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THE ARGUS*
ONE I)OI.LAR PER ANNUM
ObblUlAL ORGAN Ob JAiKSON.
ObbICJAL ORGAN Ob' m RUTTts
COUNTY.
Entered at the Rottoff.ee ut Jackaon
a$ teeond date mail mutter.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY.
ft. J.HAK.flOft A' J.G. SIrDOXALD,
Kditors and I'nbli^hcrt.
Jackson, 6a December 7
ADVERTISING RA'IES.
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3 | 1.50 j 3.25 j 6.50 j 11.00 | 16.00
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SALUTATORY.
Wtll:
The die is cast !
Ami this issue of the Nidole Georgia
Argus marks an era of renewed prosper
ity, or casts a shadow of retrogression
upon its future course as an educator of
the masses and the most substantial ele
ment in the development of our town
and county.
As our readers are aware, we have as
sumed control of the Argus from its ex
proprietor, Mr, D. J, Thaxton, who has
retired himself from public life, seeking
a more lucrative employment than the
glory attained by stemming the tide of
journalism. Mr. Thaxton is a gentleman
•f broad mind, wide experience and well
developed literary abilities. The poems
emanating from his facile pen have been
the result of greatly enhancing the esti
mation placed upon him as a journalist,
and though his field of labor in this line
has been limited only to the columns of
the Akgus, we may yet live to see his
name heralded as a household word, re
verberating at its mention living memo
ries of all that is noble and grand in our
revered Tennyson, or the poetical genius
of Longfellow. In several r< spects I feel
my inability to serve the people and gain
that endearing love enjoyed by my pre
decessor in this line, but it shall be my
utmost attempt to retain their friendship
and a liberal portion of their admiration
by giving them a paper free from all
abuse and articles of a villifying nature,
such as tend to i educe the high moral
standing enjoyed by the press of Georgia.
As the people know, this is not my
initial step into journalism, nor is it my
maiden effort to manipulate the mechanic
al workings of a country weekly. At dif
ferent intervals Tor the past seven jears
I have, in one way or another, been con
nected with journals in your city, and
though my efforts were in a manner hand
icapped by older minds than my own, I
have always endeavored to faithfully per
form all duties assigned, in as creditable a
manner as is consistent with my abiitiies,
and as my present station enables me to
more fully exercise my limited powers as
a writer I shall ever as faithfully serve
the people in the humble profession I
have chosen.
Associated with me is Mr. N. J. Har
mon, a gentleman of distinguished literary
talent, aad a fearless exponent of spiritual
truths. Mr. Ilarason was reared among
the good people of this county, and has
before sewed in various capacities as a
journalist, and the many necessary ad
juncts found wanting in myself will be
most ably supplied by my associate.
Thanking our many subscribers in ad -
vance for their kind indulgence of my
faults, and insuring each of them, that
with the help of an all-vuse God, I shall
labor energetically for their best interest,
1 remain,
Yeur most obedient servant,
Joiin G. Mcdosald.
P. S.
I am no poet,
The people all know it,
And the fact has already been shown
That it is my views
To give only the news
And to ferever let poetry alone.
J. G. McD.
It is agai 1 Governor McKinley, of
Ohio. This means that Mr. Mcßitt
ley will be the next candidate of the
Republican party for president. It
means, too, that he will be the next
president if the democrats do not
carry out their party platform
pledges.
It would be a great wrong to tax
corporations and exempt individu
als, or to tax individuals and ex
empt corporations. Every corpora
tion should be regarded as an indi
vidual. and the income tax levied
on the incomes of over $5,000,
whether that amount was paid to an
individual or a corporation. A
graduated income tax that would
not be burdensome, except on eol
lossal fortune* would be the greatest
legislation possibly to be accom
plished just now, and would give
the democratic pany a lease of this
government for the next century.
A Harmony Grove musician is pre
paring to give a musical entertain*
nient, “After the Ball,” on his banjo.
Alarge invoice of shot guns have been
ordered from Atlanta as an accompa
niment.
SALUTATION.
Fellow Citizens ; About h \ear
since I connected myself with ;hi
paper as associate editor, and I am
so grateful to the good people for
their warm and cordial reception of
one so poorly qualified for the work
I have tritd to do, hut now 1 feel
the responsibility doubly, a- I as
sume to till the ch or recentiv vaca
ted by nr.y seniors resignation,
whose trained mind and hand b> s
guided over many a shoaly place in
the last few years and whose name
is a household word in every home
in our county, my friend and broth
er J). J, Thaxton.
Although I have been connected
in one way or another for fifteen
years, with the press of the ©late 1
assure you that I can hardly reach
my ideal of the paper, I think, our
town and county should have, and
I shall fall iar short of the expecta
tions of those I am trying to serve
Therefore, permit me to ask an in
teligent public to generously spread
the mantle of charity over my blun
ders and pass my imperfections
brieily by. promising you that they
w 11 be, to a degree, modified by an
honest effort of <,ne, however much
mistaken, certainly means rignt,
and whose zeal lor God and our
common country knows nn bounds,
and for whose vindication, peace
and progress I would lay me down
and die. Notwithstanding this fer
vency, I fear the didactic functions
of the paper would be a failure but
for the coefficiently of Mr, J. G Mc-
Donald whose versatile pen has
more than once reach* and the climax
and whose name as coeditor and
manager will guarantee a neaLrae
ehanical department, for lie is ack
nowledged by all to be the best prin
ter that ever located in Jackson and
he has few peers in the state.
The moral standing of the paper
shall be sufficiently high that no
parent need fear contaminating in
fluences bv ad mi ting it into their
homes and firesides, f>r no obscene
language shall mar the columns of
the old reliable Argus.
A genuine republic is a govern
ment under whose laws a man can
do as he pleases with his own pro
vided he doesn’t interfere with the
rights of others. P aternalism per
sonified in the republican id* a tends
to thwart all personal liberty and
icvelop a ation of lupe© and cow
ards. Special privileges, or protec
tion to none, personified bv the
•lemocartic idea lends to
n nation ot heroes and states *.en,
who will bow the knee in none save
God, and wili defend the land of
the free and the homes oi the brave
against every encroaching foe, and
I, ia common with the majority of
the people of the United States and
especially of this agricultural south
favor and work to promote democ-
racy and its attendant blesnings.
In conclusion, reader, ma I ask a
favorable consideration by you of
one whose only crime against soci
ety is being poor, and who desires
a heiue among you, for
You may sing of these or write of those.
But the town I love the best
Is provan by the home I chose
On Jackson's peaceful breast.
Yours for work,
N. J Harmon.
The fact that the stor k of the Su
gar Trust nas fallen off in value
$12,000,000 in a few days is not
likely to grieve anybody but the
holders of it.
HODGES MILL.
Editor Argus I have been am
bulating around in search of some
thing that would please the many
readers of your paper. They will
doubtless be disappointed at my
signal failure, We begin by detail
ing a little of the good luck and also
some of the bad of our neighbors.
They are all done gathering their
crops and settling up their accounts
and having a few bales lying around
their bonus waiting for an advance
in price. Others have been able to
square up and have a few dollars
left to buy a little flour, coffee and
suear for Christmas. Wi’h these
little sacks (to him luxurious) he
goes home with a clear conscience,
sits cross-leged and thanks God
that he is not as other men.
We have another class of farmers
who arc honelesslv involved indent
These poor farmers would like to
commemorate the birth of their Sa
vior, but alas, h< w can they with
that rugged mountain of oebt hang
ing over them, and they have to find
solace in the little brown jug.
Ah, brandy bane, bane of life,
Spring of tumult, source of strife,
Gould I but half thy curs3s tell,
The wise would wish thee safe at h—..
Waldo.
SCHOOL LAWS.
It seems to us that every law re
lating to Georgia's ediioationie in
terest, should be enacted by and
through the advice and consent of
prominent teachers, not from the
same section of the state either, but
every part of the state. The teach
er from th3 mountain district* be he
eve so qualified, may not be able
to skeletonize a law which would
work equally well with the
wiregra-s section as with the moun
tain section ; and so of other lec
tions
It is therefore of paramount im
portance to the harmony and equity
of the public school s\ stem, that ev
ery section with its surroundings
and conditions be heard from,
before any important school meas
ure should be put upon its passage.
It strikes us that it would eliminate
amendments entirely from all
school legislation, and also prevent
much friction which so often results
from the passage of certain bills.
It seems to us that it can be noth
ing else but well matured nonsense
to suppose that a lawyer, or a
member from any other vocation,
could frame bills which would work
well for the school teachers unless
he had first consulted not a teacher,
but leading teachers. We mean
teachers conscientious, zeal-
CiL
The teacher alone of all the pro
fessions, seeks information from the
M. D. when he i sick, from the at
torney when he is involved in liti
gation ; from the planters when he
wishes to sow ; from the blacksmith
when he needs iron work ; from a
carpenter when he wants a house
built. But each of these professions
is always ready to advisn the teach
er how be should manage his school.
This condition of affairs is all
wrong. There can never be harmo
ny, or best results either, so long a
such things exitt. “The shoema
ker to hi* let,” should be the motto
*t all.
The silver question is one of bus
iness and not of politics in the sil
ver producing states If the South
wants to agit-te a question of a S'm
lar nature, she should do her utter
most to have the ten per cent tax
on state bank issues repealed.
There is no othi.r measure that
would accomplish such great results
as this.
WE TOLD YOD SO !
Wc told you We would become the Leading Store in
this section.
We told you We would Astonish the Natives in prices
Styles, etc, etc.
We told you We would lead and let others follow.
We told you When we started we would “get ther e
with both feet ”
WE’YE DONE IT.
“* e told you so M prices.
“We told you so’ bargains.
‘We told you so” opportunities.
WE TOLD YOU SO !
RICHER r H \N T A MILLIOAIRE
A man with n -ound ennsrruGo
ago *d heart. h genial dim o~iti<=n.
a go;.d head, good limb.* and fla
vor of wi ,is rich A good heart is
hel*er than gold, a good mir and than
silver and a smiling face of charity
is better than hu-es and land. It
is better than a landed estate to e
the child of a good father and moth
er, and it is worth more thnn a bar
on castle to he brought up under
good influences, and surrounded by
high moral training. Good breed
exist* among men as well as among
horses and nothing can check the
evil tendencies of evil inherits* re
*o much as thorough education in
the high duties ot life
Let the youth of our country
Studv the lives of gteaf men and try
to emulate their virture* L- th m
absorb into their minds the fi e
thoughts of great thinkers and le'
them under the sunshine of broth
erly love. Let them feel another's
woe, bear another's burden and
help the poor fellow that falls by
the wayside, Let them l*e refined
in thought, gentle in action and
faithful to the right. To live to a
ripe old age bar the betterment of
mankind and fora purer sentiment
among men is oetter than grandeur
and makes a man richer than if he
possesses gold. Be rich in good
works, and let gold go to the dogs.
A young ladv in Connecticut
walked to the World’s Fair with
only three dollors in her pocket.
After viewing the sights and earn,
ing fifty dollars herself she returned
home with a husband. What a
golden opportunity our Georgia
girls have lost!
CONSTITUTION.
Act I. The name of this association
shall be The Farmers Union.
Act 2. Its membeiship shall be com
posed ealy ol farmers, er those whase lar
gest interest are in farms and farming, ex
cept when it may be deemed advisable to
employ some peison in a clencal capacity.
Act 8. The division et the profit - shall
be made on a basis of the amount of pat
ronate received from each member, pay
ing only interest upon capital for its use.
Act 4. The voting power of each mem
ber shall be equal regardless of the amount
of stock held, or the amount of patronage
bestowed.
Act 3. It shall be the policy of the
Union to increase the capital stock yeaily,
after the ten thousand is paid up.
Act 6. This constitution can be chasg
ed only by a two thirds vote of the whole
union,
<Stat!- of*iobgia ) To the Superior
County of Butts. ( Court of mid county:
The petition of James A. King, J. W.
McMichael, John A. Pitman, A. C. Afc~
Candless, Wilson Amith, R. W. May* and
all oilier members of the Firmer* Alli
ance of Butts county, Gec gia; who are in
good standing on the rules, regulations,
and by-laws prescribed; respectfully show
that they and their associates desire to be
incorporated under and by .the name of the
Farmers Union for the term of tweaty
years with the privilege of renewal at the
expiration of said time, with the power to
sue and be sued, to hold and purchase
property, both real and personal, to have
and use a common seal, and all other pow
ers usually granted to like corporations.
2he object of said corporation istiuan
cia! gain-
The business your petitioners propose to
conduct is a genet al mercantile, manufac
turing warehouse, and commission busi
ness with our principle office in the to vn
of Jackson, county and state aforesaid,
with the privilege of doing busines in any
county in said state and other states,
j Tne capital stock of said company will
jbe ten thousand dollars, divided into four
hundred shares of twenty-five dollars each,
with the privilege of increasing said
capital stock to one hundred thousand dol
lars.
That ro stockholder shall be liable fer
i any debt, or obligation whatever of said
I corporaton, except their unpaid stock.
Petitioners a-k that they be permitted to
begin business when ten per cent of said
capital stock is paid in.
Petitioners ask that they be empowered
to make such rules, regulations and by
laws not in conflict with the constitution
and laws of the state of Georgia, that shall
be binding upon the stockholders. Your
petitioners ask that they be permitted to
issue investment bonds and stocks and
levy and sell bonds and stocks and other
securities and charge a commission for
their services.
Wherefore your petitioners pray that an
older may be granted in of the law
investing and collecting them and their
successor.-* in office with the corporate au
uhority aud power above mentioned-
And your petitioners will ever pray, etc.
Ray & Rat,
Pets, and .Attys.
(iE>RGIA —Butts Countv,
I do certify that the foregoing is a true
< opy of the original petition for charter
now on file in my office, 7his .December
4, 1893. Joseph Jolly. C. 8 C,
THOSE WONDERFUL GIANTS
IN TOWN!!
If you wish to s*e them call on
Dr W. L Oarnvchaol and auk tor
Beegu’ Little Giant Pills. Every
bottle guarnteed.
<££4 i w w ou *!,> J
8 ' ’ “ stor; ‘ liu - v y-ai |
Joliß. Hlr-„ ? :;„ „,
* r
H. F. Gilmore’s Machine Shoo.
MANUFACTURER OF
DOORS, * SASH, * BLINDS,
Mantles, Tables, Brackets, Balisters, Moulding, in file
all kinds ol Ornamental Work p urned and Panneiled.
All kinds ol lumber o>? rough. Shingles all
grades. Anything tfethg anybody reeds for building
purposes. See sample of —y
J. S. CMICM’S U|t Eptory.
We compete with any work, anywhere both in quality
o i work and prices. Open at all hours,
H. F. Gil more Proprietor
Hff SHEPPARO’S
4L §>okstovel ?
MADE FROM PURE PIG IRON.
pH ' DURABLE, CONVENIENT and ECONOMICAL
' All Modern Improvements to Lighten
Every Stove Warranted Against Defects.
j. L wagner, “/("Son, ga.
18 AS SAPS AND HARMLESS AS
A Flax Seed Poultice.
It is applied right to the parts. It cures all diseases of women. Any
lady can use it herself Sold by ALL DRUGGISTS. Mailed to any
address on reoeipt of sl.
Dr. J. A. McGill <fe 00., 3 and 4 Panorama Place. Chicago, 111.
For sale.by DR. W, L CARMICHARL,
W. L. DOUGLAS
S3 SHOE noTWIp.
Do yea wear them? When next In need try a pair.
■•• t In th world.
If yon want s fine DRESS SHOE, made In the lateet
etylae, don't pay $6 to SB, try my $3, $3.50, $4,00 or
Shoo, They ft equal to custom made and took and
wear as well. If you wish to economize in your footwear,
do to by purchasing W, L. Douglas Shoes. Name and
price stamped on the bottom, look for It when you buy.
W. L DOUGLAS, Brockton, Mass. Sold by
J W, CRUM.
McElret’s Wine of Cardui
and TrtEOFCRO’S BLACK - DRAUGHT are
for sale by the following merchants in
Butts county.
J, W. Lee & Son, Jackson,
Almond a Moon, Jackson,
R G. Bry ms & Cos, JacksoD ;
W. L. Carmichael, Jackson,
.A. Wright Indian Spring,
A. F, White & Cos. Flovilla,
J. G. Kimbell, Jenkinsburg,
M. Cain, Towaliga,
D, J. & F. M. Kinard, Towaliga
G. L. Washington,Worthville.
J R. Carmichael
ha9just received another large
shipment of Old Hickory, Ten
nessee. Milburn and Studebaker
two-horse wagons.
Buy your Baggies, Phaelons,
Surrys, Wagons,Harness, Whips,
Buggy Robes, etc., at the Jack
son Carriage Factory, where you
find the largest assortment at
LOWEST PRICKS.
■ *
You had better come in aow
and subscribe for the Argus.
BLOOD DISEASES.
Phr*lcUu oviorM r. P. r. & i> ip!iiii'ci ooi/ibiu ttioi.
and prefer lhe It with gieat satisfaction for the cure* of all
form* rad of P hnnr-, Fecor.iary and Tertiary
Syphilis, gyphiiitic Rheaezttfta. fcrofniona UTcj*j aon
Sores, Olabdoiftr hwislliog*, ftnenma: !*m, Malaria* old
Chronic Uluera tha have "rcsLtwd js.il treatment* Qatari fl,
RH g| c CURES
r.r. Hifei
z- u:: a. Chr'otc te-u&io Mur*
•orlai Poltoc, letter, Scald iiu:d, etc., etc.
F. P. r t--**i- . -tiid an sroetfe*?,
baiic.iL-i t.p iLso '3 - . i r.if :*_y.
Ladies v.-hs**e e. rd poisoned end v/hose bleed Is in
en fi.’pnr> cr.*v-.--. u, due to !rpa' \TT--i-C.zf* ova
CURES
f@ 1® K i^ALAHIA
ptetriuriy LanehUi t*y toe woL.;trfrl t-.-nic and bxood
claniog property of - P. P. P., Frkfcly Aih, Fo2w Root
and P- t
BSCS., Proprietors,
Block, SAVABK A3, SA
CON Tit A CTO RS N OTIC E.
, Anv person wanting lir.r—class
| ,
work, lv a workman- of 20 years
experience in stone <r l>ri k. Hu h
as darns built, Masting, where dvr a
mife i-* used, or in all such work is
ock hongt-s or piers. Call on
G W Watkins.
Dacl-lyr Jackson, Cut.