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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. f■*o a a f' ■*. y■"* ‘i-'" tv ;.v -.bow oi I ft" ■■ -J 1 "'- 1 1 • . .1, *u4 i thlt fy? IFH ; X* 9 IT; ajt fri fcnU l < .wiiiip W* dart van. bar.k. 1* -i, aa J.m v> tu •! ill Jou ,!•'■** . ' '..kß. • •lireiy r*r ).'ad.in4 Ur J! nki-t*— t w . r d, 1-cWM.r. aen.;.* U<m Hi Ut aaa ait after* Stria *an*a. c*♦*■.•?• fall Carrs' •?s!{£ l: ittttfoU Georgia Straits. *med lid lost* 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. NUEMR 4(>.