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KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
WERE INSPECTED
EXERCISES FRIDAY NIGHT
Order of The Temple Was
Conferred
The Knights Templar of Jack
son had a distinguished visitor
Friday night of last week when
Sir Knight John W. Murrell, of
Atlanta, Grand Captain General
of the Grand Commandery of
Georgia, paid Alexius Comman
dery No. 22 an official visit as in
spector. The beautiful and im
pressive Christian Order of the
Temple was conferred upon Com
panion 0. Lee Chesnutt at that
time.
This was not the first time that
Sir Knight Murrell has honored
the local Templars with his pres
ence, having visited the city at
the time Alexius Commandery
was instituted some years ago.
He naturally occupies a close part
in the affections of all the local
members of the order and a cor
dial welcome was extended this
distinguished Sir Knight who is
soon to hold the highest office in
the Grand Commandery of Geor
gia. It is hoped that he will
have occasion to visit the city
again in the near future.
Eminent Sir Murrell compli
mented the commandery on the
manner in which the work was
done. Bad weather and worse
roads and illness in the families
of a number of the Sir Knights
prevented a large attendance at
the annual inspection.
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE
Shall we go backward?
We have reference to the dem
onstration work in agriculture in
this county. To look at it as I do,
and I have given it some consid
eration, I see no good reason for
discontinuing and a great many
reasons why it should be contin
ued. The main reason in its fa
vor is it proposes to help the far
mer and when you help him you
help all other classes.
The farmer certainly is entitled
to our sympathy and co-operation.
Things have not been coming his
way much for the past few years.
They have been “hitting him
hard/’yet all are free to admit
that he is the “backbone” of all
things. What would the lawyer,
the doctor, the merchant, the
minister do without the farmer?
He keeps the mills, the factories,
the railroads all going. He is in
dispensable.
Listen and think of his great
work:
Farmers and Churches
“The farmers are great build
ers. They are the custodians of
the nation’s morality, upon their
shoulders rests the “ark of the
covenant” and they are more re
sponsive to religious influences
than any other class of citizenship
“It is estimated that the far
mers of this nation have built
120,000 churches at a cost of
$750,000,000.
• ‘The farmers build twenty-two
churches per day. There are
20,000,000 rural church commu
nicants on the farm, and 54 per
cent of the total membership of
all churches reside in the country.
“The farm is the power house
of all progress and the birthplace
of all that is noble. The Garden
EVER SALIVATED BY
CALOMEL? HORRIBLE
Calomel is Quicksilver and
Acts Like Dynamite on
Your Liver.
Calomel loses you a day! You
know what calomel is. It’s mer
cury; quicksilver. Calomel is dan
gerous. It crashes into sour bile
like dynamite, cramping and sick
ening you. Calomel attacks the
bones and should never be put
into your system.
When you feel bilious, sluggish,
constipated and all knocked out
and believe you need a dose of
dangerous calomel just remember
that your druggist sells for 50
cents a large bottle of Dodson’s
Liver Tone, which is entirely veg
etable and pleasant to take and
is a perfect substitute for calo
mel. It is guaranteed to start
your liver without stirring you up
inside, and cannot salivate.
Don’t take calomel! It makes
you sick the next day; it loses
you a day’s work. Dodson’s Liv
er Tone straightens you right up
and you feel great. Give it to
the children because it is perfect
ly harmless and doesn’t gripe, ad
of Eden was in the country and
the man who would get close to
God must first get close to nature.
—H. Jordan.”
Is it the cost to which you ob
ject? Surely not. What is the
small sum of SSOO or S6OO com
pared to what it brings into the
county? A mere trifle. Asa fi
nancial investment it yields 500
per cent dividends. But let’s
look at it from a higher stand
point than the “hog and hominy”
idea. There are educational and
social features connected with it
which are not to be despised. So
when we think of all these we
can’t afford to give it up.
Again, the government is ap
propriating millions of dollars an
nually for this purpose, trying to
help and encourage the farmers.
Why not fall in line and get our
share of it? We as a county are
only asked to pay one-half of the
expense. As the minister said
when he called mourners: “It’s
the best chance you ever had. ’ ’
In conclusion, we have seen
the folly of “all cotton,” and but
little corn and grain; and while
the farmers are penitent and see
the error of their way, if the
demonstrator was ever needed it
is now. Really he seems to be
the Providential man to help us
in our time of need. Close akin
and a legitimate part of this work
is the Canning Club, the Pig Club,
the Poultry Club, etc. There’s
nothing can beat the corn, pig,
tomatoes and chicken good
enough to eat.
J. S. Lewis.
COLORED TEACHERS PASS
RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT
Jackson, Ga., Feb. 10. 1915
Inasmuch as it has pleased the
blessed Lord of Glory to remove
from the fireside a devoted fath
er and husband, and from the
community at large a valuable
and thoughtful benefactor, and
while we feel that their loss is
Heaven’s gain, still we deplore
his passing yet bow in humble
submission to the will of God and
point the bereaved widow and
children to the great burden
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
Till Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the S/V/7 <2-
Signature of
COURT HOUSE IS
BEING CLEANED UP
A THOROUGH RENOVATION
Preparing For Session of
Superior Court
In preparation for the session
of superior court, the court house
is being treated to a thorough,
sanitary and long-needed reno
vation. The superior court room
was tackled first and the convicts
who are doing the work, and the
germs, long entrenched and defi
ant, are battling to the death—
of the germs. The old matting
was torn out and a tremendous
amount of rubbish removed. The
building was fumigated effective
ly throughout/
This important work has the
active supervision of the public
spirited ladies of the Civic League
New matting will be laid in the
court room and other improve
ments added that will enhance
the appearance and convenience
of the building.
Now that the court house is be
ing overhauled it is hoped that
the proper authorities will take
effective action to prevent spit
ting on the floors. The Civic
League has taken the matter up
with Mr. J. 0. Gaston. County
Commissioner, and it is under
stood that fines will be assessed
against those guilty of spitting
on the floors and otherwise effa
cing the public property.
U. D. C. TO OBSERVE
“GEORGIA DAY”
A PATRIOTIC PROGRAM
Ladies Will Have Meeting
Friday Afternoon
To celebrate the founding of
the colony of Georgia February 12,
1733, the Larkin Watson chapter
Daughters of the Confederacy,
will observe Georgia Day in an
appropriate manner this after
noon, when the meeting will
be held at Hotel Buchanan. At
that time Mrs. C. W. Buchanan,
Mrs. L. P. McKibben, Mrs.
Clayton Buchanan, Miss Bessie
Waldrop and Miss Julia Thornton
will be joint hostesses. The hour
is three o’clock.
A program of exceptional his
torical interest will be carried
out. There is so much of inter
est connected with the early his
tory of the State that the meet
ing is quite sure to be one of en
gaging attention. Several pa
pers will be read and discussed.
Musical numbers by Mrs. W.
L. Etheridge and Mrs. W. E.
Merck will add to the pleasures
of the occasion.
Following the business session
a salad course will be served.
bearer, who will comfort and sus
tain them in this sad hour, and
pray that God’s blessings may
rest upon them.
Therefore, Be it resolved, That
the pupils and teachers of the
Jackson Colored Public School do
hereby tender to them our deep
est sympathy and pray that God
will help them and keeD them
and heal their broken hearts.
E. B. Barco, Principal
Fannie Henderson, Ist asst.
E. M. Shely, 2nd asst.
L. M. Holzendorf, 3rd assW
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FROST PROOF CABBAGE PLANTS
Early Jersey and Charleston Wakefield, Succession and Elat Dutch. Prices
fo b Meggett, by express. 800 for 76c, l.uoo for $1.25, 2to -1,000 at 1.00 per 1,000. 5 to
0 Ooi) at 90c per 1,000 10 to 24,000 and over (shipped at one time,) 75c per 1,000, 21,000 and
over (shipped at orie time) 5c per thousand. Our plants areas good as the best, our
service Is unexcelled, our prices are low. If you want 500 for your garden, or enough
for one or more acres for market send us your orders and get prompt service.
I'lease send cash with each order. S. M. GIBSON CO., Meggett' S. C.
THIS TOWN GROWS
MILES OF EGGS
Morristown. Tenn., Feb. 11 —
The opportunities for building up
the poultry industry throughout
the South are well illustrated in
what has been accomplished in
the territory surrounding Morris
town, Tenn., from which 1,350
miles of eggs were shipped dur
ing 1914.
The records of the Southern
Railway Company show a total
of 325 solid cars shipped during
the year. These contained a to
tal of 130,000 cases or 46,800,000
eggs. Adding the shipments made
in mixed cars and by express and
parcel post, it is estimated that
the total production from the
Morristown district exceeded 50,-
000,000 eggs, worth, at the aver
age retail price, more than
$1,250,000.
If laid end to end in a straight
line these eggs would cover a
distance of 1,350 miles, or the
distance from Morristown to the
Panama Canal.
175 cars of live poultry, 53 cars
of dressed fowls and a large
number of small lots sent by
freight and express were shipped
during the year, the total of solid
cars of poultry and eggs being
553. The total value of poultry
products, shipped from the dis
trict during 1914 is well over the
$2,000,000 record’of 1913.
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