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THE JACKSON ARGUS
Telephone If 9.
Published ovrry Friday at SI.OO a year.
Entered at Jackson Postoflice as second class
mall matter.
E. W. CARROLL. Edit* and Publisher
MRS. E. W. CARROLL, - Manager
OITKiAI. OIMfAN OK JiCTTK COUNTY
JACKSON, CiA., MAIUH 7, 1010,
NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS.
The Argus receives, almost; daily,
iiiisigneri communications. We are
glad to receive them, but tor our own
protection cannot publish unless
there is a signature, which will be
withheld unless otherwise requested
by the writer.
“The hit dog yelps.”
Don’t work for a bigger town
merely —work for a better town.
Which are you trying to do—
boost this town or bust this town?
The man who says lie is merely
living in the town is merely living
on it.
The Argus, in common with the
other newspapers of the Mint cir
cuit, congratulates Solicitor Owen
upon the excellent start he has
made in prosecuting the law-break
ers of his circuit.
Frankly speaking, to an ordinary
cuss who confesses that he doesn’t
know any of the philosophic rea
sons for anything that touches
finance, it does seem that while
they are doing so many things to
make the currency elastic, some
steps should be taken to kinder
stretch a poor devil’s credit.
The Jasper county Grand Jury
find “an unusually large number
of criminal offenses, the same hav
ing been committed from the said
and use of whisky, carrying of pis
tols and gambling, for the most
part, and we also note that the ma
joritv of such offenses are commit
ted by the colored race.”—Macon
Telegraph,
ADIAMOND RING
Suggests the old familliar saying “Spring turns the young man’s fancy to
thoughts of love,” which rapidly promotes thoughts more serious and sweet—
of weddings and wedding rings,
JOSEPH EDWARDS
knows about it. Call and “let him give you a few suggestions.”
A BOY'S PRAYER.
President Hyde, of Bowdoin College, has written a
Boy’s Prayer that has become famous. It should he memor
ized by every lad who desires to “get on” in the world. Here
it is:
“Give me clean hands, clean words and clean thoughts ;
help me to stand for thg hard right against the easy wrong;
save me from habits that harm; teach me to work as hard
and play as fair in Thy sight alone as if all the world saw;
forgive me when 1 am unkind, and help me to forgive those
who are unkind to me; keep me ready to help others at some
cost to myself; sent! me chances to do a little good every
day, and so grow more like Christ.”
Snakes in Our Midst?
It is widely rumored that there
are blind tigers in Jackson. Hut
rumors are idle things—as fickle
as the wind —and while The Argus
is not prepared to follow so idle a
thing as a rumor, still, the talk
hurts the town, and something
should be done to stop it. If there
are such hyenas stalking abroad in
this law-abiding town, it is time,
in decency’s name, for all lovers
of the law to send them to a grave
as ignominious as that of the graft
ing Nero.
If the prohibition law is enforced
here as it ought to be, then why is
it that public indignation smoulders
against supposed tigers? While we
would not for an instant believe
that in this enlightened age such
low-down murderers of civic right
eousness can be allowed to exist,
still, if people continue to state
that such is the case, we are anx
ious that the rumor should be stop
ped or proved.
The present attitude is that of
the woman who gossips about her
neighbors’ children while her own
are running wild in the streets. We
cannot afford to waste time in talk.
I'or if the talk is true, the thing to
do is to report it to the authorities,
who would, beyond a doubt, be
filled with joy at this opportunity
to exercise their power to stamp
the evil out. If it is not true, then
stop the talk. It hurts us.
Don't be satisfied merely to live
in this town —help make it a better
town to live in.
Don’t you ever believe that every
knock is a boost; but every failure
to boost is a knock.
Sometimes opportunity knocks at
a man’s dour ami he doesn’t hear it
because he is doing so much knock
ing himself.
Whisky, Pistols, Gambling.
It is a deep source of regret to
us that the Grand Jury had to re
port such bad things of our proud
old county. There is no question,
however, butthat forthe past twelve
months the law-breakers have been
bolder than for many years past.
The real cause for this may be
summed up in one single para
graph of Judge Daniel’s able
charge to that body recently,
namely:
“Whisky, pistols and gambling
are the greatest evils that curse
and blacken our fair land. They
are pernicious. They blight with
a scorching fire all they touch.
They have caused more heartaches,
greater sorrow and more withering
woe to the physical and moral man
hood and womanhood of our land
than all other evils combined.”
Try to say a good word about
the town and it will soon be a
habit, not an effort.
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It is easy for other towns to be
bigger than this; there is no reason
why they should be any better.
BOYS’ CORN CLUB.
I am now prepared to enlist boys
in the Butts County Corn Club.
Either write me or call at my otliee
and give me name and age.
C. S. Maddox, Local Agent.
Free Flower Seed
For Readers of
This Newspaper
We want to get in closer touch
with you personally and with the peo
ple of this county. We want you to
know what the great southern seed
house, H. G. Hastings & Cos., of At
lanta, is doing for the whole south in
scientific plant-growing and agricul
ture.
With this idea in view, we have
decided to offer to each reader of this
newspaper a magnificent collection of
flower seed, sent absolutely free to
our customers. Write at once for our
big free illustrated catalogue, being
sure to mention the name of this
newspaper. We pay the postage. The
catalogue will tell you all about the
way to take advantage of the free
flower seed offer.
You should have flowers about your
home. Our wives and daughters take
naturally to flowers. This offer is
made especially for them because we
know it will interest them. But the
catalogue tells, too, about our big
cash prize offer for the Corn Club
boys. It tells about our big yielding
varieties of corn and cotton —the
kinds we grow on our own 3,000 acre
farm. It’s a catalogue that ought to
be In every southern home. Write to
day and let us send it to you.
H. G. HASTINGS & CO..
Atlanta, Ga. (advt.)
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JACKSON, - GEORGIA.
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MEANS MONEY TO
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Phone 120, - Jackson, Georgia.