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Beautiful Tribute to One Who
Could Turn the Other Cheek
“Forgiving all Mankind-Loving all Mankind, He Died
as He Lived. I Would Help Build a
Monument to His Memory.”
by w. f. smith.
We can not realize how much
Ave love our friends until we loose
them.
When the young men dashed
up to my home last Friday morn
ing, pursuing some men they
thought might be responsible for
the absence of J. R. Carmichael,
I waCs horrified at the news they
brought me.
Then when I heard he had been
found in McCord’s millpond, it all
opened up to my mind. I could
see the heroic struggle of the
young man, in building up the
Carmichaei buggy business; the
untiring mental and physical'
struggle in building that exten- j
sive fertilizer business, and then
the banking business.
Then came that electric light
and water works business—fol
lowed by misunderstanding and
misrepresentation.
This last brought the writer in
to closer touch and confidence
with him.
I had a franchise to light, Jack
son, granted when Charlie Beau
champ was mayor, and was grad
ually working to accomplish the
installment. J. R. Carmichael,
in his noble, manly way, explain
ed to me that the entire popula
tion of Jackson should share in
the benefits of that franchise.
I agreed with him and made no
protest.
He said, ‘ ‘we will install the
plant; you go ahead on the river
and when you get power gener
ated by water, you can furnish
current cheaper than we can
make it and we will then take
pbwer from you.”
That he was working for the
best interest of Jackson, there is
FANCY DRESS MASQUERADE
MONDAY EVENING A SUCCESS
The fancy dress masquerade
given on Monday evening at the
Armory by the young ladies of
Jackson, complimentary to the
young men, was the most notable
social event of the winter.
The reception and drill rooms
Avere brightly decorated in ac
cordance with the spirit of the
evening. In the reception room
garlands of large red hearts were
festooned from the center of the
ceiling to the four corners of the
room, while smaller hearts and
evergreens were used in abun
dance draping the windows and
pictures. The drill room present
ed a very artistic appearance in
decorations of palms and ferns.
The music for the occasion was
rendered by Hanna’s orchestra
which added much to the enjoy
ment of the evening.
The costumes worn were most
unique and so complete and
original indeed, hardly any one
recognized any one else, and each
one deserves especial mention.
After the grand march the
guests unmasked and were served
frappe by Misses Elizabeth Sams,
Grace Ham, Ruth Willis, Ada
Bell JohnSOn and Annie Kate
Ham^
At a late hour a salad course
was served.
in every detail it was a success
and the presence of several out
of-town guests was a charming
feature.
not a shadow of doubt, but there
was a conflict of interests, a con
flict of. opinion, and just at this
point is where his Christ-like
character was most manifest.
J. R. Carmichael was one of
the few men who could turn the
other cheek when smitten.
Too Christlike to blow off in
profanity, too Christlike to stain
his hand in a fellow’s blood, he
brooded over harsh criticism,
and his mind weakened under the
strain, and there was a giving
! away in the mental equilibrium.
. To his more impulsive friends
who would say, ‘‘you are a fool
or you would fight,” he would re
ply, ‘‘no I had rather be dead
than to be a murderer. ’ ’
J. R. Carmichael, when tried
by every rule of life, was a Chris
tian gentleman.
If a person is a Christian when
his mind is dethroned he is not
accountable for his acts after. He
did what his mental condition
prompted him to believe was his
Christian duty.
Oh, that awful dreary dismal
night!
That night he went into the
garden of Gethsemane, “Fath
er, if possible, let this cup pass,
nevertheless thy will be done.”
In that long weary dismal walk
he bore his cross to calvary.
No doubt when he turned his
last gaze upon Jackson he felt as
i Christ did when he wept over
Jeruselem.
Forgiving all mankind —loving
| all mankind he died as he lived,
j I would help build a monurhent
' to his memory.
i Flo villa, Ga., Feb. 21, 1908.
The characters represented
were:
Nina Harris, “Western Girl’’
Julia Smith, “The Sky”
Minnie Bailey, “Gypsy Girl”
Florine Thompson “Pink Rose”
Lucile Elder, “College Girl”
Myra Miller, “Martha Wash
ington”
Alice Maddox, * Anne Catheric’ ’
Mattie Brewer, “Ghost”
Reunett Westcott, 4 ‘Night’ ’
Leonora Nutt, “Snow”
Tallie Jolly, “Auto Girl”
Jane Ham, “Rose Bud”
Sallie Mae Ball, “Japanese
Girl”
Annie Crawford, “Night”
Nettie Rae Pittman, “1728”
Bessie Bloodworth, “Leap
Year”
Lula Ham, “Pansy”
Rosa Brownlee, “Queen of
Hearts”
Lillian McDowell, “Butterfly
Lucy Goodman, “Dutch Maid
en”
Eva Compton, “Night”
Willie Terrell, “Red Riding
Hood”
Mrs. Copeland, Mrs. Mote
Watts, “Two Little Girlsinßlue”
Mrs! Lanier “Queen of Hearts”
Miss Knott, “Paper Doll”
Alice Mae Hanes “A Nun”
Ada Sams, 4 ‘Queen of Hearts”
Dollie McKibben, “Trained
Nurse’ ’
Maud Edwards, “Trained
Nurse” _ ,
Myrtle Harris, “Butts County
Progress”
Eloise Pound, “Japanese Girl
Mattie Sue Ham, ‘ ‘Seamstress
Willie Lester, “Red Cross
Nurse” 1
Florrie Ham, “Frost”
Jim Etheridge, “Senator”
Ernest Haynes, “Red Riding
Hood”
Charlie Ingram, “A King”
Otis Ball, “A Knight”
J. Duncan, “Summer Man”
W. H. Mallett, “A Senator”
Boyd McMichael, ‘ ‘lndian
Chief”
Tom Bond, ‘ ‘Santa Claus’ ’
Newt Brownlee, “Fool”
G. E. Mallett, “Dude,’
W. H. Copeland, “Dude”
B. S. Crum, “George Wash
ington”
J. E. Edwards, “Uncle Sam”
G. C. Thompson, “Parson”
Van Wilhite, “Parson”
R. C. Woods, Tom McKibben
“Up-to-date Young Men”
J. R. Hudson, “Ananias”
Ad Nutt, “Sailor”
Ben Cleveland, “Henry VIII”
Asa Buttrill, “A Colored cook”
Among the out-of-town guests
who attended the masquerade
party were, Misses Brewer of
Griffin, WestcoP, of Macon, Elder,
Terrell and Bioodworth, of Flo
villa, Knott,of Atlanta, Harris,of
Wesleyan College, Brownlee, of
Elgin, McDowell, of Atlanta,
Messrs Ingram, of Fllovilla, Mc-
Kibben and Hudson, of Eaton ton,
Woods, of Monticello, Duncan, of
Dublin.
You can’t beat Jamerson Drug
Cos. when it comes to buying
fresh Garden Seed. They have
the kind you want—Landreth’s
and Ferry’s.
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I will sell another farm in Wil
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Macon and 4 miles from station,
very cheap for cash.
For further information apply
to T. G. Stokes at The Progress
office.
Wanted: Scrap Iron, Brass,
Copper and Lead.
Jos. L. Wagner & Son.
JAMES F. CARMICHAEL
Real Estate and
Loans
(Office in First National
Hank Building)
Loans On City Property
and Farm Lands, Long
Time, at Low Interest.
YV. E. WATKINS
LAWYER
Jackson Georgia
Practice in all Courts, both State
and Federal.
Office in Bank Hall west side public
square.
T. J. DEMPSEY
ATTORNEV-AT-LAW
Jackson ----- Georgia
Y, A. WRIGHT,
ATTORNEY - AT - LAW,
Jackson, Georgia.
Longest experienced lawyer at
'the Jackson bar.
DR. J. E. WOODS,
Physician and Surgeon.
Office upstairs in Crum build
ing. Residence phone, 163; office
phone, 137-J.
JOHN B. HOPKINS,
DENTIST
Jackson, - - - Georgia.
Office over the store of The J. S.
Johnson Company.
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J. A. Kimbell, transferee, hav
ing made application to require
titles to be executed to him to
certain land described in a bond
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