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JACKSON NEEDS
A COUNTY
HIGH SCHOOL
VttL. 48—NO. 6
PRISON BOARD
WAS ENJOINED
BUTTS COUNTY MAKES ISSUE
OF AWARD OF CONVICTS ON
| BASIS OF STREETS FIGURED
' AS PUBLIC ROAD MILEAGE
Butts county, through its Com
missioner of Roads and Revenues.
J. 0. Gaston, has brought a petition
seeking to enjoin the Georgia Pris
on Commission from distributing fe
lony convicts on the basi s of streets,
avenues and alley s in cities, towns
and villages, computed as road mil
eage. The petition wa s presented
to Judge W. E. H. Searcy, Jr., of
the Flint circuit in Griffin Satur
day. Cols. W. E. Watkins and J. T.
Moore represent the plaintiff.
Under the law enacted in 1915
it was left to the Prison Commission
<o determine the apportionment of
convicts amng the several coun
ties of the state. The act provides:
“The proportion of convicts which
each county shall be entitled to af
ter Dec. 31, 1916, shall be ascer
tained by the Prison Commission on
the following bases, to wit: All the
fcnvicts available and to be awarded
'to, and to be appotioned among the
counties for use or work n the pub
lic roads, bi’idges or other public
works, shall be apportioned among
said counties on the basis of the to
tal number of mile s in length of
all public roads existing in said coun
ty on Jan. 1, 1916, which mileage
is-to be ascertained by the Prison
Commission.” Petitioner alleges that
thi s is now the existing law in ap
portioning said convicts.
The law was interpreted by the
Prison Commission a s above set
forth. Fulton county, however, act
ing through it s county commission
ers brought injunction proceedings
against the Prison Commission, al
leging that the above basi s of ap
portionment wa s wrong and that in
computing road mileage city streets
and avenues should be measured.
The decision of Judge Pendleton,
who heard the action, was allowed
to stand, and the Prison Commis
sion was preparing to apportion the
convicts on the basi s of city and
town streets counted as road mil
eage.
The plaintiff allege s further that
Judge Pendleton was without jur
isdiction in the matter, in view of
the fact that neither of the mem
bers of the Prison Commission re
sided in Fulton county. The peti
tion recites that the residence of
T?he members of the Prison Commis
sion are as follows: Judge T. E.
Patterson, in Spalding county, E.
L. Rainey, in Terrell county, and R.
E. Davison, in Greene county. The
action is directed against the mem
bers of the Prison Commission in
the counties of their residence.
It is sot out in the petition that
the proposed basis of appor
tionment would work serious hurt
to the small rural countie s of the
state, and that the plaintiff would
have to do away with its convict
camp entirely. It is also alleged
that the new law would give the
Srge city counties the majority of
the felony convicts and rob the
smaller rural counties of their just
apportionment of penal labor.
It i s recited, by way of illus
tration, that Fulton county returns
as rural mileage to the Secretary
* State for the purpose of partic
ng in the distribution of auto
uile tax money les s than five hun
.ed miles, but for the purpose of
securing convicts by counting streets
avenues and alley s that county has
five thousand miles, or approximate
ly ten times a s many miles of
streets, alleys and avenues as it has
rural road mileage.
It ig alleged that the rural road
mileage returned to the Secretary of
State for the distribution of auto
mobile taxes is approximately 80,-
000, whereas for distribution of con
victs by counting streets, avenues
and alleys of cities and villages it
will probably reach or exceed 100.-
000 miles.
Bringing of this action will be of
state interest. Many of the
smal 1 rural counties are- in tne same
condition as Butts and stand to lose
their convict camps if the new ba
sis of apportionment i s caried put.
That Butts county will have the
moral and financial help of many
other rural caus es in fighting the
proposed order is assured. T'u case,
it is understood, will be fought vig
orously thrugu ail the courts ann
will finally find it 3 way to th; legis
lature at the coming summer ses
sion. . .
THE JACKSON PROCRESS-ARCUS
AMERICANS TO BUILD
STATUE NEAR MARNE
Colossal Gift Will Commemorate
France’s Victorious Stand
NEW YORK.—In commemora
tion of the victorious stand of the
French on the River Marne in 1914,
a colossal stone statue, one of the
largest of the_ world’s sculptured
monuments, will be placed there by
American citizens, according to
plans, announced last night by Thom
asW. Lamont of J. P. Morgan & Cos.,
Chairman of a committee of repre
sentative Americang who have the
project In hand.
The exact location of the statue
has hot been determined, but it
will be at a spot near the little
town of Meaux, which formed the
high water mark of the German ad
vance in 1914. Marshal Joffre and
Marshal Foch will together fix upon
the exact location. The erection of
the memorial has received the offi
cial sanction of the French Govern
ment.
Frederick MacMonnie s ha s been
selected as the sculptor. It is ex
pected the monument will cost $250,-
000, which, v,:ll be raised by a free
will offering of citizens in all parts
of the country.
GOVERNMENT R. R.
LOSS $700,000,000
CONTROL OF RAIL SYSTEMS
HAS PROVED COSTLY TO UN
CLE SAM. COAL STRIKE IS
BLAMED FOR HUGE DEFICIT
WASHINGTON.—Operation of the
railroads, Pullman lines, express
companies and waterv;ay s unified
under federal control, has cost the
nation approximately $700,000,000,
according to official calculation,
since they were taken over two years
ago.
Figures made public by the rail
road administration last night re
vealed a net loss of $594,200,000
from railroad operation alone in the
two-year period. Statistics gathered
from official sources as to opera
ting costs of the Pullman lines and
waterways and express companies
while operated by the government,
shows the addition of $100,000,000
to the transportation costs.
Heavy losse s of November and
December are charged to the coal
strike in a statement by the rail
road administration. A deficit of
$111,500,000 was shown for those
two months after the two months
proportion of the annual rental was
paid. December revenues were said
to be about $12,700,000 above ac
tual operating expenses, while the
revenues for November, according to
interstate commerce commission fig
ures, exceeded actual operating ex
penses by approximately $19,000,-
000. The monthly share of the an
nual renfal has been computed gen
erally at $75,000,000.
MR. J. A. McCLURE HAS
A CARD TO THE VOTERS
To the Voters of Butts County:
I take this method to notify the
public why I am not in the race
for deputy sheriff with W. F. Lav
ended, for I appreciate the support
of your suffrage you gave ug in
1819. And I have no reason why
I should not be with Mr. Lavender
this time, except that I am in busi
ness and I will not have any time
to give to the work. I hope my
friendg will be a s true to Mr. Laven
der as if I v..as in the race
with him. Nothing has occurred be
tween Lavender and myself but
what has been in harmony so far as
I know. Your g truly,
J. A. McCLURE
ACCRUED INTEREST ON LOANS
TO EUROPE NOW $325,000,000
Collection _of _lntoret .Deferred
Pending Reconstruction
WASHINGTON-—Accrued interest
on loans to European countrie B to
tals approximately $325,000,000, ac
cording to a table submitted today
to the House Ways and Means Com
mittee by the Treasury Department,
which plan s to defer collection for
a few years pending reconstruction.
Great Britain owes the most in
terest, the total on loans to that
country being $144,440,837. Inter
est owed by other countries is:
France, $94,021,749; Italy, $54,-
256,589; Russia, $16,832,662; Bel
gium, $11,465,278; Czecho-Slovakia,
$1,667,083; Serbia, $917,289; Rou
mania, $609,873 and Liberia, $548.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY FEBRUARY, 6, 1920
PREDICT SHORT .
CROP OF COTTON
HEAD OF AMERICAN COTTON
. ASSOCIATION SAYS 1920 CROP
WILL FALL SHORT OF THE
WORLD’S NEEDS
That the 1920 cotton crop will be
the shortest is five years, and that
a world shortage of the staple will
cause much higher prices, were
forecasts made Saturday in Atlan
ta by J. S. Wannamaker, president
of the American Cotton associa
tion.
Mr. Wannamaker gave out the
following statement regarding
crop conditions:
“A s a result of a thorough inves
tigation by our experts, we find
that conditions point clearly to an
other short crop. In fact, even
with ideal conditions from now on
the crop will be the shortest in five
years. Labor is extremely short,
having been attracted to other lines
of industry by the prevailing high
wages. Long, continuous and record
breaking rain s throughout the en
tire v;?stern part of the belt have
prevented any preparation whatever
for planting the crop. Under these
conditions it will be absolutely im
possible to cultivate ev
en as large an acreage a s was
planted last year.
“Until the peace treaty i s signed,
Germany, Austria and other coun
tries are entirely closed out f-om
the cotton market. Asa result, cer
tain of the spinners, especially some
in Europe, are reaping a golden
harvest. Large who sold
an enormous amount of cotton at
far lower prices than those prevail
ing today realize the situation and
are quietly covering their commit
ments and shouldering enormous los
ses. The European manufacturer, a
scientific business man thoroughly
posted on the situation, is buying
cotton and preparing to meet a
world shortage in raw material.
“With a world-wide demand fqr
the manufactured product, with the
mills making unthinkable profits, with
the supply entirely inadequate to
the demand, with the absolute cer
tainty of a very short crop, the law
of supply and demand will grind to
powder the parasites of the cotton
industry who have long manipula
ted the market and prevented the
law of supply and demand from
functioning.
“Much higher price s are an ab
solute certainty. Before the 1920
crop becomes available, good grades
of cotton will have vanished like
snow before a July sun, and there
will be a demand for any grade of
cotton that is possible to spin.
“My advice to farmers i s this:
Plant food and feed crops, and
plant only such cotton as can be cul.
tivated and gathered under adverse
conditions. Hold your spot cotton
for fair price, based upon the price
of the manufactured product.”
WILL HEAR CASE
ON FEBRUARY 14
JUDGE SEARCY GRANTED TEM
• PORARY RESTRAINING ORD
ER. CASE HAS ATTRACTED
WIDE INTEREST OVER STATE
Judge W. E. H. Searcy, Jr., who
heard the petition of Butts county
against the Prison Commission, seek
ing to restrain the board from
awarding felony convicts on the
basis of city and town streets fig
ured as public road mileage, grant
ed a temporary injunction and
made the case returnable Feb. 14 in
Griffin.
The petition was presented by Col.
J. T. Moore, who is associated with
Col. W. E. Watkins, as attorney for
the plaintiff.
Granting of the temporary in
junction ha g created wide interest
over the state. The Prison Commis
sion is restrained from making dis
tribution of the penal labor until
the case is adjudicated.
BUTTS COUNTY HAD GINNED
15,751 BALES TO JAN. 16
Prior to January 16 Butt g coun
ty had ginned 15,761 bales of cot
ton, a s compared with 16,128 the
same date the year previous, a de
crease of 367 bales. Indications are
now that the county will produce a
crop of about 16,000 bales for the
season of 1919-20. The crop of 19-
18-19 was 17,020 bale E and the
last report shows the county to be 1
1,259 bales short of that mark.
GALLON KITCHEN STILL
NEWEST CONTRIVANCE
Prohi Officer Says Thriving Business
Carried On
NEW YORK.—The one-gallon
“kitchen still” is the newest anti
prohibition contrivance to make its
appearance in New York, accord
ing to J. J. Shelvin, prohibition en
forcement officer. He declared last
night that a manufacturer, who has
been identified, carrying on a thriv
ing business in the sale of the de
vice at $6 apiece. In raids through
out the city today many of these
small stills were siezed. This was
the first intimation the agent s had
of the plan to install whiskey-mak
ing apparatus in homes on a wide
scale.
The “kitchen still’ is a large tin
pan, similar to those used in res
taurants for baking rice and bread
puddings, he said. A high bulging
cover of tin has been sordered over
it and a rubber tube leads from the
large pan. Inside of thi s i g a small
tiny “worm,” the size of a pencil.
From the small pan also run s a rub
ber tube.
“Give it mash that will produce
whiskey,” remarked an agent, “and
the tin pan will do its part.”
BIG DEFICIT SEEN IN
BURLESON’S REGIME
Charged That Po*t Office Is Behind
$35,000,000 in Seven Years
WASHINGTON.—A net deficit
of $35,000,000 in the Post Office
Department during the seven years
of Postmaster General Burleson's
incumbency is charged by Chair
man Steenerson of the House Com
mittee of Post Offices and Post
Roads.
The deficit i s the result of a de
cision by the Interstate Commerce
Commission that he railroads should
recover 1 a total of about $70,000,000
because of underpayment for carry
ing the mails since the space plan
wa s inaugurated by Mr. Burleson.
“This,” said Mr. Steenerson, “for
the seven years of his administra
tion leaves a net deficit instead of
a surplug of $35,000,000.”
The rate increase s allowed by the
Interstate Commerce Commission,
Mr. Steenerson said, raised the
rate s between 25 and 30 per cent
for the period between Nov. 1, 1916,
and Jan. 1, 1918, and 25 per cent
additional increase since Jan. 1,
1918. The estimated to be
due the railroads for the first period
named i s $17,000,000 and in the
second period about $53,000,000.
Mr. Steenerson said the Postmas
ter General claimed that there were
deficits of $59,072,909.96 during the
seven years preceding his adminis
tration but that in the seven years
since a surplus of $35,188,879 has
resulted.
The Postmaster General i s criti
cised by the Chairman of the House
committee for preventing the pub
lication of bureau reports. “These
bureau reports,” he said, “were real
ly annals regarding the progress of
the postal service and the statisti
cal table B were generally free from
any juggling, so that the student
could find facts and not fiction. The
publication of these reports was
discontinued in (1917, 'and since
then the only source of information
we have i 8 the summary of the
Postmaster General. I fear that if
the example of the Post Office De
partment is followed by other de
partments the permanancy of our
institutions is in danger.”
Asked about the statement of Mr.
Steenerson, the Postmaster General
said tonight he didn’t care any
thing about what Mr. Steenerson
said.
SATURDAY BUSY DAY FOR
ALL THE CANDIDATES
Politicians Wert in Town in Full
Force Then
Saturday proved a big day for
the candidates, most of whom were
in town mingling vit>h the voters,
shaking hands, presenting their
claims for election and building up
their fences for the primary on
March 5. The first part of the past
week the weather prevented the
candidates from making an active
canvass. However, they made up
in large part for lost time by put
ting ip a good day Saturday,
STATE DEMOCRATS
MEET ON FRIDAY
DATE FOR PRIMARY AND OTH
ER MATTERS WILL BE CON
SIDERED. JUDGE J. J. FLYNT
HAS ISSUED CALL FOR MEET
The meeting of tKe State Demo
o via tie Exeautive 'Comniittee, of
which Hon. J. J. Flynt, of Griffin,
i s chairman, will be held in Atlanta
Friday, Feb. 6.
It i s expected that the committee
will set a date for the state primary,
which will likely be sometime in
August, following the adjournment
of the general assembly. In addi
tion other busines s will be tran
sacted at that meeting.
The sessions will be held at the
Kimball House and a large atten
dance will no doubt be registered.
NAP COST LATE SLEEPER
THE SNUG SUM OF S7OO
That Wa s Experience of New York
Millionaire
THOMASVILLE, Ga.—Nobody
like s to rise these mornings in time
to take a train leaving at 6:30
and that by Central time, when it
it isn’t even good daylight. Very
few, however, would spend S7OO or
SBOO just to sleep a few hours later,
but thi s ' s what Sidney E. Hutchin
son, one of the wealthy winter res
idents, did today. Hf? hired a spec
ial train to take him and hi s party
at 10:30 instead of taking the regu
lar train leaving at (T:3O o’clock.
This special took Mr. Hutchinson
and hi s party as far as Jesup, where
they connected with one of the
fast trains from Florida to New.
York. Mr. Hutchiason owns several
thousand acre s of mnd below Thom
asville and ha s been entertaining a
hunting party at his lodge.
117 MILLION DOLLARS ARE
WILLED TO THE PUBLIC
Henry Frick Leaves Large Sums to
Widow and Children, Too.
PITTSBURG, Pa.—Late details
regarding thq will of the late Henry
Clay Frick show he gave to his
daughter, Helen C., over $22,000,-
000; to his only son, Childs, $3,000,-
000, $2,000,000 of which is placed
in trust. His daughter-in-law gets
$2,000,000 in trust. The widow is
to have the use of the mansion in
New York and the summer home at
Pride’s Crossing, Mass., during her
lifetime, but at her death they go
to the daughter; George Despres,
the chauffer, gets $20,000.
The bequests to the public will
total $117,000,000
A PREFERENTIAL
PRIMARY URGED
J. H. MILLS WANTS PEOPLE OF
STATE TO EXPRESS THEM
SELVES ON CANDIDATES FOR
PRESIDENT. PLAN ENDORSED
In an interview driven out Sunday,
Hon. J. H. Mills, state president -of
the Farmers’ Union, urges the State
Executive Committee to provide for
a preferential primary for presi
dent. Mr. Mills recites the fact that
he has recently travelled all over the
state and that the people are in fav.
or of a preferential primary.
The first and last presidential
primary held in Georgia was eight
year s a %° when Woodrow Wilson
and Oscar Underwood were candi
dates for president. Underwood car
ried the state by a Rood majority but
failed to receive the nomination at
Baltimore. Four year g ago when
President Wilson was unopposed in
hi g own party for re-election no
preferential primary was necessary.
In case the committee decide 8 to
call a primary in which voters of
Georgia may express their choice
for president, it will pbobably be
held some time in the spring, as the
convention will be held in San Fran
cisco on June 28.
JUDGE SEARCY HOLDING
COURT IN ATLANTA
Owing to the crowded calendar of
the superior courts of Atlanta,
Judge W. E. H. Searcy, Jr., of
Griffin, is holding court in Atlanta
this week.
Let u g have better streeft. If it
takes a tractor to give them to his
let ’er come—or anything else that
will give the town more and better
street work.
MAKE 1920
A YEAR OF
COMMUNITY GROWTH
$2.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
FORMER PASTOR HERE
BURIED AT THOMSON
Mr. Bowden Served Jackson Church
Many Years Ago
The death of Rev. John M. Bow
den, a former pastor of the Jackson
Methodist church, occurred in Hamp
ton, S. C., on Jan. 28. Hi s home
for the past several f'oars had
been in Thomson, Ga., but he passed
away while on a visit to relatives in
Hampton. )
Rev. Mr. Bowden was an active
pastor of the North Georgia Confer
ence for 42 years, serving churcfyfs
in Jackson, Monticello, McDonough,
Forsyth, Senoia, St. Paul’s in Atlan
ta and other places. Ten years ago
he wa s placed on the superanuated
list. He is pleasantly remembered
in Jackson, having served the
church here a good many years ago.
lie was a Confederate veteran,
having answered the call to arms in
1861. He wa a a native of Meriwe
ther county and was 80 years of
age.
He is survived by the following
children: J. Wightman Bowden, of
Atlanta; R. O. Bowden, Hampton,
S. C.; Nolen Bowden, Augusta;
Paul A. Bowden, of Thomsen; Mrs.
J. G. Addy, of Decatur; Mr3. J. L.
Allgood, of Atlanta, and Mrs. Char
les Henderson, of Maysville.
The funeral was held in Thom
son Friday afternoon and interment
was in the Thomson cemetery be
side that of hi 8 wife who preceded
him to the grave several year.s.
SEA ISLAND SELLS
FOR 84C POUND
RECORD PkICES PAID FOR STA
PLE IN SAVANNAH MARKET.
CROP FOR PAST YEAR SHORT
EST IN HISTORY OF COUNTRY
Sea island cotton topped all pre-'
vious records in Savannah yester
day, when trading was reported in
the local market at 84 cents per
pound for fancy grades. Dollar cot
ton if) the talk today on the basis
of this sale, a s the probable limit
for good long staple.
One of the big long stuple factors
of the city stated today he had no
doubt he could find ap 85-cent mar
ket for almost an unlimited quan
tity of strictly fancy sea island.
The demand is very great just now.
The sea island crop i H very short
this year. Normally 60,000 to 80,-
000 bales are ginned. This year pn
ly about 6,000 bales have been
ginned. These figures apply to the
Savannah territory.
A B a result of this very sharp re
duction of crop, buyer 8 are “grab
bing” for remnants wherever they
may be found. The crop is short
because it was not planted.
In peac'e times sea island is used
very extensively in manufacturing
the higher grades of cotton goods,
such as near silks, mercerized mar
terials, etc. At 84 centg per pound
and the market rising, cotton men
estimate the manufactured mater
ials viill command $8 to §lO per
yard, according to grade and pat
tern. * Already manufacturers are
using any other long staple which
may be utilized as a substitute for
sea island.—Savannah Press.
NEGRO WOMAN 123 YEARS
OLD FOUND IN SCHLEY COUNTY
Ig Living With Her Grandson, Who
h 63 Year* of Age.
ELLAVILLE, Ga.—Schley county
is the home of what is believed to
be the oldest human being in Geor
gia. She ig Aunt Francis Stewart, a
negro vman, 123 years of age. She
was. discovered a few days ago by
J. H. Hooks, of LaCrosse, censut
enumerator. She i g living with her
grandson, Tom Stewart, who is 63
year s of age, on the W. L. Reed
farm.
Aunt Frances came to this sec
tion from North Carolina more
years ago than she can remember.
CONGRESS VOTES MONEY
TO COMBAT FLU EPIDEMIC
Sum of $500,000 Hat Been Voted
By Government
The government hde voted an
appropriation of $500,000 to be
used in fighting influenza, which
is sweeping the country again this
season. The disease ha s been re
ported in as many as twenty states.