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Peach Culture Will
Bring Permanent Pros
perity to Butts County
VOL. 47—NO. 33
ICE FACTORY NOW
ASSURED SUCCESS
OFFICERS INSTRUCTED TO GET
BUSY AND CLOSE UP ALL de
tails. NEW STOCK TO BE
SOLD IN COUNTY
Definite steps looking toward the
erection of an ice factory i n Jack
son were taken Friday afternoon at
a meeting of the stockholders of the
Jackson Ice Corporation. By a vote
of those present the officers, S. P.
Nichols, president, R. N Etheridge,
vice president, and Hugh Mallet, sec.
retary and treasurer, were instruct
ed to close a trade with a man to
collect the stock already subscribed
and take subscriptions for more
stock. As soon as 10 per cent of the
capital stock has been paid in a
charter will be asked for.
The officers wall get busy at once
k on the work of installing the plant.
Options on sites will be secured and
active work planned for the erection
of the building. All of these details
are entrusted to the officers, with
instructions to push the work of
erecting the factory as rapidly as
possible.
It is understood the officers of the
ice corporation will employ Mr. W.
E. Merck, now of Monroe, but for
several years superintendent of the
Jackson water and light department,
to manage the ice factory. The pres
\ent plans are to have him give all his
time during the month of Septem
ber to the work of collecting stock
subscriptions and taking orders for
additional stock. To date about $lO,-
000 of the $20,000 capital stock of
the enterprise has been obtained.
More than 150 persons have taken
stock in the ice plant and the stock
is well and widely distributed over
the county. As many others as care
to do so are invited to take stock
and have a part in the operation of
this enterprise that will mean so
much for the entire community.
Now that the work of building the
ice factory has been centralized
through placing the details in the
hands of the temporary officers, the
success of the plant is assured. The
officers are determined to get re
sults and will have an important an
nouncement for the stockholders at
an early date.
CROP VALUES FOR 1 SI9
TOTAL $25,000,000,000
Many Crops Show Increase Over Pre
ceding Year
(Manufacturers Record)
Though the recent long spell of
continued rains has seriously injured
crops in some sections, the outlook
on July 1, as reported by the United
States department of agriculture, in
dicated! a net grain yield of 388,000,-
000 bushels in excess of that of 1918
This gain consists mainly in an in
crease of 233,000,000 bushels of
corn and 243,000,000 bushels of
wheat, offset in part by a decrease of
135,000,000 bushels of oats and 25,-
000,000 bushels of barley. In other
crops there was a decrease in white
potatoes of nearly 10,000,300 bush
els, and a gain in sweet potatoes of
16,000,000 bushels. Apples indicated
a decrease of 14.000,000 bushels and
peaches a gain of 16,000,000 bushels.
Far and away the most serious de
cline was in cotton, of which the es
timated yield on July 1 was 10,986,-
000 bales, a decrease of over 1,000,-
000 bales, compared with last year,
and of nearly 2,000,000 bales com-;
pared with the average for the five-'
year period of 1913 to 1917. Un
fortunately, this heavy decline in the
cotton crop, which will probably be
the smallest yield for many years,
comes at a time when the world vill
need a larger supply than since the
beginning of the war. This exceep
ingly small yield will be wholly inad
equate for the actual world require
ments, thus reducing to the extreme
j'mit all available supply.
It is, we think, altogether prob
able that the total value of the farm
products of the country, crops and
live stock, will this year considerably
exceed $25,000,000,000, which can
the better be appreciated when it is
remembered that this for exceeds the
total value of all the railroads m the
United States and is equal to the
total amount it is generally thought
the indemnities to be paid by Ger
many will aggregate. This enormous
gain is mainly due to the increase in
price, for the increase in quantity, all
crops considered, is almost negligible
as compared with the yield of other
years.
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS
REV. J. PARRY LEE TO
PREACH HERE SUNDAY
Former Butt* County Man Will Fill
Pulpit Baptist Church
The Rev. J. Parry Lee, of Pelham,
a former citizen of Butts county
where he was reared, will fill the pul
pit at the First Baptist church in
Jackson Sunday morning. Mr. Lee
is well and favorably known through,
out the county and has an unusually
large number of friends here, all of
whom are invited to attend services
and hear his discourse. He was pas
tor at Macedonia for a good many
years and has achieved an enviable
success in the ministry. Members of
all congregations in the county are
cordially invited to attend services
and hear Mr. Lee.
There will be no services at the
First Baptist church at night.
ICE SHORTAGE AGAIN
STRIKES THIS SECTION
CITY AND COUNTY DOES WITH
OUT ICE MOST OF TIME.
PLANTS UNABLE TO SUPPLY
DEMAND
Ice troubles of Jackson citizens
never cease. It is a case of on again,
off again, out again, dry again, hot
again, Flannigan. A car or so of the
cold and refreshing liquid is receiv
ed during the week, just enough to
make the ice eagerly sought after.
No betterment in the ice shortage
is expected before cold weather puts
an end to the agony. That will be
some weeks hence, between now and
which date there will be many a
swelter and many a parched throat.
The shortage is due to the inability
of the Atlanta ice plants to supply
the demand, it is declared. The
strike existing for several days also
has had its effect.
All of which has served to make
Jackson and Butts county citizens
tighten up their belts a notch or so
and take an iron clad oath to have
an ice factory in Jackson another
season or bust.
WEEK OF COURT
BEGINS MONDAY
MANY JURORS SUMMONED FOR
august term, little new
BUSINESS FILED. TRY CRIM
INAL CASES
The August term of Butts county
superior court will be convened in
Jackson jVlonday, August 18, by
Judge Wm. E. H. Searcy, Jr. Hon.
E. M. Ow.en will be in his accustomed
place as prosecuting officer.
The calendar contains quite a num
ber of civil suits, a good many of
which are against the Central Geor
gia Power Company and are of long
standing. Few new suits have been
filed. Altogether there is quite a bit
of business in the civil division if the
cases can be brought to trial.
The second half of the week will
be turned over to the trial of crimi
nal matters. Several minor cases are
on the docket, such as liquor, misde
meanor, larceny and other offenses
of that character. No murder cases
are now pending.
A large number of traverse jurors
have been drawn for the term. The
grand jury will meet Monday and
will spend the week in going over
matters pertaining to the county
books and records and public prop
erty, as well as investigating crimi
nal charges pending.
W. H. SPENCER MADE SECOND
ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE JAIL
Had Small Saw in Cell When Officer.
Entered
W. H Spencer, held in the Butts
county jail on a charge of larceny,
jumning his bond and other counts,
made his second attempt to break
jail Friday afternoon. He had two
small hacksaws! in his cell when Sher
iff Lavender discovered the presence
of his means of escape. With the aid
of the saw Spencer would have been
able to saw the bars to his cell and
be free to get out of prison.
Sheriff Lavender moved Spencer
to another cell and hopes to keep the
prisoner safe and secure until the
meeting of the August term of su
perior court when his case will prob
ably be disposed of.
In Newport, R. L, 900 women pay
a tax of $200,000, while 2,000 men
of the same city pay only $150,000.
The biggest taxpayers of Lenox,
Mass., are women.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY AUGUST 15, 1919
SUNDAY LAST DAY
Of CAMP MEETING
STRIKE AND WEATHER CUTS
DOWN ATTENDANCE SOME!'
WHAT. RECORD CROWD MAY
BE PRESENT SUNDAY NEXT
While the railroad strike and in
clement weather have had their effect
on the attendance at the Indian
Springs Holiness camp meeting, the
interest is as keen as formerly and
the ten days meetings are proving a
pojfcilar success. There has been a
noticeable decline in the attendance
up to date, but it is expected the
crowds will be larger from novu on
to the close Sunday evening. By
far the largest crowd of the session
will be present Sunday, according to
expectation.
Those who are attending the meet
ings have the opportunity of hearing
unusually able and convincing gos
pel sermons preached by Dr. H. O.
Morrison and Dr. John Paul. The
strong spiritual appeal of these re
cognized leaders have made a pro
found impression upon the congre
gations. The trustees were fortunate
in securing men of the ability of Drs.
Morrison and Paul for the 1919
leaders.
Mr. O. W. Stapleton, who has
charge of the chorus singing, is prov
ing a worthy successor to Charlie
Tillman. A large chorus has been
organized and good singing is an en
joyable feature of the daily services.
Wednesday was “Butts County
Day” at the camp meeting. On that
.date services were arranged with a
particular appeal to citizens of this
county who have done much through
years past to make the camp meet
ing a success. Dr. G. W. Mathews,
president of the association, in mak
ing announcement of the special ser
vices on Butts county day took oc
casion to thank the people of the
county for their interest, help and
co-operation. He was grateful to the
county authorities for putting the
roads and grounds in first class con
dition, he said.
The meetings will continue
throughout this we#k, closing Sunday
evening. A meeting <rf the trustees
will be held Monday after which an
nouncement of the leaders for the
1920 session will be given ont.
PROPERTY VALUES
INCREASE $41,000,000
TWENTY-SEVEN COUNTIES YET
TO REPORT. BIG GAIN OVER
1918 IS ALREADY REPORTED
BY TAX COMMISSIONER
Atlanta, Aug. 11.—With twenty
seven counties yet to be heard from,
four of them the largest in the state,
Fulton, Floyd, Chatham and Rich
mond, the total net increase in prop
erty valuation is $41,924,176 over
last year as shown by the digests as
prepared by the Tax Commissioner,
H. J. Fullbright.
The counties which show tax in
creases) of a million or more are:
Clarke, $1,195,780.
Bibb, $2,365,875.
DeKalb, $1,340,545.
Laurens, $2,640,678.
Muscogee, $1,112,845.
Oglethorpe, $1,382,796.
Spalding, $1,256,545.
Troup, $1,559,080.
Ware, $1,163,533.
The increases in property values
in 1918 over 1917 amounted to $86,-
000,000. It is doubted if the increase
for 1919 over 1918 will be as large
as that figure.
The largest increase so far shown
is by Laurens county.
MAXIMUM SUGAR
PRICE SET AT 12C
RETAILERS CHARGING OVER
THAT PRICE ARE BRANDED
AS “OUTRAGEOUS PROFIT
EERS” BY ADMINISTRATOR
Chicago, Aug. 12.—Henry C. Ro
loph, in charge of the Federal food
administration sugar bureau, today
set 12 cents a pound as a fair price
of the commodity to the consumer.
He declared that any retail price in
excess of this figure was “outrageous
profiteering.” For several weeks
grocers have charged as high as six
teen cents a pound.
More than $3,000,000 of war
taxes were paid by the wage earning
women of the country.
CENTRAL TIME FIXED AS
STANDARD FOR GEORGIA
Confusion Over So Many Time* Wa*
Corrected
The general assembly has enacted
a law making old Central time the
standard time throughout Georgia.
Owing to the day light saving law,
moving up the clock one hour from
April 1 to November 1, and other
changes made in the time by the rail,
road administration, this law just
passed will be of considerable benefit
to the people of the state. A uniform
time will also be beneficial in fixing
legal documents. There is general
satisfaction over the uniform time
bill.
LIBERAL SUMS GIVEN
GEORGIA INSTITUTIONS
COLLEGES GIVEN WHAT THEY
ASKED FOR IN MOST INSTAN
CES. BIG SUMS GO TO EDUCA
TIONAL INSTITUTIONS
The general assembly has been
liberal with the educational institu
tions of the state this year, giving in
almost every instance the full amount
asked for. The senate has adopted
the following schedule of increases
to the institutions of higher learning:
Vocational training from $15,000
to $39,000.
University of Georgia from $75,-
000 to SIOO,OOO.
Georgia Tech from SIIO,OOO to
$125,000.
State College of Agriculture from
$70,000 to $90,000.
Twelve district agricultural schools
from $15,000 to $20,000 each.
North Georgia Agricultural Col
lege at Dahlonega from $26,500 to
$30,000.
Medical College at Augusta from
$35,000 to $55,000.
Georgia Normal and Industrial
College at Milledgeville from $107,-
000 to $127,500.
SPECIAL MEN TO
GET PROFITEERS
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WILL
PUT LARGE FORCE IN THE
FIELD. ROUND UP OF GUILTY
COMING SOON
Washington, August 9.—A1l spec
ial agents of the Department of Jus
tice over the country have been ord
ered to assist district attorneys in
uncovering evidefice of profiteering
in foodstuffs and other necessities.
Attorney General Palmer’s in
structions were that the special
agents should drop everything, but
the most pressing cases now pending
and devote their entire attention to
assisting in the campaign to reduce
the cost'of living. The result will be
to put hundreds of trained investiga
tors in the search for men who have
inflated prices exhorbitantly.
While it was not so stated, the
impression was gained that nothing
but the investigation of radical pro
paganda which resulted in recent
bomb outrages would be allowed to
interfere with the efforts to punish
profiteering.
Numerous reports received at the
department from District Attarney
indicated that much evidence against
profiteers was being accumulated.
Prosecutions are expected to result
soon in a number of districts.
MR. J. M. GASTON IS
MANAGER OF WAREHOUSE
Some of Other Employee. Will Be
Named Later
The directors of the Farmers’ Un
ion Warehouse Company at the meet
ing held Saturday re-elected Mr. J.
M. Gaston as general manager of
the property. Mr. Gaston accepted
the nosition conditional upon the di
rectors supplying him with plenty of
help, it was stated. He has been man
ager of the company for a number
of years and has built up the prop
erty to a remarkable degree.
Mr. T. O. Cawthon was re-elected
as manager of the seed house and
Mr. Avon Gaston was elected as
scalesman. It is not known if the
latter will accept. An assistant
scalesman will be named later.
Forty-eight percent of the stock
holders of the Pennsylvania railroad
are women.
BAPTIST DRIVE
BEING PLANNED
STATE WIDE MEETING OF LEAD
ERS HELD IN MACON TO WORK
OUT DETAILS. LOCAL MEN
CHAIRMEN
Plans are now being mapped out
for putting on an active campaign
in Butts county and throughout the
Kimbell Association in the interest
of the Baptist drive for $75,000,000.
(Mr. J. H. Carmichael ia organizer of
the Kimbell Association and he will!
at an early date name the members
of the committee to serve with him.
Mr. W. O. Ham is publicity chairman
A state-wide meeting in interest
of the campaign in Georgia was held
at Macon Wednesday and Thm-sday.
The sessions were held at Mercer
University and were attended by
some of the best known Baptist work
ers in the country. More than 250
delegates visre represented at the
Macon meeting.
The amount that Southern Bap
tists have set out to raise over a five
year period is $75,000,000, of which
Georgia has a quota of $7,500,000
or one-tenth of the total. The cam
paign will last from Nov. 30 through
Dec. 7. Between now and that date
on extensive advertising campaign
will be put on and efforts will be di
rected to raising the money in short
order.
The quota for the Kimbell Associa
tion has not been announced.
Mr. Ham, who will manage the
publicity campaign in this territory,
gathered a great deal of valuable
information at the Macon meeting,
which he attended, and will be pre
pared to present a complete outline
of the great drive the Baptists are
planning for the fall months. Pos
sibly the complete organization will
be announced next week.
RAILROAD STRIKE NOT
FELT MUCH IN JACKSON
SOME FREIGHT SHIPMENTS
LATE. STRIKE SITUATION RE
PORTED AS IMPROVED. PLEN
TY OF GASOLINE
In ice alone have the people of
Butts county suffered any serious in
convenience on account of the strike
of railway employes, so far as re
ports show. The railroads operating
here have been able to maintain a
fairly good schedule.
There has been some complaint of
through shipments of freight failing
to arrive. This had affected th!e
merchants somev.hat and they have
been unable to have shipments of
fall goods delivered. However, there
is a prospect of the strike being set
tled in time for the shipments to ar
rive during thenextfew days.
At one time the supply of gasoline
was running low, but shipments re
ceived this week by the two wholesale
companies, the Standard Oil Cos. and
the Gulf Refining Cos. have relieved
this situation for the present. In
Atlanta the gasoline supply has been
placed under city control and is be
ing rationed, out on a priority basis.
Nothing like that has happened here
so far.
Express shipments are more fre
quent than formerly, many consign
ments being handled in this way.
There is plenty of food to last for
some time and there is no immediate
danger of inconvenience in that di
rection. Ice shipments have just
about ceased, however, and there is
no prospect of a betterment in this
direction.
Late reports state that a good
many of the strikers are returning
to work, and on the whole the situ
ation seems to be improving.
AMERICA TO PAY FRANCE
$2,000,000 FOR DAMAGES
Thie Include. All Claim. For Proper
ty De.troyed
New York, Aug.—Damage claims
paid to France for damage to proper
ty or injuries to civilians by the
American army will not exceed $2,-
000,000 or about $1 a man for all
the soldiers in the American expedi
tionary force, according to an esti
mate made by Lieut. Col. Robert E.
Burkman, of St. Louis, chief claim
officer who recently returned from
abroad. This sum represents 50,000
separate claims ranging from broken
windows to a charge of 3,000,000
francs for destruction of forest lands
through American artillery practice
at Souge near Bordeaux.
Jackson’s Great Need
is an
ICE FACTORRY
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
WOMAN LIVES 21 YEARS
WITHOUT ANY STOMACH
Her Death Reveals Remarkable Op
eration by Surgeon
Sanfrancisco, Cal.:—One of the
most remarkable cases in the history
of medical science, which has baffled
the leading physicians and surgeons
of the world, has just come to light
in the death of Mrs. Laura Maggini,
prominent member of the Italian col
ony of this city.
In 1898 Dr. Charles B. Brigham,
younger brother of Dr. William T.
Brigham, director emeritus of the
Bishop Museum, operated on Mrs.
Maggini, removing her entire stom
ach. At the time it believed that
she could not live, but soon rallied
and during the twenty-one years
since the operation has been in bet
ter health than she enjoyed for years
GOOD SHOWS FOR
FAIR SECURED
ATTRACTIONS WILL BE BEST
EVER BROUGHT TO JACKSON.
WORK ON FAIR PROGRESSING
IN SATISFACTORY WAY
Work on the Butts county fair*
which will be held the week of
vember 3 to 8, is progressing in fli
satisfactory manner,
i A contract for the shows and at
tractions was signed Monday by of
ficers of the fair association. The at
tractions at this year’s exposition
will be furnihed by The Exposition
Shows, one of the best and cleanest
outfits in the entire country. These
shows, which will play a number of
fairs in Georgia this season, were se
lected after careful investigation and
the officers feel that they made n
mistake in signing this company. The
outfit is highly recommended and will
bring to Jackson an array of talent
second to none to bel found the coun
try over.
President Foster of the fair asso
ciation will announce the member;
of the different departments withi i
a few days. The premium list com
mittee will also soon be ready to r ■
port and the work of shaping th ■
fair will be pushed actively from now
on.
CENSUS SUPERVISORS FOR
THE STATE ARE APPOINTED
Men Who Will Appoint Enumerators
Jut Announced
Washington, Aug.—The Secretary
of Commerce, upon recommendation
of the Director of Census, has made
the following appointments of super
visors of census for the state of
Georgia:
First district, William G. Sutlive,
Savannah.
Second district, Wm. A. Coving
ton, Moultrie.
Third district, Timothy M. Furlow,
Americus.
Fourth district, James T. Thom
ason, LaGrange.
Fifth district, Capt. Walter O.
Marshbum, Atlanta.
Sixth district, Roy W. Moore, Ma
con.
Seventh district, Dr. Lewis S. Led
better, Cedartown.
Eighth district, Thomas M. Swift,
Sr., Elberton.
Ninth district, W. E. Candler,
Blairsville.
Tenth district, Thomas F. Fleming,
Sparta.
Eleventh district, Prof. W. A. Lit
tle, Douglas.
Tv-elfth district, Oscar J. Franklin,
Eastman. )
The sixth district, comprising
twelve counties, Bibb, Butts, Clay
ton, Crawford, Fayette, Henry, Jas
per, Jones, Monroe, Pike, Spalding
and Upson, had a population of 222,-
C 24 according to the 1910 census. A
large increase is expected in the
census of next yeor.
OVER 3,000,000 MEN
RELEASED FROM ARMY
Washington, August 9.—Since the
armistice 3,165,642 officers and men
have been discharged from the army,
the v.ur department announced to
day. Under a cabled correction the
forces remaining in France on Au
gust 5 were placed at 123,885, mak
ing the total the army on
that date 549,918. Enlistments to
August 9 totaled 96,126.
Life is a good deal like a see-saw,
and it pays to be decent to the fel
low who is down, for he may be up
tomorrow.