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VOL. 47—NO. 34
JUDGE HOWARD
HOLDING COURT
COURT WILL BE IN SESSION
throughout WEEK, crimi
nal BUSINESS BEING HEARD.
GRAND JURY BUSY
jj on , G. H. Howard, of Columbus,
judge of the superior courts of the
Chattahoochee circuit, is piVsiding
over Butts county superior court this
wek, in the absence of Judge W. E.
H Searcy, Jr., who was unable to
preside owing to illness. Solicitor
General E. M. Owen, of Zebulon, is
in his accustomed place as prosecut
ing officer.
Court was convened at 9 o’clock
Monday morning by Judge Howard,
w ho delivered an able, concise and
comprehensive charge to the grand
jy. He charged the jurors 'On all
tj/. criminal statutes, and gave par
ticular emphasis to the crime of ma
king and selling liquor, which he de
clared, was responsible for at least
SO per cent of all crimes committed
state. Judge Howard stated
tilt there will be less crimqp, less
courts: and consequently less expense
to the counties when the liquor traffic
is broken up. He also scored the car
rying of concealed weapons, which
he charged was an act of cowardice.
j!i\e country needs a race of brave
II Who will scorn to be found with
Bt concealed on their person,
Ki'^ieclared.
Judge Howard charged the jurors
to make a careful inspection of the
county jail and see that it was kept
sanitary. The poor unfortunates
who are confined in a narrow cell for
months should have the benefit of
clean, sanitary conditions, he stated.
The grand jury was organized by
electing Hon. J. H. Mills foreman,
pr. W. 0. Ham and Mr. L. L. Tison
clerks.
The civil docket was then taken
ap. The damage suits against the
Central Georgia Power Company
over for the term.
The case of Adair and McCarty
Brothers against R. V. and R. T.
Smith was disposed of Monday.
■ Most of Tuesday and part of Wed
usday was spent in the trial of the
'.ase of W. S. Cook, guardian,
against H. G. McClure.
The criminal docket was reached
Wednesday.
Judge Howird presides over court
"ith ease and dignity and has won a
erge number of friends by his im
partial decisions.
Court will probably continue
throughout the week, the second half
of the week being devoted to the
hearing of criminal cases.
SOME OF IMPORTANT
1/ BILLS THAT PASSED
\leneral ASSEMBLY PASSED
SEVERAL IMPORTANT BILLS.
APPROPRIATIONS NEARLY
NINE MILLION DOLLARS
Among the important bills enacted
by the general assembly are the fol
lowing:
To reorganize and reconstitute the
state highway commission.
To levy a tax on motor vehicles.
To codify the school laws of the
state;
To require counties to levy a tax
for school purposes (constitutional
amendment.)
[A To create the county of Lanier
(constitutional amendment.)
To require juries to fix maximum
and minimum sentences in all except
capital felonies.
m To provide for the consolidation
of country schools and for count>
high schools.
To create a state illiteracy com-
mission. , , ..
To establish a state school for the
feebleminded.
To revise the state bank.ng laws
and create a separate department o
banking. ~
To create a state public welfare
commission.
To create a state and community
public service boards.
To change the state reform::! ry
to a state training school for way
ward boys. .
- To amend the inheritance tax law.
I General appropriation bill of ap
-1 oximately $8,500, 000.
4lind pensioners will
BE PAID $l5O PER YEAR
Bill WU Sponsored by Col. J. T.
Moore
f The legislature passed a bill to pay
fatally blind Confederate soldiers a
Xsion of $l5O per year. The
4s introduced in the house by Rep
resentatives J. T. Moore of Butte.
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS
KENTUCKIAN CLAIMS HE
IS 130 YEARS AF AGE
Has a Son Living Who Claim* to B
Ninety Year* Old
Louisville, Ky.—The National Ge
ographic society has been asked to
investigate the claim of John Shell,
a mountaineer of Leslie county, Ken.
tucky, that he is 130 years old. Shell’s
neighbors corroborate the statement
concerning his age. Shell has nine
chilren. He says the oldest is 90
years old. He is said to have 200 de
scendants in his home section, sever
al being great-great-grandchildren.
The mountaineer, who claims excel
lent eyesight, steady nerve and gen
eral good health, attributes his long
life to outdoor living and temperate
habits.
NATION AROUSED
! OVER FOOD PRICES
STARTLING DEVELOPMENTS EX
PECTED DURING THE WEEK.
HOARDED FOOD IS BEING
BROUGHT TO LIGHT
Washington, Aug. 17.—The gov
ernment’s fight to reduce the cost of
living is expected to result in action
in many states this week to force
hoarded food on the market, while
congress is debating legislation deal
ing with the question.
Reports to Attorney General Pal
mer have indicated that instruction
to district attorneys to proceed vig
orously in the enforcement of the
food control law were being obeyed
literally. Instances of seizure of
foodstuffs in St. Louis, Chicago, Kan
sas City, San Diego, and the South,
officials here believe, will be multi
plied within the next few days. Mr.
Palmer, directing the campaign
from Washington, will go to New
York tomorrow to confer with the
fair price board for that city.
Senate and house agricultural
committees probably will report this
v.’ek —the latter committee probably
tomorrow —on amendments to the
food control law giving a criminal
penalty which hitherto has been
lacking and expanding the law to
cover clothing. Cold storage legisla
tion may be acted on by the house
interstate commerce committee.
Closely akin to the consideration
of the living cost question will be the
hearings to be started tomorrow by
the interstate commerce committee
on the Kenyon-Kendrick bills to li
cense meat packers.
BUTTS COUNTY
GETS 3 TRUCKS
i
PART OF EQUIPMENT THE GOV
ERNMENT IS GIVING TO HELP
BUILD ROADS THROUGHOUT
j GEORGIA
Butts county is now in possession
of a two-ton Nash truck, this equip
ment being given by the federal, gov
ernment to aid in the good roads
program. Two other trucks will be
given the county later. One is a
three-ton Pierce-Arrow and the other
a two-ton Selden truck.
These trucks will be of material
help to the county in building per
manent highways. The equipment
v.as distributed in Atlanta recent y,
Butts county dravvlng the thr'ae
trucks enumerated afbove.
KILLED 60 SNAKES WITHIN
FEW HOURS IN ONE FIELD
All Till* Happened in “Bone Dry
Territory, Tao
! Blakely, Augj—l. C. Strickland,
whose farm is near here, reports what
is believed to he the champion snake
story of the season. He v*ent out
into his field and found a moccasin,
which he killed. A few minutes later
he noticed a number of little snakes
and killed them. The more he killed
the more he saw, so he made .a thor
ough search of the field and when
he had finished he had 59 to his
credit, which with the large mocca
sin, made the total casualties for the
fight sixty.
NUMBER OF VISITING AT
TORNEYS HERE AT COURT
Several attorneys from out-of-the
county have been in attendance upon
Butts county superior court this
week. Among the number are: Mr.
McKibben Lane, Mr. John R. L.
Smith, Mr. Felton Hatcher, Mr. R.
L. Berner, of Macon; Judge E. J.
Reagan, of (McDonough; Mr. Greene
T. Johnston, of Montreello.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY AUGUST 22. 1919
CAMP MEETING
GREAT SUCCESS
REV. JOE SMITH AND REV. A. C.
BABCOCK LEADERS FOR 1920
SESSION. MANY CONVERTS
RECEIVED
The leaders chosen by the trustees
of the Indian Springs Holiness Camp
Meeting for the 1920 session are
Rev. Joe Smith, of Los Angeles, Cal.,
and Rev. A. C. Babcock, of Kentuc
ky. Both of these gentlemen have
preached at the camp ground on pre
vious occasions and are well known to
a large number of people of the
county.
The ten days meeting v.hieh closed
Sunday night was one of the most
successful yet held. The number of
conversions among the young people
was larger than ever before, it was
stated, while many of the older peo
ple became members of the church
under the able preaching of Drs.
Morrison and Paul.
At the beginning of the meeting
the attendance was somewhat below
the figures of former years. Toward
the close, however, there was an in
creased number present at the ser
vices and the attendance Sunday was
as large as ever registered one day,
it was declared.
Throughout the meeting the best
of order prevailed and there was
nothing to mar the pleasure and in
terest of the meetings.
At the close of the meeting the
trustees held a business meeting and
made plans for the 1920 session.
Plans v;?re outlined to enlarge the
grounds and improve the buildings.
It is likely that part of the present
real estate will be disposed of and
another tract purchased. This matter
will be handled by the trustees and
before the opening of the next ses
sion a definite announcement will be
made as to the enlargement of pro
gram.
Thousands of visitors attended the
meeting Sunday, the majority trav
eling to the camp ground in auto
mobiles. The visitors began leaving
for their homes Sunday night and
Monday morning.
DISTINGUISHED MEN
AND THEIR EDUCATION
With no schooling, of five million
men, only 31 attained distinction.
With elementary schooling, of thir
ty-three million men, 808 attained
distinction.
With college education, of one mil
lion men, 5,768 attained distinction.
The child with no schooling has
one chance in 150,000 of performing
distinguished service; with elemen
tary schooling he has four times the
chance; with high school education,
87 times the chance; with college ed
ucation, he has 800 times the chance.
Less than one per cent of the men
in the United States are college grad,
uates, yet this one per cent has fur
nished 55 per cent of our Presidents;
38 per centofthe members of Con
gress; 47 per cent of the Speakers of
the House; 54 per cent of our Vice
Presidents; 62 per cent of the Secre
taries of State; 50 per cent of the
Attorneys General; 69 per cent of
the Justices of the Supreme Court.
Fifty per cent of the men compos
ing the Constitutional Convention
v.?re college bred. *At the present
time, less than two per cent of the
American youth go to college, yet
from this relatively small number
come 90 per cent of the leaders in
the professions and industries of our
nation. It pays to be one of the two
per cent of American men. —Monroe
Advertiser.
STATE TAX RATE
FIXED AT 5 MILLS
RATE AGREED ON AT CONFER
ENCE BETWEEN GOVERNOR
DORSEY AND COMPTROLLER
GENERAL WRIGHT. IS LIMIT
Atlanta, Aug. 19.—Formal orders
fixing the ftete t’x levy for th's
at the constitutional limit of 5 mills
was today signed by the Governor
and Comptroller General Wright.
Estimates made, including all gen
eral and all special appropriations
for this year only, and based on an
expected increase of $65,000,000 on
the property valuations on the di
gests of the state, will leave a deficit
between the income and appropria
tions, General Wright says, of $228,-
000.
Stripes are too good for the prof
iteers. They ought to be shot before
sunrise.
SIXTH DISTRICT SCHOOL
WILL OPEN SEPTEMBER 1
Strong Faculty Obtained for 1919-20
Saaaion
The Sixth District Agricultural
and Mechanical School, located at
Barnesville, will open for the fall
term September 1. Prof. T. 0. Gal
loway is principal of the school and
has surrounded himself with an able
faculty. This is one of the best of
the twelve district agricultural
schools in the state and no doubt a
record attendance will be registered
during the 1919-20 session. The
rates are reasonable and the course
of instruction thorough.
MOORE FOUGHT
FOR SCHOOL BILL
MEASURE WILL PLACE GEORGIA
IN FRONT RANKS IN EDUCA
TION. TAX LEVY IN EVERY
COUNTY
The state press has had some very
complimentary remarks concerning
the great speech Col. J. T. Moore,
Butts county’s representative, made
a few days ago in support; of the bill
providing a tax levy in every county
for public school purposes. It is ’ou
ceded to have been one of the best
speeches heard on the floor of the
house during the past session, and
was one of the best efforts of Col.
Moore’s career.
Sixty-six counties in Georgia al
ready have local tax for chool purpos
es and they are not affected by the
bill just enacted. The measure pro
vides that every county must levy a
tax of from one to five mills for the
support of the public schools. This
in addition to state aid will go a long
ways toward placing Georgia in the
front ranks in an educational way.
This bill is generally regarded as be
ing the greatest piece of legislation
enacted in forty years, it will drive
illiteracy off the map and -wilt be a
tremendous help in giving a public
school education to every boy and
girl in the state.
Despite some opposition the meas
ure passed in both house and senate
by a good majority. It will be voted
on by the people in the election held
in 1920, being* a constitutional
amendment.
WILL MEET SUNDAY TO
OUTLINE BAPTIST DRIVE
MEETING CALLED TO GO OVER
PLANS FOR COMING DRIVE
TO RAISE $75,000,003. WANTS
MEMBERS PRESENT
For the purpose of outlining plans
for the approaching $75,000,000
campaign of the Southern Baptists,
there will be a called meeting at the
first Baptist church Sunday after
noon, Aug. 24, at 3 o’clock. All
churches embraced in the Kimbell
Association are expected to have
representatives present at this meet
ing.
Mr. R. L. Bonsteel will be present
and make an address outlining plans
for the coming drive. Mr. J. H. Car
michael is chairman of the Kimbell
Association and Mr. W. O. Ham pub
licity director. They are anxious for
all churches in the association to be
represented at this meeting, as much
information will be given by Mr.
Bonsteel.
JULIETTE TOOK GAME
FROM JACKSON SATURDAY
Content Was Stubbornly Fought.
Errors Factor
The Jackson baseball team went
down in defeat before the Juliette
nine Saturday afternoon on the Butts
county fair grounds, the final score
being 6 to 3. Errors by the home
players contributed to their defeat.
Weaver, of the New Orleans South
er n league team, was or: the mound
for Jackson and was touched in rath
er lively style by thfe visiting swat
ters. A large crowd of interested
fans saw the contest.
JENKINSBURG WON TWO
GAMES PAST WEEK
The Jenkinsburg baseball nine won
two games the past week, defeating
Delta Gtcve Tuesday by the score of
7 to 2. On Thursday the Jenkinsburg
team triumphed over Ola, 6 to 3.
Bowden and McClendon did the bat
tery work for Jenkinsburg in both
contests.
ACTIVE WORK ON
THE ICE COMPANY
CASH BEING COLLECTED ON
STOCK SUBSCRIPTIONS. MORE
STOCK WILL BE SOLD OVER
THE COUNTY
The work of closing up stock sub
scriptions of the Jackson Ice Corpo
ration and getting the enterprise on
a sound basis is now under way. Mr.
W. E. Merck, who has been engaged
to manage the plant, arrived in Jack
son Monday and is nov; collecting
twenty-five per cent of the stock pre
viously subscribed, taking notes for
the remainder, to be paid January 1,
and taking orders for new subscrip
tions.
As soon as the necessary amount
has been paid in. which will probably
be the last of the week, a charter
will be applied for and the enterprise
incorporated. After this preliminary
step has been taken the officers will
then be in position to proceed with
the work of erecting buildings, plac
ing orders for equipment and making
plans for starting the plant early in
the 1920 season.
The capital stock is $20,000. with
the privilege of increasing to $50.-
000, about half of which has already
been subscribed. The remainder of
the stock vvill be placed by Mr.
Merck. The stock has been widely
distributed over the county and some
shares have been sold in adjoining
counties.
That the ice factory is an assured
f net nov; seems certain. Interest con.
tinues at a high nibch and with Mr.
Merck giving his entire time to the
work there is no doubt of the suc
cess of the enterprise.
APPROPRIATIONS
EXCEED INCOME
ESTIMATED GEORGIA WILL
FACE DEFICIT OF NEARLY
MILLION DOLLARS. SOLONS
WERE LIBERAL WITH MONEY
Atlanta, Aug.—On footing up the
appropriation bill passed by the leg
islature at the session just adjourn
ed, Governor Dorsey finds that it
carries a total of about $9,300,000
for the year 1920 and this amount is
nearly $1,000,000 m excess of the
state’s estimated revenue from all
sources.
Added to the appropritions con
tained in the general appropriation
bill are special appropriations aggre
gating more than $200,000.
The legislature voted to raise the
salary of nearly nil state house of
ficials and voted appropriations of
millions to the public schools, with
out, apparently, figuring v.here the
money was coming from.
On account of boll weevil condi
tions obtaining in portions of Middle
and South Georgia it is doubted if
the increase in taxable values next
year will show much gain over the
1919 figures.
REAL ESTATE SALES
MADE DURING WEEK
BOOM IN CITY AND COUNTY
PROPERTY CONTINUES ACT
IVE. TWO DEALS RECORDED
IN PAST FEW DAYS
The Jackson and Butts county real
estate market, which has known the
greatest boom in history during the
past few weeks, continues active.
Two pieces of city property in Jack
son changed hands during the past
ten days.
"Dr. H. W. Copland sold his resi
dence on McDonough road to Mr. T.
B. Conner, v.ho in turn sold to Mr.
J. W. Carter. The consideration was
$5,000, it was reported.
Dr. Copeland purchased from Mr.
C. M. Kimbell the Dozier home on
Third street. The price was $7,500
it was stated^
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY
IN ANNUAL MEETING
Session Held at Cornelia Wednesday
And Thursday
The Georgia State Horticultural
Society held its forty-third annual
meeting at Cornelia Wednesday and
Thursday of this week. A program
of keen interest to fruit growers was
carried out, many prominent speak
ers making addresses.
On account of the interest in
peach growing in Butts county the
meeting was follewed with close at
tention.
Jackson's Great Need
l**s
ICE FACTORRY
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
COTTON FIELD BECAME
PLAYGROUND FOR FISH
Flood Washed FUh ia Field By The
Bushel*
Dawson, Aug. 13.—P. L. McCtung,
superintendent of the Locke farm,
one of the largest cotton plantations
of Terrell county, gave anew angle
to the recent rains which have inun
dated this section for weeks. He
stated that the streams of that coun
ty overflowed all of the whole north
west section of the county and that
when the waters receded, his cotton
fields were filled with catfish, which
swam up and down the rows. He also
stated that his hands went into the
field and gathered a wagon load of
fish, which were distributed among
the neighbors for miles around.
CITIZENS WANT
MILITARY UNIT
SUGGESTION THAT JACKSON
HAVE MILITARY PROTECTION
MEETS WITH FAVOR. LIBER
AL SUPPORT PROMISED
There is a growing sentiment
throughout the community for a mil
itary organization in Jackson.
Scores of prominent business men
and well known citizens have declar
ed themselves in favor of a military
company as a guarantee of protec
tion. Some of the older citizens, in
eluding Confederate veterans, have
stated they would join a company of
Home Guards.
It is likely there will be a mass
meeting to consider the advisability
of organizing a military unit in Jack
son. Officers and leaders of the old
Jackson Rifles, if they can be pre
vailed upon to do so, can very easily
organize the company The assur
ances of support for a military orga
ization are much stronger than they
have ever been before.
One stumbling block in the way of
organizing and maintaining a com- ,
pany in a small town has been re
moved when the war department
fixed the minimum strenrth at 65
men. Original orders fixed the num
ber of men necessary to mni itain a
company at 100, and that wolud have
prevented the success of the move
ment in numbers of small towns.
Jackson needs and should have a
military company. The national
guardsmen who served with the Jack
son Rifles on the iMexican bonier and
in France made a splendid record for
themselves, and there is a military
tradition in the community that will
be an incentive to the organization
of anew command.
WANTS MILLIONS TO
COMBAT INFLUENZA
OHIO CONGRESSMAN FEARS DIS
EASE WILL BE MORE SEVERE
THIS SEASON. WANTS TO
FIND REMEDY
Congress should immediately ap
propriate $15,000,000 for fighting
influenza, recurrences of which med
ical authorities say are probable,
Congressman Fess, of Ohio, declared
in the house of representatives. Mr.
Fess and Senator Harding, of Ohio,
have introduced measures embodying
the recommendations.
“The last epidemic caused 500,000
deaths and a total economic, loss of
nearly $4,000,000,000, according to
figures compiled by the American
Medical Association,” 'Congressman
Fess said.
“The all important thing now is to
find a cure. This will require expen
sive research, and I propose that the
money shall be expended under the
direction of the public health service.
“There is a general belief in the
medical world that the second and
third years will show frightful after
effects unless specifiic remedies can
be found. But the uppalling loss of
500,000 liveB —five times our loss in
the war—with assurance that the
plague v.'ll appear again is enough to
arouse us to immediate action.”
BISHOP CANDLER AT
THE CAMP GROUND
Preached Able Sermon at Tabernacle
Friday Lat
Bishop Warren A. Candler, one of
the strongest men in Southern Meth
odism, preached at the Indian
Springs Holiness camp meeting Fri
day. He was heard by a large crowd
aod his sermon, as usual, made a
profound impression on the congre
gation. Bishop Candler is not only
a deep thinker and a close student,
but a convincing and delightful
speaker.