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VOLUME XX.
U_ v. Mt’KIiiBKN. A. W. LANE,
McKibben * Lane
attorneys at law.
Jackson Ga.
WRIGHT & BECK,
Attorneys at taw.
(OFFICE IN COURT HOi BE.)
7ACKBOX, • - oa..
M. M. MILLS,
■ounsellor & Attorney at Law.
Will prnctice in all the courts. Morey
oined '>n r al estate at low rate of inter*
t. Look time granted with small pay
ments. Money obtained at once without
■clay.
COURT HOUSE.)
Dr. 0. H. Cantrell,
DENTIST.
Jackson, - _ Georgia.
Up stairs over J. W. Bun’s Rock
isomer.
J. W. LEE, M. D.
JACKSON, GA.
Will practice medicine in its various
branches.
Office at J. W. Lee Jb Son’s drug store.
Residence first house west oi Mrs.
Brady's.
ETHFRIDGE & KINARD.
FIRE IKSURftNCE AGENTS.
Risk taken on all classes of Jnsitr
a nee.
We insure Cotton, Cotton Gins Saio
mills, Coir.itry Stores , Dwellings ,
liams &c. We represent some of the
best and oldest companies in the Uni
ted States.
HOTELS.
Dempsy House.
MR. T. B. MOORE, Proprietor.
Board Reasonable, and Table supplied
with the best.
Corner Public Square.
Wilkinson House,
Fii>t Class in Every Particular.
The only brick hotel between Atlanta
and Macon.
Convenient to all businesa.
Mrs. A. E. Wilkinson, Prop.
STOP AT THE
Morrison House.
EVERY tills G NEW AND FIRST
CLASS.
Conveniently Located,
Free Hack to Depot.
MBS. E. MORRISON, Proprietor.
Pure, Itrililiuil, Perfect.
Authentic living testimonials from dis
tinguis ed generals and f-tatesmen in fa
for of Ha a kea’ New Orystalized Lenses
over all others.
Oar Next 17. S. Senator Sayu
Mr. A. K. H a wees Sir: The
l>Hiitiscopic glasses ou furnished me
totne time since give excel ent satisfac
tion. I have tested them by use and
must sa> they are un qualed in clearness
and brilliancy by any that I hve ever
worn. Respectfully,
John B. Gordon,
Ex-Governor of State of Georgia.
Business Man’s Clear Vision.
N. w Y rk City, April 4, 1888.
Mr. A. K. Hawkes—Dear Sir: Your
patent eye glasses received some tim3
since, and am very much gratified at the
wonderful change that has come over my
eyesight since I have disc rded my old
glasses and am no v wearing yours.
Alexander Agar,
Secretary Stationers Board of Trade of
New Y-rk City.
All eyct fitt* and and t' e fit guaranteed by
W. L. CARMICHAEL,
JACKSON. - GEORGIA
Try our “Split Silk” Hour at
14 00 per barrel. We guarantee
it to be better than anything in
town for the money.
Ham & Youman.
MOAEY TO LOAN.
We are prepared to negotiate loans for
ny am mat on real estate on the m>st
favorable terms. Call on us and investi
nste before borrowing elsewhere. Office
*n the court house.
/Slept. Ist 1892. Thaxten & Mills.
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needlework 9 n tl.e low porch of
her mothers house; a handsome
young man lay stretched at hei
ieet: On the lawn another young
couple were engaged in 5 game of
croquet. The sun’s last gleam lit
up Grace Munson’s face with a
nalo of beauty, and Bernard Nor
ton looked at her with undisguised
admiration.
There is nothing so lovely as a
10 nn y womai b” he said aloud.
I lie pale cheek of Clarice Bar
ton flushed as she quickly glanced
at the speaker. It was the third
time within the hour that he had
referred to her cousin Grace’s
beauty.
“Grace is indeed lovely,” sha
said. “I would give half my life
to lie as beautiful.”
And I would give half my
fortune to have you so.”
No sooner were the words ut
terad than Norton would have
given much to recall them, but he
had spoken unthinkingly. Clarice
shrank as though she had been
struck, arose quickly and went in
to the house.
“1 am in a pretty fix now,”
muttered Norton, as he arose and
walked across the lawn. “That was
a nice speech for a fellow to make
to the girl he expects to marry.
And Clarice is as proud as Luci
fer* too—as high-strung as she is
plain, and that is saying a great
deal, by Jove! 1 never noticed
her lack of beauty so much before
Grace came. A pity one can’t
find all tilings combined in one
woman! Wonder if I ought to
apologize:' Oh, well, I’m going
away in ten days, and she'll for
give and forget. Absence makes
the heart softer.” And with this
consoling though he strolled on to
meet Grace Munson, whose com
panion was jest titling his leave.
Grace was like a delicate flower
sparkling witii the dew of morn
ing. Site had soft blue eyes, an
exquisite complexion, and golden
lnur. Altogether she made a pic
ture of rare beauty, and it was no
wonder that Bernard Norton found
pleasure in merely looking at her.
That evening Clarice' did hot
appear in the drawing room, and
Norton was free to devote himself
to her lovely cousin. Mrs. Barton
observed his conduct with dis
pleasure; from the first she had
not approved of her daughter’s
suitor, and wondered what attrac
tion the careless, frivolous young
man held for her sensible Clarice.
Next morning a note was hand
ed Norton. Its contents filled
him with mingled annoyance and
relief.
“When you receive this,” Clar
ice wrote, “I shall have gone to
my aunt for a time. You do not
love me, Bernard, and it is best
for our engagement to end. Be
happy in your own way, and be
very sure I shall be in mine.”
That was all, and Bernard’s
self esteem was seriously wounded
by the epistle. But lie consoled
himself with the thought that he
was now free to woo the charming
Grace, and at the end of the month
made a formal avowal of love to
her.
“I have loved you ever since we
met,” he said. “Clarice saw this
and generously set me free.” And
Grace, who had become very
much enamorec of her handsome
suitor, gave him the answer he
craved.
Two weeks later Mrs. Barton
and Clarice were on their way to
Europe, and Bernard was trying
to submit to the stern decree of
Grace’s father.
“Yes sir. you can marry my
daughter,” Mr. Munson had said,
“if you love her well enough to
wait three years. I am opposed
to early marriages. No girl is fit
for wedlock bet ore she is 21, and 25
is still better.”
It occurred to Bernard that he
was likely to spend the greater
part of his youth in the capacity
of an •‘engaged man,” and he did
not imj rove in humor thereby.
Grace was an acknowledged
belle, and for a time lie was
pleased at her success.
But there was a secret bitterness
mukriving his pleasure for lie
g :l w lit;i>' of his betrothed except
in soi k tv’s whirlpool. There
would be no change in this state
of affairs until tlieir time of pro
bation ended, and, feeling m a
false position, he concluded to
spend tiie remaining year m
U When he bade Grace good-by
he was struck with the fact that
she looked much older than she
did at tile time of their engage
ment. Two years of dissipation
had left tlieir mark upon her edu
cate beauty. •
••Be careful, Grace, he said.
“Keep some of your roses for me
until! claim you.”
He said nothing of her fidelity,
he was only afraid she might lose
the beauty he worshipped.
Grace was sorry to lose nei
lover: she felt desolate for a whole
day, and cried herself to steep the
first night. But Bernard wrote
her charming letters of travel, and
she soon forgot her grief. _bhe
JACKSON, GA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1892.
scut him iii return the briefest
notes, for the charming Grace did
not excel as a correspondent. But
one glance at the porcelain picture
he earned consoled him for that.
. fellow can endure weak, in
sipid letters," he thought, “better
than the sight of a plain face
across the table three times a day.”
Bornard loitered here and there,
then made his way slowly back.
He was in no haste to reach Chi
cago until a few weeks before the
time appointed for his marriage,
which was to take place in early
autumn. One morning in July
he rang the bell of the Munson
mansion and sent up his card tc
the ladies. There was a step on
the stair, the trail of a garment,
and a woman entered—a woman
of medium height, with a beauti
fully rounded figure and a face of
dazzling brilliancy. She ap
proached Bernard and cordially
extended her hand.
“I came down to make youi
welcome a little less inhospitable,
Mr. Norton,” she said.
“My aunt and cousin are un
fortunately at a concert; they
were not aware of your return.
You are quite well? Ido not find
you so much changed as I expect
ed. ”
He looked at the charming
speaker in mute wonder.
“1 beg pardon—l—l” -he began.
Her face was a ripple of smiles
as she regarded him, waiting for
him'to proceed.
“Is it possible that I am so
changed that you do not know me:
Have three years aged Clarice
Barton so much?”
For the first time in his life
Bei •nard Norton lost his composure.
He sank into a chair with an ejac
ulation of wonder.
“Clarice Barton!” he cried.
“Why, it does not seem possible!
AVlion did you return?”
“Nearly two months ago,” Miss
Barton replied with her well bred
composure, as she gracefully seat
ed herself. “My dear mother
died in Rome last winter; Europe
was unendurable after that, so I
came back to America.”
“But you are so changed!” Ber
nard murmured, after expressing
regret at her loss.
Miss Barton smiled sadly.
“The years change us all,” she
said; “they leave their mark.”
“Oh, it is not that,” he hastened
to say. “You look not a day
older than when I saw you last;
but—pardon my boldness —you are
wonderfully improved. ”
“1 am like my mother’s people,”
Clarice answered quietly. ‘ * They
all mature late, and the climate
of Italy, where I remained most of
the time, was very beneficial to
me. I hope to return in the course
of a few months.”
They fell to talking of their
travels, and 12 o’clock struck be
fore Norton thought they had
been chatting twenty minutes.
At that moment the hail door
clanged and steps came towards
them. He arose to liis feet.
“Impossible!” he said, looking
at his watch. “I cannot have been
here an hour. Really ”
Wliat lie would have said re
mained unspoken, for Mrs. Mun
son and Grace appeared in the
doorway. His betrothed was very
becomingly dressed, but so faded
tnat she seemed like the ghost of
her former self. Three } T ears of
society had done their work. The
cheek had lost its bloom, the nose
was sharpened, and the beautiful
eyes lacked lustre. As she stood
beside Clarice fora moment she
seemed utterly eclipsed by her
once plain cousin.
The meeting of the lovers was
constrained. Grace told him that
slie had too many engagements to
see him much for the next two
weeks, but that Clarice and he
could console each other.
Bernard was not slow to avail
himself of this opportunity, and
lie saw Clarice many times.
He walked into the parlor one
afternoon, where Clarice was play
ing softly.
“Do not let me disturb you,”
he said, as she half arose from the
piano. “I am m a mood to have
my savage soul soothed by music. ”
She resumed playing.
Bernard looked at her with a
brooding passion. Suddenly he
crossed over to where she sat.
“Clarice,” he cried, “my own
Clarice, 1 love you. I have always
loved you. Clarice, take me back
again.
"She stood coldly regarding him,
and ht-r voice was very hard as
she smd:
"Mr. Norton, I cannot excuse
this conduct. I loved you once
very dearly, but you made me
ashamed of it, and I cast it off. I
supposed you knew I was to be
married very soon. Allow me to
pass.”
She swept by him like a queen.
The alcove curtains parted, and
Grace stood before him.
"I have heard all,” she said.
“Go, and never let me see your
face again. ''
She dropped the slmnng solitaire
she had worn so long, and pointed
towards the door. With bowed
head he left her, and went down
the marble steps for the last time.
He had played for each in tarn
and lost both.—Exchange.
Turn the ras ais out.
From one cud o:‘ the land to the
oilier.
Xo fights on cleetit n day.
Cl*ve!and came very near getting
the onr ; !i.
Weaver can now hunt up a nttv
parly and join it.
From what a man says you can of
ten tell what he is.
The third party and republicans
heard something drop.
The right kind repentance not only
means to stop doing had, but to begin
doing better.
If a man could go to Heaven on a
fiowery bed of ease be would feel very
loudsome after he got there,
It never makes us a bit broader to
go up and down the earth declaring
that somebody else is narrow.
There are some people who think
that sermon is the best which misses
them a*nd hits all their neighbors.
Rev C. 11. Carter has aeepted the
pas tora te of the Jackson Baptist
church and will arrive and begin
work on (lie first of January,
WINE OF CARDUI, a Tonic for Women.
Can the tir and party aliiaucemen
continue to support papers whose edi
tor voted a republican ticket? But
as the third parly is nothing more nor
less then a republi an aid society
may bn they tlont care.
We dent need the third party lead
ers of Bin is county back in the
Democratic party. If they will vote
for a democratic president for twenty
years in succession they might then
stand some showing of returning to
the fold.
The greatest rejoicing in Jackson
over the election is upon the fact that
we are to get rid of lla.rp a postmas
ter forever. His appointment was an
insult and ou*rag<? te our people, but
oiny a little while now aid he wid
never again write P. M. after his
name.
Our postmaster has removed the
mail box from the rock corner-
Was it done for spite? Y.e people
on that side of town will now mail
their letters at the train and thus
knock the postmaster out of about
one dollar per day commission.
Why not elect our sheriffs, tax
receivers and celectors, clerks
and coroners every four years
as well as oni ordinaries? Can
any reasonable man give a rea
sonable reason for electing ordi
naries for lour years and other
county officers for only two. —
Cuthbert Liberal.
A wicked man is his own grave
digger.
The truth never dodges, no
matter who shoots.
Boys full stock Brogan shoe
only 35c at The Carmichael Co’s.
Faith is the engine that lo\e
puts in mention.
SI.OO will buy the best mans
Brogan shoe at The Carmichael
Co’s.
Love is never satisfied until it
gets both arms full.
$3.00 will buy good mans suit
at The Carmichael Co’s.
Don’t look back and you won’t
wan’t to go back.
The only easy thing to do in
this world is to love.
Best ginghams only 7e at Tk?
Carmichael Co’s.
Stony ground people generally
have hard hearts.
Postertv is a pack horse ever
ready to be loaded.
Best straight Flour, every sack
guaranteed, only $3.75 per bbl
The Caimiehael Cos.
If you set up for a growler you
can always be a busy
Get and bo s suit for $1 CO at Ik
Carmichael Co’s.
Mrs. T W. Nutt has just re
ceived anew line of -Millinery.
Call and see her before buying.
Best calicoes down to 5c at
he Carmichael Co’s.
Mrs. T. W. Nut has xeopened
her Mill inary store and will be
pleased so serve her friends and
the puolic generally.
Mkuv eld soldiers, who contrac
ted chronic diarrhoea while in the
service, have since been permanent
ly cured cf it by Chamberlain's
Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem
edy. For sale by Dr. W, L. Carmi
cbael.
WHERE THEY CAME FROM.
They came from North and from the South,
They cam* from the East and IFest,
They came from the shops and the farms—
They cams to do their best.
They came with ballots in their har.d,
They came for their country’* goo 1
To vote for Cleve and vote for Steve,
Just as all true men should.
They came te turn old Benny out,
With all his thieving hord,
dnd with triumphant gallant shouts,
And praises to the Lord,
Around the polls they stood to hear
Good news from all the lat.d,
From Maine’s pine clifts to western shores,
The lakes to Atlantic sand.
The time had come when meD of brains
Should rise and take the lead,
And in their might turn rascals oat,
And put men in their stead.
So up they rose at early dawn—
They worked for all our good—
They pulled for Cleve and pushed for Steve,
Just as we said they would.
Look! When the votes were counted eut
From Texas shore to Maine,
From orange groves to to Michigan,
It t-liowed a Cleveland gain.—
And when the votes had all gone in,
Three hundred Cleveland had,
We threw our hat high in the air—
The .Argus man was glad.
— D. J Tiiaxton.
TOOK ALL THE BLUE RIBBON.
There are no prouder Man in Ma
con than proprietors of the Geor*
gia Business College over the pre
miums awarded by the state fair for
plain and ornamental penmanship,
their numerousand handsome speci
mens of Den work exhibited in the
AH llall elicited universal admira
tion ; and the full significance ol
their victory can oly be appreciated
when it is remembered that the con
test was opened to the competion of
all the business colleges in t'he great
empire state. The blue ribbons are
now flying from the college and
the college proprietors only re
gret that premiums were not of
fered for the latest and best
methods in short hand, book
ke< ping and business education
generally, as those taught exclu
sively by them save one-third the
expens* and time to students.—Ma
con Neve.
MCCORD—SMITH.
Sunday evening at 9 o'clock Rev.
J. M. Bowden was called upon by a
couple of young people from Butts
county who desired to be married.
Mr. Bowden, aways ready to do
an act of kindness, pronounced Miss
Mattie Smith ana Mr. B. McCord
man and wite before a few witnes
ses.—Monroe Journal.
ADVICE TCTYOUNG MEN.
Don’t mistake notoriety for
fame.
Don’t do work unworthy ot you
if you can avoid it,
Be loyal tc death to those who
have befriended you.
When you assist the needy,
don’t do it ostentatiously.
Silence is the best weapon to
use against a vulgar and spiteful
tongue.
Don’t indulge in the Inxury of
strong opinions in Ihe present of
your elders and betters.
If you have’nt the moral cour
age to laugh at sneerers, then
you are another of nature’s mis
takes.
Don’t talk about what you are
“going to and—then, if you fail to
accomplish it nobody will know.
Never let a day pass without
thinking seriously, if only for a
minute, of death It will 10b it of
of more than haif its terrors.
Treat all men and women con
siderately and you will be sur
prised at the dividends that will
come to you, daily aud yearly.
The man wno does a generous
act aud lets the worid into a se
cret, shows th j world a peach, al
ter rubbing the bloom from it.
SSOO REWARD
Will be paid to the agent of any scale company who
will say over his own name as agent, that the Jones
5 TON WAGON SCALE, S6O,
is not equal to any made, and a standard reliable
scale. For particulars address only
tones ol Binghamton, Binghamton, H.I.
MIMS!
A. G. HITCHENS,
Jackson, - Georgia.
Now is the time to get your goods cheap!
I hare a large stock, and am
Determined to Sell!
Crockery, Class aid CMiaware.
I hare a few more of those beautiful French Obina Tea Sets (44 pieces), worth $lO,
but 1 shall close them out at $7. And thoee Iron Granite Tea Sets (44 pieces)
handsomely decorated, at $4 and $4.50 —worth $f to $0 50.
I also have a ftw handseme Bed-Room Sat* (10 pieces). They are lovely goods,
Latest Styles and Beautiful Designs—worth $lO and sl9. They will be sold
thia week at $8.75 and $4 75 to make room for othar goods arriving daily.
My Crockery llae is full and complete in all the latest noveltiea, both in plain and
decorated. As I buy them direct, and in large quantities, I will save you
TEN PER CENT !
Lamps! Lamps!
Lovely Stand Lamps at 95c —worth $1.25. Handsomely decorated Parlor Lamps
$1.45—-worth $2.00. Lovely Vase Parlor Lamps, s2.so—worth $5.00, My
stoek of Swinging Lamps is perfect, and prices lower than ever. And, remem
ber, I am headquarters for Church and School Lamps, etc., etc.
STOTES! STOVES!! STOVES!!!
Stove-Plp®, Tinware, etc., Orates and Orate Fixtures.
In this department I carry the -beat Mae ever brought to Jackson, in Eastern and
Southern makes, from the finest to the common step stove; and I will guaran
tee to sell you as good stoves, and as quick to aeak, and in every way to give
satisfaction, and save you ten per cent, over any house in Georgia.
My Tinware is of best heavy, double-tinned goods, guaranteed not to leak, and at
Prices to suit the times.
Oils! Oils! Oils!
Georgia Test Kerosene Oil, 15c. per gallon. Walter White Headlight Oil at 20c.
GINNERS and MILL MEN: lam headquarters for Cylinder Oil, Machinery
OH, Harvesting Oil, Neats-foot Oil, Black Harness Oil, In fact, I carry a full
stock of oil, and am selliag oil from sc. to 20c. per gallon less than any one
else, If you have not been buying your oils from me, you are the loser.
Leather! Leather!
Harness Leather, Whang Leather, Sole Leather,
Belting, Rubber Hose, Eto., Etc.
lam carryiag a full line of Rubber and Leather Belting, and Rubber Hose. If you
will cell I will convince you that my prices are below Atlanta or Macon, I
buy from the manufacturers and pay spot cash, and my expenses being light,
I am able to sell them close.
HARDWARE!
Nowhere in Georgia is there a better assorted stock than I carry, and as I buy
direct and in with the seedy cash, I can assure you that my prices
art right, and this means a big saving to you.
Harness, Saddles, lips, Etc.
Ia this Department I will surprise you. I baye one of the Largest and Fiuw.t
•tacks ef tingle and Double Buggy and Wagon Harueu it was ever my plcy
ure to offer to my customer*, and this is saying a good deal when yeu cols
aider that I have always carried a large and fiae stock of Harness. But oat)
aud see me, and you snail be pleased, both in style, quality and price. Alt
parts to replace the old wora-out parts to your harness, yob oan nnd here for
less money than yeu will have to pay for having the old one repaired.
Bridles, Lines. Halters, Etc.
WAGONS!
One * Two-Horse Wagons.
I sell the celebrated White Hiekory Wagons, made of best material and fully war
ranted ta give satisfaction it quality and workmanship. I have sold hundreds
of them in Butts and adjoining counties. They haVi given universal satisfac
tion. They are the lightest-running wagon now in use, and are made froth
Best of Materia], and guaranteed for twelve months.
Biggies, Phaetons and Carriages.
I carry a complete line ef all the best makes ia Phastons, Canopy-Top Surreys,
Open and Top Buggies, made by Summer A Murphy, of Barnesville. Ga. T?he
original celebrated Barneariiie Buggies: also the iae Indiana work. I*l*o
carry a line of cheaper buggies, every job of which I warrant for twelve
months. See ms before you buy.
TO SHOPS AND REPAIR MEN:
I now have in stock Long anl S.;ort-Arm Axles, Tirol, Bolts, etc., also a complete
line of W heels, Spokes, Skeins, and will make it to your interest to give me
your trade
TO SPOUTSMBHNTi
GUNS! GUNS! GUNS! ETG.
In Double and Single-Barrel—both Breech and Muzzle-Loaders—l am heeled and
can suit you in quality ad prices. These goods I import and can save fou
money. I waa fuji up is Leeled Shells and, in fact, hare a full line of Amu
mtioa and Sporting Supplies.
Thanking yon for past patronage, and asking yonr future trade,
I remain, yours respectfully.
A. G. HITCHENS.
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