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VOLUME 26.
JUDGE F.Z. GURRY WRITES
ABOUT THE LIFE OF
■ REV. SAM P. JONES.
It was at the meridiau of my youth
that I first knew the deceased. It
was from this great apostle of the
doctrine of “Prohibition" I first
heard and learned the lesson that
has ever guided my action, as a man,
when confronted with the duty of
casting a ballot “For" or * ’against"
the sale ot liquor.
He was a guest at the home of my
mother. His mission in our commu
nity was humanitarian. Our county
was about to be plunged into a politi
cal fight on the question of Prohibi
tion" His coming among us was to
cut the under-brush and prepare the
way for a glorious victory which the
records tell. So. today, along with
my brethren I come to drop a rose of
memory at the grave of one of the
brave, of the soldiers of the cross.
I can’t think of Sam Jones as dead.
Men of his character can never die.
When the mighty earth-quake rends
the foundation of the briny deep it
causes it’s blue billows to roll :rom
shore to shore; so it is when a life
has been lived like that of Sam Jones,
it touches the human race with a
wave of influence for good, that
will not be stilled, till it lashes the
shores of eternity.
No! Sam Jones is not dead.
Though we may say, earth to earth,
ashes to ashes, dust to dust and the
worms will feed upon his mortal
frame, yet, the works of this grand
and good man, will live on, and on,
throughout the endless ages.
A.t the age of twenty five years, a
round the bedside of a dying father be
heard the voice of God calling him to
a higher and better life. Like Saul of
Tarsus, he heard and heeded the
voice. From that day, till he fell on
the battle field, with his face towards
the enemy, the eye of the critic world
has been focused upon him. In the
beginning, many they were who said
he would not hold out, but that he
would back-slide. Bltssed be God.
the further he traveled along the way,
the stronger he grew in the faith.*
His critics seeing that he was de
termined to win the fight, begun to
say that he was in the church for
what money he could get out of it.
We find that he dies with practi
cally nothing as compared with the
enormous sum that have passed
through his hands and found its way
to a suffering humanity.
Paul was a great man. He planted
and Apollos watered. Sam Jones,
too, was a great man. He, like Paul,
NEW MARKET.
Messrs Bailey & Jones
have opened up anew market and
ice house; and will keep the very
BEST AND FRESHEST MEATS
of all kinds.
Phone us for your fresh meats
and ice and we will endeavor to
serve you at the very lowest prices.
Everything delivered promptly.
D. B. Duke.
PHONE NO. 69.
THE JACKSONIAN.
planted, and future generation will
water. No where, in the ministry
of Cnrist Himself, do we find that he
preached to the congregations num
bering like those to whom Sam Jones
preached The five thousand, besides
women and children, to whom Christ
preached when he wrought the mira
cle of the loaves and fishes and fed
the multitude, was but a handful
when r 0 npared to many of the con
gregations that heard Sam Jones.
We have had our Washington, the
father of his country, as he was call
ed, and he was a great leader of men.
He was a warrior, and I may say too,
by a liberal use of the term, a states
man.
Thomas Jefferson was the undispu
ted, greatest exponent of Democratic
faith.
Out of the great brain of James
Monroe was evolved “The Monroe
Doctrine" a doctrine which has made
his name famous.
Andrew Jackson, too, was a great
man.
Among the galaxy of statesmen was
the great trio of intellects, Clay, Cal
houn and Webster.
The North had its Lincoln, while
the South hau its immortal Davis.
The North had its Grant and McClel
land, while we had our sainted heroes,
Lee and Jackson.
We find in Congress, sitting on the
Republican side, that towering giant
iuterlect, .las. G. Blain. while on the
Democratic side sat tho matchless
heroe, and statesman. Ben Hill, of
Georgia.
Alex Stevens and Bob To nub;, to
were there from Georgia.
We had our Grady who fell when he
was uniting two discording sections
into one loving union.
We have had our great men of God,
such as Marvin, George Pierce, Mer
cer, Haygood, Moody and Beecher.
Like Pikes Peak these men have
towered over their contemporaries,
but I to you brethren, Sam Jones,
the sol of Kish, towered head and
shoulders above them all,
I would not be true to the demand,
of this hour if I did not draw a lesson
from his life.
I say to each of you. that in the
circle in which you move, you can be
missed as much when you die, as the
world will miss Sam Jones.
The secret of this great applause
which comes to the name of Sam
Jones, was his life of fidelity to God
Be true to God, and in Ihisdisharge
of your duty to Him, you will have
been true to mankind.
“What a thin voice that girl has.”
“Thin! W r hy, It’s so thin she ought
to sing all her mnslc In a skeleton
key.”—Baltimore American.
JACKSON, GEORGIA. FRIDAY, Sept- i.tfh (907.
BOND ELECTION RESULTS
IN FAVOR OF BONOS.
The election Saturday resulted in
favor of a bond issue by the narrow
margin of seven votes. It is stated
that if every-body who was not favor
orable to bonds, and who were entitl
ed to vote had been allowed their
rights, the result would have been un
favorable to the issuo. However It is
said that validation is very uncertain.
Make up your mind that
you want to pay a little
more for clothes this fall;
and that you must have
Hart Schaffner & Marx
make. Then come to us.
We’ll show you how the
all-wool quality of these
garments, thegfine tailor
ing, the fit and style, make
* hem the cheapest clothes
for you to buy. The more
you pay for Hart Schaffner
& Marx clothes the more
you get.
The Jackson Mercantile Cos
Accidental Success.
“In literature,” said a publisher,
“popular success frequently comes by
accident. A remarkable case was that
of J. 11. Shorthouse. This man, a poor
chemist, spent some years writing a
book called ‘John Inglesant.’ But the
publishers would have none of ‘John
Inglesant,’ and finally Mr. Shorthouse
printed 100 copies at his own ex
pense.
“Only forty of these copies sold, one
purchaser being a photographer. The
photographer took Mr. Gladstone’s
picture some weeks later, and tho old
man chose a studious pose, sitting with
a volume in his hand. He bent In
absorption over the work, which hap
pened accidentally to be ‘John Ingle
sant,’ und in the thousands of copies
of the photograph that were sold by
accident (he (look’s name was plainly
to be made out.
“Mr. Gladstone was regarded as a
great critic, and the people thought he
desired to recommend ‘John Ingle
sant.’ What was the result? Within
the year 300,000 copies of ‘John In
glesant’ had been sold, and Shorthouse
was a made man.”
Two Tall One*.
"Eagles and hyenas, If they are
starving, will eat themselves,” said a
nature fakir.
"Oh, of course."
“It’s the truth. Pliny mentions it
in his natural history, and I have
proved it by experiment. I starved an
eagle three riuys, and he began to
tear chunks out of his thigh and eut
them. The thing was so sickening to
me that I only permitted it to go on a
day. I got two good photographs of
It for my last book, then I restored
the eagle’s rations ngain. The poor
fellow had made a hole in his thigh
as big as your fist, and to this day
be walks lame.
“And the hyena? The hyena was
worse still. At first he was obstlnute
and refused to touch himself; hot one
night I heard angry growls from his
cage and, going dowi with a lantern,
I found him eating 1 hind leg. He
had made great progress. He had
got away with about three pounds.
I believe if I hadn’t come down in
time he’d have devoured himself com
pletely.”—Exchange.
Around No. 2.
Well a good rain fell a few days ago
which revived things a little but still
it did some damage to the cotton ae
it looks as though it had bad a big
frost on it.
Among the improvements going on
around which shows farmers are in a
prosperous condition is Mr. J. C. Cole
building an addition to his residence
and otherwise beautifying his place
which is arnoDg Butts Co’s, prettiest
homes known as the Barber place.
Mrs. S. T. Moore has returned from
Emerson and moved to Jackson.
Miss Maude Bankston and the lit
tle ones of Mr. Henry Bankston have
gone to Brunswick for a visit of sev
eral days.
Another little boarder and cotton
picker came laßt week to brighten
the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. 0. Pres
ton.
A son of Mrs. F. S. Norsworthy is
suffering from a severe attack of
rheumatism we are sorry to state.
Mr. J. A. Pittman has added three
more rooms to his already pretty
home. His says he is getting ready
for the railroad aud coming town of
Stark.
Mr. W. D. Hoard is building a nice
home just below Stark which will be
East Ga. Ave.
Mr. G. W. Wyatt is building more
to his home at Stark,
Mr. J. T. McClure has built anew
tenant house on his farm getting
ready for another year.
Mrs. W. D. Jolly with little Miss
Mildred, while sitting in a buggy at
Stark last Saturday morning the
mule they were driving became flight
ened and broke to run. A negro
caught the lines and held on until
they broke, wnen the mule turned
through Mr. W. A. Whites field,run
ning against the old mill house and
overturning the buggy throwing the
occupants out with a little shaking
up and scare and some little damage
to the buggy was about all.
Miss Ildra Hardy has accepted a
position in Atlantu.
On learning why Mr. Chas. L. Mad
dox wore such a broud smile last
week he said he wouldn’t have to pick
any cotton this fall as he has anew
boy at his house that can pick 400
perday. His name is Chas. L. Jr.
Mr. J. T. Mayo has a music class
at Beulah which is taught at night.
Miss Clara Bryant visited In Lo
cust Giove this week.
Bijstek Brown.
Hard Work For a Bald Head.
"I believe I have done about every
thing there is to do to make a living
at one time or another,” said the red
cheeked man, who Is also bald. “You
can’t Imagine what I did once. Itan a
parlor for restoring hair. Funny,
wasn't It? I had to keep my hat on
the whole lime. Had to quit running
It finally because keeping my bat on
constantly night and day like that was
making me txilder than ever.”
Nothing Doing.
“What tills?” asked the man ac
quitted of a charge of murder us biu
lawyer banded him a paper.
“That’s ray bill for services,” ex
plained the lawyer.
“Get out!” responded the acquitted.
“You proved I was insane, didn't
you?”
“I did.”
"Well, you can’t do business with a
lunatic.”—Philadelphia Ledger.
Able For tho Rost.
• "William, were you ever whipped at
school?” queried the visitor.
“Only by the teacher,” was tho rath
er significant reply.—Chicago News.
We Are at the Same Old Stand.
The Same Old
KINARD & CLARK.
Same old Phone No. 60 with the best line of Groceries in town
We sell Libby’s canned Goods the best in the world. Argo Salmon
The finest on earth try a can. Crystal Flour can’t be beat. Mc-
Cordsmeal always Fresh.
trade (Uitb d$ and Set the Best.
KmARD CLARK
NUMBER 38
JACKSON SCHOOL OPENS
WITH ENROLLMENT OF 300.
The second week of the school is
more than satisfactory to the faculty
with an enrollment of 000 pupils and
a certainty of many more additions
to the number. This promises to be
the most successful year the school
has ever had.
Stralnsd the Jar.
A little old woman with n sharp nose,
and sharper tongue was In tho country,
grocery store* buying supplies. Among
other things she brought In from her,
cart was a battle scarred jug, which 1
she ordered to bo filled with treacle, j
At last, when her purchases werej
completed, she began looking over thO|
account, item by Item, before paying. l
“What’s this?” she exclaimed. “You
have charged me for two gallons and 1
a half of treacle.” j
“Yes, ma’am.”
“But that Jug holds only two gal
lons.”
“You must be mistaken. I measured
tho treacle carefully, and It took two
gallons and a half to (111 It.”
“Well,” said the old woman with a
sigh, “I don’t so much mind having to
pay for the treacle, hut 1 do object to
having the old Jug strained by your
putting In half a gallon more than it
will hold.”—Strand Magazine. A
Plano Sailing. L
All plain sailing. This term Is so
spelled even In nautical works of some
age, but piano sailing Is the correct
form. Before Mercator Invented tho
sea chart which goes by his name all
charts were on a plane projection. In
using these the ship’s course was treat
ed as an nngle Trad the distance, dif
ference of latitude anil departure as
the sides of a right angled triangle.
There were very largo errors In piano
charts, yet all the world wns charted
on them and all tho great voyages of
discovery made lie fore Mercator's pro
jection came Into use. Plane sailing
•wns the simplest of all sailings, and
thus name the present meaning of tho
term.
New Guinean War Canoe.
At Matupl Is preserved tho last of
the great New Guinean war canoes.
This Is an Immense and wonderful
structure seventy feet In length, which
besides several hundred natives could
carry six aud a half tons of cargo upon
the deck Joining the canoe proper and
the outrigger.
At either end Is a quaintly carved
wooden figurehead, or tall, covered
with cassowary feathers, and the im
mense outrigger consists of a whole
palm tree hollowed out and sharpened
fore and aft.—London Standard.
His Pointed Query.
Hamilton palace was one of the first
great houses in Scotland to use des
sertspoons. A rough country
dining there for the first time, had
been served between the second
course with a sweet dish containing
cream or Jelly, and with it the servant
handed him a dessertspoon. The laird
turned it round and round In bis great
fist and said to the eervant:
“What did ye gle me this for, ye
fuie? Do ye think ina mooth baa got
any smaller since Ah lapplt up ma„
soup?”
“All that is appropriate In nature Is
lioautlful.”
“llow about a grass widow with bay,
fever?"—Baltimore American.