Newspaper Page Text
THE JACKSON ARGUS.
Ihe best paper in the best town in the best county in the best state in the best country
I'liirty-'eveiith Year.
[ A GOOD IVIAN GONE.
llr. R. L. -Smith Goes to
His Reward.
I It is with the deepest sorrow that
le tell of the going away of Mr.
Kufus L. Smith on last Sunday af
lernoou. His extreme illness from
lyphoid fever and organic heart
■rouble baffled the skill of his phy
liciau, two other physicians from
■Atlanta and two trained nurses.
11l that love could suggest and hu
inau skill could do was done to re
lieve him, but it was all of no avail,
|nd just at the close of the Sabbath
lay his spirit went to the God who
lave it, and his devoted wife and
|wo little daughters, his loving
jnother, brothers, sisters, and many
liear relatives and friends are bowed
In grief over the sad loss. He was
lorn in Monroe county thirty-five
tears ago, and had been in business
I ere thirteen years. He has filled
several positions of trust, and at
Ihe time of his death was one of the
proprietors and secretary and treas
urer of the Jackson Mercantile Com
lany, and was held in the highest
Isteem by all his business associ
ates. He was prominently identi-
tied with church work, being a
faithful steward of the Methodist
:hurch. No call for aid in the
church or for charity ever came to
lim unheeded, but as God had
prospered him he gave cheerfully.
In all walks of life the influence of
his pure, Christian life was felt,
and his going away is a distinct
loss to church, business and social
circles. On the home hovers the
deepest cloud, for he was an ideal
husband and father, a dutiful and
affectionate son to the widowed
mother, and a loving brother. The
going seems to mortal 'eyes untime
ly, but the view of the Father em
braces eternity—He knows best.
The interpretation of this great be
reavement will some day be given.
The funeral services were con
ducted at the Methodist church
Monday afternoon by the Presiding
Elder, Dr. J. H. Eakes, of Griffin,
the pastor, Rev. R. C. Cleckler,
and Rev. S. P. Wiggins, of Mil
ledgeville, a former pastor. The
sermon by Rev. Mr. Wiggins from
the text, “Mark the perfect man
and behold the upright, for the end
of that man is peace, ’ ’ was listened
to by a very large congregation who
had come to pay the last tribute to
his memory. Beautiful eulogies
were paid by each minister to their
brother and friend.
Many beautiful floral offerings
were expresstve of the esteem in
which he was held. After the serv
ices at the church the interment
was in the cemetery by the side of
the little son who preceded him two
years ago. The pall bearers were:
Messrs. J. R. Sams, J. L. Lyons,
J' B. Settle, H. L. Daughtry, J. M.
Currie, R. P. Sasnett. The loved
ones so sorely bereaved are his
wife, who was Miss Eva May Land,
two little daughters, his mother,
Mrs. A. C, Smith, of Monroe coun
ty: six brothers, Messrs. A. H. and
i • L. Smith of this city, Col. E. M.
Smith of McDonough, Messrs.
James, Willis and Olin Smith of
Monroe county; two sisters, Mrs.
M • B. Griffin and Mrs. Ed. Hunt
of Griffin.
fOLEYS KIDNEY PELS
T * m ■*•*••• KiiNntMtßuwu
JACKSON, BUTTS COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY n, 1910.
IN THE SOCIAL SWIH.
Those Coming and Going the Past
Week.
Mr. D. J/Thaxton spent Wednes
day in Macon.
Mr. J. P. Etheridge spent Wednes
day in McDonough.
Mrs. J. P. Etheridge is visiting
loved ones in Perry.
Col. H. M. Fletcher is attending
court this week in Forsyth.
Mr. W. S. Dame was in the city
from Jenkinsburg Thursday.
Homer Carmichael made a busi
ness trip to Atlanta Wednesday.
Mrs. Heard and Mrs. J. T. Gibson
were visitors from Flovilla Tuesday.
Mrs. N. J. Treadwell and daughter,
Miss Vera, were in the city Wednes
day.
Harry Butner came down from At
lanta to enjoy Sunday with home
folks.
Mrs. Leila Kinsman has returned
from three weeks’ visit to Lake Park,
in South Georgia.
Col. J. J. Willingham is attending
court in Porsyth this week and vis
iting home folks, too.
Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Womble left
Wednesday for a visit to Mr. Wom
ble’s parents in Omega.
Mr. Claude Hutcheson came over
from Jonesboro to attend the funeral
of Mr. R. L. Smith Monday.
Mr. John E. McKinley, one of
Butts county’s good farmers, has
moved to Goggins, getting his mail
on Route 1.
Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Barlow, Miss
Lillie and Mr. Edward Cornell, of
Indian Spring, were guests Thursday
of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Daughtry.
Little Doris and Catherine Carter
came down from Jenkinsburg and
spent Thursday with their grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Carter.
Miss Trudy Maddox has been quite
sick this week, and Mr. D. J. Thax
ton has had charge of the Book and
Novelty Company’s store during her
absence.
Mr. Harvey Knott spent Monday
with his parents in Locust Grove.
Mr. Knott recently came to Jackson
to accept a position as operator at
the depot.
Mr. J. G. Kimbell was down from
Jenkinsburg Thursday. He had an
attack of grip this winter, but lias
about recovered his usual weight
and health.
Mrs. Nannie McMichael, Miss Ma
rie and Mrs. Kate Valentino will
leave in a few days for a visit to
loved ones in Macon and Cordele,
and Duval, Fla.
Mrs. Hilliard returned Thursday
from Front Royal, Va., where she
was summoned two weeks ago to the
bedside of her sister-in-law, who was
extremely ill. She died soon after
Mrs. Hilliard arrived.
Mr. James T. Warfchen, who has
for several months had an office at
the Jackson Hardware Company’s
store, has moved to the nice new
office at the yards of the Butts Lum
ber Company, on Lyons street.
Mr. W. T. Powers left Tuesday for
the Eastern markets lor the big
spring and summer stock for the
Star Store. Mr. Powers has the gift
of pleasing the people with his selec
tions, and when the stock arrives it
will be the latest in the market.
Mr. Fred Hatfield, of Monticello,
has accepted the position of manager
of the shoe department with the Car
michael-Mallet Company. Mr. Hat
field comes with fine endorsement,
and it will be a pleasure to him to
meet the people and show them his
line of goods.
Mr. W. P- Ezell left Monday for
New York to buy the spring and
summer stock for the Garmichael-
Mallet Company. Mr. Ezell’s taste
and good judgment is well known to
the trading public, and beyond a
I LITTLE LOCAL LINES.
Some of the Happenings of the Week
Briefly Told.
On tlie first Saturday and Sunday
in March Elder Hays will preach at
Bethel.
In the announcement for Tax Re
ceiver in last week's issue we gave
the wrong initials to Mr. Henry
Thurston, which we gladly correct
this week. We should have written
J. H. Thurston.
The New York Store looks like
itself no more. The workmen have
built wooden walls and are tearing
away the brick walls, making ready
for the foundation of the new build
ing, which they will push rapidly to
completion.
Ruth Willis, who was taken so sud
denly and seriously ill last Friday
with congestion of the brain, has con
tinued very ill all the week, no de
cided change for the better. Her
many friends will be glad to hear of
marked improvement in her condi
tion.
Miss Hattie Bentley and Mrs. Fan
nie Stallings will have charge of the
millinery parlor of the Carmichael-
Mallet Company the corning season.
The new upstairs parlor is receiving
the finishing touches, and Mrs. Stal
lings will arrive next Tuesday.
doubt he will bring over a handsome
stock of goods. Mrs. Ezell will visit
relatives in Monticelio during his
absence.
Mr. David J. HcMichael
Goes to His Eternal
9 Home.
After several months of ill health,
Mr. Dave McMichael passed away
last Saturday night at the home of
his mother, Mrs. Nannie McMi
chael. Hfe was born and reared in
Jackson and spent his life here un
til the last fonr years, when he was
in business in Eatonton, Griffin and
Atlanta. He made and held many
strong friends by his quiet, gentle,
unassuming manner. All through
his life he showed such tender de
votion to his mother, and when his
health began to fail he wanted to
be near her, and came with his
; wife and spent his last days here,
receiving skilled medical treatment
and tenderest nursing. Two weeks
ago he went to Peachtree Heights
Sanitarium, but finding his strength
ebhing away he was brought home,
and surrounded by his loved ones
he passed away. From his own
lips came the words, “it’s all right,”
which lessens the blow given by the
Divine hand, for the heart-broken
loved ones can join him in the land
where there are no good-byes, no
severing the tender ties.
He leaves his wife, who was Miss
Kate Doe, of Griffin; his mother,
Mrs. Nannie McMichael; three sis
ters, Mrs. Kate Valentino, Mrs. E.
M. Boyd of Duval, Fla., Miss Ma
rie McMichael, and a brother, Mr.
Mr. William McMichael of Macon.
The remains were carried to Grif
fin Sunday and inteired in the cem
etery there to await the great res
urrection morn.
Bring: us your seed. We
exchange meal and hulls
for them or pay the high
est market price.
Railroad Warehouse.
Frost Proof Cabbage
plants at the Argus Office.
Please come in and see about
your subscription.
HON. J. J. FLYNT
Makes His Announcement
for Congress.
Well Known and Popular President
of Last State Senate Will Make
an Active and It Is Believed
a Winning Race.
Griffin News, Feb. G.
Iu another place in this issue will
be found the formal announcement
of HOll. J. J. Flynt, of Griffin, to
the voters of the Sixth Congress
ional district that he is a candidate
for Congress. It nas been antici
pated for some time that this an
nouncement would be forthcoming,
and indeed a preliminary canvass
has already been made by Mr.
Flynt’s friends that shows a most
encouraging and growing demand
for his candidacy all over the dis
trict and strongly points to his tri
umphant nomination.
Mr. Flynt’s career, as well as his
personality and ability as a cam
paigner, is one to inspire such con
fident belief, as he has never been
defeated before the people, nor won
by any small majority. He has
been three times in succession a
member of the General Assembly,
an ’unprecedented honor iu this
county, and once a member of the
Senate, and is now Judge of the
City Court of this county. In the
Senate he made a brilliant and sur
prising race for the presidency, and
was elected to that position unani
mously on the death of his suc
cessful competitor.
In the Legislature he was the
champion of every measure that
would benefit the people, and espe
cially distinguished himself each
time by the aggressive fights by
which the Georgia Experiment Sta
tion was kept from being carried
out of this district into the Ninth
district. He has been a strong ad
vocate of agricultural development
and is one of the trustees of the
Sixth District Agricultural College.
With such qualifications and ex
perience in the art and practice of
legislation, Mr. Flynt is particu
larly qualified to fill the present po
sition to which he aspires with
honor to himself and benefit to his
constituents, and is of an age and
vigor to do better service than al
most any one that could be named.
While yet a comparatively young
man, Mr. Flynt is one of the lead
ing lights of the Griffin bar, and
an advocate of special eloquence,
a telling quality which he has car
ried into all his campaigns. He is
a gentleman of engaging person
ality and address, with a great fa
cility for making and retaining
friends, and the more voters he
meets in the active personal cam
paign that he promises the more
votes he will get in the primary.
Col. O. H. B. Blood worth has
announced for the same office the
past week and Congressman Bart
lett will doubtless soon be heard
from —but in any event the cam
paign is now actively open with
two candidates in the field and
promises to be lively. Mr. Flynt
will have the best wishes of every
citizen of this county back of him,
and his friends expect him to carry
off the honors in a majority of the
other counties of the district.
| More Building for Jackson
j Messrs. J. L. &W. I. Wagner are
having material put on the ground
preparatory to enlarging their place
of business. There will he 00 feet
frontage, giving ample room for their
machinery; also, a commodious gar
age. Their business is one of the
best and most reliable in this section
of the State, and its steady growth
demands the increased space.
Business Change.
Jack Dempsey has sold out his in
terest in Jack Dempsey & Cos., fancy
grocery store, to Paul Nolen, who
takes charge at once. Paul is well
known all over this section, having
been with Ham & Carter Cos. tor sev
eral years, and will do a good busi
ness. Jack’s business plans are not
yet decided.
Seed Man Coming.
Mr. Tom R. Zachry, the famous
vegetable seed grower, will be in
Jackson the first court week with
Ids seed, ready to supply you for the
spring and summer planting.
Bring us your seed. We
exchange meal and hulls
for them or pay the high
est market price.
Railroad Warehouse.
Mrs. Mary Flynt Passes
Away.
Tuesday morning at the home of
her son-in-law, Mr. T. W. Duncan,
Mrs. Mary Flynt was found dead in
bed. When Mr. Duncan arose to
make a fire Mrs. Flynt was heard
talking to a child who was sleeping
witli her, and after Mrs. Duncan pre
pared breakfast and went to awaken
her she found her dead. It was a
great shock to the family, for she
was in usual health when she retired.
The particulars of the funeral could
not be learned. The interment wa
at Providence.
FOR SALE—House and
lot on West Ave. Call on
or address
W. M. Taylor, Jackson. Ga.
Memorial Service by W.
C. T. U.
All local unions are expected to
hold memorial service to commem
orate the life of Frances E. Willard
on or as near the 17th as possible,
and as that is near our regular meet
ing which is the 18th, we will use
that day, Friday of next week—will
meet at the Methodist Church at 8
o’clock. The programme will em
brace such sujects as “Miss Willard
as an educator,” “Asa writer,” “How
she came into the temperance work,”
“Striking events in her hfe.” After
a life of usefulness and consecration
to God she expressed her readiness
to comply with the last summons,
and said,“How beautiful to be with
God.” That song will be sung. All
are invited. Please come.
L. T. L. meeting next Sunday af
ternoon at 8 o’clock. Be sure to be
there. Pkes. W. C. T. U.
Get your Cabbage plants
now at the Argus Office.
LOST in or near Jack
son on January 30th or
31st, one pair Gold Spec
tacles in black folding
case. Please return to
Argus Office and receive
reward.
Heal and hulls sacked
or loose for sale at the
Railroad Warehouse.
Is your subscription due? If so,
please come in at once and settle.
No. 20