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MIDDLE GEORGIA ARGUS,
D. J. THAXTON , Publisher. !•
VOL. 15.
JACKSON.
.1 AC K SOX in the county Hite of Butts
county, Georgia, Mtuatcd ou the Ea>*t
Tennessee, Virginia A. Georgia Rail
way heiwet-n Atlanta ami Macon, on a
high ridge, nr water shed divldiug the
Ocmulgce ami Toaaliga rivers, Tne
* innate in very equable, and one* of the
no*t healthy’ in ’he woild, the at
mosphere always bcintz pure and brac
ing. Ail manner of out-door work can
he performed any month in tne yea
without inconvenience from suimnep
heat or winter cold The town of
JACKbON now has a population of near
two thousand with a steady increase. It
has a male and female High School
with a tine corps of Professors offering
unexcelled educational facilities. M*ver
nl churches of various denominations,
all well supported; aplendiif hotel ac
commodation*, iurge carriage manufac
tory, shoe shops etc., with
over thirty business houses. It is now
one of the Ijcat cotton markets in the
Mtate, u the cotton brokers here keep
elose up to the Atlanta quotati-ins. It
is situated in the home of the peach,
the Kttapc. the pear and all kinds of
fruit grow here in abundance, in fact
everything necessary to sustain the life
•f man or beast can be grown here in
large quantities. Property of a 1 kinds
cheap, and the inhabitants of the town
and county are cultivated courteous and
hospitable and will eagerly welcome all
emigrants who come among them to get
a home. There are numerous water
powers in the county lying idle, only
waiting the capitalist to take hold ami
build them up. Manufactories of any
kind of wood work to utilize the vast
quantities of valuable timber lying near
by these watei powers would pay hand
notne dividens.
Any information in regard to town or
e.ountv will be furnished by addressing
the Middle Guokuia Akoch, or H. 0.
Menton, real estate acent, Jackson, Ga.
nrW. F. Bmith, real estate agent,-
V loviila, Ga
PROFESSIONAL cards.
yj W. ANDERSON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Jackson, - - Georgia.
j; P. PATCHINGS.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Office in the Court House.
Jackson, - - Georgia.
Cannon House,
16* MARIETTA ST.,
Atlanta, Georgia.
Clean rooms ami new furniture.
Board from $1,50 to $2,00 per day
Single meal* 35 cents.
Mr. & Mrs. S. 0. WEEMS, Prop's.
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METROPOLITAN HOTEL.
Yards From Union Fas
senger Depot, Comer ot
Alabama and Fryor Sts.,
Atlanta. Georgia.
Reasonable Rates.
R. P. KEITH
Proprietor.
[Late o! Cannon House.]
Southern Hotel
6S> Poplar jm., iitur Passenger Depat,
MACON. - - GEORGIA
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PROPRIETORS,
Hates: fI.QO per day. Single Meal
or Lodgiug 25 merits,
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COTTON GINS and PRESSES^
Cotton Seed tell Hills, Cotton Seed
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Wind Mills and Castings,
Pumps and Tanks.
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JACKSON, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, APRIL 12 1887.
I'nanswrered Prayer.
Against the frozen face
Of earth I lay my own,
Aud softly pleading, make
My longing known.
Sweet Mother Earth, give ne,
I beg, one little tpray
Of perfumed flower to cheer
The wintry day.
She answers not, nor opens
Her eyes. But well I know*
That nature’s heart still beats
Beneath the snow.
Then of the stream I ask
One water-lily bud
To deck the dreary hour.
The ice-bound flood
Makes no reply, nor stirs
His crystal sheet, but know
I well that still, deep down,
His life-tides flow'.
My spiriritoft, on w ings
Of some impatieut prayer,
Soars up to Heaven's gate
Aud clamors there.
And though no opening door
Lets me His countenance see,
l know my Father’s love
Yet burns for me.
—lndependen t.
What to Teach Our Daughter.
At a social gathering, says the
Charleston Dispatch, some pro
posed this question: “What shall
1 teach my daughter?” The fol
lowing replies were handed in :
Teach her that 100 cents make
sl.
Teach her liovv to arrange the
parlor and the library.
Teach her to say no, and mean
it, or yes, and stick to it.
Teach her how to wear a calicc
dress, and wear it like a queen.
Teach her how to sew on buttons,
darn stockings and mend gloves.
Teach her to dress for health and
and comfort, as well as appear-
Teach her to cultivate flowers,
and to keep the kitchen garden.
Teach her to make the neatest
room in the house.
Teach her to have nothing to do
with intemperate or dissolute
young men.
Teach her that tight lacing is
uncomely, as well as injurious to
health.
Teach her to regard the morals
and hahits, and not money, in se
lecting associates.
Tea-h her to observe the rule, “A
plate for everything, and every
thing in its place.”
Teach her that music, painting
and drawing are real accomplish
ments in the home, and are not to
he neglected if their be time and
money for their use.
Teach her the important truism ;
That the more she lives within her
income the more money she will
save, and the further she will get
away from the poor house.
Teach het that a good, steady,
church going mechanic, farmer,
clerk or teacher without a cent, is
worth more than forty loafers or
non-producers in broadcloth.
A man who believes Le doesn't get
his money's worth and isdoing an act
of charity in subscribing for any
newspaper, hasn’t any mind to think,
and his soul is so small that they
won’t take the trouble to look for it
at the day of judgment. Ninety-nine
times in a hundred the man who
“can’t afford” kis mind and his fami
ly three cents of mental and moral
stiuiulous a week, can afford to fill
his skin full of rot-gut whiskey ufty
two times a year, aud can affovd to
use tobacco until his breath would
knock the core out of an ink roller at
twenty paces. And generally lie is
the man who trdks ot newspapers be
ing lependeut ou the public for sup
port.—Wellboro Gazette.
* A letter from G. R. McCall, of
Griffin to the Constitution, savs:
Please say to those of your readers
who proposed attending the Bap
tist convention ot the state of Geor
gia, at Albany (ra M on the 21st in
stant, that by sending me their
names, I will furnish them with a
ticket and instructions for secur
ing reduced rates on the railroads-
Devoted to the Interest of Butts County, and Middle Georgia.
STATE NEWS,
Henry Mille**, the Quaker, or
Dunkard, who created a sensation
in Atlanta some time since by rep*
resenting himself to have been
robbed of several thousand dollars
at at a boarding house, has made
his appearance in Griffin, He has
bought ahorse and buggy and sev
eral farms without tq ending any ot
the great wealth of which he repre
sented hitnsell to be the possessor.
At Toccoa Sunday night an un
successful attempt was made to
kill Ran Jarreit, an old colored
citizen, at his home. The door of
the house was rut quite closed,
leaving a small crack. Ran was
sitting by the fire inside When the
would-be murderer put the muzzle
of the gnu to the crack and pulled
the trigger, but as luck would have
it the cap burst, but did not dig
charge the gun. The woman in
the house soon put up a yell that
would have silenced a band ot
Comanche Indians, while Ran
joined m the chorus.
Rome Bulletin : Last night one
week ago a strange coincidence
t )ok place near Price’s bridge, in
Chattooga county. During the
night Mr. James Johnson awpke
arid wa getting up, as it was about
daylight, and found that his little
child, three years old, was dead.
The child was in good health the
day before. He went over to his
sisterin-law’s, Mrs. J. D. Vann, to
get her to go over. She went over,
and was there awhile and Went
home. She was horifled on going
home to fine that her little three
v ear old child was dead also. She
does not know whether the child
was dead when she left home or
not.
Covington Star: An old man
named Samuev who lived,
near Newton Factory, was fouftd
dead in a field belonging to Mr.
Hugh White, near by his house, on
Saturday night last. Mr. Ma*k
was Tyler of the Masonic lodge at
Newton Factory, and had the keys
of the lodge room in his pocket.
A meeting was to be held that night
and when the members arrived
they found their lodge room lock
ed up and Mr. Mask absent.—
After waiting for so m3 time, he
was sent for, when it was learned
he was not at home. The members
of the lodge then started to search
for him, when he was found dead
about 8 o’clock at night, in the
field as abov- stated. His death
was caused by apoplexy.
Governor Gordon has received,
euice his term of office began, some
very queer letters, written, doubt
less, by very queer people. This
one was written upon a piece of
East and West railroad official pa
per :
Cartersyille Station, April 5,1887.
—John B. gordon, Atlanta Ga.—
Dear Sir : I thir.k I can set a trap
to catch the puritens who was con
sooned in Robing the Government
if l ou will come to see me I will
explain things or ask Mr T J
Nichols G M of E & W R R to let
me of & i will come down to see
you. G. M. Kernodle,
C T of E & W R R of Ala
Cartersville Ga. P S. thair is mor
than 2. 000,000 dolars in this For
the united state*. G. M. K.
The Octahachee lake, twenty
miles south of Valdasta, is running
ver\ r low again, and the people in
the neighborhood are seining out
large quantities of fish. This lake,
which is two miles long, has a sink
or subterranean outlet in one end.
through which its waters pass out
every few years. It is a strange
freak, and i>eople travel miles to see
it. No - satisfactory explanation
has ever been given.
Reports from various parts of
Newton county say that lortst fires
are doing extensive damage to tim
ber, fences, ets.
Dr. Felton certainly has no reason
to complain of any lack of interest
on the part of Governor Gordon in
the State’s convicts. It looks as i*
they will all be pardoned.—
Calhoun Courier.
Rev J. W. Dorn in goes, of Perry,
has made a virtue of necessity and
became an invertor. His inven
tion is a contrivance, by means of
which he can sit in his buggy and
“lend” his horse off when he balks.
- Gainesville Sun.
Last Wednesday Mr. J. G. Dor
sey, who lives about three and a
half miles below Jonesboro, was
very badly cut with a knife by Fay
ette Nash, a white man, in the em
ployment of Mr. Dorsey. The row
was brought on by Mr. Dorsey
drawing a gun on Nash. Nash,
trying to defend himself, wrenched
the gun from Dorsey’s hands arid
inflicted several ugly gashes. The
cuts are very bad, but are not con
sidered dangerous. No arresi has
been made yet, Mr, Dorsey was
drinking.
A pleasant reunion took place at
Captain R. M. Mitchell’s near Ac
woith yesterday. It was a recep
tion and a dinner given by Mrs.
Mitchell to four brothers wiio bad
not met together for the first time
in thirty-ene years. The ages of
the four brothers aggregate two
hundred and ten years. Elder Na
than W. Smith, a pioneer prsacher
of the Disciples and one whose
name is a familiar one among the
people throughout the United
States, was the oldest of the quar
tette. He is seventy-four years old ;
Robert J. Smith, seventy one; Sam
uel H. Smith, sixty-nine, an and An
thony S. Smith, sixty-six. Perhaps
during tKe thirty*one years past,
these four brothers have not passed
a more pleasant or happy day than
this.
The Whi ppiug Pent.
Georgia will probably be forced
to introduce the whipping post for
minor oflences. There are now* 1,
500 convicts in the chain-gang of
the state, and this number does not
include those convicts ir. county
chain<-gangs. The majority of these
convicts are negroes. The whipping
post should have ended the punish
mentof many of these cases, Switt
and sure punishment is what the
criminal needs. The negro, in
many eases, does not need long pun
isment. This whipping post busi
ness is a practical question, but the
constitution of the state prohibits it.
There will be an attempt to amend
the constitution, no doubt—Ex.
Exactly. This is just what we
need. A good, sound thrashing will
bring a mean negro to repentance
quicker than anything else. We
look forward with much anxiety to
the day when some of our legisla
tors shall realy prove their good
sense by proposing a law that will
sink a whipping post before every
court ground in this common
wealth. Rise up and do the thing;
such a man will prove himself
worthy to he “cheerished by the
gods and obeyed by demons.”
Pleasant Vision.
The organ of sight, which is the
source of so much pleasure as well
as benefit to man, is very delicate. A
great many persons, not appreciating
this, are using cheap spectacles.
These classes, by their imperfect
construction an blemishes, seriously
injure and sometimes almost destroy
the sight. Hawkes’ Crystalized
Lenses are the most perfect glasses In
j the world, being especially adapted
| for the preservation and sometime*
j restoration of sight.
HOME NEWS.
The paint brush ii badly needed
ou many houses in Jackson.
It is stated that Hon. Caleb Cush
ing found five thousand mistakes in
a copy ot the first edition of Web
ster's dictionary.
The tin shop is turning out fruit
cans this week. A lot of 500 will be
made—for blackberries, etc, we sup
pose.
If there is a first cl iss barber in
Georgia that lias been waning, like
Mr. McCawber, for •‘something to
turn up," let him come this way.
There is a little runaway nogro at
Mr. Tyson’s. lie came from “no
where,” and says lie is about eleven
years old.
The Atlanta Capitol handles the
Atlanta correspondent of the Macon
Telegraph whithout gloves. The Tel
egraph makes the Capitol as mad as
a thousand blazes!
The library of George Washington,
purchased at a cost ot $5,000,
is one of the many interesting collec
tions which have come in possession
of the Boston Athenaum Library.
Jim O'Rear and Mit Barns stand
head as workmen in their line. Jim
stripes up the buggies like an artist
after Mit has made them— made them
to ‘Vand storm ’ aud satisfy the
taste of the most fastidious.
The consumption of lead pencils in
this country is estimated at 250,000
per da>. This is at a rate of one per
day for every one hundred popula
tion, or about seventy-eight millions
a year.
We would suggest that the old
lumber enclosing the cemetery be
sold. It is in a dilapidated condition
and a large portion of it lias been
blown down and earned a wav, aud
ere long the whole of it w ill be de
stroyed.
We sympathize with Frank Mc-
Kibben in having to nurae some of the
meanest risings that ever made a man
boil over. They are of the kind that
makes a fellow walk Uprightly, aud
‘‘thrills you to the marrow,”
We received a card from Rev, W.
S. Fears, of Hampton, last week, re
questing us to announce through the
columns of the Aitcus that Rev. F. L.
Adams will address the people of
Jenkinsburg on the third Sunday in
this month. We feel safe in saying
that all who go out to hear Mr. Ad
ams will never regret it.
II was a noble impulse that prompt
ed those good ladies, Mrs. Watson
and Catchings, to inaugurate an as
sociation to keep the cemetery in
proper order, They asked the ladies
of the town to join them and pay a
monthly installment of ten cents to
be used in keeping the cemetery clean
ed ofl, and building a fence around
the same. We are pleased to learn
that they have met with unexpected
success.
Our experience is that some men
will take a newspaper as long as it i>
sent to them on credit, but after they
have read it two or three years with
out having paid a nickle for it, and
then heing requested to make a set
tlement, they order it stopped at
once. People should remember that
it costs a great deal of money to run
a newspaper, and that the subscrip
tion never more than pays the actual
exj ense of getting the gaper off the
P •CB3, and that every dolla* of sub
scription that is not paid is that
much total loss to the publisher.
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IF. F. Smith, Flovilla;
A. J Ilarmon , Jenkinsburg;
T. J. Hunt, Towaliga ;
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They Who JLive iu Glass Houses
hjuii ,?liiui How They Cast
Stones.
t is amusing to see how tenderfooted cer
tain blood remedy proprietors have become
of late. They make much ado about “apes
and imitators” when none are in sight.
The proprietors of B. B. 13.. would
say most emphatically that thei meficin
stands upon its own merit. Should we
attempt to imitate, it would be those who
do not understand modus operandi of that
which they offer. Our own long experi
ence in the profession precludes such an
idea. The field of blood remedies is large
and bi\>ad, affording ample room for all
present aspirants. We do not desire to
close the doors against others, neither
shall it be closed against us. B. 11. B.
s the quickest remedy, does not contain
iminneral or vegetable poison, does not
imitate, and is in the field as an honor
ab’e competitor for public favor, aud its
success is without a parallel.
The proprietors of B. B. 8., will put
one bottle against 12 of any other blood
remedy, in remedial! effects. A 32-ge
Book rilled with wonderful Atlanta proofs
mailed free. B. B. B, put up in large
bottles at $1 00, six for $5 00.
BLOOD BALM CO., ATLANTA GA.
ENJOY LITE.
What a truly beautiful world we Are
in! Nature gives us grandeur of moun
tains, glens and oceans, and thousands of
means of enjoyment. We can desire no
better when in perfect health; but how
often do the majority cf people feel like
giving it up disheartened, discouraged and
worn out with disease, when there is no
occasion for this feeling,as every sufferer
can easily obtain satisfactory proof, that
Green's August Flower , will make them
free from disease, as when bom. Dys
pepsia and Liver Complaint are the direct
causes of seventy-five per cent, of such
maladies as Biliousness, Indigestion,
Sick Headache, Costiveness, Nervous
Prostration, Dizziness of the Head, Palpi
tation of the Heart, and other cisiressing
symptoms. Three doses of August
Flower will prove its wonderful effect.
Sample bottle, 10 cents. Tn it.
Bargains In Music.
This Favorite Album of Bong ard
Ballads, containing thirty-two pieces
choice and popular music, full sheet
music size, with complete words and
music anu piano accompaniment is finely
printed upon heavy paper with a very
attracting cover. The following are the
titles of the songs and ballads contained
in the Favorite Album, —As I’dNothirf
Else to Do; The Dear old songs of honrr
Mother, Watch the Little feel; Oh, You
Pretty Blue-eyed Witch; Blue Eyes;
Katy’s Letter; The Passing Bell; I Saw
Esau Kissing Kate; Won’t You Tell Mo
Why, Rob n; The Old Garden Gate;
Down Below the Waving Lindens; Faded
Leaves; All Among the Summer Roses;
Touch the Harp Gently, My Pretty
Louise; I really don’t think I shall Marry
Dreaming of Home; The old Cottag"
Clock; Across the Sea; A Year Ago;
Bachelor’s Hall: Ruth and I; Good
ight; One Happy Year Ago; Jennie in
he Orchard; The Old Barn Gate; Jack’s
Farewell; Polly; Whisper in the Twilight.
This is a very fine collection oL vocal
gems, and gotten up in very handsome
style- Published in the usual way and
bought at a musical store, these 32 pieces
would cost you $11.20. We bought a
job lot nine z\ 2(ict u enjite
and as the holidays are past, we desire to
close out our stock at once. Will send
you the entire collection well wrapped
and post paid for only 40 cents. Send
immediately. .
Address THE EMIRE NEWS Cos.
Syracuse, N. Y.
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ve invite you to call and get a Trial
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