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About The Butts County progress. (Jackson, Ga.) 18??-1915 | View Entire Issue (May 6, 1910)
All contributions to this page must be handed in to the ed itor by Wednesday noon, to insure publication. PEOPLE WILL TALK Yes, people will talk; The saying is true. They talk about me And they talk about you. If we go to the opera, Someone will say, We should go to church And learn how to pray. If we go to church And offer up prayers, They say we are hypocrites, And putting on airs. If we are rich, They call us a thief, Scoff’ at our sorrows, And laugh at our griefs. If we are poor, They say that we shirk, We’re always lazy, And never would work. They talk of our prospects, , They talk of our past, And if we are happy, They say it can’t last. They talk of our loved ones, They talk of our foes, They talk of our follies, They talk of our woes. They talk of our joys, They talk of our fears, They talk of our smiles, They talk of our tears. They talk if we are single, They talk if we are wed, They talk of us living, And tney talk of us dead. Tho’ w r e live like an angel, With (circumspect walk, Our efforts are useless, The people will talk. —Ex. EN PASSANT I Everything nowadays is done too hastily, and many a mm or woman has relinquished the right to happiness through silly impulses, when, perhaps if they had given more thought to the matter they would have been less eager to take a step that in all probability they will later learn to regret. We have all at different periods in our lives had days and weeks and months that seemed all gray and blue to us, for sorrow and trouble blinds one for the time. And yet, afterward, looking back down the years one can see that even in those days there was happiness and sunshine as well as sorrow and shadow. It is so, so true that we do not often realize that we are happy until that happiness has slipped away from us. Men and women are too slow to forgive each other, not liberal enough, not “big” enough to overlook the short-comings and remember only the good. Too many do not learn until it is too late that the happiness and love and companionship were worth the little sorrows that went along with them. Nothing in the world is perfect except a sunset, or a spring morning or a bit of blue sky. Certainly things on earth aren’t perfect, and, if we would be happy we muse be reconciled to taking a few thorns with the roses. Ex. Hackney-Orr Quite a number of Jackson will oe interested in the approaching marriage of Miss Julia Mae Hackney and Mr. jGrover Cleveland Orr, both of *Jfewnan. Miss Hackney has visited Jackson several times, being the guest of the Misses Newton and made many warm friends. SOCIETY Mays-Compton The marriage of Miss Mary Ruby Mays and Mr. Clarence Milton Compton which will be celebrated in June at the home of the bride’s parents, will be of wide-spread interest to a large circle of friends. Miss Mays is the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Mays of this city, and possesses many retentive charms as well as personal beauty. Mr. Compton is one of the foremost young business men of the city. They are the recipients of many hearty congratulations from their many friends. U. D. C. Meeting On account of protracted ser vices at the Methodist church next week the regular meeting of the U. D. C. will be held with the president, Mrs. J. B. Settle, Saturday afternoon at 4 o’clock. A full attendance is desired. Young Women’s Auxiliary The Y. W. A. of the Baptist church meets this afternoon at 3:30 with the president, Mrs. A. F. McMahon, at her home on Covington street. Memorial Fund Contributions The following are the names of persons who have contributed to the monument fund, the amounts Ito be collected later. The cash subscribers’ list has been mis placed, hence their names do not appear on this list. Dr. J. Lee Byron __525.00 Judge R. T. Daniel 5.00 J. Matt McMichael 5.00 Wilson Smith. 5.00 J. T. War then 10.00 R. W. Oxford 5.00 J. Fred Ball 5.00 E. J. McMichael 1.00 J. M. Currie 2.50 J. H. McKibben 10.00 Rev. R. C. decider J.. 00 W. S. Dame - 1.00 W. M. Settle 5.00 As the list grows the names will be published in the Progress. It will probably be six or eight months before the contributions will be called for, so the names and amounts may be sent into this office and will be printed accordingly. PERSONAL Dr. Quigg Fletcher spent Tuesday in Macon. Mrs. A. H. Smith wiil spend tomorrow in Atlanta. Mrs. A. H. Shaver spent Tues day in the Gate City, Dr. Quigg Fletcher leaves Monday for Johns Hopkins. Mrs. Henry Gilmore was a visitor to Atlanta Tuesday. Mr. T. J. Giles was down from Atlanta Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. Mary Taylor Hodges has returned from a 1 isit in Eaton ton. Miss Mary Newton is the guest of relatives in the Capital City. Miss Louise Harris attended grand opera in Atlanta this week. Miss Catherine Shaver spent Saturday with .relatives in At | lanta. BUTTS CO ,T NTY PROGRESS, JACKSON, GA., FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1910. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Car michael visited in Atlanta this week. Miss Agnes Hanes, of Atlanta, spent the week-end with Mrs. F. M. Allen. Miss Maggie Giles spent the first of the week here with friends. Rev. Lynn Walker returned Tuesday morning to his home in Atlanta. Mrs. M. J. Carson is at home after a very pleasant visit in Forsyth. Mr. Theodore McCord of At lanta visited the Messrs. Barclay this week. Miss Vallie Pitts, of Locust Grove, spent Sunday with Miss Annie Jones. Mrs. J. M. Ball and Miss Sallie Mae Ball were visitors to the city Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Elder, of Indian Springs, were recent visitors to the city. Mr. and Mrs. Matt McMichael are guests of Mrs. McCune Mc- Michael this week. Messrs. H. R. Pollitzer, M. L. King and T. W. Ellis spent Wed nesday in Covington. Mrs. Janie McKibben is spending this week in Macon with Mrs. A. W. Lane. Miss Myrtle Harris has closed her school in West Butts and is at her home for the summer. Mr. A. T.Buttrill, Mr. Z. T. But trill, and Taylor Buttrill Smith spent Tuesday in the Gate City. Mrs. Paul Baker, of Atlanta, is spending several weeks with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. O. Ham. Messrs. Jim Fleming and James Johnson, of Goggans, were guests of friends in the city Sunday. The condition of little Donald Wood who was carried to At lanta last week for treatment is very much improved. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Settle, Mrs. A. H. Smith and Dr. R. A. Franklin spent Sunday with Mr. Smith Settle at Oxford. Rev. J. H. Eakes. of Griffin, was entertained during his re cent visit here at the hospitable home of Mrs. Emma Mallet. Mr. O. A. Pound was here from Mobile a few days this week. He will spend the summer in Grand Rapids with his family. Mr. and W. T. Powers and William and Misses Minnie Bailey and Stella Swanson en joyed Sunday with friends at the power plant. Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hooten will be sorry to know that their young son, John Hanna, is very ill with diptheria at their home in Atlanta. Miss Willie Snellings, of El berton, spent Monday and Tues day with Misses Rebecca and Irene Snellings. She left Wed nesday for a visit to relatives in Florida. Mrs. Sarah Etheridge arrives soon from Quincy, Fla., accom panied by her grand-daughter, Mrs. Fain Goddard, who will spend sometime here and at In dian Springs. Mrs. Annie Webb, Mrs. J. L. Lyons and Mrs. Butler returned Monday from Atlanta where they attended the annual state convention of the Foreign Mis sionary Societies of the Metho i dist church. A report from the convention will be read at the [next meeting of the local society. LOCAL ITEMS. Mr. W. R. Kitchens was a vis itor here Tuesday. Mr. J. W. Gresham of Griffin, was a prominent visitor to the city Monday. Mr. B. A. Wright was up from Indian Spring on a business trip on Monday. • Mayor H. M. Flether attended the meeting of the Seventh Dis trict Masonic convention in Rome this week. Mr. C. S. Maddox has been at tending the meeting of County School Commissioners in Athens tois week. Dr. H. W. Copeland spent Wednesday afternoon in Mc- Donough in the interest of the Jackson Chautauqua. The regular monthly term of the court of Ordinary was held here Monday, but little business being transacted by Judge J. H. Ham. The Masons of the Worthville district have arranged a very pleasant program for May 14th, when Ancient York Lodge No. 127 F. &A. M. will exemplify the degrees in the afternoon and at night the Chapter will confer the degrees. An excellent spread will be served. BASEBALL and TENNIS Form the chief sports of the Summer season, when bottled-up and tired hu manity seeks recreation and exercise in the open air. As open air games will be the main sports during the next few months it is time you were planning your baseball and tennis — getting your tennis court in order and laying in a supply of BASEBALLS, MITS, GLOVES and BATS. It is certain you will yield to the “Call of the Game,” and will need BASEBALL and TENNIS SUPPLIES, and it is equally certain we can be of assistance to you right here. Call in and let us show you our line of TENNIS RACQUETS, BALLS and NETS. Do this and then get in the game and enjoy yourself at these manly and health-giving sports Jackson Hardware Company The Modern Hardware Store* NO TROUBLE TO SHOW 600DS : : : PHONE 80 At the regular communication of St. Johns Lodge No. 45 F. & A. M. Monday night the Entered Apprentice degree was conferred upon Messrs T. M. Bond and J. E. Perry. Messrs. J. A. McMichael and R. V. Smith have resigned a?? members of the county board of registrars and Judge E. J. Reagan has appointed Messrs. J. M. Crawford and L. D. Wat son to fill the vacancies cause! by their resignations. NOTICE OF CHANGE OF LEGAL ADVERTISEM ENTS On, and after June Ist, 1910,the legal advertisements will be published in the Butts County Progress. This Mav 2nd, 1910. W. NY. WILSON. SHERIFF. A NEW TWO-STORY BRICK BUILDING SOON Mr. M. L. King has let the contract to the Butts Lumber Company for a two-story brick building on his lot at the corner of Oak and First streets. The dimensions of the building will be 40x100 feet. It will be occupied on the first floor as a garage and on the second floor an an armory. Dirt will be broken Monday on this building, which will be completed during the early summei. The building of this structure will add much to that part of the city and is an - other evidence of the rapid growth of Jackson.
