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THE JACKSON ARGUS.
TaE BEST paper in the best town in the best county in the best state in the BEST COUNT! y
Thirty-seventh Year.
SPLENDID NEW HOME TO BE ERECTED BY ETHERIDGE, SMITH & COMPANY, JACKSON, GEORGIA.
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The above is a beautiful repre
sentation of the magnificent two
story building gf the enterprising
firm of Etheridge, Smith & Cos.,
which is soon to be erected on the
old site where the New York Store
now stands. This building will be
the most modern business house of
the kind in this part of the State,
and when finished, this property
will represent about $25,000.00. It
will have 15,000 square feet of floor
space, and will be steam-heated
throughout. Both the floors will
have large plate-glass show win
dows. It will be modernly equip
ped with electric lights, electric
passenger elevators, complete wa
ter system, with lavatories, toilets,
etc., a telephone system connecting
each department. There will be
rest, tea and reading rooms for the
comfort and convenience of their
customers. In their plans the em
ployees have not been overlooked,
but each will be provided with a
locker for their private use. The
IN THE SOCIAL SWIH.|
Those Coming and Going the Past ■
Week.
Mr. A. H. Pope was in the city from
Cork Monday.
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Miss Ada Sams returned a few days
since from Atlanta.
Mrs. A. H. Smith and Helen spent
Monday in Atlanta.
Master James Carmichael lias been
quite sick this week.
Mr. W. S. Colvin, of Jenkinsburg,
was in the city Tuesday.
Mrs. C. A. Butner spent Monday
and Tuesday in Atlanta.
Miss Bertha Edwards is visiting
Mrs. Ezell in Monticello.
Mr. W. A . Newton made a business
trip to Hampton Monday.
Little Dorothy Ann Springer has
been quite sick this week.
Miss Lillian Brown, of Macon, is
visiting Miss Eloise Jones.
JACKSON, BUTTS COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1910.
plan also includes an up-to-date
vault for the safety of the books
and valuables of the firm. The
fixtures will be modern in every
respect, such as are required in the
large city stores.
This marks another step of pro
gress in the march to greater things
by these business men. The fact
that the business of these men is
based upon the right kind of prin
ciples, coupled with plenty of. push
and good business judgment, make
it necessary to provide larger quar
ters for their daily increasing busi
ness. They find, too, that this
community deserves and demands
the best and will be satisfied with
nothing less. The ample quarters
will give them the opportunity of
putting in new lines of goods they
have heretofore contemplated carry
ing but could not on account of a
lack of space.
Twenty years ago Messrs. R. N.
Etheridge and E. L Smith came to
Jackson to make their home. They
Miss Nora Nolen has been suffer-j
ing this week from an attack of grip.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Meredith
have moved near Jenkinsburg on a
tarin.
Walter Meade Crawford has been
visiting home folks in the city this
week.
Miss Ethel Redman has been the
guest this week of Miss Blanch
Barnes.
Miss Rosa Greer, of Flovilla, was,
the guest Tuesday of Miss Pearl
Maddox.
Miss Agues Lyons, of Atlanta, is
expected the last of the week to visit
Miss Ada Sams.
Mrs. E. W. Doe, of Griffin, came
Wednesday tor a visit to Mrs. Nannie
McMichael’s family.
Miss Annie Gilmore will teach a
class in expression at Jenkinsburg
during the spring term.
Mrs. I. J. Slaughter’s friends will
be sorry to learn that she has been
| quite sick for several days.
began business in their present
building, and by hard work and
close attention to business study
ing the best interests of their cus
tomers as well as their own,'exe
cuting well-laid plans, they have
built up the largest mercanrile busi
ness in this part of the country.
Their patronage is composed of the
very best people in both town and
country, and being ably assisted by
a corps of experienced salespeople,
and carrying a first-class stock of
up-to-date merchandise, they have
made and held good, staunch
friends. Their policy has been and
is still: To do the right thing, at
the Tight time, in the right way; to
do some things better than they
were ever done before; to eliminate
errors; to know both sides of the
question; to be courteous; to be an
example; to anticipate require
ments; to develop resources; to
recognize no impediments; to mas
ter circumstances; to act from rea
son rather than rule; to be satisfied
Miss Pearl Maddox returned tin
first of the week from a week’s visit
to Miss Rosa Greer in Flovilla.
Dr. VV. W. McCord came from
Florida the first of the-week to en
joy a few days with Ids family.
Miss Zadie Garr left Saturday for
Washington City, where she goes to
take a special course in English. '
Miss Margaret Welsh has returned
to her home in Atlanta after a pleas
ant visit to Miss Cleo Carmichael.
t Mrs. Annie Webb and sons, Ma
hone and Paul, returned Saturday
from a visit to relatives in Coving-1
ton.
Mrs. M. J. Carson will go to Flo
villa Saturday to attend the Primi
tive Baptist meeting at Sandy Creek
Sunday.
Miss Leila Hodges, who has been
visiting Mrs. R. N. Etheridge during
the holidays, returned Monday to
Waynesboro.
Mrs. Chestnutt, who has been vis
iting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. /. W.
Carmichael, returned to her home in
Tiftou Saturday.
with nothing short of perfection.
In conversation with them re
centlv they remarked that 1909
was the best year in the history of
the store, the sales breaking all
former records, and that they were
reaching out for the quarter of a
million mark in 1910. With their
inexhaustible supply of energy and
untiring effort, linked with the
shiny metal, they usually accom
plish what they plan. This firm is
too well known and established for
further comment. The community
should feel proud of this enterpris
ing institution, as it furnishes a
place to buy to advantage—a place
second to none.
During the building of this great
emporium the business will go stead
ily on, and all customers will re
ceive the same courteous attention
as they have for many years past.
If you owe The Argus, .either on
subscription or account, please call
and arrange same at once.
Col. J. W. Moore and Mr. Charlie
Moore and family, of Atlanta, were
visiting relatives in the city and
county Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. L. H. Mann, of Conley, was in
the city a few days since on business.
Mr. Mann has been a citizen of For
est Park until recently, when he
moved to Conley.
Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Spencer have
botli been quite sick for several days.
Their friends will be glad to hear of
their improvement and complete re
storation to health.
Miss Julia Thornton, of Talapoosa,
visited Mrs. C. W. Buchanan and
Mrs. Rosa Wright a few days since.
She was en route to the Georgia Nor
mal in Milledgeville.
Mrs. Robert Clark and little son,
Davis, who have been in the city the
past ten days witli relatives, will
leave the latter part of the week for
their home in Macon.
Miss Jane StanflelJ returned to
school at Gunston Hall, Washington
City, Tuesday. She was accompa
nied by Mise Cleo Carmichael, who
Ralph Bingham Coming
The news of the coming of this
famour humorist will be read with
joy by every one who has ever had
the pleasure of hearing him. lie
always draws a crowd, and Jackson
is fortunate in having this attrac
tion secured by Prof. Lanier for the
Auditorium January 14th, which is
Friday evening of next week.
Don’t forget the date and be sure
to be present. Such a pleasure
comes this way seldom.
A Narrow Escape-
Little Atlee Carmichael narrowly
escajied burning to death Wednes
day. lie was playing near a light
ed candle on the hearth when his
dress, which was a cotton fabric,
caught fire in front near his shoul
der. Fortunately, he lay down,
and in a measure smothered the
fire, but it blazed and burned his
neck and singed his hair. Mrs. Car
michael was in the room with him
and succeeded in putting it oat be
fore he was seriously burned.
Probably a moment later he would
have swallowed the blaze. A large
place was burned in h's dress, also
one in his knit underwaist. A
woolen undervest saved the blaze
from reaching his body. It was a
very narrow escape.
Daughters Meet Tuesday
The Daughters of the Confed
eracy will meet next Tuesday af
ternoon with the President, Mrs.
J. B. Settle, and all are urged to tye
present.
Business Change.
Mr. J. K. McNair has bought out
the Book and Novelty Company,
and Miss Trudie Maddox now has
charge of the business. Both Mr.
McNair and Miss Trudie are well
known through this section, and
will enjoy a good patronage. Mr.
I). J. Thaxton, the former proprie
tor, will enjoy a rest before engag
ing in other business.
will take a course in music there.
Col. Threat Mooie has moved his
family to the residence on Third
street near Mr. J. T. Fletcher’s,
where they will be until their new
home is completed on McDonough
street.
Mr. Ralph Settle, who has been
one of the operators at the depot tor
the past few years, u*sistipg part of
tiie time at Jack Dempsey & Co.’s
store, has resigned at the depot, and
will devote his whole time to ids du
ties at the store.
Misses Estelle and Myrllce Rut
ledge, who have been visiting rela
tives and .riends in the city and
county the past week, left this, Fri
day, morning for McDonough, where
they will spend a lew days before re
turning to their home in Atlanta.
Mrs. N. R. McCord and Ned
went to the (’amp Ground Sat
urday to see Mr S. J. Joyner,
who is critically ill and not expected
to live. Mr. and Mrs. Milton, too, are
both quite sick with grip. Their
friends will be sorry to hear of their
affliction.
Mr. M. L. King moved Saturday to
the Jamerson residence on West
Third street.
Mrs. Lottie Atkinson’s life is
brightened by anew little daughter.
They are in the city with Mr. and
Mrs. J. M. Crawford.
The Micajah Duke property, near
Stark, was sold Tuesday to Mr. J. H.
Duke. The body of land contained
sixty-eight acres and sold for seven
teen hundred dollars.
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