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THE JACKSON ARGUS
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Published ererjr Friday at SI.OO a year.
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K. V. CARROLL. Editor and Publisher
MRS. E. W. CARROLL, - Manner
Official Okoan of Burra County
JACKSON, GA., MAY 23, 1913.
Do NOT believe everything
you hear; do not do every-'
thing that you desire to do;
do not tell all you know; do
not use all you have; do not
buy everything you see, then
you will always be happy.—
Luther.
The roar which went up from
the California-Japan trouble has
subsided to a growl; before long it
will be a mere whisper.
South Carolina noses are growing
redder since Governor Blease and
his Supreme Court have declared
that the Webb law is. of no prac
tical use or value in that State.
Next week marks the beginning
of another flood—-not a damaging
Ohio affair, but a flood of “sweet
girl graduates,” which will
turned over to the world by the
thousauds of schools during this
month.
The English suffragettes have
dropped bricks through windows,
acid iu mail boxes, and bombs in
public places. The only outrage
they have not committed is drop
ping pebbles in the honest work
ingman’s soup.
We have in our county a great
drawing card and asset —namely,
Indian Spring. Its hotels and mag
nificent water draw people from
all over the country to Butts county
iu the summer, and they go back
and talk about Butts county all
winter.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
NOTICE OF LOCAL LEOISLATION
Notice is hereby given that there
will be introduced in the next ses
sion of the General Assembly of
Georgia an act entitled, An act
to abolish the City Court of Flo
villa, and fur other purposes.”
J. 11. MILLS,
Representative of Butts County.
\ ■
Notice is hereby given that there
will be introduced in the next ses
sion of the General Assembly of
Georgia an act entitled, An act
to abolish the City Court of Jack
son, and fer other purposes.”
J. H. MILLS,
Representative of Butts County.
C M. Couipton attended the Con*
veiitlmi of the Grand Lodge oi
K:ii*ht of Pythian which convened
!<i Wavero* Wednesday, going a ls
delegate fi om Jackson Lodge
No. 131.
Hergeant J. A. McClure was elected
at th last meeting of the Jackson
Rifles second Lteutenaut In lien of
W. I> Pope, who resigned that office,
that he might accept the captaincy
of tli- company.
Warning. All parties are
warned not to employ Marcus
McFaul. as he is under con
tract with for 12 months.
J. T. WILSON.
Country Woman the “Salt of
the Earth.”
The country woman is, from her
enviroumeut, the possessor of a re
source at once so intelligent and
capable that it behooves those who
observe it to admire, says the Wo
man’s Home Companion. She can
hitch the horse to the buggy, and
drive him, too; she can round up
the cows that have broken through
the pasture fence, and mend the
fence; she can put out the fire in
the chimney when the men-folks
are far afield; she can administer
first-aid treatment of the very best
to bad burns or cuts or broken
arms, as well as such minor ills as
hornet stings, chilblains and stone
bruises; she is apt to be a pretty
shrewd judge of cattle; she can
make and mend her own children’s
clothes; she knows how to cure
meat, to shoot a marauding hawk,
to prune a rosebush, to make soap,
to beat a carpet, to scale a fish—
and she looks on none of these
things as an “adventure” or a
unique experience, but simply as
part of the day’s work.
Because she lives with the actu
alities of life, she is not likely to
put undue emphasis upon its non
essentials. Comfort, neatness and
cleanliness, above style, are desired
in her home. Her table is supplied
with palatable and wholesome food,
neatly served. She does not worry
Utoout the lack of lace centerpieces,
or monogrammed linen, or the po
sition of the knives and forks; she
knows that if she is comfortably
dressed in neat, clean clothes be
fitting the occupation in hand and
suitable to the weather, she is truly
a well-dressed woman. She asks,
“Will it wear well?” when she goes
to buy, and she is a very astute
purchasing agent, keen at a bar
gain, knowing exactly what sliQ
wants and what she wants to pay
for it.
There is just one phrase that fits
her—“salt of the earth.” Let us
by all means put her in a class
apart and yield her the respect due
her.
FLASHES FROM FLOVILIA
Mrs. A. W. Graves spent
Wednesday in Macon.
Miss Lurline Lawson ar
rived Wednesday lrom Cox
College, where she received
her diploma in music Tuesday,
Miss Dorcas Greer is spend
ing a month with her sister,
Miss Hose Greer, in Baconton.
Miss Mamie Lou Giles, of
Atlanta, spent the week-end
with the family of Mrs. S. F.
Greer.
Misses iAila Ham and Lucy
Goodmau spent Sunday after
noon with Miss Bess Blood
worth.
Miss Laura Smith spent the
week-end with relatives in
Flo villa..
Mrs. i£. R l'dwards is vis
itirvg her parents in Jefferson
City, Tenn.
Quite a number of Old Vets
will attend the reunion in
Chattanooga next week.
L F. RedmarT, of Griffin,
A HAVEN OF HEALTH AND HAPPINESS.
Elsewhere in this issue of The Atgus will be found the announce
ments of the various hotels for the cominsr season at Indian Spring,
to which we wish to direct the attention of the public in general.
The hotel features of a summer resort are always of vital impor
tance to visitors, and we feel that the hotels at this popular resort offer
service which is unexcelled, not excepting the magnificent hosteiries
of Atlantic City and other similar places of a national reputation.
Asa summer resort, Indian Spring stands the equal of any in this
country, and the season just beginning promises to be more brilliant
and to attract a larger number of visitors than any in the past. The
spring itself is one of the wonders of nature. For more than one hun
dred years it has been, possibly, the most talked-of spot in this section
of the country. The fame of the curative properties possessed by its
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waters has spread thronghout the land. From the days when the red
skins inhabited this section it has stood as a boon to the sick and
weary; the delight of the young and. healthy. No more ideal spot
could be chosen to spend a summer vacation or an outing than Indian
Spring. Conditions generally aro conducive to health and pleasure,
while the accommodations are the most modern and up-to-date in
every respset. Thousands of people have visited this celebrated
resort, some seeking health, others seeking pleasure, still more seek
ing both, and in each and every instance their desires were more than
gratified.
Indian Spring might be deservedly termed the “Haven of Health
and Happiness ” Its advantages are unequaled; its merits unexcelled;
its natural resources abounding in the richest of qualities. Surely it
is one of the garden spots of creation; for generation after generation
the little spring, no bigger than a man’s hat, lias bubbled up its cupful
of water; its capacity, as far as mortal man knows, is inexhaustible;
its healing qualities not yet fully realized. The traveler who visits
Indian Spring will find there the most Ideal cohditions for a few weeks
of pleasure and recreation. Aside from the advantages that the spring
itself affords, he will find the highest class of people, association of
the most congeniad character and relations of the most pleasant nature.
Friendship and hospitality abound at Indian Spring, and these are
some of the assets that make it one of the leading summer resorts of
America.
suns COUNTY CLOCK
IN USE FOR 157 YEARS
Record of Famous “Grandfather's
Clock” Eclipsed by One la Pos
session of Mrs. Cornell —A
Most Remarkable Relic.
There is a clock iu Butts county
that has been in constant and
has kept good time for 157 years.
It is in the possession of Mrs. Cor
nell, proprietor of the Klder House,
at Indian Spring. It has been in
the Elder family since before the
war, and was bought by W. A.
Elder, Sr., at the sale of the Doug
las Watson property years ago.
Mr. Watson was one of the found
ers of Indian Spring, and is said
to have been the first white man
who ever drank water from the
now-famous spring. For many
years this clock was the only time
piece in the county. Standing
eight feet tall, this remarkable
relic peels forth the hours in clear,
metallic rings that are so loud that
the stroke has been muffled. The
material from which the frame is
made is of solid mahogany, and is
still splendidly preserved. The
hands are of gold, and the large
round face of this old timekeeper
has many interesting things there
on. Besides the hour, the days of
the mouth and the phases of the
moon are shown, and in the four
corners are beautiful oil paintings
of four races, the white, Indian,
European, and African. The ma
chinery is not worn, and an expert
jeweier has said it would be keep
ing as accurate time for a hundred
years longer. The weights are of
iron, and weigh thirty pounds.
The mechanism is of solid brass.
It is an eight-day clock, and was
made at I'ttcuter, England, by
Edward Bell.
Sunday i’i Flovilla,
Miss Ada Mae Sharp will,
leave Sunday for a visit to
Macon, Stillmore and Savan
nah.
Avery appreciative aud
ience greeted the pupils tak
ing part in the recital of Miss
Lauriette Smith and Miss
Bess Bloodworth, at the school
auditorium on Thursday and
Friday evenings. May 15 aud
10 The classes were well
trained and proved the excel
lent work done by themselves
aud their teachers.
PERSONAL MENTION.
Albert Gregg spent Sunday in
Atlanta.
Clayton Buchanan was at home
for the week-end.
A. L. Biakers spent Sunday with
his family in Atlanta.
Oscar Willis, of Macon, spent
the week-end here with his parents
R. P. Sasnett has been made
District Agent of ihe Empire Life
Insurance Company, the district
comprising two counties, Butts
and Henry.
F. S. Etheridge, J. 11. Carmi
chael, Bluma Carmichael, R. P.
Sasnett, Cliff Beauchamp and
Boyd McMichael attended the
Bankers’ Convention in Macon
Saturday.
Friends of A. F. Whitney were
concerned about him Sunday night
and Monday. He suffered from
an attack of acute indigestion, but
grew better and is now able to be
out again.
J. H. Pope was in WorthvilleTues
day.
J. T. Goddard, of South Butts,
spent Wednesday here.
Dave Thornton attended the ball
game in Atlanta Tuesday.
Dr. J. W. Harper, of Jenkinsburg
visited in Jackson Tuesday.
Paul Maddox, of Iron Springs
spent Wednesday in Jackson.
Lee Hammond and Morris Red
man. University students, spent tin
week-end at home.
RALEIGH, N. C. CHILD
Made Strong and Well by VinoL
When we tell you that Vinol is the
be6t remedy in our whole stock for
making weak, puny, ailing children
strong, robust esid rosy, we are only
telling you what haa been provbd by
hundreds of mothers.
Mrs. W. 0. Strother, Raleigh, N. C.,
Bays: “My little girl. Hazel, has been
taking Vinol to build her up after a
severe spell of sickness. It has done
bo much good by restoring her appe
tite and building up her strength that
I think'Vlnol is the finest tonic ever
prepared, and I am telling everyone
about it”
"What Vinol did for this lfEtle
girl it will do for very weak and
ailing child, because sickly children
need the strengthening cod liver
elements and the tonic Iron that
Vinol contains —that la why Vinol
builds them up quickly and gives
them a fine, healthy color. It Is
pleasant to take, and we guar
antee that the results will satisfy
you money back if they do not
Jackson Drug Cos., Jackson, Ga.
FAMOUS McINTOSH HOUSE AT INDIAN SPRING TO
BE PURCHASED BY DAUGHTERS OF THE AMER
ICAN REVOLUTION
Legislature Will Be Asked to Assist in Purchase of Historic
House in Which Treaty Was Signed Between Creek In
v dians and State of Georgia - *
A proposed purchase in which Georgians should feel a gen
eral interest is that of the Mclntosh home at Indian Spring.
From the standpoint of historical value the place is one o
the most worthy of reservation in the State, and a petition will
be made to the legislature urging the people of the State to
assist in the purchase. < , .
The Mclntosh Chapter, D. A. R., is especially interested in
the purchase, the Chapter being named for the Revolutionary
general, and will be active in keeping up the house and the
grounds. .
Much of the furniture which was used in the house during
Mclntosh’s life is still there and will be arranged as it was
originally in the living rooms, the rooms dovvnstairs to be
thrown together in an assembly hall, which will be used for
general meetings, and there will be a number of rooms reserved
for the use of people who cannot afford the prices charged by
the hotels and boarding houses and who need the healing quali
ties of the famous old spring.
From the viewpoint of a charity which will bring health
and strength to many, and because of its historical association,
the Mclntosh home is one which all parts of the State should
unite in obtaining as common property and a common cause
for pride.
At,a meeting of the Piedmont Continental Chapter, D. A.
R., Atlanta, Ga., March 15, 1912, Mrs. A. H. Alfriend was nomi
nated by the regent, Mrs. Brooks, and unanimously elected by
the Chapter to present the purchase and presentation of the
historic Mclntosh house to the State convention at Marietta,
April 9th. The following members were present: Mrs. B. W.
Martin, Mrs. William Yeandle, Mrs. B. M. Zettler, Mrs. R. P.
Brooks, Mrs. Minnie Hogan, Mrs. L. D. Lowe, Mrs. Grace
Hannah Booth, Mrs. Stephen Dean, Miss Hodnett, Miss Ruby
Felder Ray, Miss Lilia Smith, Mrs. Ruth Hodnett Pender
grast, recording secretary.
Mrs. Alfriend addressed the last State conference in behalf
of the purchase of the Mclntosh house. She said:
“Madam Regent and Daughters of the American Revolu
tion—The recent marking of the Mclneosh rock at Indian
Spring with a bronze tablet by the Piedmont Continental Chap
ter, D. A. R., of Atlanta, with the additional feature of hand
some chains, coping and posts which protect and beautify it,
and also a flag pole contributed by the citizens of Butts county,
from which the Nation’s flag waves above this historic spot,
has attracted great attention and created an almost universal
desire for the preservation ofHhe home of the brave and loyal
patriot, William Mclntosh. Mclntosh, the highly cultured,
dignified, half-breed chief, in whose veins some of the best
blood of our native State flowed, loyal to the red man and as
true to the white, foreseeing the encroachments that civiliza
tion was making upon their domain, had long endeavored to
persuade them to accept the offer of an equal number of acres
of land west of the Mississippi and five million dollars for the
improvements of their lands. As they were then practically
unimproved, only hunting-grounds, Mclntosh justly consid
ered that a good price, and so advised them.
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Some Vowed Vengeance
“Having received a liberal education himself, he looked ’to
the colonization of his tribe as the only means to that end for
them. Through his eloquence and perseverance he had in
duced most of the Creeks to agree to the treaty, but a few dis
satisfied braves vowed vengeance against him, proclaiming
that if the treaty be signed before thirty moons had waned his
life’s blood should flow on his own native heath. On February
12, 1823, five thousand or more Indians and an equal number
of whites assembled on this spot. This house being a dividing
line between the two factions, one of the most eloquent braves
sprang upon the rock just outside of the window, at which Mc-
Intosh stood, and delivered the most vindictive speech, warn
ing him that when he signed this treaty he signed his death
warrant. Still in the'face of all this, knowing the stealthy pur
pose of the ignorant, vindictive Indian, he signed the treatv on
the counter that still stands in the office of the Mclntosh Var
ner house, preserved intact, almost as a sacred heritage, by
those noble.women, the Misses Joe and Amanda Varner, whose
mother was a personal friend of William Mclntosh—this grand
exponent of courage, wisdom and truth.
“Today, as a consequence of his foresight and courage,
many of his tribe are enjoying peace and prosperity on the
lands he obtained for them by this treaty, and their descend
ants are, by official statistics, reputed to be the wealthiest race
on the globe, per capita. What a great vindication for a grand
man! Does history furnish a hero that has done more? Can
history furnish a hero who can do more than lay down his life
for the good of his race and the cause of right? So great was
the enthusiasm last summer of visitors to this historic house
from this and otiier States to honor this martyred hero that
many voluntary subscriptions were made to purchase this
home and preserve it in honor of his memory and these educa
tional traditions. Some of these contributions were made by
Daughters and their husbands and many by outsiders and
strangers.
‘‘This ancient and interesting with Geor
gia history, is the most historical spot unmarked. It is not
only of State, hut of National interest, as the treaty signed in
this house and on that counter not only gave to Georgia a large
part of her territory, hut gave to the Union the States of Aia
bamk and Mississippi and settled the dispute.bet ween the Pres
ident of-the Uoited.States and Governor Troup, which came
■so near causing Georgia to secede from the Union. If each
D. A. R. in the State-would contribute one dollar the house and
grounds could be purchased and made more than self-sustain
ing. something on the plan'of the Mount Vernon organization
which has $250,000 clear profit now on 'hand. By putting a
twelve-foot twef-story veranda all around this quaint old house
and taking; but some of the partitions on the lower floor it
would be exactly as Mclntosh built it, and would make a mag
nificent assembly place in the exact center of the State, where
those assembled could get the benefit of that splendid mineral
water, whbse virtues the Indian knew so well, and for which
we are indebted to this great and noble'Mclntosh. If this
house is preserved to his memory I have the promise of the
patriotic Misses Varner that much of the old furniture and in
teresting pictures that still remain intact will remain in the
house as a donation from them. Should the D. A. R of the
State rescue this historical spot from oblivion they will not
only receive the plaudits of this generation, but future genera
tions w’ill rise up and call them blessed.”