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local news Overflow from fifth Page Mrs. John L. Walker of Fort Worth Texas, is with Mrs. J. A. Joyner. Mr. Lon Smith of Locust Grove made a business trip to Jackson Thursday. Mr. W. A. Clark of Fincher ville, visited his sister, Mrs. W. B. Reeves Sunday and Monday. Atlanta Semi-Weekly Journal and The Butts County Progress $1.50 a year. L. L. Tison was in Jackson Thursday, and pleasantly remem bered the Progress with a sub scription renewal. Miss Laura Holiffeld arrived in Jackson Wednesday night and will be the guest of Mrs. J. B. Guthrie the remainder of the week. Joe Lockhart goes to Athens the latter part of this week, to return with his little daughter Evelyn who has been visiting relatives. The best fresh garden seed on the market is being sold at Jam erson Drug Co’s. They are Fer ry’s and Landreth’s. Prices as low as the lowest. Mr. and Mrs. Edd Brannen, arrived in the city Wednesday night from Chattanooga, Tenn., and will be the guests of Mr. N. J. Harmon’s family for several days. Mr. W. R. Maddox was in from Iron Spring Wednesday, and left with The Progress one of those bright articles which to us are always a thing of beauty, and a joy forever—a dollar for subscrip tion. Mr. and Mrs. Will Fincher en tertained a number of friends last Sunday week at an elegant Those preset were Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hamlin, Mr. and Mrs. Kennie Watkins, Mes srs Jim and Evan Watkins, Dr. Butner and Mr. Jabez Holifield. Bring me your cattle—poor or fat. Highest market price paid, tfx T. B. CONNER, R. F. D. 4. Jackson, Ga. Mrs. W. H. Steele of High Falls, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Spencer, has been very sick with a severe attack of the grip, but is now some better. Misses Zaidee Garr of Locust Grove and Bernice Jenkins, teach er of science in the . Bessie Tift coliege, were the guests the week-end of Miss Clara Nolen. Lumber, lumber, lumber! you bet, and plenty of it. Cut priee on flooring and ceiling only $lO per thousand. Jackson Lumber Cos. Prof. W. P. Thomas of West Point, Brittain 0. Edwards and Frank Spivey of Macon, have accepted the invitation to the m.is iuerade for Friday evening. Mrs. Edward Taylor and sister. Miss Friese. have been the guests for several days of Mr. and Mrs. 1. H. Maddox. They returned to their home in Atlanta Monday hight Subscribe for The Progress. Subject for discussion of the Ladies Literary Club which was held with Mrs. James Warthen, on Thursday afternoon, was 4 ‘The Augustan or Golden Age of Ro man Literature.” Dr. and Mrs. O. C. Webb left Wednesday for Grays, Ga., where they will make their future home. Later Mr. and Mrs. Frank Out house will occupy the rooms vacated by Dr. Webb and will house keep. For Sale —My residence on North Oak street. I have also for sale or rent the residence of J. V. Smith on West avenue. tf J. T. SMITH, It is the source of much gen uine pleasure to the many friends of Helen Carmichael to know that she has entirely recovered from her long illness. She anti cipates a drive the first pretty, warm sunshiny day. Mr. E. C. Cawthon had a nar row escape from a serious fire last Sunday morning. Stove wood was banked near the stove and ignited from the intense heat of the stove. His daughter, upon entering the room, saw the blaze and gave the alarm. A letter to relatives in Jackson from Mrs. Tom Slaughter of Florida, saying that her husband Dr. T. K. Slaughter, had the misfortune of getting a mote in his eye, which cams very near causing the loss of sight, to say nothing of the pain. Miss Christine Tingling of Eng land, a National lecturer for the W. C. T. U. will be in Jackson on Tuesday and Wednesday of next week. She will lecture at the Baptist church on Tuesday even ing. All are cordially invited to come out and hear this noted woman. Mr. Charlie Maddox, has stood his examination as applicant for the position of county school com missioner, of Butts county, and has been elected. Mr. Maddox has for years been an efficient school commissioner, and v the teachers of this county are glad to hear of his re-election. Among the out-of-town guests to the Thornton-Curry wedding were, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Hosch of Gainesville, Mesdames Hugh and Joe Starr, W. B. Hurst, Mis ses Curry, Ellen Harwell, Inez Jones of Mansfield, and Leila Davis of Rutledge, Messrs Jones, Belcher, Harwell and Franklin of Mansfield. On Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Etheridge and Mrs. Hodges went to Forsyth in answer to a phone message received Saturday night, stating the illness of Miss Leila Hodges, who is a teacher in the school at that place. She has since been removed to Macon city hospital, where she will be operated on for appendicitis. Mr. George Sullivan, of Los Angeles, Cal., who is a friend and room-mate of Jim Furlow’s, made a flying visit to Jackson from Atlanta a few clays ago to see Jim’s family before return ing to California. lie brings the [good news to Jim’s relatives and friends, that he is in fine health and doing well, and a bright pros pect for his financial success. Jim was reared in Jackson and has a host of friends who will be glad to hear from him, The latest styles in Job Print ing at the Progress office. ELGIN Som News Mixed in with a Few Opinions. 9 Says Elgin Is a HustHne Goo* Place and Has Fine Farmers —Many New Dwellings Going Up. I thought I would write you a fevy“dots” from around Elgin. Mr. Geo. Ridgeway, we are glad to report, is improving. W. H. Hammond patronizes all the saw mills in his community. Marvin Ridgeway not only car ries the mail on No. G, but carries the news also. He is a good ai round fellow. Elgin has a fine school taught by Miss Vallie Garr, who is a very fine teacher. She is well liked by ail patrons. Messrs.-A. C. Tingle, C. L. and J. W. Maddox went up to Atlanta last week and brought back a bunch of fine mules and horses. They report stock very high. Farming is at a standstill so far for 1908. Much more weath er like this will reduce the cot ton crop more than all the reso lutions the farmers can pass. The farmefs cannot start late and prepare the land well by planting time as they term it. Some will plow wet; others will plant with very little preparing—all of which gives podr results. Good and deep plowing and harrowing when the ground is dry gives the best results. There is more building around Elgin than ever before. There will be several fine dwellings when they are all completed. By the way, there are more en ergetic, thorough going young farmers in a radius of 3 miles of Elgin than any place we know of. When it comes to making things hump 6 days in a week, 4 weeks in a month and 12 months ip a year, we will put D. F., J. N. A. C. Maddox, known as Maddox Bros., against them all. The farmers in this section as a rule buy very little corn and meat. I know farmers who have not bought any corn in 10 years. Georgia would be a great state if all the farmers would raise their own supplies, but if each individ ual' would adopt that plan he would prosper, regardless of his neighbor farmers. Now brother let each one of its try that plan this year and in a few years we can hold our cotton as long as we want to, regardless of panics or any other cause. A. Farmer. Grass and Clover Seeds. Best Qualities Obtainable and of Tested Germination. We carry one of the largest and best stocks in this country. Specialties that we offer to ad vantage, are t Alfalfa, Japan Clover, Tall Meadow Oat Grass, Paspalum Dilatatum, Johnson Grass, Bermuda Grass, etc. Our Catalogue elves fuller descrip tions and information about Grasses. Clovers and Farm Seeds than any other seed catalogue published. I Mailed free on request. Write for it, I and prices of any seeds reqnired. I T.W. Wood & Sons, >) SECDSHEK, . Richmond. a. (j 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. Foi titles to 03 Made. J. A. ICimbell, transferee, hav ng made application to require .ties to be executed to him to erl&in land described in a bond for title thereto attached purport ing to be signed by J. R. Wright, late of said county, deceased, the said application alleging that said land has been fully paid for, all pa "ties concerned are hereby no tified that said application will be heard before the court of ordina ry for said county on the 2d day of March, ISOB. This Feb. 3rd 1908. J. H. HAM, Ordinary. When you need anything in paints, oils, gloss, etc., see Han na Drug Cos. through Pullman Service : Southern : Railway: New York, Kansas City, MlluilßDh Chicaso ’ Lins Cincinnati, LiJw Op Cleveland, ySul Detroit, p Birmingham, ■ sJUiu and St. Augustine. For Information and Reservations WRITE TO G. R. PETIT, T. P. A., Macon, Georgia. Plain Talks on Fertilizers A Talk to Fruit-Growers You use a fertilizer of course, but do you use enough ? The yield per acre, and the profit therefrom increases in far greater proportion than the cost of additional fertilizer. What is an increase in cost of $2.00 to SIO.OO per acre for fertilizer when the returns therefrom show an increase of $50.00 to $250.00 per acre? The big Magnolia Fruit Farms a£ Durant, Miss., tested the well-known Virginia-Car- hhhhhhh acre were used. This is modem intensive cul ture, the method that is doub ling and trebling the crops of all kinds of fruit in either good or in poor and worn-out land all over the country—and m good soil, too.*" FOR RENT. Rooms for rent. Call on \\, j Reeves. R. L. C. No 2. 2 t FOR SALE. The imported stalion Applaud will be sold by the Jackso French Coach Horse Company Jackson Georgia, an the firj Tuesday in March next. 3-5. TWENTY POST CARDS FREE. (Retail Value, 50 cents.) Assorted and highly illustrated with our Ideal Magazine for three months upon receipt of seven two-cent stamps. Ideal Magazine Cos. Cincinnati, Ohio. Seed, seed, seed! of every var iety at Hanna Drug Cos. hhhhhhhhh olina Fertilizer in different quantities o n their straw berry crop. Result: when 1,000 lbs. per acre were used the profit was $75.00 more per acre than when 500 lbs. per hhhhhh The yield will be according to the amount of plant food you give your trees or plants you can de pend on it. The better they are fed the greater and more valuable will be your crop. Fertil ize sparingly and you reap sparingly. The fact that over a million tons of Virginia-Carolina Fertilizer were sold last year proves them to be without equal. Every fruit farmer, no matter what method he now uses, should get the Vir- ginia - Carolina Com pany’s new Year Book or Almanac. It is free to all who are inter ested enough to write for it. Address us to the nearest city below. VIRGINIA-CAROLINA CHEMICAL CO. Richmond. Va. Durham, N. C. Norfolk, Va. Charleston, S. C. Columbia, £. C.\ Baltimore, Md. Atlanta, Ga. Columbus, Ga.j Savannah, Ga. 1 Montgomery, Memphis, Shreveport, La. J hhhhhhhh