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OFFICIAL ORGAN
OF
BUTTS COUNTY
THE BEST PAPER IN THE BEST TOWN IN THE BEST COUNTY IN THE BEST STATE IN THE BEST COUNTRY.
FORTIETH YEAR.
OLD VETS 10 (RECEIVE
FEENMT
Teachers, However, WVill Mlecm/e
Balance Due Them ot i9i*-sal
aries Before Pensions
sAre Paid. \
Atlanta, Jan. 30.—Geor
gia of Con
federate veterans and their widows,;
will draw their 1913 pensions duijf’
ing the latter part of February, j
These pensions aggregate s§,-
180,000, and a requisition coverjpg
them all except those of pensioners
residing in Effingham countyaias
been sent to Governor Browqj by
Pension Commissioner John |W.
Lindsey. The rolls of Effingham
count> have not yet been receiled
by the Commissioner. \
The State will pay its schoW
teachers the' $1,600,000 which ill
still due them on 1912 salaries be
fore it undertakes to pay the pen
sions. It is believed that there will
be sufficient money in the treasury
to meet the overdue teachers’ sal
aries by the latter part of January.
MICHIGAN'S COLD CASH
Comes South to Pay Butts
County Teachers.
The Board of Education of Butts
county have about completed ar
rangements to borrow the money
necessary to pay the teachers’ sal
aries from the Old National Bank,
V Battle Creek, Mich., at the rate
;s ter cent interest.
> r i iti teachers from now on will
receive their pay on about the 10th
o'f each month.
R. N. ETHERIDGE LEAVES
WEDNESDAY FOB MARKET
Mr. R. N. Etheridge leaves Wed
nesday, the sth, for Baltimore,
Philadelphia and New York to pur
chase the big spring and summer
stock for Etheridge, Smith & Cos.
Discussing the situation, we find
him very optimistic. He says he
will buy a large stock, as usual, as
he expects a larger business in 1913
than last vear, because their busi
ness is steadily growing.
Rev. John Ham, of Atlanta, is
conducting a series of meetings at
the Baptist church this week, lie
is an able young minister and is
preaching very strong sermons to
large congregations at every serv-
Watch This Space
Every Week.
It Will Pay You
Next week, February 3rd to Bth, it will
be Men’s 25c. Ties to go at 17c. Also Hen s
Half Hose and Caps to go at the lowest
nrires We have a nice line of these goods
?o select from. Don’t believe others, but
come and look for yourself. It costs noth
ing to look.
THE RACKET STORE,
JACKSON, - GEORGIA.
THE -JACKSON ARGUS.
CITY COURT WILL NOT
HOLD SESSION NEXT WEEK
Jurors,
Not Next Week—Are Ex
cused Until Second Monday
in March, 19>3- ,
By reason of lawyers engaged
fa cases to be tried Ijfeing in Su
preme Court next week, the City
Court will not be in
session. JtSiors, parties and wit
nesses need nM wend first Mon
day in but are ex
cused for the preptat term.
All parties a# Witnesses attends
second Mondawin lArch, 1913. §
This Jan. 3(| 1913. X /
H.JM. Fletcher, J
I Judg&C. C. Jt
INDIAN SPRING SOGlk NEWS
Mr. Luthe# Hopkins, of Jackson,
is the guest Edward Cornell.
Mrs. H. AiHataway has-as her
guest her sisUpr, Mrs. Rodgers,-ol
Thomasville.
Mr. L. Loomis, of New York
City, is registered at the Hotel El
der this week.
Mr. R. L. Allen and children, of
Flovilla, spent Sunday here with
Miss Ida Allen.
The Woman’s Missionary So
ciety met Wednesday afternoon
with Mrs. Tom Burke.
Mrs. Tennie Elder and Miss Lu
cile, of Flovilla, spent Tuesday
with Mrs. George Cornell.
Miss Dovie Bryans has returned
home after a delightful visit to Miss
i La ' a T aughtry in Jackson.
ML (ieorge Collier, of Fitzgerald,
is expected here in a few days to
spend several days for his health.
Wednesday evening prayer meet
ing met at Miss Mary Wright’s.
Services conducted by Mr. Pom
Burke.
Dr. E. B. Elder left Davis-Fischer
Sanitarium Saturday and is now
with his sister, Mrs. M. A. Lind
sey, on Forest avenue.
The friends of Mr. Ben Cleve
land are glad to welcome him home
very much improved. He returned
Tuesday from the Macon hospital,
Mrs. Sallie Smith and Miss Lou
ise will leave Fitzgerald soon for
Savannah, where they will be the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Smith.
I)r. Van Deventer, of Jackson,
filled the pulpit at the Baptist
church Sunday. A large congre
gation greeted him, and all were
pleased with a very forceful mis
sion ary sermon.
ice. He is assisted by his wife,
who adds much to the service with
her sweet solos. —McDonough Cor.
Locust Grove Gazette.
JACKSON. BUTTS COUNTY. GEORGIA. FRIDAY. JAN. 31. 1913.
PRESIDENT-ELECT WILSON’S ANCESTORS.
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BAD YOU KNOW
THAT?
Whit Russell spent Sunday in
McDonough.
The Woman’s Exchange is open
on Tuesdays.
J. B. Bledsoe was in from Route
4 on Tuesday.
Buying is brisk in Jackson’s
stores this week.
McDonough has sewerage and
Jackson has not.
You could get hot or cold baths
at Jenkins’ Barber Shop.
Ilarvey and Mercer Hodges, of
Stark, spent Tuesday here.
An apartment house would not
be out of place in Jackson.
Land & White has a small mouse
colored mule for sale cheap.
Raymond Wright spent Sunday
in Forsyth with his parents.
The Woman’s Exchange sells
pickles, sauces and preserves.
Clayton Thaxton came down
from Atlanta for the week-end.
Raymond Carmichael’s trip this
week takes him through South
Georgia.
Sheriff and Mrs. L. M. Crawford
are moving to their suburban home
this week.
There has been started many
gardens for spring and summer
vegetables.
Carlton Allen is improved from
a recent severe attack of acute
rheumatism.
A. R. Conner was in Atlanta
Tuesday completing plans for early
ice shipments.
It has been proposed to make the
new Baptist church a memorial to
its former pastors.
If Jackson had sewerage, there
would be fewer cases of typhoid
fever thfs summer.
Judge Ham was absent from his
office two days the first of the week
on account of illness.
The next Lyceum attraction will
be presented one evening of the
first week in March.
'fhe only woman Notary Public
in the Sixth Congressional District
of Georgia resides in Jackson.
'fhe Jackson Rides will have
their annual inspection on next
Tuesday night at the Armory.
J. B. Harrison and 11. J. Miller
attended the Coca Cola Bottlers
Convention in Atlanta last week.
Now is a most opportune time to
begin talking again about that
Jackson and Indian Spring Rail
road.
If we let the W. C. T. U. have
their own way the Public School
here will have sanitary drinking
fountains.
W. B. Reeves, R. F. D. carrier
for Route 2. is taking a vacation,
and G. W. Allen is taking care of
his patrons. r
Dr. J. K. Woods has moved his
office from the Jackson Drug Com
pany next to Dr. J. B. Hopkins in
the Harkness building.
If there were more covered boxes
or garbage cans there would be
fewer papers on the streets and
fewer flies about the kitchen.
Camp A of the Mclntosh Camp
Fire Girls, with their guardian,
Miss Lucie Goodman, went on a
pleasant hike Tuesday afternoon.
One dav this month was the first
time in his twelve years’ term of
office as Ordinary that Judge Ham
sold a marriage license before
breakfast.
Albert Finley has begun the
building of a lovely cottage on his
country place two miles north of
Jackson, He and Mrs. Finley ex
pect to move there in the early
spring.
THE GULL FOR THE ATLANTA
MARCH BIBLE CONFERENCE
March 7-16, 1913.
Once again the time has arrived
for issuing our call for the Atlanta
March Bible Conference, and 1
take great pleasure, as the Director
of the Conference, in announcing
to the public that this Conference
will begin, I). V., the night oi
March 7th, and end the night of
March 16th. As usual, there will
be six services a day. We have
been fortunate this year in secur
ing Conference speakers. We are
specially fortunate in being able to
secure Dr. G. Campbell Morgan, of
London, who will arrive in Atlanta
with me in time for the opening of
the Conference and remain during
the entire session, speaking twice
a day. Besides, we have secured
I)r. J. M. Gray, of the Moody Bible
Institute of Chicago; Rev. J. I.
Vance, D.D., of Nashville, Tenn.;
Dr. W. R. Wedderspoon, of Wash
ington, D. C.; Prof. J. R. Sample,
of the Baptist Theological Semin
ary, Louisville, Ky., and Professor
Pierce, of Chicago, Secretary of
the International Sunday School
Committee.
In making this call, I take it for
granted that a personal word will
not be out of place. For fifteen
years 1 have had the pleasure of
presiding over this Conference, and
while its constituency is now en
larged so as to make it representa
tive of all the evangelical churches
of Atlanta, it is, so far as its teach
ing work is concerned, to be opera
ted on the same plan as heretofore
carried out. lam looking forward
with anticipations of great pleasure
to being in Atlanta after a year’s
residence in London. The thought
of meeting once again the friends
of the years past, is almost equal
to real intoxication.
It has always been our object to
give ourselves at these times to the
consideratiou of such questions as
involve the church at large, with
out regard to particular local situ
ations, and without regard to de
nominational lires. We meet un
der one banner, the Banner of Jesus
Christ as Lord and King,
i We shall endeavor to make this
Conference s;e4ally conspicuous
l in this respec*, and cordiallv iti
j vite those from all parts of the
j country who feel the need of just
Such a gathering to join with us in
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Medium la
Middle Georgia
INTERESTING LEHER
FROM PLOWHANDLES
The Sage of Butfs Discusses High
Financiering and dives Some
Wholesome Advice to
the Farmer.
On this rainy January night, as
I sit by a good log fire and have
just roasted several big yam pota
toes, and as I pick up a fine yellow
yam and blow the ashes off of it,
1 begin to ruminate, and this ques
tion comes up, What is to become
of our home of the brave and our
land of the free? Men in high
places are being indicted and put
in prison for all sorts of crimes. It
seems that there is a wave of crime
sweeping the whole country with a
surging torrent. It seems that there
is graft and scandal growing out of
every investigation that is being
made by Congress of the doings of
all the big corporations. There
are now at least a thousand cor
porations in this country that are
in the courts for their violations of
the law. Why can’t we all be
willing to give every one a square
deal. All this morbid desire to get
big rich at the hurt and expense of
the other fellow ain’t worth a pinch
of snuff; and all this get-rich-quick
business, regardless of who it hurts,
has reached its limit. Those who
have engaged in it are now paying
the penalty. There is today more
real pleasure to the farmer, who
has plenty of good live stock and
plenty to feed them and himself on,
and can lie down at night and hear
the rain patter on the roof, than to
the millionaire who has obtiiiied
his wealth by questionable means
and is slipping around over the
country to keep from telling a
committee how he got his money.
Now, in conclusion, let me say
this to the farmer: Plant plenty of
corn this year, plant some cotton,
but not too much, for we have all
tried it to our hurt.
PLOWHANDLES.
W. 0. POPE PROMOTED
BY JACKSON RIFLES
At a meeting of the Jackson
Rifles Mondav evening Lieutenant
W. I). Pope was elected Captain
in lieu of Captain George E. Mal
let, who resigned to accept a com
mission of Lieutenant on the staff
of Brigadier General Harris, of
M aeon.
TECH STUDENT ENTERTAINED.
The week was opened socially by
Mias JCate Ham’s party on Mon
day evening given for Mr. Calnan,
Asa Burford’s guest. Chocolate
was served in the hall by Miss
Helen Ham. After the games a
delicious salad course was served.
Those invited were: Misses Grace
Ham, Janie Phiuazee, Mary Land,
Margaret Sams, Mary Helen Crum,
Corinne Watts; Mamie K. Watson;
Messrs. Calnan, Burford, Spencer,
Settle, Swanson, Harrison, Ball,
Robison and Newton.
The many friends of Misses Car
rie and Kowena Allen, of Tampa,
Fla., who have often visited their
aunt, Mrs. F. M. Allen, of this
city, will regret to learn of the
death of their father, Dr. T. M.
Allen, which occurred at their
home in Tampa last Monday. Dr.
Allen had made several visits to
mr city and made many friends
while with us.
□aking it a great feast in spiritual
things. Fraternally yours,
Lkn G. Broughton.
P. S.—Those desiiing further in
formation are requested to write
John W. Ham, the Secretary,
78 Luckie street, Atlanta, GaV
NO. 52