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THE JACKSON ARGUS. HE BEST PAPER IN THE BEST TOWN IN THE BEST COUNTY IN THE BEST STATE IN THE BEST COUNTRY hirty-seventh Year. IS THE SOCIAL SWIH. hose Coming and Going the Past Week. Mrs. S. H. Mays spent Tuesday in tlanta. Mis. J- H. Settle visite t in Atlanta luirsday. Tallie Jolly spent Thursday Atlanta. Homer Carmichael is visiting rl parents in Atlanta. Hr. A. H. Smith made a business jp to Atlanta Tuesday. Mrs. J. M. Ball and Mr. Fred Ball ijoved Sunday in Griffin. Mr. F. S. Etheridge and Lamar lent Wednesday in Atlanta. Mrs. Hubert Clark, of Macon, came uesday for a visit to relatives. Mrs. F. C. Shepherd was a visitor i Atlanta several days this week. Mrs. Nora L. King lias been visit g loved ones in Atlanta this week. Miss Ossie McCord leaves Saturday r Boston for a course in expression. Rev. Janies Bradley is in Stock idge this week conducting a meet- I nr. Watson Bai nes has accepted a po tion in the cash box at the Star tore. t .Mrs. Mary Presswood, of Atlanta, hs the guest this week of Mrs. T. C. ison. Mr. A. H. Pope and Master Charles i'aits, of Cork, were in the city Wed esclay. Miss Inez Daughtry returned hursday a.ter several months’ tour Europe. Mrs. Annie Stanfield and daughter. Iss Jane, will return from Atlanta ext week. Judge B. P. Bailey spent Wednes ty in Atlanta. \ Mr. Levi Carter leaves Sunday for t. Louis to accompany Mrs. Carter id little son home. Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Pope attended le funeral of Miss Adell Wilson in outieello Tuesday’. Mrs. B. F. Moon and Miss Fannie Ibson attended the openings in At nta Tuesday and Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Etheridge, Miss eila Hodges and Miss Annie Arden lent Sunday with friends in For th. Miss Jane Ham, who has been very ck at her home on West Avenue, is eatly improved, her friends will be *d to know. Miss Ernestine Dempsey leftThurs i,v to resume her duties as teacher English and history in LaUrange etnale College. Miss Rosalie Carmichael has re fned from Nashville, where she is been spending awhile with Mr. id Mrs. T. J. Dempsey. Miss Annie Nutt, who has been s ‘hng the family of Mr. J. M. fawtord. returned Monday to her aine in Spalding county. iliss Minnie Browning and Mrs. ranees Stallings, from the Carmi iaei-Mallet Company, attended the le nings in Atlanta Tuesday. M rs - Nancy Duke lies very ill at e lx>me of her -son, Mr. Luther Me, in the country. She lias lost l() use of one side ot her body. Miss Stella Swanson’s friends are ftc * h> see her again in the millinery jrlor of the New York Store. She r > v ed from Baltimore Saturday. Mi. Elmo Jinks left Monday for °untstown, Fla., where lie will be 'B&tfed in the lumber business. r ®’ Milks will leave Saturday for weeks’ visit to her parents in f ‘ ai 'd will then join Mr. Jinks. best wishes of their friends fol them to their new home. JACKSON, BUTTS COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1910. Mr. Charlie Lanier, of Griffin, is in the city this week visiting the fam ily of Prof. W. JR. Lanier. He is eu route to Macon to enter Mercer Uni versity. Larruu' Etheridge leaves next week for Atlanta, where he will be in charge of the Atlanta office of Smith & Etheridge, at the Atlanta Com prbfis Company. Master Harold Hone, of Locust Grove, is a most affable clerk at the New \ ork Store. He is associated with Mr. \\ . J. Gibson in the house f uni Filing department. Miss Hattie Bentley, who has been in Baltimore for several weeks be coming familiar with the latest styles in millinery, is again with the Car michael-A1 allet Company. Mr. and Mrs. Williams, who have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. Ben Wat kins. left Tuesday for their home in Texas. Mrs. Watkins and Joe ac companied them to Atlanta. Mrs. James Matthewsand children, of Spalding county, will arrive in the city today, Friday, for a visit to her daughters, Mrs. Paul Nolen and Mrs. Willie Lee Nutt, and other relatives. Mr. J. R. Williams, of Louisville, was in the city this week prospect ing, and was most favorably impress ed with Jackson. The gates of the city always swing open to admit good citizens. Mrs. E. E. Pound, who was taken very ill three weeks ago with asth ma, and later was attacked with sci atica, has shown no improvement, and Thursday Mr. O. A. Pound car ried her to Atlanta, where she will receive treatment in St. Josephs Hospital. Mrs. Frank Outhouse, who came from Rockmart Wednesday of last week for a visit to Mrs. Leila Kins man, accompanied by Dr. J. E. Woods left Sunday for Atlanta to place her little son, Willard, in a hospital for treatment, he having de veloped a slight attack of appendi citis and pneumonia. He has been very ill, but shows improvement, yet is not out of danger. The Daughters’ Bazaar. The Daughters, at their meeting a few days since, planned to have a bazaar early in December. Their bazaar just before the Christmas holidays of last winter was a perfect success, and they will give more time to it and there will be suitable arti cles for Christinas presents in abun dance. They will go to work in earn est at one , and you may expect a bazaar which has never been equaled in this section. In connection with their bazaar the Daughters will have a bootli for agricultural products. “Tatters, or Pet of Squat ters* Gulch.” In two weeks there will be given at the Auditorium a play, “Tatters, or Pet of Squatters’ Gulch.” Miss Ethel Walthall is in charge of the play, which insures the success of the en tertainment. Her work in this line is of a very superior character, and the home talent who will take part has often delighted audiences in the city. The proceeds will go to the Daughters for the Confederate Mon ument fund. They should have fine patronage. A Little One Gone. Willie, the three-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Vaughn, died Thursday at their home in Parkland. Dropsy and pneumonia was the cause of his death. The remains were in terred at Bethel Thursday. Delightful Fishing Party. Miss Lillie Childs and Mr. Sam Johnson, Miss Eva Key Bailey and Mr Linton Hopkins, Miss Annie Hammond and Mr. Maurice Wright formed a pleasant fishing party for High Falls Tuesday. They caught one little fish, but they report a pleasant time—a fine picnic dinner, it may be added, and an abundance of fishing on land. LITTLE LOCAL LINES. Some of the happenings of the Week Briefly Told. Little Dorothy Ann Springer, on hearing the noise of the katydids in tiie trees, remarked, “Mama, listen at the sweet little stars singing.” The friends of Mr. and Mrs. Arch Wynn, of Harlem, will learn with interest of their new little son, who is named for his maternal grand father, James Beauchamp. Jackson Baptist Chinch, Sunday— -11 a. m., Preaching by the pastor. Subject, ‘‘Wheels Within a Wheel.” 7:80 p. m., “The Passion Play.” 8 p. m., Junior service. Send your children. 9:30 a. m., Bitile School. Visit the pastor’s class. Dr. VanDe venter will preach at Moore’s Chapel at 8 p. Hi. Among the new salespeople at the New York Store this week are: Miss Fannie Gibson in the millinery and art department, Mrs Lottie Atkin son and Mrs. Ed Cawthon in the dry goods department, Mrs. Lucy Mayo in the china and glassware, and Miss Floy Maddox in the millinery parlor. Card of Thanks. I deeply appreciate the loving kindness shown me by loved ones and friends in the sad dispensation of Providence, the loss of my wife. May our Heavenly Fatbehabundant ly bless each one with like kind friends. J. M. Trapp. Confederate Veterans. It is most important that every Confederate veteran who wants a Cross of Honor put iu an application to the Daughters by the first of No vember. After that time no more will be given, So it is very impor tant that any veteran who bait not a Cross of Honor should make 'their application at once. They do not cost' you a cent, and it is a great honor to possess and wear one. Make your application at once. Sunday Horning Blaze. Sunday morning about 4 o’clock the fire alarm roused the citizens from their slumbers, and they hur ried out to find the Empire Bottling Works, on Second street, burning on the inside. The fire department reached the scene as the blaze burst through, but not in time to save it. It was a complete loss, witli insut ance of S2OO on the building, with Mr. S. B. Kinard, and SBOO on the plant, witli Mr. R. P. Sasnett. firs. H. A. Bridges Passes Away. Mrs. M. A. Bridges passed away Monday at her home in Pepperton and was buried Tuesday at Berner. The particulars of her illness and death could not be learned. Mrs. Shields Goes to Her Reward. Mrs. Mary C. Shields, one of the oldest and best known residents of the county, passed away Tuesday at her home at Cedar Rock. She was 84 years old, anil the infirmities of tliis age caused her death. She spent the greater part of tier life at the home where she died. The funeral services were conducted at Cedar Rock church by her pastor, Rev. Mr, Harper, where site had been a mem ber since early life, and the inter ment was iu tilt city cemetery. ' his Intentions. ‘•See here, Mr. Huggins, said the irate landlady to one of the boarders, “you have been flirting with my daughter, and last, night I saw you kiss her. Now, I want to know just what your intentions are.” ••\iy intentions, Mrs. Hastier, an swered the young man, “are never to do it again.” —Chicago News. Sixth Congressional Dis trict Convention. Editor Argus:—On August 7tli the Sixth Congressional District Convention met at Indian Spring. ! Bartlett went into the Convention with 14 votes, v Blood worth 10 and | Flvnt 2. It was apparent that Bibb j county had come into the Conven | lion from the start to change the I old county unit system, and it could teasily be seen what Bibb county’s object was. It is to forever give Bibb county the Congressman from the Sixth. The fight to put us on the plurality system was led by Nat Harris, the railroad and corporation lawyer of Bibb. The first vote on the question showed that the old county unit system had been sus tained, but Uncle Nat Harris whis pered in the ear of the Pike county delegation and Pike changed its vote and gave the Bibb county del egation the plurality system, the thing they came there to get. Now, let it be remembered that Butts, Monroe, Spalding, Fayette and Henry stood like a stone wall for the old county unit system, that is as old as the government itself and "one of the mainstays today of our Federal Constitution. That grand statesman, Walter Wise, from Fayette, poured forth his elo quence like the thundering waters of Niagara in defense of the county unit system, and his memory will live in the hearts of his countrymen long after his silvery tongue is si lent. There is a tendency all over the State by the big cities to do away with the/county unit system. Bibb county has had the Congressman from the Sixth district for forty years, and the plurality rule the late Convention passed will give it to her forty more years if we run more than one man outside of Bibb county. Will we be silly enough to run more than one man? Bibb will try to get a man to run in eVery county if she can. If she can do this, of course Bibb will always put her man on us, whether we want him or not. Bartow Blood worth’s friends will run him for Congress from the Sixth district two years hence, from the simple fact that he is a clean and able man, and has always run a close and hot race. Let every county in the Sixth rally to Blood worth. S. J. Smith. Didn’t Look Right. A negro, anew assistant on a farm down South, was asked to hold a cow while the farmer, a cross-eyed man, was to (lit her on the head witli an ax. The darky, observing the man’s eyes, in some fear inquired: “Is you gwiiie to"1)it wliar you is lookin’, boss?” “Wiiy, certainly,” answered the farmer. “Well, den, you hold de cow your self, sab.”—Short Stories. Strictly Legal “What is a young man to do when his attention has been arrested by a pretty girl?” “Why, carry his case to coiirA, of course.’’ —Red Hen. Brute of a Husbahd. “Her husband is a brute.” “How now?” “When stie asked him how long she could remain at the Tin usand Islands tie told her to spend a week on eacli island.”—Ex. Chamberlain’s Cniic, Ch.ilera and Diarrhoea Remedy is today the best known medicine in use for the relief and cure of bowel complaint*. It cures grilling, diarrhoea, dysentery, and should be taken at the first un natural looseness of the bowels. It is equally valuable for children and adults. It always cures. Sold by Thaxton Drug Cos., Jackson, Ga. Youth’s Companion and The Jack sou Argus for $2. , DEATH OF v MRS. LEE COVINGTON SniTH. Devout Christian, Devoted Wife, Loving Mother. On lasi Saturday morning, at 9:80 o’clock, one of the best beloved wo men in Whiteville passed away, Mrs. Lee Covington Smith, wife of Rev. L Clias. Smith, pastor of the Baptist church of this place. And in the death of this consecrated Christian woman the whole of our town feels a personal loss. Mrs. Smith had not been well for two months or more, but her condi tion was not regarded as serious and •die insisted that Mr. Smith fill the appointment that lie had made to hold evangelistic services at other places. In response to a message that she was not feeling well on Wednesday he hastened home and immediately cancelled his appoint ments and vacation engagements. Even then her condition was not considered as setious and her sudden death at the time mentioned was a shock to her family and friends. The death is very sad, as she lesves a lit tle infant, only six weeks old, and four other children. The two young est childien will return to Georgia with Mrs. Smith, the mother of Mr. Smith, aud will make their future home with tier at Indian Spring, Ott. Collier, Covington and Sarah will enter school at Locust Grove, Ga., of which Mr. Smith’s brother is super intendent. Mrs. Lee Covington Smith was known aud loved in our town for her real worth and self. Her simplicity and sincerity, her acts of kindness and charity made the world better for her having lived in it. In her home and church, amongthose whose sweet privilege it was to love her best, she filled in overflowing meas ure their ten derest claims, and the deeds done by thiH noble woman in life are not perishable. Her funeral was conducted by Rev. Rufus Ford, of Marion, 8. C., at 3 o’clock on Sunday afternoon, and was attended by the largest con course of friends ever assembled to gether in our town. The floral trib utes were lanre and handsome and came from several other cities. The remains were tenderly laid to Test in the Whiteville cemetery. The hearts of all our people go out in the deepest sympathy to the be reaved husband and little children. —Whiteville, N. C., News-Reporter, September 1, 1910. Rally-Day Exercises. The Rally-Day Exercises of the Jackson Baptist Bible School wilt be held tills year on next Sunday week, September 25th. As usual, the exer cises will be novel, and will partake of a military feature.' The room will be tastefully decorated witli flags, bunting, rifles, etc. The Pastor will lie Major-General, the Superintend ent and Assistant Superintendent will he Brigadier-Generals, the Sec retary and Treasurer will be Lieu tenants, the Teachers wili be Cap tains. The entire school will march to inspiring music, and regimental inspection will he conducted, witli responses as follows: Our Enlistment Capt. S. O. Ham (1 P'-ler 2:21.) Our Colors (’apt,. VV. R. Lanier t Ps. 20:5.) Our Uniform... Lieut, j. T. Goodman (Kph. 0:11-14 ) Our Weapons.. Major A. F. McMahon (2 • nr. 10:4.) Our Rations ...l’rivaie J. T. Wartheii < j no. 0:50—51.) Onr Marching Orders Gen, V’an Deventer ( Deut. 5:52; Matt. 10:24.) The roll will be called, and it is im portant that every member be pres ent—or they will be courtmartialed. Souvenirs will be given all who at tend. The “Sinews of War” will tie briefly discussed; and the offering of the day will be devoted to the Or phanage. Since tiie dav previous is Work Day for the Orphans, we hope the offering will l- libesal and large. Everybody is invited to this novel and interesting exercise of the “First Baptist Regiment.” F. S. Kthkbidoe, Supt. No. 51