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f Mr.’JJJohn Pbinizee was .on oor
struts Wednesday. , *t 3
f Walter Mead Crawford left th
first of the '< ek for \tiauta where hi
has accepted a portion. j -+i.
| Mrs. Mack Potts of Winder is thr
guest of her mother Mrs. T. M. Fut
low.
Mrs. Ammie Waller has returned
from an to relatives ii
Monticello. 41 &Jdi
Mrs. Walter 0 ipaland haspeturneci
from McDonough.
Miss Florrie Ham Jhas accepted t
position as stenographer in Atlanta.
Mr. Charue Ingram lias returned
from Jesup.
Mrs. L. D. Watson and little grand
daughter Anna Dawn,.Watson have
returned from Raleigh N. C.
Mrs. J. A. Joiner has been quite
sick but is convalescent now.
Mrs. Mary Onnn left Saturday for
Madison where she will spend a
month with her eon Rev. J. R. Gunn.
Miss Willie Lester spent Sunday in i
Atlanta with friends.
Qulgg Fletcher leaves Sunday for
Baltimore to resume his studies at
John TTopkms Institute
A goodly number of the ladies of
the Methodist Church spent Tuesday
at the hospitable homo of Mrs. T. J
Dempsey and spwed for the orphans
of the Decatur Home. This day is
observed every year and if is a noble
work in which the ladies delight.
The many friends in the city of Dr.
Alton Sloan Tltn formerly of McDon
ough but now of XY'osaeola Florida
will be interested to know of bis
marriage to Miss Eva Lovelace Fowl
er which took place in that city on
last Wednesday.
Clayton Buchansn left Tuesday for
Atlanta where ho will enter the Tech.
Mrs. L. T. Jamorson was quite sick
the first of the week.
Little Mary Frances Carmichael’s
condition is somewhatjimproved.
Mr. L. P. Jamerson and family
have moved into the house on West
Avenue recently vacated by Mr. Asa
Buttrill.
Mr. Walter Hosch of Gainesville
spent Sunday in the cltv.
Mr. J. Mote Watts returned Mon
day from Wrightsville Beach where
he has been at Hotel Tarrymore dur
ing the summer.
Fred Copeland who Is ill of fever is
reported to bo some better.
Mrs. W. R. Vickers was In from
Iron Spring Wednesday shopping.
Mrs. Mary Maddox nee Wright was
visiting her sister Mrs. W, P. Collier
Tuesday.
Dr. Will Butner. brother of our Dr.
Charlie wa9 down from Powder
Springs Tuesdty. Dr. Will resided
for a number of years at Worthville
and is wvll known by Butts County
people.
Usual preaching services will be
held at the Baptist Church Sunday
morning and evening. At the morn
ing service Mr. Willingham will give
his newer in reference tot,he call re
cently extended him. It is requested
that the church members make a spec
ial effort to be present.
We Are at the Same Old Stand.
The Same Old
KINARD & CLARK.
±>ame old Phone No. 60 with the best line of Groceries in town
'sell Libby’s canned Goods the best in the world. Argo i iim > n
The finest on earth try a can. Crystal Flour can’t be beat. Mc-
Cordsmea! always Fresh.
trade Ulitb U$ and Get the Best.
KIN ARD & CLARK PHONE 60.
Mr. J L. Pye from jCork paid Jack
son a visit Tuesday.
Mr. Ohe Hendrick wes down m
College Park Tuesday.
The regular equinoctial storm
c?;i*i;r in y nr.d In'? ted
•ill Monday morning. Much damage
to cottou was done.
Mr MEED
Strange Omissions In the Chicago
Lighting Plant Report.
It Places the Annual Total Cost Per
Lamp at $52.3i —No Account Taken,
However, of Lost Taxes, Water, De
preciation, Rent or of Half a Dozen
Other l/rporr.nt Elements cf Ex
pense—Rica lot M, O. Plant in ’.he
Country—lts Service as Poor as ltd
Roport ie Misleading.
The largest municipal electric light
plant In the United States is that op
erated by the city of Chicago. Natu
rally students of municipal ownership
turn to Its reports ns one of the prin
cipal sources of information on the
subject. Unfortunately, however, these
reports have been so worded as to
give the false Impression that the
municipal lights cost the city much less
than if they were supplied by contract
with a private company.
Newspapers all over the country huve
announced that Chicago’s street lights j
during liXXJ cost only $52.39 per lump,
and they are not to be blamed for mak
ing this assertion, for twice on page
12 of the report for that year $52.3.5
is given as the “total cost per I.'wnp,”
It is true that elsewhere In the report
this statement Is modified by the ad
mission that this “cost” doesn’t in
clude interest, lost taxes, tfcater, de
preciation, rent of offices and poles,
judgments against the city on account
<if accidents, a proportion of the cost
of the offices of the comptroller, audi
tor, business agent and other branches
of the city government, etc., but tbo
edge is taken off this admission by
the further statement that “the cost of
$52.39 includes all expenses actually
borne by the city,” a statement, by
the way, which Is not even technically
true.
The report admits that “there Is some
Justice in the contention” that these
items should be charged against the
lighting cost, but It makes this admis
sion ouly ufter years of refusal to do
so, and does so now because of an In
vestigation Into the workings of tbo
plant that has recently been made, and
the findings of which will soon be pub
lished.
Six years ago the Reform club of
New York employed a well known
firm of accountants to find out what
Chicago’s lights were really costing. At
that titue tho city claimed a cost of
$02.09, but the accountants reported
the real cost as $99.88 and made no
allowance for damages, street repairs,
rent of offices and poles or the lighting
department’s share of the expense for
auditing, purchasing and legal ex
penses and a very low allowance for
depreciation. But the city authorities
totally ignored the findings of this dis
interested and expert investigation.
The unfairness of the report Is fur
ther shown by Us comparison of the
per capita cost of lighting Chicago and
five other cities that do not operate
municipal lighting plants. In the first
place, the street lighting of Chicago is
notoriously inadequate, and In the sec
ond place, while the rates in the other
cities cover the entire cost of lighting;
lu Chicago they Include only a fraction
of the cost
Perhaps the most misleading feature
of the report Is its comparison of the
alleged “cost” of the municipal lights
with the rates charged by the private
company with which the city contracts
for 740 of its lamps. These are In the
outskirts of the city, where the cost of
maintaining them Is very high on ac
count of their long distance from the
.geuerntlug station and their remote-
NOTICE
DR. J. B. WATKINS,
Veterinary Surgeon.
I will leave Jackson for college Oct. Ist or I,sth. I will examin e every animal free
of charge from now on while here, so bring your horse and male that are not doing
well or "is tame or that have any g • owth on them and / will tell you al about them, if
yoar animal cannot eat, or eats .>ouudy and chews bad or eats enough but is still in
poor condition, or eats so much that t r makes it poor to carry it, there must be some
thing wrong with its teeth end,if so i coin tell you and can fix it for you. It is strange
to say that itie people n, ve inink 'f their animals teeth, People only think of what
they see and only see one V , rd of their horses teeth. The male has forty and female
thirty six. The male has four tusk the female hasn't. The horses teeth are grown at
abotfo eight years old, th y nave a root of about two and a half inches long. The teeth
of the horse is not like a > tans, they are made different and used different. They arc
as mill stones made to grind corn, oats and grass and not to tear as iron etc.’ And
as they grind they wear away about one twelfth of an inch every year, and as they
wear sometimes the whole of the top of it is not worn down, a point may be left to ciit
ami tear the gums tongue and lips or the tooth may become too Long, it may not be
wornbij its opposite tooth, it willbegin to cut the gums and the jaw bone • There are
many ways that a horses mouth of teeth may shorten his days. Good\ teeth is most
essential to the life of ahorse. The horse cannot call for soups 'as we can, but have to
eat corn whether it can grind it or not. If it can not grind it. it will swallow it whole
or half ground and the more it eats half ground the Quicker it will have indigestion
take colic and pass on to its happy home. If you will let me I will open your animals
mouth with a mouth speculum so you can see his teeth and you can tell ivhat is wrong
I have all of the best instruments that are made to do the work on your horse or mull
mouth with •
now is the time to have Surgery done, as the weather is good and the animal willhave
time to get over it before the grass is gone and before thehard winter comes. If you
have any cows to dehornnow is the proper time to have it done. 11 is a settled fact that
cows do better with out their horns and all men are learning this to be a fact.
IF YOUR HORSES’ MULES, COWS, OR DOGS HAS WARTS, TUMORS
crany growth on them I will take them off by medicine or with the knife. Aid now is a
good time for such work Bring them and we can have a talk about it.
I will promise you that I a::i able to do your Veterinary work for you.
I am a praduate of the Collins Veterinary >led cal College at Nashville
Tenn, na\e attended lecture at ti e United States College of VeG rinary Snrgury at Wash
ington I). Also attended lectuus at tin- New York Teh rinary College N. Y. Now as I
will only be here for a few weeks long< j- bring }< i,r 'db cased animals at once and let me
speak for them.
I have for sale two surries | two In rses, a buggy and a desk.
MRS. 6. W. RAY DIES WED
NESDAY NIGHT AT 11 OGLOGK.
Mrs. George W. Ray died ac her
home five miles north of town Wed
nesday night. Mrs. Ray had been ill
for quite awhile and her death was
not unexpected. She leaves a husband
and four sons and two daughters. The
interment was at Old Bethel Thurs
day afternoon.
Some good correspondence is crowd
ed out this week.
ness fro£u each other. That' fs why the
city contracts for them. Yet the report
assumes that tbe company would
charge Just as high a rate if it had the
contract for all the lights. This as
sumption is not only manifestly absurd,
but i3 directly contrary to the facts, as
one of tbe companies offered a reduc
tion of more than t one-quarter of its
contract price If it were given the en
tire lighting contract.
In making comparisons the quality
of the service is nn important consid
eration, and the service of the Chicago
city plant fk bad. It cheats the public
both by the frequency of outages
(lamps going out and staying out the
rest of tbe night) and by stealing its
own current—l. reducing the amper
age below the point at which the cur
rent keeps the lamps up to their rated
candlepower. In many coses observers
have noted that, especially after mid
night, the lamps give only a dull glow
at the carbon points and are of practi
cally no value as lights. This is done
to reduce coal consumption and of
course makes a great difference In the
cost of operation. It woulg not be tol
erated from a private company, which
would also be penalised for outages.
thinirs are Quite naturally not
mentioned in the report'
To sum up, the report gives the Im
pression to tbe casual reader that the
municipal plant Is giving gogd service
at a low cost, while the facts are that
Its service is poor and that the cost Is
much higher than if the lights were
supplied by a company.
Not Yot For Sioux City.
The construction of a municipal
electric light plant has been under con
sideration at Sioux City, la. The com
mission appointed to investigate the
subject has, however, reported ad
versely, and the council will advertise
for bids to light the city after the ex
piration of the present contract
Tax Rato Drops.
Xhe Cleveland leader attributes to
the sule of Its municipal electric light
plant the fact that the-tax rate of
Lakewood, 0., will be about $2.75 this
veer as against $3.59 In 1900.
Mrs. Renbam—Second thoughts arc
best. Benham—l know it; I thought
only ouce when I asked you to marry
me.—New York Press.
I am not Joking,
FOR SALE.
175 acres in Iron Springs district, six miles from Jackson over
a smooth level road. There is 135 acres in cultivation which is
level and without rocks, that is, level enough that a mower
and binder machine can be operated over it. Much more level
than the average land of the county; On the place are houses
which cannot be built for $2000.00. They consist of a five
room framed dwelling, weather boarded out and ceiled in,
with 8 foot hall-way, back and front verandas, 3 tenant hous
es with 2,3 and 4 rooms respectively. The dwelling was
built 4 years ago and the two last mentioned tenant houses were
recovered 3 years ago. Two bams on the place -one 16 by
20 sheded both sides and one 24 by 30 sheded both sides and
cow barn underneath 24 by 30. Corn crib 16 by 20 sheded
one side and up and down stairs built 3 years ago. The small
barn was built 3 years ago and the large one seven years ago.
Repair shop 12 by 16 built this year. AS FINE A PAS
TURE AS YOU EVER SAW CONSISTING OF TWEN
TY ACRES WITH BERMUDA GRASS, WITH A LIV
ING STREAM THROUGH IT THE DRYEST YEAR-
Three different churches within a mile and one about two
miles and a fine school within 20 minutes walk. This place
can be bought within the NEXT THIRTY DAYS fors3ooo.
00 cash, or $1500.00 cash and five notes for $400.00 each at 8
% interest payable Jan. ist* 1909 and each succeeding year
till paid off. Place will rent for ten bales of cotton and crop
pers have been secured for another year. This is a big bar
gain and you will have to hurry if you get it Buy it and let
the rents payoff the notes. I have Jackson property to show
you if you want to invest in city real estate.
Address, Frank Z. Curry.
Jackson, Ga,
This Sept. 26th. 1907.
Jay Gould’* Million*.
Jay Gould's millions were at one
time in danger. It was in 1873, and
their fate depended upon the fluctua
tions in the gold market Gouid saw
his precarious position in time, and so
enormous was his power and influence
that he maneuvered himself out of the
difficulty. In fact, when it was over
he was wealthier than ever. About
ten years after fhls happened there
were dark rumors about his affairs,
and it was hinted that the great Gould
was not what he was supposed to be
in a pecuniary sense. He disposed of
these doubts in a very simple man
ner. He invited a number of gentle
men to his private office, and when
they arrived he laid on the table be
fore them for examination certificates
of stocks in his own name to the value
of $53,000,000 and said that if they
wished he would lay $20,000,000 more
before them.
Life is hard for many people, and
we have no right to withhold any
word or touch or act of love which
will lighten the load or cheer the heart
of any fellow straggler.—La Belle Star.
An Encore.
During the elections in Ireland in s
bygone year Colonel James P. Robert
son was quartered at Ennis. A riot
was expected, and he was requested
by a town magistrate to remain under
arms In case of trouble.
It was a very still summer evening,
and a lieutenant of the company was
amusing himself at his harmonium
and was singing In a good voice. Just
as he finished one of his songs—by
that time It was well Into the night—
a thundering knock came on the outer
gates.
“Who comes there?" shouted the
sentry at the top of his voice, ami
every man in barracks jumped up and
seized his arms. In a moment there
was dead silence, the men eagerly lis
tening to know what was to follow.
"Who comes there?” again the sen
try shouted.
And a small voice outside the gate
replied.
“If ye plaze, Misther Sintry, will ye
ask th’ gintleman to sing that once
again?”
“The indignant sentry’s reply,” says
Colonel Robertson in his reminiscences
of soldiering, “was drowned in tba
shouts of merriment from my. men.’’ j