The Sandersville herald. (Sandersville, Ga.) 1872-1909, December 18, 1908, Image 2
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.
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