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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. FORTY-FIRST YEAR. GEORGE P. COLLIER DIES A! INDIAN SPRING HOME Well-Known Citizen and Builder ol Famous Wigwam Hotel Passed Away Suddenly Monday Night at Age of Sixty-Two^ f George P. Collier, who was well known for his business operations in Macon, Fitzgerald and Atlanta, dropped dead with heart failure at his beautiful home, Rock Castle, at Indian Spring, about 8 o’clock Monday night. Mr. Collier was 62 years of age aud had been in bad health for some time. He was taken ill at Fitzgerald about ten days ago and had regained strength enough to make the trip home Monday, ac companied by a trained nurse. He had been at his home only a few minutes when he died. The famous Wigwam Hotel at the Spring was built by Mr. Collier about twenty years ago, and he had been interested in other hotels. Recently he had been in the insur ance and loan business, with main offices at Macon. Several years ago he resided in Atlanta for a time, being in the insurance business un der the firm name of Akers & Collier. Mr. Collier was a bachelor. He is survived by three sisters, Misses Carrie and Lou Collier and Mrs. C. C. Smith, who live at Indian Spring, and by four brothers, Bry an, of New York city; Paul, of Little Rock; Whitt, of Birming ham, and Judge Calvin Collier, of St. Lopis. The funeral occurred from the First Baptist church Tuesday after noon at 2-o’cloclc, the Rev. R. Van Deventer officiating. The remains were interred in Indian Spring The pallbearers were Mr. Ben Wright and Judge Ogletree, of In dian Spring; Dr. A. F. White, of b Flovilla; Mr. Brown Taylor, of Macon; Messrs. Lawrence Craw ford and H. L. Daughtry, of Jackson. MACON GETS NEW CITIZEN. O. M. Willis, formerly a promi nent young funeral director of Jack son, Butts county, is now domiciled in Macon, and is identified with the L. 11. Burghard undertaking estab lishment. Mr. Willis is receiving a cordial welcome to the city, and all join in wishing for him success. —Macon Telegraph. J. H. Carmichael left Sunday for Flew York for a two weeks’ stay. Watch This Space Every Week. It Will Pay You Next week Iroin the 17th to 22nd we are going to display a line of Enamel and Tin Ware To go st tfat lowest prices. Don’t believe others, come see lor yourself. It costs nothing to look. Special Oil Cloth 15c. Yard. THE RACKET SPORE, JACKSON, - GEORGIA. THE JACKSON ARGtJS. POPULAR RAILROAD AGENT' RECEIVES FATAL INJURIES Mr. C. A. Carson, Jr., .Southern Railway Traveling Passenger Agent, Died in an Atlanta Sanitarimn Last Week. Mr. C. A. Carson, ]f., Traveling Passenger Agent for the Southern Railway, with headquarters at Ma con, died at a private sanitarium in Atlanta at 4 o’clock Friday morning of last week from injuries received Thursday afternoon when trying to board a moving freight train at McDonough. Mr. Carson was thirty-six years old and unmarried, and had been with the Southern Railway for about ten years. Before going to Macon he was stationed in Atlanta. He was known throughout the South and East, and was one of the most popular railroad men in the country. Mr. Carson had gone to McDon ough on an inspection trip. He was accustomed to boarding mov ing trains and had never before met with an accident. About 2:30 o’clock Thursday afternoon, when Southern freight No. 52, headed for Macon, passed, he decided to board it. His foot slipped, and although the train was moving slowly, his left leg was broken, his thigh crushed and his back lacerated. The crew improvised a special train and ran with the injured man to Atlanta in record time. Every thing possible was done, but the injured man died at 4 o’clock Fri day morning. He is survived by his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Car son, of Greenville, S. C., one sis ter, Miss Elsie D. Carson, of Green ville, and two brothers, W. B. and T. P. Carson. The body was taken at 1 o’clock Friday afternoon to Greenville for funeral and inter ment. Mr. Carson was a Mason and an Elk. Mr. Carson’s father and two brothers accompanied the body to Greenville, together with J. L. Meek, Assistant General Manager of the Southern Road, and R. S. New, Traveling Passenger Agent. An escort of the Elks and the Ma sons were at the station when the train left, and at Greenville a sim ilar escort met the party. Funeral services were held at Greenville at 11 o’clock Saturday morning. Judge J. H. Ham’s continued indisposition is a source of regret to his friends. JACKSON. BUTTS COUNTY. GEORGIA. FRIDAY. FEB. 14. 1913. THE WHITE MAN’S BURDEN. INDIAN SPRING SOCIAL NEWS Rev. W. 11. Arnold spent last week in Juliette. Miss Joe Varner spent Tuesday in Jackson with friends. Miss Myrtice Arnold . visited friends in Jackson recently. Mr. Wright Watkins made a business trip to Jackson Monday. Mr. W. O. Brown is in Alabama and South Carolina on a business trip. Mr. W. A. Elder will visit his son, I)r. Elder, in Atlanta this week. Dr. and Mrs. A. F. White and children visited friends here this week. Mrs. Margaret Allen is being de lightfully entertained by relatives in Atlanta. A large crowd attended prayer meeting Wednesday evening at Mrs. Hataway’s. Mrs. Laura Holt, of Macon, is the guest of Miss Bettie Lindsey for a couple of months. Mrs. Luther Hoard and son, Oan, of the Camp Grounds, spent Wednesday with Mrs. Ed Hoard. Sunday school at the First Bap tist church in the afternoon at 3 o’clock every Sunday. All are in vited. Mrs. Sallie Smith, Miss Louise Smith and Master Preston Smith are expected home soon from Sa vannah. Mr. Percy Elder, of Flovilla, spent a few days here overseeing the repairs and painting of tHe Ho tel Elder. Little Robert VanDeventer Sher all, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Jo seph Sherall, has entirely recovered from his recent illness. Mrs. Edith Keaton will return home the first of March from Florida, where she has been spend ing the winter for her health. Mr. Luther Hoard has in his new line of groceries in the new brick store. Mr. Leonard Gregory, the popular clerk, is in charge Mr. Woody Gregory, mail carrier LECTURE POSTPONED UNTIL MARCH SEVENTH I Dr. Chesnutt’s Stereoptlcon Lecture on “The Teeth” to Form Part of Program Arranged for County Teachers’ Association. On account of the many Valen tine parties planned for tonight, ihe free lecture that Dr. O. Lee Ches nutt was to have given on “The Teeth—What They Are and How to Care for Them,” at the School Auditorium, has been postponed until the evening of March 7th. At this time there will be in ses sion here the County School '1 each ers’ Association, and this lecture will form a part of the program ar ranged by the association for Fri day evening. County School Commissioner Maddox set up the date of the teachers’ meeting from the 21st inst. to March 6-7-8 on account of the first date being included in court week. An up-to-date traveling man said the other day that he had never been in a more sanitary and up-to-date Barber Shop than Jenkins’. between here and Flovilla, had the misfortune of losing his fine horse Wednesday. He died of pneu monia. Still Another new store for our little town. Mr. Keaton is build ing one near the Indian Spring and Flovilla Railroad depot, on the side of the main road. Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Riley and Misses Cody, of Macon, are ex pected here the first of March to take charge of the Calumet Hotel for the summer season. The many friends of Mr. George Collier will regret to learn of his illness. He, with his nurse and Mrs. Joe Wall, of Fitzgerald, ar rived Monday night and are at bis eome here. The arrivals at the Hotel Elder this week are: Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Ziebold and Miss Florence Ziebold, of Waterloo, 111.; Mrs. Lula Chap pell, of Columbus, Ga.; Mr. and Mrs. H. Hyers and child, of Pat terson, Ga.; Messrs. J. A- Alexan der, of Atlanta, T. 11. Drew and J. N. McKay, of Macon, Ga. RUnS COUNTY CITIZEN RECEIVES HIGH HONOR Hon. Sam Mays Appointed on Staff of Major Ueneral H. T. Daven*. port, United Confederate Veterans. Major General 11. T. Davenport, Commander of the Georgia Divis ion, Lnited Consederate Veterans, has named Hon. Sam 11. Mays, of this county, as a member of his staff, giving him the title of Assist ant Chief Commissary. This is a signal honor worthily bestowed. Mis flutts county friends are congratulating him upon the appointment HON. J. A. HANES A VISITOR IN JACKSON Hon. J. A. Hanes, Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of Worth county, was a visitor in Jackson Sunday, en route lo Ath ens to attend the Six Days Good Roads School at the State Uni versity. While here he was the guest of his sister, Mrs. F. M. Allen. f•• Ik GUESS OrWiSBW At The Owl Pharmacy, Phone 1. Phone 1. Bnt Advertising Medium in Middle Georgia suns SUPERIOR COURT WILL CONVENE MONDAY Judge Daniel Will Preside and Col. E. M. Owen Will Look After the Interests of the State—Many Cases Will'* Be Tried. The spring term of Butts county Superior Court will be in session here Monday, with Judge R. T. Daniel presiding and Solicitor K. M. Owen, of Zebulon, looking after the prosecutions. Much business will be disposed of, aud according to the records of the courts in the counties over which Judge Daniel has presided within the past few weeks, things will hum when he comes to Jackson. He is an ideal judge of law, and there is no more popular man in official life today than Judge Dan iel, who is just and considerate, fearless aipl capable. Court will hold, perhaps, over two weeks. J. T. MOSS SUMMONED BY THE GRIM REAPER J. T. Moss, who was struck by a fast train at Flippen three weeks ago today, received injuries which resulted in his death early yester day at his home on Lyons street. At the the time of the accident he was returning from his father’s in-law, where one of his daughter*, Miss Willis Moss, had died, ex pecting to return for her burial next day. Going out to board the train, he was struck, an arm was broken, forehead cut and internal injuries received which caused his sudden death. Mr. Moss was 61 years of age and a member of Salem Baptist church, in Henry county, from which place his funeral will be conducted today by Rev. Oglesby, of McDonough. Besides other relatives, the de ceased leaves his wife, three daugh ters, Misses Ida and May Moss, of Jackson, and Mrs. Bracewell, of Atlanta; three sons, Clifford and Gus, of Jackson, and Dayton, of Birmingham, Ala. Miss Celeste Parish, of Athens, will be a guest of the Teachers’ Institute which will meet here March 6th. NO. 2