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B OG S T
GEORGIA
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VOL. £J4 —No. 27
TOW AUG A CHURCH WILL HAVE
ITS CENTENNIAL OBSERVANCE
DATE SET IS THE 1
SEVENTEENTH JULY
ONE OF OLDEST BAPTIST
CHURCHES IN THIS SECTION
TO CELEBRATE. HOME COM
ING WILL BE FEATURE.
Towaliga Baptist church, one of
the oldest and strongest churches
in this section, will have a centennial
celebration on Saturday, July 17. A
notable program has been arranged
and the founding of this church will
be celebrated in a fitting manner.
Towaliga church was instituted in,
July, 1825, and the centennial, which
occurred last summer, will be ob
served one year later.
Dr. I. G. Walker, Sr., of Atlanta,
is the beloved pastor of this church. J
Hie has written a history of the
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church, which, however, will not
adopted until the meeting in August.
Dr. Walker has mapped out an in
teresting program for the occasion, a
feature of which Mil be the home
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coming. All former members of the
are requested to attend the
centennial observance.
The services will begin at 10:30 (
a. m. and continue throughout the
day. The following program has been
outlined:
10:30 a. m., Devotional by Dr. I.
G. Walker, or some .former pastor.
11 a. m., Sermon '.by Rev. W. S.
Adams, of Jackson.
12 m., Dinner on the grounds.
The afternoon session will begin
at 2 o’clock with devotional services.
2:30 p. m., History of church by
Dr. I. G. Walker, with an opportun
ity to be given for volunteer talks.
3 p. m., Sermon by Dr. C. C.
Heard.
A cordial invitation is extended to
all churches that formerly corres
ponded with Towaliga church to have
volunteer or appointed messengers
present. These churches include
Jackson, Macedonia, Paran, Sandy
Creek, Indian Springs, Bethel, Coun-^
ty Line, Union, Smyrna and Beulah.
The home coming feature is ex
pected to prove an interesting part
of the centennial celebration. The
pastor and members of the church
extend a most cordial invitation to
former members to attend the exer
cises. A special invitation is extend
ed to aged members of the church
and community.
NO CLUE 10 ROBBERY
OEJENKINSBURG STORE
ABOUT S2OO WORTH OF MER
CHANDISE STOLEN FROM
STORE OF J. O. MINTER. THE
LOCK WAS BROKEN.
Officers have not been able to find
a due that would lead to the appre
hension of the partes who burglar
;zed the stone of J. O. Minter at
Jenkinsburg on Wednesday night,
-June 30.
An entrance to the building was
effected by breakng the lock to the
front door.
About 8200.00 worth of merchan
-o‘>e was stolen. The loot included
hoes, dress goods, silk hosiery,
' canned goods j cheese, etc.
i Sheriff Pope was fotified as soon
as : he robbery wa discovered, and
I*‘ J gh he worker’ *d on the case
una hle to fir i definite clue.
c - theory hast |advanced that
hurgiars ■ seir escape in
diireetior I jta, probably
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THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS
MR. KNOX THOMAS TO
DIRECT STREET WORK
CITY COUNCIL . ARRANGES
WITH WELL KNOWN ENGIN
EER FOR PAVING PROJECT
SURVEYS WILL BE MADE
Announcement'is made that city
council has arranged with Mr. Knox
T. Thomas, well known civil en
gineer of Atlanta, to design, direct
and supervise street paving and
storm drainage around the court
house square and in the fire limits
of Jackson. It. Thomas was a visi
tor here the •past week and went
into the matter thoroughly with
Mayor Pound and members of coun
cil. He has had much experience in
this line of work and is regarded as
a capable engineer.
As soon as plans are prepared
bids will be asked on the various
types of paving.
Plans, surveys and estimates will
be started immediately, it is an
nounced.
Mr. Thomas has directed street
paving in Covington, Thomaston,
Fort Valley and other nearby cities.
It is hoped to have the paving
bonds validated within the next few
weeks and begin the actual work of
construction as early as practicable.
CLUB PICNIC TO BE
HELD ON JULY 27
ANNUAL OUTING BEING AR
RANGED BY COUNTY AGENT
H. Gi WILEY. LARGE CROWD
EXPECTED TO ATTEND
The annual outing and picnic will
be held by members of the Butts
county Agricultural Clubs at Indian
Springs on Tuesday, July 27, ac
cording to announcement by H. G.
Wiley, County- Agent.
The morning will be given over
to speaking and other features of
entertainment and instruction. The
afternoon will be devoted to swim
ming and recreation. Efforts are be
ing made to secure a well known
speaker for the occasion.
The picnic will be for members of
the clubs and their immediate fami
lies and invited guests. Each family
will be expected to provide lunch,
which will be spread in the pavilion
at the noon hour.
A large attendance of the club
members Is expected. The annual pic
nic and outing always proves an
event Qi much interest and pleasure.
FOURTH WAS QUIET
HOLIDAY IN COUNTY
BUSINESS HOUSES CLOSED MON
DAY. HOLIDAY WAS SAFE
AND SANE. MANY AT INDIAN
SPRINGS FOR THE DAY
Monday, which was observed as a
legal holiday, the Fourth of July
having fallen on Sunday, was a quiet
one throughout the county. All busi
ness houses were closed, the carriers
having a holiday and the post office
observed Sunday hours.
Many people went to Atlanta for
the baseball game. Indian Springs
was a magnet that drew hundreds
of visitors, all eager for a dip in
the swimming poor. There was the
usual round of family reunions, bar
becues and get-to-gether meetings.
No serious accident has been re
ported. A car loaded with negro fans
here to attend the colored baseball
game turned over near Jenkinsburg
and one of the occupants suffered a
broken leg, it is reported.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JULY 9, 1926
J. 0. GASTON IN
RACE FOR SENATE
BUTTS COUNTY COMMISSIONER
TO MAKE RACE FOR SENATOR
FROM 26TH DISTRICT WELL
KNOWN POLITICALLY
Interest was added to the local po
litical situation Saturday when Mr.
J. O. Gaston, commissioner of Roads
and Revenues of Eutts county, made
formal announcement as a candidate
for state senator from the twenty
sixth district.
His formal, entry sets at rest a ru
mor that he would run. He has been
regarded as a certain candidate for
the past several days, and his entry
is the opening gun, in the local cam
paign.
Mr. Gaston is one of Butts coun
ty’s best known citizens. He has been
a member of the board of county
commissioners since 1906, serving
with the old board of three until the
law was changed in 1910, since
which time he has served as sole
commissioner. In this twenty-year
period he has been engaged in many
heated political acampaigns and has
always beenreturned a winner. This
is his first contest for a state house
office.
Mr. Gaston is regarded as a pio
neer good roads enthusiast, having
been interested in improved high
ways for a long number of years.
Under his administration the roads
and bridges of the county have been
vastly improved. He was a leader in
the fight for road and bridge bonds
for Butts county, and in the spring
of 1922 Butts county voted a road
bond issue of $150,000.
He wasconnected with the Clifford
Walker campaign committee when
Mr. Walker made a successful race
for governor. Mr. Gaston was giv
en much of the credit for the splend
id campaign waged by Governor
Walker, and as a reward for his ser
vices he was tendered one or two
attractive appointments, declining
these, however, to serve out his term
as commissioner in Butts county. He
is well known in political circles
throughout the state.
Mr. Gaston is strong politically and
has a large personal following. His’
formal announcement appears in this'
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issue. I
TILLERY FAMILY IN A
SERIOUS AUTO CRASH
MEMBERS OF JACKSON PARTY
HAS NARROW ESCAPE WHEN
CAR TURNED OVER NEAR LO
RAINE MONDAY MORNING
Mr. E. A. Tillery and members of
his family had a narrow escape from
death when the touring car in which
they were returning home turned
over on th - high wav near Loraine
Monday mo.-v.ig Mrs Tillery
her daughter were seriously cut and;
bruised. The following account
the accident is taken from the Ma
con News:
The entire family ot E A. Tillery
Jackson, Gt, <va.- threatened with
extinction early Monday morning
when the la: <<: t.iuring car in \*bich
they were r-turning home after a
week-end vie- to relatives here over
turned on a curve near i.oitr.e.
Mrs. Tillery suffered a fractured
arm in addiric : to other ; rjuries that
necessitated her confinement in Ma
con hospital. Evelyn, 12-year-old
daughter, also was admitted with
severe bruises and possible internal
injuries. Ethel, t ls, another daugh
ter, was treated for a painful cut
on the leg. Mr. Tillery and a young
son, with a third daughter, escaped
with minor bruises and scratches.
The touring car, with top and
fenders badly crushed, was righted
and pushed back onto the roadway,
the father driving it back to Macon
hospital with its load of injured.
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JUDGE PERSONS
ASKS RE-ELECTION
POPULAR JURIST OF FLINT CIR
CUIT IS CANDIDATE FOR FULL
TERM HAS BEEN JUDGE FOR
PAST THREE YEARS
Judge Ogden Persons, of Forsyth,
is a candidate for judge of the su
perior courts of the Flint circuit,
embracing the counties of Butts,
Henry, Lamar and Monroe. His for
mal announcement appears in this
issue of the Progress-Argus.
While the entries will not close
until July 15, it is not thought likely
that Judge Persons will have oppo
sition.
Judge Persons was appointed as
judge of the Flint circuit in 1923
when the old circuit was divided
into the Flint and Griffin divisions.
He was named to succeed Judge W.
E. H. Searcy, Jr., who became judge
of the Griffin circuit upon the crea
tion of that division by the general
assembly. In 1924 he was elected to
fill the unexpired term of Judge
Searcy. His opponents at that time,
it will be recalled, were the late
Judge E. J. Reagan, of McDonough,
and Judge H. M. Fletcher, of Jack
son, of Jackson. Judge Persons is
now a candidate for the full term of
four years.
Previous to his elevation to the
bench Judge Persons filled many posi
tions of trust and responsibility. He
is former president of the Geor
gia istate senate and is the author
of many well known laws, including
the indeterminate sentence law. He
has been prominently mentioned for
governor on several occasions.
Asa jurist Judge Persons has won
the respect of the bar and the people
at large. He presides with fairness
and dispatches business in a manner
that has speeded up court procedure
in this circuit. He is a thorough stu
dent of the law and stands for
strict and impartial law enforcement. !
Judge Persons is a well known
banker of Forsyth and as president
of the Forsyth chamber of commerce
has demonstrated his public spirit
and his interest in the uppuilding of
this entire section. He enjoys a wide
popularity over the circuit and itj
will pea pleasure for his friends to
give him an undivided support in
the present campaign.
FIVE DOLLARS A DAY
FROM THREE COWS
GEO. W. THORNTON FURNISHES
STRIKING EXAMPLE OF HOW
COWS WITH PROPER ATTEN
TION ARE MADE PROFITABLE, i
Mr. G. W. Thornton, a farmer and
merchant of Forsyth, has in the run
of his daily tasks furnished a rather
striking example of how cows may
with the proper co-operation be a
source of profit. The cows in ques
tioin are three in number and are
not world-beaters in the rrmtter of
pedigree aod production. No greater
care is giventhem than the ordinary
care cows ought to receive, but by
the proper handling of the milk and
bottling it in the shape of chocolate'
milk, the cows are bringing a return
of five dollars per day.
Mr. Thornton did not explain his
profitable investment on the theory
that when a man becomes independ
ent he cannot escape making money,
but on thebasis that hard work and
a lack of extravagance are a combi
nation which in the long run have
never been beaten. It might be add
ed thaat Mr. Thornton frequently,
rises at 3:30 and gets in a fairly
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good days work before most people
are awake, and is somewhat in-'
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different to picture shows, dances
and sitting up with the radio.—Mon
roe Advertiser.
11,397.5 POUNDS OF MILK IN
11 MONTHT IS GUERNSEY TEST
WESTBROOK SPOKE ON
THE COTTON HOPPER
COTTON SPECIALIST OF THE
STATE COLLEGE TALKED TO
FARMERS AND BUSINESS MEN
OF BUTTS COUNTY.
Prof. E. C. Westbrook, cotton
and tobacco specialist of the Geor
j gia State College of Agriculture,
spoke to the farmers and business
' men of Butts county in the court
I house Thursday afternoon of the past
1 week on the Texas flea or hopper.
| He explained the various methods
more than one hundred in all, that
have been tried, pointing out that
flowers of sulphur offers the best
method of control.
The State College of Agricul
! turc, Georgia Experment Station
I and other agencies have been work
j ing hard to help the farmers find a
, remedy to control the cotton flea,
j Prof. Westbrook was heard by
about twenty persons.
J. L. LYONS OUT
FOR SENATE POST
REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE
PAST TWO TERMS SEEKS
PLACE IN SENATE. IS WELL
KNOWN PUBLIC MAN.
The announcement of Hon. J. L.
Lyons for state senator from the
I twenty-sixth district, made Tuesday
I will be of wide interest in political
* circles. His formal entry has been
predicted for some time.
As Butts county’s representative
in the lower house of the Georgia
general assembly for the past two
years, Mr. Lyons is well known to
the voters of the county. Asa mem
ber of the general assembly he held
several important committee ap
pointments and was active in working
for the interests of his constituents.
He was the author of the resolution
providing for the cancellation of the
lease on the Indian Springs property,
and succeeded in having put through
•a resolution placing this property
in the hands of the state. He is also
the author of a bill creating a board
of three commissioners for Butts
county.
Mr. Lyons has been a long life
| resident of Jackson and Butts coun-
I ty and comes of a family that has
played an important part in the busi
ness and social affairs of the com
munity. He has been local agent for
the Southeastern Express Company
since its organization, previous to
which time he served the Southern
Express Company in the same capac
ity. Mr. Lyons is also active in church '
and Sunday school work and in fra- 1
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ternal organizations.
In making formal entry for the!
senate Mr. Lyons expresses the be
lief that his experience in the house
of representatives better qualifies
him to serve in the senate. He will,
have the active and loyal support i
of his friends in all districts of the
county.
Mr. Lyons is being opposed for
this office by Mr. J. O. Gaston, whose
formal announcement was made last
week.
REVIVAL SERVICES TO BE
HELD AT TOWALIGA CHURCH
Revival services will begin at
Towaliga church Sunday, July 18,
the day following the centennial
celebration. Rev. Mr. Brookshire, 1
pastor of the Woodward Avenue'
church Atlanta, will do the preach-j
ing. The public is cordially invited!
in attend the meetings, which will
continue for one week.
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BOOST
GEORGIA
All The Time
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
A GREAT RECORD
BY A LOCAL COW
SARAH OF WILLOW VALLEY
FARM TAKES RANK AS ONE OF
HIGHEST PRODUCERS IN THE
ENTIRE COUNTRY
A total of 11,397.5 pounds of milk
containing 512.88 pounds of butter
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fat, from June 1, 1925, to May 16,
| 1926, is the record made by Sarah
I of Willow Valley Farm, a Guernsey
J cow owned by Major G. E. Mallet, of
! Jackson. This is a record that ranks
! with the highest producing cows in
the entire country. This production
j sets anew record for Butts county
and for this entire section. It shows
the wonderful possibilities of dairy
farming, with the right type of cows.
• This Guernsey, not a purebred but
Ia high grade animal, produced as
high as 52 pounds of milk in a day,
and during the month of July, 1925,
made a record of 1,396.6 pounds of
milk. She freshened again on June
24, 1926, and is now producing
about 45 pounds of milk per day.
Major Mallet’s Guernsey herd is
on the Federal Accredited List No.
46,166, and is under federal super
vision at all times. This is the only
herd in this section of Georgia that
, is on the Federal Accredited List, it
is stated. Major Mallet has one of
the largest and best dairy herds in
the entire statq and is succeeding
with farming as a sideline of gen
eral farming.
i The official records shows that
] Sarah of Willey Valley Farm netted
her owner a profit of $223.60 in the
1 eleven months test period. This is
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a record that shows sterling qualities
of this dairy cow and the careful
management of the superintendent
Mr. R. H. Burford, who conducts
Major Mallet’s dairy farm.
Major Mallet has prepared the for
lowing itemized statement, showing
the total cost of feed, labor, ice,etc.,
and the total receipts from milk
sales:
2,745 pounds of grain ration, con
sisting of the following mixture (100
lbs. corn meal, 100 lbs. bran, 100
lbs. ground oats, 100 lbs. alfalfa and
400 lbs. iotton seed meal) at an av
erage cost of S4O per ton, $54.90,
10,800 pounds of ensilage at $lO
per ton, $54.00.
I, pounds hulls at sl2 per ton,
$9.00.
Forty minutes per day for the
11 % months for feeding, milking and
pasturing is 230 hours or 23 days of
10 hours at $2 per day, $40.00.
Express on 132 (10 gallon cans)
at 29 cents each, $38.28.
One (5 gallon can) at 16 cents
One ton ice, SIO.OO
Total cost, $212.34.
11, pounds milk testing 4.5
per cent at 85 cents per pound
amounts to $435.94.
Less cost of production leaves
net profit of $223.60.
DR. SNOWDEN WAS VISITOR
IN JACKSON PAST SUNDAY;
Dr. C. L. Snowden, of Covington,
lately of Madison, Fla., was a visitor
in Indian Springs and Jackson Sun
day. He recently purchased tha
Covington News from W. TroX
Bankston and will make a number of
improvements in the paper. He has
associatedg|With him Fields Taylor,
well known newspaper man. Dr.
Snowden, a natire Virginian, is being
cordially welcomed to Georgia and
to the ranks of the Fourth Estate.
Dr. Snowden sees great possibili
ties in this section and will give
liberally of his time and talents to
bringing about better conditions.