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fV Jackson Jews.
JACKSOE. GA. JULY 12 1882
IV. K. 114 It I*, - - Editor.
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JACKSON.
JAf’KSrtX, the county cite of Burr* rm xrv,
(Jeorjfin,now lias railroadeoiniinicatlon with the
outside world, lieinjj situated on the K. T , Vn.,
A If If., .Macon and RrunswiMt Railroad Ex
tension. A few facts on cowming town of Middle
Leorgia, and the fertile* soil serroundinjr it is of
x ist imi>ortnnec am on/.: the immv other ad vanta
ges we have to idler perMSis sr.tking hc dVlvand
permanent Southern homes, .hekson is sit unfed in
the center of the county withi; tlnve-<niarters of
an hours drive to (h-orjrtu'* famous summer re
sort, Indian Springn. noted for its health restoring
properties winch has made it famous throughout
the country. We have a thrifty community and
public spirited citizens. The. climate is unexcell
ed in any country. Free of public debt. Oureit
i/.ens are alive to the best educational facilities
end advantages charnclcristic of a growing, en
terprising town. This section of the country is
finest in (eorj(ia, adapted to raising a great va
riety of ugrh-ultiiMil and horticultural products.
All kinds of out-door work can lie performed at
all Mcnsnu* of the year. Wo are situated In the
fruit growing region of the South and cotton
country. Property of all kinds is very cheap
though rapidly advancing in value. The inhab
itants are cultivated, courteous ami hospitable.
We have a large area of country to su]>port busi
ness enterprises of any kind and invite emigrants
to settle among iis; no better opjK>rtumty is of
cred mechanics, tradesman and judicoiiMcapital .
ist to invest and build up a prosperous business
Any information will be gladly furnished by
addressing the Nsws or 11. O. Henna , real es
tate agent. Bee directory of county officers
in local column:
DiNqiiuliHcri Vuln#
This is an important question to
tlio voters of Holts county at this time,
as the rights and privileges of our
people are at slake in tlio election to
he held the 10th of this month, on the
"Stock Law.” We publish, for those
interested, that portion of the law,
from the Acts of 1870 ('fleeting the m i
jority of people subjugated to the law,
on illegal voting. Since the adoption
of the Constitution of 1577 no man who
has not paid his pole or other taxes, shall
he allowed to vote in any election in
this Stale. Wo have been informed
that at least lour or five hundred citi
zens of this county arc disqualified un
der the law. It is but right and jus
tice to those in nrears for taxes, that
we put them on notice. A list of the
tax defaulters of this county since
the year ’77 will he made out, whose
votes will be challenged if they at
tempt to vote on the 10th instant. The
matter of illegal voting is a very grave
one, and if the Judges of the Superior
Court were to charge the Grand Juries
as the law directs, and the tax hooks
and election returns examined into,
there is no telling the number of in
dictments that would he found against
citizens of our county, for illegal vo
ting. We venture to say there is men
in this county, who have voted every
year since 1877 without paying their
polo tax, and for each and every vote
so east they have subjected themselves
to ho indie od ; and if our Grand Juries
do their duty, under a soltn oath, they
will see that the law is vindicated in
this respect as well as all others. Yet,
we can’t say that we are in sympathy
with the present law qualifying voters.
We believe that every man should
lfnve the right to exercise that prerog
ative, above all others, free from any
incumbrance- whatever; and yet the
revenue derived from it, is appropria
ted to n good and noble purpose—edu
cating orphans and children whose pa
rents are not able to educate them,
and for this reason a man should not
grumble at having to pay pole tax.
The following are the amendments
to Acts of 18711, respecting the quali
fication of voters, and approved Octo
ber loth, 1879 :
“Any person who shall hereafter vote
at any such election, who has not resid
ed in this stale one year next preceding
said election in the county in which
he lias so voted, or who has not paid
all taxes, which, since the adoption of
the present constitution of this State,
have been required of hitv previous to
the year in which said election occurs,
and which ho has bad an opportunity
of paying agreeable to law, Ac., Ac.,
shall be purnisbed as prescribed, Ac.
"It shall not be lawful for any man
ager of an election, or other person, to
receive any money for taxes on the
day of election, except the Tax Col
lector, and if any voter shall vote who
has not paid his taxes, his vote shall
be illegal, and the commissioners who
consolidate their returns of the elec
tion, shall no* count such votes in ma
king out their returns. Approved
March 2d, 1871.
It is evident from tihe two foregoing
sections, that you must pay all taxes
due the county and State, since the
year 1877, and that they must be paid
to the Tax Collector before you can
vot<*.
At this ratio, instead of Butts county
polling about 1 *s**o votes, in a few years
about 0 or 8 hundred will be disfran
chised under the present disqualifying
laws. Every year adds to the tax de
faulters list a large number of disqual
ified voters; and it is the case in every
county :u the Slate —thus the poorer
class are yearly becoming disfranchis
ed, and in a few years, the government
will he entirely in the hands of and
contrnled by the more wealthy class
of people. W'liat then is the poor man
fis do to reestablish himself. He is
not able to redeem hispid vilego to vote,
consequently cannot elect his man to
represent and legislate for him. He
becomes a mere figurehead under the
government which lie lives, deprived of
the rights and privileges of a free citi
zen, intended for him under a free re
publican government. Onr laws are
growing more oppressive to the poor,
and stop bv step the land lord and cap
italist will controle this country, as it
is now done in Ireland.
Tusselmu tliiii on the
Stock Law,
Editor of Jackson News: I have
seen so much wrote, and have heard
so much said, for and against the stock
law, that Tam disinclined to write on
the subject.
Resides it scents that wo can’t reason
well together. It seems to the writer,
(hat there is various things coutroling
men on this is-ue. There is stock men
who conscientiously believe that the
law would he for the good of the coun
ty. There is the fence men who con
scientiously believe it would not, lie
best for the country ; they both have a
light to their opinions, and are sincere
in I liej-c differing. There arc likely oth
ers that is considering the fence ma
jority in the. past election and would
like to ride into office by it. *
There arc others who arc quick to de
cide and bulldoze in things of less im
portance, that arc rot for fence or
against fence, hut on the fence, ready
to fall off on the big side, and exclaim,
“I told you so” ‘‘or I did not do it.”
Let us lay aside prejudice, classical
and political ideas and calmly consid
er the question, for it is one of impor
tance. My opinion is (he stock law
would be a blessing for all, land hold
ers, non land holders, rich or poor, re
gardless of sex or color.
POOR MAN.
I believe the poor would ho especial
ly blessed, for a largo majority of them
arc farmers, and their entire depend
ence to got supplies and live is upon
what they gather from their farms ;
then, it is to their interest to protect
their crops lawfully ; to do that the
present law requires a fence four and
a half feet high. And under a recent
net of the legislature, it is a penal of
fense to even cripple any stock from a
valuable horse to a sorry hog unless
overy panncl of fence is lawful. The
penalty of the fine is as high as tun
thousand dollars or imprisonment
not to exceed six months in the chain
gang ; they arc also subject in a civil
suit for damages to the owner of the
stock ; there are few poor people espe
cially the colored, could pay the lino
and stand the civil suit for damages.
This law is of late date and we have
not felt the efTects of it yet, however,
its the law and will ho enfor ed. Stock
law will increase the acreage of culti
vatable land, that will produce a per
manent and ■ respectable demand for
labor, that demand for labor will guar
antee sure and good pasturage forstock
and better wages for the laborre.
Convincing proves are too numerous
to ask space for in your valuable col
umns. 1 will mention an objection to
the stock law, that i noticed in last
weeks Middle Georgia Argus, signed
‘‘Yellow Water.”
II is first object ion is that lawyers and
officers of the law are favored to it and
that it will advance their field of op
eration, he says wo have plenty of tim
ber to make funcos ten and twenty rails
high.
Should lawyers and officers of the
law favor the stock law, they are cer
tainly prompted by what they believe
to he to the best interest of the coun
try.
The lawyer that can't rise above his
profession, the officer that can’t rise
above his office, the politician that
can't rise above his party and proclaim
for his people and country what he
conscientiously believes to be just and
right, is a man of but little soul.
TIM tout.
Here and there are small patches of
original forest, hut the beautiful trees
like the tall blossoming poplar is sol
dom seen, the large and valuable oak
is gone and its space can't be tilled on
ly by shrub sap pine. 1 believe the
day will soon come when our patches
of wood will bo preserved, i retooled
and valued. The present and increas
ing population of the country suggest,
that the timber be not used in making
more and better fences around their
crops, benefiting neither man nor beast.
The timber should be used for a bet
ter purpose—for house building, mate
rial for keeping us warm and cooking,
for making many things of necessity,
that can’t bedispeneed with on the
farm —for making enclosures for stock
and to have some left for posterity not
leaving our children dependent on dis
tant lands for timber.
Besides the supply might not equal
the demand, or they might take the
advantage of posterities necessities and
make a corner on them as they do us
when rations is short.
Slay your timber fore and aft,
Regardless teachings of the past:
And you w ill considered be,
Posterity's greatest enemy.
To fence the old cow in the lane,
Stagering from poverty, yoke ami
chain,
Tin cruel beyond a doubt ;
Will you continue or w ill you not.
Tc-sku \w.
The estimated dis.ancc lrom Brun
swick to Horne, by the Macon and
Brunswick Extension, is three hun
dred aud lorty six miles.
A novel fight occurred in Morgan
county the other day between a gan
der and a turtle. The 1 11 rile was
about to become master of the situa
tion, when the owner <d the garder
came to the tescuo end captured the
turtle which weighed twenty-three
pounds. The fight occurred at Wal
ton’s mills.
To day Maj. J. H. Banks will take
charge of the Forsyth post office, lie
w ill be assisted by B. F. Thigpen,
E-q. For more than five yea s Miss
.Mary L, lloddey lias filled the posi
lion of post-mistress with profit to
the Government and honor to her
self.
Madisonian : To abolish the time
honored two-thirds vote of the con
vent ion. It by a factional riding on
the pai l of the chair it is abolished
by a majority vote, then the Madiso
nian, as a Democratic paper, will not
consider itsell bond by such action.
The Augusta News says : ‘‘The
drummers are again after the city
council to abolish the tax on commer
cial travelers, and there is hardly any
doubt of success, ’1 hey threaten in
case of emergency to draw out the
forces of the United Stales courts.”
A husband got angry with his unh
and locked her up. At dinner time,
to tnoitdy her, he sent her a hone by
his son. The little fellow knocked at
the door, saying ‘•.Mother, father says
here’s a hone for you to pick.’’ Tell
him lig’h not your futile , aud there’s
it bone for him to pick.
Wc arc itifot tiled by Col Ira .Arc
nings of a singular death in Warrior
district. Mr. Babe S'tickland was
bitten a tow days ago by a lick. la
pulling the lick away from the flesh
the head broke off and I lie parts b<*>
came suddenly swollen. In four days
lie was a corpse, the tick’s head have
ing caused his death.
1882 will bo renumbered as the
tornado year. Three hundred and
fifteen people have been killed al
ready by storms, and the destruction
ol propel ty looms away up into the
millions.
COThftYLWTYe TM Tmmn
U~jjU a So
lon* experience hi curing dis. ei ©f the lilood, Skin nnd
yn Nrrvoua 1bb1.11., ImnoUncj, Organ!*!
Hi ukrcs*, (xinorrhuH, Syphilitic nu-1 Mercurial
AtVocilun* npcvlully trcefei! on ■olcnttUc principles,
t ith safe ami sure remedies, ('all or write for List of Quo*
t ns to be answered by those desiring treatment hr null.
| l’aroo sutler Ing from Knpture should send their
C..uid learn something to tbeir udtanfage. 111. not n Irtix.J
AJdrcft*. lilt. IK TTH, I J N. Htli Jit., HI. Louis, So,
_ JEST A BLlsAlkiD OVER THIRTY YEAUtL
/Sm* FREE!
RELIABLE SELF-CURE.
A favorite prescription of one of the
most noted nnd nrce*ful hnecinllsts in the U. S.
now retired, lor theeure of Nevvoum Mirhility ,
Mjont Jtiinhooii, lf>afcn*ftan I ifrratf. Hunt
lu plain Healed envelopc/Vee. Druggists can HU It.
Address DR. WARD fit CO,. I ouisignq. Me.
PROF. UAKRI.V 7W |
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NERVOUS Jm jm
debiutyJ;
ORCANIC
votrir c|3j
PP^lip!
H neat < V I "3
HMBof three ito. ef'T PAy
Bpfl No. 1. (enough
Kjlvl a month,) s3* V.
HER ho. 2, (auflloient to cfiftvt n/V V + 4
*3 a permanent cure, unless In X |/o. _ °jj*
• a .*i et oases,) s.’> { No. S, (lastlnc^N^P*,
IjOorcr three months, will restore thos >, s'>
•1 in the worst condition,) f7. Sent by
for using will accompany each boxN*.
JVeparfd and Hold OXUY by
HARRIS REMEDY CO.Mfg.Chemists,
Market and Bth 8t3., ST. LOUIS, MO.
VARIETY WORKS.
MIT t HOLIFIELD,
C\.
All Woik Warranied.
Carriages, Busies, Wag
ons, etc.
overhauled and repaired on short no
tice.
ALL KINDSOF
Job Work
done with neatness ami dispatch.
CARRIAGE SMITHING DONE,
UNDERTAKER.
Will keep on hand Coffins, Caskets
and Undertaker* Hardware. A hears,
will also be furnieshd. MljSu. Shop in
rear oi Puke’-* store. ir.ala
PROTECT YOUH WIFE & CHILDREN,
BY JOI VI.XJ THE OHHE OF THE
HOME GUARDIAN,
HEADQUARTERS AT MACON,GEORGIA.
Organized In LONDON England
Division No. 12 Jackson Ga.
The following is a list of the Officers and Charter Members, of the Order now
organized in Jackson, Butts county Ga.
Y. A. WRIGHT, President, J. A. M( MICHAEL, Vice President,
J. W. v RUM, Financial Sec’y. Dr. J. L. MART, Physician.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
G. W. Mann, J. 11. Land, J. T. Land, 11. 0. Benton,
J. W. Carmichael.
At four Death, Your Wife and Children Will Receive From
600 to 3000 Dollars.
One ILi (wired Dollars Will be paid Immediately for Funeral Expenses.
The citizens of Butts county will perceive that this plan of insurance is
conducted by their friends, at home, and each member has a voice in the man
agement of the allair.- consequently it no humbug. The gentlemen that com
pose DIV IS ION NO. 12, at Jackson is a sufficient guarantee to the people of
this section, and should de mind their attention. It is a regularly organized,
Chartered Institution, with the most substantial and influential men of Macon
and Bibb county as its managers. The Jackson Division meets on the third
Tuesday night in each month, and by governed Constitution and By-Law s>which
may be seen by application tunny of its members.
Any male or female, between the age of lfi and 00, who can pass the Exami
nation, can become a member of the Order and insure their lives from SSOO to
§tt()(!0. ’ It is worth yoiir attention to encquire Into the merits and benefits of
“THE HOME GUARDIAN.” Jackson, Ga., 20th, 1882.
New Process
OR
GOLD ILN 15R AD.
MANUFACTURED AT
ISLAND SHOALS MILLS,
r IMIESK MILLS lutve an entire outfit of
NEW PROCESS MACHINERY
mamif;;f*turc<! especially for them.
This Hour is liijchly r<‘<*omnu*iule<l hv Dr. TTny
/4foo i. Frcsidont ofKnHM V I’ollege, who calls ! lie
hron‘l made from it “(Lddeu Brt tI.” from which
the Hour takes iis name ami each sack will he
branded
GOLDEN BRETB.
—Foil SALK—
Tlv RYKIts .V STAT.I.KTT nnd A. Me WAT
KINS* SON, .lußkum, (J i.
.10,SIAM BOS Y OUTH & CO.
•JUlccly Proprietor's Mills.
B J- DEANJ,
EMOTOLiRAP HER
And Dealer in Picture Frames,
17 Him. Strf.f.t, - - - Griffin, Ga
All fizrs find kinds of Firt-Hsiss work oxeciited
promptly. Old pictures eoppied and enlarged
wa|l jiictnr of your: t*lf in a handsome frame
>,xW inches, only S-.
ami s Vrf.i
U twrnty-llve vears In medicine, have never found anythlnp to give the rcsulls that nu. UAitTMt a
Ikon tonic doe's. In many cases of Nervous Prostration, Female Diseases, Dyspepsia, and an lm
poverlsbed condition of the blood, this peerless remedy has, in my hands, madesome
< 'ascs that have bathed some of our most eminent physicians have yielded to this great auu Incompar
able remedy. 1 prescribe It In preference to any iron preparation made. *** f aet, su c° *c? n iPOUIUI
as Du. liAUTEU'tf Iron Tonic i3 a necessity In my practice. Hit. HUiSiuKi bAMtJiuys
MANUFACTURED CY THE DR. HARTER MEDICINE CO.. 213 N. MAIN ST* ST. LOUIS.
MRS S C DUNCAN S
New Store
!{■=* NOW OPEN
At Jackson, Georgia.
I take this method of hiformiiißthe m/izens of and Huffs counly, tnat I hnve opened a
new and handsome stock of Milli nery (foods in Jackson, ill the new store, next tluor to M. E.. Duke.'
coiiMtdint; of the latent style,
lints nntl llonnols. Trimmings
Flowers, Feathers, Ribbons, Coloretts. Nainsnks, Muslins, Ties, Edgings, Insert
ing, I.aees, Veiling, Handkerchiefs, Fans Ac.,
My £iM>ds ar- all new nml of the latest stylo, Fall and examine them and get my prices. lam
offering them at short profits. Soliciting a liberal share of the patronage of tlie people of this sec
tion. ) am Kespeetfully Mrs. S. C. 1>1 T NCAN.
The “WHITE” Sewing Machine
r riio Toadies Favorite!
tBiCNII it is tllfi UgMHt
ItUXXIXG; the most quiet; makes the prttiest
stitch; and has more conveniences than any
It is warranted five years and is the easiest
to sell, and gives the best satisfaction of any
amine it before buying. Responsible dealers
,1. I>. Ac r r. F. SMITH,
"Wholesale and Retail Denies,
Rroail Street ATL VNT \, <cos- gla .TO
U. HENDRICK. Y. A. Wit I TUT,
HENDBIOK & WEIGHT,
Attorneys At Law.
JACKSON, BUTTS CO., GA.
Wild, practice in all the COURTS except in the
COUNTY COURT.
Will attend to nil business PROMPTLY.
E. P. CATCHINGS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
.LUIASttX, - • CL
WILL plead and practice in Butts and adjoin
ing counties, if y . < dTTCU ut Court House,
J feb ’M2.
UIIYVUX HOUSi-,.
Jackson, (~
hotel offering special accom joda
-1 lions to the traveling public visit* kson.
The tables are furnished with the vci'y ..t. st
mar Not
Feed Sl-sliles. \
Parties traveling by private conveyance wifi
also hu-ve tlicir stock cured for at
rates. H O. HINTON,
sep 30-1 y FRoeß)4>Y(^,
i’ The Public.
TITE undersigned Is now prepared to carrj
passengers on the regular mail route between
Jackson and Covington at reasonable rates. Wilt
leave Jackson every Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday morning ;it T o'clock. I will also carry
baggage or other light freight. Your pntronugo
solicited. Capt. J. P. LOYD,
Mail Contractor
P. S.—When in Jackson I can be found at the
Benton House. sep 23-tf
loneyTlONßTElafleyT!
Loaned to Farmers.
Parties desiring to negotiate LOANS on five
years time can make application through me by
calling at my office. I will act as Attorney for
any farmer who has improved lands, in securing
loans to the value of one-third of their real es
tute. Y. A. WRIGIIT,
Office at Court House, inarS
Jackson, Ga.,
1882 I®
-7 O-
FOR 1882, OFFERS
Important Inducements,
TO SUBSCRIBERS AND
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A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY
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the drawing. The goods we oftio# you, can he seen by calling at the NEV\ ®
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