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Peach Culture Will
Bring Permanent Pros
perity to Butts County
VOL. 47—NO. 49
DRASTIC ORDERS
10 SAVE COAL
•fxiEL Allowed only to pre
ferred LIST OF INDUSTRIES.
FACTORIES WILL HAVE TO
CLOSE DOWN
Atlanta, Dec. I.—Orders drastical
ly restricting and curtailing the use
of coal by practically every class of
consumers were issued by the re
gional coal committee last Saturday
evening and went into effect begin
ning Monday at noon throughout the
entire southern region:
The orders, deemed necessary in
the conservation of fuel, were issued
under authority of the fuel admin
istrator under the Lever act and,
therefore, are mandatory.
Stores, manufacturing plants and
warehouses are restricted in the use
of heat and light to the hour s be
tween 9 a. m. and 4 p. m.
Ornamental lights, white-way
lights, electric sign boards or illumi
nated bill boards will be prohibited
betvi’en the hours of 7 a. m. and 4
p. m.
Only enough heat may be used in
offices, stores, warehouses and man
ufacturing plants to keep the tem
liperature at 70 degress. Moving pic
ture houses, theater s and other palces
of amusement may maintain this
temperature from 1:30 p. m. to
10:30 p. m.
Manufacturing plants and fac
tories are put on a forty-eight hour
a-week basi s by the orders of the
committee.
In it s orders, the committee al
lows several exceptions:
Moving picture houses, theaters
amd other place s of public amuse
ment may operate between the hours
of 1 p. m. and 1030 p. m.
Drug stores, for the sale of drugs
only and restaurants are allowed to
maintain their present schedule, but
must curtail their lights 50 per cent.
Barber shops are allowed to re
main open between the hour s of 8
a. m. and 6 p. m.
General office lights way remain
on after 4 p. m. only, where the op
eration of vita lindustries is involv
ed.
1 Railroad stations, telephone, tele
graph and newspaper offices are ex
empted from the light restrictions.
On Saturdays, the time of closing
is extended to 9 p. m. for stores sell
ing food and wearing apparel.
Dairies, ice and refrigerating
plants, bakeries, plants for the man
ufacture of -necessary medicinal pro
ducts, sewerage plants, gas and wa
terworks plants, operating contin
uous processes, printing plants of
nevsspapers and periodicals, battery
charging outfits and plants produc
ing light or power for telephone,
telegraph or public utilities compan
ies are exempted from the restric-
put on power and light.
The order was sent out Saturday
night to federal managers of all rail
roads in the region. The managers
were instructed to send copie., to all
local agents with instructions to
communicate with their city officials
and obtain co-operation in carrying
out the orders.
BOARD OF EDUCATION
RAD BUST SESSION
ATTENDANCE OFFICER AP
POINTED TO SEE THAT CHIL
DREN ATTEND SCHOOL. OTH
ER MATTERS DISPOSED OF
The Butts County Board of Edu
cation held its mont.ily meeting
Tuesday when several business mat
ters were acted on. Mrs. C. A. But
ner was appointed Attendance Offic
er, under the compulsory attendance
law passed by the last legislature,
to see that all children between the
ages of 8 and 14 attend school the
prescribed time.
The question of waging a cam
paign to blot out adult illiteracy in
Butts county will be taken up at
tV. Teachers' Institute Friday.
, / Several members of the board are
arranging to attend the injunction
proceeding, brought by citizens of
the county to restrain the board
from paying the tuition of pupils at
| tending the Jackson public schools,
twhen such children live outside of
Jackson district, to be held in Grif
fin on Saturday, Dec. 13.
, KITTLE PROPERTY WAS
SOLD AT PUBLIC SALES
** There wa s but little property sold
Tuesday at public sales. No
fcaLßgState was offered, the sales
corwiy itltr of live stock, automobiles
and other personal property.
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARCUS
BAPTISTS NEAR
COVETED GOAL
TEN CHURCHES REPORT TOTAL
OF MORE THAN $50,000. FULL
AMOUNT IN SIGHT BY SUN
DAY NIGHT
According to reports so far re
ceived by Mr. J. H. Carmichael,
chairman of the Kimbell Association
in the Baptist 75 million dollar cam
paign, the full quota will be reached
by the close of the campaign Sunday.
Ten churches have reported moi*e
than $50,000. Ten churches are yet
to report.
The churche s so far reporting over
the top are Indian Springs, Pepper
ton, Floviila, Sharon and Logwall.
Work v- : ll be kept up throughout
the week and the final rally will be
held Sunday. Encouraging reports
have been received from nearly all
of the twenty churches in this asso
ciation.
Georgia’s quota of $7,500,000
has been oversubscribed, reports
indicate. The Southern Baptist Con
vention a s a whole has gone over
the $75,000,000 mark and will no
doubt reach $100,000,000 by the
close of the campaign.
The First Baptist church of Jack
son ha s already raised something
over $30,000 and hopes to reach the
$40,000 mark. Its quota i s $37,500.
COMPULSORY LAW TO
BEGIN ON JANUARY 1
CHILDREN BETWEEN AGES OF
8 AND 14 REQUIRED TO ATTEND
AT LEAST SIX MONTHS EACH
YEAR
The new Georgia compulsory
school law will go into effect Janu
ary 1, 1920. Thi s law w*as passed
by the state legislature at its last
session, and provides that all chil
dren between the age s of eight and
fourteen year s are required to at
tend school continuously for a pe
riod of six months each year, and
responsibility for compliance rests
upon the parent or guardian of the
child. Failure or refusal to observe
the law will subject the parent or
guardian to a fine of $lO for the
first offense, and with an additional
fine for each day that the child is
kept out of school. Persistent disre.
gard of the law constitutes a mis
demeanor, and is punishable as such,
together with a maximum fine of S2O
for each offense after warning has
been given. Enforcement of the law
rests equally with the school boards
of the county and towns.
A complete text of the law is be
ing published in this issue of the
Progress-Argus, and all parents and
guardians should familiarize them
selves with the provisions of the lav-,
as the authorities say they are going
to s ee that the law is carried out.
FOUR NEGROES KILLED
WHEN BOILER EXPLODED
Bodies of Victims Were Badly Mu
tilated
Eatonton, Ga., Nov.—Three ne
groes v.ere instantly killed and a
fourth so badly injured that he died
thi s morning when a boiler explod
ed at the Carpenter Lumber Compay
in Putnam county yesterday. Full
details had not reached Eatonton
today, though it appears that six
negroes -were standing around the
boiler making pla.n s for Thanksgiv
ing observance, when the boiler ex
ploded.
The body of one negro wa s blown
against a tree four hundred* feet
away and was found there in an up
right position. Three of the negroes
were so badly mutilated identifica
tion was impossible.
Houses on near-by farms were
shaken by the explosion, the Cause
of which has not been determined.
VANDIVER NAMED TO
ENFORCE “DRY" LAW
J. E. Mercer Will Be Chief Inspector
For Georgia
Official announcement is made
from Washington that John M. Van
diver. of Rome, ha g been appointed
federal prohibition director for
Georgia It will be his duty to see
that the "dry” law i g enforced. J.
F Mercer, former secretary to Hoke
Smith, has been named chief inspec
tor for Georgia and will act as as
sistant to Mr. Vandiver in enforcing
the prohibition law*
Evert census has disclosed the fact
there are more men in the United
States than women.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY DECEMBER 5, 1919
See That Your Name Is There
Doe* the label On your paper read 1921?
Last weels wo gave warning that those in arrears on sub
scription would be dropped from the list. The axe felf on more
than 100 of our subscribers. Many other* will be dropped unless
there is an immediate settlement.
The newspapers of the country are faced by a paper shortage
and exorbitant prices. It is our duty to save paper as much at it is
your duty to save coal and sugar. We are determined to save paper
to the extent that all who read the paper must pay for it in ad
vance.
See that the label on your paper reads 1921.
WOULD RESTRAIN
COUNTY BOARD
CITIZENS FILE PETITION TO
STOP PAYMENT OF TUITION
OF PUPILS WHO ATTEND
SCHOOL HERE
A petition seeking to restrain the
County Board of Education from
paying the tuition of pupils residing
outside of Jackson district, attend
ing the Jackson public schools, has
been filed in Butts superior court..
The petition v.is filed on Nov. 28
by Reagan & Reagan a s attorneys
and was brought in the name of
A. M. Pace, H. L. Gray, W. H. Sing
ley, W. R. Kitchens, J. ,Matt McMich
ael, J. M. D. Bond, N. C. Williamson,
G. E. McMieliael, W. M. O’Neal, W.
C. Redman, G. R. Harper, 1,. L.
Washington, I. M. Wilson, R. H.
Maddox, J. J. McKibben.
The matter will be heard before
Judge W. E. H.Searcy, Jr., in Griffin
on December 13.
It i s set forth in the pleading that
the board of education pays for pu
pils who reside outside of Jackson
district and attend the Jackson pub
lic schools about $3,600 per annum.
This, it is alleged, i s a detriment to
the country schools, and it is claimed
that under thi s arrangement the
country schools cannot obtain com
petent teachers. It is also set out in
the petition that Butts county, out
side of Jackson district, voted a
county-wide system of taxation for
support of the public schools in 1914
and since that time l a tax has been
levied to supplemnt the state funds.
The proceeding is directed against
the members of the Board of Educa
tion, W. F. Huddleston, president, J.
B. Childs, W. H. Hammond, J. E.
McMichael, W. W. Preston, and
Hugh Mallet, County School Super
intendent.
STOCK IN COTTON BANK
TO BE SOLD IN COUNTY
160 SHARES OF FAR VALUE OF
$125 ALLOTED TO BUTTS
COUNTY. SALE WILL BE AC
TIVELY PUSHED
Stock in the new Georgia Cotton
Bank and Trust Corporation will be
sold in Butts county next week, ac
cording to announcement Tuesday
of Mr. S. H. who is taking a
prominent part in the new institu
tion.BBut s county ha s been allot
ted 160 shares of the par value of
$125, or a total of $20,000.
The new bank, which wa srecent
ly put under way at a meeting held
in Atlanta and presided over by
Governor Dorsey, will have a capital
stock of $2,100,000,000 and a sur
plus of $5525,000,000. It ig design
ed to help the farmers of the South
find a ready market for their cot
ton and to bring the cotton growers
and consumers into closer touch
with one another.
Stock i sallotted the countie 8 on
the basis of the number of bales
of cotton raised in each county in
the season of 1909-1910.
THREE BALES MADE
FROM ONE ACRE
Three bale s of cotton to one j?ood
acre is the yield produced by Mr. J.
W. McKissie, one of the county’s
best farmers, on the Cowpens farm
of Mrs. Glady s Cook, three miles
lrom Monroe.
The three bales netted Mr. Mc-
Kissie the sum of $428.80, exclu
sive of the seed and he had a check
for thi s amount in his possession
when seen by a Tribune man Friday.
With the seed the amount produc
ed by the one acre will run above
five hundred dollars, and Mr. Mc-
Ki3sic state s that even at thig he did
not strain the land. He used about
350 pounds of fertilizer to the one
acre.
Thi is an extra fine yield and
shows the results of intensive cul
tivation.—The Walton Tribune.
EDITORS TO MEET
PAPER SHORTAGE
WILL GATHER IN MACON FRI
DAY AND SATURDAY TO CON
SIDER PRESSING QUESTIONS
OF THE DAY
Mcßae, Ga., November. —Members
of the Georgia Press Association
v.ill convene at the Lanier Hotel in
Macon December 5 and 6, J. Kel
ley Simmons, president of the asso
ciation and editor and publisher of
the Telfair Enterprise at thi splace,
announced tonight. This meeting
has been called for the purpose of
discussing important problems and
matters of vital interest to newspa
permen general thrughout the state.
Chief among the matter., that will
come before the convention for con
sideration will be the present unusual
shortage of newspaper print and the
prese labor situation a 3 it affects pub
lishers. The prsident of the asso
ciation ha s invited ificers of the •s
--sociaton in the adjoining states of
Florida, Alabama, Tennessee and
has abo invited the president and ex
ecutive secretary of the Association
of American Advertisers to attend
the convention.
The list of speakers, the president
states, will include representative
newspaper men from throughout the,
state, members of the association and
representatives of leading paper
houses doing business in Georgia. An
endeavor will be made to devise
a'it?F‘*nil6aTis of increasing the sup
ply of printers and other employees
nescessary to the printing and me
chanical side of the newspaper work.
Besides the labor situation and
the unusal and distrssing shortage of
newsprint paper other matters that
will come before the convention for
discussion will be th cost of doing
business and the advisibility of rais
ing prices on job work, advertising
and subscription rates.
HOLDER FINDS
PEOPLE SPLIT
SAYS LEAGUE OF NATIONS IS
FAVORED BY SOME AND OP
POSED BY OTHERS. STATE IS
BADLY DIVIDED
Savannah, Ga.—“ Wherever I’ve
been in Georgia I’ve found a division
of sentiment on the league of na
tions,” said Hon. John N. Holder, of
Jackson county, speaker of the
house of representatives and now
candidate for governor of Georgia,
while in Savannah today. “There is
a general s entiment for some agree
ment which will preserve and in
sure the peace of the world, but
there i 8 a genuine study of the
terms of the league. How the senti
ment against compares with that for
I cannot say. Some places are
strongly opposed, while some others
are just as strongly for.”
“HITCHED” TO LIVE WIRE
NEGRO COULD NOT UNHITCH
Sent up Piercing Yell When Cur
rent Shot Through Body
A negro man whose name wa s not
determined got tangled up with a
live electric light wire Saturday
night when he went to unhitch his
mule near Dodson’s Ten Gent Store.
Asa consequence of the current
shooting through thh body he could
neither unhitch the mule nor un
hitch himself from the post, and he
gave several piercing yells for help.
He wa 8 pulled loose from the post a
badly frightened and thoroughly
shocked negro.
A large crowd gathered to see
what vvi 8 the matter when the black
began calling for help. It had been
raining and the post became thor
oughly charged with electric current.
It i sa safe bet that this fellow
hunts another hitching post here
after.
FARMERS OPPOSE
EIGHT-HOUR DAY
RECENT MEETIN GIN ATLANTA
WAS MOST SUCCESSFUL. J. H.
MILLS AGAIN ELECTED PRES
IDENT
The state meeting of the Farmer’s
Union held in Atlanta last week was
one of the most important of recent
year. A great deal of important bus
iness wa s transacted. Reports of the
officers showed the affairs of the or
ganization to be in a flourishing con
dition.
J. H. Mills w.as re-elected presi
dent, a s was also Andrew J. Fleming,
secretary and treasurer. J. D. Weav
er, of Dawson was re-elected as vice
presidnt.
Among those who made addresses
at the convention were Presidnt Mills,
Hon. J. J. Brown, commissioner of
agriculture, Hon. C. S. Barrett,
national president of the organiza
tion, and others.
Mr. Barrett discussed the plan s for
a temple of agriculture to be built
in Washingtn city.
“The farmer sets the table of the
United States,’’ declared Mr. Bar
rett, in discussing the various topics
of the day. “In view of that fact
he ought to have a seat at the table.
But he hasn’t got it, though every
body else has got a seat. The miners
seem to have quite a large one.
They’ve got $15,000,000 in their
trtesury, but the farmer is lucky if
he’s got 15 cents in his.
Among the important rsolutions
adopted were the follov.ing:
Adoption of a resolution stating
that an eight-hour day, applied to
farm labor, would be ruinous to
national agriculture; that the farmers
could not afford to work on this
schedule in the labor clause of the
peace treaty, and restraining the sen.
ute of the United States to make a
special reservation in the treaty
providing that it s hall not apply to
farm labor, was the principal fea
ture of the Wednesday session of
the state convention of the Farmers’
Union of Georgia, which closed at
noon.
| Declaring in favor of a graduated
tax on land, the scale to increase
with the amount owned by an indi
vidual, introduced by R. F. Gamer,
of Dublin.
Declaring in favor of increased
salaries and prompt pay for school
teachers.
Doubling the due s and initiation
fee s of the Farmers’ union, intro
duced by the constitution and by-,
laws committee.
Praising the work and devotion
of Charles S. Barrett, national pres
| ident of the union, and the valient
1 service rendered by J. J. Brown,
Georgia commissioner of agriculture,
a resolution introduced by the reso
lutions committee, was passed.
Congratulating the legislature on
! the passage of increased appropri
ation H for common schools, the bill
strngthening the cumpulsory educa
tion law, the local school tax bill,
; the bill establishing the illiteracy
commission, and bills increasing ap
propriation K for agricultural educa
tion.
THANKSGIVING WAS
QUIETLY OBSERVED
HOLIDAY ENJOYED BY CITIZENS
OF COUNTY. ALL BUSINESS
HOUSES CLOSED FOR THE
DAY. SUNDAY APPEARANCE
Thanksgiving was observed
throughout Butts county in a very
quiet manner this year. The weather
v.as ideal, warm and balmy enough
to admit of spending the day out of
doors.
All business houses in Jackson
were closed for the day. The post
office observed Sunday hours. The
rural carriers enjoyed a holiday.
There wa 8 no business transacted
during the day.
Family reunions were in order
and many pleasant gatherings were
held during the day. A large number
of people spent the day in Macon
and Atlanta, Attending football
game 8 or attending the movies, while
many made motor trips to near-by
towns.
SAVANNAH SHIPS 5 MILLION
POUNDS OF SUGAR ABROAD
Savannah, Ga.—Exports of sugar'
from Savannah to Liverpool today J
amounted to 25,000 hag*. This is'
approximately five million pounds.
Jackson'* Great Need
is an
ICE FACTORRY
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
MANY FEATURES
AT INSTITUTE
TEACHERS WILL CONSIDER
LIVE EDUCATIONAL TOPICS.
ILLITERACY PROBLEM WILL
BE DISCUSSED
The teachers of Butts county will
huve the first institute of the fall ses
sion on Frday, Dec. 5, wbe-.i a meet
ing will be held i.n the court house
in Jackson. All schools throughout
the county wall declare a holiday for
that occasion to give the teachers
and pupil s an opportunity to attend
the meet.
George D. Godard, State Super
visor of Schools, will be present and
will have a prominent paid: on th i
program. Other speakers expected
include Miss Banks, of the Georgi i
Normal and Industrial College at
Millfcdgeville, Miss Crieswell, of Ath
ens, director of Home Economics i
Georgia, Mr. Andrew J. Fleming,
member of the State Illiteracy com -
mission.
Mr. C. J. Haden, of Atlanta, vie
president of the State Illiterac
commission, will be present and wil
address the teachers on the question
of wiping out adult illiteracy i*
Georgia.
In addition to the discussion of
school problems, special attmtioi
will be given to the work of wiping
out adult illiteracy in Georgia. Tht
state and government co-operating
hope s to blot out adult illiteracy in
this state before the next census is
taken. Plans of the best way go
about the work will be discussed at
the institute. Other vital educational
problems will occupy the attention
of the meeting'.
All ministers in the county and
the members of the Woman's Club
of Jackson are requested to attend
the institute.
The meeting will begin in tha
court house at 10 o’clock.
FRANK FLYNT PASSED
AT GRIFFIN SUNDAY
Wat Postmaster and Prominent Cit
izen of Spalding County
Griffin, ' Nov. 30.-—Hon. Frank
Flynt, former chief clerk of the gen
eral land office in Washington for
fifteen years, postmaster at Griffin,
and prominent in Georgia polities
for many years, died of heart failure
early this afternoon at his home
here at the age of 63.
He served as a member of the gen
eral assembly from Spalding county
from 1880 to 1882 and was knovn
in political circles throughout the
state. He was a brother of James J.
Flynt, chairman of the state demo
cratic executive committee.
Mr. Flynt is survived by hi 8 wife,
three brothers, J J., E. M. and Paul
Flynt, all of Griffin; and two sisters,
Mrs. J. R. Cole, of Griffin, and Mrs.
J. P. Newman, of Macon.
JACKSON IN LINE
ON FUEL SAVING
MASS MEETING VOTED TO COM
PLY WITH GOVERNMENT REG.
LATIONS. REASONABLE CO
OPERATION PLEDGED
Business men of Jackson, mass
meeting Tuesday afternoon, voted
to observe the hour 8 from 8 a. in
to 5 p. m. to conform with the
government's order to save fuel.
The meeting was called and pre
sided over by Mayor W. E. Watkins,
who read the instructions received
from the department on Nov. 30.
The orders of that date, Mr. Wat
kins pointed out, allow s business
houses to use fuel and lights only :t
certain number of hours daily. Af
ter discussing- the matter, those
present voted in favor of the hours
from 8 a. m to 5 p. m.
The new hours will be of interest
to people in thi 8 trade zone and ev
erybody should get acquainted with
the nev. regulations.
GEORGIA HOG SOLD
FOR SUM OF $16,500
Third Largest Price Ever Paid in
the World for One Hoge
Cochran. —Peacock & Hodge, own
ers of the Fairview farm at this
place have sold “Orion Cherry King,
Jr.,” Duroe-Jersey boar, to the East
ern Arkansas demonstration farm
for the sum of $16,600. This is the
third largest price ever paid for any
one hog in th“ world, according to
available records.