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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. Jl l||j| 1 v.j Sr**" ■ /£^. ■I!j9LV lumi Wilton rat wile, Patcraal grandparent* of Woodrow Wllaon, and Preabyterlan aaan at Staunton.) ' i,| Va.. where Woodrow Wlleon waa - ■ --• 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 Bast Advertising | 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