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FlovSlla
Happenings
By Mrs. Emily Burns
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Thaxton
of Jackson were guests
Saturday evening of Mr. and
Mrs. Paul James.
Guests Sunday of Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Burns, Sr. were
Mrs. H. C. Burns and Mrs.
Lila Barrentine of Macon.
Mrs. Vivian Hightower
returned home Tuesday after
spending several days at
Panama City, Fla. with
relatives.
Guests during the week of
Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Elliott
were Mr. and Mrs. Gip
, Washington of Jackson, Mrs.
1 Jerry Wingate and Mrs.
Nancy Guyton and Kelly.
Mr. and Mrs. Dewey
' Lassiter, along with Mr. and
Mrs. David Burford of
Jackson, spent the weekend
at Panama City, Fla.
Mrs. Laßue Turner was
the guest last week of Mr.
and Mrs. Billy Turner and
Todd of Greenville, S. C.
Guests during the weekend
of Mrs. W. E. Waits were Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Blount of
Milledgeville, Mr. and Mrs.
Don Gable of Marietta, Mrs.
Tate Turner of Hillsboro, and
Mrs. Curtis Cochran of
Juliette.
Visiting Mrs. Sara Duke
during the weekend were Mr.
Gene Duke of Carrollton, Mr.
Emory Duke of Jonesboro
and Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Duke, Joy and Brad of Gray.
Mrs. Ida Lou King of
Jackson was the guest of
Miss Fredna Hilley Sunday
evening.
Guests Monday of Mrs.
Emily Burns were Mrs.
Patricia Burton of Sanford,
North Carolina and Mrs.
Susan Gardner of Tifton.
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Saturday Rites
Were Held For
John Johnson
Funeral services for Mr.
John F. Johnson, Sr., 85, of
Jackson Lake, were held
•Saturday afternoon at
Ward’s Glenwood Chapel.
Burial was in Resthaven
Memorial Gardens.
Mr. Johnson, who died
Thursday, August 11, was a
retired insurance salesman
for National Life and
Accident Insurance Com
pany. He was a Mason and
past master of the E. A.
Minor Lodge No. 603 F&AM.
He was also first president of
E. A. Minor Memorial Club,
past president of the DeKalb
County Masonic Association,
and a member of the Royal
Arch and Mt. Moriah Order
of the Eastern Star.
Mr. Johnson is survived by
his widow, the former Mary
Kathryn Mills of Jackson;
daughters, Mrs. John T.
Hannah of Fairfax, Va., and
Mrs. Charles T. Maddox of
Conyers; sons, John F.
Johnson, Jr. of Duluth, the
Rev. William B. Johnson of
Decatur, Donald E. Johnson
of St. Marys, Ohio, and
James M. Johnson of
Lawrenceville; a brother,
Jordan B. Johnson of
Atlanta.
E. A. Minor Lodge No. 603
F&AM served as honorary
escort and were in charge of
graveside services.
STATE TO OBSERVE
HUNTING-FISHING DAY
Hunting and Fishing Day
will be observed Saturday,
September 24th, in Georgia
and throughout the nation.
Governor George Busbee
will issue a proclamation
designating September 24th
as Hunting and Fishing Day
in the state. County commis
sioners, mayors and other
public officials will prepare
proclamations for their local
areas.
Sportsmen’s Clubs and
conservation groups will
present programs and give
demonstrations in hunting
and fishing and outdoor
activities such as camping,
casting, archery and fire
arms use.
THE JACKSON PROCRESS-ARCUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
Voices Out of the Past
Jackson Was
Racing Center
I am sure people are living
in Jackson today who are not
aware of the fact that
Jackson once supported and
maintained one of the finest
race tracks in Georgia. Back
in the 1830’s and probably
‘4o’s, when Waters Harrison
and many hundreds of stock
raisers, as well as horse
racers, had full swing.
I have heard some fabulous
stories as well as some
narrow escapes of the riders.
The track was laid out on
the old Tarpley place, just in
front of Meade Hendrick’s
old home on Indian Springs
road and was a three-quarter
mile run.
A more suitable place
could not have been found in
Butts County, as it required
no grading and at present
there does not remain a
single sign or resemblance of
there ever having been a
horse race or bet there.
And but few people know
that Jackson pulled off the
last “gander pulling” that
ever happened in Georgia
and perhaps in the South. I
was an eye-witness to that
most cruel and barbarous
sport. Some future day I will
tell the younger set who read
the Progress how a gander
pulling is arranged and
carried on from the start to
finish by describing the one I
am now writing about.
Hannibal Dixon.—Butts
County Progress, Jan. 23,
1908.
Rev. Robert Van Deventer
Comes to Local Baptist
Rev. Robert Van Deventer,
the new pastor of the Jackson
Baptist Church, will arrive
on February the fifth, and
will conduct the prayer
service at his church that
morning.—Butts Cos. Pro
gress, Jan. 30, 1908.
Miss Nutt Entertains
For Miss Westcott
Miss Leonora Nutt enter
tained delightfully at the
home of her aunt, Mrs.
Emma Mallet, on Wednes
day afternoon from three to
five in honor of her charming
guest, Miss Rennette West
cott, of Macon.
The honoree of the occa
sion, who is an attractive
brunette, was gowned in an
elegant cream crepe de
chine, fashioned princess,
with trimming of black
velvet bands and lace
medallions.
The hostess received her
guests wearing a Copenha
gen blue voille, trimmed in
white lace. Receiving with
her was Mrs. Mote Watts,
who was gowned in a spirit of
brown pajama and lace waist
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lovely in a castor silk voille
over taffeta, with lace
combined with a touch of
baby blue.
Miss Pauline Mallet served
hot chocolate and wafers to
the guests as they arrived.
About 40 members of the
younger set were guests of
Miss Nutt on this delightful
occasion.—Butts County Pro
gress, Feb. 13, 1908.
Jackson Burned
47 Years Ago
Forty-seven years ago
today, November 17, 1864,
General W. T. Sherman, with
his army of nearly 200,000
soldiers, had just moved out
from Atlanta on their march
through Georgia to the sea,
and camped within the
confines of Butts County.
They remained in Butts but
one day and night, but
destroyed property to the
value of perhaps a million
dollars or more, and left
instead the blackened re
mains of a number of fine
flour mills, gin houses,
barns, corn cribs, one cotton
factory and thousands of
dead horses, hogs and beef
cattle while many horses and
cattle were driven away.
A number of the old men
and boys sixteen or younger
were taken prisoners and
many of them were either
killed in battle or died on
their way north as they were
never heard of again. The
smoke from burning Jackson
and from many gin houses,
mills, barns and other
buildings, lit up the heavens
in all directions.
Jackson then was a
populous country town with
many stores and other
business houses, which sur
rounded the court house
square, but not a building
was left standing except the
old Masonic Hall. That
building, I have been
informed, was left standing
by order of General Sherman
himself. The old Byars and
Mallet store, on the corner
where Ham and Carter do
business, was fired several
times but was extinguished
by a lot of small boys after
the soldiers were gone.
Price’s Mill, a few miles to
the south of Jackson, was left
standing, it is thought, to
supply foodstuffs to the army
in case it might be delayed a
few days by high water.
There was no danger of a
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battle to check the progress
of the march.
Sherman’s great army was
divided into three divisions,
one going eastward by way of
Keys Ferry road, one
through Jackson, and the
other along the Mclntosh
road. It was said at the time
that Sherman himself was in
the center, but his exact
whereabouts was not known.
He evidently passed along
Third Street and saw the
court house as it was
crumbling to the ground.
A few fearless young men,
Confederate soldiers, who
happened to be at home,
armed themselves and met
the oncoming raiders near
the Asa Buttrill residence
and attempted to give them
battle. One man was wound
ed. He was carried to the
Buttrill home and his wounds
were dressed while lying on
the front veranda. It was said
he died after the army
passed through Jackson.
Mr. Taylor had just
reached home, and with
several others had attempted
to make a stand near the
southeast corner of the
square, and held their ground
until the bluecoats appeared
coming around the corner
near the First National Bank.
The young soldiers saw there
was no need to stand against
Sherman’s horde and disap
peared towards Pittman’s
Ferry.
Sherman’s first plan was
for Hazon’s corps to go by
and capture or burn Macon,
as had been done for Atlanta,
but they were met by
General Wheeler at Wilson’s
bridge, and after a little
skirmish, the course was
turned and they crossed the
Ocmulgee at Roach’s Ferry
and Nutting’s factory. Thus
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ON THE JOB—Conservation Rangers Gerald Kersey, left, and John Pettis, both of the
Department of Natural Resources, are shown with illegal fish baskets and illegal nets
confiscated when arrests were made of persons caught in the act of using the illegal
baskets and nets in the Ocmulgee River and Lake Jackson areas. Participating in the
surveillance and arrests also was Roy Morris, Conservation Ranger. Law enforcement
officers from a number of counties are participating in the intensified enforcement
activities in the Ocmulgee River - Lake Jackson area.
Macon was spared.
Sherman struck the Cen
tral Railroad again at
Griswoldville, where the
Confederates engaged his
attention for a short while.
The militia, that part of the
Confederate army composed
largely of old men and little
boys who had seen service
around Atlanta, learned what
it meant to fight a great
army.
In this battle, one man
from Butts. Sam Johnson,
whose home was on the spot
where Mr. W. D. Compton
now lives, was killed. It was
also supposed that John
Price and John Wynn, both
belonging to Cos. H. Fourth
Georgia Militia, were killed,
as neither of the boys were
ever heard of again.
The other members of the
militia who were at home or
on the sick list took to the
woods and swamps as word
was spread abroad that
Sherman’s plan was to
capture and carry to some
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northern prison every one
who could shoulder a musket,
of whom this writer was one.
We remained in hiding till
Sherman was well on his way
to Savannah. D. J. Thaxton.
—Butts County Progress,
Nov. 24. 1911.
Bill Turner Confesses
Before His Execution
Bill Turner, confessed
murderer, was executed here
Thursday, the hanging
taking place in King's Opera
House. The trap was sprung
at 11:54, and five minutes
later he was pronounced
dead and at 12:03 he was cut
down. The hanging was
witnessed by officers of the
law. relatives of the victim,
newspaper reporters, physi
cians and a few others.
Hundreds of people were
outside the building.
King's building is often
referred to as the Opera
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that purpose a short time in
1910—Butts Cos. Progress.
Dec. 15, 1911.
99 Years Old And
Never Seen Auto
One of the most interesting
women in the State is “Aunt
Sookie” Pruitt, of Cabaniss.
She will be 99 years old on
Christmas Day, and had
never seen an automobile
until Sunday. On that day
Messrs. Mote Watts and Hall
Turner took her for a ride.
Miss Pruitt lives in a log
house built 76 years ago. She
has lived in it continuously
since it was built. She does
not use glasses at all. and is
able to draw water and get in
wood and attend to other
household duties —Butts Cos.
Progress. Dec. 29. 1911.
"Silence makes no mistakes."
French proverb