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Coca! news Items.
Miss Ethel Redman, one of the
most highly accomplished young la
dies of Butts County, is the guebt of
Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Haizlip.—Eaton
ton Messenger.
Thornton Buchanan spent Sunday
with homefolk.
])r. R. A. Franklin spent Sunday
and Monday in Atlanta.
Judge F. Z. Curry returned Mon
day from a visit to Griffin, Hampton
and Atlanta.
Miss Marie, McMichael returned
Saturday from Atlanta where she has
been visiting her Bister Mrs. Valenti
no.
Some good second hand
buggies for sale, some real
bargains. Call on J. A.
Kimbell, Jackson, Ga.
Miss Bea Thornton will visit rela
tives at Cork and Flovilla next week.
The friends of Mi. J. W. Lemon
will be sorry to learn that he is quite
sick at lus home in Iron Spring.
Mr. D. B. Duke had his arm and
face cut Monday, caused by the
bursting of a bottle, while bottling
soda water.
Jersy cow, with young
calf for sale. Call on The Jacksonian
We call your attention to the ad
vertisement in another c >lumn,
where we offer, a’ 1 for $2.25 1
The Jacksonian, The Cotton Journal
and an accident policy, good for one
year.
Mr D. B. Moore was ip from Jen
kinsburg Monday.
Mrs. J. M. Trapp, and Mrs. Archil
from Indian Spring Camp Ground
were among the visitors in Jackson
Tuesday.
We will take chickens at
or eggs at on sub
scription for The Jackso
nian, either renewals or
new subscribers.
The Georgia Legislature is now in
session.
Tomorrow Georgia will have anew
Governor.
Mr. W. M. Bledsoe and wife are a
way for a time for the recuperation ol
the health of Mrs. Bledsoe which i
not as good as her friends would wist
lr f Walter McMichael was ii
Jackson Monday. Waiter has been
teacn.ng ul Vila Rica where ho is very
much in demand, among the young
people as well as to direct the mind
of y> u g amerlca.
We will give a years sub
scription to the man who
brings us thej first Butts
Connty raised watermel-i
on this vear.
Tins pleasant countenance of .rack
Dempsey is now seen on the street.-
of Ja esson. Jack is in College ai
Emory, where he is one among the
first in all his class- s.
M . S. K. Smith waa in from Cork
Tuesday.
Tom & Jerry came home suffer in j.
wlih . ea-Uche Tuesday.
Mrs. \V. P. Collier is spending th
week in the country at the home o 1
In r patents in East- Butts
Mrs. A . \V. Wnght left Sunda
■rooming for (firm* '’tfiiain Ala., whe.c
ane was called to the home of her son
Mr. Aihis W.ight, totirol whose fam
ii\ have typhoid lever.
1 e via Curry s'-ut several days is
Atlanta this week.
Mr. William Crilfin, of Griffin
visited Mr. and Mrs. A. 11. Smith.
Miss Vnuie Bou McCord and Mrs.
C. A. Mtner returned irotn Vtiaut
Monday.
Mr. Joseph Jolty attended tin
County Officers Convention a; India
Springs la-r. we <k.
Harry Bu’.ner n*s accepted a po.-.
Mon with the Empire Buggy Cos.
Mr. and Mrs. Dave McMichael 01
Griffin are expected in the city th>
last of the week.
The many friends of Mrs. Florence
Lunquest are glad to know that she
is greatly improved after several days
illness.
Little Misses Gladys and Dollie
Missie Kimbell are visiting their
grandparents at Childs Ga.
Mr. Alan Crumbley and his
daughter MissMeatly Crumbly spent
Saturday in the city.
Mrs. Elizabeth Smith of Monroe
County is spending some time very
pleasantly with the families of her
sons. Messrs A. H., E.‘L., and R. L
Smith.
Mrs. Aaron Bradley after spending
several days with Mis. C. B. Gunn
left Friday for her future home in
Pell City Ala.
Mr. G.T. Fossettis up from Toon s
boro looking after his buildings this
week.
Mrs. J. A. Kimbell ppent Tuesday
and Wednesday in Henry County
with relatives.
Mrs. Joe Bailey will spend Sunday
in Munticello.
Dr. and Mrs. White were visitors
iu Jackson Tuesday.
Mrs. F. Z. Curry and children have
returned from a pleasant visit to her
sister in Mcßae.
Mrs. W. B. Childs visited relatives
in Henry County this week.
8. J. Buily, the hustler of hustlers,
frcm Towaliga district paid the Jack
30‘nian a call this week and subscrib
ed for the paper and*’requested all
back numbers on hand. Thus the
Jacksonian grows.
Mr. J. R Wr-ght left Thursday
afternoon for South Georgia in the
intrdst of Pepperton Cotton Mill.
Mr. .nd Mrs. E. M. Lawson were
up from Flovilla Tuesday.
A regular communication of S'.
John’s Lodge No. 45 F. ife’A. M. will
be held July Ist. at 7 :30 p. m. Bu.-i
--nessof importance for consideration.
V.l members are requested to be pres
ent.
John B. Hopkins, W. M.
Gao. Carmichael, Sec
In Loving Remembrance^
Of Mrs. Danieljßrooks.
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On the beautiful spnngduy of Ju
the 12th 19u7, Jesus came and tool
rotn us our dear friend , Mrs. Brook
after two weeks of suffering
God works in mysterious ways, lie
vonders to perforin. We all think ol
leath as something awful. We nevei
look upon it as carrying with it an>-
hlng to be desired, but death is no
in end it is a blow which shoots ui
into Eternity. To the Christian it it
but a swinging door, a nd as it swinge
ve shall pass into light music and
rest. Let us think of her as having
oassed through the swinging door,
and is now enjoying this heavenly
rest. May we not wish her back, bui
live here so that wo may meet her ii
hoiven. Loving nusband, father mo
olier and brother to whom she
was faithful, look ny, smile throug
your tears, kiss the rod that chest
ens and wait for the resurrwctioi
morning when we shall be made hk
Tim and our loved and lost ones snai
be restored to us. Asa friend she was
rue, as a w.fe and mother stio
tii.d and faithful, as a daughter si
was obedient an t as a sister she w< 1
g i.tl . What more can we say of i* >
earthly lif.-? To tier retailves am
friends we shall say all wn can U
coinfort you, but we point vou 10 1
iiofier power w I'D is able to jive trui
joinfort.
From one who knew and loved hei
• 0. B.
Marriage of Miss Julii
Edwards and Rev. L.
Martin.
Miss Julia Edwards and Rev. Lo>
Marlin f Kentucky were happil
narri and on the evening o’June 271
it the home of t s briqes parents V!
irui Mr-'. J B Edward®. A long an
tappy life is our sincere wish fi
6 tero.
How to Become an Artist,
Holman Iluut began his art labors
when at the age of four he cut off a
lock of his own hair to make a paint
brush. It is rather a serious matter
for the young artist rightly to choose
some picturesque and as far as possi
ble inadequate means of beginning his
career. We all know the story of Ben
jamin West and the cat’s tail. Aliston,
being a coloi'ist, is supposed to have
squeezed the luscious hues from flow
ers to make his paiuts. As there are
probably many young artists contem
plating a career, why not suggest a
few new ways of beginning?
Make a brush from popper’s shaving
brush, from mummer’s hairbrush, from
uncle’s chin whiskers, from auntie's
false front.
No doubt the reason there are few
great artists nowadays is that it is so
hard to avoid ready made paint brushes.
They are thrust upon children in the
public schools. How can we hope for
a Benjamin West with brushes a drag
on the market?—Philip L. Hale in Bos
ton Herald.
A Dog Detective.
In 1820 a peasant was found mur
dered in a wood in the department of
the Loire, France, with his dog sitting
near the body. No clew could at first
be gained as to the perpetrators of the
crime, and the victim’s widow contin
ued to live lu the same cottage, ac
companied always by the faithful dog.
In February, 1837, two men, appar
ently travelers, stopped at the house,
requesting shelter from the storm,
which was then granted, but uo soon
er had the dog seen them than he
flew at them with great fury and
would not be pacified. As they were
quitting the house oue of them said
to the other, “That rascally dog has
not forgotten us.” This raised the
suspicion of the widow, who over
heard it, and she applied to the gen
darmes in the neighborhood, who fol
lowed and arrested the men. After a
long examination one of the criminals
confessed.—Ralph Neville in Outing
Magazine.
A New Phase of Biology.
A widow recently came from Albany
to live with relatives In Brooklyn. Her
new neighbors discovered that she was
given to romancing about small mat
ters. On her own behalf she claimed
to take the “poetic view” of life. But
one of her neighbors was inclined to
use a “shorter and more ugly word”
in describing the trait. Among other
tilings the woman from Albany stated
that her late husband was a biologist
in the state’s service, presumably at
Albany. Later on it was learned that
he really had been in the state's serv
ice, doing time at Sing Sing l’or a small
forgery.
A professor's wife came to the res
cue. "Biologist is the poetic term, all
right.” she raid. “My husband tells
me a biologist is a student of cell
life.’—Brooklyn Engle.
He Couldn’t Plow.
A certain incident connected with
■he great Napoleon while he was in ex
ile in Elba is commemorated in the is
land to tills hour by an inscription af
fixed to the wall of a peasant’s house.
A man named Glaconi was plowing
when the famous exile came along one
day and expressed an interest In his
work. Napoleon even took the plow
share out of the man's hand and at
tempted to guide it himself. Eut the
oxen refused to obey him. overturned
the plow and spoiled the furrow.
The inscription runs thus: “Napoleon
the Great, passing by this place in
MDCCCXIV, took in the neighboring
field a plowshare from the bauds of a
peasant and himself tried to plow, but
the oxen, rebellious to those hands
which yet had guided Europe, headlong
lied from the furrow.”
Greenland Whales.
The great Greenland vliale has no
teeth, its baleen plates, or whalebone,
taking their place. Along the center of
the palate runs a strong ridge, and on
each side of this there is a wide de
pression along which the plates are in
serted. These are long and flat, hang
ing free, nml are placed across the
mouth with their sides parallel and
near each other. The base and outer
■alge of the plates are of solid whale
bone. but the inner edges are fringed,
tilling up the interior of the mouth and
acting as a strainer for the food, which
consists of tln> small swimming mol
lusks aud medusae or jellyfish.
A Man’s Career.
A man ought to look upon Ills career
as a great artist looks upon his mas
terpiece, as an out-picturing of his
best self, upon which he looks with
infinite pride and a satisfaction which
nothing else can give. Yet many peo
ple are so loosely connected with their
vocation that they are easily separated
from it.—Success Magazine.
He Knew Mother.
“See here,” cried the boy's father,
“If you don’t behave I'll whip you!”
*T wisht you would,” replied the bad
l>oy.
‘•You do, eh?”
“Yes. ’cause when it’s all over ina
will gimme some candy.”—Exchange.
FAILURE JjJOSTON,
Municipal Ownership Tried by the
Hub, but Found Wanting.
it Wa* Voted In 1906 Not to Try to
Establish Municipal Gas and Electric
Light Works Because the City Had
Already Shown Its Inability to Carry
on Public Utilities —History of the
Unsuccessful Attempts.
In 1906 the city council of Boston
voted against attempting municipal gas
and electric lighting on the ground that
the city had already proved its Inabil
ity in such matters by a succession of
failures in various trading enterprises.
In 1897, for instance, Boston estab
lished a municipal printing plant. Five
years later, hi 1902, Harvey Chase, an
expert accountant, who was examin
ing all the city departments for Mayor
Collins, and Thomas P. Nichols, an ex
pert printer, reported that the plant
had already lost over $40,000 and, that
a greater loss was avoided only by
charging other departments more than
they would have had to pay outside
printers.
They also reported that at the time
of the investigation the stock room was
crowded with unnecessary paper, inks,
etc., bought at great expense and lia
ble to depreciation by handling or dam
age by tire; that some valuable stock,
then very recently bought, could not be
found, nor could there be found any
record of Its use; that excessive rates
were paid for ruling and binding done
outside; that there was an entirely un
necessary number of employees In all
divisions of the department, who add
ed to the expense and subtracted from
tile’efficiency; that a disposition to kill
time was manifest, and that in spite of
the fact that the hours of employees
were shorter than in private plants
less was accomplished per man per
hour worked.
The operation of two ferry lines
from Boston to East Boston, which
were bought by the city In 1859, loom
ed up as another object lesson. Until
IS7O the ferries were leased at a loss
and since then have been operated by
the city at an even greater loss. In
1877, to he sure, the city made the mag
nificent profit of $93.88, but In each of
the other forty-seven years up to Feb
ruary. 1900, there was a deficit vary
ing from S7BO to $292,000 and amount
ing In all to $3,743,548, or an average
of almost $78,000 a year.
Boston’s water supply, though far
famed for quantity and quality, fur
nished but another proof that the city
cannot do business as well as a pri
vate corporation. Boston receives pure
water from the metropolitan water
board, distributes it through the city,
collects the charges and each year pays
its assessed share of the total expense.
This would secm'a simple proposition,
but Harvey Chase In 1902 In his report
on the water department said: “The
lack of proper methods for handling
transactions of such magnitude and.
Indeed, the general crudeness and
looseness of the capital accounts In tije
waterworks’ bookkeeping ever since
the foundation of the plant are aston
ishing. * * * There has been excess
ive expenditure for work done through
the employment of unnecessary men,
by the employment of aged and Infirm
men and by other means whereby the
costs of work have been heavily in
creased.”
Four years have now gone by since
the evils in these three departments
were made public In a free city docu
ment, but nothing has been done to
remedy them. “Even in those depart
ments especially Investigated and re
ported upon in considerable detail,”
said Ilarvey Chase in 1900, “the an
nual expense today is as large as be
fore and in some cases even relatively
larger.” What surer proof of ineffi
ciency could be given?
But even had there been no printing,
no ferry, no water fiascos, the amounts
paid recently for services of veterina
rians to care for the horses in the
street and police departments of Bos-1
ton would alone have hecn sufficient to j
indicate that it would be well to limit j
rather than extend Boston's municipal j
activities.
The police department in 1904 paid
$19.34 for veterinary services and med
icine for each of its sixty or more,
horses, an outrageous price, and the 1
next year paid nearly $25. The street;
department, where wasting the tax-)
payers' money in excessive veterinary j
payments had come to be a habit, easily !
topped its own high figures in 1905 by
paying $24.20 for each of 500 horses.
These figures were so obviously ex- j
cessive that some change laid to be
made. Accordingly the police depart-1
incnt under anew single headed com-'
mission reduced its veterinary ex- j
peases in 1900 to about sl3 per horse, j
and the mayor instituted a plan by
which the cost per horse in the street
department came down to sl4.
That these reductions were possible
is itself a sure proof that Boston is
anything but efficient in business, and
furihor proof, if any is needed, can be
found by compering even these re
duced figures with, say, the average of
sl3 per home paid..under able manage
™err\r in the fife department, wim 3
;L. pa !': ■* by the police departmer"
1 ?°?r “bona fide offer of ll ®
of the best veterinary y^ ct
do the street department’s work for
$6 per horse and finally with the $2 per
year for each of its 200 horses paid by
a grent private grocery and supply Ann
in Boston.
Compared with some cities, Boston
is well governed, but these and a suc
cession of similar Illustrations of waste
fulness, failure and executive ability
prove that it cannot do business in a
way to give its citizens full value for
the money they pay in taxes.—Coun
nay Crocker.
' ADVISE SELLING OUT.
An Unusually Frank Statement of
Failure by a Board of Public Service.
In an exhaustive report to the city
council the board of public service of
Bellefontaine, 0., recommended the
selling of the municipal gas plant on
the following grounds:
“The gas' plant is no longer necessary
to and does not furnish any public
service.
“The mains in the principal streets
are yery old and will require in the
future expensive repairs.
“The plant is in as good condition to
day as it is possible to put the present
system, and to change the system will
require another bond issue.
“The average price received from the
sale of gas is very little if any lower"
than a private corporation would give
to our people, but is as low as auy gov
erning board the people may elect can
make and keep the plant in its present
condition and meet all the require
ments and pay bonds and Interest, as
has been the policy of the present
ma Hagement.
“Four years ago it was necessary to
issue $15,000 of bonds to build anew
holder and install coal gas bench and
necessary machinery, and another is
sue of bonds to the extent of $12,000
to pay overdrafts in the banks, and
$5,000 more to put new mains in San
dusky street before it was paved.
These bond issues should have been
unnecessary if the plant had been op
erated with a view of self support, but
gas was being furnished part of our
citizens for much less than cost, and
the remaining citizens, even if they
did not use gas, were compelled to
stand a bond issue for which each tax
payer became equally responsible to
get the plant on its feet. And, as his
tory repeats itself, yob will find a re
quest in the future, as in the past, for
bonds to keep the plant in condition
if the price of gas is lowered, and we
wish to say in this connection that
with the election for members of this
board almost a year in advance there
are candidates who are grooming
themselves today with a view of catch
ing popular favor and riding into office
on the promise of cheaper gas, and if
elected on that issue and their prom
ises and pledges are carried out you
may expect a request for a bond issue,
and when we realize that we are now
bonded to our legal limit, how will the
money be furnished? And if the plant
is permitted to get in the condition it
was iu four years ago, what would it
be worth if compelled to sell it?
“Is it right or just to tax those peo
ple who do not use gas to keep up
this plant, either by taxes or bond is
sues, when they derive no service, ei
ther personally or as citizens from pub
lie service, from the plant? Is it right
to tax any citizen to keep up some
thing that gives him no return as a
taxpayer? And, on the other hand, is
it right to compel the gas consumer
to build up a plant from revenues de
rived from the sale of gas for the peo
ple? As the people own this plant,
would it not be more equitable to all
the people to dispose of the plant and
with the proceeds furnish a necessity
by installing water mains and sewer
age accommodation for all citizens?
This, in our opinion, should find favor
from both factions, botli of whom at
present have just cause for complaint.”
When Tom’s Tune Would Change.
Of course municipal ownership would
be liked by any political boss who
owns a city, as Tom Johnson owns
Cleveland. Just think of what a tre
mendous increase of political power
could be given to him were about 25,-
000 or more men to be added to the
city payroll! How Tom as an “out”
would like to be a candidate for mayor
against such official backed by the
support of an army of paid retainers!
He would < like it and favor it just
about as much as he liked or favored
three cent faro or municipal ownership
of street railways when he was man
aging ’ ar.d owning street railways.—
Mansfield (O.) News. ,
Heartless.
“So you wouldn’t take me to be twen
ty-six?” giggled the fair widow.
“No, indeed,” rejoined the inconsid
erate old bachelor. “But If you bad a
daughter I might take her to be that
old.” -
Why They Left.
“Hello, George! What’s everybody
crowding out of the drawing room for /
Have refreshments been announced.'
George _Xo. But Aunt Matilda is get
ting ready to sing.