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peach Culture Will Brine Permanent Pros perity to Butts County VOL. 47—NO. 31 FAIR DATES ARE NOVEMBER 3 TO 8 COUNTY PLAN OF PRIZES TO BE FOLLOWED THIS YEAR. GOOD ATTRACTIONS BEING SIGNED FOR THE FAIR The week of November 3 to 8 has been fixed as the dates for the Butts County Fair. The present plans are to hold the fair for three days, Wed nesday, Thursday and Friday, the 5, 6 and 7, but the entire week will be given over to the shows and at- tractions. Premiums aggregating more than $1,200 have already been agreed upon and announced. Of that amount the club work was awarded $375. di vided as follows: Girls Canning Club and Poultry Club $200; Boys Corn and Pig Clubs $175. The agricul tural department will receive $500; the live stock department ss3oo and the Woman’s Department SIOO. The premium list has been partial ly completed and wall be arranged a few weeks. This and other essential details are now engaging the attention of the officers of the fair association. A contract for the attractions for the fair will be closed within a day or two. Without doubt the best shows ever brought to Jackson will be signed to furnish the attractions .at this year’s fair, at Beginning the last of August or gffre firgt df September an extensive Advertising campaign in behalf of the fair will be put on. Quite a lot of attractive advertising matter has been bought and new and novel fea tures will be employed to place the fair before the people of Butts and adjoining counties. The dates selected for the fair will come at a time when everybody can attend. The rush of the cotton season will be over and citizens of the county will have a leisure Reason just at that time. This was the only date available, except the first week in October, not to conflict with the southeastern, Griffin or state fair. , From expressions so far received it is believed this will be the biggest and best fair ever attempted in the county. There is a better spirit of co-operation and the officers of the association 'are pleased at the pledges of support so far given. The district prize plan has been abolished and the premiums this year will be competed for on the county wide basis. All the prizes will be open to the citizens of the county and any district may enter as many exhibits as can be arranged. the district prize system was never en tirely satisfactory and it is thought the county plan will work much bet ter. Any person desiring to make ex hibits of any character should write J. D. Jones, general manager of the fair, as space will be awarded m the order in which the applications are received. campleeting OPENS THURSDAY LARGE ATTENDANCE EXPECT ED AT ANNUAL SESSION OF CAMP MEETING. ABLE LEAD ERS SECURED THIS SEASON An occasion of great interest to thousands of people throughout the country is the Indian Springs camp meeting which begins Thursday, August 7 and extends through the Strong leaders for the 1919 ses sion have been secured in the P® r * son of Dr. H. C. Morrison and Dr. John Paul Both are ministers of great power and ability and have a large following throughout the coun ty and their presence this year will add greatly to the success ol the meeting. . The cottages at the camp ground are beginning to till up. It is ex p ected that all the hotels and every available room will be occupied by the time the camp meeting is at its height An attendance that will com pare favorably with any previously Recorded is expected this season. It is reported that Mr. Charles D. Tillman will be present to assist in the singing. At first it was announc ; Z he £uld not be pne.ent th year, for the first time since tne camp meeting was stablished, out later re l“ 9 lote he vill likely attend. Mr. £ w Stapleton, a well known ■* 'er, will have a ptonilnent par. m the tinging- Id. has been Wednesday, August i0 ’ ,„ and ' as “Butts County Day and r 1? of the county are invited '".SST*rvi on that date. THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS TUESDAY WAS RETURN DAY IN BUTTS SUPERIOR COURT Let* Than Usual Number of Cases Were Entered Tuesday, July 29, was return day in Butts superior court. According to Clerk S. J. Foster less than the usual number of cases have been filed for the August term. The August term of superior court will convene on the 18. STREET WORK BEING CARRIED ON IN CITY ——— t WEED CUTTING MAKES THE STREETS MORE ATTRACTIVE. BEEN HARD TO SECURE THE NECESSARY LABOR A lot of valuable and much needed work has been done on the streets and sidewalks of the city during the last few days. A squad of laborers have been busy cutting down weeds, filling up holes and cleaning out drain pipes and the streets present a much neater appearance as a result of this work. The recent heavy rains left the streets in bad condition, and council, it is understood will have them work ed as soon as possible. Labor has been scarce this year and it has been a real effort to secure enough workmen to keep the streets in repair. WAR DEPARTMENT UNLOADS SUGAR SELLS 37,000,000 POUNDS. NO EXCUSE FOUND FOR HIGH PRICES. SOME HOARDING IN COUNTRY The War Department has sold to the United States Sugar Equaliza tion Board 37,000,000 pounds of re fined sugar, it was announced today by George A. Zabriskie, president of the board, who declared there is “abundance” of raw sugar in this country, that retail prices should not exceed 11 cents a pound and that there is no need of hoarding. The head of the equalization board said that profiteering dealers, if reported, may suffer revocation of their license for they are still un der control of the federal food ad ministration, who will not cease to function until the senate signs the peace treaty. He charged the apparent shortage to speculative “exporter” and belat ed orders from eanners and candy makers. Housewives were “hoarding” sugar unnecessarily, he said, NJew England having refined sugar stocks sufficient to last dix months. Sugar is abundant in the United States and if it were not for the profiteers and nervous housfevdves encouraged to hoard it there would be enough for every legitimate de mand a thirty days’ reserve supply in addition, declared Mr. Zebriskie. PLUMBER ARRESTED IN SAVANNAH FOR LARCENY Will Be Brought to Jackson to Stand Trial Wm. H. Spencer, a plumber for merly in the employ of Carmichael Hardware Cos., and charged with the theft of a considerable amount of goods, has been arrested in Savan nah and will be brought back to Jackson to face trial. The theft oc curred about one year ago. Spencer was jailed but was subsequently re leased on bond. When his case was called at the last term of court he failed to appear and his bond was forfeited. There are other charges resting against the defendant and it is un derstood the charge will b° vigor ously prosecuted. There are now nearly 1,500 leath er manufacturing establishments in the United States. Weekly Bulletin The Progress-Argu* is a weekly bulletin of the most important happenings of Butts county. __ Your advertisenemt will be read by thousands and discussed arouncP the family circle. The Progress-Argus covers Butts county like a barrage. Gat od the firing line and let the peo ple know what you -have *to offer. JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY AUGUST I, 1919 COTTON MEN TO PUSH ASSOCIATION WILL BE ORGANIZED IN ALL COTTON COUNTIES IN COT TON BELT. FARMERS AND BUSINESS MEN INTERESTED Atlanta, July 31.—The American Cotton Association, organized after careful deliberation by a body of prominent farmers and business men representing all cotton states, will open an active membership campaign with the beginning of August, from Atlanta as headquarters, to cover the entire cotton belt. The campaign committee has been named and is ready for business; a corps, of expert organizers has been employed, and plans for an extensive publicity campaign have been made. It is proposed to complete the mem bership campaign Within two months, or before October 1, when it is an ticipated the vast majority of cotton producers, merchants, bankers and professional men throughout the South, will have been Enrolled. For the first time in history it looks as if the farmers and cotton producers of the South are going to have an organization through whose activities they will be enabled to price their own products, instead of permitting that to be done by Liver pool and New York. The associa tion’s purpose is to give the producer an agency through which he may be fairly remunerated for the produc tion service he renders to society. Membership dues vf.ll be on the basis of 25 cents per bale of cotton produced, for the grower, and 26 cents per SI,OOO of capital invested for merchants, bankers and others; while a large number of life mem berships will be sold at SIOO. The association itself will be char tered; and, following the member ship campaign, it is proposed to or ganize another and allied corpora tion, with a large capital stock for the purpose of taking care of “dis tress” cotton, in order to prevent any over-supply in the market with its consequent drop in price. The American Cotton Association will be organized in every cotton county in the South; county organi zations will report direct to state di visions and states to the parent asso ciation. No militia district, even where a pound of cotton is grown will be overlooked. The campaign committee, appoint ed at the meeting of the directors just held in Atlanta, at which organ ization plans were perfected, will meet here on August 4 actively to begin the membership campaign. This committee will meet every day necessary to see that the work goes through successfully. It is composed of J. S. Wannamaker, of St. Mat thews, S. C., president of the asso ciation; W. C. Barrickman, secre tary, Dallas, Texas; M. C. Allgood, Birmingham, Ala.; Dr. George L. Sands, Little Rock, Ark.: J. J. Brown, commissioner of Agriculture, Atlanta, Ga.; J. B. Ardis. Shreveport, La.; D. W. Robins, Tupelo, Miss.; Seth L. Barnes, Marston, Mo.; L. S. Tomlinson, Wilson, N. C.; J. A. Whitehurst, Oklahoma City, Okla.; R. M. Mixon, Williston, S. C.; J. P. Matthews, Oakland, 1 enn.; J. A. Thompson, Corsicane, Texas; J. H. Claffey, Orangeburg, S. C.; R. F. Willingham, Macon, Ga.: P,. H. King, Atlanta; L. B. Jackson, Atlanta and D. F. McClatchey, Atlanta. QUOTAS IN BAPTIST DRIVE ANNOUNCED GEORGIA EXPECTED TO FUR NISH ONE-TENTH OF TOTAL. HOW MONEY WILL BE SPENT FOR VARIOUS CAUSES Quotas for the different states for the $75,000,000 campaign of the Southern Baptist church were fixed at a recent meeting of the congress held in Nashville. The apportion ment to the different states fojlow: Alabama, $4,000,000; Arkansas, $3,200,000; District of Columbia, $2,000,000; Florida, $1,000,000; Ge orgia, $7,500,000; Illinois, $1,200,- 000; Kentucky, $6,500,000; Mary land, $750,000; Mississippi, $2,500,- 000; Missouri, $2,925,000; New Mexico, $250,000; North Carolina, $5,5000,000; Oklahoma, 2,500,000; South Carolina, $5,500,000; Tennes see, $4,000,000; Texas, $16,000,000;! Virginia $7,000,000. Allotments of the $75,000,00P to be raised daring the campaign were, made as wollows: | Foreign nrissionst , $20,000,000;' home missions, $12,000,000; semina ries and training schools of the •church, $3,000,000; aged ministers’ HOUSE VOTES REPEAL OF THE SODA WATER TAX Temfer>tur Around 100 Mark When Vote Was Taken After nearly two hours’ debate and while the temperature in the chamber was hovering around the 100 mark, the house today voted to repeal the 10 per cent war tax on soda water and ice cream. FALL TERM OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS OPENS SEPT. I OPENING OF ANOTHER SESSION ONLY MONTH OFF. STRONG FACULTY TO REPRESENT JACKSON THIS FALL Monday, the first day of Septem ber, will mark the opening of the fall term of the Jackson public schools. With the opening of another term only a month off preparations are al ready being made for the 1919-20 session. Prof. L. D. Watson, the new* superintendent, has arrived in Jack son from Bamesville and will give his undivided attention to arranging for the next term. The remaining teachers will be chosen within a short time and the faculty will be one of the best bal anced Jackson has ever known. CHICAGO HAS A RACE OUTBREAK CLASH BETWEEN WHITES AND NEGROES RESULT IN NUM BER OF DEATHS. MILITARY READY TO TAKE ACTION Chicago, July 28.—The situation in the “Black Belt” of this city, where race rioting late yesterday re sulted in the death of two negroes and the injury of perhaps fifty or mpre whites and blacks, including four patrolmen, was under police control early today. Accounts of the trouble differ, but the version accepted by the police in dicated that it started m fighting be tween white afid negro boys at the bathing beach on Twenty-ninth street. A policeman was shot and several other persons injured during fighting between negroes and whites which broke out in the negro district on the South Side early Sunday night. Ev ery available policeman was rushed to the district. While fighting was in progress on South State street in the negro dis trict which extends about five miles on that thoroughfare, another riot took place at the Twenty-ninth street beach. Two negroes were reported to have been drowned after being struck with missies. White men were frequently at tacked an State street, the police said. The police soon cleared the rioters from the streets and established a strong patrol which they believed would compel order. A negro was shot and four other persons, including a white woman, were injured by clubs and stones, ac cording to early reports. The immediate cause of the riot ing is not known, but bad feeling has existed for months and resulted in recent bomb explosions and other disorders. The bombs are believed to have been due to feeling against negroes for moving into white neigh borhoods. Negroes greatly outnumbered the whites in the two districts where the disturbances occurred. COL. E. J. WILLIAMS AWARDED THE D. S. C. HAD PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED FRENCH DECORATION. COL. WILLIAMS WELL KNOWN AND POPULAR HERE Butts connty friends of Colonel E. J. Williams will be pleased to learn that he has been awarded the Dis tinguished Service Medal for bravery in action in France. He had pre viously been awarded the French Croix de Guerre. Colonel Williams married Miss Myrtle Pound of Jack son, and is w*II and favorably known here. It is announced that Colonel Wil liams will soon return to Washington for duty with the War College Gen-| eral Staff. relief, $2,600,0004 The remainder will be appropriated to the different states for state needs, in proportion to the amounts contributed by them. MEETING FOR ICE PLANT NEXT FRIDAY AFTERNOON Jackson Determined to Build 20-Ton Plant. Stock Is Being Widely Distributed. Important Meeting. FAKIRS REAPING RICH HARVEST IN COUNTRY WARNING GIVEN THAT CARE FUL INVESTIGATION SHOULD BE MADE OF ALL CASES. RULES FOR GIVING Jackson, in common with the rest of the country, has been afflicted with entirely too many fakirs within the past few months. Every few days a solicitor for this or that cause calls around and usually gets a do nation from a liberally-inclined pub lic. This gentry appears to be quite numerou sand active just now and it is the part of caution to go slow, in giving to strangers. The Macon Chamber of Commerce has adopted a set of rules to be fol lowed in giving to charity. These rules wil ble of help to the people here and for their benefit are pub lished herewith: 1. Do not give to collectors just to get rid of them—frauds flourish on such unwise genersity. 2. Ask all solicitors to show their credentials—they should carry prop er credentials signed by officers of the organization they represent, and written on the official stationery. 3. It is safest to mail your check direct to the treasurer of the fund and not give it to the solicitor unless sure of the solicitor’s identity and honesty. Do not give cash to solic itors—you have no means of telling whether it ever reaches the charity. 4. Beware of an organization that cannot give a better address than a postoffice box number. A bona fide organization will have a street or office address. 5. Every reputable charitable agency has a board of managers to direct its work and control its finan- ces—beware of “one man” organiza tions. | 6. A charitable organization, if run properly, should have its ac counts satisfactorily audited annual | ly, and should be willing to make a public annual financial statement. Refuse to contribute to any organi zation that is unwilling to do this. 7. Remember that unworthy char itable enterprises are as often con ducted by women as by men—the fact that a wpman solicitor appeals to you for a contribution does not necessarily imply that the charity is worthy. 8. Always investigate before you subscribe. There is no disgrace in I giving wisely. If the appeal is local remember that there are well estab lished local agencies organized for the sole purpose! of dealing with local conditions and operating under the direction of responsible men and wo men whom you know. “The term ‘unworthy’ is not re stricted to individuals and organiza tions operating fraudelent purposes. , An investigation of i.n ‘orphanage’ in a neighboring state recently, disclos ed the fact that 84 per cent of the receipts are paid out in salaries, com missions and expense allowances for collectors. This and other irregular ities showed conclusively that the ‘institution’ was not upon a sound business basis and that an extremely small sum reached the orphans. Oth er examples are given by misguided indivitiufls who are attempting to do work already provided for by estab lished agencies, and whose efforts, as well as the money they receive, are expended in unnecessary activi ties. A third type is the ‘publication’ attempting to base its business claims upon the fact that it is con ducted under ‘charitable’ auspices.” Your Stationery IS A CRITERION OF YOUR BUSINESS AND CHARACTER. HAVE IT PRINTED RIGHT Forty-veven year*’ of experience be* taght us how. No job too large nor none toe small. Progress-Argus Job Department JACKSON, GA. 9 * Jackson’s Groat Hood is nn ICE FACTORRY (1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE Business of importance will be transacted at the meeting of the Jackson Ice Corporation to be held in the Liberty theater Friday after noon at 6 o’clock. At that time the committee on by-laws will make a report and a committee on site will be named by President S. P. Nichols. All stock holders are expected to be present at this meeting. To build and equip a twenty-ton ice factory will cost beween $26,000 and $30,000. This information was gathered from Mr. J. H. Filling, rep resentative of the Southern Engi neering and Construction Company, who came to Jackson last week and met with the officials cf the proposed ice plant. The cost of the machinery i3 $14,211. The company will fur nish an erecting engineer to install the plant, but the cost of two motors, building, belts, trucks, labor, etc., will run the cost up to more than $20,000. The most important work before the ice corporation at present,is the sale of more stock. More than $9,000 worth of stock has already been sold, but a great deal more is needed. At the meeting Friday af ternoon it is hoped to have at least $15,000 worth of stock subscribed. A committee consisting of- l)r. J. B. Hopkins and Mr. C. M. Kimbell visited Locust Grove Tuesday* and sold S6OO worth of stock in a few minutes. A stock list was left there and it is expected a considerable block of stock will be bought by the citizens of Locust Grove and commu nity. The committees appointed to visit Flovilla and Indian Springs hope to get in several thousand dolhnrs dur ing th next day or so. The ice factory is no longer an ex periment or an uncertainty. It is an assured fact. And what is more it will be a paying proposition to the stockholders. By careful and effic ient management the ice pfant can be made to pay a substantial divi dend on the investment, and the peo ple of this section will be able to get ice when they want it—get full weights and at reasonable prices. Stockholders in the plant will be supplied ice first. This should be an incentive to every citizen of the community to take at least some stock. While the present plans are not definite, yet it is proposed to secure a site and proceed with the building and have the machinery shipped out about the first of the year and be ready to manufacture ice in the ear ly spring. Stock subscrip'ion lists have been plaled in all cha drug stores and banks in Jackson, left at Locust Grove, Jenkinsburg, Flovilla and In dian Springs. If you have not al ready suyscribed cull at one of these places and get your name on the list. You will bo helping not only your self but the entire section around Jackson. PARTY FROM HERE TO VISIT STATE COLLEGE COUNTY AGENT WILL TAKE PARTY OF FARMERS TO ATH ENS. SHORT COURSE FOR BOYS AND GIRLS i f • From, August 4 to 8 the State Col lege of Agriculture at Athens will entertain a large number of farmers from the various counties of the state. County Agent J. H. Blackwell is planning to take a large delegation from Butts county. It is the purpose of the trip to have the farmer* visit the college, look over the college farm, see what is being done in the way of agriculture and - live stock rasing. The-party will leave Jaekson Mon day, August 4, at 6a. m. and all those who desire to nu*ke the trip will meet Mr. Blackwell in Jackson at that hour. The trip will be made in automobiles. During the same v*iek the boys and girls short course will be irv session and a number of the club tuumbejs, ’ from Butts county will probably at tend - this* specie! ooursp receive the benefits of ( the week’s training.