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FORTY-FIRST YEAR.
GRADUATING EXERCISES
JENKWSBUR6 SCHOOL
Senior Class of High School, Assisted
by ITusic Class, Rendered Beau
tiful Program at School Au
ditorium Friday, May 2.
The graduating exercises of the
Senior Class of Jenkinsburg High
School were held last Friday even
ing, May 2, at the School Audi
torium.
The Seniors, assisted by the Mu
sic Class, rendered the following
program:
Duet Misses Walker and
Combs.
Opening Prayer Mr. J. W.
Bankston.
Salutatory—Gordon Bankston.
Duet —Misses Odelle Moore and
Irene Bankston.
Class Legacy—Miss Lennie In
gram.
Piano Solo—Miss Mae Childs.
Oration —Grady Phillips.
Duet—Miss Combs and Irene
Bankston.
Valedictory—Miss Claude Guest.
Duet —Miss Combs and Odelle
Moore.
Address —lion. J. H. Mills.
Piano Solo— I Trudie Moore.
Delivery of Diplomas —Prof. Z.
E. Barron.
Class Song.
Beuedictiou —Mr. C. L. Carter.
ARISTOCRACY DEFINED IN
NEW AND STRIKING WAY
Jonathan B. Froat, Well ,*4'n
Southern Author, Says “Idleness
Was Pride of Old Aristocracy;
Labor of the New.”
(SPECIAL to THE ARGUS.)
Atlanta, Ga., May 8. Wide
discussion is being caused by recent
expressions of Jonathan B. Frost,
the well-known Southern author,
on “Justifiable Aristocracy.” Mr.
Frost has defined aristocracy, as he
understands it, in anew and strik
ing way.
* “Note in any American city,
] ie S ays, “the proportion of its suc
cessful men who were farm-born
and bred or who came out from
other avenues of physical labor.
The fact that they are self-made
trumpet-tongues to us the truth
that we have passed the time of
birth’s supreme influence on social
standing, intellectual attainment
and natural preferment, and en
tered the age of the justifiable ar
istocracy, where the standing of
people is self-determined by mdus
-1 try and character.
'Mr Frost says further: Idle
ness was the pride of the old aris
tocracy; labor is the pride of the
~new. The old was the order of
thieves subsisting upon the toil of
those they were able by law to rob.
The new is an order of conscien
tious and industrious, wishing
nothing they do not deserve, but
demanding what they have earned.
“The tables are turned and in
dustry now carries the dignified
Lead Thus is accomplished the
natural selection of the worthy.
] abor will not associate with idle
ness U never has time. The
badge of labor, in some of its
forms, must be worn by him who
enters the ennobling circle of this
justifiable aristocracy.”
Clinton Woods was over from
Monticello Wednesday.
Bert Jinks, of Marianna Fla.,
been visiting Jackson relatives.
' 11. Ogletree. a prominent cit
jzen of Cork, was in the city Wed
nesday.
THE JACKSON ARGUS.
SARDIS CHURCH 8. S.
IS LARGELY ATTENDED
Value of Attractive Programs for
School Emphasized Teachers
Uged to Look After Absen
tees—l. H. Maddox Talks.
There was a large crowd at
church Saturday and Sunday—the
church was full on Sunday. Peo
ple were there from all sections of
the county.
Rev. Z. E. Barron, of Jenkins
burg, filled his regular appoint
ment.
The attendance at Sunday school
was unusually fine. The Secretary
reported ninety-two pupils present
and twenty-five absent.
We wish our teachers would look
after the absentees. See them or
write them a post card something
like this: “We missed you last
Sunday afternoon.”
We want to try to keep the wak
ings of our Sunday school, before
the community. If we want our
school to be full of life and spirit,
we must look after the program for
Sunday. All the work of the entire
week must be condensed and put
into one short hour on Sunday; and
let this hour be made to count for
God and for good.
When the Sunday school closed
Brother I. H. Maddox was called
upon to give a talk, and made some
stirring remarks.
At the close of the service there
was a splendid collection taken up
for the Orphans’ Homp**,^
M. A. Wilson, Supt.
JACKSON CITY COURT
TO CONVENE MONDAY
*
The regular May term of the
City Court of Jackson will convene
Monday. There will be no jury,
aud only such matters and cases as
can be tried by the judge without
a jury will be tried at this term.
All jury cases will be disposed of
at July term.
MRS. M MICHAEL DIES AT AGE OF 52
Mrs. Lula Fletcher McMichael,
wife of J udge J. A. McMichael, died
tliin morning at 3 o’clock from an
illness of five weeks’ duration.
Surviving tier are her husband,
four children, two brothers and two
sisters.
Funeral arrangements have not
been announced.
R. F. WELCH LOSES HOME BT FIRE
Sunday morning the home and
several outhouses of R. F. Welch,
who lives several miles from Jack
son. were totally destroyed by fire.
Very little was saved from the
dwelling, and insurance covers only
a part of the loss.
The origin of the fire is not known.
PROF. MARTIN BUYS HOME IN JACKSON
Prof. W. R. Lanier, of Cordele.
Saturday here, and at that
time sold his residence on College
street to Prof. W. P. Martin, Super
intendent! f Jackson Public Schools.
MISSIONARY MELTiNG POSTPONED.
The convention of delegates repre
senting the seveial Methodist Wom
an’s Missionary Societies of the Grif
fin district, which was to have been
held here this mouth, has been post
poned until late in June.
Mrs. Duke and Miss Laura Duke,
of Worthville, were shopping in the
city Wednesday, as were Mrs. S. J.
Thurston and daughters, of Jen-
Rinsburg.
* *
Mrs. Rosa Thaxton left Monday
to make her home in Brunswick
with her son/ Clayton Thaxton.
tier departure is deeply regretted,
but the wishes of her friends are
sincere that she will be happy in
her new home.
JACKSON. BUTTS COUNTY. GEORGIA- FRIDAY. MAY 9. 1913.
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The most effective weapon of monopolistic business against
i the smaller, independent home dealers has been price cutting—
underselling regardless of cost until fair competition is eliminated
and leaves the consumer helpless.
Yet, the department of justice of th* recent national adminis
tration sued, as a trust, the manufacturer of a very successful ar
ticle, though it has over 100 competitors, on the plea that under
the Sherman act the manufacturer must not prevent the big chain
stores, mail order houses and the price cutters in general, from
offering well known, standard goods at less than your home dealer
can afford to sell them, just as a bait to get his trade away.
The government makes no mention of the fact that the loss
which the monopolists on these goods sustain by cutting prices is
made up by them by overcharging on unbranded articles of fluct
uating value. The government makes no mention of the fact that
the Sherman act was intended to prevent those very methods of
business that create monopolies.
What will become of the little dealer—your home dealer—if
the government wins the suit and clears the path for the unfair
price cutters?
And the consumer? Our cartoon tells quite a story about one
feature of that, doesn’t it?
ENUMERATORS TO TAKE
SCHOOL CENSUS CHOSEN
superintendent Maddox Directed to
Order Election for School Trus
tees In Local Tax l/lstrlcts
on May the Thirty-First.
At a meeting of the County Board
of Education Wednesday, enumer
ators to take the school census of
the county were elected, as follows:
Buttrill District—W. D. Curry.
Coodys—H. C. Eetson.
Dublin —T. W. Nelson.
Indian Spring —J. S. Lewis. ,
Iron Spring —R. K. Lavender.
Jackson —F. L. Walthall.
Towaliga—J. M. McKlhaney.
Worthville—H. C. Clark.
Superintendent Maddox was di
rected, at this meeting, to order an
election for School Trustees in the
local tax districts May 31st.
Judge Howard Ham is out of his
office for several days on account
of illness.
Editor Archibald Farr, of the
Locust Grove Gazette, spent Thurs
day heie.
Ot/r OF WORK!
INDIAN SPRING HOIELS
OPENED FOR SEASON
POPULAR SUMMER RESORT
BEGINS PROMISING
SEASON.
Indian Spring hotels formally
opened for the season Monday under
most, favorable circumstances, and
the indications are that this will he
one of the most succesofn) years in
their history.
The Wigwam, Hotel Elder, Foy
House, Calumet, the Bryans House
and private boarding houses have
been put in readiness for hundreds
‘ guests, and if the opening is to be
taken as an index, Indian Hpring
will have more than the usual num
ber of visitors this summer.
The Casino lias been If ased for the
season by Messrs. Dolvinand Brown
lee, and will lie, as usual, a popular
piace for entertainment.
Dr. W. A. Smith, of Monroe,
has gotie into the drug business
with Dr. W. 4). Sheridan, of the
Jackson Drug Company.
Raymond Wright has severed
his connection with the Jackson
Drug Company and is in business
with his father in Monroe county.
LAND-OWNING FARMERS
ARE WORKING CN HALLES
Union Working to Improve Condition
of Farmers—Those in Union Will
Stay, and Many More Join.
Moves Forward flade.
Statistics show that the man who
owns his land is working for less
than half, the renter for less than
one-third, the cropper for less than
one-fourth.
In 1911 the farmer received $6,-
1)00,000,000 for the products he sold.
The consumer paid $13,000,000,000
for these products. Federal statis
tics show that out of every dollar
paid by the consumer the farmer
gets 42 cents, the railroads 8 cents
and the speculator 50 cents. Out
of his 42 cents the farmer must
maintain his farm, his school, his
church, pay his taxes and support
his family. 'Phis is the reason not
one fanner in five owns the land
lie cultivates, and two-thirds of
them who have land owe for all or
a part of it.
The Farmers’ Union is working
to improve these conditions. We
do not expect to change the whole
system in a day, but we have made
some splendid moves forward, and
other advances are being planned.
We will tell of them later.
The determination to win was
written on the faces that were seen
in our State Convention April 3-4.
These men never expect to stop
The results of my work in Johnson
county show that the farmer means
to stay in the Union. In six speeches
last week we doubled the member
ship in that county —took them in
to stay, and many more will join
as a result of that work.
The State officials, following their
election on April 4, spent many
hours discussing plans of work,
Naitonal President Barrett being
with them. They decided uuani
tnously on a plan of operation, and
asked me to take charge of the field
work. This I have done, and the
work of reorganizing has begun in
Georgia. All local unions wanting
to reinstate or have me work their
county should write.
My plan is to visit a county and
spend a week visiting local unions
and making from one to three
speeches per day.
R. E. Duckworth.
May 5, 1913.
PROTRACTED MEETING
AT METHODIST CHURCH
'l‘lie protracted meeting at the
Methodist church will continue
through next week. Dr. S. E.
Warson, of Bartlesville, is doing
the preaching this week, and he is
delivering some able sermons. lie
is an eloquent speaker, and the
congregations hear him gladly.
The services are held at 4 o’clock
in the afternoon and 7:45 at night.
Jackson needs to have a great
meeting, and this is an opportune
time for it.
ANNUAL S. S. CONVENTION
AT CEDAR RO6K MAY 16
To the Sunday Schools of Butts
County:
The Annual Sunday School Con
vention of Butts county will be
held at Cedar Rock church on Fri
day, the 16th of May, at 9 o’clock
a m. All of the Sunday schools
of the county will be expected to
send delegates, and ministers of the
gospel are invited. Also, all who
can come will be gladly received.
The time and place has been
changed on account of sickness.
J. Matt McMichaki., Fres.
best Advertising^!
Medium in
Middle Georgia
GEOBEUIS CREDIT SECOND
10 NO STATE IN UNION
Will Experience N. Difficulty in ke
fumllnjt State’s Bonds Which Fall
Due in 1915, Is Opinion of
Governor-Elect Slaton.
(SPKCIAI. TO THIC ARGUS.)
Atlanta, Ga., Mays—ln an
interview Riven out today Governor-
Elect John M. Slaton expressescon
fidence that the State of Georgia
will experience no difficulty in the
refunding and re issuing of the
$3,679,000 of the State’s bonds
which will fall due in 1915, during
his administration.
The Governor-elect has been
studying the financial situation
and making preliminary investi
gation, with the result that, he
says, he finds Georgia’s credit sec
ond to no other State in the Union.
‘‘Personally, 1 would like to see
the new bonds taken up in Geor
gia,” he says. . “They would be
State, county and municipal tax
free and exempt from the Federal
income tax. Their purchase by
Georgians would be a gratifying
tribute to the State within itself.
However that may be, there seems
now no reason to suspect that the
refunding of the bonds will be ef
ected in anything other than the
happiest of circumstances.”
If it becomes necessary to have
the new bonds taken up iu the
N’orth, according to Governor Sla
-011, there will he no difficulty in
doing so. “A thing that seems to
particularly interest the bankers
and financial kings of the North,”
he says, “is Georgia 1 * constitu
tional prohibition against any in
crease of the State’s bonded debt.
Another feature that they will take
into consideration is the fact that
Georgia constitutionally pledges all
of the State’s property, even in
cluding the Executive Mansion
and the Western and Atlantic Rail
road, to the payment of the State’s
bonds. No other State can hope to
surpass, and few to equal, the gen
uine and substantial security Geor
gia offers for its bonds. We have
constantly decreased them, and
have indicated a wise and conserv
ative insistence upon the payment
of our debts.”
Under the law it is necessary to
determine this whole matter in ad
vance of the maturity of the bonds,
and therefore provision must he
made for the refunding either by
the Legitlature which meets this
summer, or by the session which
immediately succeeds it.
FOY HOTEL OPEN AGAIN
UNDER GAME MANAGEMENT
This hotel enjoyed one of the
best seasons last year in the history
of the hotel, and as it will be un
der the personal management of
Mr. R. T. Smith again this year,
another prosperous season is pre
dicted.
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PERSONAL MENTION.
Henry Byron left for Atlanta
Sunday after a week’s visit with
Iris parents.
Tom Bond is out on the street
again after a two weeks’ illness at
the Leach House.
S. 1C Andrews, of Atlanta, and
O. A. Andrews, of McDonough,
spent the week-end at their old
home near Stark.
Charlie and S. D. Johnson, Lin
ton Hopkins and Glenn Carreker
motored via Covington to Stone
Mountain Sunday.
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