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Peach Culture Will
Bring Permanent Pros
parity to Butt* County
VOL. 47 —NO. 37
LANDS WILL GO
STILL HIGHER
MR. BEAUCHAMP THINKS THE
BOLL WEEVIL WILL NOT
HURT BUTTS COUNTY. SEES
CONTINUED PROSPERITY
An uninterrupted period of pros
perity for Georgia under boll wee
vil conditions, is the prediction of
Mr. C. T. Beauchamp, of Shreveport,
La., former Butts county citizen and
ex-mayor of Jackson, who is spend
ing a few days here with relatives.
The boll weevil will simply change
-.■e method of farming, causing
||Bater diversification and as a re
greater prosperity. Land values
|||B constantly increase, Mr. Beau-
HRmp believes. This has been true
■h Louisiana, where the boll weevil
f first appeared in 1906. Since that
' time land values have increased sev
eral fold and the entire country is
prosperous.
I Under boll weevil conditions there
jt, no such thing as laying-by time
with the farmers , Mr. Beauchamp
states. He says the ground must be
stirred from the time the cotton
plant comes up until it opens. It is
a steady time of plowing from plant,
ing until one dons the cotton sack.
The rows must be made wider and
the cotton given good distance in the
drill, states Mr. Beauchamp. Bottom
land will have to be replaced by up
land for 1 cotton crops. The crop must
also be planted early and worked
fast and often.
Because of Georgia’s wonderful
soil and climate and ability to grow
almost every kind of food and feed
crop, the weevil will hardly cause a
ripple here, is the opinion of Mr.
Beauchamp. He sees great prosperi
ty and development ahead for all
this section of Georgia, and believes j
that the boll weevil will prove a real
blessing to the state.
FINE HOME BURNED
THE PAST THURSDAY
J. B. CHILDS HAD RESI
-1 DENCE AND SMOKEHOUSE
DESTROYED BY FIRE. LOSS
WAS HEAVY ONE
Fire that started from the stove
flue while the noon meal was being
prepared, destroyed the handsome
home of Mr. J. B. Childs at Jenkms
burg shortly before 12 o clock
Thursday of the past week.
A I 1 MAL AT M PT
A large part of the household ef
fects vnre saved from the burning
building. This mitigates in some
measure the heavy loss sustained.
The building was insured for $M UU
it was stated. The Childs home was
one of the most substantial m the
county and the loss in excess of the
insurance will amount to a consi -
erable sum. * , , ,
The smokehouse was also burn .
In this building was stored a quanti
ty of meat and about 75 bushels of
wheat, all of which was lost.
Friends and neighbor rendered
valauble assistance in fighting
fire and in helping to lemove
household goods. With the means a.
hand it was impossible, however, t
check the flames. rkild=
Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Chil -
sympathize with them in their heavy
material loss.
ALL GEORGIA SOLDIERS TO
RETURN FROM FRANCE SOO*
Washington. —Georgia soldiers en
listing for the emergency should re
turn from France within a shor
time, according to a statement from
the war department today to Senatoi
Harris, who has taken up the mat
ter of the return of many Georgians,
in France.
The department states that a ca
blegram from General Pershing
states “three-year replacements re
cently received from the United Sta
tes have not been assigned to or
ganizations designated to remain in
Germany. An the number received is
in excess of the requirements of tne
ultimate occupying forces, the ex
cess numbers are being utilized tem
porarily in the sendee of supply. A
men enlisted for the emergency wnl
, be returned to the United States as
I o on as their sendees can be spared
and transportation becomes avail
able.”
HOW TO GET A LIVING
Too many people of all classes
think the world owes them a living
without the trouble of their collee -
fng it. A cow doesn’t give milk; we
must take it from her.—Manufactur
ers Record.
THE JACKSON PkOGRESS-ARGIJS
ASSOCIATION GIVEN
JACKSON CHURCH
RECENT MEETING WAS ONE OF
MUCH INTEREST. ATTEND
ANCE LARGE AND ENTER
TAINMENT MOST LAVISH
By Dr. Robert VanDeventer
The Kimbell Association met v : th
Paran church Wednesday and Thurs
day, Sept. 3 and 4. In order to give
every part of the work due consid
eration, an order of business was
prepared and adopted. Steering by
this our moderator with ease conduc.
ted the business in a most satisfac
tory way.
It was a fine meeting. The weather
was propitious, and lured the many
to the church grounds. Automobiles
were countless, horses and buggies
were few. The crowds were large.
From Sharon in Henry county to
Nevi Fellowship, and from Worth
ville to Rocky Creek, Baptists came.
Many visitors from other associations
and representatives from the denom.
inational dpartments were present.
The entertainment was lavish and
! varied. If you liked the succulent
pig in barbecue most or ham, you
could be served. If your preference
was fried chicken ala southern or
baked pullet you could have your
choice. If you preferred salads, or
all the above, they were within call.
Who could tell the many kinds of
pies, custards, cakes, that were vis
ible? Who could eat of all?
The speaking was of a high order,
i The preachers preached better, the
speakrs talked better than usual —
even the objectors had point and
tang to v.’iat they said. We shall
only mention the speeches of Dr. B.
J. W. Graham and Dr. Montague,
professor in Mercer University. Gra
ham’s speech was filled with facts
and force on the subject of Christian
Literature. Dr. Montague spoke with
the charm born of the orator. He
made a captivating speech on the
Heritaage of the Baptists.
The $75,000,000 program was en
dorsed and the Kimbell’s part, $75,-
000, was adopted and will be raised
if the present feeling abides and
grows. N
The next session, August, 1920,
will meet in Jackson. Bro. J. H.
Carmichael was elected moderator
and Rev. C. C. Heard clerk, Bro.
Edalgo treasurer. On schedule time
we sung “God Be With You Till We
Meet Again” and the association ad
journed.
MANY BOYS AND GIRLS
WILL ENTER COLLEGE
BUTTS COUNTY WILL BE WELL
REPRESENTED AT VARIOUS
institutions this fall.
WILL LEAVE SOON
Butts county .will be well repre
sented at the various schools and
colleges this fall. Some of the stu
dents have already enrolled for the
term and others will leave in a few
days. While the list is not complete,
the following are among the boys
and girls from the county who will
enter the higher institutions of
learning this fall:
Joe Carmichael, Ernest Newton,
Tulian Turner, Fred Hopkins/ and
Edwin Bryan will enter Georgia
Tech.
Sam Howell, Taylor Buttrill Smith
and William Wright will study at
Emory. ;
J. W. Hodges, Joel Watkins and
Hampton Daughtry will be students
at the University of Georgia.
Misses Sara Lester, Mary Willis,
Doris Carter and Annie Byron
Fletcher will enter the G. N. & I.
at Milledgeville.
Misses Margaret McKibben and
Annie Mae Saunders will study at
Brenau.
Misses Annie Rose Wright, Sara
Beauchamp, Ua Howell, Miriam
Sams will enter Wesleyan.
.Miss Annadawn Watson is a stu "
dent at Meredith College, Raleigh,
N. C.
1 Louie Thompson will enter college
at Spartanburg, S. C.
Miss Lueile Akin will return to
' Shorter College at Rome.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
SUNDAY, SEPT. 14
Rev'. John Goff, evangelist of the
Presbytery of Atlanta, will preach
morning and evening, and will begin
a meeting of a few days in the
church. All the people are cordially
invited to attend these services.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 12, 1919
Senator Smith Favors Holding
Cotton Crop For Living Prices
COTTON CURSE TO
SOUTH, HE STATES
THIS SECTION WOULD BE BET
TER OFF IF NO COTTON HAD
EVER BEEN GROWN, SENA
TOR DECLARES.
Nev< Orleans, Sept. 8. —Declaring
the southesastern states would to
day be in a vastly more prosperous
condition if they had never raised a
bale of cotton Senator Hoke Smith,
of Georgia, in an address late today
before the meeting of cotton grow
ers, factors and bankers, urged the
necessity of holding cotton until the
demand created a satisfactory price.
“I earnestly hope,” said the Geor
gia senator, “that the farmers will
quit raising cotton in America unless
they can receive a vastly better price
for it. You must stand together, col
lectively organized by counties, and
hold your cotton until it brings you
a price that will compensate for the
labor put into its culture. The cot
ton farmer should during the coming
season receive at least as high a
price for his cotton as that at which
cotton has sold at any time during
the past twelve months.”
He advised farmers to keep new
cotton off the market entirely during
September and from the first of Oc
tober on to sell slowly, only as man
ufacturers need it. “In the mean
time,” he said, “while gradually sell
ing your cotton, plant foodstuffs and
raise cattle and hogs. Let the world
understand that you will meet the
situation until next fall, independent
and owning your cotton.”
He endorsed the co-operative prin
ciples of the American Cotton Asso
ciation and referred to the cotton
question as national, not sectional.
A minimum price recommendation
will be submitted to the meeting to
morrow by a committee appointed
today by J. S. Wannamaker, presi
dent of the American Cotton Asso
ciation, under whose auspices the
two days’ meeting is being held hero.
Five hundred delegates represent
ing ten leading cotton tsates, gather
ed in the Grunev.ild assembly room,
heard President J. S. Wannamaker
open the meeting of the association
this morning by reading a personal
letter from President Wilson in
which he commended its excellent
SOLDIERS TO-BE
HONORED AT FAIR
NAMES OF ALL WHITE SOL
DIERS WANTED AT ONCE.
REGISTER WITH CLERK OF
SUPERIOR COURT
All white soldiers v.ho served in
the world war, whether in the army,
navy or marines, are requested to
register their names and the name
of their company and regiment with
Judge S. J. Foster, clerk of Butts
superior court, at once.
This information will serve a two
fold purpose, providing a permanent
record for Butts county’s soldiers and
giving the officials of the Butts,
County Fair Association the names
for use during the fair. It is planned
to entertain the white soldiers at a
barbecue on Friday, November 7,
the last day of the fair.
Soldiers who served in the war
from Butts cohnty and who are now
residing in some other locality, are
requested to send in their names.
Parents of such soldiers can be of
help in getting the soldiers properly
registeered.
This is an important matter and
prompt action v/ill be appreciated by
the officials the fair association.
EXPORTS COTTON AND WHEAT
The exports of cotton for July
were 528,902 bales as against 218,-
877 bales July last year. During the
seven months ending with July our
cotton exports were 3,629,426 bales,
a gain of 1,493,000 ba’es over the
corresponding months of the preced
ing year.
In July we exported $13,978,435
v.srth pf wheat against $513,390
worth in July, 1918. For the seven
months v/e shipped abroad $192,511,-
187 of wheat compared with $15,-
116,110 for the corresponding time
of the preceding year. Of flour there
was a decrease of $9,800,000 in val
ue in July, as compared with July,
1918, but an increase in seven
months of $15,500,000 worth—Man
ufacturers Record.
purpose,” and said, “I am confident
ly looking for helpful results from
it.”
1$ a keynote speech, President
Wahnamaker said he proposed to
send a commission direct from this
meeting to President Wilson to ask
him to call a meeting of representa
tive' bankers and merchants and pro
ducers in Washington from all sec
tions of the country to devise ways
and means of extending the needed
European credits to prevent calam
ity. This committee has been named
John N. Holder, of Georgia, as
chtfirman. I
Resident Wannamaker declared
cotton is today slling below the cost
of production and quoted figures
prtffcared by W. W. Morrison, of New
Orleans, showing that it cost $34.56
per pound average to grow this sea
sons crop and that if cotton today
wete selling at the same relative
value as other products it would be
bringing 48.94 cents per pound.
He showed Europe must have
prompt credits to avoid calamity and
is willing to take American cotton at
a fair price. The association, he |
says, is pushing a bill in Congress to
require the Department of Agricul
ture to make periodical reports of
acreage, as this is a rival factor ni
determining the supply. Another
laW sought is to provide for the des
ignation in the South of “warehouses
of delivery” so that purchasers of
future contracts can demand deliv
ery at Southern warehouses.
President Wannamaker launched
at once into organization and called
on each state to appoint two mem
bers on several important committees
The Georgia members of these com
mittees were later named as follows:
Resolutions, L. B. Jackson, of At
lanta, and J. W. Williams, of States
boro; recommending a minimum
price for cotton, J. J. Brown, of At
lanta, and A. Boykin, of Sylvania,
president of the Georgia division; on
the price of cotton seed, Charles
Fitzpatrick, of Wurrenton, and T. J.
Shackleford, of Athens; to see Pres
ident Wilson on European credits,
John N. Holder, of Jefferson, and J.
J. Brown, of Atlanta; to revise the
cotton export corporation, J. J. Da
vis, of Sardis, and J. H. Mills, of
Jenkinsburg, president of the Geor
gia Farmers Union. Harvie Jordan
and J. A. Moss were named members
of a committee on county organiza
tions.
CITY TAX RATE
FIXED 15 MILLS
RATE IS SLIGHT INCREASE OV
ER 1918. RAISE MADE NECES
SARY ACCOUNT OF INCREAS
ED OPERATING COSTS
The tax rate for the city of Jack
son for the year 1919 was fixed at
15 mills at a meeting of council
Monday night.
This is an increase of one and a
half mills over 1918, when the rate
was 13.5 mills. The increase was
made necessary on account of the
increased expenses of operating the
public schools, it was stated. The
school levy has reached the limit un
der the city charter, and from the
levy for general purposes part of the
funds will be used in operating the
public schools of the town.
The total property on the tax di
gest of the city amounts to $1,218,-
(552. This is a gain of $115,981 over
the previous year. •
TAX ASSESSMENT
Be it ordained by the mayor and
council of the city of Jackson, Ga.,
that the follov.'ng taxes be levied
and collected on the real and person
al property of the city of Jackson
for the year 1919. For support and
maintainance of public schools six
mills, for interest and sinking fund
for bonds, four mills, for support
and maintainance of the city govern,
merit, five mills, making in the aggre
gate fifteen mills or fifteen dollars
on the thousand dollars.
This Sent. 8, 1319.
W. E. W.‘ TKINS, Mayor.
J. A. McMTCHAEL, Clerk.
9-12-lt.
WHICH?
The Golden Rule rays: “Whatso
ever ye would .that men should do
unto you do ye also unto them,” but
many union men say, “If you do not
do to please us we will beat you up,
or murder you.” Which method does
America prefer?—Manufacturers
Record.
TUBERCULOSIS IS
WORSE THAN WAR
STATISTICS SHOW THAT WHITE
PLAGUE KILLED MORE AMER
ICANS THAN HUN BULLETS
IN SAME PERIOD
That the United States faced a
greater loss from an invisible enemy
than she did from her war activities
overseas is shown in an announce
ment just issued by the National Tu
berculosis association headquarters,
following a county-wide health sur
vey.
Total American deaths in the world
war amounted to 67,882 soldiers,
sailors and marines. Figures just
tabulated at headquarters of the na
tional Tuberculosis association show
that for the period in which this
country was engaged in war approxi
mately 200,000 persons died from
tuberculosis.
“Much of the numerous death toll
in this country could be prevented,”
said Dr. Victor C. Vaughan, presi
dent of the National Tuberculosis as.
sociation, who will sponsor the Red
Cross Christmas seal Sale. “Our data
received from health experts thro
ugout the United States show more
than a million persons are suffering
from the white plague today.
“War bulks large and takes pos
session of the stage. It is spectacu
lar, and, therefore, attracts atten
tion. But tuberculosis, even though
it bulks larger, is an unseen enemy,
and we are likely to pass by unheed
ing.
“Shot and shell maim and cripple;
the tubercle bacillua saps and under
mines. Shot and shell come crashing
through your home and you rebuild
your house. The tubercle bacillus
sneaks in and with pitiless tenacity
lingers on until it sweeps your ta
ble bare and leaves your children
pale and listless.”
More than 1,500 state and city
anti-tuberculosis leagues and associa
tions join the national organization
-in its ocrantry-vrde crusade, which
will culminate in the Red Cross
Christmas sale, from which funds to
carry on the work are chiefly derived.
It is estimated that $6,500,000 will
be needed to carry out the program
planned.
REV. J. R. SASNETT
RAPS THE ANARCHISTS
Takes Firm Stand For Law and Or
der in Seattle
The Rev. J. Randolph Sasnett, pas
tor of the First .Methodist church in
Seattle, Wash., brother of Mr. R. P.
Sasnett, of Jackson, has taken a firm
stand against anarchy and all forms
of lawlessness in the northwst. In
the course of a recent sermon he
said, in part:
“Anarchy is the child of impa
tience; conceived as a short cut tg
the desired goal it is a blind alley
that leads to the river of chaos. The
chief glory of our democratic ideal
ism is that it is practicable and cap
able of realization. It works. But its
anticipation docs not come fast
enough for many, hence the poison
ous propaganda of anarchistic direct
aetionism.
“Now let it be saiil that true dem
ocracy, political and industrial, can
not come too fast so long as it is
brought about normally by right
methods. But the methods of the
anarchists are subversive of the very
ends desired. They retard and hin
der the progress of a movement they
think they are promoting.
“Reason and patience are the anti
dotal virtues for this poisonous evil
—simple remedies, but effective. An
archy directs its venomous propa
ganda against a democratic govern
ment because of an autocratic indus
trialism, whereas reason would dic
tate to the simplest mind that dem
ocratic government is the most effec
tive weapon for destroying autocratic
rule in industry. Revolt against the
government in countries where the
people have no voice might be ex
cused on the ground that they have
rcourse to no better means of secur
ing justice and equity, but in a dem
ocracy it is the most unreasonable
thinv imaginable.
“Another poison in our scowl sys
tem closely allied to anarchy is ma
terialism. Sabbath desecration, de
nunciation of the church and money
madness are its symptoms.”
GREEN AS GRASS
W’hite man to an old negro:
“Why are you burning off that
grass, "uncle Eb, don’t ou know that
it will soon be as black as you are?
“Yas, sir, boss, but don’t you know
that it will grow back next spring as
green as you are?”
Jackson’s Great Need
is an *
ICE FACTORRY
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
COUNTY SOLD ITS
BRICK STOCKADE
STOCKADES WILL BE BUILT IN
SEVERAL DISTRICTS. SATIS
FACTORY PRICE FOR BRICK
BUILDING RECEIVED
Butts county, through Commission
er J. O. Gaston, has sold the brick
stockade and all other property own
ed by the county on North Oak
street, to Messrs. J. B. Settle and J.
L. Bailey. The deal was closed sev
eral days ago.
The consideration was $5,530, it
was stated, which is more than the
county paid for the property. The
stockade has been used by the coun
ty chaingang for several years.
The recent grand jury recommend
ed the sale of the stockade and the
erection of at least three stockades
in various parts of the county. Mr.
Gaston plans to build several stock
ades in the different districts, there
by being more convenient and will
prove satisfactory to all citizens of
the county.
It is understood that Messrs. Set-,
tie and Bailey will use the stockade
as a livery barn.
MONROE COUNTY TO
VOTE ON ROAD BONDS
VOTERS WILL SOON PASS ON
$150,000 BOND ISSUE TO
BUILD HIGHWAYS. WANT
GOVERNMENT HELP
Forsyth, Ga.—Following the rec
ommendation of the grand jury, the
county commissioners at their meet
ing Monday ordered that a bond
election be held on November 1. On
that date the question of voting
bonds to the amount of $150,000
for the improvement of the roads of
the county will be submitted to the
people. This money, if the election
is successful, will be spent upon the
public highways leading from For
syth. The plan of the commissioners
is at first to build five miles of im
proved roads upon each of the main
roads leading out from the town and
when that is completed to take up
the work of building another five
miles.
The bond issue will be launched
with the intention of securing an
equal amount from the government
for the improvementof the roads and
construction of these roads will be
under the supervision of a govern
ment engineer.
GINNING RETURNS SHOW
LIGHT TdTAL FOR SEASON
Only 138,993 Bale* Have Been
Ginned to Date
Washington, Sept. B.—Lateness of
the cotton crop, ranging generally
from two weeks or more throughout
the cottn belt, except where the
plants are infested with boll weevil,
has resulted in exceedingly small
ginning thus far this season. In its
first ginning report of the season,
the census bureau today announced
only 138,993 bales had been ginned
prior to Sept 1.
This year’s crop vo-.s forecast at
11,230,000 bales by the-department
of Agriculture in its September re
port.
The report shows that Georgia
had ginned 77,756 bales prior to
Sept. 1.
PARK WANTS COTTON
SITUATION PROBED
GEORGIA CONGRESSMAN
THINKS THERE IS TOO MUCH
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RAW
PRODUCT AND DRY GOODS
Washington, Sept. 6.—A r-sMu
rion introduc'd by Represcntati
Park in the house today appro r-r ated
$50,000 for the Federal Trade Com-
investigate why the . -
cf all cotton goods arc h:<r< . A it* 1
the price of raw cotton, compared
with cotton goods, is low.
The investigation would .nc’udo
1918 and 1919, and the commission
is directed to report to the House
not later than November 1, 1319.
The resolution provides for, a thor
ough probe of the manufactured
goods.
congressmen from the Sou-'
them states vvint to know why enor
mous profits are made by cotton
goods manufacturers while the farm
er who raises the staple does not get
more for it.