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MEETING BROKEN UP WHEN
PRESIDENT REPORTED DEAD
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[Wild Scenes Witnessed in Atlanta
As Vice President Was Speaking
HOAX WORKED ,
ON BIG CROWD
GOVERNOR DORSEY OFFERS RE
WARD FOR PERSON WHO
STARTED FALSE REPORT. AU
* DIENCE IN FRENZY
Atlanta, Nov. 23—Through a hoax
perpetrated by an unknown person
here tonight an addres s by Vice
President Marshall before an audi
ence of several thousand persons at
the auditorium armory was broken
ai? by the false announcement that
Wilson was dead
An unknown man, it w.as said, tel
ephoned to the office of the building
and asked for the vice president. On
fcejng told that ,Mr. Marshall was
making an address and could not
come to the telephone, the voice re
plied, “well, he’ll come now for the
President ig dead and Washington
wants him on long distance.”
C. T. Christian, engineer of the
building, received the telephone call
and a policeman carried the news to
the stage and told it to Charles J.
Haden, a prominent Atlanta business
Plan. Coming a s it did from the po
liceman, Mr. Haden informed the
vice president, that “the President
is dead.”
Mr. Marshall bowed his head and
appeared overcome. Others on the
stage heard the whispered words and
for ‘a few moments all wa s silent.
-Jf?en recovering himself to a degree
t te vice president told the audience
what had been told him. He could
Hbarely speak. Women broke into
weeping and someone began to play
“Nearer My God To Thee” on the
immense organ. A s soon as he could,
vice president got to a telephone
'and called The Associated Press
where he was assured there was no
truth in such a rumor.
“Thank God,” he replied in a
Itr enabling voice.
' Meantime the audience was dis
persing and the false report spread
over the city. Telephones at The
Associated Press office, and the local
newspapers were almost swamped
with anxious inquiries.
Na reason for the hoax has been
advanced by local officials tonight,
but an immediate investigation was
begun to try to trace the author of
it. Governor Dorsey announced a re
swankof SIOO for evidence identify
ing the person who started the ru
tjpnor.
Wound” party for pas-
P TOR WAS ENJOYABLE EVENT
Member, of Church Surprised Rev.
and Mrs. England
Rev. S. R. England, pastor of the
Jackson Methodist church for the
past two years and who was recently
returned to the city for another
year’s pastorate, wa s given a delight
ful surprise party Friday evening by
■sthe members of hi s congregation. A
' large number of the members called
at the parsonage during the evening,
, "bringing with them boxes of good
things to eat, which were left in the
dining room. Talk s vsere made by
Mrs. J. L. Lyons and Rev. Merritt
Bailey and others, each of the speak
ers expressing the satisfaction and
pleasure of the church membership
over the return to Jackson of this
popular minister.
The occasion was made more en
joyable by reason of the fact that
it was a complete surprise to Rev.
and Mrs. England.
This "podnding” of Mr. England
expresses in a small measure the es-
L teem in which he is held by the mem
bers of his church, a s well ag the
people of the entire community.
DEATH OF MR. \.. A. DUKE
* OCCURRED NOVEMBER 22
- . Mr. M. L. Duke vns advised Sun
day of the death of his brother, Mr.
L. A. Duke, at Fort Gaines, Ga.,
•.Saturday afternoon. None of the
were stated in the tele
gram, which was delivered too late
permit Mr. Duke to attend the fu
neral.
r®oar.ty and will be remembered by
and will b remembered by
'many of the older residents of the
o*nty.
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS
BAPTISTS FEEL
VERY SANGUINE
WITH CAMPAIGN WELL OUT
LINED BELIEF IS EXPRESSED
THAT THE FULL QUOTA WILL
BE RAISED
On the eve of the opening of the
75 million campaign, Baptist leaders
expres s their utmost confidence in
the Kimbell Association raising its
full quota of $75,000. Many believe
that the quota will be passed the first
day of the drive.
The campaign will open Sunday,
November 30, which will be a big
day throughout the assocaition. On
that date it i s expected that most of
the churche s will report their full al
lotment. The campaign will run for
one week, closing on December 7.
Indian Springs church, with a
membership of about fifteen, and
having a quota of SI,OOO, has al
ready raised more than $1,400. This
is considered a fine display of church
spii’it and pride and shows the feel
ing that permeates practically every
church in the association.
Another fine evidence of spirit has
been shown by a young lady of the
county who has taken one-tenth of
her church’s quota of 1,800. She
proposes to raise this money by her
own efforts. This is a challage to the
loyalty and pride of every Baptist in
the Kimbell Association.
The First Baptist church of Jack
son held a rally Wednesday night in
the interest of the 75 million cam
paign.
NEW METHOD OF
BANDUNG CONVICTS
COUNTIES WILL RECEIVE PRIS
ONERS ACCORDING TO RURAL
ROUTE MILEAGE AFTER THE
FIRST OF NEW YEAR
Atlanta, November. —The state
Prison Commission announces today
that it will, on January 1, ap
portionment of the convictg among
the counties of the state on a basis
of rural road mileage, instead of on
a population basis as heretofore.
The whole system, according to Judge
Rainey, i s so mixed up it would take
a puzzle artist to figure it out so
that every county in the state will
work out On the same basis.
The new law provide s that the new
apportionment shall be the same to
•11 counties, on the rural mileage ba
sis, but provides the commission with
no way to measure the roads. There
fore the commission has called on
each county in the state to file with
it a sworn statement of the rural
mileage, and probably two-thirds of
the counties have complied. Letters
are going today to the other one
third, making the request that they
measure the roads and file their
statements immediately. Whether
they do so or not is up to the coun
ties.
Attorney General Clifford Walker
has rendered an opinion that the
prison commission can legally use
the best information available to it
to ascertain the mileage in any coun
ty ;that, if no other information is
available, the mileage reports filed by
counties with the Secretary of State
on which to make apportionment of
the automobile fund may be used to
apportion the convicts.
ECLIPSE OF SUN WAS
VIEWED WITH INTEREST
A partial eclipse of the sun, vis
ible over a large part of the country,
wa s viewed with much interest here
Saturday morning between 7 and 9
o’clock. Those who had not consult
ed their almanacs recently were tak
en by surprise and the eclipse creat
ed considerable interest.
The Constitution of the, United
State s requires that a census of the
United States be taken every ten
years. It is by this means that the
apportionment of the members of the
house of representatives i s made as
to states.
The Fourteenth Decennial Census
i s to be taken during the month of
January, 1920.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY NOVEBER 28, 1919
BUSINESS ANNOUNCEMENT
Owing to the steadily increasing prices of blank print pa
per, The Progress-Argus will not guarantee its subscription
price of $1.50 per year longer than the first day of January. 1
If the prices continue to advance, the subscription price will be
raised to $2.00 par year, beginning the first of the new year.
who are in ar-rears may pay up at the present
price and renew for not longer than one year at the present
rate of $1.50.
Every subscriber who is due anything on his paper is urg.
ed to pay up at once. Unless this is done your name will be
dropped from the list after thisweek.
This is full and final warning. If you want the paper you
must pay for it. Newsprint paper is too scarce and too high
to publish a newspaper on a credit.
FOOD CONTROL
ON WAR BASIS
ATTORNEY GENERAL PALMER
WILL HANDLE SUGAR AND
OTHER FOOD CROPS. MEANS
LOWER COST, PROBABLY
Washington—President Wilson to
day placed the government in con
trol of the nation’s food supply by
transferring the authority of food
administrator to Attorney General
Palmer.
Revival of the war-time functions
of Administrator Hoover resulted di
rectly from government efforts to
avert a famine in sugar, but the
povjrs delegated to the head of the
department of justice will be used
also to help put down the ever
mounting cost of living.
For the present the attorney gen
eral will not put into operation all
of the machinery permitted under
the executive order signed by the
president, but should conditions arise
to make it necessary the full plea
sure of all the bi-oad power vested in
him will be exerted to meet them.
Mr. Palmer’s staff will begin im
mediately to build up a sugar distri
buting system which will allocate all
sugar stocks in the country. It will
provide an equitable system of dis
tributing supplies and will defeat
any concentration or hoarding, of
ficials said.
Plans tentatively decided upon,
provide for increasing the price of
all sugar, excepting the Louisiana
crop for which a price of 17 cents
already has been fixed, to 12 cent s a
pound wholesale.
Through this increase, new sources
of supply ara expected to be opened
With assurances that a fair margin
of profit, said to be about $1.54 a
hundred pounds, would be allowed,
sugar refiners are ready to enter the
Cuban markets and purchase all
available stocks, it was stated. Thus,
officials believe, the increased price
will avert a shortage which threatens
to become a famine during the next
60 days.
Immediate action also is contem
plated in curtailing the consumption
of sugar by manufacturers whose
products are not regarded as essen
tial food. Thi s will apply particular,
ly to soft drink dealers and candy
manufacturers. The abnormal in
crease of sales of these articles and
the consequent heavy drain on the
sugar supplies is traceable, officials
declared to the enforcement of pro
hibition.
While it has not been definitely de
termined, the cut in sugar supplies
to these classes of trade probably
will be about 60 per cent. Officials
indicated that if the exigencies of
the situation demanded, they would
reduce the allowance to soft drink
and candy plants to 25 per cent of
their normal requirements.
Arrangements have been complet
ed, subject to changing conditions of
the sugar situation, whereby beet
and cane sugar refiners will enter
the cuban markets immediately. The
partment, however, will exact a
signed agreement with firms entering
that trade to consign all of their
purchases to this country. This veil
mean that American dealers will get
a large proportion of the four mil
lion ton g of raw sugar yet available
in Cuba, officials said.
Normal consumption of sugar in
the United State R is about 4,000,000
tons. In other years about 3,000,000
tons wa 8 imported from the Cuban
fields to which was added the aver
age production of approximately
1,000,000 tons native grotvn. But
officials were alarmed lest European
dealers should continue their heavy
purchases, already in excess of 1,
000,000 tons, in Cuban market* and
GAME SEASON ON;
HUNTERS BUSY
ABUNDANCE OF GAME IN THE
STATE AND SEASON WHICH
OPENED ON 20 WILL BE SUC
CESSFUL ONE
Georgia’s season for quail, wild
turkey and dove opened Thursday,
and hundreds of hunters went forth
with guns and dogs to engage in
their favorite sport.
Georgia’s game this season is far
more plentiful than ever before, ac
cording to imports received by Sam
J. Slate, commissioner of game and
fish. Quail and dove are very numer
ous. Cold weather has sent a stream
of migratory birds to the south, Deer
and bear can be found in the swamps
of the coastal plain.
Two sets of laws govern hunting
of migratory birds, one being the
federal lav3 enforced by federal
wardens, and the other being the
state law enforced by state wardens.
Where the open season on migratory
bird s *s shorter by the state law than
by the federal law, the state law
prevails.
Commissioner Slate has prepared
a schedule showing the open season
on various kind s of game, with the
dates for hunting permitted both by
federal and state laws. The sched
ule follows:
“Quail and Wild Turkey—Open
season, November 20 to March 1.
Bag linjit on quail, 25 in one day.
Bag limit on vuild turkey, two during
the season.
“Deer—Open season, October 1 to
December 1. Bag limit, two during
the season.
“Cat Squirrels—Ope n season, Oc
tober 1 to March 1. Bag limit, 15 in
one day.
“Summer or wood duck —Open
season, September 1 to January 1.
“Marsh Hens—Open season, Sep
tember 1 to December 1. Bag limit,
26 in one day.
“Possum —Open season, October 1
to March 1.
“Doves —Open season, November
20 to January 31. Bag limit, 25 in
one day.
“Snipe—Open season, December 1
to January 31. Bag limit, 15 in one
day.
“Woodcock —Open season, Novem
ber 31 to December 31. Bag limit,
six in one day.
“Wild Geese —Open season, No
vember 1 to January 31. Bag limit,
eight in one day.
“No viild game can he sold.
“Hunting is prohibited after sun
down.
DANGEROUS BLACK WAS
PLACED UNDER ARREST
Wanted in Sumter County For
Shooting the Sheriff
Sheriff W. F. Lavender has under
arrest George Jackson aliag George
Edwards, colored, vnnted in Sumter
county for shooting the sheriff in De
cember, 1918. There is a reward of
$125 for the capture of Jackson.
Officers of Sumter county have been
advised of the capture and will come
here to identify the prisoner.
Jackson was arrested by Sheriff
Lavender near Lamars Mill.
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deprive this country of the full sup
ply it usually getg there. The refiners
who have agreed to go into the Cuba
trade have been urged, it wa 8 said,
to use all haste that stocks may not
be exhausted before this nation is
supplied.
About 650 people were engaged in
taking the first census of the United
States. The 1920 censu g will require
the services of 90,000.
NEWSPAPERS FACE GRAVE
SITUATION OF RUINOUS PRICES
Manufacturers Refuse to Fill
Orders And Famine Threatened
WERE PLEASED
* WITH 1919 FAIR
STOCKHOLDERS HELD MEETING
SATURDAY MORNING. WILL
HAVE CASH BALANCE AFTER
PAYING ALL BILLS
A meeting of the stockholders of
the Butts County Fair Association
was held in the court house Satur
day morning at 10 o’clock, at which
time busine ss in connection with the
recent fair was disposed of.
After all bills are paid there will
be a substantial cash balance on hand
which will go into improvements and
enlargements of the present buil
dings. All those prsent expressed
themselves a s well pleased at the
showing made during the past fair.
Another meeting will be called a
little later, probably about the first
of the year, when officer!! and direc
trs will be elected and a date for the
1920 fair set. Many people who
hav never had exhibits at th fair
declare their purpose of having dis
plays in the fall of 1920. Altogether'
the outlook for the next fair is the
brightest in the history of the county.
It is likely that racing v*ill be a
feature of the next fair. Several
large subscriptions have already been
received and other s promised.
Other adjoining counties wll also
probably be invited to join Butts in
the fair movement, and the purpose
now is to enlarge the fair materially,
both in the amount of cash prizes
offered and in the number of exhib
its.
MUCH GRAIN HAS
BEEN PLANTED HERE
FARMERS TACKLE THE BOLL
WEEVIL PROBLEM IN RIGHT
WAY. PREPARE TO BEAT WEE
VIL WITH WHEAT AND OATS
Without doubt Butts county farm,
ers have planted the largest acreage
in grain this fall of recent years, if
not in the entire history of the coun
try.
Both wheat and oats have been
planted in large quantities. Asa
general rule the most of the grain
has already bee n planted, though in
a few instances the sowing of wheat
has been delayed until cooler wea
ther.
This i s taken to mean that Butts
county citizens are in earnest about
fighting the boll weevil. It is also an
indication that the live at home idea
i s taking a firmer hold upon the peo.
pie of the county.
With fall work in good shape and
most of the grain planted, many far
mer 8 are plwing up the cotton stalks
as a mean R of depriving the boll wee
vil of a wintering place. According
to experts in dealing with the weevil,
cotton stalks should be plowed up as
soon as cotton is picked.
OFFICERS RAIDED STILL
SATURDAY NIGHT LAST
Sizable Outfit Broken Up Near La
mar’s Mill
A moonshine still was raided bv
Sheriff Lavender, Officerg W. T.
Burke, Tom McMichael and D. M.
Thornton, near Lamars Mill Satur
day night. About 500 gallong of beer
were found and poured out. The
plant had recently been in operation,
it wag stated.
Joe Barron, colored, was arrested
and lodged in jail in connection with
the still. Others charged with being
connected with the outfit made their
secape.
TIME TO THINK
ONLY OF BLESSINGS.
Let u H take the right kind of
interest in Thanksgiving day—a day
that is and always shall be very
dear to the hearts of all women.
Let us put avarice and envy out of
our minds, 1 and think only of, and
be grateful for, our blessings.—New
York Evening Telegram.
The first census of the United
States was taken in 1790, during the
administration of George Washing
ton. It related solely to population.
Jackson’s Great Need
is an
ICE FACTORRY
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
WHOLE COUNTRY
FEELS SHORTAGE
PRICES HAVE ADVANCED SEN
SATIONALLY DURING PAST
FEW WEEKS. PROFITEERS
GOUGE NEWSPAPERS
Never before in their history have
the newspapers faced a situation so
critical and fraught with such alarm
ing possibilities as that now before
them. News print paper is almost
unobtainable. It i s not' a question of
price, though prices have advanced
several hundred per cent in the last
few weeks. According to the best in
formation obtainable paper ig not
being manufactured fa3t enough to
meet the demands.
As is always the case, the big daily
papers will outbid the small papers
and secure v.hat paper i? to be
bought. The outlook for the weeljfy
newspapers and small dailip s is far
from encouraging.
The following press dispatches will
give, in a way, an insight into the
paper situation:
New York. —Thirteen cents a
pound, f. o. b. mill, wa 8 asked for
print paper here during the week.
The price was for car load lots, and
was made by one of the largest pur
chasers of sheet print paper in the
country. The mill refused to make a
price for anything less than thirteen
cents.
It is reliably reported here that
one of the large daily papers of the
city has made an offer of ten cents
a pound for 1,000 tons roll print,
and has not found a mill that will
take the order. The Chicago papers
are being forced to omit a ; large
amount of advertising from every is
sue because of the shortage of print
paper.
Washington.—Complaints of ina
bility to secure print paper are pour
ing into government offices here.
Newspapers are reporting prices of
eight, nine and e s high as tvvdw
cent s being asked for print paper,
and when orders are placed at these
prices it i 8 possible to secure only
very small quantities, not ceaily
enough to meet their needs.
Omaha. —One of the largest whole
sale puper dealers of the country re
ports print paper prices going up
ward every week, with a raise of
more than $1 a hundred in one week.
Many rnillg are refusing to accept
order 8 at any price, and a forced
suspension of many papers is looked
for as there is no prospect of any
relief in the immediate future.
Washington.—Small daily and
weekly newspapers are threatened
with destruction because of inability
to obtain print paper, the house was
told by Representative Reavis (Rep)
of Nebraska, He charged that the
news print manufacturers were re
fusing to sell small publishers in or
der to fill the want 3 of the metropol
itan dailies. • -
Paper consumption by the big
city dailies and magazines has great
ly increased, ( Mr. Reavis said, by an
"extensive national advertising cam
paign conducted todefeat the govern
ment in collecting taxes.” He urged
that the internal revenue bureau in
vestigate the returns of the concerns
conducting the campaigns to dis
close to what extent their excosa
profits tax wa s reduced by costs of
advertising.
REMEMBER THOSE WHO SERVED
The grat spirits of earth have been
men and women who, with thanks
giving in their hearts and on their
hearts and on their lips, served
faithfully the ages in which they
lived. They won the victories and
reconstructed the situations through
which our blessings have been hand
down to us. For their consecrated
services let u g be truly thankful. Nor
in our thanksgiving must vw over
look the heroic service rendered by
our own boys in the great, recent
conflict, and the supreme sacrifice
many of them made. They, together
with their brave comrade 8 of the na
tions allied with u a in the battle
for righteousness, saved democracy
for the world.