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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.