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peach Culture Will
Bring Permanent Pros
perity to Butt. County
VOL. 47 —NO. 32
> PROFITEERS GOUGE
AMERICAN PEOPLE
charged that children do
n ot get enogh to eat on
account of high cost of
living, action coming
Washington, August 3. From
three to six million American chil
dren are not getting enough to eat
because their parents are unable on
their present incomes to buy suffic
ient food, said a statement issued to
day by the children’s bureau of the
department of labor. These are the
children, the statement said, who are
often pronounced by parents and
teachers to be “delicate,” “ailing,”
“lazy,” or 3 us t “plain ornery,” al
though their true affliction is mal
nutrition.
The number of school children in
the United States who are not getting
““sufficient food was placed at from
15 to 25 per cent, while this was said
to be true of one-fifth of thechildren
Attending school in New York city.
“Thousands of American fami
lies," the statement said, “are today
living on an income which does not
permit an adequate diet.”
Definite steps toward reducing the
high cost of living are expected this
week.
While the government depart
ments are working toward the end of
alleviation of unrest by restoring a
nbrmal level of prices, interest cen
ters in the meeting Tuesday of the
conference called by Attorney Gen
eral Palmer to consider the best
method of procedure, especially with
respect to profiteering. The commit
tee appointed by the conference, Di
rector General Hines, Assistant Sec
retary of the Treasury Leffingwell
and Chairman Colver, of the federal
trade commission, have been engag
ed in an exchange of memoranda
which will be put before the confer
ence for rcommendation to Presi
dent Wilson, who is following all
steps closely.
The presence of Julius Barnes di
rector of the United States Grain
corporation, at the meeting Tuesday,
will give expert counsel to the cabi
net members and other officials on
the grain situation. Consideration of
a plan to sell \uheat in a free mark
et, the government absorbing the dif
ference between the market price
and the guaranteed price, is believed
certain.
There are indications that the at
torney general is paying especial at
tention to cases of profiteering. He
has at his disposal a great volume of
information collected by the federal
trade commission, showing produc
tion costs in scores of industries.
While there is no especial law by
which profiteering maybe punished di
rectly, Mr. Palmer has said that there
is a great deal of “good law” on the
statute books, and it is believed he
will find a way to punish any cases
where there are evidences of extor
tion.
The average citizen is the man in
whose behalf the profiteering inves
tigation will be pushed, despite the
fact that it was the new demands of
the railroad labor unions that pre
cipitated it. Several officials have ex
pressed sympathy with the salaried
man who lacks the backing of a pow
erful organization.
COCA COLA COMPANY
SOLI) FOR $25,000,000
ONE OF BIGGEST DEALS IN HIS
j TORY OF COUNTRY. HEAD
QUARTERS OF COMPANY RE
MAIN IN ATLANTA
Announcement of the sale of the
Coca Cola Company, of Atlanta, to
a syndicate composed of New A’ ork
business men, was made last week.
The price paid was given at $-5i
000,000, which included the formula,
good will and part of the real estate
holdings.
The company was capitalized at
$50,000 and was owned by Asa G.
Candler, his sons and daughter a.i.
a few others. The earnings for the
Past year, it was stated, were s>l>
|L 250,000. There will be no change m
officers and directors for the
k fcresent and the headquarters will r -
I]pain in Atlanta, it was announcea.
[ Mr. Candler retains his interest m
I bottling rights of Coca Cola.
H This is the largest deal ever
I | n Ihe South and one of the lar?6-
■ bi thq history of the country.
Clinch county with an area ox -*•>*
square miles is the largest coun
ty Georgia. Glascock With 95
, 9 uare miles is the smallest.
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS
ICE CONSUMPTION IN
ATLANTA CUT DOWN
ONLY HOSPITALS GET FULL RE
QUIREMENTS. WHAT Will.
HAPPEN TO JACKSON IF ICE
FACTORY FALLS DOWN
If the people of Jackson and this
section have any misapprehension as
to what will happen to them in the
way of an ice famine next year, if
they fail to get busy and build a
plant of their own, they have but to
look at the present ice shortage in
Atlanta. So acute is the ice shortage
in Atlanta that the city authorities
and ice manufacturers have held a
meeting and agreed to cut the con
sumption of all ice users 25 per cent.
Only the hospitals of the city are ex
cepted in this order.
The ice factories in Atlanta, it
seems, are unable to supply the pres
ent demands made on them. Some
of the plants will enlarge their ca
pacity during the coming winter.
With this addition, however, it will
be impossible to supply the demand
next summer when the peach crop
begins to move.
The people of Jackson have had a
raw deal in securing ice for the past
few years and this condition will con
tinue—and grow worse all the time
until an ice plant is erected in Jack
son. This is the only solution and
only permanent relief.
SPECIAL RATES TO
CAMP MEETING
HOLINESS CAMP MEETING BE
GAN ANNUAL SESSION THURS
DAY EVENING. LARGE AT
TENDANCE EXPECTED
With special rates granted by the
railroads and with a keen degree of
interest, indications point to a large
attendance at the Indian Springs
Holiness camp meeting, which begins
Thursday evening, the 7 and extends
through Sunday evening, August 17.
Dr. H. C. Morrison and Rev. John
Paul, both of Wilmore College, As
bury, Ky., will address the meeting
daily. A third speaker wall be select
ed by the president, Rev. G. W.
Mathews, of Fort Valley. The chorus
singing will be under the\ direction of
Mr. 0. W. Stapleton, who is associa
ted with Charlie Tillman. Mr. Till
man will not be present this season,
owing to illness.
Services begin at sunrise with
prayer meeting in the tabernacle.
Then follows breakfast. An open air
meeting is held at 9 a. m. Preaching
services are held at 11 a. m., 3 p. m.
and 7:30 p. m.
An attendance that will equal, if
not surpass, that of former years is
expected this year. The cottages are
already well filled and arrangements
have been made to care for the visit
ors at the hotels and boarding houses
Despite the fact that the “dummy”
has passed out of existence, automo
biles will make up for the lack of
railroad transportation to the camp
ground.
Many Butts county citizens are
at the camp ground for the ten days
of the meeting. Hundreds of others
will attend part of the services, and
there v.ill be visitors present from
all sections of Georgia, Florida, Ala
bama and Tennessee.
Wednesday, August 13, will be
known as “Butts County Day.” On
that date special services will be ar
ranged for citizens of this county
who have helped make the camp
meeting the popular success it has
become.
SPALDING COUNTY COURT
CONVENED FOR SESSION
Little Buiinet* Before Court, It Wa*
Stated
The August term of Spalding
county superior court „ convened
Monday, with Judge W. E. H. Sear
cv Jr , presiding and Solicitor E. M.
S-en as counsel for the state It
stated there was very little busi
ness to come up during the term and
a short session was predicted.
i *■ s - *• *£S££ , £*2
* 41” be assisted the
Monrod c00t,,. w Mr.
pastor, tte.. • Marvin
s*** - ~ -<-
church abou. 3
. many jn every de
meeting was a k*~--
partmenl-
JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY AUGUST 8, 1919
ICE COMPANY TO
BE INCORPORATED
CHARTER WILL BE SECURED
AND OPTIONS ON SITES OB
TAINED. WILL BEGIN ACTIVE
WORK ON PLANT
Steps to incorporate the Jackson
Icte Corporation, to secure a building
site for the proposed plant and pro
ceed actively with the work of sell
ing stock, were taken at a meeting
of the stockholders Friday afternoon.
It was voted to incorprate the plant
at $20,000, with the privilege of in
creasing same to $50,000. The par
value of the stolk will be $lO per
share. The secretary w*as instructed
to collect twenty-five per cent of the
stock subscribed and take notes for
the balance, to be paid January 1,
1920. This is a necessary procedure
before the company can secure a
charter. The officers will look after
this detail of securing a charter and
obtaining options on building sites.
In all prolalility the ice plant will
be built on the railroad. This is
deemed advisable on account of
shipping ice to adjoining towns in
this section.
Estimates of cost of erecting a 20-
ton ice factory have been secured.
Other information wall be secured
and a comimttee will likely visit some
of the plants in the larger cities with
in a few weeks.
An essential detail to the success
ful operation of the plant is an abun
dant watersupply for cooling purpos
es. City water will be used for
freezing ice, but a great deal of wa
ter will be needed for cooling pur
poses and running water is prefer
able.
The meeting Friday ‘ afternoon
voted to place all the details in the
hands of the officers and they will be
expected to look after the business
of the enterprise. When the officers
have all the information in hand they
will submit a report to the stockhol
ders.
Another meeting will be held sub
ject to the call of President S. P.
Nichols and in the meantime renewed
efforts will be put forward to sell
more stock. The ten thousand dollar
mark has been passed but more stock
is needed. Everybody in the whole
surrounding community is offered an
opportunity to purchase stock and
have a part in this home enterprise.
If the stock is not sold on the pres
ent plan, it will be sold in another
way. The success of the ice factory
is assured, and if you want to buy
stock in a winning enterprise now is
the time to get your name on the list.
GREAT PtANUI CROP
IS FORECAST MADE
GEORGIA SECOND STATE IN
PRODUCTION OF GREAT CROP,
i INCREASE OF MILLION BUSH
ELS FOR YEAR
j The South’s peanut crop this year
promises to be a million bushels
larger than last year’s. Forecasts of
the crop in the various states, just
announced by the department of ag
riculture, which bases its estimate on
| conditions existing July 1, show a
total crop of 55,531,000 bushels
compared with 54,434,000 bushels
last year.
Alabama leads as a producer,
growing more than one quarter of
the country’s output, but her crop
j this year shows a decrease of 1,700,-
000 bushels from last year. All the
j other peanut-growing states east of
; the Mississippi river excepting Flor
j ida also show smaller crops this year,
j while the states west of the Missis
! sippi—Arkansas, Oklahoma and Tex
as—shov. increases. Texas, with an
increase of almost 5,000,000 bushels,
makes this year’s total crop for the
j country larger than last year’s,
j The country’s peanut acreage this
year is 1,738,400 acres, a decrease
| of 23 per cent from the acreage of
I last year. Arkansas was the only
state showing an increase in acreage.
i Prouction forecasts for the various
! states follow:
i Virginia, 4,795,000 bushels; North
I Carolina, 3,498,000; South Carolina,
‘629,000; Georgia, 9,979,000; Flori
da, 5,336,000; Tennessee, 400,000;
Alabama, 14,708,000; Mississippi,
117,000; Louisiana, 81,000; Texas,
I 12,478,000; Oklahoma, 556,000; Ar-
I kansas, 936,000.
INTRODUCES BILL TO REG
ULATE SALE OF PISTOLS
Col. J. T. Moore, representative
in the general assembly from Butts
"county, ha sintroduced a bill to reg
ulate the sale of pistols and revolv
ers. The details of the bill are not
known here.
ARMY OF 510,000
MEN RECOMMENDED
UNIVERSAL MILITARY TRAIN
ING FAVORED BY SECRETARY
BAKER. WOULD HAVE A RE
SERVE ARMY
Washington, Aug. 4.—The main
tainance of one field army with a
war strength of one million and a
quarter men was proposed in a bill
establishing a permanent military
policy which was sent to congress to
day by Secretary of War Newton D.
Baker.
The active force of this army will
be five hundred and ten thousand
regulars, while the remainder will be
young men who have taken a three
months’ training course, which will
be compulsory for youths of nine
teen years of age.
This reserve strength will be used
to fill out twenty infantry divisions
and one cavalry division into which
it is proposed to divide the regular
army.
Plans for a permanent army of
five hundred and ten thousand, offi
cers and men, and a system of uni
versal military training were submit
ted to congress today by Secretary
Baker.
There were embodied in a bill
which represents the policy of the
war department with respect to peace
time military establishment.
Three months of military training
for youths of nineteen years of age
will be made compulsory and promo
tion of officers by seniority would
be abolished.
Under the measure all special ser
vices built up during the war will be
maintained as separate branches, ex
cept chemical warfare service, which
will be merged with that of the engi
neers.
LEGISLATURE TO
ADJOURN ON 13
EXTRA SESSION MAY BE CALL
ED UNLESS IMPORTANT LEG
ISLATION IS ENACTED SPEED
ILY
The general assembly of Georgia
will end its session of fifty days on
next Wednesday, August 13. There
remains a great deal of important
legislation to be passed on and if the
legislature completes its program
hard work will have to be put in ev
ery minute of the time from now cn.
At the beginning of this week the
main measures before the assembly
were:
The highway program.
The educational program.
The bill creating a department of
banking.
Woman suffrage, capital removal
and other measures have caused a lot
of w'rangling and waste of time.
From now on both morning and af
ternoon sessions will be held and ev
ery effort will be made to complete
the legislative program.
The highway bill or series of bills
—there being four in all—seems to
have the solons at sea. It has been
hard to agree on a bill agreeable to
all factions.
There is talk of Governor Dorsey
calling an extra session if the impor
tant matters are not put through be
fore the adjournment next Wednes
day.
SECTION HAS EXCESS
OF 8 INCHES RAIN
July One of Wettest Months in His.
tory of State
With the exception of July, 1916,
the month just passed was the wet
test in the history of Butts county,
so far as records show. The rainfall
for July was 12.88, while in July,
1916, the record was 13.40.
The excess rainfall so far this sea
son, due mainly to the unprecedented
precipitation in July, is 7.37 inches.
The highest temperature was 97
on July 15 and the lov/est 59 on July
2. The normal temperature for the
month is 79.7.
WIRE SYSTEMS RETURNED
TO PRIVATE OWNERSHIP
End of Barieton Regime of Control
Welcomed
Effective at midnight, -j uly 31,
government control of the -wire sys
tems of the country, which had been
in force since July 22, 1918, was re
linquished.
A reduction in rates by the Postal
Telegraph Cos. was announced fol
lowing the return of the property to
the private owners.
1919 COTTON CROP
11,016,000 BALES
67.1 PER CENT OF NORMAL, AC
CORDING TO THE FORECAST
TODAY BY THE U. S. DEPART
MENT OF AGRICULTURE
Washington.—A cotton production
of 11,016,000 bales this year was
forecast today by the department of
Agriculture, basing its estimate on
the condition of the crop July 25,
which it announced as 67.1 per cent
of a normal.
A forecast of 10,986,000 bales
was made last month on conditions
existing June 25. Last year’s crop
was 12,040,530 bales.
The condition of the crop June 25
was 70.0 per cent of a normal and
on July 25 a year ago it was 73.6,
while the ten year July 25 average is
76.1.
Condition July 25, by states fol
lows:
Virginia, 80; North Carolina, 76;
South Carolina, 71; Georgia, 67;
Florida, 50; Alabama, 64; Mississip
pi, 63; Missouri, 67; Oklahoma, 75;
California, 100, and Arizona, 93.
Increase in Forecast
Today’s forecast shows an increase
of 30,000 bales over the forecast
made a month ago. The condition of
the crop showed a decline of 2.9 per
cent during the month, compared
with the average decline of 4.2 per
cent during the period in previous
years.
801 l wevil damage to cotton is
probably more widespread and seri
ous at this time than ever before, the
department of agriculture announc
ed in a statement on cotton condi
tions, prevailing June 25.
Heavy, washing rains caused se
vere damage in the Carolinas, Geor
gia, Florida, Alabama, much of Lou
isiana and Mississippi and the east
ern and southern portions of Texas.
Labor is scarce and high priced,
and an abandonment of acreage
above the average has taken place.
In Georgia the crop has suffered
severely in the lower two-thirds of
the state, but the northern third,
which is still outside the boll weevil
belt, has fine cotton. Sea island cot
ton in Georgia is being plowed up in
all counties where grown and little
of that type will be left by the end
of the season.
A statement on acreage was inclu
ded in the report, saying:
“The bureau’s estimate of acreage
includes the amount standing on June
25 and, therefore, does not include
acreage planted, but abandoned be
fore that date. Usually, very little
abandonment occurs after June 25.
This year, however, the adverse con
ditions affecting the crop, particu
larly excessive rains and boll weevil,
have caused material abandonment
since June 25; the amount has not
been estimated in acres, but this fac
tor is taken into account in the con
dition figures. The December esti
mate of acres picked, compared with
the preliminary estimate of acreage
as of June 25 will show the acreage
abandoned since that date.”
MR. HENRY McMICHAEL
HOME FROM OVERSEAS
Mr. Henry A. McMichael, who has
been overseas for the past several
months, returned home Tuesday,
having received his discharge at
! Camp Gordon. While with the army
of occupation in Germany Mr. Mc
j Michael served with the Fifth (reg
ular army) division, being a member
|of Cos. B 9th Field Signal Battalion.
!He served on the Mexican border,
| was stationed at Camp Wheeler for
I several monthsand was sent ove 'oeas
about a year ago. His friends are
glad to welcome him home.
HAMPTON AND PEPPERTON
WILL PLAY HERE SATURDAY
When Pepperton and Hampton
j clash at the fair grounds Saturday
I afternoon one of the fastest and
best games of the year will be stag
ed. On their previous meeting Hamp
ton won over the locals. Pepperton
will have one of the strongest teams
I ever seen in tnis action and are pre
paring to give the visitors a warm
reception.
| There v/ill doubtless be a good
crowd out to witness the contest.
FIRST BALE OF 1919 SEA
SON SOLD IN SAVANNAH
Sa.annah, Aug 4.—The first bale
of the 1919-20 season was sold at
public outcry at the cotton exchange
today. It graded to middling and was
.->old to the J. K. Livingston Company
at 40 cents a pound. Mayor Stewart
acted as auctioneer.
Jackaon’a Great Need
is an
ICE FACTORRY
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
HEAVY RAINS HURT
COTTON PROSPECTS
WEATHER CONTINUES FAVOR
ABLE TO SPREAD OF BOLL
WEEVIL. FARMERS WORRIED
OVER THE OUTLOOK
According to farmers of expe
rience and years of study, cotton has
deteriorated considerably during the
past few days owing to the heavy #
rains. The plant has grown too fast
and is liable to give one the impres
sion that it is really better than it is.
Those who know declare that cotton
is not fruiting as well as they would
like to see it.
This condition appears to be gen
eral over the cotton belt. Some well
known authorities have estimated
the 1919 crop would not be much
over ten million bales.
Conditions continue favorable to ■'
the spread of the boll weevil. Many
complaints are heard from South
Georgia that the weevil is seriously 1
damaging cotton. Considerable num
bers of the weevils are to be found
in Butts county, but to what extent
the bugs are hurting cotton is a de
batable question.
WAREHOUSEHAS
ANNUAL MEETING
GOOD BUSINESS DONE THE
PAST YEAR. HANDSOME
WATCH PRESENTED GENERAL
MANAGER Jf. M. GASTON
When the stockholders of the Far
mers’ Union Warehouse Company
met in annual session Tuesday the
report of General "Manager J. _M.
Gaston showed the largest volume of
business the past year in the history
of the organization. Between eleven
and twelve thuosand bales of cotton
were handled the past season, it was
stated, and the company’s affairs
were shown to be in a prosperous and
growling endition. This was reflected
by. the dividend paid the stockhold
ers.
The same officers were re-elected
for another year. They are:
J. J. Mapp, president.
W. B. Kimbell, vice president.
R. E. Evans, secretary.
W. C. Bond, assistant secretary.
With one exception the same di- .
rectors were chosen, Mr. Albert Garr
being added to the board in place of
his father, Mr. W. J. Gan*, who re
tired on account of ill health. The
directors are: A. C. Finley, W. F.
Stroud, J. D. Brownlee, G. P. Saun
ders, Albert Garr.
A general manager, scalesman and
other employees will be named at a
meeting of the directors to be held
August 9.
Mr. J. M. Gaston, general manager
of the company for the past eleven
years, was paid a deserved compli
ment by the stockholders, who pre
sented him with a hundsome watch.
His faithful and efficient services are
appreciated by all the stockholders
and the gift presented him represent
ed in a small way the high esteem
in which he is held. Under his man
agement the company has proved a
remarkable success.
FUNERAL OF ft,R W. P.
STEPHENS HELD TUESDAY
FORMER CITIZEN OF COUNTY
DIED IN TEXAS LAST FRIDAY.
WAS BROTHER OF BUTTS
COUNTY CORONER
Funeral services for Mr. W. P.
Stephens, who died in Waco, Texas,
Friday, August 1, from a stroke of
paralysis, v.cre held at Worthville
church at 10 o’clock Tuesday morn
ing. Rev. S. R. England conducted
the service and (Mr. Stephens was
buried with Masonic honors.
j Mr. Stephens, who was 60 years
of age, was a native of Henry coun
ty but resided in Butts county until
a few years ago when he moved to
Texas. He was a Mason and an Odd
Fellow. He was well known here and
had a wide circle of friends who re
gretted to hear of his passing.
He is survived by four children,
Jesse and Coley Stephens and Mrs.
Will Har'd# and Mrs. B. V. Wilson;
four brothers, Messrs. F. C.'Steph
ens, who is coroner of Butto county;
J. M. and T. J. Stephens, of Thomas
ville, and A. O. Stephens, of West
Point; three sisters, .Mrs. Sallio Bai
ley, of Atlanta; Mrs. Ella Coley, of
Houston, Texas, and Mrs. Annie
| Brooks, of Cullman, Ala.