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IVOLUME 26. CONCERT GIVEN BY VIDALIA CONCERT BAND. .r The Vidalia Concert Band rendered a musical program Wednesday even ing, but on account of the want of proper equipments at the Auditorium ♦hey did not attempt their full show, and in consequence the program was rendered free. Prof. E, L. Ray for merly of Jackson, and well known to Butts Cos., people is Manager of the Oompany. t j Ostriches Are Poor Sailors. S“Ostrifches are terrible creatures to have aboard ship in a storm,” said a sailor. “Knocked about by the waves, they fall and break their legs. We once carried eight superb ostriches. They were good sailors. Their sea appetites were fine. But two days from port a nasty gale overtook us. And then it was pitiful to see those ostriches. The ship's lurches and ducks knocked them off their pins, sent them rolling back and forth, to and fro, wildly, help lessly. Imagine a dozen ostriches, now on their feet, then—bang—on their backs, their long legs in the air, rolling every which way. What you’d expect to happen happened, of course. Their legs broke. You could hear above the storm the sharp crack of the splitting bone. Of those eight fine ostriches only two reached port alive.” Books Written In Jail. Jail seems to be a good place in which to write books. Literary men surpass ■themselves there. John Bunyan wrote “Pilgrim’s Progress” in jail*. Cervantes wrote “Dox Quixote” in prison. Defoe laid the plans for “Ro'binson Crusoe” during a term of confinement imposed on him for the writing of a pamphlet called “The Shortest Way With the Dissenters” Leigh Hunt wrote “Rim ini” in jail. Sir Walter Ra-leigh dur ing his fourteen years’ imprisonment In the Tower of London wrote ids ex cellent “History of the World.” Silvio Pellieo and Tasso both did their best work in jail. i Fs>od and Digestion. One of the biggest mistakes about food which people make is to forget that the true value of food to anybody is the measure of its digestibility. Half a pound of cheese Is vastly more nour ishing, as regards its mere composi tion, than half a pound of beef; but while the beef will be easily digested, and thus be of vast service to us, the cheese is put out of court altogether for ordinary folks by reason of its in digestibility. We should bear this rule in mind when we hear people compar ing one food with another in respect of their chemical value. A Careful Official. “Some years ago.” remarked a physi cian, “when the people in the south feared that an epidemic of yellow fever would spread from Cuba to this country the health board officer of a certain southern city was so careful to keep out the infection that he gave orders to disinfect all telegrams re ceived from Havana.” Georgia School J \ of Technology JB I FIFTEEEN FREE SCHOLARSHIPS ASSIGNED TO EACH Ml/* \1 j j Write t once regarding this opportunity. k J t | rjiHE GEORGIA SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY is better W I I equipped and organized in all its departments j By Re * than ever before. Advanced courses in Meehan- J [l A I PI * ical, Electrical, Textile, Mining, and Civil Engineering, rl 'A, l fJE I ■ Engineering Chemistry, and Chemistry. Extensive J I IT / r j m an( i new equipment of Shop, Mill, Laboratories, etc. |fMl Ij ‘ H New Library and new Chemical Laboratory. Demand II 'til / ■ for School’s graduates much greater than the supply. U/ 1 1 / f* For illustrated catalogue and information address Blf j j B k.g.matheson,a.m.,ll.d President, Q j THE JACKSONIAN. MASS MEETING AT COURT HOUSE SAT. F. B. OUTHOUSE RE-ENTERS L’B’R BUSINESS IN JACKSON. The many friends of Frank Out house will find him again with The Jacksou Lumber Cos., he having pur chased the interest of Mr. McElvaney in that concern. Snakes as War Weapons. When Hannibal, the great Cartha ginian, was fighting Eumenes of Per gamos with a fleet of very’ inferior strength he hit upon an artifice which would scarcely be sanctioned by the laws of what we are pleased to call civilized warfare. He discovered by means of a bogus message under a flag of truce on which ship the king was. He then caused poisonous snakes to be inclosed in earthen jars. These he dis tributed among several ships and or dered them to close up on the king’s galley. In the melee that followed the jars were flung on to the deck. The curious bombs were greeted at first with ridicule, which soon chi nged to panic when the nature of their contents made itself manifest. The galley was extricated from the fight as soon as possible, and the captains of the others, believing that the king had taken flight, followed suit, with the result that Han nibal gained a complete victory* Cats as Retrievers. “It is claimed,” said a Chicago an tiquary, “tlipt cats may be trained as retrievers—trained to swim to your slain birds and bring them back to you in their mouths. The thing sounds incredible, but look here.” He held up the photograph of an ancient Egyptian painting. Men with spears rode on the Nile. In some of the boats large cats sat on their haunches in the stern, while toward others several cats swam with dead birds lit their mouths. “This picture,” said the antiquary, “proves that the Egyptians used cats for hunting dogs. If they, why not we? The original of the picture is In the British museum, where there are also several pieces of carving that dis play the cat In the role of a retriever.” The German and the Fatherland. A German always remains a German. He respects and loves his fatherland, although isolated and separated from it by boundless oceans and vast conti nents. A German heart always re mains true to the country where it first commenced to beat until it Is silenced by death. Asa rule, to which there are few exceptions, a man who is loyal to the country of his birth will be loyal to the country of his adoption.—Dr. Nicho las Senn. According to Prescott, the money of the Aztecs and the kindred nations con sisted of quills filled with gold dust and bags of chocolate grains. JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, AUG. 9 '907. Effort Will Be Made To Entice R. R. To Come To Jackson. The citizens of Butts County and Jackson are cordially invited to at tend a mass meeting at the court house at 5 .80 o’clock Saturday after noon. Mr. Massie, Pres’ of Bibb Power Company and other projectors of the electric R. R. will be present to dis cuss the matter. Every interested citizen invited to be present. special selioTsWyoung MEN -i -1 At .Jackson Baptist Church Sunday evenings, 7 :45p. na. • August 11; “A young man a few nights out from home.” August 18: *‘A young man in a strange land.” August 25: "The young man Je sus.” You are invited. C. T.Williagham, Acting Pastor. SUNDAY CAMPIMEETING, We hope our friends, and the pub lic generally will not crowd our cars on Sundays during Campmeeting. We can haul you to the Camp Meeting and return with safety and : with pleasure. I But the crowds that ride back and j forth between the Camp Ground and ' the Spring make it unpleasant. When the platforms and footboards i are full it is dangerous. We hope our friends will help us out of so much Sunday work. W. F. Smith. Our Lost Sense. One of the greatest discoveries of physiology is that we once had six senses. What the lost sense was no one knows, and probably no one will ever know, but that our forefathers possessed it there is no doubt, for the remains of that part of the brain in which it resided are still to be seen in any one of us. These remains are simply a small and now perfectly useless little mass of brain substance called the pituitary body. It consists of two tiny little oval lobes joined together and lying in a little cavity of the skull, strangely named the sella turcica and situated over and behind the nose. It is quite possible that it may have enabled our forefathers to see in the dark before lamps and can dles were invented, or it may have placed them In communion with ghosts and fairies, or It may have been an organ that enabled them to go home lu a bee line when they lost their way In the primeval forests. On the other hand, it is possible that it was a bad substitute for vision or smell or hear ing and died out when the improved sense organ developed. Mirrors as Detectives. “It is not solely to please the lady patrons,” said an Interior decorator, ‘‘that mirrors so abound in shops. They serve another and more important pur pose. They help detect shoplifters. If you should study the various watch ers in the employ of big retail stores you would find that they don’t watch the patrons directly. They look at their reflections in the mirrors. Of course their watching done that way is unperceived. The shoplifter glances at the watcher, sees that his back Is to her and secretes a pair of silk stock ings In her shirt waist. The next mo ment she feels an unfriendly and ter rifying tap on her shoulder, and the watcher, who has caught her by the mirror’s aid, bids her sternly to ac company him to the office.”- New York Press. DEATH OF MR. A. H. TREADWELL AUGUST 6. The death of Mr. A. H. Treadwsll occured at his home near Indian Spring, Tuesday Aug. G, and he was buried at Mt. Vernon Wednesday. The cause of death washeurt disease. — - - Perpetual Motion Cranks. In the days of the Mayflower the first perpetual motion inventors took out their patents for "Engines which being put in order will cause and niain teyne their owu moclons with continu ance and without any borrowed force of man, horse, wind, river or brooke,” and In the last century they have ap plied for about 000 patents which are based chiefly on the force of gravity, loss of equilibrium, specific gravity of floats and weiglrts Immersed in water or other liquid, accession of receptacles inflated with air or gas under water, compression and subsequent expansion of gases and of the surface tension of liquids. So sanguiuely hopeful are these Ingenious designers that in many cases they provide brakes to stop their machines if necessary or to prevent any dangerous increase of speed. The care and thought expended on the prin ciple and detail of many of the inven tions demonstrate that many men of mental ability cling to the Idea that perpetual motion is possible and that they themselves are successfully solv ing the problem. How to Shoot a Rattler. The writer once saw an Indian kill a rattlesnake in a very peculiar man ner. The rattler was about ten feet from the Indian, who wns resting the rifle on his knee, apparently taking aim. Whenever he moved the weapon a few inches the snake would move around and get exactly in line with it. Then, to show how the thing was done, the Indian moved about the snake in a cir cle, and the reptile moved as if its tail were* on a pivot, always keeping Its head- and body in line with the gun. The* Indian then agreed to bandage his eyes and shoot the snake in the mouth. The writer bandaged the Indian’s eyes, and, holding the gun by his side at arm’s length, the latter pulled the trig ger, and the ball entered the snake’s mouth and passed the whole length of Its body. “How do you take*alm?” was the query. “The snake, he takes aim,” was the reply. We have talked with an old hunter on this proposition, and he claims that a rattlesnake will al ways range directly In line with a guu or stick pointed, at it.—Exchange. $1,000.00 Accident Insurance Policy ,THE COTTON JOURNAL OF ATLANTA. GA. offers one year’s subscription and a SI,OOO Accident Insurance Policy for one year with no due* nor assessments for only Si. SO. . The Cotton Journal is the only cotton farm Journal published. It fills a position of Its own and has taken the leading place in every county in the cotton belt. It gives the cotton grower and bis family somethin)? to think about aside from the humdrum of routine duties. Every Issue contains valuable crop news and data, besides a general discussion of cotton news from all parts of tbe world by its editor, Harvie Jordan, President of the Southern Cotton Association. The publishers of The Cotton Journal have gone to great expense to secure these Accident policies for its readers. It prpposes to have tbe biggest circulation of any agricultural journal in the world. To this end they make this marvelous offer of a Limited Accident Policy for ti ,000 to every subscriber to this newspaper who will pay a year in advance. Tbe Policy pays as follows: For Loss of Life $1,000.00 For Loss of both Eyes, meaning entire and permanent loss of the sight of both eye 5:........ 1.000.00 For Loss Of both Hands, by actual and complete severance at or above the wrists 1,000.00 For Loss Of Both Feet, by actual and complete severance at or above the ankle 1,000.00 For Loss of One If and and One Foot, for actual and complete severance at or above the wrist and ankle 1,000.00 For Loss Of One Hand, by actual and complete severance at or above the wrist 250,00 For Loss of One Foot, by actual and complete severance at or above the ankle 250.00 For Loss of One Eye, meaning entire and permanent loss of the sight of one eye 100.00 f If you will subscribe at once we will give you a year’s subscription to both papers. In addition give you an ACCIDENT POLICY FOR 81,000 fully paid for one year, without any dues or assessments of any kind. The policy covers a wide range of risks. Including death or injury on railroad trains and other public conveyances, elevators, trolley cars, etc.; alio accidents on the high road from riding or driving, automobiles, horses, burning buildings, drowning, bicy* cle accidents, etc. *7.50 A WEEK IF DISABLED will be paid for a number of weeks if you aredlsabled in anyway described in the policy. You can have the paper and policy sent to* different addresses if you desire. Subscriptions taken at this office. Price for The Cotters. Journal and the Insurance Policy $1.50 f ■——— in ' ■.—■■ ■ ■ ■■■ ■ m Jhe -Jacksonian the Cotton -Journal and the Accident Policy all for $2.25. . . NUMBER 32 FARMER’S EDUCATIONAL AND CO-OPERATIVE UNION MEET. To the farmers and citizens of Butts and adjoining Counties; The Farmers Educational and Co-operation Union of this County will have a rally on Tuesday August 18th. Public speak* ing at 10 o’clock a. m. We envitS you all to come out to the speaking, as we hope to have good speaking, and ask your co-operation. The speaking will be at MallettS Spring one mile north east of Jack* son. All that can, come, and bring a well filled basket, as it will be a basket dinner. J. M. Gaston, Pres. Where Hat Straw Come* From. In Italy to raise straw employed in making hats the wheat is sown as thickly as possible In order that the growth of the plant may be impover ished as well as to produce a thin stulk having toward the end from the last knot the lightest and longest straw. The wheat blooms at the be ginning of June and is pulled up by the roots by hand when the grain is half developed. If allowed to remain in the ground n longer time the straw would become brittle. About five doz en uprooted branches the size of the compass of two bands are firmly tied together into little sheaves and stowed qway In bnrns. Then the -straw is again spreud out to catch the heavy summer dews and to bleach In the sun. After additional bleaching the straw 1 put Into small bundles and classified. Finally It Is cut close übove the first joint from the toil and again tied up In small Mindies containing about six ty stalks each and delivered to women in almost every private dwelling of the poorer classes. John Was Huffed. In the olden time a woman In the north of Scotland went to visit her husband, who was condemned to be hanged upon the following day. The man began to give his Inst Instructions to his wife preparatory to bidding her farewell, when all at once she broke in on the conversation and exclaimed,, “By the bye, John, whnur will I plant the tuttles tills year?” The unfor tunate men, as may be imagined, grewr exceedingly indignant at the indiffer** once of his wife and exclaimed angri* ly: “What need I care whaur ye plant them? I’m no likely to need ouy o’ them.” “Ilech,” replied the woman, turning to the warder, with a wag of the head, “poor John’s huffed because lie’s gaun to be bunged In the morn!” and marched out of the cell.