. P. Nichols, W. O. Ham
and Bert Carmichael were appointed
1 on a committee to sell stock in the
proposed enterprise. The shares will
probably be $lO with SIOO as the
limit to any one stockholder. The
idea of the meeting was to have the*
ice factory owned by the people of
the entire county and distribute the
stock as widely as possible.
All of these committees are ex- -
pected to make a report by Tuesday,
July 22, when another meeting will
be held in the Liberty theater at 5
o’clock p. m.
Any person desiring to subscribe
to the ice factory may leave his sub
scription at The Progress-Arugs of
fice and the amount will be turned
over to the proper committee.
OR. W, L. POTEAT WILL
SPEAK IN 6RIFFIN JULY 24
Public Invited to Hear Well Known
Educator and Minister
The Baptists of the Flint River
Association are looking forward with
great pleasure to the coming of Dr.
W. L. Potcat, President of Wake
Forest College, North Carolina, who
has been engaged for an address at
the First Baptist Church Griffin, Ga.,
Thursday July 24, at 3:30 p. m. Dr.
Poteat is easily one of the ablest
speakers among the Baptists of the
South and is in great demand for
addresses in all sections of the Unit
ed States.
It is earnestly desired that all the
pastors and as many of the mem
bers of the various churches as can
possibly attend shall hear Dr. Poteat
on the occasion. The subject of his
address will be, “What Jesus Wants
With Us.” The discussion of I his
vital subject will appeal to all, men
and women alike, and all are urged
to attend. While this meeting is
held primarily by and for the Bap
tists those v/ho are responsible for
the meeting extend a cordial invita
tion to the general public believing
that the service will be both inter
esting and helpful.
TEACHERS’ EXAMINATION
WILL BE HELD AUG. 1 AND 2
The date of the state teachers’ ex
amination has been set for August
1 and 2.