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MYSTERY PICTURE No one was able to identify
this picture submitted by Mrs. Lillian Bums. Opinions
differed from it being an interior view of the old Wigwam
H. L. Worsham
Is Farm Agent
Will Report For Duty
On First March
A University
Graduate
The fact that Mr. H. L.
Worsham, of Culloden, a
brother of the director of the
Chemical Department of the
University of Georgia, and
himself a graduate of the State
University, has been selected
as Farm Demonstrator for
Butts county is a matter of
interest to the people of the
community. Mr. Worsham is
expected to report for duty the
first of March.
Monday morning Mr. F. S.
(great iJmericau >ojpp cni ngs
From a Great American Business
by permission of THF. BETTMANN ARC.HIVE
1793: We begin to build big business.
Now that we’ve gained our independence, we need to grow
up. We need to compete in our own country with the imports
England can sell us more cheaply than we can sell our own
products to ourselves. We need to get out of this postwar
depression. We’ve got the resources, the minds and the men.
Men like Eli Whitney, a young Yale graduate who visited a
plantation one day and almost instantly saw a way to clean
cotton fifty times faster than we've been doing it by hand.
His cotton engine (we’ll shorten it to "cotton gin’’) makes
cotton king in the South. Soon, Charleston will ship twenty
million pounds of it in one year. But Whitney won’t stop
there. He’s getting busy figuring out a way to make guns
without a single gunsmith! And we’re waiting to see
whether his assembly line idea will work out.
Polk Tire &
Service Cos., Inc.
Hotel, with a bar in the right hand comer, to one of the
earlier drug stores in the county. A positive identification
will be welcomed by all.
Etheridge, president of the
Butts County Chamber of
Commerce, received a letter
from Dr. J. Phil Campbell,
state agent of the demonstra
tion work, advising that Mr.
Worsham could be secured by
Butts county if hasty action
were taken. Mr. Etheridge
immediately wired Mr. Camp
bell that the terms were
accepted. At the same time he
wrote Mr. Worsham to report
for duty in Jackson on the first
of March.
It is likely that a meeting of
the farmers and business men
of the community will be held
upon the arrival of Mr.
Worsham. At that meeting he
will outline his methods and
tell just what he will expect of
the coummunity in the way of
co-operation. According to the
present plans it is the idea to
have Mr. Worsham assume
complete charge of the work in
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARCUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
Butts county and carry it on as
he deems advisable. He will
consult with the officers of the
Chamber of Commerce when it
is thought best.
Half of his salary is paid by
the United States government
and half will be paid by Butts
county. Mr. Gaston has
already pledged the county’s
aid to the movement and his
action was ratified by the
grand jury. Mr. Etheridge and
Mr. Gaston appeared before
the grand jury and presented
the matter to them in the
strongest way possible.
No movement undertaken
here in years is so full of
meaning and promise to the
citizens of the whole county as
the securing of a Farm
Demonstration Agent and it is
hoped that Mr. Worsham will
have the cordial and active
co-operation of all the citizens.
- Butts County Progress,
February 27, 1914.
Farewells
Said By
Congregation
From
(Savannah Morning News)
The Rev. Dr. Robert Van
DeVenter preached his fare
well sermon as pastor of the
Duffy Street Baptist Church to
an unusually large congrega
tion last night. Dr. Van
DeVenter has been for eight
years pastor of the church and
at the conclusion of the service
there were few dry eyes, so
deep was the love of the
congregation for its pastor. He
leaves this week to accept a
charge at Jackson, Ga.
Asa token of this affection
Dr. Van DeVenter was pre
sented with a handsome watch
fob, by Rev. Dr. W. L. Pickard,
in behalf of the congregation.
The fob is a handsome one and
is a duplicate of one Dr. Van
DeVenter lost in Europe, which
was the gift of the Georgia
State Baptist Young People’s
Union. The design is the official
seal of the B. Y. P. U. Dr.
VanDeVenter also received
numerous individual tokens
from his congregation.
In presenting the fob Dr.
Pickard said: “This is most
appropriate as a testimonial to
your work with the young
people, which has always
characterized your pastorate.
The gold of which this charm is
terized your pastorate.; The
gold of which this charm is
made stands for the purity of
the character ol my brother,
and the diamonds, so beauti
fully reflecting the sun’s light,
typifies the light of the Saviour
as reflected in the life of this
pastor. They will not forget
you. Dr. VanDeVenter, and
they are sure you will not
forget them, but they want you
to have this to wear all the
days of your life as a token of
their love and confidence.” Dr.
VanDeVenter replied in a few
heartfelt words. -- Butts County
Progress, Feb. 6, 1908.
From a Great American Drug Store
1779: The Patriots at sea.
Thanks to France, we have our own navy now. V ou and wonder how we inexperi
enced Americans would fare in a sea battle. But you see John Paul Jones in
action, and you stop wondering. It s September 23rd on the high seas. Jones is
aboard his flagship, iheßonhomme Richard , w hen along comes the Setapis , a
British 44-gun frigate. Cannon fire begins the battle. Then, the muskets. Jones
may be outweaponed, but he won't be outdone. He lashes the two ships to
gether, and his men climb aboard the Serapis to fight hand-to-hand, American
style. It looks bad for the ßonhomme Richard. Slowly, she begins to sink. The
Serapis assumes victory is at hand. Her captain cries, "Do you surrender?
Jones puts it this way: "I have not yet begun to fight!'' Three hundred of his men
are killed or wounded, but he fights. Until the British surrender. The brave
British captain is knighted. But we are victorious.
CITY PHARMACY
THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1976
Jackson Had
Pigeons In
Contest
Two Birds Released Here
Sunday Morning in Race To
St. Louis. Bore Message to
Governor
Jackson was represented
in the international pigeon
derby conducted by the local
Rexall dealers, Carmichael
Drug & Book Cos., Saturday
morning. The birds bore a
message from Mayor Wat
kins to the governor of
Missouri, who will be judge
of the contest.
When released one of the
Progress-Argus, Oct. 1, 1920.
On June 17. 1775. patriots were ordered “don’t fire
until you see the whites of their eyes, and proved they
could act as an army, at the battle of Bunker Hill.
Sears Catalog Store
The Strawberry Patch
pigeons circled over the town
and flew to the northwest.
The other bird was so well
pleased with Jackson that it
was loath to leave, lighting
on the steeple of the court
house for some time. It
finally departed in the
direction of St. Louis.
Several thousand of these
homing pigeons were entered
in the St. Louis flight. So
strong is the homing instinct
in certain varieties of
pigeons that it is said they
will always return home,
regardless of the distance.
Pigeons are extensively used
by the government in certain
tests.
The local dealers expected
to be advised of the safe
arrival in St. Louis of the two
birds entered in the local
contest. The Jackson
The Parson Wanted The
Money For His Work
Judge J. H. Ham is in
receipt of a note unique in
literature. It is from a
colored preacher who wanted
the ordinary to pay him for
marrying a couple. Evident
ly the parties that should
have handed him over the
coin failed to do so and he
wanted to be remembered by
the county for performing the
ceremony.
The note is as follows:
“Send me the monney for
marring to Locust Grove,
Ga. I don’t no waht you all
pay. Send it to Locust Grove,
Ga.
“Rev. G. W. Lowe.”
—Butts Cos. Progress
June 8,1909