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THE JACKSON ARGUS
Telephone 119.
I'uUluhed every Friday at *I.OO a year.
Entered at Jacltaon I’ontoHioe aa second cl.hh
mall matter.
E. W. CARROLL. Editor and Publiaher
MRS. E. W. CARROLL. - Manager
Official Organ ok Butts County
JACKSON, GA., MAY 2, 1913.
THIS PAPER REPRESENTED FOR FOREIGN
ADVERTISING BY THE
GENERAL. OFFICES
NEW YORK AND CHICAGO
BRANCHES IN ALL THE PRINCIPAL CITIES
Why some people resemble a
town clock is that they have a face
on all sidps.
If you can’t boost your home
town get out of some good man’s
way who can.
If you don't like Jackson there
are ten trains leaving Jackson every
day in the week.
Probably the greatest living au
thority on bawls is the Mississippi
doctor who claims to have attended
just 6,240 births.
Read It!
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The testimony of the Attorney
General as to the results of thirty
years of prohibition in Kansas is
worthy of special note. The drink
itig of the State, according to this
official, has been reduced 2,000 per
cent, and this trifling amount is
almost entirely among the foreign
element. Of the 105 counties of
the State, 87 have no insane, 54
no feeble minded, ')<> have no ine-
brutes. Thirty-eight poor farms
have no inmates, and throughout
the State there is only one pauper
to every 5,000 population. In July,
I**ll,county jails were empty and
<>s counties had no prisoners serv
ing sentences. Some counties have
not called a jury to try a criminal
case in teu| veajs, and in one county
there has uol been a grand jury for
twenty five years.
The above facts are presented
for the aformation of the fellow
who says “prohibition does not
prohibit."
Growth of Odd Fellowship
I.ast Saturday, April 26, marked
t\i6 anniversary of the founding of
the Independent Order of Odd Fel
lows in the United States. Odd
Fellowship was an institution in
Fnglaud in the eighteenth century,
but the first lodge established in
America was in ’.lie city of Balti
more. It was on the 26th day of
April. Ist'). There were ouly five
membtrs of that lodge, but the
order spread fast, and today the
membership tnder the jurisdiction
of the Sovereign Grand Lodge,
which includes Canada, is nearly
1,600,UK). There are more than
1,250,000 Odd Fellows iu the
Uuited States .tloue.
Swat the Filth! _____
The heated season is almost here
and our sanitary conditions are de
plorable. Unless a vigorous cam
paign against dirt and filth is soon
under way, you needn’t be sur
prised to see the dead fly and mos
quito do a land office business in
Jackson this summer.
The city authorities expect every
citizen to do his duty in this impor
tant work. The city wagon will
call for whatever householders
choose to send away. Back yards,
alleys, vacant lots, cellars, barns,
sheds, poultry houses, chicken runs,
everything about the premises and
neighborhood, should be put in
spick and span condition. No
filth should be left for flies to breed
in. The rain-barrel should be
washed out and gutters should be
cleared of decayed leaves. They
tnake a fine place for mosquitoes
to breed in. Weeds should be cut;
they shelter mosquitoes. This
chance comes only about once a
year —the opportunity to clear the
cellar and coal shed of tin cans,
battered lard pails, discarded shoes,
old newspapers and everything else
that accumulates, in spite of good
intentions, especially in winter.
lackson is to put on its summer
dress. Kvery man, woman and
child is going to do his and her
duty. Prune the old vines and rid
the yard of trash and dead wood;
it will be good for the vines and
trees and it will make things look
tidier. I'se paint and whitewash.
Plant vegetables, flowers or grass
in your yards and keep down the
weeds.
The old saying that "cleanliness
is next to Godliness" is in peculiar
honor these days. Modern religion
has a lot to do with sanitation and
health. So get busy, all of you,
without wasting more time and
talk. Swat the dirt, the filth, and
keep it swatted, and the flies and
the mosquitoes will give us little
trouble.
As the mind is bent so is the gos
sip's tongue inclined.
Young man, if yon don't like
the concern you’re working for
and the man who signs your check,
give way to some fellow who ap
preciates nice treatment.
DOES THE HUN BORI IN HttMßßt
realize that lie can buy lite insur
ance this month cheaper than lie
can ever get it again. Why? Write
ns ami we mill tell you. National
l,it Insurance Cos , of Vt. (Mutua)V
Robf. T. Carmichael. Hist. Manager,
Darkness Bldg., Jackson, Ga.—Ailv.
LOST—IB size O. F. gt>M
tilleil Elgin watch, 15 jewel
movement. Return to this
oftice nud get re wart!. Case
engraved S. M. T.
If Errors of Investment
were assets, more people would be
happy witli annuitieq. Send for
rates. National Life Insurance Cos.,
of Vt. (Mutual). Kobt. T. Car
inichael, Dist. Manager, Harkuess
Bldg., Jackson, Ga.—Adv.
YOU CANNOT BE LOST ON A STRAIGHT ROAD
You do not always stick to the straight road when buying.
You wander off into the pleasant paths of buying on impulse, at
strange stores, at odd times, and sometimes even needlessly.
Your pocketbook suffers when you leave the straight road.
You are compelled to buy oftener by having unknowingly
bought poor quality. You lose time in searching for the articles
you need, and not sticking to the straight road.
Advertising is the straight road to satisfaction, quality and
price buying. By it you gain known value of merchandise, good
service, and the best quality for the least cost. Advertisements in
THE JACKSON ARGUS are makmg it easy for you to profit by
following the straight road to successful buying. Read their ad
vertisements closely and constantly.
CAPITAL NOTES
SENATOR SMITH 5 BILL
BENEFICIAL TO FARMERS
Atlanta, Ga., May 1. —Geor-
gia farmers are expecting to derive
even more benefit than they first
expected from Senator Hoke
Smith’s Division of Markets bill.
The measure is being put into a
much more comprehensive form
than in which it was originally
drawn, and the idea which Senator
Smith originated is now receiving
the aid and backing of all the law
makers in Washington who are
particularly interested in agricul
tural improvement.
A big delegation from the con
vention which was recently called
by the Association of Farm Papers
in America has just been in Wash
ington, bringing to the attention of
Congress and the President the im
portance of this legislation, look
ing to better methods in marketing
crops and betier provision for farm
credit. This delegation represented
a convention which had been at
tended by leading agricultural ex
perts and writers from twenty-four
States and four foreign countries.
The committee held a conference
in Washington with Senaior Smith,
at whose instance the last session
of Congress included in the Agri
cultural Appropriation bill the sum
of $50,000 for preliminary work in
establishing the division of markets
in the Department of Agriculture.
The work is already going forward
under the Secretary of Agriculture’s
direction.
CAR AND DEPOT THIEVES
ARE BE I WEEN IWO FIRES
Atlanta, G.v., May I.—Car
and depot thieves who have been
recently jailed in Georgia find
themselves between two fires. On
the one side, they are in the usual
jeopardy in the State courts under
the Georgia criminal statutes, and
now on the other side they are lia
ble to prosecution in the Federal
courts, under anew law just re
cently passed by Congress. This
law makes it au offense against the
United States for anybody to break
into a railway car containing-inter
stateor foreign shipments of freight,
express or baggage, and as the
thief has no way of ever telling
whether the shipments are inter
state or intrastate, he is likely in
breaking into a car, nine chances
out of ten, to come within the pro
vision of the Federal law. The
law includes not only railway cars,
but depots, platforms, wharves and
other places whore freight, express
or baggage is stored in shipment.
The operation of this act does not
interfere with the regular process
of the law in this and other States.
It simply throws another and addi
tional safeguard aromid goods in
shipment, and puts the whole
power of the Federal department
of justice behind the detection and
prosecution of persons guilty of
stealing from cars or depots.
I.ocal cases are expected to come
up shorttv in the Federal court here,
ami their outcome will be awaited
with intense interest.
Buy in Jackson.
Jackson has the best stores, the
best prices, the most courteous mer
chants. If you don’t believe it,
ask someone who has purchased
in another city.
Wives of Smart Men
should remind them that they can
make their lives secure, and. depart
ing leave behind them something
solid, something sure. Na iotial
Life Insurance Cos . of Vt- (Mutual.)
Robf. T. Carmichael. Dist Manager,
Harkuess Bldg., Jackson, Ga.—Adr.
CONSIDERATION OF FREAK
BILLS COSTS PEOPLE DEARLY
Atlanta, Ga , May I.—Point
ing to the fact that the time con
sumed in the consideration of freak
bills costs the people very dearly,
many Georgia newspapers are call
ing on the Legislature this year to
cut out the comedy. Georgia is no
worse off in this respect, however,
than other States in the Union.
Vermont once went the limit by
passing a law making it illegal to
trap or snare female elephants in
the Green Mountains. Not so very
long ago Georgia seriously discuss
ed a bill prohibiting women from
riding astride. Such bills as reg
ulating women’s clothes and the
length of hat pins have also been
discussed here and elsewhere.
Miss Martha Lee Sutton, of Blount,
visited in Jackson Thursday.
RIDGEWAY-TURNER.
Sunday, at the Baptist pasto
rium, Miss Fannie Ridgeway,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. R.
Ridgeway, of this county, and
Mr. Lawrence Turner, of Henry
county, were married by Dr. Rob
ert Van Deventer.
Wonderful Skin Salve.
Buck-ten's Arnica Salve is known
everywhere as the best remedy made
for all diseases of the kiu. and also
for burns, bruises nadboils. Reduces
inflammation and is soothing: and
healing. J. T. Sossaman, publisher
of News, of Cornelius, N. C., writes
that one box helped his serious skin
ailment after other remedies failed.
Only 25c. Recommended by Slaton
Drug Cos. —Adv.
" L *
Constipation Cured.
Dr. King’s New Life Pills will re
lieve constipation promptly and get
your bowels in healthy condition
again. John Sups.ic, of Sanbury,
Pa., says: “They are the best pills I
ever used, and I advise everyone to
use them for constipation, indiges
tion and liver complaint.” Will help
you. Price 25. Recommended by
Slaton Drug Cos. —Adv.
“Life’s Best Fun
is work well done.” Comfort in old
age comes from insurance done in
early manhood. Nationul Life In
snranceCo., ofVt. (Mutual). Robt.
T. Carmichael. Dist. Manager, Hark
ness Bldg., Jackson, Ga.—Adv.
fOR THE
I CART" H
DO YOU know of anyone
who is old enough to
read, who has not seen that
sign at a railroad crossing?
If everyone has seen it at soma
time or other, then why doeen’t
the railroad let the sign rot
away t Why does the railroad
company continue to keep
those signs at every crossing f
Maybe you think, Mr. Merchant.
“Most everybody knows my
store, I don’t have to advertise.”
Your store and your goods need
more advertising than the rail
roads need do to warn people
to “Look Out for the Cars.”
Nothing is ever completed in the
advertising world.
The Deportment Stores are a
very good esample— they are
continually advertising —and
they are continually doing s
good business. .
If it pays to run a few ads ’round
about Christmas time, it cer
tainly will pay you to run ad
vertisements about all the time.
It’s just business, that’s all, to
Jl ADVERTISE in
this paper
LOST!
This is to notify the public that
Blank Fire Policies Nos. 304 to 325
inclusive,
Blank Cotton Certificates Nos. 20002
to 20025 inclusive,
of the Hartford Fire Insurance Company, of
Hartford, Conn., were furuished to its former
agent, H. V. Hodges, at Jenkinsburg, Ga., and
have been lost, misplaced, or stolen and cannot be
located by Mr. Hodges or our special representa
tive, who has made a diligent effort to tind same.
We are advised that said policies were not issued by our
agent or with his consent and.should any claim be made lor a
loss under any of these policies or certificates, we shall deny any
and all liability therefor. ... ,
Any information as to these lost policy blnnks will be
appreciated by
Egleston & Prescott,
General Agents, - Atlanta, Ga.
We Carry the Best Line of sc. and 10c.
Cigars
IN JACKSON.
Also full line of the best brands of Smoking Tobacco
and Cigarettes.
SLZVTON DRUG o©..
The Rexall Store, - - - JACKSON, GA.
Telephone Saved Child’s Life
One of the children fell into a water tank on **f
an Alabama farm and was rescued unconscious and |j
apparently lifeless. The frantic mother rushed to ''A
the telephone and called the doctor six miles away. .Ajjt
He told her what to do and started at once, but
before he arrived the child was out of danger. i
The protection of women and children is only i S
one of the chief values of the telephone on the
farm. I aL
You can have this service at small cost. See
the nearest Bell Telephone Manager or send a
postal for our free booklet.
FARMERS’ LINE DEPARTMENT
SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE
AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY QAJ
S. PRYOR STREET ATLANTA, GA.
Ed Combs Famous Stallion,
“Reaper King”
will make the season at
Leach & Company’s Stables,
JACKSON, - GEORGIA.