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THE BEST PAPER IN THE BEST TOWN IN THE BEST COUNTY IN THE BEST STATE IN THE BEST COUNTRY.
FORTIETH YEAR.
J BOUNTY OFFICIALS
I SWORN IN JANUARY IST
jissrs. Mayfltld, Hodges, Thurston
aid Manghnm Assume Duties of
to Which Elected
H Last October.
..Several changes were made in
utts county officers with the be
inning of the new year. C. N.
it ay field succeeded S. J. bmitli in
lecfficeof County Treasurer; Tax
eceiver J. H. Thurston relin
aished his office to F. M. Hodges,
ad J. C. Adams shifted the oner
us duties and responsibilities of
le office of Coroner to the shoul-
ers of J. T. Maugham. Tax Col
:ctor Dodson was succeeded by
llaude Bryant. Commissioner Gas
on has two more years of his four
ear term yet to serve. Ordinary
. H. Ham, Clerk of Court S. J -
oster and Sheriff L. M. Crawford.
!! e among the officers who hold
rer for another iWo years.
, All these officials, the new ones
* the old are able,
nscientious and obliging, and
ere is little doubt that the affairs
the county will be safely and
, diciously administered. c s
UDGE JOHN I. HALL
| PASSES AWAY AT MACON
IS Assistant Attorney General Un
der Cleveland Administration
Former Citizen of Butts
/ County.
1 —-
e John Iredell Hall,
best known attor-
I the stk|i, expired Tues-
I \t before midnight, in
con Gv pi*
mou*7 e nty-first year ot his
hi? home*in Macon.
%fh was due to a com plica
ion of troubles from which he
Offered a long time. His
lath will be deplored by a
'altitude of friends through
-M, the country.
jhe deceased was born in
ts county, in 1841. He
juated from Bailey Insti
in this city, and later en-
Atafl Ersk.iue College, but
In(!ial n ever graduated. He
south' intered law practice and
hotel L q of the most noted
'v l s of his time. In 1872
om A v; made jndge of the
pen Vcuit, superior courts,
hs assistant attorney
e i°f the United State
*sthe J 1 [eland’s last administra-
of the Georgia
M “Dire for several terms,
-end/of the Flint circuit f>r
storayears, and a distinguished
k Jier of the Confederacy,
|g a member of the Forty-
C i Georgia.
Oudge Hall made a great
4 less in the practice ot law,
fflwas a man of great force
! lability. He was gyeral
s c jsel of the Georgia South
! Ol Florida railway for years
'V *Vie most effective
— - state statutes
VI him.
I survive him.
[Wail and Mrs.
Apth of Griffin;
ind •. E. Hall,
I foody will be
outn \ u "
latll o’c ock
llrs. Murray,
fin.
Improved twf
t to desirable pudent of the
dvation. Also allege in At
-1 all equipmentkys at home.
THE JACKSON ARGUS.
HON. W. E. WATKINS TO
BE MAYOR ANOTHER TERM
His Administration Vindicated 111
Friday’s Primary Ejection—Two
Changes in the Council*
manic Board.
In last Friday’s municipal pri
mary Hon. W. E. Watkins, who is
completing his first term as Mayor
of Jackson, was re-elected by a
majority of 92 votes over Hon. W.
M. Taylor, former Councilman
from the Second ward. The elec
tion was unusually quiet and free
of the factional bitterness that has
hitherto characterized "local politi
cal contests. There was no oppo
sition to the ticket except for Mayor
and School Trustee from the Sec
ond ward.
The nominees of the primary,
who were formally ratified in the
regular election Wednesday, are as
follows:
Mayor, W. E. Watkins, First
ward; Alderman, C. M. Kimbell;
School Trustee, S. H. Thornton;
Member Executive Committee, G.
E. Mallet; Second ward, Alder
man, j. R. Thurston; School Trus
tee, T. H. Buttrill; Member of Ex
ecutive Committee, A. T. Buttrill;
Third ward, Alderman, J. 11. Mc-
Kibben; School Trustee, B. F.
Watkins; Member of Executive
Committee, S. P. Nichols; Fourth
ward, Alderman, J. C. Jones; Mem
ber of Executive Committee, H. O.
Ball; School Trustee, J. T. Fletcher.
J. B. Settle was re-elected Chair
man of the Executive Committee
and J. H. Ham Chairman of the
Board of Education.
The primary result is very nat
urally accepted as an endorsement
and vindication of the record of
Mayor Watkins during the past
yea r .
Col. Watkins’ associates, who
will assist in handling the city’s
affairs another year, are all clear
headed business men, and are well
adapted to fill with honor and effi
ciency any trust reposed in them.
In fact, there are not four better
business men in Jackson than J. H.
McKibben, J. C.Jones, C. M. Kim
bellandj. R. Thurston.
IMPORTANT BUSINESS CHANGE
Messrs. M. C. Wright nd S. t>.
Johnson Go With J. S. Johnson Cos.
Among the business changes
in Jackson at the beginning
of the new year one of the
most important is that of the
J. S, Johnson Cos., Messrs.
M. C. Wright and Samuel D.
Johnson having purchased in
terest in the firm, which is one
of the oldest as well as the
largest, retail establishments
in this section of the state
The officers of the new com
pany are follows : J. S.
Johnson, president and gen
eral manager; M. C. Wright,
vice-president, S. D. STohnson,
secretary.
BRIDGE CLUB. *
A pleasant social event of
Saturday was the party which
Miss Mary Newton gave for
her bridge club, at Mrs. Park
Newton’s.
Besides the club members,
sever il others enjoyed this hos
pitality, among them Misses
Jane Stanfield, and Louise
Falligant, of Savannah ; Mes
dames Paul Baker, of Atlanta,
and Dee Tolleson, ot McDon
ough. /
JACKSON. BUTTS COUNTY. GEORGIA. FRIDAY. JAN. 3, 1913.
The Man Who Makes Resolutions at New Year’s
The Editor—Willie, why do these resolutions in the artist's
picture resemble a pile of stones ? v
The Office Boy—l dunno.
The Editor—Because they're intended to be broken.
JACKSON’S K. T.’S DRANK
TOASTS TO GRAND OFFICERS
The members of Alexius Com
mandery, Knights Templar, as
sembled in their temple in the Com
mercial Building at 11 o’clock
Christmas morning and carried
out, in a solemn and impressive
manner, the beautiful and ancient
custom of drinking toastfe to the
high officers of the order. H. O.
Ball, the executive officer of the
local commandery, conducted the
ceremonies in a most creditable
manner. Toasts were drunk to
Col. Wm. B. Melish, of Cincinnati,
Grand Master of the United States,
and to the Grand Commander of
Georgia, F. T. Petri, of Columbus.
MR. 1. L. TISON READS
STARK MASONIC LODGE
The annual election of officers
by Stark F. & A. M. I.odge, which
took place at the last monthly ses
sion of the resulted as fol
lows:
Worshipful Master —L.L.Tisoji.
Senior Warden—H. H. Greer.
Junior Warden—John M. McMi
chael.
Secretary—W. S. Cook.
Treasurer—E. G. Duke.
Senior Deacon —G. R. Ilarper.
Junior Deacon—F. E. Hilley.
Tyler—R. O. Hilley.
This bodge, which is the yougest
Masonic Lodge in this section,
having been instituted within the
past two years, is adding rapidly
to its membership, among which
are some of the brightest and most
enthusiastic Masons in the State.
ATLANTA’S SCHOOL BOARD
NOT YET READY TO
DISPENSE WITH THE ROD
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 2. —The
question of whipping, in its rela
tion to the Atlanta Public Schools,
aud to school children in general,
THE ARGUS IS OFFICIAL
OR6AN OF BUTTS COUNTY
By Order of County Officials This
Paper Gets the Legal Advertis
ing for the Yenr.
For the year 1913 The Jackson
Argus will be the official organ of
Butts county, the necessary order
having been passed and published
as required by law. AH official or
legal advertisements will therefore
hereafter appear regularly in this
paper. This change is in conform
ity with the precedent established
several years ago alternating the
county printing between the two
local newspapers.
Mr..Charles C. Land and Masters
Arthur, Jack and Carlos Wilson, < f
Atlanta, spent the holidays with
Mrf. J. 11. Land’s family.
* * *
The young men of Jackson gave
a most enjoyable dancing party to
their friends at the Armory last
Friday evening.
• •
Carl Durden arrived from Gray
mont Tuesday and was the guest
of Mrs. Tom Buttrill a day or two.
is being made the subject of active
discussion here at this time. The
discussion was precipitated by a
statement accredited to Superin
tendent of Schools W. M. Slaton
to the effect that certain particu
larly bad boys who had been mak
ing trouble by smashing school
property should be stripped and
flogged. The 'cases, it must be
said, were of an extremely aggra
vating nature, landing the boys not
only out of school, but into police
cour^
Many members of the schot 1
board and many parents, too, be
lieve that the Biblical adage of
“spare the rod and spoil the child”
is still true. They hold with Su
perintendent Slaton on the subject.
Others, however, are equally cer
tain that whipping is a cruel, bar.
barous mode of punishment which
never does a child any good. -
UNCLE SAM'S NEW DOMESTIC PARCELS POST SYSTEM
WAS INAUGURATES LAST WEONESOAY, JANUARY 1
Big Innovation for This Country—Expected to Do
Much to Lessen the High Cost of Living,
The new parcels post law went
into effect last Wednesday, January
1. Under the provisions of this
law merchandise packages can now
be sent through the mails at a very
low rate. Heretofore the public
has had to pay one cent an ounce
or sixteen cents per pound for mer
chandise or fourth-class matter,
and the limit in weight was four
pounds. The new law makes it
possible for packages weighing
eleven pounds to be delivered by
mail to your door for the small
sum of fifteen cents.
The following table gives the
rates, according to distance, from
Jackson, and weight of package:
First Acln’l 11
distances Lb. Lbs. Lbs
Rural and city de
livery 05 .01 .15
Within 60 miles 05 .08 .86
Within 150 miles (Mi .04 .36
Within 300 miles 07 .06 .67
Within 600 miles 08 .(Mi .08
Within 1,000 miles.. .09 .07 .70
Within l,4o(Vmiles .. .10 .00 SI.OO
Within 1.8(H) miles .. .11 .10 1.11
Over 1,800 miles 12 .12 132
This means that if you live
within 50 miles of Jackson, each
pound or fraction less than one
pound will cost you five cents, and
for each additional pound, three
cents extra.
All parcel post matter can be
registered; can be accorded special
delivery; can be insured for actual
value. There is one exception to
the rates that is well to note, viz. :
where a parcel weighs not more
than four ounces it will cost one
cent per ounce, and in this case
the zone system does not apply.
Another exception is that this new
law does not in any way affect the
rates on seeds, bulbs, roots, scions,
and plants, the rate on such articles
being one cent for each two ounces
or fraction thereof. Distinctive
stamps are required to be used.
The parcels post service is abso
lutely new to the postoffice depart
ment and its employees, and the
officials themselves do not know to
what extent the public will avail
itself of the service, or what'facil
ities it will be necessary to provide.
The starting of the work is, there
fore, largely experimental, and it
will be adapted to Uje wants of the
people as rapidly as it can possibly
be done. No doubt sooner or later
the government will be transport
ing live animals, fresh meats, veg
etables; in fact, everything by par
cel post the same as in other coun
tries. Even live turkeys may be
sent in some foreign countries, and
there is no reason why it cannot be
done here. On one occasion not
many years ago a real live human
i>aby was mai’ed in a German post
office.
It is expected that the parcel post
system will materially reduce the
high cost of living, as by it a great
many things may be brought from
the country to the city at reduced
rates, and vice versa. It enables
the farmer’s wife to send her butter,
eggs and other country produce to
town and’receive in exchange mer
chandise delivered at her door at
the very lowest possible transporta
tion charge.
W. T. Strickland, of Luella,
spent Tuesday and Wednesday of
last week with Mrs. Will Merritt.
* * *
Superintendent R. R. Stanfield,
of the Macon and .Birmingham
Railway Company, came up from
Macon to spend Christmas Day
with his family here.
Best Advertising
Medium in
it^Hfe-Ueortßi
"CUESS WE’LL BOTH HANG,”
DECLARED NICK WILBURN
Srayer of Jones County Planter Hade
Full Confession—Mrs. King Also
Confesses to Her Part In
Killing Husband.
(Special to The Argus.)
Grays, Ga., Janury 2 Having
confessed to prompting Nick Wilburn,
a farm hand, to kill her husband on
December 12, Mrs. James King, wife
of the murdered planter, today sat in
her little cell in the lonely jail at
Grays and caressed her six children,
who called early in the morning and
sat with her throughout the day.
Ihe children, five of whom are un
der 15 years of age, are adhering to
their mother, notwithstanding her con
fession that she plotted her husband’s
deliberate death and illicitly loved
the man who fired the fatal shot,
In his cell in the Bibb county jail
in Macon Nick Wilburn, the slayer,
cooly doclarod that he “guessed they
would both lmrg,” but expressed tho
hope that Mrs. King would not have
to die on the gallows.
A special term of the Jones county
court will lie called by Judge Park for
the trial of the confessed murderer.
Only tip recoininqpdatU of ’’thV*
jwrj for the mere
save the woman ®/eath on the
gallows. j n
Her brother has qjßoyed a lawyer
to plea'd for mercy foiier. while the
brothers of hot husband
have also engaged attorneys to assist
the state in the prosecution.
Execution of Woman
Caused (iovernor to
Fail of Re-Election
Atlanta,, Ga., Januay 2.—lf Mrs.
.Jamch King is sentenced to bang, the
governor of Georgia, whoever lie may
be "at |tli£t date, is going to have u
mighty unpleasant time of it, no mat
ter how learned in the law he ma\ be,
no matter how conscientious he may
be. Thediloma ho will find himself
in arises from the fact that the law of
Georgia makes no distinction in sex as
to the punishment to be meted out to
murderers, but- that sentiment ill
Georgia is widely opposed to the
hanging of a woman, and especially a
white woman.
The last woman hanged in Georgia
was Mrs. Mary Eberhart, a white
woman, convicted of murder in 1874.
After the supreme eourt had followed
the trial judge in refusing to find any
justification or ground fsr ameliora
tion ofthe death penalty, the then
governor, James M. Smith, refured to
interfere with the execution.
The execution was made a political
issue in the next campaign for gov
ernor in which Governor Smith waa
not re-elected.
MR. AND MRS. NEWTON HOSTS AT
DINNER.
A pleasant event on Christ
mas day was the dinner party
arranged informally by Mr.
and Mrs. R, P. Newton at
their home on Third street,
in compliment to their rela
tives, W, A. Newton aud
family, Mr. and Mrs. R. J.
Carmichael- and Atlee, aud
Mrs. Rose Carmichael.
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