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I NEW FARMERS’ TELE
PHONE LINE C STABLISHED
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Extends iliree niles Oat tlie Worth
ville Road—Another Step in the
Progress < f Telephone Devel
opment in Butts County.
Anew farmers’ telephone line,
having three subscribers, has just
been connected with the Jackson
Exchange of the Southern J* 'll
Telephone Company. The litre
extends three miles out the Worth -
ville road and furnishes service to
the following well-known people:
A. C. Finley, residence; T. O.
Cawthon, residence, ana L. A.
Cawthot’, residence.
The subscribers on this line are
now in constant telephonic com
munication with each other, and
through the Southern Bell Ex
change with telephone users in
Jackson and community around
Jackson.
The construction of this line and
its connection with the T elephoue
Exchange here is another step in
the progress of telephone develop
ment which is being made by the
residents in the rural sections of
this growing county of Butts. I n
der the plan of the Southern Bell
Company farmers and other rural
dwellers are enabled to secure tele
phone service on an economical
basis. Asa result, farmers in all
sections of the State are installing
telephones in their homes.
EASTER SUNDAY BIG DAT
AT METHODIST CHURCH
The services at the
church on Easter Sunday will be
unusually attractive. Suitable mu
sic will be rendered, and all of the
interests of the church will be em
phasized. If you are .a member of
the church, or a friend to it, you
should be present. Come out and
help make the exercises a success.
Let us have a good day, and
plan for a forward movement.
Everybody invited. No collec
tion .
M. S. Williams,
j. L. Lyons,
r. P. Sasnett,
Mrs. J. P. Settle,
Mrs. Emma Mallet,
Mrs. Verna Wright,
Committee on Invitation.
John 0. McDonald and W. T.
Powers spent Sunday afternoon in
Atlanta. _ ~
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Every Week.
; t Will Pay You
.Fii.-t a few prices for next week from 24th to 2thh.
Whittmore’s'Shoe Polish,
25c. Box 15c. ioc. Box Bc.
This low price will he made on these good for one week only.
I & P. Coats Thread 4c. Spool.
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Special Oil Cloth 15c. Yard.
Don't believe others, come see for yourself. It costs nothing
to look.
THE RACKET STORE,
JACKSON, - GEORGIA.
THE JACKSON ARGUS.
PROF. MARTIN RE-ELECTED
SUPERINTENDENT SCHOOLS
Enrollment for the Bast Year Has
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Been Up to the Highest Mark
and Attendance Good The
Patrons Are Enthusiastic.
At a recent meeting of the Boarc:
of Education of Jackson, l’rot.
W. P. Martin, who has been the
Superintendent of the Jackson
Public Schools for the past year,
was re-elected for another school
term, beginning next September.
The year which is just drawing
tc a close with the school has been
a most successful one. Ihe enroll
ment has been up to the highest
mark and the regular attendance
good. Not only the pupils, but
the patrons are very enthusiastic
over the work accomplished this
year. Prof. Martin and his assist
ant teachers have worked hard to
bring the school up to its present
standard, and their labors are very
much appreciated by the citizens
of Jackson. Under the superin
teney of Prof. Martin the discip
line of the school has been made
well-nigh perfect, and the interest
and high scholarship of the pupils
have been accomplished mainly
through good discipline.
It is pleasant news to a large
ciicle of friends outside of the
patrons of the school that 1 rof.
and Mrs. Martin and their inter
esting children will be in Jackson
for another year.
KNIGHTS CELEBRATE
TWELFTH ANNIVERSARY
With an unusually large number
of persons on hand, the twelfth an
niversary of Jackson Lodge, No.
131, Knights of Pythias, was cele
brated Tuesday evening in the
Armory, V
'The hall had been prettily dec
orated by the Ladies’ Aid Society
of the Presbyterian church, who
served the banquet. '1 he colors ol
the order were carried out in a de
lightful way in the arrangement of
the decorations.
At the banquet Mr. Henry Hen
drick presided as toastmaster, and
there were some very interesting
responses to toasts.
They were all excellent, those
of Rev. M. S.' Williams and Dr.
Robert VauDeventer particularly
so. .Among the other speakers who
responded in happy veins were
JACKSON. BUTTS COUNTY. GEORGIA. FRIDAY. MARCH 21. 1913.
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A PATHETIC APPEAL
BIG CONVENTION IN
DALLAS OUBING APRIL
Southern States Cotton Corporation
Will Be in Sesssion There for
Several Days—Large Attend*
ance of People Expected.
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The movement which has been
gaining momentum throughout the
South during the past two years,
having for its object the establish
ment of a dependable market sys
tem for cotton, will assume the
form of a rally in Dallas, April 28
to May 1, inaugurating the cam
paign for the coming season. It is
expected that this convention will
mark anew record in industrial
progress and place prominently be
fore the world the fundamental
principles of a plan that it is be
lieved will become a decisive factor
in cotton operations, and conse
quent prosperity of the Southland.
The attendance at this rally will
not be confined to Texas, but it is
expected that representatives from
all parts of the Southwest will be
in evidence. Not only cotton grow
ers from every cotton producing
country, but people in ail walks of
life will attend.
't he plan as worked out by the
Southern Stales’ Cotton Corpora
tion puts the farmer squarely “into
business,” and gives him a voice
in the sales method. The plan i:
in active operation in more than
250 cotton growing counties, and
all territory is being rapidly organ
ized. During the past season it
made shipments of cotton daily to
Bremen, Germany, and has han
dled more than 3,000 bales from
one town alone.
The convention will be beld at
the Lair Park Coliseum, April 28
to May ], and every Dallasite is
expected to do his part to make it
a success. Low rates will doubt
less be made on all railroads.—
Dallas Times-Ilerald.
Me-srs. J. I). Jones and Lawrence
Crawford, the latter one of the
charter members.
The guests were'properly receiv
ed and entertained and the occa
sion was one of very great pleasure.
Hon. T. P. Bell was a prominent
visitor in the city on Monday,
BACON ABSOLVES SMITH
OF BLAME FOR DEFEAT
Report That Hard Feeling Existed on
tile Part of Senator Bacon Is Not
True—Relations Between the
Senators Are Cordial.
Atlanta, Ga., March 20. —It is
getting to be as plain as the nose
on your face that lots of Georgians
are getting sore and impatient for
tiiose big hunks of pie which it
was expected the Democratic ad
ministration would deal out to them
immediately upon Wilson’s induc
tion into office. Many Democrats
here originally believed that some
big plum would fall to Georgians
They looked for ambassadorships
and cabinet positions. Georgia has
no representative in the cabinet and
if .any Georgian is to become an
ambassador to -one of the big for
eign courts nobody can imagine
who it is.
Political lines are difficult to
eradicate, and many of the most
bitter anti Hoke Smith men arc
blaming Senator Smith for the fail
tye of disappointed ofiiceseekers is
Washington to get as large a polit
ical pie as they expected. Some ol
this criticism has been so manifest
!y unfair that leaders in the Jot
Brown ranks have themselves call
ed attention to the injustice. They
admit that it is perfectly clear that
Hoke Smith wa m>t a paAv to tin
demotion of Senator Bacon. lia
con was Ihe victim of Bryan’s sen
iority fight, and the relations which
existed today between Smith and
Bacon are of a cordial character.
Bacon himself absolves Smith of
all blame for his recent defeat.
WOMAN'S EX6HAN6E.
The Woman’s Exchange will be
open to the public Tuesday aiter
if on at .5 o’clock. The pi ices ol
many articles have been reduced,
and several new pieces of hand
work have been recently added.
W. 1). Compton was in the city
on Thursday.
Homer Carmichael spent the
week-end in Atlanta.
lion. S. J. Foster is improving
from an illness of two weeks’ dura
tion.
RAIN AND HIGH WIND
SWEEP OVER BUTTS COUNTY
Many Buildings Wrecked and Bridges
Torn Away Private Property
Damaged—Railroad Schedules
Are Disarranged.
Torrential rains, accompanied
by high winds, swept parts of this
section Thursday and Friday nights.
At an early hour Saturday morn
ing the terrific blow, bordering on
a cyclone, blew down a shop
owned by Albert Finley and un
roofed the waterworks plant, tore
away the smoke stack and one side
of the boiler room.
Streams were out of llieir banks
in all parts of the county and three
public bridges were washed away,
those at Henley’s Mill, Boatner’s
Mill and Maddox Mill. The dam
age to private property and the
farmers throughout the county is
reported severe but so far no lives
have been reported lost. Railroad
schedules were disarranged Satur
day and through Monday.
The Ocmulgee river is said to be
higher than in several years and
the overflow at the dam of the
Hot Springs liver ISultis.
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DR. qUIGG FLETCRER
RECEIVES COMMISSION
| First Lieutenant in Reserve fledical
Corps, U. .S. A.— Commission
Signed by President Wilson
on March 5, 1913.
Jackson friends of I)r. IE (Juigg
Fletcher, of Chattanooga, Teum,
formerly of this county, are grati
fied to learn of his appointment as
First Lieutenant in the Medical Re
serve Corps, U. S. A., under the
provision of the new army bill.
The commission is doubly appre--
ciated by Dr. Fletcher because it
was signed by President Wilson on
March sth, his first official day as
President.
This appointment does not mean
that he will go from Chattanooga,
hut that he will be available at any
time the department calls him for
service.
Another new position and an
honor worthily bestowed upon Dr.
Fletcher was his recent election as
Surgeon to the Jonathan \V. Bach
man Camp of Sons of Confederate
Veterans at Chattanooga.
Jackson people are justly proud
of this young man, and that he is
just as popular and as highly es
teemed in his adopted town as he
is here is shown by the fact that he
is on three of the most important
committees for the Confederate re
union which meets there in May—
Division Headquarters •Committee,
Committee for the Entertainment of
Sponsors and Maids, and also for
the Entertainment of Sons of Vet
erans. /
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COURT CONVENES MONDAY
'file spring term of the City Court
of Jackson will convene Monday,
with Judge 11. M. Fletcher pre
siding.
While there is not so much
change in Dr. J. Lee Byron’s con
dition, he is not now so ill, though
lie will probably be confined to his
room for some time yet.
A number of Shamrocks were
worn by Jackson people Monday.
Cols, Charles L. Redman and
Threntt Moore, who have been ill
at their respective homes here, are
able to be out again, and were
mingling with their friends on the
streets Monday.
Central Georgia Power Company’s
plant is greater than it has been
since it was built.
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