Bond drive opens in Butts county appeals for top support
The Liberty Loan campaign seeks 161 800 dollars with 4 percent bonds over ten years. County chairman R P Sasnett and a committee report strong Saturday subscriptions via banks and many farmers including colored farmers. Banks offer installments with a ten percent cash payment. Names of subscribers will be published in The Progress Argus.
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Butts County
R. P. Lasnett
Progress-Argus
Georgia
R. P. Sasnett
Jackson National Bank
J. W. and
A. C. Maddox
E. L. Pittman
J. R. Hammond
E. L. Lawson
Marguerite Fletcher
F. M. Lawson
W. F. Stroud
C. L. Redman
Nora L. Byron
T. W. Vaughn
A. M. Watkins
J. L
W. M. Barkley
H. Thornton
Jno
M. Moore
Robert van Dev
Ethel Carmichael
S. M. Pope
R. J. Carmichael
J. B. Settle
Emma Mallet
M. J. Graves
Marlin Spencer
Hugh Mallet
J. B. Hopkins
S. H. Mays
First National Bank
Edgar McMichael
Gus Moss
C. A. Pound
S. R. England
E. B. Freeman
Chapter Masons Set Degrees on April 22
Jackson Chapter No. 54 Royal Arch Masons held a meeting Monday night receiving two membership applications. Initiatory work is planned for the next regular communication on April 22.
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Jackson
Royal Arch Masons
Jackson High Debates Military Training Issue
Jackson public schools prepare for a junior versus senior debate on April 19 addressing compulsory universal military training modeled after Switzerland. Senior speakers Joe Buchanan and Pliny Weaver back the affirmative while juniors Tay lor Buttrill Smith and Julian Turner oppose. An automobile parade at 4 PM precedes the event with judges evaluating both debates and yells.
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United States
Switzerland
Joe Buchanan
Pliny Weaver
Taylor Buttrill Smith
Julian Turner
Businessmen Help in Big Liberty Loan Campaign
Local progress-Argus notes Jackson business leaders fund a weekly ad series to support the third Liberty Loan. The ads aim to mobilize public support, with businessmen donating time and money to inform citizens about bond issues while the test remains whether German autocracy yields better men than American democracy.
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Progress-Argus
Jackson
Cobb Denounces Hardwick and Smith at Clarke County Rally
Judge Andrew J. Cobb delivers a blistering attack on T. W. Hardwick and Senator H. W. Smith at a patriotic mass meeting in Athens Georgia. He accuses them of disloyalty to the President and urges Georgia to reject the junior senator. He invokes sailors soldiers and American mothers to condemn the opposition and pledges to fight the stain on Georgia. Submarine chasers delivered to the navy by private firms and yards are noted.
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Georgia
Andrew J. Cobb
Athens
T. W. Hardwick
Clarke County
Cobb
Smith
Wilson
Tie
Hardwick
Judge Cobb
Macon
Scotland
France
United Stats
Senate
Rabun Gap
Tybee Light
Wheat crop shows big rise forecasts for 1918 harvest
The Agriculture Department foresees a winter wheat crop of 560 million bushels this year, up 142 million from 1917, with a possible total crop near 850 million if spring wheat yields match. Bread grains may total about 225 million bushels higher, but rigorous saving remains urged as harvest approaches. Ohio, Indiana, Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas, and Oklahoma show varied crop conditions. In Butts County, a Service Flag ceremony unveiled 138 blue stars and two gold stars, honoring local cadets and deceased soldiers, with speeches stressing patriotism and victory.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Food Administration
Great Britain
France
India
Department
Ohio
Indiana
Missouri
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Field Meet to Be Held Here Next Friday
Butts county schools host a day of literary and athletic contests on Friday April 19. Morning literary exercises at the county courthouse and afternoon athletic events at the fair grounds. Prizes totaling over sixty dollars donated by local business people. Schools observe a holiday to attend and participate. Committees urge full school attendance and a large crowd is expected.
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Butts County
County Court House
Butts County Fair
War Horror and Belgium Atrocities Uprising Opinion
A biased wartime broadside denounces the Kaiser and the Belgian atrocities. It argues that the ongoing casualty lists force recognition of horrors and claim justice against the autocracy, insisting there can be no lasting peace while the Kaiser’s regime endures.
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Belgium
Castor Bean Cultivation Surges for Aircraft Oil
More than 70,000 acres in the country have been planted with castor bean to produce oil for aircraft engines. The expansion signals a strategic shift to domestic fuel sources and supports wartime aviation needs.
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Seown
Jackson Public
A. J. Cobb
Flays
State Normal School
Robert van Deventer
Army
Navy
G C. L. Redman
Bessie Compton
State Normal
H. M. Fletcher
Butts
Germany
Ina McMichael
America
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