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-*ACKN NEEDS
A 3UNTY
HIG SCHOOL
*®L. 4*—NO. 1
WOOD ALCOHOL
jKILLS OVER 140
PERIL SWEEPS COUNTRY
3F IND HUNDREDS DEAD FROM
RINKING WOOD ALCOHOL.
. lOSECUTIONS MAY FOLLOW
Mfru least 140 persons dead and-149
■wmod or seriously ill i s the toll of
iato (alcohol since prohibition went
gathei? ect > according to statistics
The and from various cities today,
seven total wa s swelled by fifty
from death s in the last two days
whiskey in four New
parts <1 cities and fourteen in other
the country, a total of sev
caaufhe for Christmas week. The
N cities by cities are:
biindy York—Fifty-two dead, 100
Chi
eight opee, Mass.—Thirty-five dead,
Hartsriously ill.
f!i@tt sford Conn.—Thirteen dead,
Hoheriously ill.
&eno/>' 0 l {e > Mass.—Six dead, seven
Cwsly ill.
Miicago—Four dead, six ill.
* N. J.—Five dead.
f Springfield, Mass.—Three dead,
)e seriously ill.
. J Cleveland—Fourteen dead, sixteen
ill.
Atlanta—Three dead.
Syracuse, N. Y.—Two dead.
Warren, Pa.—Two dead.
Richmond, Va.—Two dead.
The deaths in Neva York, Cleve
lad, Syracuse, Richmond and Atlan
ta cover the entire period of prohi
bition. Those in the other cities oc
curred in the last few days. Three
©f tie fourtee* in Cleveland and one
of the three in Atlanta resulted dur
ing the! holidays.
Federal officials were co-operating
with state and city authorities to ar
rest those) responsible for manufac
ture and distribution of the poisoned
liquor. Three men in Chicopee Falls
were . held on charges of manslaugh
ter. The whiskey sent into New Eng
land was believed Lo have been man
ufactured in New York. The author
ities also were warning the public
against purchasing liquor from
“bootleggers." ■
In Washington, officials -of the fn
ternal revenue bureau said that con
gress may be asked for additional re
strictive legislation to meet the
present situation resulting from sale
of wood alcohol.
New York, Dec. 27.—Federal
agents, health authorities and police
in raany cities in the east were stirred
C\tn action today against traffic in
■ Giskey” made from wood alcohol,
•• /Yling the wave of death and
? Ljfiess from this cause in Massa
| jptts and Connecticut. The death
| /of victims of Christmas “cheer”
nhese state s totalled more than
| /rty early toady. Officials declared
| / probable that unreported cases by
?}he score exist from coast to coast.
general warning has been issued
There by agencies co-operating in the
Tfight, telling the public of the danger
(lurking in anything that passes for
I whiskey.
ROCKEFELLER GAVE
$100,000,000 TO SCHOOLS
MONEY WILL BE USED TO PRO
MOTE MEDICAL RESEARCH
AND HELP PAY SALARY OF
COLLEGE PROFESSORS
New .York.—John D. Rockefeller
today gave to mankind a Christmas
present of $100,000,000— half to the
general education board to raise the
salaries of college professors, and
half td the Rockefeller Foundation,
to aid in it s work of combating dis
ease through improvement of medi
cal education, public health adminis
tration and scientific research It is
estimated that Mr. Rockefellers pub
lic gifts now approximate $450,000,-
000.
While leaving to the general edu
cation board the task of selecting the
colleges which shall receive awards
for their teach ng staffs and -be
amount each is to receive, Mr. Rock
efeller urged that the principal as
well as the income be used as
promptly and largely as may seem
w’se.”
The trustees of the Rockefeller
Foundation also are authorized to
utilize both the principal and -income
of their gift, in connection with
which Mr. Recefeller added that if
the board “should see fit to use any
part of thi s new gift in promoting
medical education in Canada, such
action would meet my cordial ap
proval.”
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS
FAIR ASSOCIATION TO
MEET ON JANUARY 10
OFFICERS WILL BE ELECTED
AND DATE SET FOR THE 1920
FAIR. FULL ATTENDANCE IS
REQUESTED
To elect officers, set a date for the
1920 fair and transact other nesces
sary business, a meeting of the
stockholders of the Butts County
Fair Association ha g been called
for Saturday, Jan. 10, at 10 o’clock
in the court house.
President S. J. Foster is anxious
that there be a full attendance of
stockholders at that meeting.
It is likely that the date of the fair
thi s fall will be somewhere about the
first of November. The dates for
the Southeastern fair in Atlanta
and Hie state fair in Macon have
already been fixed. A date that will
not conflict with these larger fairs
will probably be arranged.
As soon as new officers and direc
tors are elected it is planned to be
gin work immediately on the Butts
county Fair. The premium list will
be put out earlier than usual and
everything posible will be done to
give Butts county the .greatest fair
in its history.
1920 TO WITNESS
MANY ELECTIONS
POLITICAL POT WILL BOIL EAR
LY AND LATE, BEGINNING
WITH COUNTY OFFICERS AND
INCLUDING PRESIDENT
The year 1920 will be a year of
elections, including every officer
from President down to bailiff. With
the advent of the new year polities
in Butt s county will begin in ear
nest.
Indications point to a large num
ber of candidates for the various
offices. Possibly the largest num
ber will seek the office of tax collec.
tor, an office that is very desirable
from the standpoint of renumera
tion. Thi s > s regarded as the best
paying office in the county. •.
It is understood there will be sev
eral candidates for tax receiver.
*F6r sheriff it is reported .that
Sheriff Lavender, who i s serving his
first term,will be opposed by Lieut. W.
D. Pope, a veteran of the world war
and former chief of police of Jack
son.
Mr. Hugh Mallet, county superin
tendent of schools, state s that he
will not be a candidate for re-elec
tion. He has held the office for the
full term and part of the unexpired
term of the late C. S. Maddox. It
is not known now who will run to
succeed Mr. Mallet.
So far as Judge J. . Ham,
Ordinary, and Clerk of Court S. J.
Foster, have no announced opponents.
It remains to be seen if they will
be opposed for re-election.
The office of treasurer will prob
ably bring out several candidates.
The office is now on salary basis.
Other offices to be filled include
county surveyor and coroner.
County Commissioner J. O. Gas
ton is the only officer in the county
v/ho will not have to stand for re
election this year. He wtg elected
in 1918 for a term of four years and
has three more years to serve.
So far as known there are no can
didates for representative. Whether
Col. J. T. Moore will stand for an
other term is not known.
Thi s is Butts county’s time, under
the rotation system, to furnish the
state senator from the twenty-sixth
district. Just w.ho will contest for
thi s prize must develop later.
Citizens of the county who have
expressed themselves on the mat
ter are in favor of an early pri
may. Many vant the primary held
in March. There are so many elec
tions this year that it is thought
advisable to have a n early county
primary in order to get ready for
the other electmns that will follow.
The state primary will probably be
held about August. As soon a s the
state primary i s out of the way the
national election will be held. The
last election of the year will be for
bailiff on the first Saturday in De
cember.
BROKERAGE ADDED TO LINE
OF J. H. CARMICHAEL & CO.
The firm of J. H. armichael & Cos.,
dealers in cotton, have added a brok
erage line, and will, in’*addition to
handling cotton, carry on a general
merchandise business. This will be
quite an addition to the firm and
will also add prestige to Jackson’s
reputation as a commercial center.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY JANUARY 2, 1920
A COUNTY HIGH
SCHOOL FAVORED
APPROPRIATIONS CAN BE SE
SECURED FROM STATE AND
GOVERNMENT. WILL FILL ED
UCATIONAL NEEDS OF COUNTY
The suggestion of a county high
school in Jackson has been widely in
dorsed by many of the leading cit
izens of the eounty. This movement,
it is expected, will assume definite
shape during the present year.
The advantages of a county high
school are many and nothing would
do moi - e to promote the educational
progress of the~ entire county. It
would give BBut s county the kind
of school system needed, a school
large enough to train boys and girls
of the county and prepare them to
enter the leading collegesof the coun
try. By conforming to the standards
set by the state, a county high school
would draw financial support from
the state. To conform to the Smith-
Lever act by teaching agriculture,
an appropriation from the federal
government could bu secured. By
i adding an industrial department a
further appropriaton would be given
the school. These gifts from the
state and government, in addition to
the money already raised through
taxation would insure adequate
financial support.
It is planned to have a mass meet
ing of the citizens of Butt s county
a little later and formally launch
thi s institution. The support and
co-operation of everybody is reques
ted.
The city of Jackson and the county
of Butts, though they are receiving
more money for school purposes,
are not making the educational prog
ress they should make. The vital
thing lacking is a large and modern
schoo building equipped with all the
latest appliances for training the
youth of the county.
There is no better time to put
thi s county high school over than
during the year 1920.
BUTTS COUNTY HAD
747 CARS LAST YEAR
ONE AUTOMOBILE FOR EVERY
18 PERSONS IN COUNTY. 747
LICENSE TAGS SOLD IN BUTTS
COUNTY LAST YEAR
Butts county leads the state in
the number of automobile owners
per capita. The records show that
there is an automobile in Butts coun
ty for every 18 persons. While some
of the larger cpuntie 3 have a great
many more cars than Butts county,
yet considering the population this
county leads the entire state with
747 cal’s.
During the year 1919 747 li
cense tags were issued to Butts coun
ty citizens. Fulton county lead with
15,980, followed by Chatham with
4,320, Bibb with 3,630, and Rich
mond with 2,973.
Towns and Union countries have
but 10 automobiles each, the rec
ords show.
The number of liscense issued
for automobiles in the counties of
the sixth district follows:
Bibb 3,635
Butts 747
Clayton -- 535
Crawford
Fayette- ---- , .
Henry 1,254
Jonesl- -405
Jasper. r —>. 639
Monroe . ---' 780
Pike - L 127
Spalding 1,177
Upson* 685
EARLY MORNING BLAZE
SUMMONED FIRE FIGHTERS
Fire at Empire Buggy Company
Early Saturday Morning
A short circuit on the motor at the
Empire Buggy Company started a
fire about 6 o’clock Saturday morn
ing that summoned the Jackson fire
department. Employees of the com
pany were just going to work when
the fire was detected and the alarm
turned in.
The fire destroyed a five horse
power motor and burned a hole in
the floor. The damage was estimated
at about S4OO by officials of the
company.
But for the prompt detection of
the blaze and the ready response of
the fire department a serious fire
might have resulted. m
The high cost of living has only
served to stimulate marriages
throughout the country. Dan Cupid
has just closed a busy year.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO
OPEN NEXT MONDAY
NEW ATTENDANCE RECORD IS
LIKELY TO BE ESTABLISHED.
PUPILS MUST HAVE CERTIFI
CATES FOR SPRING TERM
The spring term of the Jackson
public schools will open on Monday,
January 5.
An entrance fee of one dollar
will be charged for the spring term.
The nescessary blanks have printed
and may be obtained upon payment
of the fee to City Clerk J. A. Mc-
Michael.
The short holiday vacation enjoyed
by teacher s and pupils has been a
season of rest and l’eereation and
all will return to work with renew
ed determination to do better work
during the spring months. Most of
the teachers who s pent the holidays
at their home s will return to Jack
son the last of this week and be on
hand for the openng of school at
the usual hour Monday.
It i s expected that the attendance
mark set last fall will be passed
this spring. Never before has the
school had so large an enrollment
and attendance as that registered
during the fall of 1919.
GOVERNOR DORSEY
WILL SPEAK HERE
WILL SPEAK TO BUTTS COUNTY
CITIZENS ON COTTON BANK.
STOCK IN NEW BANK WILL BE
SOLD DURING THE SPRING
Governor Hugh M. Dorsey Will de
liver an address in the court house
ip Jackson on Tuesday, January 27,
at/ 10 o’clock, in the interest of the
Cotton Bank & Trust Corporation.
This company was formed at a
meeting held in Atlanta several weeks
ago and presided over by Governor
Dorsey who has taken a leading part
in the institution. The purpose of
the company is to finance the cot
ton crop of the South and give aid
to tjie faimer 3 in rparketing other
crops.
Governor Dorsey is thoroughly fa
miliar with the details of the orpan
ization and in hi s - speech here will
explain the plans and purposes of the
company. He ha s given a good deal
of his time Recently to the enterprise,
and is now engaged in a speaking
campaign over the state.
The new bank will have a capitul
stock of $2,100,000,000 and a sur
plus of $525,000,000.’ Butt* county
ha s been alloted 160 shares of the
par value of $125 each, making
$20,000 in all. Stock is divided
among the counties on the basis of
the number of bale g of cotton raised
in each county in the season of 1909-
10.
It i s predicted that a large number
of farmers and business men will
be present to listen to the governor’s
addres s here on the 27.
SUGAR PRICE RISES SIX CENTS
New Cuban Crop Will Sell for 15'js
Cent* a Pound Wholea!e.
New York, December.—A whole
sale price of 15.20 cent s a pound,
les s two per cent for cash, was an
nounced here today by B. H. How
ell Son & Company, as the first quo
tation for granulated sugar refined
from the new crop of raw* Cuban su
gar. This contrasts with a price of
nine cents a pound, less two per cent
for cash for granulated from the
old Cuban crop, and was said to in
dicate a retail price of between 17
and 18 cents a pound. i "
The price announced was said to
have been based on the average cost
of th Howell company's purchase of
December raw plus a fair refining
margin and profit. About 10,000
barrels a day may be available for
sale, it was added. This wa s said to
represent the output of the Nation
al Sugar Refining Company and' to
indicae that its refinerie s have suffi
cient raw sugar on hand to oper
ate at nearly two-thirds capacity at
present.
MR. WATTS TO MANAGE
THE DINKLER HOTEL
Mr. J. Mote Watts left Saturday
night for Macon where he will man
age the Dinkier Hotel until the sea
son opens at Indian Springs. Then
he will return to manage the Wig
wam. The Dinkier was recently pur
chased by E. G. Jacobs, one of the
owner* of the Wigwam. Mr. Watts
is one of the best known hotel men
in the state and his friends predict |
that he will make a great success
of the Dinkier Hotel. e
CHRISTMAS WAS
SANE AND SAFE
HOLIDAY SEASON PASSED IN
r > rrr, county without any
DISORDER. BUSINESS HOUSES
WERE CLOSED
One of the most quiet and orderly
celebrations in the history of Butts
county marked the 1919 holiday sea
son here. So far inquiries have fail
ed to find a single case of trouble or
disorder throughout the entire coun
ty. Christma s day was safe, sane
and orderly. There was almost a to
tal absence of drinking and drunken,
nees and prohibition seemed to have
prohibited considerably on this oc
casion.
All. business houses in Jackson
were closed for the day. The rural
carriers made thier rounds as usual,
however, and the post office observed
Sunday houra.
Possibly the greatest volume - of
business in the history of the county
v.ras. done. just before the holidays.
The town wa 3 thronged with busy
shoppers Monday, Tuesday and Wed
nesday, and local stocks were pretty
well sold out. Santa Clau s would
have had a hard time filling hi s pack
the day after l Christmas so complete
ly were stocks exhausted. Business
men were delighted with the holiday
trade.
The weather was ideal and a more
perfect day could not have been
found on the entire calender.. From
ice and frost in the morning to a
mild temperature later in the day,
it gave motorists a fine opportunity
for riding.
Everybody seem s to have had just
the sort of Christinas they desired,
and the kiddie s in particular were
made glad by Santa Claus’ timely
arrival.
TWO BANKS DECLARE
DIVIDEND 4 PER CENT
GOOD YEAR ENJOYED BY JACK
SON NATIONAL AND JACKSON
BANKING COMPANY. BONUS
GIVEN TO THE EMPLOYEES
The Jackson National Bank and the.
Jackson Bunking Company, which
have just closed the most success
ful yeat in their whole history, de
clared a semi-annuul dividend of 4
per cent, payable January 1. THU
action was taken at- thr ’.eccmber
mating of the d.rectors and the
checks were mailed out in time to be
in the hand s of the stockholders by
the first day of the year. *
In addition to the semi-annual
dividend of 4 per cent, which added
to. the dividend of 4 per cent paid
in June, making 8 per cent for the
yeur, both of these institutions car
ried a substantial balance to the un
divided profits account. Officials of
these banks declared the year 1919
was in every way the greatest ever
experienced.
In appreciation of the faithful and
efficient work of the employees, the
directors voted a substantial bonus
to each of the men connected wih
he bank. This extra compensation,
it need hardly be said, was very
rrtuch appreciated by the employees
of the banks.
These two bank s will have their
annual stockholder* meeting on the
first Tuesday in January. At that
time officers and directors will be
elected and other business matters
transacted.
FEDERAL NARCOTIC OFFICER
WAS VISITOR IN JACKSON
Here Checkinf Up Supply of Drug*
of Phy ; cians and Firm*.
Dr. George D. Case, of Milledge
ville, F'ederal narcotic inspector for
Georgia, wa s .an off icial visitor in
Jackson th epaxt week. He came here
to inspect the supply of narcotics of
physician* and druggists.
Under the Harrison anti-narcotic
law, illegal traffic in harmful drugs
is a severe penalty.
LITTLE FOLKS WERE GIVEN
CHRISTMAS TREE DEC. 23
Present* Awarded and Short Prog
ram Made Occasion Enjoyable
The primary grades of the Jack
son Methodist Sunday school were
given a Christmas tree at the church
on the afternoon of Dec. 23. The
tree was most attractively arranged
and Santa Clau g remembered each
of the little folks with an appropriate
gift- * Jtfm
A short program was carried out
and thi 8 together with the dispen
, sing of gifts for the tots made the
occasion a most enjoyable one.
■■
MAKE 1920
A YEAR OF
| COMMUNITY GROWTH
f
$2.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
CHRISTMAS MAIL
BROKE ALL RECORDS
OFFICIALS ESTIMATE MAIL WAS
ONE THIRD GREATER THAN
ANY PREVIOUS SEASON. VAST
VOLtJME HANDLED HERE
That the Christmhg mail the 'past
season was the heaviest in‘the his
tory of the Jacksoq office, was the
statement of officials. They estimat
ed that the volume of mail handled
during the holidays was about a third
heavier than that of any previous
Christmas. There was not much dif
ference in the volume of mail re
ceived and dispatched. The parcel
post mail wn s particularly heavy, and
post, cards world without end v*ero
received and sent.
BUTTS COUNTY GINNING
WAS. 15,166 BALES DEC. 13
The census bureau report, shows
that Butts county had ginned lf>, 1 06
bales of cotton prior to December i,SL
a s compared with 15,118 hales the
same date in 1918. This .ig a gain of
48 bales over the preceding year,
showing that there is not much dif
ference the numbef of bales ginned
for the two yeurs.
Total ginnings iit 1918 amounted
to 17,020 bale s and the county is still
short of these figures by about
1,800 bales.
CITY PRIMARY
WAS VERY QUIET
MAYOR WATKINS AND OLD
COUNCIL ELECTED WITHOUT
OPPOSITION. BEW CHANGES
IN OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR
In one of the quietest
held in Jackson in many years, city
officers were nominated in the pri
mary Monday. >
There va no oppoaitin for any of
the offices, and only a few changes
will .be noted in the jflri-sonuel of
men who will serve the city for
the ensuing yeur. Mr. G. E; Mallet
was elected a member of council
from the first ward, succeeding Mr.
W. H. Mallet who ia out of the city
for the present. With this exception
there was no change in the old ad
ministration.
Mr. R. P. Sasnett was elected as
chairman of the board of education,
“iieceedlng Mr. J. 11. Carmichael
who declined to stand for re-elec
tion. Mr.- R. L. Carter was made a
member of the r-hool trustees from
the second ward. There was npirther
change in the board of edtuqr \
Members of the executive com
mittee remain the same, with the
exception that Mr. R. P. Newton
was .elected from the third ward to
succeed Mr. H. J. Miller who has
moved into the second ward.
The annual election will be held
on Wednesday, January 7, when
nominees will be duly elected to
serve the city fotf another twelve
months.
The full list of nominee,, are a>
follows:
For Mayor, W. 13. Water's-
For Aldermen, Ist Wurd,G- FI.
Mallet; 2nd Ward, J. L. Bailey;
3rd Ward, J. B. Settle; 4th Ward,
C. M. Kimbell.
School trustees, from at huge,
R. P. Sasnett; from first ward, J. M.
Currie; second v.ird, R. L. Carter;
third ward, A. T. ButtriH;^fourth
ward, C. M. Compton,
Executive committee, from city
at large, H. L. Daughtry; lust
ward!!. O. Ball; second ward, T. A.
Nutt; third ward, R. P. Newton;
fourth ward, if. R. Slaton.
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR HaD
CHRISTMAS OBSERVANCE
ASSEMBLED IN ASYLUM CHRIST
MAS DAY AND DRANK TOASTS
TO HIGH OFFICERS. J. K.*ORR
HEADS ORDER IN U.
More than.*!f*ual into rest attar bed
to tlm. 'Thristmat, "Mf/i-vanee of
Kn ights Templar in (leorgktftbi: r'vear
froim the fact that a Georgian, Hon.
Joseph Kyle On- of Atlanta, * llliy
tri >ua Grand Master In fch<v- Cukcd
Sti.tes. Members of Alexius, Corn
man.de ry of Jackson met in G.fir
asy >um at 11 o’clock Christinas d-iy
anr drank toasts to
Or and to Grand Commander A* C.
t vkjns of the Grand Commandery of
Georgia. There was a good atten
dance of the members and the beau
tiful and impressive service was
[greatly eajayed.