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JACKSON WAS FIRSnO COME Old Stand-By of Newspa pers Makes Year’s Contract. BOND ISSUE FOR! COUNTY Some Favor Higher Tax For Improvement of the Roads. SENATE TO ACT ON TUE MESSAGE President Roosevelt to be Taken to Task for His Warm Utterances. Jackson has lost his first name when it comes to reference to him ns n store-keeper. Children and old people call him Jackson, and thestore is known ns “Jackson’s.” Every child in Washington county knows what you mean when you say Jackson’s. They see visions of toys, und hear the pattering of the reindeer’s feet when they hear his nnme, and everybody knows his stock of Christmas goods is complete; and that what the little ones want can be found there. Not only the little ones hut all the women folks know they can get anything nt Jackson’s front a salt-cellar to n churn or a stove, and that he keeps all the little and big odds and ends and notions. The men know what he sells, and they know what he says about his goods is true and the ptici is right und always cash, the very “eloquent cash.” Finally and absolutely, every body knows his business.has al ways been a success, and that, he has built, it by always carrying with all the papers, regular adver tisements, written so as to be at tractive, and always the truth. The New Herald found Jackson to he the first to come forward with a year’s contract for adver tising, not to help the paper so much as to help his own business, but the wish expressed, and no doubt felt, that the paper wo pro pose be givtn an opportunity to help in the upbuilding of Wash ington county along with the other newspapers, whose friend lit 5 », Good roads is the one subject above all others now affecting the material development of the rural communities and “country counties” of the state and this county has already awakened to the necessity of improving the public highways, as evidenced by the Commissioners electing to se cure thin countvs proportion of the felony convicts the first of April. To do the work planned by the county commissioners, it is said more money will be required to be laised than heretofore and this will be the natural result, doubt less; so the question arises, whether it would he wise to in crease the tax or issue long term bonds and push the work more rapidly? Several of our citizens have been heard to express themselves on the subject- and the last grand jury discussed it. This discussion has been revived of late and while there are some who favor raising all the money required by annual taxation, there is a considerable sentiment in favor of a bond issue, to save any considerable increase in the year ly rate, BLOWN INTO BITS BY POWER BLAST Washington, Dec. 12—The ac tion to he taken hy the senate in asserting its displeasures because of President Roosevelt’s message in regard to the secret service has not been outlined with any defi niteness. It. had been understood that a resolution would be offered by some Democratic s nator provid ing for an investigation by the committee on appropriations of the president’s language. It was argued that ns a Repub lican introduced a resolution in t he house, the selection of u Demo crat for the same service in the senate would give u non-partisan flavor to the course being pur sued in congress. Conferences today, however, de veloped that a number of the lead ers believe the action should be taken by a Republican member of the senate, and it was suggested that Senator Burrows, chair man of the committee on privi leges and elections, would be the proper person to offer the resolu tion. Senator Burrows line not yet consented to do so. It is likely that the resolution will be in the identical terms of the house reso lution providing for the appoint ment of a select committee of five to consider the whole subject. The resolution, if offered, will be submitted to the senate on Mon day. It is evident that the house does not intend to take any hasty action in the matter. The com mittee appointed yesterday, of which Mr, Perkins, of New York. Camp Along Panama Canal!«chairman, did not meet today's but is expected to com? together ! Chairman of Committee, Says Matter Has Been Closed. Savannah, Ga., Dec. 18—Mrs. Nat. B. Harrison, chairman of the committee from Georgia di vision U.D.C., to secure a site for the Wirz monument in Richmond, and transport the monument there and erect it, declared today that the monument will be ship ped to Richmond within the next two weeks despite efforts to keep the shaft in Georgia. “The matter has been officially closed,” she declared. “We have offered the morument. it has been accepted, it is too late for the Georgia Daughters to draw back now.” Practically Wiped Off of the Map. Colon, Dec. 12.—Upwards of 100 laborers were blown to bits or terribly mangled today when for ty tons of dynamite exploded at Bas Obispo, a railroad camp, 15 miles from Panama. The camp, which is along the ine of the canal, was practically wiped off the map by the ex plosion. The exact number of victims is not known at this time as a large number are buried under tons of debris, hut it is believed that 100 is a conservative estimate. Though most of the victims are negroes, it is believed that many Americans perished. on Monday. The understanding 11 is, however, that no report will be I made by the committee until the i ||Vw latter part of the week. ' Sffi BATTLESHIP MAINE TO HAVANA HARBOR Christmas and Wedding Gifts Our Store is brimming full of beauti ful and appropriate Christmas Presents. Never before has such an array of Watches Diamonds Jewelry Cut Class Silverware % And China Been displayed in Sandersville. We cordially invite you to call and look through the stock, and we promise to aid you in that difficult task of PACIFIC FLEET HAS ARRIVED IN PANAMA. URGE CROWDS ARE SHOPPING Busy Scenes on Streets This Week==The Her= aid Callers. Arrangements for Entertainment of Men—Lunch and Rest Rooms Have Been Provided. Christmas shopping has occu pied the time of many of the peo ple this week and the town has been busy with people from every section seeing if Santa Claus could be found. A good number of these dropped in to see the new Herald and «iu\i.e a good number of them se cured new places on our subscrip tion list. Panama, Dec. 18.—The Pacific armored cruiser fleet arrived here today at noon and anchored in the harbor near the Yorktown, which preceded the big cruisers by one day. The flagship West Virginia headed the column and others followed in single file in this order: Colorado, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Califor nia, South Dakota, Washington. The voyage from Magdalena was without special event and all was reported well on boaid. Special arrangements have been made to entertain the officers and sailors ashore. The old admin- stration building on Cathedral plaza has been prepared for the reception of the sailors and here reading, lunch and rest r*oms have been set apart. The Young Men’s Christian Association will have charge of the building, Will Lead Squadron to Goinc^ in auguration. New Y'ork, Dec. 18.—Bound for Hampton Roads, where the lleet that is to take part in the inaugura tion of President Gomez at Ha vana on January 28 will rendez vous, the battleship Maine sailed from this port to-day. The Maine is the flagship of the third squad ron, with Rear Admiral Conway H. Arnold in command. She is expected to head the squadron on the visit to Cuba, and it is understood the other vessels will be the battleships Idaho, New Hampshire and Mis sissippi, the armored cruisers Mon tana and North Corolina and the scout cruisers Chester, Salem and Birmingham. The fleet, after the Havana ceremonies, is to meet the home coming battleship fleet and escort it to Hampton Boads. 1 Selecting Gifts for Your I SB v/ Sf. Friends and Relatives 'erybody’s ~ gazme Christmas Number Read REX BEACH’S benr hunt. There’s art and fun and wet feet all mixed up together. One of our best doctors says that good reading keeps more young folks out of mischief than any other one thing. Try Everybody's. Get one now. It’s big and bright and powerful. It’s too good to go without. 15c a copy, $1.60 a year. Sandersviile Drug Co. Scarborough & Garbutt MB •ns Sp I Jewelers and Opticians, § SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA.