The Butts County progress. (Jackson, Ga.) 18??-1915, July 16, 1908, Image 1

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BUTTS COUNTY PROGRESS joLTJME 26 PERSONAL /nd local A little gossip abo the doings of folks you know aj don’t know Dr Henry K. Slaton of Wash- I ington, was in town last week. Miss Long is the guest of I c B. Gunn on Indian Spring I street. Miss Minnie Solloway of Atlan-1 I ta, is the attractive guest of Miss I Janie Lemon. 1 S B Kinard and Charlie Kim bell are at West Lake this week on business. Miss Evelyn Hunt returned to Griffin Monday after a pleasant visit to Helerf Smith. Misses Alma Guthrie, of At lanta, and Leonora Grant of. Stock-bridge, are visiting Mr. J. B. Guthrie. Mrs. Whittle and daughter, Mrs. Plowden, of Atlanta, are in the city visiting Rev. ana M • A F. McMahon. i Mrs. Fannie Scott Leverctte . and Mrs. Major Scott, of Eato ■ , ton,, were the guests of Mrs. E. E Pound Wednesday. Mrs. R. L. Bell and children of Union Springs Ala wi rive Monday and will be the. guest of Mrs. J. E. Mood. Mrs. E. T. Faulkner has re turned to her home ham after a three weeks visit to nam aiu;i tv uu her sister, Mrs. J. B. Guthrie. \ Miss Louise Harris arrived Wednesday afternoon fro™ j. Funiak Spring, Fla., and will be I, ; with relatives for several weeks. j The Thaxton Reunion will be, held at Liberty Church thisyear, instead of Towaliga, 1 b held the last Wednesday m July. Miss Nina Harris, who studying music in Atlanta, board with Mr, J. L. Hooten -t 556 Woodward Avenue fo next month. M , and Mrs VanWUkjns^ ■ Texas, are vising J ■ • Ben Watkins on east i iv. a This is the first tme • been to Butts county in * tears. little Harry, the and Mrs. Pollitzei, -■ n ' y , ig _ very ill has been c; -r.el t . and is under Di. \- l ; mtzer j friends of Mr. and a : ,noe VQ ly Wish ‘ n ' wflTprove beneficial ar.d they soon return home. Wednesday evening sic Maddox ally thirty of her coW charming ma ™ th ,“ guests lemonade was sei which a upor ; games were en numljerofme.yK even ing ioyed- “and cake were fruits, cream ana S3 ” el . p McMahon’s many McMaton^whodiedat, his home.n Hampton, bf last week. - nt a house, fold, prepanm? 1 P para lysis and his death in a few hours. JACKSON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1908 S. P. Wiggins and family left i s week f or Mont Eagle, Tenn to attend the Sunday Schoo' on f erence 0 f the Third Intern oßa j District. Rev Loyd w ijj the Metho dist pul s un day, and Dr. J. E. Dickey, es id en t of Emory Col -1 lege, wiu eac h the second Sun day of i Wiggins absence, July 26. Luther o kins with Misses Cassie Mai. a hd Mamie Sneed had quite Siting experience at Indian S|g Sunday after- noon. vvnu rding the creek, and in the m e 0 f the stream, the horse reij g 0 f ur ther and began to i a y some 0 f the stunts he hac irne( j j n ear }y horsehood, sue, standing on his hind feet, p g the water, attempting to 0 the looPi ” which the y° didn’t appreciate and screaming and tried to ge % By thig time a large crov, .j gathered and Mr. Howell rescued the young horse gave anoter plunge fell into the water, and have drowned had it not f or heroic work of two cl men> The harness and l were badly damaged and horse j hurt considerably. Misses Vertie Ma} Ina ! Bell Moore entertaim. ght _ fully Monday evenin^ e j r home on West avenut Tie s were played on the P 0 was lighted by Japanese 1§ A watermelon cutting w >n _ joy able feature of the \ Ices and cakes were the dining room which v , orated in roses and feme table was beautiful wit) stands of fruits placed upo; embroidered pieces. Misses of Flovilla, and Pound assisted in the even pleasure. About forty-five gi were present. death OF HERBERT BRYAfi Little Herbert, the five-ye .Id nof Mrs Bertta who was operated on atthe lev Memorial Hospital, in At lane, oa Monday for appendicitis, dmc Tuesday evening at 8:30 o_clocx, ■nd the remains were brought to Jackson Wednesday ' morning, vhere the funeral services were conducted in the afternoon from the Baptist Church by Rev. \ an De The?ntire town deeply spnpa thize wi* Mrs. Bryant in her bereavement. notice At Cedar Rock church on the 3rd of August, there will begin a ten days Singing School, taught by Prof. J- T. Mayo. All who Will are invited to come and^om. Building material of all kinds and plenty of it. Special prices on shingles and lime t month. Jackson Lumber Cos. FLOVILLA NO. 2 Mr. Charlie Lawrence visited Flovilla Saturday. Mr. Gus White of Atlanta, is with homefolk this week. Mrs. C. N. Mayfield spent Sun day with Miss Ellen Moore. Miss Ophelia Smith opened her school at Rocky Hill Monday. Mr. Tom Fears of Flovilla, visited friends here Sunday. Misses AgQes and Vivian Hay attended services at Antioch Sun day. Mrs. Sallie Smith of Jasper, is visiting relatives in Butts this week. Mr. Brack Vaughn of Bethel, attended services at Sandy Creek Sunday. Miss Emmie Mae Holloway and brother of Jasper, were visitors to Flovilla Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Mayfield spent Sunday afternoon in Flo villa with friends. Mr. and Mrs. R. W. MOore and children of Jenkinsburg, visited homefolks here Sundfay. Miss Alberta Brown of Jasper, spent Sunday afternoon with Misses Agnes and Vivian Hay. Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Higgins and little ones, spent Sunday afternoon with the family of Mr. C B. Higgins. Misses Annie and Winnie Hay, and Miss Ophelia Smith were taking a pleasure trip around No. 2 Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Mayfield are at home after spending a week most pleasantly with the family of Mrs. J. E. Duffey. Mr. G. W. Beeland of Pepper ton, was among friends and rela tives here this week, and attend ed his meeting at Sandy Creek. WEST BUTTS Prof. J. T. Mayo was in our lidst Sunday. Mrs. L. L. Britton has been on e sick list this week. dr. A. F. Taylor made a visit Atlanta Wednesday. jss Lucile Whitaker is the of Mrs. J. L. Fletcher, an Wylie Mangham has one of t est cotton crops that can be rjn West Butts. ,nd Mrs. Claude Evans \ preaching at England unday. meeting is being held a ls Chapel, and we are forwmrd to a success. ou ue Moore of McDon- Dovie Carmich j (n are visiting Mrs. ' entejs- J. G. Carmichael Maude Letson, \e Lane and Myr- Sunda at their home A fi composed of Claude Troy Compton, and He 1 Britton, Levi Morris & an d Gordon Falls rectstay at High 'Eft’s Boy. i How Would You Like to Work Night and Day Sundays and Holidays? That is the tireless, ceaseless way that money at interest will work for you, and it will never go on a strike. Why should you do all the hard work? Set your money to working for you. Interest is its wages and its pay is sure. 5 per cent interest paid on savings account. STATE .AND COUNTY REPOSITORY Total Resources Including Individual Liability $325,000.00 Oldest Strongest Jackson Banking Cos. JACKSON, GEORGIA. JACKSON NO. 2 Mr John A. Moore was down on No. 2 Monday on business. Miss Estelle Rutledge spent last week with Miss Janie Lemon. Miss Estelle Thornton is visit ing her sister, Mrs S. E. Jones this week. Miss Katie Arnold of Birming ham Ala. is on a visit to Miss Nannie Gilmore. Mr. Walker Preston of Flovilla was over of No. 2 one day last week on business. Miss Hattie Jones spent last week at Juliette as the guest )f Miss Byars. Little Miss Annie Bud Maddox >f Flovilla, spent last week with little Ruth Pittman. Miss Bulah Hardy of Atlanta, is expected home soon to spend the summer with home folks. Mr. J. W. Hilliard moved his family from Hotel Buchanon to :he power plant on the river last Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. J. 0. Cole spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Pittman at their pretty home near Pittman’s Ferry. County Commissioners Asbury, Gaston and Maddox were down on No. 2 Saturday looking after the road hands, but Thompson and Nolen need no looking after. They know their business and are pushing things. to the front. Butts county has no men that will beat Thompson and Nolen working the roads with the force that they have got. f FOR SALE. Two nice residences and several building lots oh West Avenue. Call op or address W. M. Taylor, tf Jackson, Ga. j LOST:-Between Jacksop and McCord’s mill Jpond, one gold stick pin, engraved knot with snail diamond setting. Receive reward by returning to Linton B. Hopkins. ANNUAL REUNION OF THE 30TH 6EORGIA REGIMENT The Annual Reunion of the j Thirtieth Georgia Regiment will |be held at Forest Park, Clayton county on Friday July 31, 1908. Survivors of the regiment are earnestly requested to attend. Gen. C. A. Evans, Gen. A. J. ■ West and Hon. Marcus W. Beck are expected to deliver addresses. Trains from Atlanta for Forest Park leave at 7 o’clock a. m. and 8 o’clock a. m. Come and meet with us and let us have one more pleasant reunion, and re vive the memories of the past. R. S. Osburn, Pres. A. P. Adamson, Sec. Rex, Ga. Dr. A. B. Cannon, recently of New York City* a specialist of ; quite a number of years practice in diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat has located at the Wigwam at Indian Spring fer the summer, and has decided to give two days of each week, Friday and Saturday, to those of Jack son and vicinity who may be in need of his services. Dr. Can non comes well recommended and the people of our section are for tunate in having him come among us. See his card in the columns of The Progress. FARMS FOR SALE. I have two good farms for sale one near Jackson, and the other near Forsyth. Will sell them at reasonable prices. Come to see or write me at once. C. W. BUCHANAN, J-'ckson, Ga. FARM FOR SALE. 135 acres, .75 acres of which are in cultivation. Three miles from Jackson, two from Jenkins burg. / J. C. GUNN, 7-2-x Jackson, Ga. You will find anything that goes in a house at Jackson Lum ber Cos. NUMBER 29