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BUIIS COUNTY PROGRESS
Published Every Friday.
J. DOYLE JONES, Editor and Pub.
Subscription $1 a Year
Entered as second-class matter, Novem
ber 8,15)07, at the postoffice at Jackson, Ga.
Telephone No. 166.
Communications are welcomed. Cor
respondents will please confine them
aelve to POO words, as communications
over that length cannot be handled.
Write on one side of the paper only,
sign your name, not for publication,
bat as an evidence of good faith.
Free congressional garden seed
are now in order.
At any rate Georgia is tolerably
sure of a regional bank.
The pensioners and school
teachers are wearing a satisfied
smile as a result of the state com
ing across with their checks.
Is Butts going to make war on
the cattle tick this year? If not,
why not? The eradication of the
pest means better live stock for!
the county.
Sure thing Butts county is go
ing to have a fair this fall and la
ter an exhibit at the Sixth Dis
trict Fair in Barnesville as well!
as the State Fair in Macon. j
A lot of hatchet-faced old hyp
acrites who shout “amen” in this
world will veil “ouch” in the
sweet bye and bye, says the
Greensboro Herald Journal.
Earlv primaries seem to be the
order of the day in Georgia this
year. It is a good idea, perhaps.
Still the candidates haven’t open
ed up at all in some of the coun
ties.
The Bull Moosers have sent
out a call for a meeting to be
held in Macon in March. The
Progressive party wili have a
hard time getting on its feet in
Georgia.
Georgia Day was patriotically
observed in Savannah, the “mo
ther of Georgia,” with an ad
dress by Governor Slaton. It is
well that these patriotic occasions
be fittingly celebrated. J
The corn club work will be bet
ter than ever in Butts this year.
The members of the club are as
sured of some liberal prizes and
they should be making active
preparations to plant their acre.
In 1911 the people of Georgia
paid seventeen million dollars in
insurance premiums and received
about seven million back. The
insurance companies thus make a
clear profit of ten million dollars
oat of the people of this state.
And this money could just as
easily be kept at home, correctly
states the Way cross Herald.
The Macon Telegraph openly
welcomes the boll weevil to Geor
gia, holding that the coming of
the insect will be a blessing in
disguise. Anything that will get
the people out of the all-cotton
idea will be a blessing, but the
boll weevil is going to wield some
knockout blows to the farmers of
Georgia unless they are prepared
for the pest.
| THE WHISKEY CURSE
A Word Picture by Thos.
E. Watson
It is a warrior whom no victory
can satisfy, no ruin satiate. It
pauses at no Rubicon to consider,
pitches no tents at night, goes
into no quarters for winter. It
conquers amid the burning plains
of the South where the phalanx
of Alexander halted in mutiny.
It conquers amid the snowdrifts
of the North where the Grand
Army of Napoleon found its
winding sheet. Its monuments
are in every burying ground. Its
badges of triumph are the weeds
which mourners wear. Its song
of victory is the wail that is heard
in Ramah—“Rachael crying for
her children and will not be com
forted because they are not.”
The sword is mighty, and its
bloody traces reaches across time,
from Ninevah toGravelotte, from
Marathon to Gettysburg. Yet
mightier is its brother, the wine
cup. I say “brother,” and his
tory says “brother. ” Castor and
Pollux never fought together in
more fraternal harmony. David
and .Jonathan never joined in
more generous rivalry. Hand in
hand they have come down the
centuries, and upon every scene
of carnage, like vulture and shad
ow, they have met and feasted.
Yea; a pair of giants, but the
greater is the wine cup. The
sword has a scabbard, and is
sheathed; has a conscience, and'
becomes glutted with havoc; has
pity, and gives quarter to the
vanquished. The wine cup has
no scabbard and no conscience;
its appetite is a cancer which
grows as you feed it; to pity it is
deaf; to suffering it is blind.
The sword is the lieutenant of
death, but the wine cup is cap
tain; and if ever they come home
to him from the wars bringing
their trophies, boasting of their
achievements we can imagine
that Death, their master, will
meet them with garlands and
song, as the maidens of Judea
met Saul and David. But as he
numbers the victories of each,
his pean will be “The sword is
my Saul, who has slain his thou
sands; but the wine cup is my
David, who has slain his tens of
thousands.”
A TEXAS WONDER.
The Texas Wonder cures kidney and
bladder troubles, dissolves gravel,
cures diabetes, weak and lame backs,
rheumatism, and all irregularities of the
kidneys and bladder in both men and
women. Regulates bladder troubles in
children. If not sold by your druggist
will be sent by mail on receipt of SI.OO
One small bottle is two months’ treat
ment, and seldom ever fails to perfect a
cure. Send for testimonials from this
and other states. Dr. E. W. Hall, 2926
Olive Street, St. Louis, Mo. Sold by
druggists.
The following letter was sent
to a congressman by one of his
constituents, says the Lyons
Progress:
“Sur and friend: You told me
to rite you and you would do any
thing for me and this is to notify
you that my son, Ezzy, wants a
post-office. Ef you have one in
this district G. M. not spoken fer
I hereby notify you that he wants
ic. Also send me some turnip
seed, and ef it wont be too much
to ax of you you kin send me one
of them thar recipes the guvment
has fer making licker at home.”
The forest service is compiling
anew volume table for calcula
ting the board contents of stand
ing western yellow pine trees in
the southwest. It is based on
actual measurements of 6,000
trees.
LEGAL ADVERTISE
MENTS
FOR ADMINISTRATION
Georgia—Butts County
To All Whom It May Concern:
J. W. Goddard of the state of South
Carolina, having applied to me for let
ters of administration, de bonis non,
with the will annexed on the estate of
Lorey P. Goddard, late of said county,
this is to cite all and singular the cred
itors and next of kin of said Lorey P.
Goddard to be and appear at the March
term 1914 of the Court of Ordinary of
said county and show cause, if any
they can, why letters of administra
tion, de bonis non, with the will an
nexed should not be granted to said J.
W. Goddard on the estate of Lorey P.
Goddard. Witness my official signa
ture, this 2nd day of February 1914.
J. H. Ham, Ordinary.
FOR ADMINISTRATION
Georgia—Butts County.
To Whom It May Concern:
Fred Cawthon, having made applica
tion to me in due form to be appointed
permanent administrator upon the es
tate of W. M. Preston, late of said coun
ty, notice is hereby given that said ap
plication will be heard at the regular
term of the Court of Ordinary for said
county, to be held on the first Monday
in March 1914. Witness my hand and
official signature, this 2nd day of Feb
ruary, 1914.
J. H. Ham, Ordinary.
NOTICE.
This is to notify my friends
and customers that from
and after this date my terms
for all work will be SPOT
CASH. Thanking the peo
ple for their patronage and
soliciting a continuance of
the same.
Respectfully,
J. W. JONES.
Tax Receiver’s Notice
Pursuant to the change in the
law in reference to tax returns,
my books will be open at the
court house on Monday the sec
ond day of February, 1914. You,
the tax payers, are expected to
make your returns at an early
date. Under the law I will be
compelled to close my books by
the first day of May. Make your
returns early so that I may be
able to make a true digest. All
who fail to make returns by said
date will be double taxed.
F. M. Hodges, T. R.
l-23-2m
“Clean Up the Bowels and
Keep Them Clean”
There arc many remedies to be
had for constipation, but the diffi
culty is to procure one that acts
without violence. A remedy that
does not perform
Sk by force what
should be accom
, ■ plished by persua
-1 & sion is Dr. Miles’
f) Laxative Tablets.
jS After using them,
i Mr. X. A. Waddell,
315 Washington
St.. Waco, Tex.,
"Almost all ray
'/ Hi* l ' Ilfs I ha vs been
troubled with constipation, and hav*
tried many remedies, all of which
seemed to cause pain without giving
much relief. 1 finally tried Dr. Miles'
laxative Tablets and found them ex
cellent. Their action Is pleasant and
mild, and their chocolate taste makes
them easy to take. I am more than
(lad to recommend them.”
“Clean up the bowels and keep
them clean," is the advice of all
physicians, because they realize the
danger resulting front habitual con
stipation. Do not delay too long,
but begin proper curative measures.
Dr. Miles’ Laxative Tablets are a
new remedy for this old complaint,
and a great improvement over the
cathartics you have been using in
the past. They taste like candy
and work like a charm. A trial
will convince you.
Dr. Miles’ Laxative Tablets are
sold by all druggists, at 25 cents
a box containing 25 doses. If not
found satisfactory after trial, re
turn the box to your druggist and
be will return your money.
MILES MEDICAL CO., Elkhart, In*
It
BUIST’S and FERRY’S
GARDEN SEEDS.
They are the standard of
excellence the country
over.
Our is complete and
comprises the freshest and
brightest of all kinds of
Seeds for Garden and
Farm.
These are seeds with a
reputation.
You make no mistake
when you buy them.
Make your selection early
while the is
FULL AND COMPLETE.
Slaton’s Home-
Made Remedies
Are the They
are all made right here
at home out of the pur
est and freshest drugs.
Get in the habit of call
ing for Slaton’s Home-
Made Remedies.
They are
PLEASING HUNDREDS
They will
SATISFY YOU.
SLATON DRUG CO.
The st<yxaJLL store ge O R G°l A
Undertakers and Embalmers
Oldest and Most Efficient
Undertakers in this Section
Expert Licensed Embalmers
Our Undertaking Parlors Modernly Equipped
to Furnish the Best of Selections
in Caskets and Robes
The J. S. Johnson Company
Day Phone 121 Night Phone 84
To My Friends
I wish to thank my friends and customers
for their patronage in the pa& years, and to ask
for a continuance of the same during 1914. I
shall always strive to give satisfaction and guar
antee honest goods at right prices.
During this year my wagon will be in charge
of Mr. J. H. Kimbeli and all business you see
proper to give him will be very much appreciated
by me and him.
KIMBELL & CONNER,
JACKSON, GEORGIA.
TELEPHONE NO. 210.
P. S.~We will also buy your beef cattle at
right prices. l-30-4t