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VOLUME 26.
The Mayor and
his Bull-dog.
Mayor Wall’s bull dog made an
attack on last Wedneeddy morning
on two of my children who were pass
ing along the street. Thursday morn
ing I kindly requested him to keep
his dog confiined, or I would be com
pelled to kill hun. His answer was:
‘ If you kill my dog I will shoot you.”
Asa law abiding citizen I have re
quested and do now request the town
marshalls to enforce thb ordinance a
gainst vicious animals running at
large in Jackson.
G. W, Kinsamn
MISS TALLIE JOLLY VISITS
BROTHER AT SUMMERVILLE.
Miss Tallie Jolly left Tuesday for
Summerville to be the guest of her
brother Col. J.T. Jolly for a few days
Later she will visit the Jamestown
Exposition and other poiuts of inter
est in the East.
MR. J, MOTE WATTS
GOES TO WILMINGTON R. 0,
Mr. J. Mote Watts, wife and baby
ieftSaturday morning for \\ rightsviH
N C. some miles from Wilm ngton
where he has accepted a clerkship in
the Carrymore Hotel.
Mr Watts is well known iD this
stetion, and is much appreciated bj
*ll hishosts of friends. He has beer,
with the Wigwam at Indian Springs
for a number of seasons, and his pres
ence will be missed by a large ac
quaintance. Mr. Watts has been se
cretary and Treasurer of Flovilla foi
sometime and was presented with
reccomenaations. (-hich came ass
surprise to him,) of which any man
might be proud.
BROWN COMPANY
CONSOLIDATES WITH
J. E. REEVES GO.
The business iuterest of Jacks-on
will be set agog over the annonner
ment of the new concern, J. E.
Reeves Cos., which launches in the
mercantile role in Jackson. The
Brown Cos. and The J. E. Reeves Cos.
have consolidated their mercantile
*ad other interests under the corpor
ate name of The J. E Reeves Cos.
R. S. Brown w 10 has formerly and -
racted, as president the affairs of
The Brown Cos. will control a larg.
block of the $25000 00 of the capital
stock of The J. E Reeves Cos., and
also he will manage the Jackson
branch of the business.
The new concern has four other
stores 1 jcated as folio .vs - . Vaughn
Gleenville. Norcross and Gainesville
all points being Georgia towns At
each point o£ harness a large stock
of dry-goods at **ceries are carried.
They will caterF timd tr!i<ie of
the farmers a=f to t!ie cabh
business.' MW> ricern will fce
hailed lth ePW'' 26 " 8
Butts, as we ai , m f * KEAL
competition in gorii
Reeves Cos. wilihral
hand of welcoar. /
ters and we J
to be doing i! att: ?
Brown needs s
trading pubr (
its reccg ized l
welcome you • I
your stay with, A
perous. If J'ed i
success we will a \
ted. at I
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THE JACKSONIAN.
MRS. FRANKLIN DUKE DIES.
Thursday morning at half past
three o’clock, Mrs. Franklin Duke
died at her home here, after a liugei
ing illness. She is survived by her
husband and three little children and
a host of other relatives. She num
bers her frieDds by those who kr e
her well. She will be buried at Mace
donia today (Friday) at ten o’clock
the pastor Rev. W.O. Sharp, cor
dducfcing the funeral servives at Mac e
ciuuiu church.
PROF. W, P. THOMAS.
Proffessor Thomas, your friends,
which are many, felicitate you over
your call to preside over the public
schools of West Point. At a salary
of $1,500. per annum Proffessor Thom
as leaves the public schools of Jack
son to .go to West Point Ga.
To satisfy the whims of three or
four a scheme was laid todefeat Prof.
Thomas’ re-election to the superinten
tency of Jackson Public School, but
he was too slick for the “boys” and
stept over to West Point and secured
that school at a raise in his salary of
per annnm. -Jim Wright ex
prest the truth when he told one of
the board that 97 per cent of the men
of Jackson and 99 per cent of the peo
ple of Jackson and 100 percent of
the people of the County of Butts wan
ed Proffessor Thoraaß to remain in
Jackson.
ills going away from us will be a
great lots to Jackson and a great gain
to W# t Point. We will charge the
loss to the ‘‘Jackson Ring”
Many Citizens.
A Remarkable Man.
“Tlie man who impressed me most,”
Sir Charles Murray once sai<J| “was
one I met In America and compara
tively little known in England except
by lawyers. I mean Judge or Chief
Justice Marshall. He was chief jus
tice of the supreme court and there
fore the highest legal authority in
America. I met him in Washington,
and he most kindly invited rue to ills
house at Richmond when I should
visit that part of the country. He Avas
a remarkably flue looking man—tall,
handsome, a beautiful countenance and
the most delightful voice, low and
sweet
“His knowledge Avas exceptionally
wide on all matters and liis manners
and life as exceptionally simple. He
had known Washington and all the
other ‘makers dt America’ and would
tell most interesting stories of them. I
gladly remembered his invitation and
found his house was little more than a
cottage, such as a well to do trades
man might live in over here. I knock
ed at the door, and it was presently
opened by the chief justice himself. If
he had a servant I never saw him. His
mode of life was simplicity itself. Yes,
lie AA'as a most remarkable man.”
Electric Light Warnings.
Don’t let the office boy or any cne
else avlio does not understand make
changes In electric wiring or lights.
They may do the very thing they ought
not to. Don’t pull a lamp hung by a
flexible cord to one side with a wire
and then fasten to a gas pipe. 1 have
seen a wire become red hot in this man
ner. If the lamp hung by a cord must
be pulled over, use a string. Don’t
wrap paper around a lamp for a shade.
You might go home and forget it, and
a fire might start from, the heat. Use
a glass or metal shade. That is what
they are for. Don’t let a socket on a
fixture hang loose. Have It repaired.
Otherwise it may cause trouble where
least expected. Don't try to save a lit
tle by running flexible wires over
boxes, partitioas and Into closets. Ila A-e
permanent wires installed. These flex-
L'lble wires used this way are danger-
I ons.—Ernest Tiler in Chicago News.
Floral Love Message.
L Sout" American lovers have a pretty
■Lush*" { It is well known that when
m e i Wof the great laurel magnolia
4r>% 1 ied ytf, however lightly, the result
nr spot, which develops in a
f The fact Is taken advan-
Ibe lover, who pulls a ruag
and on one of its pure
a motto or message
• iffel, sharp pointed pencil.
■4 trends the flower, the young
it da n vase of water, and
• MBp-fifa or four hours the message
WHto4-dh the ieaf.becomes quire visi-
JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, June 7th 1907.
PROGRAM OF
BUTTS COUNTY
TEACHER'S INSTITUTE.
TUESDAY.WEDNESDAY
and THURSDAY.
.•.JUNE, 11th., 12th., and 18th.*.
Exercises will begin at 9 A. M
The division of work during the ses
sion is as follows:
Tuesday—Reading. Writing, Spell
ing and Grammar.
Wednesday—Arithmetic, Geogra
phy and History.
Thursday—Civil Government,
Physiology, Hygiene and Agriculture.
The following are requested to lead
in the discussion on the subjects as
signed.
Reading—Miss Vallie Garr.
Spelling—Miss Eva Compton.
Grammar —Miss Laura Smith.
Arithmetic —Prof. Luther Carter.
Geography —Miss Bannie Wood
ward.
%jstory— Miss Maude Smith.
r
Civil Government—Prof. Walter
McMichael.
Physiology and Hygiene Miss
Bessie Waldrup.
Agriculture—Prof. A. T. Wood
ward.
Daring the Institute tho Instruc
tor will'lecture on some plans ol
school Improvement, and on selected
tooi - s from Modern Educational the
ory and practice.
All discussions will be open and
every teacher Is expected to take
part.
Public is also invited to be present,
fhe Colored Institute will open at 2
P. M.
The examination for teachers’ li
cense will be held June 21st and 22nd.
C: S. Maddox, C. S. C.
Mr. and Mrs J. H. McKibben and
little Marga et w n to E*onton
Tuesday to visit Mr. Tom McK bben.
Mrs. J. W, Mocre and her churmir g
daughter. Miss Fannie Mae, were in
the city Thur dav.
“The Scarlet Letter.”
The old saying. “Every cloud has its
silver lining,” should often bring us
comfort when tlie world appears to be
frowning upon us. A rare example of
this was shown by Hawthorne’s wife,
who proved herself to him a true
“friend in need.” One wintry day lie
had received notice that his services
would no longer be required at Ids of
fice. Weary and downcast, he return
ed to his humble home. Ills young
wife stood waiting for him and no
ticed at ouce that something avus
Avrong. He told her his troubles.
Straightway the brave little woman
with her oavh hands kindled a bright
tire; fetched pen, ink and paper, Avhieh
she set beside Idm; then, with a beam
ing face, she touched the sad man on
tlie shoulder and said, “Now you can
write your book.” Immediately tlie
cloud cleared, and things presented
themselves to Hawthorne under a
changed aspect. lie felt a freed man;
the office appeared as a cage from
AA'hich he had escaped. “The Scarlet
Letter” was written and proved a mar
velous success, and fame rewarded
Hawthorne and the brave little wife
who had faced the cloud and found its
silver lining.”—“The Value of a Life.”
The Terrible Tarpon.
Some years ago a boat Avas found
drifting in Galveston bay containing a
dead tarpon and a dead angler. The
flsh had broken tjie man’s back. A
friend of mine, Avrites C. F. Holder In
Recreation, was fishing AA'hen a com
panion a hundred feet distant bad a
strike, and the fish came aboard the
former's boat and struck his chair,
knocking it overboard. One season a
tarpon In Florida waters came Into a
boat and knocked the angler over
board and sent the oarsman over on to
his back. When lie picked himself up
lie found his patron gone and. looking
over the side, saw him sinking and
Avith the boat hook brought him up.
The man was stunned, and later exam
ination showed that tAvo ribs were bro
ken. Between tiger hunting and Mr
\xm fishing as a steady occupation the
former might be selected as the safer
pastime.
“We Consider the Source.*’
Little comfort do people get out of
Ihe philosophy, “We Consider the
Source.” Does it make any difference
f urn whom we catch small-pox? If
caught from a dirty greasy chlnaman
t is none the less a case of emali-pox
and the pits and scars will be left just
the same if uot properly treated. If
the small pox is contracted from the
very cleanest source it is yet nothing
more nor less than the same old
dreaded disease with the same results
if left unattended to.
Does it alter the oaso wheter An
nins or George Washington states a
fact? Is it not a fact never-the-lese?
Ah ! when we go wrong we sometimes
grow fastidious about who shall call
us down.
The guilty slink and keep silent,
but the innocent says : “Show me. 1
am from Missouri.” Did you ever no
tice how quiet and lamb-like a fcl.ow
demeans himself when you shell him
with the truth? The truth is the
deadliest quiver that ever hunted tl e
mark. Men quake and tremble und r
it and keep silent. “We consider the
source.” Yes, but while you are con
sidering, the people are thinking
More people think now than ever be
fore in the history of the world. Think
for yourself —be your own boss and
wear no man’s collar.
Oriental Politeness.
To look at a high Chinese official
through glasses Is to lie wanting In
proper respect, and the man who Is
forced to Avear glasses all the time
should be careful to explain, or he may
give offense. To make a aocial call In
China in a sedan elinlr with short han
dles creates something of the sensation
that would be created in America if
one Avere to make a social call in a
hearse, because a sjiort handled sedan
chair is employed at funerals to carry
the spirit of the deceased. To send
presents wrapped up In the wrong way
or by tlie wrong kind of a messenger
Is to deprive them of their value to the
recipient. To hold one's hand behind
the hack Avhlle talking to an oriental
is to be discourteous. To walk rapidly
Is to class oneself with coolies. To
Inquire of a Moslem about the health
of Ills Avlfe is to offer an unpardonable
insult. To count the children of a
household in Africa is to bring bud
luck upon them. To Jump quickly out
of a gharry In India is, In the estima
tion of an East Indian lady or gentle
man. as undignified as for a lady in
New York to jump over a fence.—Ar
thur Judson Brown in Outlook.
The Help Question.
Rolllngstone Noniosa in one of his
journeys stopped at the door of a
suburban house, and when the “lady
of the boua&” responded to his knock
lie politely asked:
“Can you oblige me Avith a little help,
lady ?”
"No,” wa? the response, “I’m afraid
not. All my help left this morning.
It’s very hard to get help in the sub
urbs.”—Philadelphia Record.
VERY LOW RATES
TO j
, NORFOLK Va.
and Return 1
Account Jamestown Ter-Centen! Ciplis
Via I
SOUTHERN RAILWAY. '
Season, sixty day and fifteen day tickets on sale daily com
mencing April 19th, to and Including November 30, 1907.
Very low rates will also be made for Military and Brass
n uniform attending the Exposition.
Stop Overs will be allowed on season, sixty day and fifteen day
tickets same as on Summer tourist tickets.
For full and complete information call on Ticket Agents South
ern Railway, or write
J. C. LUSK, Disf., Pass., Agt., Atlanta (ia.
The Captain Managed li.
Some men In n public house were in**
venting stories to pass the time away.
They had all had a turn at It except
an old sailor, who had remained silent
all the time until pressed by the oth
ers to spin them a yarn. He began:
“I was once in a dreadful storm. AH
the provisions were washed overboardJ
I was very 111 and ate nothing for foun
days. At the end of that time I bega*
to feel hungry, and the steward gave
me beef, chicken, port wine and eggs.” 1
"But you said all the provisions were
washed overboard. Wliare did the beefi
come from?” H
"From the bullocks” (bulwarks), sal<3
the old sailor. and
“Where did you get the chickens j]
“From tho hatch.”
"And the port wine?” ||
"From the porthole.” ®!
"And the eggs?” I *
"Eggs?” said the sailor. "I didn't
say eggs, did I?”
“Oh, yes you did,” said the men. 1
"We’ve caught you now.”
The old sailor thought he was caught
and had to consider. At last he said: I
"Oh, yes. I did have eggs. The cap*
tain ordered the ship to lay to, and he
gave me one.”—London Queen.
Notice.
At the coining session of the next Legis
lature of Georgia, a bill will be introduced
the title of which will be, ‘A BUI Entitled
an Act to Amend the Charter of the City
of Jackson,in Butts County, said State,
and for other purposes.
A Terrifying Wig. V
One day many years ago while Cap-j
tain Arthur Cunningham of th,o Brit-J
Ish army wns stationed in Nankin, ChU
nn, a friend of his stepped Into a bniv
ber’s shop, and by way of employing
his time lie desired the barber to shavoj
his head. This gentleman wore a wlg,|
but which, for the sake of coolness, lid
had placed in his pocket. This operaJ
tlou of shaving, so common in CbiuaJ
was speedily and quickly executed, the*
barber seeming to be delighted with!
the honor of shaving one of the illus*j.
trlous strangers. Previous to his leav4 (
Ing the shop and while the man’s at
tention was called In some other direcr j
tlou my friend replaced his wig upon!
his head, little thinking of tho result
of this simple process. No soonerJ !
however, had the barber turned around
nnd observed him whom he had saj
lately cleared of every voutice of halo
suddenly covered with a most luxuJ
riant growth, than, taking one steady!
gaze at him to make sure ho was non
deceived, he let fall the razor, cleared!
his counter at a bound and, ruunlngj
madly through tho crowd, which was!
speedily collected, cried out that hej
was visited by the devil. London
Standard. Jl
India’s Deadly Bnakea. j
The venomous snakes of India most
destructive of life may bo placed In the
following order: First of all comes the*
deadly cobra, responsible for nearly,
I nlno-tenths of the fatalities, and then
the kralt, kuppur, Russell’s viper, the'
bamadryns and Ilaj-samp. The water
snakes kill a good many, but they are
comparatively rare. A regularly or
ganized warfare is waged upon India’s
myriads of reptiles, and In each dis
trict a regular head tax is paid upon
each cobra und other snake killed.—*
Technical World Magazine.
NUMBER 23