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VOL. 54 —No. 26
PAYING BONDS WIN BY LARGE MAJORITY
220 VOTES POLLED FOR BONDS
AND ONLY 19 AGAINST ISSUE
239 VOTES WERE
CAST TUESDAY
SPLENDID VICTORY PLEASING
TO ADVOCATES OF PROGRESS.
BUSINESS DISTRICT OF TOWN
TO BE PAVED
By a twelve to one majority citi
zens of Jackson on Tuesday author
ized a bond issue of $13,000 to
pave the court house square and
business district of the city.
A total of 220 votes were cast for
bonds and 19 against the issue.
The total vote was 239 out of a
total registration of 270. The big
vote showed the keen interest felt in
the issue.
Advocates of bonds, paving and
progress are delighted with the result
the election.
Steps will be taken at once, it
is announced, to validate the bonds.
As soon as necessary perliminaries
can be worked out it is hoped to get
paving under way.
The city will pay one-third the
cost of paving the county one-third
and property owners one-third. In
this way it is planned to pave around
the court house square and one
block in each directioin within the
fire limits.
Tuesday’s successful vote on pav
ing is taken to means bigger and bet
ter things for Jackson and the en
tire community.
PARTY FROM NORTH
CAROLINA THIS WEEK
JACKSON BOY TO BRING NORTH
CAROLINA FARMERS HERE ON
TRIP OF INSPECTION. MAY
BUY FARMS (U &
A party of North Carolina far
mers, led by J. W. Hodges, Jackson
boy who has been spending the past
year or two at Ashville, is expected
to arrive here this week on a trip
of inspection. The Old North State
farmers are coming here with a view
to buying farms and becoming per
manent settlers of the county.
Mr. Hodges while on a visit here
recently arranged for the details of
the trip. Several farms are listed for
sale and these will be shown the
prospective buyers.
Farmers in and around Ashville
have recently sold their holdings
at attractive prices and now
looking for cheaper lands. Mr.
Hodges still retains his love for and
interest in Butts county and he con
ceived the idea of trying to locate
some of these desirable citizens in
Butts county, and has arranged the
trip. In the event some sales are
made it is likely that other farmers
will be induced to come here on
a tour of inspection.
Wihle here Mr. Hodges and his
friends from North Carolina will be
most cordially welcomed and will
be shown every possible kindness
and courtesy.
GEORGIA’S RESOURCES
WILL BE BROADCAST
GREATER GEORGIA INC., IS
COLLECTING INFORMATION
FOR RESEARCH DEPARTMENT
BE GIVEN PUBLICITY
MACON, Ga.,—W. H. Moulton,
assistant manager of Greater Geor
gia, Inc., state-wide organization,
has started collecting data and ma
terial for the department of re
search and information. During
the week he has visited the sources
•f information at the University of
Georgia and also the State Library,
and within a short time he will have
the department in such .shape that
Greater Georgia will be able to
furnish information of various kinds
to those who are interested.
Aside from using this department
to furnish information to those who
request it, the materal will be used
principally in the department of pub
licity in broadcasting information
about Georgia over the United
States ir> a national campaign.
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS
REPORTS FEATURE
KIWANIS MEETING
W. A. DOZIER TOLD OF POSSI
BILITIES OF SUIT CASE EX
HIBIT. VISITORS PRESENT
TUESDAY NIGHT
At the weekly luncheon of the
Kiwanis club Tuesday night, at which
time Vice President Park Newton
presided, reports of the representa
tives to the Montreal convention
were completed. E. R. Edwards and
J. W. O’Neal reported briefly on
the convention, bringing out the
points that impressed them.
W. A. Dozier, past president of
the local club and former lieutenant
governor of the Central Division,
said the suit case exhibit had great
possibilities for giving Georgia de
sirable publicity. This feature was
poorly handled at Montreal, he point
ed out. Mr. Dozier told how the
proposed extra assessment of 50
cents per capita, intended to defray
the expenses of the international
conventions, was defeated. The
Montreal convention was largely at
tended, but in the main was poorly
carried out, he stated. He told of
the respect for law that is evident
in Canada.
On motion of Mr. Dozier mem
bers agreed to learn The Star Spang
led Banner by next meeting.
Dinner was served by committee
No. 3 of the Woman’s Club, Mrs.
J. M. Leach chairman. O. A. Pound
drew the attendance prize, donated
by W. L. Nutt. Visitors included,
Mrs. L. P. McKibben, Mrs. Sam
Nichols, Mrs. W. L. Nutt, Miss Polly
Smith, M&s Carrie Moore, Miss Cal
lie Freeman, of Social Circle, W. W.
Jamerson, of Miami, and H. D.
Moore, of Lakeland, Fla.
The Locust Grove Woman’s Club
extended the members an invitation
to a picnic at Lake Davis Wednes
day.
Miss Callie Freeman delighted the
visitors with two vocal numbers.
Announcement of the result of the
bond election was warmly applauded.
Mayor O. A. Pound in a few re
marks asked for the continued cor
operation of the people of the
town in working out the paving
project
DR. FRANKLIN MAY
OFFER FOR HOUSE
WILL PROBABLY B ECANDIDATE
TO REPRESENT BUTTS COUN
TY IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
CONSIDERS MATTER
There is a strong probability that
Dr. R. A. Franklin, of Jackson, will
offer as a candidate for the general
assembly in the primary of Septem
ber 8. Many of his friends are said
to have urged him to enter the race
and since the demand has become
rather insistent it is likely that Dr.
Franklin may yield and enter the
contest.
Dr. Franklin is one of the best
known citizens of the county and
has been a resident of Jackson for
a long number of years. Asa prac
ticing dentist he is well known to
most of the people of the county.
He is a member of the board of
trustees of the Sixth District A. &
M. School at Barnesville, and is him
self a large farmer, owning a planta
tion in South Georgia.
Dr. Franklin is vitally interested
in the good roads question and since
it is admitted Butts county is great
ly in need of one or two main trunk
lines, he should be in a position to
accomplish worth while results in
this direction.
In the event that Dr. Franklin de
cides to enter the race for repre
sentative he will have the active sup
port of his friends in all portions
of the county.
SINGING AT MACEDONIA
SUNDAY, JULY FOURTH
Thtre will be a singing at Mace
donia church Sunday afternoon,
July 4, beginning at 2 o’clock. The
public is cordially invited to attend.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JULY 2, 1926
SURPLUS WHEAT
BEING SHIPPED
FARMERS IN JENKINSBURG
AND LOCUST GROVE AREA
SELL GRAIN TO AN ATLANTA
MILLING COMPANY.
Attesting the wonderful grain
crop grown in this section, admitted
to have been the best in the memory
of the present generation, farmers
in the Jenkinsburg and Locust, Grove
area are selling their suprlus wheat
to an Atlanta Milling Company. One
car has already been shipped, it is
announced, and growers were paid
$1.50 per bushel for their wheat.
Owing to a drop in price shipments
have been stopped for thepresent,
according to information received
here.
The splendid wheat crop produced
in Butts county this season has
brought about a wide demand for a
modern flour mill in Jackson or at
some convenient point in the county.
This agitation has been going on for
some time but has received added
impetus since the 1926 harvest.
Many growers are put to consider
able inconvenience now in getting
their wheat made into flour.
A large and modernly equipped
roller mill would be a great con
venience to this section, and would
serve to stimulate the production of
wheat in the futux’e.
REV. A. R. WODOSON TO
VISIT HIS RELATIVES.
Rev. A. R. Woodson, pastor of
churches, left Monday to spend the
churches, left Monday to spen tdhe
month of July visiting relatives in
Indiana, St. Louis and Tulsa, Okla.
He will preach at the Erick, Okla.,
Presbyterian church next Sunday.
During his absence his pulpit will
be filled on the second and third
Sundays by Rev. Eli Thomas, of At
lanta. Announcement will be made
later as to the supply for the fourth
ROME CITIZEN RATIFY
$325,000 BOND ISSUE
Rome, Ga., June 29.—Rome citi
zens today ratified by a vote of
1,440 to 122 a bond issued for $325,-
000 providing for schools, streets,
waterworks, fire stations, parks and
playgrounds.
INSECT PESTS INFLICT HEAVY
DAMAGE ON THE COTTON CROP
THE FLEA REAL
MENACE TO CROP
GOVERNMENT LABORATORY AT
TALLULAH, LA., ISSUES RE
PORT. CONTROL MEASURES
OUTLINED BY DEPARTMENT.
Tallula.h La.—Prospects for a
bumper Cotton crop in the South
this year are endangered by insects
known as hoppers, which caused
serious damage in almost every part
of the belt. The semi-arid sections
of west Texas and Oklahoma are
the only districts where these pests
have not been seen recently, re
ports received by the United States
bureau of entomology laboratory
here indicate. No accurate estimate
of hopper losses already caused
available.
“Some fields have been infested
for some time, and in fact some of
these fields have reached the point
where the insects actually left them
in search of food,” an official of
the laboratory declared today in a
statement. “The general bulk of the
acreage, however, has just become
infested within a comparatively few
days and it is in this younger cot
ton partcularly that the insects are
now doing the greatest damage
through the territory, which has
some under the observation of this
laboratory.” he continued.
“The fact that there are several
species involved, some of which have
not been associated with this dam
age previously, makes it very diffi
cult to anticipate how long they
will remain in the field. Observa
tions in Texas in past seaosns have
shown a wide variation in the per
sistence of damage. There is a
TAX ASSESSORS
COMPLETE WORK
TAX DIGEST WILL NOW BE
MADE BY TAX RECEIVER AND
SUBMITTED TO STATE AU
THORITIES FOR APPROVAL
The Butts county board of Tax
Assessors completed their work of
checking 1926 property returns this
week. The tax digest will now be
made up by Tax Receiver Edward
Carmichael and submitted to Comp
troller General Wright. After review
by State Tax Commissioner J. H.
Dozier the book will be returned and
two other digests will be made up.
Members of the board of Tax As
sessors are Messrs. R. E. Evans,
J. O. Cole and A. M. Pace. The mem
bers have been busy for several
weeks checking the returns and
endeavoring to get all property in
the county returned for taxation.
Very little, if any, change is ex
pected in the returns this year as
compared with those of 1926. A
small decrease in personal property
may be expected, but real estate was
returned for the same figures as in
1925, it was announced.
Mr. Carmichael has until August 1
to complete the tax digest. The levy
for 1926 state, school and county
taxes will be made in September.
FIRST BALE OF COTTON
BRINGS $3 PER POUND
Dallas, Texas, June 26.—The of
ficial first bale of Texas cotton here
was sold Saturday on the floor of the
Dallas cotton exchange for $1,500 or
about $3 per pound.
The $1,500 price included $450
“first price” premium given by the
exchange. The entire purchase
price was <t">nated by the Dallas
Community chest.
The cotton was grown near Mer
cedes.
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SHIPS MAKE A FOUR
MILLION DOLLAR BONFIRE
Thirteen wooden cargo ships, built
during the world war but which
never left the home port, furnished
fuel for a $4,250,000 bonfire in a bay
near Tacoma, Wash. The boats will
be salvaged for iron and other useful
parts.
chance that any of these species may
leave the cotton fields at any time
and devote their attention to other
plants. On the other hand, there is
no reason for assuming that this
will occur. Futhermore, the later
generations that will develop from
the eggs now hatching may or may
not attack cotton. Under the best
conditions which could possibly be
imagined with these insects leaving
the cotton in the near future, pro
duction will still be a serious prob
lem.”
Reports received at the laboratory
indicate that the cotton crop has
been destroyed to a large extent
in the infested fields and in some
instances this extended to what is
ordinarily called the middle crop. As
a resuit it will be necessary for
many planters to start making a
crop at a late date and the problem
of boll weevil control will be mad*
much more serious.
“Numerous fields,” said the ex
pert, “are showing a seriously high
percentage of squares punctured
weevils due to the fact that so few
squares are present. Furthermore,
the hopper damage has not only
caused the loss of squares, but has
produced a high percentage of de
formed plants. On the other hand,
once the cotton plants are free of
hoppers, square production should
proceed rapidly due to the fact that
the plants have obtained a larger
growth and will thus have’branches
available for rapid fruiting. Under j
these circumstances, it is, of course,
impossible for this laboratory to give
positive advice with reference to
control of these insects. The experi
ments in Texas where sulphur tests
have Veen unde r way for seme time,
show that square production has
been increased 100 per cent, due to
the dusting, but that the reaction
to treatment is not immediate.”
COUNTY COMMISSIONER BILL
AS ENAGTED, 1925 SESSION
(Editor’s note —Owing to the in
terest in the law enacted at the 192 r \
session of the genrval assembly
changing the county commissioner’s
office from one to three, a copy
of the bill is published herewith for
the information and benefit of the
citizens of the county.)
An Act( •) create a Board of Com
mission or* Roads and Revenues
lor Butts county, Georgia, to pro
vide for the election of same; to de
fine their powers and duties; pro
vide for the fixing of their compen
sation and for other purposes.
Section 1.. Be it ordained by the
General Assembly of the State of
Georgia, and it is hereby enacted
by the authority of the same, that
on and after the passage of this
Act Butts county shall have three
Commissioners of Roads and Reve
nues, comprising one chairman and
two commissioners whose term shall
b* as follows: The said chairman’s
term shall be for four years and
the two commissioners shall serve
fo r four and two years respectively,
as set forth in this act, provided,
however, that this Act shall not be
come effective until the first Mon
day in January, 1927.
Section 2. Be it further enacted
by the authority aforesaid, That the
Commissioners before entering of
fice shall give bond, with good and
solvent security, in some security
company authorized to do business
wnder Georgia laws, same to be ap
proved by the ordinary of said
county, in the sum of five thousand
($5,000.00) dollars for each com
missioner, payable to the ordinary
of Butts county and their successors
in office conditioned upon the
faithful performance of their duties
and the carrying out of the provi
sions thereof. The said commission
ers and their sureties shall be liable
on said bond for any breach there
of by way of malfeaasnce in office,
as well as neglect of duties. That
the said commissioners shall, before
entering upon the discharge of the
duties of their office, make and
subscribe to an oath before the
oridnary of said county to faithfully
discharge their duties and carry out
the provisions of this Act to the best
of their skill and knowledge and
to the best interest of the county.
Section 3, Be it further enacted
by the authority aforesaid, That the
said commissioners shall have a clerk
to keep all books and records of
their office, the salary to be fixed
by said commissioners. But, said sal
ary is not to exceed the sum of
SOOO.OO per annum. Said salary for
said clerk is to be in full for com
pensation for services, free from
any perquisites of any kind or char
acter. Said clerk shall perform all
duties required by said commission
ers in keeping all the records and
minutes of said office, and keeping
the commissioners’ office open each
day, except legal holidays commonly
observed, and all records open to
public inspection by any taxpayer
of said county.
Section 4. Be it further enacted
by the authority aforesaid, That it
shall be unlawful for any candidate
for said office of commissioners, or
for any nomination thereof, to enter
into any agreement or understand
ing with any person or persons as
to the disposal of any work, the pur
chase of any supplies, or any ap
pointment which is or may be un
der the control of said commission
ers. Any person as a candidate so
offending shall be ineligible to hold
office, and upon conviction of such
act shall be punished or fined with
in the discharge of the judge hav
ing jurisdiction of Butts county.
Section !3. Be it further enacted
by the authority aforesaid, That in
a case of vacancy in the ocice of
the commissioners by reason of
death, resignation or otherwise, the
ordinary of said county shall serve
until his successor is elected and
qualified. In case of the vacancy of
all the commissioners from any cause
whatsoever, the ordinary shall serve
a a chairman with the clerk and sher
iff of Butts county until the said
vacancies have been filled as here
in provided, within thirty days from
the date of said vacancies. The said
ordinary, clerk and sheriff shall re
ceive the same compensation as the
said commissioners. All rules and
regulations governing regular county
elections shall govern all regular and
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
special elections held under this act.
Section 6. Be it further enacted,
That any person to be eligible to
hold the office of Commissioners of
Roads and Revenues of said county
of Butts under the provisions of
this Act must be at least 25 years
old, shall have been a bona fide
resident and citizen of said coun’y
for two years o r more prior to his
election, shall be a free holder,
shall be of good moral character, and
shall be ineligible to hold any other
office of the county during their
term of office as such.
Section 7. Be it further enacted
That said commissioner shall have
and are vested with exclusive juris
diction and control over the follow
ing matters, to-wit: In directing and
controlling all the property of the
couaty as they may deem best and
expedient according to law, except
the sale of real estate belonging to
Butts county, in levying taxes for
general and special purposes as pro
vided by law, except as hereinafter
provided. In establishing, altering
or abolishing all public roads, public
bridges and ferries in conformity to
law. They shall have charge and
supervision of the chain gang of
said county, of the construction and
maintenance of all public roads and
bridges of said county, and of
all other public works of the county.
Tne said commissioners are hereby
authorized and empowered to open
and maintain the public roads and
work of the county with either con
vict or hired labor or with both, as
in accordance with law and as ap
pears to serve the best interests of
the county.
I 7-A. The said commissioners are
hereby further authorized and em
powered in building and maintain
ing public roads and bridges, build-
I ing und repairng the public buildings
of the county and in having
done any and all kinds of
public work belonging to the coun
ty, to have such work done by con
tract in such manner and in accord
ance with the laws provided for such
contracting. i
7-B. They may appoint superin
tendents, guards, overseers and nec
essary labo r and help as is neces
sury for operating the chain gang
in building and maintaining the pub
lic roads and bridges and any and
all public work of the county, hav
ing supervision over all employees
with power to discharge for cause
7-C. The said commissioners shall
he the chief purchasing and selling
agent of the county for all animals,
machinery, implements, materials,
and supplies of all kinds used in
the construction and repairs of the
buildings, roads, bridges, and for
all other public work of the county;
and also, for the supplies for the
use of the convicts. All such con
tracts, purchases and sales hereto
fore mentioned, involving financial
transactions shall be made subject
to the conditions hereinafter provid
ed.
7-D. They shall fix th** amount of
the commutation tax o r number of
days’ work to be performed on the
public roads in lieu of said commu
tation tax. In case work is done in
lieu of commutation tax, such work
Is to be done on the nublic roads
in the militia distric* in which the
party subject to such Fax lives. AH
monies paid in as commutation tax
shall be spent on the public roads
in the district from whence they
came.
7-E. The said commissioners shall
keep, or have kept, in their office
a book containing a correct list of
the names of all persons subject to
commutation tax or road duty in
each and every militia district des
ignating whether white or colored;
said list to be reissued each year.
They shall collect or have collected
all commutation tax, shall fix the
time when such tax shall be naid or
the work performed, they shall try
all road defaulters in accordance
with the law so provided. They shall
make such rules and regulations as
is necessary and in accordance with
law for the support of the poor, for
the protection of health and quar
antine when necessary, a= are
grafted or not, inconsistent with
law. They shall appoint all minor
officers, aids, help and assistants
(Continued cn B*ck Fane)
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