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VOL. XXVI.
IU©T WATCH TJ©!
WE’RE EVER IN THE FORE-FRONT OF
“the Push,” and are now preparing to as
tonish the “Natives” with rare values in
the latest styles and newest novelties for
Spring and Summer Wear.
# Watch for the announcement of the arrival of our Spring
Goode in the newest designs and latest importations *
Yours to please,
■ ;.. •• • _ . f V • ’
The C. G. Fennell Company,
PROPRIETORS THE GLOBE STORE.
Some Xocal
flbaraarapbs.
Capt. J.W. McCord was in town,
working his co-operative insurance,
so much, that our people did not
now when he moved to town.
Justice Robison issued a warrant
on Wednesday for a negro on the
■Southern Railroad work train who
stole a pistol from another negro.
The warrant should have read so as
to jail both of them !
Considerable interest is being man
ifested in the ‘*wet and dry” elec
tion in this county today. It is es
timated that the county yrill go dry
by a two to one vote. Vfe will give
the result of the electiou in our next
issue.
Scot Tennant is a shoe man from
the ground up. He taoxles nearly
every fellow that comes to JaeKson
to sell him a pair of shoes, and even
goes out into the street and ties their
horses for them—provided they look
like they need shoes. Scot has got
it down to such a tine point that he
can tdl by a man's counternance
what kiud of pair ot shoes he has on.
BucKwheab and maple syrup at Al
len Co’s.
Miss Helen Cox, who has served
for the past two seasons as milliner
for the Globe Store, will return on
March loth, and resume her duties
for another season. Mias Helen, be
sides being an expert milliner in all
branches, is a most charming and
accomplished young lady and her
many fri6nds in Jackson will be de
lighted to hear that she will return
to us.
Hwfedtt Atps,
JACKSON, BUTTS COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1898.
Miss Martin, of Newnan, Ga., has
been engaged by the Racket Store as
milliner for the coming season. Miss
Martin spent Friday in Jackson, and
besides being an expert milliner in all
branches, she is a charming and cul
tured young lady and has already
made many friends during her short
stay in our city. She will return to
Jackson and assume the duties of her
position on March 15th.
Morgan McNeel of Marietta, was
in Jackson on Saturday last for the
purpose of placing in position in the
Jackson cemetery an elegant monu
ment over the grave of the lamented
E. E. Pound, once county school com
missioner, mayor of Jackson, and a
mason of national fame. The monu
ment is an elegant piece of work, and
reflects much credit upon the McNeel
Marble Works, from whom it was
purchased.
If you have any money to invest in
real estate, you can get a tip for the
asking, from Harmon A Cos.
Mr. W. G. Flako, who, by the way
is one of the cleverest men and best
judges of cotton in the south, and who
has been stationed at Jackson as
Manager of the business for the large
cotton firm of SanJers. Swan & Cos.,
at this end of the line, is authority
for the statement that Jackson has
up-to-date received 18,000 bales of
cotton as her share of the product
this season. In view of the fact that
our receipts have been averaging
about 12.000 t0 *13,000 bales this is a
most encouraging prospect.
In another colum of this issue will
be found the Grand Jury persent
ments.
Mr. McKenzie, the contractor of
Butts new court house, spent Sunday
and Monday in Atlanta on business.
Judge M. W. Beck is one of the
most competent and painstaking
Judges on the Superior eourt bench
today.
Good mule for sale. Apply to Dr.
J. W. Crum.
The new streets of Pepperton are
being opened up and otherwise im
proved by the Pepperton city council.
Mayor Asbell makes a first class offi
cer and he is doing some good w T ork
in that position.
Little Julia Thornton, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Thornton, gave a
birthday party to her numerous
friends at the home of her parents
on McDonough street last Saturday
evening and the occasion was highly
enjoyed by all present. Little Julia
is one of the sweetest children we
have ever met, and her many friends
wish her a repetition of this happy
birthday event for years to come.
You should consult B. F. Moon
about fertilizers before buying.
Mr. R. S. Brown, buyer for the
New York Store, left for New YorK
on Tuesday. Rufus says he is going
to feel the pulse of the wholesale
merchants of New Tork and shake
“the long green” in their face, and
if he don't get a bargain in the New-
York Stores stock for the coming sea
son it will not be because money and
experience m buying is lacking. He
will be joined in Baltimore by their
milliner, Miss Bentley, who will ac
company hini to New York and pur
chase her millinery stocK. The in
terests of the New Y"ork Store's custo
mers will be well guarded.
OUR BUYERS ARE NOW IN THE F.AST=
era markets making purchases that will show
great care and skill in selection and that the
buyers were thoroughly cognizant of the great
Stringency in the floney flarket.
The grand jury is no respector of
persons. Even our editor-pro-tem
had a cordial invitation to drop in
and see them last Saturday morning.
Charlie Smith, of the Star Store,
left Saturday night for Charleston,
S. C., where lie spent Sunday and re
turned to Jackson Monday morning.
The Globe and New YorK Stores
have elegant half page advertise
ments in this issue. Read them and
call at their store to do your trading
when in search of bargains.
Ask J. G. McDonald to show you
his accident and sick benefit in
surance. It beats anything we have
yet seen.
Plenty shop coal 20c per hundred.
S. B. Kina^d.
Judge Carmichael has instructed
the physicians of our county that they
can secure vaccine virous for vaccina
tion free of charge by applying at his
office. The virus is furnished by the
government and this offer is made
with the hope that our entire people
may avail themselves of the oppor
tunity of now being vaccinated free
of charge.
Thornton and Clayton Buchanan
have a goat that works to a plow,
and they have all the necessary par
apheraiia for ploughing. They
hitched their goat to the little plo.v
one evening recently and experiment
ed on Mr. Buchanan's garden patch
which he had a few days before set
out in garden seed. They had only
ploughed up a few rows of the seed,
however, before their father called
around and showed them wherein the
goat was doing his part too success
fully. He was accompained with a
nice little hickory switch and as a
result Thornton and Clayton now do
their plowing in another portion ol
tneyard where there isn’t as many
seed.
W. E. Harp contemplates building
an ice house on his vacent lot ad
joining the jail, in which he will
handle ice during the coming season.
Mr. J. J. Pate, carriage trimmer
for J. R. Carmichael's carriage
factory, has returned to Jackson
from a visit to relatives and friends
at Birmingham, Ala.
Daily arrival of fruits and vegeta
bles at Allen & Co’s.. “The Grocers.’*
Mr. J. D. Thornton, of Atlanta,
who has been in Jackson during the
past week working life insurance,
left for his home in Atlanta on Satur
day night last.
The “blind tigers" took holiday
during court week. Those who were
convicted will begin work again as
soon as they can be escorted off to
the chaingang.
Snow Flake crackers at Allen &
Co’S.
A crowd of Jackson's young men
w T ere trying to figure out how much
kerasene oil is burned every week
down on Third street between the
hours of 7p. m. and 2a. m., but
when they had gotten up as high as
612 gallons they struck the names of
Bill Brown and Pliny Hali and just
added two ciphers to the amount and
gave us the figures for publication.
Arbuckle's coffee, cheap as anyone
in Jackson, at Alien & Co's.
Squire Yell Thaxlon, the veteran
bailiff of Butts Superior court, in
forms us that he hasn't ridden on a
train for the past 85 years, and he
wouldn't have dope so even then bad it
not been that he was returning home
from the war. Squire Thaxton is
positively opposed to thedangerous(?)
habit of riding on the cars and says
he would walk to Atlanta any time
before he would get on a train to go
there!
NO. 9.