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THE BEST PAPER IN THE BEST TOWN IN THE BESi' COUNTY IN THE BEsT SPATE IN THE BEST COUNTRY. FORTIETH YEAR. MANY PROMINENT COUNTY OFFICIALS WILL ATTEND MEETING AT INDIAN SPRING County Officers’ Association Will Hold Two Days’ Session at Wigwam Hotel Next Week —The Fee System, Four-Year Office Tenure and Other Important Topics to Be Considered. The Convention of the County Officers’ Association, which has been called to meet at Indian Spring Tuesday and Wednesday, promises to be the largest gathering •of a similar nature ever held at this popular resort. The Association has a member ship of over 500, and it is expected that fully 300 members will attend the Indian Spring meeting. The sessions will be held in the assembly hall of the Wigham Hotel. The Convention will be called to order Tuesday morning at lOo’clock by the President, Hon.C. M.W iley, Ordinary of Bibb county. lion. J. Threatt Moore will make the wel come address. The following',statement in regard to the Convention has been issued to the membership by lion. D. W. M. Whitley, Secretary and Treas urer of the Association: Dear Sir:— l am sending you herewith the Minutes of the County Officers’’ Convention, which was held at St. Mavy’s last year. You will 4JQli.ce tjiat the next meeting will cl at' Ihdiau Spring on the 18th and 19th of June. I urge all members to be present at that meeting. Indian Spring is one of the most noted summer resorts in the coun (Continued On Editorial Page ) Indian {-Spring Chautauqua IS PROVING AN UNQUALIFIED SUCCESS. MISS EVELYN BUT. CARTOONIST. 9, s m / 'W' * "’'■ . '*jjg \ ;J JB |Hk f S * THE JACKSON ARGUS. MRS. C. L GGDEN PASSES AWAY AT ADVANCED AGE (Special to The Argus.) Plovilla, Ga., June 12. —Mrs. Cordelia Landrum Ogden died at her home here Sunday morning after an illness of six weeks. Mrs. Ogden was 88 years of age, and her memory of incident 8 in past years was remarkable. She was a consistent member of the Baptist elufrch for seventy-two years. The deceased is survived by three daughters, Mrs. James Gilmore of Adel, Mrs. George Gilmore of Jack son and bliss Mattie Ogden of Flo vill. The funeral and interment occurred at Pasan church, in Mon roe county, Monday at nootl. • NOTICE. For the beuefit of those students who wish to make up work, and for those who wish to do special work to enter college, a competent teacher will open a six weeks’ term of school Monday morning, June 24th. Terms SI.OO per week. 2t W. R. Lanier. If - \£ V. . ■; THE CHAUTAUQUA COMES TO A CLOSE MONDAY NIGHT With a Grand Concert by the Price Company. ' IXNDIS 'Tonight, I^ridav, MISS EVELYN BHRGELT 'Will give a novelty program of readings. sketches anil imitations She will be assisted by Bergderfer, “The Man With the Smile Worth While, Saturday night (Children’s Number) the §20,000 col ection ot pets will be shown by Prof. Pamahasika. More real fun will be gotten out of this novelty than any attraction ever presented in this community. The trained dogs and birds perform many funny stunts and all are unusual v startling for dumb animals. Every boy and girl, as well as the grown folk, in Butts county should not fail to see this performance. The price of admission for children will be only 25c.; grown people 50c. Following the regular Chautauqua Program number a Grand Ball will be pulled off. One paid admi.-sion includes both, PROGRAM FOR REH AIMING NUMBERS. FRIDAY, June 14th. Bp. m. Entertainment by Miss Evelyn Bargelt, Cartoonist- Reader, assisted by Tom Corwine. SA URDAY, June 15th. Bp. m. Entertainment bv Prof. Pamahasika and his Trained Pets, consisting of Birds, Dogs, and Ponies. MO>DAY, June 17th. Bp. m. urand Concert by the Price Concert Company, com posed of Mrs. Emma Walcott Price, soprano, cellist and pianist; Miss Stella Price, \iolinist; Miss Lucde Price, reader, and Mr. Chester R. Scott, cornetist. JACKSON. Burrs COWNJT, GEOKoiA, * KiDAY. JUNE 14. 1912. LAWRENCEVILLE MAN COMES TO HEAD JACKSON SCHOOL Prof. W. P. rtArtui Chosen By City School Board to Succeed Supt. Lanier—No Dearth of Appli cants for the Place. At a meeting of the City School Board last Friday afternoon, Prof. W. P. Martin, Superintendent of the Lawrenceville High School, was chosen to head the local school system, vice Superintendent W. R. Lanier, who resigned to accept the superintendency of the city schools at Cordele. Prof. Martin was elected bv the local board over some fifteen or twenty other applicants because of his superior qualifications, as evi denced by the splendid endorse ments of his work in the school room for the last fourteen years. Superintendent Martin, who is now in the prime of life, is a close student and is conversant with the most approved educational ideas, lie possesses to a high degree all the qualities of a successful seliQol supervisor, and it is felt'.that .the best interests of the J ackson schools will be conserved by bis electiojiA Reared in western lina. I’rof. Martin came to GfepFgfih when a young man and lated at Mercer, graduating from, that institution in the class of ’9B with an A. B. degree. Recently he lias done post graduate work in Columbia University, New York city. Fie lias been engaged in bis profession for fourteen years; be ginning bis career as teacher in the ungraded schools, m which he taught most successfully for. sew-- SIXTH DISTRICT MEDICOS ASSEMBLE AT GRIFFIN Twelfth Semi-Annual Convention of Medical Society Held Wednesday. Butts County Was Well Rep resented at Meeting Butts county was well represented at the Convention of the Sixth Dis trict Medical Society, which met at Griffin Wednesday. Between fifty anjf seventy-five of the leading phy sicians of the district were in at tendance, and the session was a most successful and profitable one frem every standpoint. Papers on important topics were read by Drs. O. FI. Weaver, J. R. B. Branch, A. B. Jamison, T. E. Blaekshear, Willis Westmoreland and others. Among the physicians who at tended the convention from this county were: Drs J. A. Jarrell, W. 11. Steele, J. Lee Byron, II W. Copeland, R. A. Gunter, Jackson; | A. F. White and Herbert White, of I Flqvilla. If was decided to hold the next [convention in Macon and Novem per \vas the date fixed for the meet i’hig- | peral years. For four years lie was Triufcipa! of the Canton High 'School, and since 1908 has had charge of the Lawrenceville Public Schools. Prof. Martin was in the city Wednesday conferring with the local school officials and getting .acquainted with the people gen lefally. lie will arrange to move l-Jiis family, consisting of his wife and two children, to Jackson as so<ui as he is able to secure a suit- residence. ...... FOR GON6RESS HON. J. WALTER WISE FLINGS HIS HAT INTO THE RING ii For Several Months His Formal Entry Has Been Awaited With Keen Interest by Friends Through out the District—Prediction General Tnat He Will Make a Winning Race. Hon. J. W. Wise, Solicitor Gen eral of the Flint circuit, has an nounced his candidacy for United States Congress to succeed Judge Charles L. Bartlett, who has repre sented the Sixth district in the Na tional House of Representatives for the last eighteen years. His formal announcement appears in this issue of The Argus. For some time friends of Col. Wise in every county of the dis trict have been urging him to be come a candidate for congressional honors, and that lie lias at last yielded to the pressure will lie re ceived. with no little interest not only in the twelve counties com posing this district, but throughout the State. Mr. Wise is a lawyer of unusual ability ami is one of the best known and most popular men in this sec tion of the State. He has repre sented his county, Fayette, in the lower house of the General Assem bly for several terms and was the author of some important measures. As Solicitor General of the Flint circuit he lias made a splendid rec ord and has developed a strong fol lowing throughout the circuit. Judge Bartlett, who is now in Washington, announced his can didacy for re lection several weeks A,’ •' " i PRICE CONCERT COMPANY. f • 'sSrS}gsifflaa|g^^ .. -dpaaaMy.y l it-■■ 4 iliAimm,\ ’’ 4 1 'dl i'. 1 ,% ‘ W *9 jßk T W, 'IrafIHISHIL Macon, has been an active aspir ant since the early part of the year. The race will unquestionably be the livest and most exciting that has ever been pulled off in the dis trict. The entrance of Col. Wise into the congressional contest will create a lively scrap over the solicitor generalship of the Flint circuit. Those who have been most promi nently mentioned in this connection are Col. W. IS. Watkins, of Jack son; Flop. E. M. Smith, of Mc- Donough; lion, Emmett Owens, of Zebulon, and Col. Ogden Per sons, of Forsyth. The announcement of Col. Wiser follows: To .the Democratic Yoter? of the Sixth Congressional District: T hereby announce myselT a candi date for Congress from th Sixth Congressional district, subject to *ii<*h rules and regiiUtioiiH as mar be fixed by the Kxeciulve Committee ■ r the iii„irict. Whether I am ble to see you iu person or nut. I assure you that, your sunp'.n i ill iu* appreciated. Thanking my tiiudslor ninny as suriinci a of support, and believing will) your active support I will be ■sYlcCeSsiu l . I Hill, Very respectful)y, J- VV'. WISE. Mrs.'Jackson Lane Edwards and little daughter, of Macon, are the week-end guests of Mrs. William - S : *** " NO. 25.