The Butts County progress. (Jackson, Ga.) 18??-1915, January 02, 1907, Image 4

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THEPROGRESS VAN WILHITE, EDITOR AND PUBLISHES. Subscription $i oo Per Yr. Advertising Kates Furnished On Application. Published every Chursday. Entered a* Hecond-claas matter, Novem ber 8, 1907, at the postoflive at Jackson, Ga.> under act of Congress of March .'i, 1879. FOR SOLICITOR GENERAL. Elsewhere in The Progress will be found the formal announce ments of Messrs. J. W. Wise, of Fayetteville, and E. M. Smith, of McDonough, as candidates for the offiice of Solicitor General of the Flint Circuit, subject to the primary to be ordered by State executive committee. Both of these gentlemen are well known to our readers, and both have records behind them that speak well for their abilities to fulfill the duties of the office to which they aspire. Mr. Wise will be remembered by readers of The Progress as a prominent and active champion of the prohibition cause in its enactment at the last session of the legislature. He has three times represented Fayette county in the legislative halls and twice made the race for resresentative without opposition. Besides having had many years experience at the bar, as has Mr. Wise, Mr. Smith is judge of Hen ry county court and no doubt this experience has aided greatly In equipping him for the duties of a solicitor general. He is well known in Butts, having many prominent friends and relatives here. TO HURT YOUR TOWN. An observant country editor gives this advice to his readers upon how to hurt your town: Distrust public men. Oppose improvements. Run down your officers. Run down your newspapers. Go to some other town to trade. Run down the town to strangers Refuse to advertise in your pa pers. Run down everything and everybody but No. 1. Be particular to discredit the motives of public-spirited men and corporations. If a man wants to buy your property ask him two prices for it If he wants to buy anybody else’s mterfere and discourage him. Lengthen your face when a stranger speaks of locating in your town. Refuse to see the merit in any scheme that does not exactly ben efit you. Don't invest a cent; lay out all your money somewhere else. Talk in loafing places of how bad times are and of how every thing and everybody is going to he 4 ‘demnition bow-wows." HOW ABOUT THE PISTOL? This being political year and a time vyhen candidates for the state legislature are pondering over the planks of their platforms in the effort to learn wjiat will strike the fancy of the voter, it would seem but wisdom on the part of someone to go before the people with the contention that, at this time when crime is running amuck, the moral and economic safety of the peo ple demands the abolishment of the right to manufacture and sell that useless, death-dealing instrument, the pistol. A pistol in one hip pocket and a bottle of liquor in the other, that has been the custom heretofore with a two large a por tion of our population, to which the record of the courts and their heavy cost will testify. Our courts also prove that whis key and the pistol are the natural complements of each other; and now that we have sent one to the ‘‘demnition bow wows”, why should we not handle the other in a like manner? Identically the same principle that establishes prohibition, if applied, will put the pistol out of existence. Prohibition says: ‘‘Man is weak, easy to be tempted, therefore the temptation offered by the manufacture or sale of whiskey for man to either distroy himself or his brother should be removed from his en vironment.” The same thing can be said in regard to the manufacture and sale of the pistol and it would seem that sim ple consistency demands an enactment relegating the pistol to the rear along with its natural pal, the bottle. An almost completely useless instrument of instant death, on the one hand! A bottle of liquor, on the other! Just how much weaker is the temptation offered by the pis tol to do a bad act, than is the temptation presented by the other? If any difference exists the first is the stronger, and surely not many of us will doubt that the devilment it does, in the matter of brutality and expensive courts, is about as great as the other. The constant knowledge that one possesses on his person the means of death—the knowledge that the pistol was made to kill something—tends to work itself out of the mind, into action, even though it should act upon an oft-times inno cent fellowman. We admit that there is something wrong with the pistol in our sickly, pitiful efforts against its concealed carriage. Why not put the thing out of business and go on about something else? We admit that our patient is sick, but we fail to give him medicine. NOW FOR JACKSON. One is not compelled to have a handsome store of this world’s goods in order to do great things and nowhere is this fact truer than in what you can do for your city, regardless of the amount of your bank account. A set of men, with ordinary intelligence but on fire with lo cal enthusiasm and public spirit, can accomplish things that you would not at first suppose. And now that new officers have been chosen to guide our city through another year, those who believe in democratic government, as all of us do, will of course accept the rule of the majority and, up to the point of a sacrifice of our convic tions—convictions that are based on the progress and welfare of Jackson—will pull patriotcally together If we can’t pull together on such conditions as these, we had better pull out. / We should all remember that a person seldom, if ever, exists who is wholly good or wholly bad. “There is so much good in the worst of us and so much bad in the best of us that there is hardly any use of any of us talking about the rest of us." A country newspaper threat ened to publish the name of a young man who was seen with his his sweetheart’s head on his shoulder if he didn’t come across with a dollar for subscription. Thirty-seven young men slipped in and paid for the paper, and letters were received from three others saying that they would subscribe as soon as they 4 ‘sold a little cotton."—Ex. MR. AND riRS. J. H. HANNA. Brer’ ’Possum took the leading role in a dinner in five acts at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hanna Monday of last week. The other characters played their parts well and never failed to delight their limited though interested “audience" The hero of the occasion came in for a well deserved share of praise from those luckily present and the hostess was complimented for her art in appealing to the sense of taste as well as to that of sound. In truth the dinner was hardly excelled by any of the Christmas feasts. a I LMORE-n ERDDITH. An occasion of much interest last week was the marriage of Miss Gilmore, of this city, and Mr. Russell Meredith, of Jenkisburg, which was sol emnized at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Gilmore, on East Third street The decorations throughout the house were elaborate and artistic. Southern smilax and palms were used in abundance. To the strains of Mendelssohn’s wedding march, rendered by Miss Lois Biles, tile four attendants, Misses Eloise Meredith, Annie Gilmore, Hrzsi Coleman and Pauline Mallett, en tered bearing white ribbon and forming an aisle for the bride and groom. The attendants were hand somely gowned in white, and carried bouquets of ferns. Then came the groom with his best man, Mr. Bert Jinks, fol lowed by the bride with her maid of honor, Miss Flossie Jinks. They were met at the altar by Rev. S. P. Wiggins, who performed the ceremony in an impressive manner. During the cremony ‘ ‘Slumber Sweetly” was softly rendered on the piano by Miss Biles. The bride wore a very hand some gown of blue chiffon broad cloth with hat and' gloves to match, and carried a shower bouquet of carnations. Congratulations were received in the hall, after which a salad course was served by Misses Alice Mae Hanes and Sally Mae Fletcher. CHRISTENING CEREMONY. Quite a large Company of friends and relatives gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Currie, in this city, Sunday morning. December 29, to witness the ;baptism of their fiive-months-old daughter, Elia Elizabeth. The baptism was performed by Rev. S. P. Wig gins, of the Methodist church. The occasion was one of joy. The home was beautiful in its Christmas decorations. The many friends, from * the aged grandmother to the*young Sunday school girls, seemed to be in sympathy with the purpose of the service. The ceremony was very impressive, and little Elizabeth was exquisitely lovely and* winsome, behaving beauti fully; while the parents seemed to realize the solemnity of the occasion and the sacredness of the covenant they were making by dedicating their daughter to God in holy baptism. A TACKEY PARTY. Thursday evening was given over to “tackey party" by Misses Smith, Pound, Mr. B. S. Crum, to the members of classes thir teen and eleven of the Methodist Sunday school, at the residence of Mrs. J. W. Crum on College street. .j 0 A large crowd turned out in /tackey" costumes and , the af fair was full of humor as well as interest. The rooms were prettily deco rated with ropes of holly, Christ mas bells and other bright flow ers. Silver candelabras held white tapers and were placed on exquisite battenburg covers. On entering, the guests were served with hot coffee and salt ines by Mesdames S. P. Wiggins and R. L. Smith. Several delightful features rendered the occasion thorough ly enjoyable. At a late hour ices and cakes were served. Miss Ethel Smith, of Orlando, Florida, was the honors at a dinner given by her aunt, Mrs. T. J. Dempsey, on Saturday of last week. HMMHSBIEOTS FOR SOLICITOR GENERAL J To the voters of the Flint, Circuit: 1 I tuna candidate for Solicitor General I of the Flint Circuit, subject to the pri- M mary as may be ordered by the democratic *1 executive committe 3. /J If elected, I propose to he Solicitor, and >1 do my full duty, as I see it, to the best q*J my ability. P7*3 Hoping I may have your support, and/i with assurances of esteem. I am, Yours truly, . J. W. WISE. - - FOR SOLICITOR GENERAL. To the Voters of the Flint Circuit: I am a candidate for Solicitor General of the Flint Circuit, subeect tohhe primary to be ordered by the iitate Democratic Ex ecutive Committe. I will appreciate all support given me, and. if elected will discharge the duties of the office to the best of my ability. E. M. SMITH. McDonough. Ca. , .Jan. 1,1908. Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Etheridge delightfully entertained their Jackson relatives at dinner re cently. Covers were laid for 12, and a splendid Christmas dinner was served in four courses. Ada Bell Johnson, Grace Ham,’ Fannie Bell Thompson, Maurice Wright, Sam Johnson and W. A. Watkins gave Florrie Harp a sur prise domino party recently. Af ter several amusing games, re freshments were served, and they departed highly delighted with the evening’s success. Mrs. R. J. Carmichael’s party on Tuesday evening was a pretty compliment to the young men of her class of the Baptist Sunday school. The home was attractive in its decorations of and other winter plants. Pra*| gressive trail was enjpyed by the twenty invited, after which tempting refreshments were, served. The dinner given by Mrs. J„ m. Kinard on Friday evening at her home on Covington street was a pretty and informal so cial event of the week, in honor of Miss [Puffin, of Griffin. A de lightful dinner was given at 6 o’clock. Those invited to meet Miss Pullin were Misses Bertha and Cleo Carmichael; Messrs. Homer and Frank Smith Car michael. NOTICE. Beginning Dec. Ist, we will do all repair work brought to our shops at reasonable prices for the CASH. No repair work charged to any one. \ Carmichael Buggy Cos. -v* JAMES F. CARMICHAEL Real Estate and Loans (Office in I'irst National Bank Building) Loans On City Property and Farm Lands, Long Time, at Low Interest. puu. i. -i.JJU.mi J The opportunity of your life J fora Third Street residence; large lot that fronts on both P on Second and Third streets. ;i Easy payment terms. ~ t See the vacant lots on Mul- t berry street, near the Pres- . byterian church. A desirable > section at reasonable prices * and terms. V A BARGAINI 158 acres of farm land, three fourths of a mile of Jenkins burg ond four miles of Jack son. No finer body of wood land in Butts county; bottoms and upland; fertility unsur passed.