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The Blue Store is simply doing the business, and that Shows how the wind blows. We bought our Entire
Stock with the Ready Cash and our Customers get a Share of the profits on all we sell.
Business is never dull with us. Our Sales Are Advertisements in Themselves. Buy of us once and you are happy.
George Thompson (red headed George) is here always ready and anxious to serve the trade, and he treats everybody
light, too. W, M. Potts, Henry Guun and Miss Mattie Paul will cater to the wants of those desiring anything in the
line of genei al merchandise, etc. Thanking you for past favors, we remain your friends,
GDNN, POTTS & CO, Propr’s. BLUE STORE, Jackson, Ga.
t-oeaf items.
Remember, the Kinard
Sale, Advertised on Fifth
page in this issue, is on next
Thursday and not 'Wednes
day. Thursday is the 29th!
.Jackson has one of the Irest corps of
physicians in the state of Georgia.
Mrs. Jas Yopp is spending a few days
visiting relatives and friends in Macon.
There was a party given to a few invi
ted guests at Judge Carmichaels’ on
Monday night.
We learn that Supervisor Newsome
has resigned his position as supervisor
of this section of the Southern railway.
Henry Gunn ought to make a good
collector if he would go “loaded.”
Mr. Griffin Daughtry of Macou spent
Saturday and Sunday mingling with his
friends and relatives.
Dr. Ellis is now registered iu Class
No. 1. Oh, Mr. Weaver, did you and
Bob Lyons see him last Sunday evening?
O. B. Willis at Frank McKibben’s
furniture store can sell you one of the
best well pumps on the market. Call
and see him.
Jackson has enough bicyclists to got
up a race sometime soon. There are
some good long distance riders iu the
ciowd.
C. C. Smith visited Atlanta Saturday
and returned to Jackson on Sunday
morning.
See the change of schedule on the
Southern railway in this issue. Then
cut it out and paste it in your hat.
We know a boarder at the Morrison
House who trims his corns with the
scissors. These are facts, for we saw
him do it.
Miss Cliff Burr, a handsome young
lady of Baruesville, who has been spend
ing a few days visiting Miss Hattie But
trill of this city, returned home on Mon
day of this week.
Mr. J. G. McDonald, our Junior editor,
gave a delightful ’possum dinner to hi*
friends at the Morrison House on Fri
day last. The boys ate so much ’pos
sum that they climbed the bed posts all
night long, barking like a dog in the
meantime. -’Possum dinners don’t
agree with some people.
Prof. Lewis, art teacher at the Jack
• >n Institute, happened to a very pain
ful accident one day this week. While
cutting on a cracker box, he accidently
stuck the blade of a knife in his hand.
A man called at the post office one
day recently and wanted to pay his box
rent. On being told that it was 50c, he
turned pale, and remarked: “Great
Jerusalem! It’ll take ten pounds of
cotton to pay it! Oh me, oh my, oh my,
oh me, oh, oh, oh!” and he fell back in
the doorway, gasping for breath.
Jackson needs a eotton factory! Do
you understand that language? Well,
it’s plain and outspoken. We need one,
and need it bad. A cotton factory can
be started right here in Jackson with a
little exertion, and we are going to see
to it that something i done in that di
rection, or bore you to death reading om
editorials on it.
Iu the last issue of the Atlanta Ga
zette in chronicling 0e death of Mr.
F M.' Richardson, an estimable citizen
of that place, it very aptly marks 01
its headline— “A Good Man Die- Do
we understand by till., Brother, that
the bad ones live on to w™*’ "
might he profitable toward loo*vrtyfor
the Anooe editora to change their course
of living.
WE ARE HEADQUARTERS FOR REAL LIVE BARGAINS.
The Masons met on Monday night of
this week, and Billie Potts now eats his
meals off the mantelpiece.
j Sheriff Beauchamp returned from
south-west Georgia Wednesday, with
Heyward Johnson, formerly of Jenkins
burg. Mr. Beauchamp found Johnson
at a turpentine still.
Long tail coats are strictly in it at the
Morrison House. Here’s a quartet of
long-tail coaters that’s hard to beat:
W. G. Thompson, Jack McDonald, Bob
Etheridge and Charlie Pinckney. Char
lie has to hold his up behind so as to
keep it from sweeping the ground.
We are pleased to learn that little
Bertha Carmichael is now getting along
nicely, after a very serious spell of sick
ness. She was very sick for awhile and
fears were entertained for her recovery,
but we are now glad to state that she is
l convalescing.
It is a noticeable fact that the mer
chants who do not advertise in the
Argus are the ones who complain most
of hard times. The way to knock hard
times in the head is to put ft nice, neat
“ad” in the Argus. It reaches the
people and shows that you are iu busi
ness to sell goods, and they will trade
with you.
Miss Jennie Tisdel, formerly of Jack
son, but now of Macon, Ga., was mar
ried in that city a few days ago. The
Argus extends congratulations to the
happy couple, and hopes tlieir troubles
may all be little ones.
The Macon Telegraph say* the Argus
is the newsiest, neatest, and best gotten
up weekly paper in Georgia, For all of
which we feel deeply grateful, If it
wasn’t so far between drinks we’d set
’em up, Brother Allen, but next time
you catch us down that way we’ll fix
matters all right with you.
Dear Sir— lf you will please call
arouud to the Argus office and settle
that little subscriptiou account you owe
us we will be under the most lasting ob
ligations to every one of your family,
even unto the third and fourth genera
tions. We need a little silver to grease
the wheels of locomotion, and as our
“grease can” is now empty, it could
not come at a more favorable time.
Will you do it?
Jackson is now enjoying a reputation
abroad as a hustling town. No place of
its size in Georgia has the energetic
merchants that compose our town.
They advertisi their business, and by so
doing they also advertise Jaeksou. The
Argus is an “ad” for Jackson when
ever it goes. A citizen of Atlanta told
us last week that he would like to live
iu Jackson. He had seen a copy of the
Argus aud was couvinced by its adver
tising patronrge that there were very
few dead merchants here. You are
right, brother, the dead merchants can
be counted on the fingers of your left
hand. Come down, you can distinguish
their places of abode (uot business) by
the spider web* interlaced across their
front doorways.
Isn’t it strange that the people hardly
ever have a voice in anything? A bill
was introduced in the House on Mon
day, makiug the positions of Judges
aud Solicitors elective by the people in
stead of the legislature, as it now
stands. The legislature can now elect
these officers, and whether or uot it
suits the people of their districts, they
have to grin and bear it. The bill was
killed without the least trouble, and
why? Because some of those chronic
office-holders who think they have a
deed to the position, desire to remain
there for life. They used their influ
ence against th. bill for the reaaon that
it is much eaaier to manipulate a few
agure heads in the legielatnre than to
run for office against the combined ef
lorts of the whole community.
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OTHERS MAY TALK ABOUT LOW PRICES, ETC. BUT
This country needs two hundred mil
lion dollars in non-interest-bearing bonds
of the live and ten dollar denominations,
and one hundred million dollars of silver
coined. Gold can take care of itself.
Cold drinks dead, but hot drinks Of
every kind at Dr. W. L. Carmichael’s.
Rev. G. W. Gardner got a telegram
this morning announcing the death of
his father. His pulpit will be fitld
here next by someone while
he is in South Carolina, his father’s
home.
There will be a thanksgiving service
at the Methodist church on Thursday,
Nov. 29th. All are invited to attend.
Mr. H. Y. Guun has just found anew
lot of shoe beads. Call on him if your
buttons need fastening.
There is a mighty big pile of
that Mighty Dollar flour that is
mighty good and mighty cheap
at the Blue Store,
Avery swell “call party” was given
at a residence on Thiid street one
night recently. The couples in attend
ance, besides the lady who was fur
nishing the call, were C- C. Smith,
{Some second hand buggies for
sale cheap at Thornton’s Livery
Stable.
Ma. J. B, Settle has moved into his
handsome residence on Third street
aud is row engaged in grading the
lawn and otherwise beautifying the
exterior appearance of its surround
ings. When fiuished Mr. Settle will
have one of the handsomest houses in
our city.
Fruit Trees. — J Those who
bought fruit trees from Reese
Thaxton can find them near post
office, Jackson, Ga. Please call
and get them at once.
George Carmichael.
Is there really such hard times as
these non-adyertisers say there are ?
Times can be made raueh softer by get
ting a hustle on ourselves and stop
croaking.
LOST —A winter Lap Robe on
the Dight of the marriage at the
Baptist church. Finder w r ill
please return to Thornton’s liv
ery stable.
Dr. French of Midway, Ky., arrived in
JaGkson on Wednesday of this week,
and will spend a while in Jackson recu
perating his heaUh. He has just left
Asheville, N. C., where he spent a few
weeks on the same mission. The doctor
is an affable and clever gentleman, a
fluent conversationalist and a polished
scholar. We gladly welcome him to
our midst and sincerely trust that his
stay in Jackson will proye most benefi
cial to his health. He is quartered at
the Morrison House.
Horses and mules for sale cheap
at Thornton’s Livery Stable.
ENDORSED AS THE BEST REMEDY
August A. Klages, 810 St, Charles
street, Baltimore, Maryland, writes:
“From my youth I suffered from a pois
onous taint in my blood My face and
body were continuously affected with
eruptions and sores lam now forty
two years of age and have been treated
in Germany and America, but no rem
edy overcame the trouble until I used
Botanic Blood I’alm. My skin is now
clerr, smooth and healthy, and I consid
er the poison permanently driven from
mv blood. I endorse it as the best rem
edy.” One dollar per large bottle. For
sate bydruggiste.
To Our Subscribers.
Those who are in arrears for the argus
will please come forward aud settle their
little accounts at once. It requires capi
tal to publish the paper we are giving
you at present and though we very much
dislike to mention it, we need tiie
money. Each account is small, but when
bunched together they make a consider
able amouut. We have endeavored to
give you a clean, newsy, and readable
paper, and if you will only come forward
and show your appreciation of our ser
vices by paying your subscription ac
counts, we will be under many obliga
tions to yon.
Ed Huson is the champion corn doc
tor of Georgia. While he is getting the
medicine together your corn will get
well. It doesn’t take him more than
six mouths to fix up a box of his “Grin
and bear it” corn cure. He has written
all over the United States for ingredi
ents, aud he hasn’t got started good yet.
Call on him when you are afflicted with
any kind of hurting in the head, neck,
chest or toe. His corn cure will give
you relief.
Democratic Ticket.
For Clerk of the Court,
JOHN O’REAR.
For Sheriff,
J. O. BEAUCHAMP.
For Tax Receiver,
J. H. HAM.
For Tax Collector,
CARTER.
For Treasurer,
T. L. WILLIAMS.
For Surveyor,
B. J. JINKS.
For Coroner,
JESSE McELROY.
If you want to swap horses call
on J. J. Thornton.
Edison, the greatest inventor of the
age, which means he is the greatest
philospher, says of mankind in this wise:
“We don’t know a millionth part of one
per cent about anything.” Again, he
says: “I find that the conceit of a man
is in inverse ratio to the square of his
knowledge.” After getting Edison’s
analysis of man, we fiud a safe rule to
measure by to be this: “The more a
man professes to be, the less he is, and
yice- versa. The less he tries to show of
himself the more of his greatness ap
pears.”
FOUR BIG SUCCESSES.
Having the needed merit to more than
make good all the advertising claimed for
them, the following four remedies have
reached a phenominal sale. Dr. King's
New Discovery for consumption, coaghs,
and colds, etch bottle guaranteed. Electiic
fitters, the great remedy for liver, stomach
and kidneys. jSucklen’s Arnica .Salve,
the best in the world, and Dr. King’s New
Aife Pills, which are & perfect pill. All
these remedies are guaranteed to do ju9t
what is claimed for them by the dealer,
whose name is at* ached herewith will be
glad to tell you more of them. .Sold at K.
G. Bryan’s drug store.
Sale of the Kinard property is
on Thursday, November 29th.
Willie’s Mistake.
Said little Willie Reece one day
“I think it would be cute
To hide this chestnut burr away
In mamma’s Sunday boot”
His mamma found it with her heels,
And little Willie Reece
Cannot sit down but eats liis meals
Off of the mantelpiece.
I have a second hand two horse
wagon lor sale cheap. J. J.
Thornton.
Mr. Dooley Vindicated.
Martin Dooley, Esq., one of the clev
erest men in the “profesh,” was ar
raigned in Atlanta last week, charged
with posting up indecent show pictures
on the bill boards of Atlauta, by some
of her “jimcrack” residents. The trial
came up before Judge Calhoun, who,
after bearing the evidence, promptly
dismissed the case, thereby vindica
ting Mx*. Dooley, and branding the
“quacks” who made the case as a set
of geese. Martin Dooley is one of the
best, most peacable and law-abiding cit
izens of Atlanta, and if those “jim
crows” who had him arraigned knew
decency and morality one third as well
as we do Mr. Dooley, there would have
been no need of an airing of public
sentiment in the matter. We extend
Mr. Dooley our congratulations, while
the prosecutors must accept sarcasm
in profusion. They deserwe it, foi
when a citizen of Atlanta gets so far
advanced in the stages of civilization
that he ean’t tell the difference be
tween a Roman toga and a gentle
man’s night shirt we think it time
to move all bar-rooms outside the in
corporate limits of the town.
A pill in need is a friend indeed- Then
have Ayer's Pills at hand.
Jim Thornton has seme of the
best turnouts in his livery stable
ever shown in Jackson. Call on
him when you want a nice team
ot horses.
A Std Dtath.
Our reader* will be pained to learn
ot the death of Mr, F. M. Kinard at
his store on Wednesday morning.
The coroner, Simon Hard}’, was sum
moned and the jury returned the fol
lowing verdict :
“We, the jury, after hearing the evi
dence under oath, find that F. M,
Kinard the deceased, came to his death
from a pistol shot in his owb hand.
T. P. Bell, ioiemsn ; J. G, Colwell, I.
B. Carmichael, J. B. Evans, J. M. C.
Thaxton, W. A. Mangliam.”
There was no evidence as to whether
the killing was suicidal or accidental.
Mr. Kinard was in easy circumstances
and had never hinted his intention If
twas suicide. But he had just removed
the pistol or was in the act of remov
ing it from umter his pillow where it
was kopt every night, wheD it fired.
Whether he did it on purpose or it was
accident*! will never be known.
The special trom tlti-s place to the
Constitution is very wrong. Tin re
could have been n> financial trouble,
for the estate of his father had just
been 9old for more than thre# times
the indetdeduess, besides a 400 acre
dower not in the tale.
Sale day is next Thursday, not
Wednesday.
Bring On Your Cotton.
It is an indisputable fact that Jack
sou is now paying a higher price for
cotton than any other town in this sec
tion et Georgia. We saw the quota
tions from i arious towns surrounding
us one day this week, aud Jackson led
the string by three-sixteenth of a cent
per pound. Our farmers can always
bank on getting the top ot the market
for their cotton w hen brought to Jack
son, as she has some expert cotton
buyers who have made this business a
life study, and all of whom would
rather lose money themselves than to
swindle the poor tanner out of one
single cent. Nothing is made by hold
ing cotton for a|ise in the market, as
it is bound to lose weight and the
farmer is running risk of its getting
burned up. The market is now and
has been for the past month on a
standstill at about 5 and 5)4 cents. So
it behooves the farmer to market his
cotton as soon as it is ginned, for it he
holds it a loss is sure to occur. We
have had a fine season lor cotton in
the field ajd if a rainy spell should set
in the farmer would be greatly dam
aged by letting his cotton remain un
picked, awaiting a rise of the market.
Nobody knows the future, aud we
thiuk it by far the sarest plan to get
the cotton out of the field as soou as
possible, and as soou as it is gotten out
the next satest plan is to get rid of it
just as quick as you can. Indications
do not point to a rise in the market
before January or February, aud if a
bale of cotton is held back until then,
we can see no plausible reasou why it
shouldn’t bring about the same price
as now after deducting loss iu weight,
risk, etc. Our advice to the farmers
of Georgia is to market your cotton.
And if you are within hearing distance
of this appeal, it will save you money
to bring it to Jackson.
The smallest “caGboil” is large enough
to show- that the blood needs purifying—a
warning which, il unheeded, may result,
not ia more boils, but in something very
much worse. Avert the danger in time by
the use of Ayer’s Sarsaparilla, Cured
others, will cure you.
Thornton’s stable is the place
to get a fashionable turnout. He
ha 9 excellent easy riding bug
gies, and nice horses to go with
them.
Live right, iovo your wife and
children, and buy Hart Shoes.
22-4 t
It is not Wednesday but Thurs
day, the 29th, that the big Sale
will come off.
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Baldness is either hereditary or caused
by sickness, mental exhaustion, wearing
tight fitting hats, and by oyer-work and
trouble. Hall's i?enewer will prevent it.
If you wish to hire a fashiona
ble turnout for your best girl to
ride in let Jim Thornton fix you
up a double team.
“My dear, when you buy our
winter shoes, be sure to get the
Hart brand—everybody says they
are the best and cheapest. For
sale at Star Store. 22-4 t
The Solid Truth.
Mr. J. 11. of Patillo, was in
to see us on Tuesday of this week, and
said he was thinking about subscribing
for our paper. The Junior editor re
marked that it was every man’s duty to
himself and family to subscribe for his
home paper, as it might in some way
pay him double the amount he expend
ed for subscription.
Mr. Williams subscribed, and now we
are going to save him one dollar ou the
first issue, He left his umbrella at our
office, aud has probably spent some val
uable time looking it up, but as soon
as lie reads this notice he is at liberty to
stop looking for it and devote liis time
to something mors profitable. Mr.
Willims, you are now saved the dollar
you paid us, aud we haven’t got started
on you good yet. Who is next?
liart Shoes—try one pair and
you will have no other. For sale
at Star Store. 22-4 t
Railroad Schedule.
Below will be found the correct sched
ule of the departure of trams' from
Jackson, on the Southern Railway. Re
vised Sunday, November 18, 1894:
SOUTH BOUND.
No. 31—1:14 a. m, don’t stop.
No. 35—8:46 a. m. stops.
No. 37—5:47 p. m. stops.
NOIiTH BOUND.
No. 32—2:24 a. m. don’t stop.
No. 38—10:08 a. m—stops.
No. 36—7:05 p. m. stops.
Remember Thursday, Nov. 29,
is the Sale day. It is not Wed
nesday.
Gentle reader, if you are in a pleas
ant mood, will you give us your atten
tion for a few moments, while we
discuss the question of “Whether er
not an Editor can wax Fat on Oyster
Cans?” But by way of introduction,
probably you owe us a Subscription
account of about sl. Do you ? Well,
let us deviate a little fiom the discus
sion and state that the Coroner has
had his left eye on us for the past few
weeks with the sole intention ot sitting
on our carcasses unless some good,
appreciative subscriber should come
forward and knock him out of his fee
by bringing us to life with a big,
round silver dollar I Our senior edi
tor ate the last handful of spare type
for breakfast this morning, and as our
“devil” staggered in the door about
the time when some people are in the
habit of eating dinner, he turned black
in the face when he saw both junior
and senior editors seated on an empty
ink baarel throwing dice to see which
should masticate the cffice towel. We
are afraid to mention the true state of
affairs for fear some of our best citizens
might be brought up cm the charge of
cruelty to animals, but we are here
for a purpose, and after consulting
Webster we have arrived at the con
clusion that that purpose is to try and
stay here, so the only way to help us
in our undertaking is to step in when
you come to town, drop a dollar in
the slot, and see the editois dance.
Buy the celebrated Hart Shoe,
for men, women and children.
Every pair warranted. Star Store.
22-4 t
Thornton’s stable will treat yon
right when you want a nice liv
ery team.