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A1 I RED AERMAN, - Proprietor.
J. DOYLE JONES. - - - Editor
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Official Organ of Butts County.
Entered h* necond-eUwi matter. Noveni
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Jackson, Ga., Friday, Jan. 8, 1909.
Vote Monday for Good Roads.
Put in a Lick for good roads
Monday.
Vote for good roads and your
property will double in value.
Jacksou will grow in the pro
portion that it is pushed and ad
vertised.
Butts county has got to have
good roads. The election will
be held on Monday.
The most important thing for
Butts county is good roads.
Jackson is sure to have a good
year. She can have a better one
with a Chamber of Commerce.
. jjVgfiiy:
That Chamber of Commerce
that has been spoken of must be
put on foot before much longer.
The way the world has respon
ed to the appeal of stricken Italy
shows sympathy is universal and
knows no time nor place.
Taft's appraoching visit to At
lanta has brought the homely
’possum at the fore—also a large
number from the persimmon
tree.
It takes time and money to get
good roads. Will the people vote
Monday to have good roads or
Will # they continue to let Butts
suffer as a result of indifferent
Highways?
Almost any ante-bellum darkey
could put that much-talked of
Taft ’possum and persimmon
beer supper to be held in Atlanta
to shame with ’possum roasted
•ver a bed of hot coals and ’taters.
’Nuff said.
The * Macon Telegraph takes
easy rank with any newspaper
in the South. Editor Pendleton
writes with force and conclusive
ness on all subjects touched and
with a franksess that'is altogeth
er admirable.
Lucian Knight is doing his full
share towards making the Geor
gian a great paper. He has an
interest about his writing that
makes it noteworthy. His fine
Italian touch makes the editorial
page of the Georgian very attrac
tive and readable.
Somebody Las suggested that
upon the completion of the dam
on the Ocmulgee river and with
another one on the opposite side
of the county that Butts will be
the "damest” county in the
state. Since it is the best the
county can afford that distinction.
Not A Bond Issue.
It is not a bond issue that the people will vo e on next Mon
day. The election was called for nothing more nor less than to
allow the people of the county to vote on the question of whether
or not an additional tax shoud be levied for road improvement.
There should be no mistake on this point. A supplementary tax
and a bond issue are quite different things. <
From some quarters comes the objection that a bond election
for say $50,000 or $lOO,OOO should be called. Those who are now
against increasing the tax rate say they would be in favor of a bond
issue of the amounts named. The reasoning there is not good.
It is never much trouble to call a bond election and certainly but
little expense. If, after a chaingang has been organized and it
proves to be the thing desired, then a bond election can be calll.
The amount of taxes which it is proposed to levy is large enough
to organize and equip a chaingang and maintain it for some time.
If there were not taxes maybe it would be a good thing. May
be not As long as our present form of government exists there
must be revenue to keep the machinery of government
Something must be done for good roads. All the counties around
Butts are preparing to have them. If they did not have them or
were not making arrangements to get them we could very well af
ford to do without them, too, but it is a well known fact that we
must keep up with the procession or suffer the penalty of failure
to do so. These are cold hard facts in political economy that can
not be overridden or overlooked.
The question of good roads mean much for the present and
for the future of Jackson and Butts county. The people will vote
Monday on a measure that will have its effects upon the progress
and development of town and county for years and years to come.
In the light of all these facts we hope the people will vote for
progress and advancement.
A Year of Prohibition.
The Atlanta and Macon papers are making much of the fact
that the finances in those cities, despite the loss of the revenue from
the liquor traffic, are in better condition than they have ever been
before. This is cited to show that prohibition from an economical
standpoint is a success, The political economy of the law is being
stressed with telling effect. Savannah is not making much noise
over the law one way or the other, for it is evident that there is
not much effort being made to enforce the law in that city and
martial law has been spoken of as a last resort.
It is apparent to all that one year is too short a time in which
to give the law a thorough test. The law has been in the courts
almost from the time it was put on the statute books. There have
been decisions and decrees and the measure has been considerably
warped and twisted. It is but right and fair that the law should
be given a thorough test before the public. To do this will will re
quire more than one year.
It is contended that the money that was spent for whiskey is
now being put into saving banks and invested in real estate and
in improvements that will prove permanent. The effect on the
working classes has, perhaps, been most noticeable. Any law
that will ipake a people save money and build homes and add last
ing improvements seems to us is a good one.
Vote
f
For
Good
i
Roads
Monday.
Growing Progressive.
Your Attention is Invited to
A STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF
the Jackson National Rank.
JACKSON, GEORGIA,
At the Close of Business Jan’y Ist, 1909.
RESOURCES*.
Loans and discounts $96,978.05
Overdrafts . 1,795 39
U. S. Bonds and Premium 51,953 13
Real estate and fixtures._ 14,487 25
CASH:
In vault 15,618.02
Due by banks. 24,734.43
With U. S.
Treasurer 3,225.00 4 3,5 77 4 5
$208,791.27
After only Four Mouths in business, this credible showing is but an ex
pression of the confidence of the people of Butts County and vicinity in this
“The People’s Bank.” We wisth to express our appreciation to one and all and
to extend nest wishes for a prosperous year 1909.
An Innovation
For Jackson.
WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY, SILVERWARE.
Mail Order Terms and Prices at Hanes’ Jewelry Store.
You don’t have to send your money off to Chicago, wait
for your goods to come by mail or express before you can seeand
examine what you have bought. You examine the goods right
here, then pay your money SPOT CASH and take the
goods. I have adopted this policy, and positively no goods will be
sold and no repairing done for anybody except for the >~PO
CASH on delivery of the goods. Don t ask that anything be
charged, for you will most certainly be refused. Come and exam
ine the goods and prices, and compare with the prices of any Mail
Order concern which sells reliable goods. Everything guaranteed
as representeed. ii aiv|CT CT JEWELER and
M/AIN L- O s OPTICIAN.
It Doesn’t
Cost You a Cent
to open an account at this bank — just a deposit of one dollar or
more, the amotint being left here subject to your order. We fur
nish pass book free of charge. You can increase your deposit at
any time and make a start toward building up a bank credit
which will be very useful to you later. -
If you wish to open a check account so you can pay your bills
by check, and always have a receipt for each and every payment
made, handling your affairs in a systematic and businesslike way,
we also furnish you with a book of blank checks.
No matter how large or how small your account we shaP be;
glad to have you identify yourself with us—either plan.
We pay 5 per cent Interest on Savings Accounts
and Certificates of Deposit.
JACKSOIJr BANKING CO.
Machine Shop
W. I. WAGNER, Proprietor
Machinery Erected and repaired; Pipe Fitting,
Plumbing, Electric Wiring; Automobiles
and Gasoline Engines Repaired.
WANTED: Scrap Iron,Brass,Copper,Lead
LIABILITIES:
Capital Stock $75,000.00
Undivided profits 2,609 97
Deposits (all subject to
check) 78,181 30
Circulation. 50,000 00
Bills payable 3,000 00
208,791.27