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THE ARGUS. Bf. J. HAR.HO.I A: J. G. DIcDOBiALD, Editors and Publishers. EAST TENNESSEE SCHEDULE. The fallowing is the arrival of trains at Jackson, according to time table in effect April Ist, 1894: NORTH BOCND. No. 14—-6 :0o a. m. stops. “ 18 9 :55 a. m. stops. “ 12—-0 :13 p. m. stops. SOUTH bound. No. 11 9 .17 a. m. stops. “ 17 5:45 p. m. stops. “ 13 8 :57 p. in. riair. THEY DIDN’T GET OUR ROCK. The Venable Bros., who own Stone Mountain, have bought the granite of all the different companies on the Georgia railroad. They paid Johnson &. Cos. for small mountain $50,000, but they haven't got all the granite in Georgia. We have near Jackson, in three miles of the E. T. V. fc G. railroad, a mountain of the best of granite, cotaining unlimited material that will some day be developed, and that coupled with the famous Indian Spring and other gifts of providence will make Butts county boom, and Jack son a city of no mean dimensions. We are in it and you will soon see where we are right. What are you doing to make the world wiser and better? Are you hiding your light under a bushel, or do you let your light so shine as to benefit those around you? What have you done to build up the inter est of your town or your community ? Have you conti ibuted anything to the common stock of happiness, or have you closed your little shell and left the world to get along without? Do you take hold of the public enterprises and help them along or do you pull hack like a stubborn child, and refuse to do anything ? Are you any bene fit to the community in which you live, and would yiu he missed if you wero to drop off? Can you point to a single praisworthy act of your life that will live when you are gone? In short, has jour life been a failure or a success? Have you piled up wealth at the expense of others? Have you oppressed the poor that you might add to your riches? flow many wid ows and orphans have you henefltted ? Finally have you ever performed one charitable act? Ask this question and answer to God! PRESIDENT ETHERIDGE. In 1882 a well formed, medium size young man came to Jackson and set up in a modest way to do a general mercan tile business. That man was Mr. F. S. Etheridge He cast his lot with our people 12 years ago, and by a close ap plication to business and a natural social disposition, he has engrafted himself in the hearts of our people, and has done as much as any man in the county to make us one of the foremost counties in the state. He is a leading member of the Baptist chureli, and no one is more lib eral than he when it comes to public utility, and the cause of education al ways finds a helping hand from him. We commend him to our young men as an example worthy of emulation, for to day. Mr. Etheridge is now president of the Jackson Banking Company, which is one of the strongest financial institu tions in this country. The Argus, in common with the people, is proud of the citizenry of Mr. Frank S. Etherdge. TIIF. FRUIT CROP. For the purpose of ascertaining the amount of damage done to the fruit crop by the recent freeze, the writer vis ited the vineyard of Andrew McClendon one day recently and made a tour of in spection. Andrew states that his grapes this year will not yield oue-lifth of a crop, and most of the vines are dead. The prospect for peaches is poor indeed, not a tree being left that promises a yield of this luscious fruit. His pear trees are all killed and not one remains but that was blighted by the cold spell. A strange incident happened that is inexplainable and looks very unreason able. He had two Ludy grape vines planted within two yards of each other and one was killed while the other bore no traces of being in the least hurt. They were both exposed in the same manner and all conditions were alike. This is the only vine out of about 2,000 which promises to bear at all. He also had a number of young apple trees plant ed along the side of a small ditch, and a few yards off were some pear trees, the apple trees were unhurt, while pears weie killed. Andrew is an industrious fellow and has spent a great deal of his time in improving his vineyard and at tending to his fruit trees, and this is a hard blow to him at the present time. He stated to u; that he had no hopes for any fruit, whatever, this year, and fears that three fourths of his vineyard is killed oughtright by the cold. He had tome 3,000 grape vines, 75 or 100 apple trees, and about the same number of peach and pear trees, English walnuts, peeaus and other varieties of fruits, all of which have been eeverely injured, if not killed by the cold. The prospects for a good fruit crop were never more promising, and it is estimated that at least SIO,OOO will not cover the damage done the fruits of our county by the blizzard of a week or two ago. NO BUSINESS DONE. The convention met at County Line •hurch as requested by Mr. Kimbell aud sang all day. We learn that there was no business transacted for the reason it was an informal meeting. The presi dent, Mr. H. S. Crumbly, attended the meeting and presided, but in as much as there was no object stated in the call,, and it was not signed officially, they con cluded not to transact any business. pXTHE WANE. It is stated as a statistical fact that in every election field in Georgia since 1892 to fill vacancies in county offices, the third partj' has met with defeat. In some particulars this occurred iu counties which they carried in the last general election. Tom Wateon knows this: the ob servant populist know this: yet they continue the campaign of agitatien, dinsion and strife in Georgia. A prominent young man in Walton, who was one of the mainstays of the party two years ago, has abandoned it absolutely. He says there is no hope for the people except in united action within the lines of the Democratic party. And why should Southern people wish to leave the democratic party? It is easy to see why scheming poli ticians who have failed to get office heretofore should want to build up a following by means of which they can boost themselves into office. But it is suicidal for the common people to follow' them. The present despairing hope of the third party is in creating dissatisfaction among our people toward the democratic party on account of the turn tilings recently took in congress. But let it be re membered when they come with that argument that the Southern congress men have to a tnaa been true to the pledges made by the democrats to the people—truer than the third party could have been to their interests, if it could ever have been in power, for its platform contained many chimeri cal schemes, which threaten the wel fare of the people. It seemed that, as a catch at the last possible straw', the plan of the fusion is to be sprung. The Piedmont Re publican, the only white republican paper in Georgia, says “that tne republican party In the 9th could not do better, under the circumstances, than to join hands with the populist iu order to defeat the party whose ob ject has always been to destroy this grand and noble government of curs. If the populists have a candidate in the field we shall oppose a republican candidate, as it would only take enough votes lrom the populist to make victory sure for the democratic nominee. We are no populist in the least and most assuredly we are no democrat.”—Walton News. H. F. Edwards lias one of the best bakers in the whole state. DISSOLUTION. Having increased my interest in the Carmichael Company, I have, by mutual consent of all parties concerned, with drawn from the firms of Etheridge & Ki nard and Etheridge, Kmard & Cos. Mr, Kinard assumes all responsibilities for the old firm, and all notes and accounts are payable to him. Thanking you for past patronage, /am, Very respectfully, R. N. Etheridge. Jackson, (?a., March 26th 1894. Having purchased the interest of Mr. R* N. Etheridge in the firms of Etheridge & Kinard, and jE’theiidge, Kinard & Cos., I take this method of thanking the people for their past patronage, and hope by fair dealing and honest treatment, I may merit the continuation of the same in the future. Very V?espectfully, 3-29-4 t <S. B. AYnard. The printers best friend is the man or woman who gives him items of news. There are people we know, however, who have such a prejudice against telling a newspaper man any thing that if they died they wouldu’t say anything about it. If you know anything, let us have it. If a baby is born to you, give it in for publication —tne item, not the baby. If you have visitors, send us their names and resi dence. It you have made a successful fiuancial speculation and have money In your pocket, give it to us—that is, the item, wc don’t want any money. Newspapers run without money. If not convenient to call, drop us a pos tal. Send us the news, and occasion ally $1 tor a year’s subscription to the paper, which amount we will devote to charitable purposes. Edwards will keep ice by the ear load this spring and summer- Peier Cooper, who lived to be ever niuety years old and died worth many millions, said of a newspaper: ‘•ln all towns where a newspaper is published every man should advertise iu it, if nothing more than a card stat ing his name and the busiuess he is in. It not only pays the advertiser, but it lets the people at a distance know that the town iu which you re side is a prosperous commuaity of business men. As the seed is sown so the seed recompenses Never pull dowu your sign while you expect te do busiuess.” Fresh meat at Harp’s market. AC ‘ - - ’■ * - ...JSX Sparta I hmaelite : When Cleve land disapproved the Bland Bill he spit on the southern democracy, and when he recommended an additional issue of bonds he rubbed it in. Tne southern congressmen who voted for the unconditional repeal of the pur chasing clause of the Sherman law are no doubt sorry they did it. They will never ba*e another vote on tonfi (deuce iu Cleveland. BORN A CRIMINAL. In kis speech at Rome General Evans jumped o%Glessner, of The Griffin News, with both feet for being bora in Ohio. Parry Lee offers Mr. Giesstier the following consolation, which we are sure all southerners will endorse: Don’t get excited, Bro. Glessner, for you are not likely to loose either friends or patronage on account of your birth place. It is a matter about which you could not have had your “rathers,” and besides, Ohio is about as good a state as one could select to he horn in if he was given a say so in the matter. —Pike County Journal. No, Brother Glessner need not think that a man who behaves himself in the South will fare any worse by having been born anywhere. The good old minister allows how weak his claims are when he quits ad vocating, “Peace and good will on earth,” and begins to fling political nuid as thin as his attack upon men for being born in other states. Why, it would he just as reasonable to ostra cise a man from society h cause his mother was a woman. h. F. Rdwards is the man that you ought tobuyymr meat from. He is the summer butcher. An exchange says: “Cleveland is die greatest man of the age, and will survive the attacks ot the erauks and silver tools made upon him.” The above would-be satire, to the biggest lie ever thrown from the biggest liar that the world has ever known. Harp sells fresh meats of all kinds. An exchange says : The non adver tising merchant goeth forth to his lair at the rising of the sun and 10, no man interfereth. He standeth around all day like a bottle of castor oil, and the people with the sheekels come not to his shanty. He advertis eth wot his wares and his face is for gotten upon the face ot the earth. Who hath dried apples? Who hath calicoes made befo’ de wall ? Who hath stale baking powders without end? He that knoweth not the prin ter. H. F. Edwards keeps the fin est western beef. Two freeze outs in one week is a right smart strain on the public mind. FOOLISH PRATTLING. The Atlanta Journal keeps the fi nancial plank of the platform at the head of its columns to prove that the word “free” is not in it. But >n the very sentence where lie thinks it should have br>en, we fi.id the plat * torm exclaimiug: “We hold to the use of both gold and silver as the standard money of the country, and to the coinage of both gold and silver without discrimination against either metal, or charge for miutage. Now we submit that “without charge for mintage” covers the ground as fully as though the word “free” was in it, and the convention rejected it as a superfluity, and for no other reason. If you should tell a man, “I will make you five buckets of wood and five buckets of tin,” without charge for cooperage, that you would under stand that they were both to be made free of charge. If we do not under stand it that way which is to he charged for? The language applies to both and it would be as fair tostop the coinage of one as the other. You can’t “hut” the language above out of the platform, because tl e convention afterward proposed lo fix a parity. If coining no silver at all fixes the parity, then the “devil” take the party. a■* afc Domestic sewing machines for sale at Yellow Store b/J. W. Crum. Old machines taken in exchange. Wall street seem* now to have the right of way, but the people will come to the front after awhile. No doubt the bonds payable iu coin will come home to roost some day. Edwards keeps fresh bread all I the time. VALUABLE PRESENTS FREE We wish to introduce our System Pills into every home. We know that we manufacture the very besi remedy on earth for the cure of con stipation, Billioubness, Sick bead ache, Kidney Troubles Torpid liv er, etc.; and that when you have tred these pills you will gladh re commend them to others, or take an agency, and in this way we shall have a Urge welhpaying demand created. Asa Fpecial inducement tor every reader ot this paper to try these pills and take an agency at once, we will give to each person who sends twenty five cents in cash, or thirty ceata in stamps, lor a box of Sys tem Pills, one of the following pres ents: A Handsome Gold A'atcb, a Good Silver Watch, a Valuable Town Lot, a Genuine Diamond Ring, a Casket of Silvervare or a Genuine $5 Gold Piece. Every pur chaser gets one of these preseats. There are no exceptions Shaw Remedy Cos., Rutherford, N. Y. Edwards will sell 30 cents bread tickets for 25 cents. THE SWEETHEART I Had While at School. ✓ You may praise the girls of the Orient, Or those of Briton’s fair courts; You may sing of the beauties of Paris, And the angels of Italy’s ports;— You may sweep the earth, if you like it, As far as God’s people have rule, But you’ll neyr find one so lovely As the sweetheart I had while at school. Must I tell you how sweet and how pretty Was this little lover of mine? I cannot—for words wont tell it, Her sweetness no letters can define. And she loved me? and I returned it, Although ’twas contrary to rule, But nought could keep me from leving The sweetheart I had while at school. Her face was as fair as an angel’s, Her hair in ringlets would eurl, Her eyes were blue as a pigeon’s, Her teeth like the richest of pearls, Her lips were red as a cherry, And I kissed them (against the rule) And oft’ the teacher weuld chide me ’Bout the sweetheirtl had while at [scheol. Many tokens of respect I would give her, And receive sweet smiles in return, But when she would tell me she loved me My heart still warmer would burn. I vowed that some day I would claim her (Tho’ the world would call me a fool) Then no teacher could chide me for lov (ing The sweetheart I had while at school. — D. J. Thaxton. FOLKS I’YE SEEN. I’ye watched those over pious people, The kind what always shout An’ imitates the Pharisees What the Master talks er bout. Now, I wouldn’t dare to judge ’em— They’ll all get that soon enough, But I’m gwine ter tell you ’bout ’em An’ I’ll lay her on McDuff. I’ve seen ’em don their Sunday riggins, Includin’ of their Sunday face, An’ you’d think they had a pass to Heaven They seemed so full of grace, An’ thus they’d march to the meetin’ Like they owned the whole concern, An’ get close up in the amen corner, An’ sing—“O holy doye return.” An’ that’s just what they orter do, (Provided they are sincere) But I always had er notion That the angels didn’t hear; For just as soon as Monday come They didn’t care a toss, If they worked some old sorry plug off For a hundred dollar lioss. An’ once I knowed one of ’em That was rich, in lands and gold, To cheat a needy widder, What was poorly clad an’ old, An’ then I know another— What was pious fit to kill To back a sorry white man To run a blockade still. Now I love a slio nuff Christian An’ appreciate their worth; ‘They are the bulwarks of the nation— The salt that saves the earth, Butl detest them vile pretenders What allurs love to shout. Them measly old Pharisees What the Master talked er bout. C. Jackson, Ga., March 12th 1893. SWEET SINGERS OF GEORGIA. Soon the and *rky will be happy, In the hot summer time; ’Twill fill his heart with gladness To snooze in the warm sunshine. —Thomasville Advertiser. Now soon we’ll see the rabbits jump The children skip from school; The-candidate will take the stump— The mortgage take the mule. —Henry County Midland. Up here the rabbit’s made his jump, The children go to school; The candidate has took the stump, The mortgage has the mule. —Ft. Gaines Herald. If farmers wish to live and thrive And from their debts go free, Each one must either hold or drive And pull for hog and hominee. —Blakely News. When the editor gets tired Of wailing and wishing, He up and gets his jointed rod And hies him off a-fishing. —Lumpkin Independent. A nd if the editor has no rod, And can get none by complaining, He ties his britches legs in a knot And with the seat goes seining. —Jackson Argus. TAX RECEIVER’S NOTICE FIRST ROUND. Worthville, Monday, April 9. Iron Spring, (Harper’s shop) Tuesday, April 10th. Dublin, Wednesday, April 11. Indian Spring, Thursday, April 12. Coody’s, (Hammond’s store) Friday April 13. Buttrill’s, (Jenkinsburg) Monday Apr. 16. 2owaliga, (Kinard’s store) Tuesday Apr 17. Jackson court house every Saturday, com mencing April 14, I/eave your orders for fresh bread and cakes with Mr. Harp, rear of Crum’s store, his oven is now in operation. The simple veto of the seigniorage bill is not as important as Mr. Cleve land’s declaration of his policy. The democrats who have been waitii-gfor the news have now got it. The cuckoos that have been urgiug the passage of the seigniorage bill now flop ‘.o the front with a “me too” that can be heard a mile It is a joyous lite—that of the cuckoo. FENTON A L Alt AM A. Editors Argus: —As I am so proud to receive your paper and have the pleasure of hearing from my old home eve'-y week, anti as there arc several out here that formerly lived in Butts countv, and doubtless have connec tions and friends back there that would like to hear from them. So I will, by your permisdon, give a few dots from this part of Sand Mountain. The country has undergone a great change within the past ten years. Where ten years ago there was noth ing but a wilderness, you will now find fine house and large plantations in a fine state of cultivation. Besides we have two thriving towns that do an immense business. The mountain is dotted with churches and schools. The North Alabama Agricultural col lege is located here with over 200 pu pils enrolled. Ncirly allot the men that came here trom Butts have good homes, and are doing well. The Sparks, Majors, Tuekeis, Harpers, and others have good home Land has advanced in price from one and two dollars to from five to fifteen dollars per acre. Land near Albertville, where the college is lo cated, is bringing from $2O to $lOO per acre. Wc have had the coldest spell of weather for the past week that we have had this winter. The oat crop is badly damaged, the fruit is all killed aud fanners set back with their work. This is a good grain, fruit and vegeta ble country. lam inclined to think that som ; more Butts county people might better their condition by mov ing to Sand Mountain. If this letter escapes the waste basket I may write again In the course of time. W. D. Thomas. Is as safe and harmless as a fla* seed poultice. It acts likeapoul tice, drawing out fever and pain, and curing all diseases peculiar to ladies. “Orange Blossom” is a pas tile, easily used at any time; it is applied right to the parts. Every lady can treat herself with it. Mailed to any address upon re ceiptofsi. Dr. J.A. McGill&Co. 4 Panorama Place, Chicago, 111. Sold by DR. W. L. CARMICHEAL. An exchange has the following: “Newspaper editors and printers are not such a bad lot after all. Read this: Oi the 3890 convicts in the state penitentiary of Texas, there is not a newspaper nun, while there are bankers, doctors, photographers, min isters, barkeepers, cooks, bakers and members of ad other callings and pro fessions/’ An exchange tells of a boy in Li thonia, who swallowed the contents oian ink bottle and was relieved by the attending physician causing him to swallow two or throe clotting pads However we do not vouch for the truth of the story although a news paper records it. • M'ilHE • How an Enemy was Foiled. The following graphic statement will be read with intense interest: “1 cannot describe the numb, creepy sensation that existed in my arms, hands and legs. 1 had to rub and beat those parts until they were sore, to overcome in a measure the dead feeling that had taken possession of them. In addition, I had a strange weakness in my back and around my waist, together with an indescribable ‘gone’ feeling in my stomach. Physicians said it was creeping paralysis, from which, accord ing to their universal conclusion, there is no relief. Once it fastens upon a person, they say, it continues its insidious progress until it reaches a vital point and the sufferer dies. Such was my prospect. I had been doctoring a year and a half steadily, but with no par ticular benefit, when I saw an advertisement of Dr Miles’ Restorative Nervine, procured a bottle and began using it. Marvelous as it may seem, but a few days had passed before every bit of that creepy feeling had left me, and there has not been even the slightest indication of its return. I now feel as well as I ever did, and have gained ten pounds in weight, though I had run down From 170 to 137. Four others have used Dr. Miles’ Restorative Nervine on my recomen dation, and it has been as satisfactory in their cases as in mine.” —James Kane, La Rue, O. I)r. Miles’ Restorative Nervine is sold by all druggists on a positive guarantee, or sent direct by the Dr. 3liles Medical Cos., Elkhart, Ind., on receipt of price, ?1 per bottle, six bottles for S5, express prepaid. It is free from opiates or dangerous drugs. For Sale by VV. L. CARMICHAEL and R. G. BRYANS & CO. Mr. Carlisle will have to issue his own bonds, if he thinks bonds are necessity. SHOES. f* We keep Shoes to fit everybody's foot, fanev aud pocket book w £J shoes, Sunday shoes aud holiday shoes, all for prices that cannot be dir• or M| MILLINERY. We are the leading Milliuera in Jackson, tor tho reason that wc i long and diversified experience. We have all kinds of hats m the vervT? styles, combining French and American prize designs. ' ate t■ DRY GOODS. Our line of Dry Goods is composed of all the latest and most fashion n 1 shades, and of qualitits the best the markets ol the world can afford r* | and see. ’ tOIn ' ’ FANCY GROCERIES. Our line of shelf Groceries cannot be surpassed in prices and uualit I Our tobacco is so c ean that the people are surprised at the qualify' of good I when tried. We keep all kinds ofstmff. Come to see us and be convinced * 1 L. R. CASON, Prop, of the VARIETY STORE. ] GUANO! GUANO! ' JACKSON HIGH GRADE! EUTAW ACID PHOSPHATE! EUTAW FERTILIZERS! i We desire to state to the farmers of Butts and surrouudiug counties that we are now fully prepared to cater to your wants in the way of fertiFbsri for 1894. As is a well known fact, we handle the famous Jackson High Grade, A guano that has stood the test aud came out ahead of all competition. It it manufactured right here in your midst, and is made only of the best materi als, and uader our personal supervision. Those who have tried it are pre* fusa in their admiration of its qualities. It Leads Them All! We will also handle the Eutaw Acid Phosphate and Eutaw Fertilizers, two well known brands that have stood severe tests as to their quality aud re sultts. Come and see us when you come to Jackson, we have enough for all, and shall be ever pleased to fill your orders. Very truly your friends, ALMAND, MOON & CO. FANCY GROCERIES: " E. 6. GILMORE & HENCELY, May’s Block, Next Door to Livery Stable on 3d Street* Everything kept fresh, neat and clean, and tbe ladies are especially invited to call on us. W ketp country raised potatoes and onions, in fact, all kindj of country raised Vegetables. We deliver all goods free, and orders are promptly filled in a business-like manner. Our country friends are also invited to'give us their trade and we guarantee to please them. GILMORE & HENCELY. Jackson, Ga., Eeb. 8. 1894. NEW LUMBER YARD On the Square. Having opened up anew lumber yard in fown, 1 can save you hauling from the depot. I propose to keep all kind of building material. I have the best No. 2 Shingles in Butts county, and will sell you as cheap, if not cheaper, than anybody. Will contract to build your house, if you wish it. Come and see me, and get prices Respectfully T. M. FURLOW. MENSTRUATION with a woman of vigorous health passes off in due time without pain or dis comfort ; but when she approaches this crisis MONTHLY with a frail constitu tion and feeble health she endangers both her physical and mental powers. BRADFIELD’S ->e FEMALE e- REGULATOR if taken a few days before the monthly sickness sets in and continued until! nature performs her functions, has no equal as a SPECIFIC for Painful, Pro fuse, Scanty, Suppressed and Irregular MENSTRUATION Book to “ WOMAN ” mailed free. BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO., Atlanta, Ga. Sold by all Druggists. The best sausage ever manu factured in Jackson, also the “cleanest” can be found at Harp's meat market. • Send Six 2 Cent Stamps The NEW SOUTH COOK BOOK 150 First Class Receipts. B. W. W'RENN, G. P. & T. A., Knoxville. Tew. MERCURIAL Mr. J. C. Jones,of Fulton, Ark., saysof MJfX “About ten years ago I con -1*5325 traded, a severe case of blood poison. Leading physicians prescribed medicine after medicine, which I took without any relief. I also tried mercu rial and potash remedies, with unsuc- RHEUMATISM cessf ul results, but which brought on an attack of mercurial rheumatism that made my life one of agony. After suf ering four years I gave up all remedies and commenced using S. S. S. After taking several bottles, I was entirely cured and able to resume work. ■"■>,■-■1 is the greatest medicine for ■Sbbl blood poisoning to-day on. the market.” Jj Treatise on Blood tree. SirjrrSsrario Cos., Atlanta, o*.