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THE PROGRESS TAN WILHITE, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER, wtigjft Tijy raj&7 V; jJßwSEjjklf*-'* SuSSBr Subscription $i oo Per Yr. Advertising Kates Furnished On Application. PHMisl)e<l every Cburtday. Entered as second-class matter, Novem ber 8, 1907, at the postofflce ut Jack non, Ga., tinder act of Congress of March 3, 1879. STARK. Mr. J. C. Jones went to Atlan ta Monday on business. Miss Estelle Thornton, of Jack son, spent Saturday and Sunday with Miss Elouise Jones. Mrs. E. R. Harper and Miss Maude Harper will visit in Atlan ta soon. Little Jim Both White is se riously ill from an attack of pneumonia. Rev. W. 0. Sharp was greatly missed at Macedonia Sunday morning on account of the un likely weather. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Benson en tertained at an elegant dining Sunday. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Bailey, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Jones and Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Jones. Miss Stella Mayfield, of Atlan ta, is expected soon to spend quite a while with Mr. and Mrs. C. McClure. Mr. Walter Wilson, of Jackson, was in Stark Sunday afternoon, visiting friends. (?) Miss Elouise Jones spent Wed nesday night with Miss Mervine Jones. The friends of Mrs. Ellen Wright regret her lingering ill ness. Mrs. Sykes, of Barnesville, is the guest of Miss Mary Ann Reeves. Mrs. Ed Hilley is critically ill at her home near Stark. Mr. Raleigh Giles contemplates visiting in Florida soon. Mrs. J. E. Hanna, of Jackson, has a flourshing Vnusic class at this place. Miss Bernice Byars, of Juliette, is expected soon to be the guest of Misses Mervine and Elouise Jones. Stark has a flourshing school with about 120 pupils enrolled. Mr. and Mrs. T. C. McClure spent Saturday night the guest of Mr. and Mrs. C. McClure. Bill and Joe. Barnesville Gazette: “Rev. J. H. Eakes, the new presiding el der of the Griffin district, preach od at the Barnesville Methodist church Sunday to a large and very appreciative audience. It was his first visit to the church since he became the presiding elder and the people who heard him were more than pleased with him. He is one of the strongest preachers in the North Georgia conference and it is believed that the Griffin district will make a good showing under his adminis tration this year." MR. AND MRS. MIKE PLYMALE. Mr. Mike Plymale, familiarly called “Uncle Mike,"is we sup pose, one of the oldest men in Butts county. He is 89 years old, and was married in 1841, 67 years ago. He and his good wife are both still living, and in good health, she being still able to do her domestic work, and Uncle Mike still able to look after his business affairs. He was in Jackson last week looking as sprightly as usual. He has but one trouble, he can’t see very well, and he has not taken a dose of medicine in 50 years. Certainly the lives of Uncle Mike and his good ’oman are most remarkable ones. Where is there another man who has not taken a dose of medicine for fifty years? It is very prob able that if everybody were of Uncle Mike’s way of thinking and doing, the fake patent medicines wonld cease duping the people and the doctors would have indeed a rocky road to travel. Where also will you find another man and wife who have travelled life’s pathway for sixty-seven years? Down in Albany Ga., a Mrs. J. M. Cutliff has just died who lived with her hus band sixty years, he having preceeded her by only a few months, but even this couple is seven years behind Uucle Mike and his better half. Their lives recall the lines from Burns who wrote so tenderly of his life-long friend, John Anderson, his “jo,” jo being a Scottish term of endearment: “John Adnerson , my jo, John, We clamb the hill togither; And rnoine a canty day, John, '! We’ve had wi’ ane anither; Now we maun totter down, John, But hand in hand we’ll go, And sleep thegither at the foot, John Anderson, my jo.” THE MAN WHO Is DOWN. The door opens and a newspaper man passes in. Before the fireplace sat a man quietly and pensively watching the flickering flames. “What’s the news,” he was asked. “I was just thinking,” he said, as he suddenly arose and sat himself down by a table and began writing. Hardly with out taking up his pencil he wrote the following: “Do not kick the man who is down. There may be more life in him than you believe, and some day he may have power enough to kick back at some crisis in your life when a vigorous kick will count. He may have sons and daughters, relatives or friends who will remember the wrongs you do him and some fair day an obstacle may turn up in your way you cannot sur mount, foiling your plans, which, traced back to its real source, comes from the man you kicked. For policy’s sake, at least, treat a man who is down like a man. But this is the selfish view. “There is yet a higher one. Mankind is a wide brother hood and Dhristian duty and manly honor calls upon us to lift up, not beat down, an unfortunate brother. “Lend a helping hand—perhaps it will tide him over a cri sis; enable him to regain his footing and speed away on the upward road to success. “Life has its ups and downs. The millionaire of today is often the pauper of later years, and in turn the tide changes and the pauper is on top. Humanity, Christianity, the manhood and womanhood of true nobility requires that the man who staggers under heavy burdens and the one who falls, alike should receive the uplifting hand. What a paradise this life would be if we would do unto others as we would have them do unto us. AT COURTHOUSE. Members of the Southern Cot ton Association and all others who are interested are requested to be at the courthouse in Jack son, January 25, at ten o’clock for the purpose of attending to important business, and electing delegates to conventions which will be held in Atlanta and Dal las Texas. Jno. B. Evans, President. NOTICE. Beginning Dec. Ist, we will do all repair work brought to omr shops at reasonable prices for the CASH. No repair work charged to any one. Carmichael Buggy Cos. I would like to have about four boarders. J* C. Adams. PUBLIC SCHOOL NOTICE There will be an examination for temporary license to teach school in Butts county, held in Jackson on Friday the 24th inst. This will be the only opportu nity to obtain license until the regular examination. Every teacher must have license. C. S. Maddox, C. S. C. MONEY TO LOAN. $20,000 to loan on Butts county farms at 7 per cent Come quick if you need money. T. J. DEMPSEY, Jackson, Ga. The Ladies Missionary Society of the Baptist church are ob serving a week of prayer ser vices every afternoon at 3 o’clock at the church. FOR GENERAL REPAIRING Horse Shoeing, Repainting, Rubber Tiring, Trimming Tops, Building Drays and Wagons, goto J. A. KIMBALL’S SHOP. If you have not the cash’ you can get your work done just the same if your credit is good. J. A. KIMBALL. W. E. WATKINS LAWYER Jackson ----- Georgia Prsctice in all Courts, both State and Federal. Office in Bank Hall west side public square. T. J. DEMPSEY ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Jackson ----- Georgia Y, A. WRIGHT, ATTORNEY - AT - LAW, Jackson, Georgia. Longest experienced lawyer at the Jackson bar. DR. 0. C. WEBB, Physician -and - Surgeon. Office in Crum Building. Phone 137-J; Residence phone 137-L. Calls answered promptly night and day. DR. J. E. WOODS, Physician and Surgeon. Office upstairs in Crum build ing. Residence phone, 163; office phone, 137-J. Miss Ethel Logue opened school at Oak Grove on the 6th with over 40 enrolled, and since that time others have come in. Her patrons are well pleased with her work. REAL - ESTATE. TWO FARMS VACANT LOTS RESIDENCES List Your Property With Me. I Will Sell It JAMES WARTHEN. Crum Building. JACKSON,.GEORGIA. Asa rule, the largest and most successful farmers in Georgia, take the Union News, the official organ of the Farmers’ Union. Every farmer in Butts county NEEDS this paper. You can get the Union News and The Progress for $1.70. ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR SOLICITOR GENERAL To the voters of the Flint Circuit.: I atna candidate for Solicitor General of the Flint Circuit, subject t,< the pri mary as may be ordered by the democratic executive committed. If elected, I propose to he Solicitor, and do my full duty, as I see it, to the best of my abilitj. Hoping I may have your support, and 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, suheect to the primary to he ordered by the State Democratic Ex ecutive Committe. I will appreciate all support glren me, and. if elected will discharge the duties of the office to the best of my ability. E. M. SMITH. McDonough, Ga., Jan. 1,1908. For Tax Collector. I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of Tax Collector of Butts county, subject to the primary to he or dered by the executive committee. I will greatly appreciate the support of the people and, if elected, will perform the duties of the office to the best of my ability. Yours truly, C. N. MAYFIELD. For Tax Collector. To the voters of Butts County. I am a candidate for Tax Collector of Butts county, subject to the primary to .be ordered by the county democratic execu tive committee. I will appreciate all support given me, if nominated and, elected, will discharge the duties of the office to the best of my ability. Joseph P. Maddox, Jackson, Ga., Jan. 6,1908. For Coroner. In announcing my name for coroner, in the coming primary election, I wisli to thank the people of Butts county for their past kindness in electing me, and to assure them that Twill not ouTy remain in Butts, county, but I will till the office to the best of my abllity, if Kindly given the support ol the voters again. I respectfully solicit the vote of every man in the county, and hoping to get a majority of all the votes cast for this sec ond term, lam yours truly , q BRITT.