Butts County Grand Jury Recommends Abolishment and Consolidation
Butts County Grand Jury for February term 1913 recommends abolishing certain offices and consolidating Tax Collector, Receiver, and Treasurer. They report county officers’ books follow the law, note jail and poor farm conditions, urge repairs, better sanitation, and building upkeep, and call for equipment and cleanliness improvements.
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Butts County Grand Jury
Butts Superior Court
Court House
Are
N. P
St. John's Lodge Plans Tuesday Degree Session
St. John's Lodge No. 45 F. and A. M. will hold a called meeting next Tuesday at 7 30 PM. Visiting brethren from sister lodges will attend and Worshipful Master H M Fletcher will confer the Master’s degree in his usual impressive manner. All qualified brethren are invited.
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St. John’s Lodge
H. M. Fletcher
Georgia Weekly Press to Meet in La Grange This July
The Georgia Weekly Press Association Executive Committee met in Atlanta to finalize plans for the annual gathering in La Grange in July. LaGrange, lauded as the City of Elms and Roses, will host events including a city tour, visits to notable learning institutions, local industries, a Georgia Alabama League ball game featuring LaGrange, a visit to Ferrels Gardens, and a barbecue banquet.
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Georgia Weekly Press Association
Atlanta
Turday
LaGrange
Elms and Roses
Ferrels Gardens
Jackson City Court 10 Meet March 24 1913
Jurors witnesses and parties need not attend City Court of Jackson the second Monday in March but the March term will be held the week beginning March 24 1913 at which time they will attend Judge H. M. Fletcher C. C. of Jackson. J. L. Watson of Atlanta spent Sunday with his family. Hon. W. E. Watkins attended court in McDonough this week.
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City Court of
Jackson
H. M. Fletcher
C. C
New Cabinet Members Named by President Wilson
President Wilson announces a full slate of cabinet appointments including William Jennings Bryan as Secretary of State and William G. McAdoo as Secretary of the Treasury. Lindley M. Garrison becomes Secretary of War, with David F. Houston, Franklin K. Lane, and others holding posts in Interior Agriculture Commerce Navy Labor Postmaster General and Attorney General.
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William Jennings Bryan
the Treasury
William G. McAdoo
Lindley M. Garrison
the Interior
David F. Houston
Commerce
William Redfield
Navy
Josephus ‘Daniels
Labor
William B. Wilson
Albert S. Burleson
Thornton Buchanan at home last weekend
Henry Byron was recalled from Atlanta on Tuesday due to the illness of his father Dr. J. Lee Byron, prompting family travel and concern.
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Thornton Buchanan
Henry Byron
Atlanta
J. Lee Byron
Dr J B Hopkins to Attend Dental Club Exhibit in Atlanta
Dr J B Hopkins will be present at the clinical exhibit of the Dental Manufacturers' Club of the United States in Atlanta scheduled for next week.
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J. B. Hopkins
Dental Manufacturers’ Club of the
United States
Atlanta
Jackson Boy Scouts Bicycle Trip To Atlanta
A group of Boy Scouts from Jackson under Scoutmaster Dr. Robert Van Deventer traveled by bicycle to Atlanta on Thursday and expect to return today. Lieutenant Ilomer Carmichael of the Jackson Rifles gave two or three squads a short military drill in the evenings, praising their aptitude and willingness to train as soldiers.
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Boy Scouts of
Jackson
Robert van Deventer
Atlanta
Ilomer Carmichael
Jackson Rifles
Dr. O Lee Chesnutt Lectures Tonight
Dr. O Lee Chesnutt will deliver a free lecture on The Teeth and How to Care for Them at the Teachers Institute program. He will show stereopticon views and a large crowd is expected to attend.
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O. Lee Chesnutt
Teachers’ Institute
Clayton Thaxton Opens Copper Hill Business
Clayton Thaxton operates a new business in Copper Hill Tennessee signaling local commercial activity. He established operations at the Copper Hill location and plans to expand services in the area.
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Clayton Thaxton
Copper Hill,Tenn
Supreme Court rules dam not a nuisance in backwater suit
The Supreme Court reversed a lower court and held the Butts county ordinary lacked jurisdiction to declare the Ocmulgee river dam a nuisance. Citizens from Butts and Jasper counties must pursue abatement under a new law allowing suits where damage originates rather than where the power company offices are located.
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Atlanta
Butts
Jasper County
Ocmulgee River
Central Georgia Power Company
Supreme Court
High Tribunal
Butts County
Power Company
Court of Ordinary
Wood Proposes Corner Lot Trade to Baptist Church
W J Wood offers to swap his handsome Third and McKibben corner lot for the Baptist church and pastorium site in Jackson. He argues the corner location would display their planned new building to better advantage.
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W. J. Wood
Baptists of
Jackson
Third and
McKibben Streets
Baptist
Teachers Institute in Oesdion Here This Week
Miss Celeste Parrish the state’s leading educator conducts a three day teachers meeting in Jackson. Speakers discuss concrete results of education in Butts County and aims for school improvement, with sessions on common subjects agriculture and school community conditions.
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Celeste Parrish
Georgia
South
Jackson
Miss Parrish
Brittain
Local Knights Templar Banquet Set Tonight in Armory Hall
Alexius Commandery No. 22 hosts its annual banquet in Armory Hall to honor grand officers. The Tactics' Aid Society of the Presbyterian church supervises the event, with many Sir Knights expected to attend as inspecting officers.
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Alexius Commandery
No. 22
Armory Hall
Birthday salute to Captain I J Walthall at Lyons Street
Captain I J Walthall celebrated his 77th birthday last Friday at his Lyons Street home. Neighbors and friends joined in a quiet observance.
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Lyons Street
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City Courts of
Jackson and
Flovilla
THE
Masonic Lodge
City of Elms and Roses
Entertain Georgia Weekly Press
Jackson City Court
J. L. Watson
W. E. Watkins
McDonough
Man OF the Hour
Woodrow Wilson
Secretary of Agriculture
Franklin K. Lane
James McReynolds
C. S. Maddox
W. C. Marfin
DR. O. Lee Chesnutts
Oesdion
Knights Templar
Goats
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