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THEPROGRESS VAN WILHITE, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER. l>V fcftjj-jf• '\nrHl Ith® T > JlNolfl f MJitf Subscription $i oo Per Yr. Advertising Kates Furnished On Application. Published €Perv Chursday. Entered as second-class matter, Novem- 1 her H, US'", ut the postoftlce at Jackson, (ia. nnder act of Congress of March •'!, IH7O. TELEPHONE NUMBER 166 HEETINQ OF THE WEEKLY EDITORS The weekly editors of the state met at Gainesville, July 14 and 15 for their twenty-second annual convention, after which they de parted for the southern coast of Georgia to spend their annual outing. The features of the stay in Gainesville and of the outin were enteresting business sess ions of the editors; a trip in bugg gies, furnished by the city, over the macadamized highways of Hall county to a point where the machinery is engaged in macada mizing the county roads; a fruit feast, made up of practically every variety of fruit grown in Hall county, at the country home of the ever-gentle and widely known clerk of Hall Superior Court, Bill Smith: an elegant evening reception on the lawn of the beautiful city home of S. C. Dunlap; a barbecue at Chatta hoochee park on the banks of the river made famous by Georgia’s sweet-singing Sidney Lanier; a trip to Brunswick over the new and well equipped electric-fanned railroad via Fitzgerald where the mayor, a brass band, and five hundred wide-awake, patriotic, cooperating, Fitzgerald worship ing citizens met us at the depot, loading our special cars with every mentionable fruit that a South Georgia section can pro d ice; via of Douglas, that indus trious, rapidly-rising town of five-thousand people where the editors will convene in 1909, whose citizens remembered our party with luscious South Geor gia watermelons, in such quanti ties that the baggage car was •culled upon for assistance; a com plimentary boat-ride given by the city of Brunswick up and down her magnificent waters and deep harbors, toJekyl island, the club-home of the nation's million aires; to St. Simons island where a bounteous fish-fry was served in the shadow of Fort Frederica, one hundred and seventy-five years old, built by Oglethorpe, and ought to be known us the Thermopylae of Georgia history; meir the now-fallen Episcopalian guarded tree beneath which John Wesley told the Indians and come; a boat-excursion to Fer naudina. Florida, where a most htiautiful beach calls deep unto deep, but where the would-be bathers, such as our party, are dished out filthy quantities of insulting iaziness by the sour faced chef; a trip to Cumberland island where outside of an aver age beach, you can find nothing ' under the blue heavens ty. enter- I tain you except a bum hotel | where you are soothed into mid j day wakefulness by tns mid-nighc j serenades of the ever-patient, I long-billed mosquito, and wmere you pay $2.50 per day todiinx what some doctors have called rotten sulphur water, eat fish, and fish again, and then some more fish, fight mosquitoes and comb your hair or admire your beauty in the soot that is on your two-inch-in-diameter, and six inch-tall lamp chimney. So you see that some unpleas ant features were attached to the trip as well as pleasant ones. But not so in our stay in Gaines ville, the Gate City of the moun tains, where we were met at the depot by citizens of the town, had our pockets filled with street car tickets, and escorted straight way through the open doors and and into the arms of the beauti ful and hospitable homes of that fair city. The city council of Gainesville had appropriated SSOO for our entertainment and no editor while there neither heard from the lips or saw in the face of a single tax payer a shadow of a hint that this money had been misappropriated. This money was ours and we were made to know it; hospitality, generosity, kindness abounded. * * * Gainesville is a city of about ten thousand; with splendid transportation facilities and all the modern conveniences, such as electric lignts. waterworks, street car system, three weekly news papers. A splendid agricultural field surrounds it. Hall county is teaching the state a lesson on improving her roads. Each year that passes sees five miles of her roads mac adamized, and at a cost of about S2OOO per mile. The money is paid by direct taxation and the tax rate has not been raised at all. * ♦ * Near Gainesville at Cornelia is located the big peach orchard of Dr. Jarrell, who kept the editors supplied with his product while in Gainesville. The doctor, not our local doctor however, is one of the leading peach-growers in that section, so famous, for its peaches. . • * ♦ * All in all. the editors had a most pleasant and profitable stay at Gainesville and on their out ing, in spite of the fact that the days of the free pass is gone, the day when we could have our little annual session in some Georgia city and then hike to Canada or San Francisco; or, in spite of the fact, that the street car motormen in Fernandina, up on seeing a fat negro woman come hobbling up the street fifty yards away, and imagining that she would like to take a ride through the main thoroughfares of that enterprising metropolis, cuts olf the juice, slaps on the brakes, and turns his face com passionately towards her as he waits fifteen minutes for her ebony soul to approach and crawl aboard. If you are in a hurry for the sake of your religion keep away from Fernandina. The Jackson Lumber,Co retail ed off their yards Monday, lum ber to the amount of $293.50, $125.00 of which was collected in cash. This speaks well for the business which is being done by this well known firm under its competent president, Mr. Frank Outhouse. FOR RENT. Two-story brick build ing corner Oak and Second streets. Will be ready for occupancy Sept. 1. Call on or write. Homer Carmichael, Jackson, Ga. Ist National Bank. The best coal on earth for sale at the Jackson Lumber Company. Miss Dollie McKibben will en tertain a congenial crowd at a house f>arty next week. Those who will attend are, Misses An nie Hoge of Charleston, S. C. Maud Johnson, Phrosine LaFitte of Atlanta, Martiele Stewart of Cedartown, Alice Newton of For syth, Mary Gaillard of Griffin, Messrs Byron Matthews, Ben Thompson of Atlanta, Otis and Dee Tollerson of McDonough, Clinton Woods of Monticello, Ivey Wilson of Eatonton, Pitts McKib ben of Cedartown, Mr. and Mrs. Tom McKibben of Eatonton. A number of parties are being planned for the occasion. I have for sale 10,000 feet of good lumber. See me at once. 30-2tx R. A. THAXTON, FOR SALE. Two nice residences and several building lots on West Avenue. Call on or address W. M. Taylor, tf Jackson, Ga. Please place your order for ice before six o’clock. Conner & Crawford. If you are thinking of purchas ing an organ, see J. T. Mayo and buy a “Chicago Cottage.” ft Blocks for kindling, shavings for your horse stalls at Jackson Lumber Company. FOR SALE.—IS 4 acres of good land, 100 acres in cultivation, 54 in woods. Or, I will sell 51 acres well improved. Must sell at once. 3tx R. A. THAXTON. FARMS FOR SALE. •I have two good farms for sale —one near Jackson, and the other i near Forsyth. Will sell them at reasonable prices. Come to see or write me at once. C. W. Buchanan, Jackson, Ga. FOR SALE.—Six room house modern, convenient, new, on large lot at Jenkinsburg. James Warthen. MONEY TO LOAN. $20,000 to loan on Butts county farms at T per cent. Come quick if you need money. T. J. DEMPSEY, Jackson, Ga. — l Vv Terra Cotta for your wells, best made. 24-inch going cheap at Jackson Lumber Company. FOR SALE*. Five room cottage now building in Parkland. New,convenient and j cheap. SIOOO.OO easy terms. I sell farms and city property. Will find you a buyer if price is reasonable. No sale, no expense. Try me. JAMES WARTHEN. P. S.— I have a few more of the Matchless Pen Policies left and can fit you with the safest insur ance at lowest cost T£E Jackson Banking Cos. JACKSON, GEORGIA. Is THE BANK at which to do your financial business. WHY? Because it is organized under the Georgia Banking Laws. WHY? Because it is not restricted, but can lend money on REAL ESTATE and any other kind of good security. WHY? Because we pay five per cent interest on savings accounts and time deposits. WHY? Because it is the oldest and strongest Bank in this section, having served the people of this vicinity twenty years. WHY? Because its Officers. Directors and Stockholders are among the most prominent farmers and successful business men in Butts county. —just substitute the name “Slaton” for the name “Jamerson” and you have the style of the new firm which has recently purchased the well known —we desire the con tinued patronage of the many customers of our predecessors. We shall increase the stock of t goods which we have purchased and propose to have one of the best supplied drug stores in this section. We guar antee that our drugs are pure and fresh and that your, prescriptions will be correctly filled. —your patronage will prove that our prices are as low ais the lowest. Slaton Drug Cos. Machine Shop \V . I. WAGNER, Proprietor Machinery erected and repaired; Pipe Fitting! Plumbing, Electric Wiring; Automobiles and Gasoline Engines Repaired. WANTED: Scrap Iron,Brass,Copper, Lead