Plans Made for Butts County Fair Opening
Final plans are under way for the Butts County Fair in Jackson, opening in less than two weeks. Repairs and improvements are being completed as exhibits, farm displays, livestock, and the women and youth departments are featured. A Red Cross booth, Armistice Day program, speakers, and a large carnival with fireworks and balloon ascents are planned.
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Butts County
Jackson
Atyr
The
Red Cross
Paign
Jackson Rifles
Election set for Tuesday vote with long ballot
Plans completed for national election on Tuesday November 2 with polls in Jackson district open 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. and country districts 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. About 1,550 white voters and 300 black voters expected to participate. Scratch ballots allowed. counting likely slow and finished by Wednesday. Election managers named for each precinct.
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He Ham
Jackson
Ham
Buttrit
A. S. Mills
T. B. Fletcher
J. P. Ray
Coody
B. F. Cooper
O. L. Weaver
W. M. Hammond
Dublin
W. O. Moore
Edmund Hay
T. B. McMichael
Flovilla
B. H. Hencely
A. F. White
A. B. Smith
Indian Springs
A. H. Ogletree
W. P. Castlebemey
G. I. Watkins
Iron Spring
W. M. Andrews
J. C. Cole
L. B. Dodson
J. A. McMichael
John M. McMichael
J. C. Newton
Ee M. Watkins
W. J. d. G. W. Allen
Towanga
J. O. Pettigrew
J. N. McEihenney
H. H. Colwell
Worthville
G. W. White
J. H. Pope
R. C. Stodghill
Postage Rates May Be Cut for City Delivery
Postmaster General Burleson stated that the postal estimates sent to Congress will not recommend raising the two cent first class rate and will again urge a one cent local delivery charge. He argues lowering the local rate from two to one cent could increase overall postal revenues.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Burleson
Department
Postmaster General
Jackson Boy Sends Democratic Dollar
Captain C. W. Woodward, a Jackson veteran and law student at George Washington University, has sent a dollar to aid the Democratic campaign fund. He urges others to contribute during the week as time runs short. Contributions received so far are listed.
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C. W. Woodward
Jackson
Law
George Washington University
Washington D. C
Progress-Argus
Democratic
Captain Woodward
Red Cross Day Plans Highlight November 11
Butts county Red Cross chapters plan a Roll Call on Red Cross Day November 11. Miss Pauline Mallet leads a campaign at Fair Grounds and in town to solicit members. Membership costs 1 dollar annually, with half kept by the local chapter. R. Vandeventer is the chairman.
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RED Cross
Butts County Fair
Butts County
Pauline Mallet
R. Vandeventer
Cedar Town official visits Jackson noted journalist
Hon W S Coleman of Cedar Town an internal revenue department official and owner of the Cedar Town Standard visited Jackson on Wednesday. He is recognized as a prominent newspaper man in the state.
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W. S. Coleman
Cedartown
Internal Revenue Department
United States
Jackson
Upshaw to Speak Here Sunday Night at Methodist Church
Hon. W. D. Upshaw, Georgia congressman and prohibition advocate, will speak Sunday at 7 pm at the Jackson Methodist church. His talk titled A Stainless Flag and a Sober World will address a large audience, reflecting his decade long prominence in prohibition work.
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Jackson
W. D. Upshaw
Hardwick and Watson Nominated by Georgia Democrats
The Georgia Democratic convention in Macon nominated Thomas W. Hardwick for governor and Thomas E. Watson for U S senator. Both opposed the League of Nations yet pledged support to the party nominees. Judge J J Flynt was chosen as chair and the platform urged anti League and anti discriminations against cotton growers, while calling for repeal of wartime laws.
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Macon
Thomas W. Hardwick
Thomas E. Watson
United States
Messrs. Watson
Hardwick
League of Nations
J. J. Flynt
Griffin
W. J. Vereen
Moultrie
Judge Flynt
E. W. Jordan
Sandersville
Democratic Party
Clark Howell
Hardwick-Watson
Colquitt County
Spalding County
Washington County
H. L. Howard
Serven
D. B. Blalock
Fayette
John P. Knight
Berrien
C. M. Hood
Cobb
G. W. Burnett
Carroll
T. R. Whitley
Douglas
W. R. Ramsey
Richmond
Israel
Manheim
Pulaski
R. L. Woodruff
Barrow
B. L. Smith
Fannin
W. G. Gurr
Terrell
J. A. Brannen
Bulloch
T. W. Peterson
Montgomery
W. V. Custer
Decatur
J. R. Horton
Ben Hill
J. B. Daniel
Troupe
Chas.e Bartlett
Bibb
J. H. Ennis
Baldwin
W.D. Youmans
Ware
J. B. McCurry
Clarke
Lawson Kelly
Coffee
G. ©. Edmundson
Colquitt
G. C. Dekle
Jenkins
W. H. Brewton
Evans
E. A. Cohen
Chatham
Mell Price
Liberty
B. A. Spence
Mitchell
W. A. Hall
Early
H. R. Bannister
Thomas
D. B. Brooks
A. T. King
Clay
Myer Goldberg
A. Cogdell
Sumter
A.D. Jones
Meriwether
E. E. Dennis
Heard
J. J. Scarborough
Muscogee
D. B. Wells
Marion
T. R. Massey
DeKalb
Carlos H. Mason
Fulton
Paul Barrett
Campbell
W. B. Parker
Rochdale
O. M. Duke
Butts
F. C. Manson
Clayton
A. M. Out
Bumper Corn Crop in Southwest Georgia Reported
Moultrie reports South Georgia Development association aims to store over one million bushels of corn in properly equipped barns and treat with carbon bisulphide to prevent weevil damage. S. C. Hood says two million dollars yearly losses due to weevils can end with barns and treatment and notes large beef imports and a Southeast packing house in Moultrie.
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Hood
Southwest Georgia Development Association
Moultrie
Business Skies Without Clouds Shown by Steel Leader
New York The United States and abroad show unusually bright business prospects Elbert H Gray head of United States Steel told the American Iron and Steel Institute in New York He said despite danger the business skies are virtually cloudless and the trend is toward a lower fairer relative basis.
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New York
United States
Elbert H. Gray
United States Steel Corporation
American Iron and Steel Institute
Gary
Cotton fire hits porch. no damage found
The Jackson Fire Department was called about 12 o clock Tuesday to a home on South Oak Street where a pile of cotton on the porch caught fire near children. The blaze was extinguished with no damage and the origin remains unknown.
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Jackson Fire Department
R. R. Thaxton
South Oak Street
Law districts named for state convention advisory committee
The list details district by district names including Monroe Cobb Haralson and others as part of the law section. The state convention sets an advisory committee of fourteen representative women to be elected by the chairman plus two at large and one from each district. appointments have not yet been announced.
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A. W. Jordan
Emanuel
T. H. Faircloth
Toombs
A. G. Williamson
Dodge
Editors Guests of Atlanta Southeastern Fair
Georgia editors toured the Southeastern Fair at Lakewood Atlanta observing exhibits in agriculture livestock fine arts and machinery. The event showcased South produced goods with racing midway acts and aviator stunts while promoters noted the fair as the Souths largest growing yearly and reinvesting profits into grounds and buildings.
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Georgia
Atlanta
Fair Association
South
Lakewood
H. G. Hastings
R. M. Striplin
Johnny J. Jones
Southeast
Junior Order Attended Services Sunday at Pepperton
Members of the Junior Order of the Jackson camp gathered at 9 o clock and marched to Pepperton church for a 10:30 service led by Rev. Theodore Thaxton of Jackson. A large attendance exceeded one hundred, with local and visiting members sharing in a special sermon. The event concluded with widespread enjoyment among attendees. The notice urged a dollar for the Democratic campaign fund.
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Order of the Jackson Camp
Pepperton
Theodore Thaxton
Jackson
Thaxton
Ample Credit for the Cotton Crop
Governor M B Wellborn of the Sixth District Federal Reserve Bank told automobile men in Atlanta on October 20 that ample credit will be extended to South farmers for orderly marketing of cotton. He noted loans by member banks rose sharply this year and defended bank policy while urging restraint on reckless auto lending to protect a stable market.
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South
M. B. Wellborn
Sixth District
Federal Reserve Bank
Atlanta
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Federal Reserve System
Federal Reserve Banks
Atlantta
Federal Reserve
Boy Scouts Visit Southeastern Fair in Atlanta
Scout Master Dr. Robert VanDeventer leads seventeen members of the Jackson troop at the Southeastern Fair in Atlanta. The group includes Willis Goodwin Maurice Smith William Turner Fred Howell James Buchanan Edgar Merck Currie Burford James Nichols Arthur Stodghill Robert John Dan Thurston Edward Johnson Stewart Maddox W S Merritt and Joe Lockhart, who spent a pleasant day at the event.
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Robert VanDeventer
Jackson Troop
Boy Scouts
Atlanta
Willis Goodwin
Maurice Smith
William Turner
Fred Howell
James Buchanan
Edgar Merck
Currie Burford
James Nichols
Arthur Stodghill
Robert
John
Dan Thurston
Edward Johnson
Stewart Maddox
W. S. Merritt
Joe Lockhart
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Outlod&& Bright
Jackson Boy
J. B. Gurthrie
W. J. Woodward Wwe
J. Bee Byreva
Welch
Upshaw
Methodist Church
Hardwick and Watson
U. S. Steel Corporation
Fire Department
Atlanta Exposition
Democratic Campaign Fund
Wellborn
Southeastern Fair
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