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VOLUME XXL M. T. MCKIBBEN. A. W. I AXE. McKibben $< Lane ATTORN EYS AT LAW, Jackson Ga. LUCIE! L DM, CUIiIOETfIE Athens, ba. laekson^Ga. RAY & RAY, ATTORN EYS. Negotiate loans on real estate lower than a*y Loan Broker in Georgia. . Superior advantages in collecting claims iD the. South. Practice in all Courts, both Federal and State: Also Supreme Court of U. S. A. by iqiecial contract. WRIGHT & BECK, Attorneys at Law. (OrFICK IN COURT HOUSE.) jrAOKSOIif, • - O-A.. M. M. MILLS, SouMtUor & Attorney at Law. Will practice in all <&• courts. Money feoaod drill estate at low rate of inter ftt. Lost tiM mated with small pay thiote. Mmj ooUiaed at onoe without (<ItWOK nv OOtTKT BOUSE.) l)r. 0. H. Cantrell, DENTIST. JACKSON, - - GEORGIA. Up stairs ©for i. W. Bun’s Rock Corner. J. W. LEE, M. D. JACKSON, 9 A. Wifi practloe medicine in its various transited. OAoe at J. W. Lee A Son’s drug store. Residence first house west or Mrs. Brad/*a. DR. T. K. THARPE. DXSTZST. FLO VILLA .... GEORGIA. Crown and bridge work and all the la tent methods of dentistry, Teeth ex racted without pain. Prices moderate. Satisfaction guaranteed. Feb 14 93 ly. UQ TELS. STOP AT THE Morrison House. EVERTTUINO NEW AND FIRST CLASS. Coareaientlj Located, Free Hack to n**o* C. R. GRESHAM, Proprietor. Wilkinson House. Fir-t Glass iu Every Particular. Tin- only brick hotel between Atlanta nad Muoou. Oc'arcoiont to all busiaew. Mb*. A. E. WiLEiNsoa, Prop. MOAEY TO LOAN, ffe are prepared to negotiate loans for y amount on real estate on the most avorable terms. Call on us and investi asla before borrowing elsewhere. Office n the court house. Tliaxta n * Mills. ETHERIDGE & KINARD. FIRE IMSURANCE AGENTS. Rink taken on all classes of Insur mnee. We insure Cotton, Cotton Gins Satv inills, Country Stores, • Dwellings, Barns Ac. We represent some of the and oldest companies in the Uni ted Sates. 21st Annual Announcement or xaz North Georgia Ajriciltiiral Collep, AT DAHLONEQA. A branch of the State University Spring Term begins First Monday in Feb ruary. FRI Term begins First Monday in September. But school in the south, for students with limited means. The military training it thorough, being under a XT. S. Army offlocr, detailed by the Secretary of War. BOTH SEXES H ATE EQUAL. ADTAH TAGBS. Studen‘B are prepared and licensed to teach in the public schools, by act of the legislature. Lectures, cm Agriculture and the Sciences by distinguished educators and scholars. For health the climate is unsurpassed. Altitude 2257 feet Board $lO per month and upwards. Misting at lower rates. Bach senator and representative of the stats is entitled and requested to appoint one pupil hum his distrlot or county, without paying matriculation fee, during his term. For catalog or information, address SfpTO* Isryor Treasurer. Board of Trustees. mmit #corgk 2trpo. LOCAL BRIEFS. Dr. R. W. Mays is on the sick list this week. Mr. R. 11. Cautheu is a whole-sole allij ncemau. Mr. Frank McKibben sold three cof fins last Sunday. Rather unusual for the trade of Jackson. Don’t repeal the Sherman act untff you show its subsitute. We want it or something better, Fifteen days front today will be a regular March day, On that day the republican otllce holders will begin to hustle. When the “wool hat” boys come to town, they call in the A nous office, where they know they are welcomed, aud give ns the news. If you want a good hat try the Gate City. Alraand,Mcon &Cos. Link Tanner, whose ‘bird death :/e mentioned some time since is alive again. Mr. J. T. Edalgo saw him •plitiing rails last Friday. When he dies again we will mfnr; our readers as usual. There was a People’s party club or ganized at Phillippi, in Henry county, last Saturday. That is right, take it out of the Alliance, and let it be separate as it should. Best parch coffee—Jersey cof fee. Buy one package at Almand, Moon & Cos. The oil mill is now waiting for ihe scattering seed to be brought in, and will then make auotl,er run and close down for the season. Every teacher in Butts county should take the Argus, so as to keep posted as to dates, etc, pertaining to the Institutes, and ail other school business. It is the official school er gan of Butts county. Mr. Mack Watkins came in recently and paid a year in advance for the Argus and Atlanta Constitution. lie said the Constitution had written him several times to know why Ive had stopped taking it. Ilis answer was because they had quit sending it We think his retson is good. The old reliable Butts and Eu tavv acid and Jackson High c 5 Grade fertilizers. Almand, Moon <& Cos. It sometimes takes three sessions ot the County court to try a misdemean or crimnai. The first, the accused i 8 sick stul the case has to go over; Sec ond, he demands a jury and it goes over to another term and sometimes at the third call of the case his attorney is sick, or some important witnesses are absent and thus it requires aboet twelve months for the ease to b., heard. A Mr. Fiank SavagcofHenry coun ty was adjudged a lunatic last t/eek. He lias a wife and three children with no means ot living comfortably. There being no room in the asylum lie will remain iu McDonough jail. There is no provision in the law t© furnish necessary expensi s aud all this falls on the humane neighbors and unfor tunate family. When you want to buy cheap goods, give us a call. Shoes, hats, clothing, jeans, flannel, chocks, shirting, calico, table lin en, bed spreads, silk hosiery, gloves, handkerchiefs, pins, needles, buttons, thread, umbrel las of all kinds, corsets, cuffs, collars, shirts, suspenders and gents neck wear, at Almand, Moon & Cos. LEE BROOKS DEAD. On last Sunday morning Lse Brooks was lying dead in his bed. He had beta complaining for sever al days, but nothing serious was coteniDlatfd until the above event. The doctors themselves were mis taken but he realized his condition and told his litTe brother he would dis befo e day, but not to tell the family and disturb them —seeming perfectly reconciled. This brother was by him when he died. Leo was one of the best young colored men in Georgia. When young and living on the farm of Dr. Mays, he got the sympathy of the Doctor by Ids studious habits, and truthfulness, who carried him to the Atlanta University, where he graduated, and he was holding first srade teacher’s license when be died. He has paid Dr. Mays back all the money loaned him to enable him to complete his education. Lee had no enemies, and Dr. Mays has never had cause to regret the ntv rest taken in him. JACKSON, GA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17 1893. A MIDNIGHT EXPERIENCE. J/ark! what a woeful noise I hear, At this dismal hour of the night- Must I from my person tear The spread, and let the cold air bite? Now, I am sweetly dozing Aad the room is dea’hly still— Hush! is that something bouncing And screaming again so shrill? O yes, I see, I’m awake, Rut its too dark to smile I knew the law, when she spake: “Make a light and take this chile.” N. J. 11. LET GEORGIA BE THERE. By all means Georgia should be re presented at the cotion growers’ con vention, to be held at memphison the 22d ot this month. The object of the convention is to take such action as will limit the ac reage of cotton to a reasonable degree. A similar convention was heid last year and there is every reason to be lieve that the reduced acrerge and consequent better prices were in a great measure largely attributable to its action. All agricultural organizations are invited to send delegates to the con vention of this month, and all Indi viduals who are interested in cotton planting will be welcome. It is de sired to make the meeting as repre sentative as possible, so as to give a full interchange of views, and then to give general effect to the conclusion that may be reached. We hope th.it Georgia will iiava a representation at Memphis on the 22. —Atlanta Journal. POSITIONS GTJAAJJNTEL’D. By The Georgia Business College of Ma con, Georgia. 7he estaulished reputation of the Geor gia Business Col'egs, which ranks al other southern institutions, enables it to do wliat no other is doing, viz: Guarantee a position to every persoa of average ability and good moral character, who completes its prescribed course. Many T ext 2?ook clleges are studiously seeking to conceal tlieir lack o' merit and influence, by hinting that no reputable in stiution will guarantee positiojsta. l r et. this celebrated college, which teaches real business by purely p radical methods, no only boldly gives this guarantee, but si making it good in every instance. It had fifty students from a dozen states North aud Sojith, to enter last month; and in addition to placing every graduate, has now on hand numerous unfilled applica tsoin from the best professional and mer cantile firms for book-keepers and stenog raphers, at salaries of $600.00 to $1500.00 per annum. Evejy young lady and gentleman, de siring to become independent, should write for full particulars, to JFyatt & jVaktix, Macon, Ga. JURY LIST. Jurors Drawn for the March Term of Butts Superior Court, 1893. TRAVERSE JURORS. R. G. Plynaale Samuel Hodges J. M. Goggius P. It. Watkins M. L. Duke J. W. Anderson Elmo Andrews J. H. Ham Me D. Henderson J. G. Thompson J. M. Fiudly B. C, Ware S. T. Ilaislip J. L. Crawlev G. W. Coleman. W. F. Duke T. J. Cele J. A. Pitman B. B. Biles O. B. Willis J. R. Mayfiield W. H. Bai nes W, kf. Andrews G. S. Barber Cornelia McClure W. C. Whidley Wilson Smith G. T. Fossett B. A. Wright H. P. Dodsou J. J. Thornton IJ. J. Maddox T. J. Waldrup R. G. Lavender J. r . Boon. A. A. Lemon GRAND JURORS. A. H Ogletree C. F. Etheridge J. H. McCallum G. W. White T* 11. Grier T. J. Dempsey F. S Etheridge J. B. Moore J. F. McKibben Jas. Wilson H. L. Daughtry W. F. Smith J. J. Thompson Z. T. Smith J. M. Bali J. G. Colwell Drake Knew lea Jas. C. Maddox J. W. Terrell R. V. Smith J. S. Carter J. T. Bickers R. W. Aiken T. J- Carson M. G. Barfield W. M. Hammond J. T. Mayo T. N. Biownlee H. L. Grant J. P. Britton. UflL 1 m U II C f SJEiUfi; rinris. yyyOT r •!! J.mr mm• u* wmk. This k• aaUfcraiy 1m4.u4 i daft kuw ta tvarv w mebm. LTur.T.*:':^ essLriat i* SCHOOL DEPARTMENT. SYLLABUS. Our Commissioner, Hon, E. E. Pound, ha appointed those who will discuss the different subjects ef the Syllabus, prepared by the State School Co.i missions, Hen S. D. Brad well, for the first Saturday's Institute, which will he held on the fourth Saturday, the 25th day of March, 1893. The following is the Syllabus and those set apart to dis cuss the several subjects. Orthography—l. Definition ; 2 Letters and their divisions, by N, J. Harmon. Reading—l f The best method of teaching reading, by Miss Eva Sas nett. Writing —1. Writing as a aci* nee, by Prof. G. H. Cornwell. English Garmmar—l. Grammar ii general; 2. English grammar in particular, by Prof. W. M Spann, Geography— 1. T e earth and its natural division*, continents, oceans, etc, by Prof. V. D. Harris. Arithmetic —1. The origin of fig ures ; The elementary principles, by Prof. C. S. Maddox. Science and Practice of Teaching —1 Organization ; 2 Rules, by Prof C. R. Thompson. History—l Definition; 2 Ex plaining the five points of history— who, what, whi.e, when, why, by Prof J C Blassingame, Declamation —1 Instructions as to position, gestures, bows, etc,, by Miss Elia Pound COLORED TEACHER3 INSTITUTE. Orthography, Susie Juiley. Reading, Mary L, Digmuke. Writing. F. L. Rogers. Eugliah grammar, Sarah Randolph. Geography, A. L. Atwater. Arithmetic, Anna F. Sere van. Science and Practice of Teaching, Mattie Mahone. History, Thomas li. Malone. Declaimation, Annie Williams. Meets on the same day as the white’s. All persons ai; required to attend whether they are teaching or not it they are holding license. The law is compulsory and fines noli be imposed on those who ab sent themselves without good cause, Some teachers have a great knack of keeping themselves, their schools and their work entirely out of sight. Their school should be a feature in the community. It should be known and telt. This will depend entirely upon the teacher. The newspapers are always more than willing to make mention of anything of interest iu school matters, but they cannot be expected to keep a force of reporters at work hunting up items. We rejoice in the fact that the two foremost campaign issues in Georgia are agriculture aud education. Better returns to the farmer fo ihe products of the soil, aud better schools | for his children are the two subjects now uudei consi> eratiou by the best men of the state. Let the watchwords continue to be agriculture and education. The country school ought to be as good as the city school. While our town aud city schools and higher in stitutions flourish, it is deeply humil iating to see our country schools lan guish. Yet four-fifths of the youths of the state are dependent on the country schools for their education. BUTTSC OClslY SCHOOLS AN TEACHERS. Jackson Institute-. C. Blasin game president; Prof. Kelley vice president; Miss Eva Sa3nett and Miss Rosa Thornton, teachers. Music Miss Helen Rogers. Art deparmeni Miss Mahone. ir g— C. R. Thompson, Miss Elia E. Pound. Flovilla High School: —W. M. Spann > ■ id> and ; .C. Spann asst. Mrs, G. B. Eider Music. Elgin High School—C. §. Mad dox, County Line -Prof. Ward. Henly's Mill—Prof. Aike.. Corinth—Miss McGheebee. Indian Spicgs— Miss Far nnieM Ogletree. Worthy ilk —Miss Estelle Wal thall. Stark— G.II. Cornwall Cedar Rock—Miss Clyde Hunt. Barnett's Mill—Miss Ida Smith. Base -Miss £, T lovis Jinks Flynt Hill Miss Magie Scar brough Cork—V. D. Harris. Grady Institute—Miss Dollie Rogers. MAIL SERVICE LOCKS. Uncle Sam’s Safeguards to Prevent Robbery. Hereafter the Government Will IVlake Its Own Locks For Mail Bags—The Work to be Car ried on in Secret. Hereafter the Government will manufacture its own locks for use in both the mail service and free delivery system. Ever since its establishment the “repair shop” has worked over the locks that needed tinkering, but during the last few months an addition was made to the building in Washing ton, the necessary maohinery was put in, and forty skilled mechan ics, who are paid by the day, carry on operations behind lock and key on the top floor. The crude steel required for the appa ratus is, of course, purchased from the contractors, but the finished product is now turned out from the “repair shop.” The knot catch employed on the canvas and jute sacks, Is the sim plest in construction, and easily made after the so-called “dog lock” and slide have been turned to their proper shape. Like the employes at the Bureau of En graving, the real locksmiths are not allowed to leave their separate workroom during business nours, and the operation of making new locks out of old ones goes merrily on, while the Division Chief has provided safeguards against any possible filching of the mechanical secrets which would make rob bing mail bags an easy matter. The contracts with lock-making firms have expired, and gradually the Government product will take the place of corporation outputs. It is claimed that the official job is a much more serviceable and less expensive idea and the experi ments with free delivery system locks have so far filled the bill sat isfactorily. Naturally, it will be many a long day until the supply of con tract locks has been absolutely re placed, but the most important re sults are expected from, the regis tered lock department. There only one employe labors, and he is in a room closely locked, even against his fellow mechanics. Nobody is ever admitted to the secret precincts of the registered locks, and the coin vaults of the treasury are not more exclusive. The locks used on registered mail pouches are infinitely more intri cate than the common mail bag article, and their mecanism is guarded as closely a* the scheme of running silk threads across the back of treasury notes. At anv rate, the Postmaster-Generaffs scheme affords, through the trick of the new-fangled registered lock, a less degree of temptation to the dishonestly-inclined postal clerk while the pouch is en route. Fast Trains the Safest. Superintendent Darlington of the Pennsylvania lines is of opin ion that fast trains are the safest, and unless there is a defect in the track an accident seldom happens to them. Our No. 7, says he, is known to be an exceedingly fast train and everyone keeps out of its way. At Knightstown, for instance, where our fast trains pass through at nearly sixty miles an hour, no one has ever been hurt. The people know the trains cannot be stopped in a second and govern themseives accordingly. It is in towns where there are slow ordinances that the people are hurt. They know the trains are compelled to run slow and take their time about getting across the tracks.” The experience of railroad men is that fast trains are the safest. In the event of cattle on the track it is better, too, to hit them hard than easy. I was on the engine of a freight train once when we ran into a flock of sheep. The ani mals were huddled together around the bell wether, and my hair be gan to rise. I thought surely we would be thrown from the track. The engineer put on a full head of steam and struck the flock at great speed. The engine threw the sheep to one side like chaff. Had he tried to stop or run slowly the engine would have been derailed. ” Two years ago a cow was seen in the middle of the Monon tracks in front of a train. The engineer tried to stop, and the result was the loco motive was derailed and the engi neer killed. A few months ago the writer was riding on an engine on the Chicago division of the Pennsylvania, and a herd of cattle got on the track. The train was running almost forty miles an hour, but when the engineer saw them he ‘‘threw her wide open” and went into them at full seven ty-five miles an hour. No damage was done except to “muss up” the engine extensively. The engine man was asked why he had thrown on the extra speed. His reply was that had he been running slow it was eight chances to ten that he would have left the track. —India- naooUa. .Start HIS FUTURE WIFE. " There is an 61d tradition that the man who sups alone at mid night on All Hallowe’en will see his future wife. It is indispensable that the man should be alone, that he should begin supper while midnight is striking from the nearest steeple, and that a cover sohuld be laid opposite him, as for an expected guest. Lord Peregrine was a great be liever in old traditions, but no believer in marriage. He was too rich and too young to care about encumbering himself with a fam ily, too good natured to risk break ing a pretty wife’s heart by his incurable propensity for roving. Foreign travel develops one’s reverence for home traditions, and, sitting outside Tortoni’s on the evening of Oct. 31, Lord Pere grine remembered the legend of All Hollowe’en. The recollections made him smile. Perhaps he had lost some of his ad version for mar riage, and was wondering what he should do in his own country, among new faces and with no one to care for him. Lord Peregrine looked at his watch. It was near eleven, and the tide of walkers was flowing down the boulevard as gayly as at midday. “ Well,” said he, rising, with a laugh, “let me go to a restaurant and see whether the future holds a wife in store for me.” As he was standing on the pavement, trying to remember whereabout the more ancient churches lay in the strange city, he heard 11 o’clock boom from Notre Dame. It was a clear moonlight night, and the cathed ral bell is at such times distinctly audible over half Paris ; so Lord Peregrine entered Durand’s, oppo site the Madeleine, and ordered supper for two, in a private room, at midnight punctually. The waiter was an old hand at serving midnight suppers for two. “Will monsieur require a bou quet?” he asked, setting forks on the table. “Yes; why not?” laughed the peer. “Order me a nosegay of white flowers—rosebuds if pos sible.” The waiter went out and soon returned to say that the flower girl attached to the establishment no white rosebuds at this season of the year, but had gone off to the Passage de I’Opera to see if any could be procured. HeJ laid an evening paper before the English man, brought a glass of traditional peppermint liquor, and retired, saying the supper would be served precisely at 11:55. x Lord Peregrine had almost an hour before him, and as he had passed the previous night in a rail way carriage, and had contracted in his travels the faculty of sleep ing at odd moments, he stretched himself at length on the ottoman and began to doze. In his slum bers he of course saw a lady in a bridal wreath, and with a white nosegay, start up before him. Un happily this lady had the counten ance of the waiter who had just gone out, and Lord Peregrine dreamed that he tried to run from her. He was awakened by hearing the door suddenly open, and just at that moment the stroke of mid night echoed through the open window. Lord P. had slept his hour, hut remembering the condi tion of beginning supper while midnight was striking, he snatched at a roll, broke it, and put a piece in his mouth, then looked up and saw a girl holding out to him a large bouquet of white rosebuds. She seemed to be about 15, and was rather ugly than pretty, if her mere features were considered: but she had that freshness and cheerful expression which Paris ians call beaute du diable. She smiled and said: “It appears I startled mon sieur?” “Who are you, mademoiselle?” asked the peer, with his mouth still full of bread. “The sister of the flower girl. I went to several shops before I could find the rosebuds, for they are hard to get in October.” “Ah, yes, I remember; well, if there is any faith in traditions you are my future wife.” These last words Lord Peregrine muttered in English, but the, flower girl smiled again, redden ing a little. “Je ne demande pas mietix. milord.” “Hallo! then you speak Eng lish?” cried the peer, in some con fusion. “I understand him better than I him speak,” answered the flower girl with amusement, as she dipped her bouquet on the glass jar on the table. “I believe you French young ladies understand every tongue under heaven when a man speaks it,” was the Englishman’s philo sophical reply, and saying this, it occurred to him that the vision of All Hallows Eve would come to nought if he supped in company. H© was not anxious to live under the superstition that he should marry a French flower girl, and so he added, “I qjq goipg to bo NUMBER 7. alone, missy; will you sit downi and sup with me?” “Oh, no. What would my] sister say?” laughed the girl, quietly. “Ask your sister to jolh us—the more the merrier.” “My sister has her flowers to, mind; and, besides, she wouldn’t.” “I mean no harm, I assure you;, but at least do mo the favor to break bread with me—it’s a cus tom of my country.” The girl advanced her hand to break off a {>iece of the roll which the Eng ishman held, but of a sudden she withdrew shyly, and fixed her eyes on him. Lord Peregrine protested that his motives were pure; but the girl v r as not to be inveigled, and there was nothing for it but to desist. The Englishman drew a hundred franc note to pay for his bouquet, and at the same time unfastened from his watch chain a turquois and gold locket, “Do me the pleasure,, to accept this, mademoiselle. I shall know* you by it if ever we meet again.” “I shall know you again without any locket,” murmured the girl, blushing; but she accepted the gift, and vanished just as the waiter was entering with a tray burdened with game, mayonnaise and champagne. He was much astonished to find the Englishman alone. “I thought monsieur was ex pecting a lady ?” “She has come and gone,” an swered Peregrine, and he set to work upon his solitary supper with a good will, which made the waiter think that these love-crosses which so mar the appetites of Frenchmen provoke extra voracity in the English. The next day Lord Peregrine re turned to his own land, but he did not find that it had improved in his absence. After a few months he grew moody, and one day set out afresh on his travels, resolving to stay away until he\ had educated himself to sing in tune with his countrymen or until they had got into harmony with him. He stayed away ten years, and when he got back to Europe he was nearly 40 years of age and had a black beard about a foot long, but, consistently enough with hu man nature, he felt younger than when he went away. He was be ginning to ask himself whether he had spent his manhood to good profit, and was longing to retread the paths of civilization ploddingly and submissively, like the rest of mankind. in pursuance of this desire he asked the waiter at his hotel after dinner whether there was anything doing at the San Carlo, and was told that the celebrated songstress, Rosina Filomeli, was giving a series of performances there. The waiter went on to explain that la Filomeli was the arch-songstress of the universe, having been over whelmed with applause, flowers and gold in Milan, Paris, London and St. Petersburg. She was going to play in “Lucia” that evening, and places were impossi ble to procure, and it was a benefit and all the seats had been engaged a month beforehand. Lord Peregrine soon proved that nothing is impossible to a man who will pay 20 pounds for an orchestral stall. So long severed from the sight of European beauty and the graces of life, the Filorneli broke upon him like a ravishing incarna tion of the charma which sweeten existence. Her beauty was equal to the melody of her voiec, and her voice transported her hearers into whatever dreams of joy or pathetic melody she chose to lead them. At the close of the per formance, when the 15,000 spec tators had risen in their frenzy, and were making the roof shake with their bravas, Lord Peregrine walked out steadily and passed his card to the manager, saying he wished to go behind the scenes and compliment the Filorneli in person. He was soon in the presence of the Filorneli. “ Let me thank you, signora, for the inexpressible pleasure you have afforded me.” “Ah, how do you do, milord?’' exclaimed the songstress, quickly rising and extending her hand to him. “If I have given you a few hours’ pleasure, then I have in part repaid my debt.” “You know me then?” ejacu lated the Englishman, trying in vain, as he gazed at the beautiful features glowing upon him, to recollect where he had seen them before. “Oh, yes,” murmured the Filo meli, archly, yet softly. I warned you that I should need no locket to remember you again;” and she pointed to the trinket of gold and turquoises that hung around her neck. It was the locket which Lord Peregrine had given, ten years before, to the flower girl of Dm rand’s. “Kismet—it was written,” mut tered the peer, after a silence. “Will you allow me to call on you to-morrow, signora!” I “Yes; we will break bread,” she said, smiling —The Million.