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BU STS COUNTY PROG RES
VOLUME 26
SHOOTING AFFRAY
NEAR BIG DAM
News of a shooting affray on
the Ocmulgee driver at the camp
of the Central Georgia Power
company Sunday night has
reached the city. It seems that
Sunday night Tom Johnson, col
ored, shot and severely wounded
a negro woman whose name has
not been learned here. The af
fair was reported to Sheriff Wil
son Sunday night at 11 o'clock.
The details of the shooting are
meagre. It is stated the negro
woman will recover. No war
rant nas been sworn out for the
alleged culprit. The shooting
took place at an early hour Sun
day night.
Johnson, who is said to be from
Macon, was in the employ of
Messrs. Lane and Bros.
DEATH OF PROM
INENT CITIZEN.
The death of Mr. J. M. McMi
chael, known locally as “Coon/'
occured Sunday night at his home
on Indian Spring street at 11
o'clock. His death was due to a
complication of diseases. At the
lime of his death Mr. McMichael
was in his G9th year. He had
been ill for only a few weeks,
though he had been in declining
health for some time.
Mr. McMichael was one of the
most prominent citizens of Jack
son and Butts county. For about
twenty years he was a member
of the police force of Jackson and
was a brave and efficient officer.
He belongs “to one of the oldest
and most highly respected famil
ies in the county. He is survived
by his widow, Mrs. Nancy Mc-
Michael, two daughters, Mrs.
Kate Valentino, and Miss Marie
McMichael, two sons, Messrs.
Dave and William McMichael.
The funeral was held Monday
afternoon at 3 o'clock,the service;
being conducted by the Rev. S.
P. Wiggins, pastor of the Meth
odist church. The interment was
in the Jackson cemetery. The
esteem in which the deceased was
held was attested by the fact
that a large crowd of friends and
relatives gathered to pay a last
tribute of respect.
RESOLUTIONS PASSED
Whereas, Drs. W. J. Waits and
W. J. Smith, each a beloved bro
ther in the medical profesrion,
having' recently been bereic by
death in each of their homes of
their only two children; therefore
be it resolved;
Ist. That the members of the
Butts County Medical Society of
fer their sincerest sympathies.
2d. That we point them to the
Lamb of God, who taketh away
the sin of the world, as their on
ly comforter.
3d. That a copy of these reso
lutions be put on our minutes and
also published in each of the
county papers and a marked copy
sent each of the families.
A. F. White, President,
J. A. Jarrell, Secy.
Clearing Reservoir
Sealed bids are asked for clear
ing the whole or any part of the
land that will be covered by
back water from the dam now
being erected at the foot of
Capp’s and Lloyd’s shoals in the
Ocmulgee river, in Butts and
Jasper counties, Georgia.
The land to be thoroughly
cleared of standing or fallen tim
ber, brush, stumps: etc., in ac
cordance with specifications or
information furnished by J. G.
White & Cos., Jackson, Ga. Bids
are asked in the following man
ner: ■ V ■ . ■
First: At so much per acre for
the land actually cleared; the
company reserving all merchant
able timber and cord wood.
Second: At so much per acre
for the land actually cleared;
Certificates of
Deposit
Afford an opportunity and a safe way
to place large or small amounts at
interest. They are bona-fide notes
of the bank and bear the bank’s seal.
They bear interest if left six or
twelve months, and the interest be
gins the day you leave the money
and is not figured only in January
and July as is done in most savings
banks. You can renew your certifi
cates every six months and the in
terest is compounded. If you have
a large or small amount and wish to
make it earn something, get a certifi
cate of deposit at
THE
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF JACKSON
Go home
Count your hoarded dollars that are sub
ject to theft or fire.
Hav’nt any?
Well, you will have, if you deposit your
money with the
Jackson Banking Company
JACKSON, GEORGIA
Which solicits your patronage and will
pay you 5 per cent per annum on time
deposits.
Your neighbor has,
Why not you?
JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1908.
without any claim on the timber
or cord wood. ,
Bids are lo be addressed to
Georgia Construction Company,
care J. G. White & Cos., at Jack
son, Ga., and plainly marked
BIDS FOR CLEARING RESER
VOIR
Bids to be received not later
than Dec. Ist, 1908, and the
company reserves the right to
except the land purchased from
any individual owner or reject
any and all bids received.
For particulars as to the man
ner of doing the work, the time
of completiou, etc., apply to the
Superintendant, of Construction
for J. G. White & Cos., at Jack
son, Ga., or at the dam site.
Georgia Construction Cos.,
W. J. Massee, President.
SOUTH LOSES
BRAVE STATESMAN
Senator Carmack of Tennessee
Murdered at the Rands
Of Political Enemies
Nashville, Tenn. —Former Uni
ted States Senator E. W. Car
mack was killed here Monday
afternoon in a street duel with
Robin Cooper, an attorney and
son of Duncan B. Cooper. The
crime is said to have had its ori
gin in recent editorials published
in the Nashville Tennesseean, of
which Mr. Carmack was editor,
attacking Cooper.
The men met on Seventh aven
ue this afternoon at four o’clock
and the shooting began. Cooper
is said to have fired three shots
and Carmack two. Mr. Car
mack was hit three times and
fell in a dying condition. Coop
er was wounded in the shoulder
and was taken to a hospital.
With Robin Cooper at the
time of the shooting was his fa
ther, Col. B. Cooper. He is said
to have drawn his pistol but it is
reported he did not shoot.
Young Cooper was taken to
the hospital and kept under po
lice surveillance while his father
was taken to the police station.
Warrants have been issued for
both of the two men, charging
murder and concealed weapons
and being an accomplice and car
rying concealed weapons.
Mr. Carmack was former Uni
ted States senator from Tennes
see and served his state with
marked ability. He was a cand
idate to succeed himself but was
defeated by Robt. L. Taylor. He
ran for governor and was de
feated by Governor Patterson.
Since the early summer Mr. Car
mack has been editor of the
Tennesseean. His attacks on
Cooper have been bitter. Sev
eral days ago it is stated Col.
Cooper notified Mr. Carmack
that these attacks must cease.
The men were formally warm
friends but recently have been
divided politically.
The killing of Senator Car
mack has caused intense excite
ment throughout his native state
and tho South and nation. His
remains were taken to his old
home at Columbia, Tenn.
GOOD ROADS SCHOOL
Atlanta Constitution.
The good roads school to be
held January 25 to 29, at Athens
under the direction of the de
partment of engineering of the
University of Georgia, is expect
ed to attract visitors young and
old, from all parts of the state.
In his address before the
Georgia Federation of Road Au
thorities on yesterday, Prof.
C. M. Strahan, head of the en-
gineering department, urgeu m
the county officials present to
attend the session and expressed
the belief that the course of lec
tures and instructions would
prove profitable. He insisted
that it takes knowledge as well
as labor to build good roads, The
convicts furnish one, the county
authorities must supply the oth
er.
L. W. Page, chief of the office
of public roads of the national
department of agriculture, will
be present and make an address.
Manufacturers of road machin
ery have promised to make an
extensive exhibit There will be
held demonstrations showing
how the roads have been relocat
ed, constructed and drained;
their cost, kind of machinery
and material used; the workings
of convicts, tfieir care, guarding
and maintenance.
The morning of each day will
be given to inspection and dem
onstration work and there will be
three lectures each afternoon
and evening, making fifteen lec
tures in all during the five days
session.
Chancellor Barrow, formerly
an engineer will discuss the road
situation in Georgia. Other
lecturers will be Judge J. S. Tur
ner of the prison commission;
ex-Justice Andrew J, Cobb,
Henry L. Collier of Atlanta; Pro
fessor C. M. Strahan, professor
civil engineering in the state col
lege of agriculture, will deliver
one address each day on the
principles and methods of road
building.
A class will be organized and
given instruction in running the
transit and level. This will be
for the special benefit of county
surveyors and road supervisors
who may need this experience in
assisting with local road work.
The course will include instruc
tion in the technique of field
work, the plotting of roads and
profiles, laying grades on the
profiles, calculating cuts and fills
and the amount of earth-work
involved.
It is expected that this instruc
tion will enable those taking the
course to more easily assimilate
the facts contained in printed
matter which will be furnished
them.
The most valuable and encour
aging lesson which Professor
Strahan promises the good roads
school will teach is that roads are
within the means of every coun
t/if they go about their con
struction in the right way.
FOR RENT
Four-horse farm, in good cul
tivation, located seven miles west
of Jackson. For terms apply to
A. T. or B. 0. Woodward, Jack
ison, Ga. 12-4-x