06 Oct 1916
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Newspaper
Jackson Progress Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1916
Page
1
The third annual session of the Butts County Fair begins Tuesday October 10 and runs through Friday October 13. Premiums total 600 to 890 dollars with cash payment. Aeroplane flights and fireworks are highlights, with a large parade and automobile tour promoting the event in Jackson.
The Butts County Fair Association votes to not issue any free admissions for the fair opening next week. Officers managers and superintendents will pay like others. The move aims to ensure financial success and prevent indiscriminate use of passes.
Former Butts County resident and Atlanta merchant Hon J R Smith will address the Home Coming exercises Tuesday at the fair. He will speak on choosing a subject about a nation with a clean and orderly house, and invites the public to attend.
The Jackson Rifles stationed at Camp Harris Macon have been invited to attend the Butts County Fair Home Coming exercises Brigadier General Walter A Harris has approved the move and the decision from Governors Island New York is awaited The event is expected to be a featured military display at the fair and attendance is sought with proper authorization
Prominent young man of Butts county dies of appendicitis after operation in Atlanta. H. C. Thaxton, 81, longtime merchant and former printer, survived by wife Blanche Barnes Thaxton and a large family. Funeral held at First Baptist Church in Jackson with Dr. Robert VanDeventer officiating. Interment in City Cemetery.
The eleven month old infant of Mr and Mrs Ward Jenkins near Cork died Monday afternoon. Funeral services were led by Rev W O Sharp at Sandy Creek Tuesday afternoon with burial in the Sandy Creek Cemetery.
Rules permit free space and entries with blanks from the Secretary. Exhibits must be in place by Oct 9 and the fair runs Oct 10 to Oct 18 1916 with daily hours. Exhibits stay within Butts County and are not insured by the association.
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