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LET'S BOOST JACKSON AND BUTTS COUNTY VOL. 49.—N0. 10 STOCKHOLDERS OF POTATO HOUSE TO MEET SATURDAY PLANS WILL BE CONSIDERED TO ENLARGE THE CAPACITY OF BUILDING. DIRECTORS CLOSED TRADE FOR SITE ON COV INGTON STREET. POTATOES WILL BE GROWN ON LARGE SCALE IN BUTTS COUNTY At a meeting of the directors of the Butts County Products Com-, pany Monday afternoon a deal was closed for a site on Covington street. A lot belonging to C. ,M. Kimbell and S. B. Kinard was purchased and the building will be ei’ected on this site. This is considered a de sirable location for the potato house, being convenient to all farmers. To consider the matter of enlarg ing the capacity of the house orig inally planned, there will be a meet ing of the stockholders Saturday af ternoon at 2 o’clock in the court house. It has been found that a curing house of 10,000 bushels ca pacity will not be large enough to take care of all the potatoes that will be grown in the Jackson terri tory. Many of the stockholders want to contract for from 1,000 to 2,000 bushels. It is likely the plant will be constructed so as to store from 15,000 to 20,000 bushels. The presence of all stockholders, about eighty in number, is requested at the meeting Saturday, as there are a number of important business matters to be considered. The con tracts will bo wady at that time and GOOD SHOWING BY KNIGHTS TEMPLAR LOCAL COMMANDERY LAUDED BY INSPECTOR ON CLASS OF WORK DONE. LARGE ATTEN • DANCE FRIDAY NIGHT A splendid showing and one that delighted the inspecting officer was made Friday night by Alexius Com- No. 22, Knights Templar, when the annual inspection was held. About forty Sir Knights were present, members from McDonough and Monticello aiding by their pres ence to occasion an im pressive one. The inspection was conducted by Right Eminent Sir Perry L. ,Black shear, of Atlaffta, Grand Junior Warden of the Grand Commandery of Georgia. He complimented the commandery in warm terms on the class of work done and on the per sonnel of the officet-s and members. His report, he said, will be a flatter ing one for the Jackson comman dery. During; the evening- the Order of the Temple ..was conferred /upon Mr. Alonza Campbell Norman, of Ola. The v.ork was'unusually pretty and impressive and reflected credit upon the officers and members of the commandery. While in the city Sir Knight 3lackshear was entertained by Mr. L*L. Tison, Eminent Commander, a special committee appointed for that purpose. jMr. Blacksehar extended the members of the local commandery a cordial invitation to attend the inspection of Atlanta Commandery on March 10. He also expressed the -wish that a large attendance f-rom eackson be present at the annual meeting of the grand commandery in ’ Macon in May. Several of the Sir Knights present made short talks, Judge H. M. Flet cher, member of the Jurisprudence Committee of the Grand Command ery and Judge W. S. Florence, of Mortt/jcello, being among the num ... ier. SEVERAL CASES MADE FOR RUNNING CARS WITHOUT TAGS Sharp Lookout Being Maintained by County Officer* Sr ce March 1, the last day for l operating a motor vehicle without a 1921 tag, several cases have been made by county officers. A sharp lookout is being maintained by of ficers in an effort to have every body comply with the state law. A statement issued by Secretary of State S. G. McLendon says there will be no extension of time granted Ifin which to buy tags. Cars must i either have 1921 tags or be put in la garage. Bristol county, Mass., with 7,632,- 003 cotton spindles, leads all other counties in the total number. THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS all who will grow potatoes for the curing house can sign* up at that time. Many farmers have bedded their potatoes and others are arranging to order their slips. Butts county is going to embark on the growing of sweet potatoes on a large scale this year. Many farmers w.ho have become disgusted with cotton, at present prices and under bgll wee vil conditions, are going to turn to potatoes. The price to be paid for potatoes this fall was also agreed upon dt the meeting Monday. Growers will Gb given the option of two contracts. The first contract provides for a flat price of 50 cents per bushel at the time of delivery. The second provides for a minimum price of 50 cents per bushel, with the privi lege of obtaining market prices at time of delivery, or the privilege of having the potatoes stored and cured at a maximum charge of 45 cents for the season, the owner to dispose of potatoes as he sees proper. These contracts will be explained more in detail by Mr. Copeland, the general manager. PEPPER TO BE GROWN HERE ON CONTRACT BUTTS COUNTY FARMERS WILL TRY NEW CROP THIS YEAR. PROFITS SAID TO BE MOST ATTRACTIVE The growing of pepper on a com mercial scale will be tried out in Butts county this year. A number of have signed contracts to plant one acre or more, the product to be delivered to Gregory & Son, of Griffin, who wr.ll pay $1.85 per 100 pounds. It is claimed that from 200 to 500 bushels can be produced on an acre. Twenty-seven pounds weigh a bushel and a price of 50 cents per bushel or $1.87 per 100 pounds wrl! be paid for all the pepper grown. The contracts have . already been signed. The Griffin firm does a large and profitable business in growing- and bu5 T ing pepper. Pepper seed are sold on a large scale and other uses are made of the product. The plant of Gregory & £>on at Experiment is one of the largest in this section. Among- those who have signed con tracts to plant and grow. pepper this season are W. J. Bunn, 1 acre; H. H. Greer, 1 acre; R. L. McMichael, 1 acre; W. C. Redman, 2 acres. The variety that will be planted hereis the Ruby King, a sweet va riety of pepper. * If a minimum of 200 bushels are produced to the acre and the pep per is sold at 50c per bushel it will be seen tteit the return wfll be much larger than that received from cotton or other crops in this county. MICKIE SAYS <&raB*ESPCR6 \V> —j j ttf raoasrt*. vj -tw '4owo J i uen tvC ctfVEEt wsujbr. v V -rtf oftcnuua —‘F J \ \xjao W’ \ fcoastws A£, WW) J V 1 -TV? AEA JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 1921 TEACHERS MEETING FULL OF INTEREST SCHOOL PROBLEMS HANDLED BY STATE SUPERVISOR AND TEACHERS. WOMAN’S CLUB SERVED VISITORS LUNCHEON The teachers’ institute conducted in Jackson Friday by Hon. George D. Godard, State School Supervisor, aroused considerable interest among the teachers and patrons and will be the means of injecting new life into educational viork in Butts county. The forenoon was spent in discuss ing school management, compulsory education and discipline. These sub jects were treated in an interesting manner and the discussions that fol lowed proved mutually helpful. In the afternoon a school survey of Butts county was taken up. By means of a chart it was shown just what’ the enrollment was in each of the schools in the county. Some of the schools were found to have en tirely too many pupils for the num ber of teachers employed, and it was hrought out that the teachers devot ed more time to the students in the higher grades than to the primary departments. The remedy for this situation, Mr. Godard pointed out, was a county high school where all the high school students could be taught, thus giving more time to the training of the little folks. Mr. God ard was emphatic in stressing the necessity for thorough traiinng for the children in the primary grades. He shovv.ed that the standard school, employing one teacher and having five grades, 16 minutes were devoted to each class; a two-teacher school, with seven grades, 22 min utes were devoted to each class, and that in a three-teacher school, with nine grades, 29 minutes were de voted to each class. In the main, Mr. Godard stated Butts county was good work, though some of the schools were crowded. Many of the buildings are inadequate, he pointed out. He praised Superintendent Van Fletcher for the good work he is doing in trying to elevate the standard of Butts county schools. In a short talk Mr. Fletcher stated that Butts county was behind neigh boring counties in an educational way. The wry to remedy this situ tion, he said, is to have fewer schools and better teachers. On Thursday Mr. Godard and Prof. Fletcher visited the Stark and Jenkinsburg schools and they were delighted at the work being done. The Woman’s Club of Jackson served the teachers and school of ficials luncheon Friday at the noon hour. The sessions were held in the court house and there was a large attendance of the teachers, a holi day having been declared in all the schools of the county except Jack son. COUNTIES CANNOT PAY FARM AGENTS JUDGE HOLDS THERE IS NO LAW PROVIDING FOR LEVY FOR THAT PURPOSE. IS EDU CATIONAL WORK Rome, Ga., March 5. —Judge Wright of Floyd Superior Court late Saturday decided in mandamus proceedings filed to compel the county to pay salaries of the county agricultural and county home eco nomics agents, that the county had no right to pay such salaries because no provision for such payment ap pears in the laws of Georgia. He decided against the contention of at torneys for the agents that their ser vices are educational and therefore may be paid on that ground, and held that there wire such services considered educational, payment for them must be made not by the Coun ty Board of Roads and Revenues, but by the County Board of Educa tion, tax for that purpose being lev ied if the Educational Board con siders itself authorized to pay. The decision is said to involve the payment of such agents in the nearly 100 counties in the state now em ploying them and appeal may be taken from Judge Wright’s decision, unless efforts to have the next leg islature enact a law providing that the salaries may be paid by the county boards seem likely to suc ceed. Thank goodness vse’re at the point where we can again ask for a dime’s worth of something without being laughed at.—Chula (Mo.) News. JACKSON RIFLES ARE INSPECTED COMPANY COMPLIMENTED BY FEDERAL -AND STATE IN SPECTING OFFICERS. VISI TORS WERE ENTERTAINED The first inspection of the Jackson Rifles, Company F, First Infantry Georgia National Guard, since the reorganization the past September, was held Thursday and Thursday night of the past week. A most creditable showing was made and the officers were complimented on the good work being done. The property was found to be in good condition and the morale of the company was of the highest order, eliciting the favorable comment of the State and United States inspect ing officers. During the day the property was inspected and at night the company executed a number of the tactics. The inspection was in charge of Col onel H. V. Heidt, inspector general for the regular army of national guard companies; Major F. E. Wil son, inspector general for Georgia, and Major Arthur McCollum, of the quartermaster’s department of Georgia national guard. Other prom inent military men present for the inspection were General J. Van Holt Nash, Adjutant General of Georgia, and Lieut-Col. James M. Kimbrough, Jr.; (Major Crouch and Capt. Chick Travis, of Griffin, and Capt. Ferris, of Atlanta. Major G. E. Mallet entertained the visiting military men and a large number of friends at a barbecue at Mallet Springs Thursday afternoon, the occasion being a most delightful and enjoyable one for all who at tended. The Jackson Rifles were re-organ ized last September. Since that time much good work has been done and Col. Heidt stated the company was the best that he has inspected. Cap tain Smith Settle and the other of ficers, as well as the enlisted men, are devoting much time to the com nany and the progress shown to date is most gratifying and encouraging. IlinS COUNTS WILL HAVE 20 DELEGATES PLANS BEING MADE FOR STATE MEETING OF SUNDAY SCHOOLS IN MACON ON APRIL 19 TO 20 Butts County has been allotted 20 as a minimum quota of delegates for the State Sunday School Conven tion, to be held in Macon on April 19, 20, 21, by the committee on ar rangements. All Sunday School workers who desire to attend may do so, but the counties reaching their quota will secure special recog nition. Besides this recognition, spec ial recognition will also be given each county that has 100 per cent attendance of its county officers. The county officers will help make u-p the quota of delegates, as well as count on this 100 per cent atten dance. It is expected that every sec tion of the state v.TI be represented at the state convention, and it is be lieved that Butts county will exceed its quota of delegates. Low- railroad rates on the certificate plan have been granted. Board for the dele gates will be provided as reasonable rates. No registration fee will be charged. Pastors, Sunday School superintendents, teachers, other school and class officers will receive great inspiration from attending the convention. Further information regarding the convention may be secured from the officers of the county Sunday School Association, Dr. W. J. Waits, Flovilla, vice President; T. E. Wil liams, Jackson, Secretary; Miss Mary Manning, Jenkinsburg, Chil dren’s Division superintendent; W. O. Ham, Jackson, superintendent Young People’s Division; J. M. Gas ton, Jackson, J. H. Patrick, Jackson, G. I. Watkins, Indian Springs, L. E. O’Neal, Jackson, district presidents, or from the headquarters of the Georgia Sunday School Association, 917 Hurt building, Atlanta. BOOZE TO BE MUSEUM EXHIBIT Washington.—Adding insult' to injury is the proposal of Prohibition Commissioner Kramer to have in stalled in the National Museum ari exhibit of Scoth, rye and bourbon whiskey. These relics of a departed age will carry heavy burglary in surance, providing a company can be found to take the risk. J. H. MILLS STRESSES THE IMPORTANCE OF FOOD CROPS SAYS THE LESS COTTON PLANTED THIS YEAR WILL BE THE BEST FOR THE SOUTHERN FARMERS. SHORT COTTON CROP WILL HELP GET THE COST OF PRODUCTION. URGES A YEAR OF STRICT ECONOMY The season for pitching our props for 1921 is fast approaching and the problem of what we shall plant this year is a matter of the gravest con cern to all lines of business in the South, especially to the farmers. Last year the farmers of the South produced the most expensive cotton crop in their history and they have not been offered even the cost of production for that crop, and unfortunately the outlook is such that it does not seem probable that they will get the cost of pro duction for the 1920 crop. The consumption of cotton in the United States is approximately 50 per cent of our production accoid ing to the present rate that cotton is being spun and counsmed we will have on hand in this country 9,000,- 000 bales of cotton as a surplus Aug. 1, 1921. Europe has no money v.'th which to buy our products and no credit of any consequence is be ing extended her as our government thinks it unwise to extend her credit at the present time. Therefore, if we produce a nor mal cotton crop this year, this crop together with the surplus of cotton carried over, that we will have on hamd will do nothing but reduce fur ther the price of cotton which will finish, absolutely, breaking and bank rupting the South. Fertilizer this year shows no reduction practically in price and agricultural implements ire just as high as they were in 1920. So taking into consideration the present cost of production and the prospective price, which will be a big reduction, very likely, from the present price, we w.ill suffer a greater loss on the 1921 crop than we have suffered on the 1920 crop, if we produce a normal crop of cot ton this year. It will be very unwise to produce a normal crop of cotton this year with conditions favorable for pro duction of cotton. Conditions, how ever, are not favorable. The records of the State Entomologist show that the boll weevil ha salready appeared in every cotton producing county in Georgia. We have had a mild winter and this means that the boll weevil will appear early and in larger num bers and do greater damage to the cotton crop than heretofore. With rainy seasons this year the boll wee vil can be counted on to do a still greater daage. It will be impossible, at least not advisable to fight the boll weevil scientifically this year for the price of calcium arsenate and the machinery necessary for its use is too high according to the present pricq of cotton td say noth ing of what it may be if a large crop is produced. For our people to attempt to pro duce a normal cron with prevailing AUGUSTA FARMERS BUY 2,000 BALES FOLLOW GENERAL OUT LINE OF BUTTS COUNTY PLAN. BE LIEVED THIS ACTION WILL STIMULATE MARKET Augusta, Ga.—lt is announced here that Barrett and Company have bought, for farmers living near Au gusta, 2,000 bales of cotton. It was stated at the office of Bar rett and Company Thursday that the party purchasing this cotton was acting for a group of individuals, v.ho feel, as do Barrett and Com pany, that the present differential between middling cotton and grades below middling is too pronounced for long duration, and that it is only a question of time before the mills will realize the value of this low grade cotton and seek to purchase it, thereby creating a demand that will force the price upwards. .It is gatheied that the action of the farmers referred to was prompt ed by their beilef that low grade cot ton will show such a pronounced ad vance in price within the next twelve months that they would be safe in simply investing in it, instead of putting their money into a newi crop? feeling that they will make equally as much money and at the same time not have to cultivate and harvest a crop. It is stated that the report of this HAKE 1921 A YEAR OF HOG AND HOMINY / $2.00 PER Y.EAR IN ADVANCE piices, which are less than the cost of production, would be bad enough. To plant a large crop at present prices and cost of production and then run the risk of having it prac tically destroyed by the boll weevil is something- surely that the farmers of Georgia will not even contemplate much less undertake. Necessity is the best reason for our farmers to change and diversify their crops this year. We must pro duce our home supplies and make our farms selfsustaining and this must be done on the nuist economi cal plan. We can no longer afford to produce cotton with which to buy the necessities of life, especially those that we can produce. In the past with better prices for cotton our farmers who pursued the policy of raising cotton only as a surplus crop after raising the needed home supplies have been the most prosper ous and contented. We can raise most of what we eat at home. We can not raise cotton at less than cost of production. To raise cotton under such circum stances means not only nothing to eat but an actual loss on cotton. Such a policy, if pursued, will mean not only loss on the crop but after another year of 1920 will mean the loss of homes and bankruptcy for the farmers as well as for the mer chants and country bankers in the agricultural sections of our state that are dependent on a prosperous agriculture. Certainly, there cannot be a farmer in Georgia who will* think of planting a cotton crop this year and raising very little, if any, of the necssary home supplies that are essential for our existence. After we raise our home supplies this year, it is then a debatable ques tion whether or not we should raise any cotton. Europe cannot buy our cotton now and to raise more will make our surplus and new crop more of a liability or problem. The most certain policy, of course, for relief would be for our fa oners not to plant any cotton this year and to keep what we have on hand, and if the farmers would do this, and if those in our section that are financially able would buy con tracts for future or fall delivery, we would thereby let the New York gamblers and speculators raise a cotton crop on their exchanges. We would as a result not only get a fair price for our cotton but we v.juld be able to show the evil and cost of speculation to our people in the South, who have been through out all these yeai's the victims of gamblers and speculators. J. H. MILLS, President Georgia Division Farmers’ Educational and Co-Operative Union of America. TELEPHONE COMPANY’S PROFITS $103,946,988 AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY HAD GOOD YEAR. 8 PER CENT DIIVDEND FOR 14 YEARS New York, March s.—Total earn ings of the American Telephone and Telegraph company for 1920 amounted to $103,940,988, accord ing to detailed report issued today. Expenses aggregated $33,260,084, leaving net earnings of $70,686,- 904. Deduction of interest, divi dends and appropriations for con tingencies leaves a balance added to surplus of $6,444,423, as against $4,039,457 in 1919. The claim is made by the com pany’s officials that while it is third in amount of stock outstanding among all American corporations, it is first in the number of holders of common stock and has the widest distribution of ownership of any corporation. Incidentally, it claims to have more women shareholders than men. Dividends at the rate of 8 per cent annually have been paid for the past fourteen years. • A 2,000 bale purchase in New York Steadied prices there Thursday though later in the day slight de clines followed.