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USE GEORGIA PRODUCTS During 1924 VOL. 52—NO. 39. Farmers of Butts County Planning Large Cover Crops SEVERAL HUNDRED ACRES WILL BE SOWN THIS FALL AND WINTER SEED ARE NOW BEING BOUGHT HAIRY VETCH PROVING POP ULAR AS ,A COVER -CROP. LARGE ACREAGE WILL BE PLANTED IN RYE, CLOVER. From the number of orders for seed already placed and to b e placed within the next few days it is be lieved that farmers of Butts county will thi3 season plant between 1,200 and 1,500 acres in winter cover and grazing crops. County Agent Henry G. Wiley has been busy for several days assisting farmers in securing seed for fall and winter planting. The seed are being bought on a co operative basis and at a considerable saving to the farmers. Hairy vetch /seems to be the most popular winter legume. There will be at least 5.00 acres planted in vetch in Butts county this season. Ry 0 is also proving popular as a grazing and cover crop and about 400 acre? will be seeded to rye. least 200 acres will b e planted in sweet biennial c'.over. From 50 to 100 acres will be planted in crimson clover. Some barley, alfalfa, Black %edic and other approved legumes will also be seeded. Th e p anting of the*c cover and grazing crops has a two fold pur pose: To provide grazing for live stock through th e winter and hay crops in the spring, and by having something green growing on the land to prevent washing or erosion of the soil. Abundant cheap feed will make dairying and live stock profitable and soil improvement will add to the wealth of entire county. The planting of fail and winter cover grazing crops was started in Butts county last year on an ex tensive scale. Owing to the disast rous freezes during the winter most of the erop3 were killed. The far mers here are undaunted by that experience and will try again on an equally large scale. Owing to the severe cold weather and * scarcity of seed through out the South very few burr clover seed were obtainable this season. There be a good volunteer crop of burr elover, it is believed. The importance of planting win ter grazing crops cannot b e too strongly urged, in view of the shortage of the corn and hay crop. /This feed shortage is general over I most of Georgia and is particularly acute here in Butts county where dairying and liv* stock raising has ' been, developed on a considerable teal#. Th e man who faces a feed shortage can hedge against that, largely, by planting rye, oats, wheat, vetch?- clovers, barley, etc. It will prove mighty valuable insurance against the time when stock feed w ill be scarce end high. Last season, it will be recalled farmers who planted their clovers, etc early in the fall faced a long tusht L it ™ not nntii * November that enough moisture fell to germinate the seed. This year the seasons are ideal and seed ■ panted during September will ger minate and start a vigorous growth. It believed that the crop this year will be an entire success and unless some unforeseen disaster hits the county there will be plenty of graaing this tel and winter, good THE COW, THE SOW AND THE HEN KEEP STEADY CASH COMING IN. THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS LIGHT VOTE POLLED IN STATE PRIMARY LAND’S LEAD OVER BALLARD WAS ONLY FEW THOUSAND. HARRIS HAD BIG MAJORITY, OVER HARDWICK. Several of the contests in the Democratic primary of September 10 were much closer than had been supposed, it was revealed when the figures were majde public. The total vote, while light, exceeded that cast in the primary two years ago. Although the county unit vote gav e Fort E. Land, of Macon, an overwhelming! victory over Dr. N. H. Ballard, present state school superintendent, th e popular majority of Mr. Land was only about 10,000 votes, based on figures from 154 of the 160 counties. Ther e are still six counties that have not sent in offi cial returns on any of the contests. The compilation at present shows 107,935 votes for Mr. Land, and 97,137 for Dr. Ballard. Treasurer William J. Speer is leading th e field in popular votes, with 212,310. Other state officials who were unopposed received the following votes: Comptroller Gen eral William A. Wright, 211,102 Attorney General George M. Na pier, 212,095; Secretary of State S. G. McLendon, 211,715; Commission er of Commerce and Labor H. M. Stanley, 211,159, and Governor Walker, 209,542. Judge T. E. Patterson, unopposed for the state prison commission, re ceived a popular vote of 210,594. In the race for the United States senate, Senator William J. Harris received a popular vote of 136,655 to 70,276 for former Governor Hardwick. For commissioner of agriculture, Commissioner J. J. Brown received 116,510 popular votes to 88,936 for George F. Hunnicutt. In th e contest for pension com missioner, John W. C.ark polled 116,272 votes, to 88,317 for Major C. E. McGregor. For public service commissioner, James D. Price polled 107,634 Votes against 91,044 for his opponent, Al bert J. Woodruff, while O. R. Ben nett received 118,940 votes to 84,- 730 cast for Commissioner John T. Boifeuillet. VALUE OF AUTOMOBILES IN 1924 IS 3 BILLION Valu e of automobiles produced in the United States during the present calendar year will exceed that of any other single product of Amer ican industry. Estimates based on statistics of the government and automobile industry leave no doubt of this. For 1924 the value of automobiles produced may exceed $3,000,000,- 000. ' The number of automobiles now in existence exceeds 13,000,000, according ’to the Bureau of Public Roads. hay crops in the early spring and more fertile acres. Those who intend to plant cover crops and hav e not already bought their seed should loce no time in getting in touch with County Agent Wiley who will b c glad to render every assistance at his command^ JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1924. COUNTY SCHOOLS OPENING FOR TERM SEVERAL SCHOOLS HAVE AL READY OPENED AND OTHERS TO BEGIN FALL SESSION WITHIN A FEW DAYS. A number of the schools in Butts county have already opened for the fall! term and others will open during the week and th e remainder October first and fifteenth. The Jackson, Fl'ovilla, Pepperton, Iron Springs schools arc among those that have been open for some time. Th e Jenkinsburg school open ed Monday morning. Ouite a num ber of the schools will open on October 1. The term in th e schools of the county this session will be seven months. The board of education has previously decided that point. Quite a number of the schools will, however, be able to operate for eight months, it is declared. The board of education will pay half the expense of the additional month, provided the patrons of the respective schools will pay the re mainder. It is hoped that this ar rangement will be general over the county and that there will be full eight months in all schools operat ing in the cotinty. Work is progressing nicely on the Towaliga Consolidated School. The building is nearing completiort 1 and will tak e easy rank as ona of the best in this entire section. It ite planned to open this school about the middle of October. This school i@ a consolidation of the West Butts, Beulah, Sandy Plains 'and Oak Grove schools. JENKINSBURG SCHOOL OPENS FOR THE 1924-25 SESSION The fall term of the Jenkinsburg public schoois opened this week un der conditions that promise a most successful yeas. The following 'teachers will have charge of the school for the 1924-25 session, Prof. F. W. Taylor, principal. Mrs. C. B. Harris. Miss Julia Patterson. Miss Mildred Webb. |Miss Georgia Lou Gibson. Mies Willie Woodward. GRAND JURY ADJOURNS The grand jury for the August term of court adjourned Tuesday laftemoon. JACKSON HIGH SCHOOL IS MADE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL STATE BOARD APPROVES PLAN MEMBERS OF JUNIOR AND SENIOR CLASSES OF THE JACKSON HIGH SCHOOL WILL BE ADMITTED FREE Notice has been received here that the Jackson High School has been designated the Senior High School of Butts county. Application was made some time ago and the state board of education has ap proved the plan. A special appropriation of SI,OOO will be available to pay the tuition of out of town students attending the Jackson High School. Students in the junior and senior classes will "hot be required to pay tuition in the future and the money already | paid this fall will be refunded when FORECAST A CROPj 12,596,000 BALES CONDITION ON SEPTEMBER 16 PLACED AT 55.4 PER CENT OF NORMAL. GINNING IS 2,662,- 636 BALES. The condition of the cotton crop on September 16 was 55.4 per cent of normal, according to figures re leased by the census bureau Tues day. A crop of 12,596,000 bales was forecast. This compares with a con dition of 59.3 on September 1, and an estimated yield of 12,787,000 fales. There had been ginned a total of 2,662,636 bales, the report stat ed. The estimated yield per acre was placed at 149.2 pounds. Following release of the report prices of cotton advanced sharply. FIRE LOSSES FOR 1924 SHOW A BIG INCREASE $236,414,050 Is Value of Losses For Eight Months Fire los?C3 in the United States and Canada during th 9 month of August took a decided upward jump as compared with recent monthly records. As complied from the daily records of The Journal of Com merce, the losses- reached a total of $31,349,000, as compared with $23,9G8,800 in July and $24,474,- 300 in August a year ago. Th e fire losses for the first eight months of the current year aggre gated $236,414,050, as compared with $274,015,250 for the same months last year, and $251,106,850 for 1922. August this year had 341 outbreaks of fire reported where property loss' of SIO,OOO or over resulted. Of these six reached or exceeded the million-dollar mark and seven ranged between $500,000 and $1,000,000. SERVICES AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH SUNDAY, SEPT. 28 Dr. J. R. McCain, president of Agnes Scott Collage, Decatur, will preach at the Jackson Presbyterian church next Sunday morning at the 11 o’c’ock service. There will be no evening service, it ia announced. The public is cordially invited. Sunday School will be held at 9:45 a. m. th e apropriation is available. This will probably be in January. All students in Butts county will be expected to complete their high school work at the Jaokson High School. There "are two or three * other sshools in th e county doing junior high school work. The legislature appropriates a special fund for those high - schools named as county high schools. Heretofore pupils living outside of the city limit?- of Jackson have been required to pay $4.00 per month tuition in the high school. Parents are now relieved of this cost, as the SI,OOO will take care of this item. The fact that the Jackson High School has been designated as the Senior High School of Butts county ia another forward step in educa tion for Butts county and means greater efficiency and more thorough work. JUBILEE AND HOME COMING WEEK PLANND FOR OCTOBER KIWANIS MEMBERS HAD BARBECUE TUESDAY P.M. HON. OGDEN PERSONS AND JUDGE T. J. BROWN WERE SPEAKERS. WOMEN URGED TO VOTE IN ELECTIONS. The Kiwanis Club of Jackson en tertained with a barbecue at Mal let’s Springs Tuesday afternoon, -th 0 wives and Ladies and a number of invited guests being present to enjoy the ’cue, the last of the iieason. A sumptuous and appetizing feast, with all the approved acces sories, prepared under the direc tion of S. S. Copeland and Major G. E. Mallet, was greatly enjoyed by those fortunate enough to be present. | Following the barbecue, Judge 'G. Ogden Persons, the popular and | able judge of the superior courts j'of the Flint circuit, was called on for a short talk. He responded in his usual happy mannor, pointing to th e good • that comes from fre quent get-together meetings of ' civic organizations. During his re marks Judge Persons took occasion to say that women should tak 0 an 'active and aggressive interest in (politics and he urged the ladies to vot e in ever increasing numbers. Judge Persons complimented the 'ladies of Jackson on the neat man ner in which the court hou ‘ e lawn 'is kept. He told of the paving pro ject in Forsyth and expressed the hop 0 that Jackson could soon pave 'her streets. Judge T. J. Brown, /solicitor gen eral of the Flint circuit, was called on and responded briefly, express ing his pleasure for a most pleasant and enjoyable evening. Threatt Moore, who was awarded the attendance prize on September 16 and was assigned a two minutes talk “On the internal revcnu e tax on putty," rose to heights of great eloquence on this inspirational e/üb jeafc. President Fletcher announced the names of the twenty-five delegates appointed to attend a meeting of the Southern Commercial Congress in Atlanta. GEORGIA NEEDS MORE FARM DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT POINTS OUT THAT LESS THAN THIRD OF TILLABLE LAND IN CULTIVATION. Atlanta, Ga.—Prospective inves tors, either in Georgia or outside the state, will find it to their ad vantage to communicate with the State Agricultural Department, ac cording to J. J. Brown, Georgia’s agricultural commissioner, discuss ing Georgia's resources. The opinion is expressed by Com missioner Brown that Georgia’s de veloped agricultur 0 can support many times its present, popu ation, and can f/upport all the rural, urban and industrial population with every staple food product “as good as the best”. Commissioner Brown points to the fact that the valu e and volume of Georgia’s agricultural products are astounding, despite the fact that about 10,000,000 of the 34,000,000 acres of tillable soil are under cul tivation. He declared that diversification has been the salvation of Georgia. This Newspaper Devoted to Public Service ♦1.60 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE MISS LUCILE AKIN IS MADE CHAIRMAN MEETING OF CIVIC ORGANIZA TIONS, COUNTY OFFICERS AND BUSINESS MEN TO BE, HELD MONDAY. A Great Jubilee and Home Com ing Week, in connection with the Club Fair, being planned for Butts county in October or the first part of November. At a preliminary meeting Tues day afternoon at which members of the Woman's Club, Kiwanis Club and business irifen yf&re present, Mies Lucile Akin, was made per manent chairman. A meeting of all civic clubs in the community, county and officers, farmers and business men, will be held in the court house Monday afternoon at 1.30 o’clock. At that time some definite action will be taken in regard to the mat ter. A full attendance of tho'e interested is urgently requested, as it is likely that a number of stand ing committees will be named at that time. To put the celebration over on the scale planned will re quire the co-operation and support of all citizens of the county and it is of urgent importance that there be a representative crowd present Monday. The general plan, so far ns the detail (have unfolded, in ludcs & Jubilee and Home Coming (Week at th 0 time the members of ho boys and girls are holding their fair. This, County Agent H. G. Wiley states, will be tho latter part of October or tho first of 'Tovember. There ar 0 approximate k y 177 boyw and girls enrolled in the five agricultural clubs in the ounty. It is the plan of Mr. Wiley o give all of the club members who omplete the year’s work a prize of som e description. The Woman’s Club, it ia expect ed, will sponsor the celebration, wnieh will also be made to includo Trsd e at H°n>c Campaign. The Jubilee will probably continue for two days and nights. The first night the queen of the Jubilee will be crowned. There will be booths and votes for the queen will cost one cent each. On tho second night will be a wedding ceremony, when Mi'a Georgia Products will b e united lith Captain Samuel Butt3. There will be booths at which various arti cles will be sold. The purpose of the celebration is a good one, gamely, to stress the importance ef using Georgia pre ducts, to cultivate community and county spirit and loyalty, to keep money at home and to provide clean, wholesome amusement for the citizens of th e county. This idea was first used in Bald win county, and Mrs. E. R. Hines, of Milledgeyille, was/ originator of the plan. It was an outstanding, suc cess ther e and with the proper co operation and support of the civic clubs, farmers, county and city of ficers and business men the same plan can b e made a great success in Jackson. PRESENTMENTS NEXT WEEK The presentments of the August fcrand jury will be published next ; week.