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OFFICIAL ORGAN OF BUTTS COUNTY THE BEST PAPER IN THE BEST TOWN IN THE BEST COUNTY IN THE BEST STATE IN THE BEST COUNTRY. FORTY-FIRST YEAR. HE MAIL ORDER TRUST EXTENDING ITS TENTACLES Already Its Strangling Grip Is Si lently and Insidiously Tightening About the Hillion Small Town and Country Merchants: “So silently and insidiously that the great public is as yet unaware of its presence, anew trust is ex tending its tentacles out over the country; it is the mail order trust, and already its strangling grip is tightening about the million small town and country merchants, who are the backbone of national pros perity,” says Congressman Clyde H. Tavenner. The mail order trust has capital ized women and child labor. It has capitalized prison labor. It has capitalized misfortune. It has capitalized vice. It has turned all these things into dollars —dollars which should have found their way into the tills of the country mer chant, instead of flowing into the trust’s Wall street hoard. One mail order house recently increased its capital stock from $500,000 to $40,000,000. Anew $10,000,000 merger of mail order houses has been formed. Wall street financiers, including the Morgan banking firm, has had charge of both these financial ope rations. Still another mail order house with 63 acres of floor space, made a net profit of $17,000,000 last year. It is evident that the greedy eyes of the great mail order financiers are turned upon the entire retail business of the United States out side of the great cities. It is also plain that a gigantic trust is rap idly forming. The small retail merchant is facing ruin. That the grip of the octopus is already being felt is shown by the popula tion statistics. Nearly 7,000 small towns lost population in the census of 1910. It is declared that something must be done by immediate legis lation, or the parcel post will not be the complete blessing it ought to be. It is asserted that the solu tion of the problem will be in the form of a heavy tax on mail order business. This tax would, it is contended, tend to stop the expan sion of the mail order business, and to reduce its present formida ble size. The money thus collect ed would be spent for road build ing or other local improvements in the districts which contributed to the mail order houses. The small retail merchant is the prop of distributed prosperity, and the growth of the mail order trust serves no common good. Here is a principle which works out: If vou spend your money where you get it, you will be able to get it where you spend it.” Through a systematic advertn- T nC and send me your Kodak L>b bUKC work to do. Work finished within 24 hours. Films developed, 10 cents per roll. Prints made for 3 cents and up. Bromide enlargements 25c. up. IOSEPH E. EDWARDS, J JACKSON. GEORGIA. Phone 150 Automobiles and Machinery Repaired. p: te fitting, Plumbing, Electric Wiring. Gasoline Engines and Bicycles repaired. Machinery erected. j ron gj-ass, Copper and Lead wanted. ’Phone 127 jos L. 'Vagner & Son, Jackson, Ga, THE JACKSON ARGUS. ATLANTA POLICE GOING AFTER REAL GRIMINALS Have Begun Campaiga to Round Up Murderers, Burglars, Highway Robbers and Others Who Have Terrorized City. Atlanta, Ga., June 26. —Partly forced to it by ridicule and criti cism, and partly actuated by their owu realization that it was time to about face, the Atlanta police and detective department have quit their petty persecution of tiny blind tigers, sneak thieves and indiscreet women who kiss on the street, and have begun to devote their whole time and energy to going after the real criminals. They have begun a regular campaign to round up the burglars, highway robbers, murderers and other real criminals who have terrorized parts of At lanta for the last few weeks. Big results have already been accom plished. During the past seven days more than a dozen men have been arrested under charges of burglary and highway robbery. In connection with this same movement, a vigorous war has been begun to rid the city of loaf ers and vagrants who haunt sa loons, pool rooms and street corners. “I am going to crowd the city jails to overflowing, if necessary,” said Chief Beavers this morning, “to stop this epidemic of crime.” ing campaign, the mail order cap italists have sought to poison the public mind against the small mer chant. The people have been told that there are too many merchants, and that their retail methods are wasteful and costly. But I would point out the other side of the question. The Chicago vice investigation showed that 50,000 women employ ees of mail order houses are exist ing on starvation wages, many of them being driven by poverty to lives of shame. The mail order houses are the great distributors of prison-made goods. They are the exploiters of misfortune, buying much of their goods at bankrupt sales. But who takes an interest in lo cal affairs and has a hand in the upbuilding of communities? Whose goods are assessed for the taxes to pay for local impiovement? Who, when the crops have failed or the strike is on, and there is no cash to send away, extendsthecredit which enables the community to live? The local merchant and not the Wall street-owned mail order house. We want cheapness, a lower cost of living; that is what we are all working for. But we do not want it at the expense of the women wage slaves of Chicago and of the million little merchants of the country. .JACKSON, BUTTS COUNTY. GEORGIA, FRIDAY. JUNE 27, 1913. INDIAN SPRING SEASON OPENING AUSPICIOUSLY Influx of Visitors Rapidly Filling hotels—Saturday Night Balls at Wigwam Big Drawing Card For Many Young People. Indian Spring, Ga., June 25. Though the local hotels have been open since late in May, the real season has just begun. All the week there has been a steady in flux of visitors who are rapidly filling the hotels. Inquiries for rates and reservations now flood the mails, and it would appear from these that this will be the best season from now on that the resott has so far had. The Saturday night balls at the Wigwam are a great drawing card, bringing gay parties of young folks from Macon, Atlanta and other nearby towns. These either come by train or motor and spend the night and return Sunday afternoon or Monday. The number of young people availing themselves of these opportunities for a pleasant week end outing are on the increase with each recurring week. Atlanta, Savannah and Macon furnish the larger number of vis itors in the order named, but Grif fin, Barnesville, Forsyth and many other places send goodly delega tions to help swell the ever-increas ing throngs. SOME OK THE VISITORS. Among those here this week from Atlanta and registering at the Wig wam are Mr. and Mrs. Geo. White, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. N. Wilton Smith, Mr. Paul Rosser, Mr. C. A. Kitch ings, Mrs. N.A.Evins, Mrs. Blanche Caldwell, A. J. Smith and Mrs. John Morris and Miss Morris. Among those here from Savan nah are Messrs. Donald Rauers, J. McII. Rauers, Mrs. J. E. Ruth and Miss Ruth and others. Mr. and Mrs. Solomon Sheftall, who were here, have returned. Other visitors are Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Cong, Mrs. H. Kaplan and Mr. L. Snyder, of Macon; J. B. Scarborough, Dublin; lion. A. N. Tumlin, of Cave Spring; Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Godfrey, Covington; Mr. P. B. Hall, Mrs. K. R. Colson and Miss Colson, Waynesboro; Mr. Josiah Blasingame and Miss Effie Blasingame, Jersey; Mr. S. Wal ker, Monroe; Mr. E. 'A. Copelan, Greensboro; Mrs. J. 11. Stringfel low, Gainesville, Fla.; Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Munford, Cartersville, and others. PHA6AN MURDER MYSTERY WILL BE AIRED JULY 28 (special to the arcus.) Atlanta, Ga., June 26. —The trial of Leo M. Frank for the mur der of Mary Phagan in a local pencil company factory will take place July 28, it is announced. There are indications that it will occupy a much shorter time than was at first thought. It is expected that the great est length of time will be con sumed in drawing the jury, and that the actual taking of the evi dence may not consume more than one or two days. While scores of witnesses have been examined and made affidavits on both sides, it is understood that both the State and defense will select the most mate rial evidence on salient points, and then introduce the one most relia ble witness who can cover the ground. The prosecution, it is known, will be a line of circum stantial evidence which they be lieve will constitute a complete chain. TALLULAH FALLS LAND SUIT' COMES UP NEXT WEEK Certain of Outcome, Power Company Is Pushing Work to Rapid Com pletion— Dam Already Com pleted—soo Men at Work. (SPECIAL TO THE ARGUS.) Atlanta, Ga., June 26- —The State’s motion for anew trial in the Tallulah Falls land suit conies up next week in Gainesville before Judge J. B. Jones. This motion, which was desired by the Georgia Railway and Power Company as well as by the State, simply means that the case will go up to the Su preme Court, and that the Supreme Court’s affirmation of the original verdict will settle for all time the question of the Power Company’s title to the land. Upon denial of anew trial by Judge Jones, the question will immediately pass to the Supreme'Court. The outcome is considered certain, and work is being pushed forward as rapidly as possible. The tunnel will be en tirely finished "within the next few weeks, and the power house will be completed some time in August. The dam, which is already com pleted, will be closed as soon as the Power Company is ready to re ceive the water, and at least one unit, creating 17,000 horse power, will be set in immediate operation. The entire five units, aggregating 85,000 horse power, will be utilized as soon as the demand requires. About 500 men are at work at Tal lulah. * FIRST COTTON BLOOM. t Elbert Evans, a colored tenant on J. Mote Watts’ country place, claims the first cotton bloom in Butts county. He brought to The Argus office Monday a fresh, per fect cotton blossom. OEATH OF AN INFANT. Grace Burford, the two-months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Gains Burford, died at her parents’ home Monday after an illness of whooping cough. Rsv. Z. E. Barron conducted funeral services over the little body Tuesday afternoon at 3 o’clock at Cedar Rock. REAGAN REOWINE. The home of Judge and Mrs. E. J. Reagan, on Sprig Hill, was the scene of one of the most beautiful weddings that ever took place in McDonough, when, on Wednesday evening of last week, their daugh ter, Lucy, was married to Mr. Hill Larks Redwine, of Fayetteville, the ceremony being performed by Rev. John I. Armstrong, of Atlanta. Miss Hess Louche, of McDon ough, was maid of honor to the bride. The bridesmaids were Misses Ruby Walker and Agnes Dunn, of McDonough, and Miss Jane Stanfield, of Jackson. The groomsmen were Dr. L. P. Longino, of Milledgeville, best man; Dr. W. C. Hodnet and Mr. Roby Redwine, of Atlanta; Mr. Thomas Tolleson and Mr. Walter Burch, of Fayetteville. Immediately after the ceremony the bride’s cake was brought out and the cutting of it by the bridal party furnished muck amusement for the guests. An informal reception was held after the wedding. Punch was served by Misses Kllene Neal, Nina Wall, Ruth Turner and Ethel Sowell. Misses Alla B. Carmi chael, Hattie Sue Lowe and Helen Dunn had the bride’s book in charge. The bride and groom left at 9:30 o’cl ck for an extended trip to points of interest in the North and East, to be at home at Fayetteville after July 3. MISSIONARY SOCIETY TO MEET HERE ON MONOAY Societies of Griffin District Will Be Royally Entertained Sessions To Be Held at ft. E. Church. Everybody Is Invited. On next Monday evening the first session of the Griffin District Woman’s Missionary Society will be held in the Methodist church, with Mrs. J. T. Blalock, District Secretary, presiding. On Tuesday and Wednesday lunch will be served at noon on the church lawn to the delegates and their hostesses. Everybody, both women and men, are invited to attend the sessions. The list of delegates and their hostesses are as follows: Mrs. J. M. Leach —Miss Helen Dunn, ■ Miss Bess Fonche, McDon ough. Miss Annie Lou McCord —Miss Lois Davis, Hampton. Mrs. J. M. Finley —Mrs. Annie Webb, Atlanta; Mrs. J. H. Brown, Fayetteville. Mrs. F. Z. Curry —Miss Amber Turner, Miss Reatli Daniel, Hamp ton. Mrs. J. L. Lyons—Mrs. E. Rum ble, Mrs. Estelle Smith, Goggans ville. Mrs. R. P. Sasnett—Mrs. N. J. Baxter, Miss Helen Griffin, Griffin. Mrs. W. H. Copeland—Mrs. A. M. Lamdin, Mrs. Edward Elder, Barnesville. Mrs. J. C. Adams—Mrs. T. E. Fletcher, Mrs. J 0. Ponder, For syth. Mrs. T. J. Dempsey— Mrs. li,.S. Winn, Miss Mary Fitzpatrick, Cul loden. Mrs. J. B. Settle—Mrs. W. H. Branham, Oxford; Mrs. Z. T. Wat kins, Forsyth; Miss Laura Mae Davis, Slockbridge. Mrs. Jack Currie—Mrs. C. E. Sewell, Yatesville; Mrs. Hudgins, Jonesboro. Mrs. C. A. Butner —Mrs. Walter Bramlet, Miss Lizzie Thweatt, I’or syth. Mrs. Sam Colvin—Mrs. E. A. Cawton. Mrs. Whitaker, Jenkius burg. Mrs. Bryant Thompson —Miss Ruth Middlebrooks, Jenkinsburg. Mrs. Harper—Miss Carrie Lou Harper, Jenkinsburg. Mrs. R. A. Franklin—Zebulon delegates. Mrs. Verna Wright—Mrs. Wood- We Are Agents For MUNNALLY’S FRESH CUT FLOWERS Of All] Kinds in Season. If you will give us your orders they will be promptly and carefully filled. Just received fresh shipment of Ncnnalja’B Candies— ALWAYS GOOD. We also have KINNET’S VELVET ICE CREAM, the beet in town. Delivery made in any part of the city. PHONE NO. 10 AND IT IS COMIN6. SLATON DRUG COMPANY “The Rexall Store,” - Jackson, Georgia. Best Advertising Medium in Middle Georgia ROYAL ARCH MASONS HAVE FINE LECTURE Hasters’ Degree Conferred Upon a Class of Three—Grand Lecturer McHan Presides and Delivers Very Eloquent Lecture. Last Monday night Jackson Chapter, No. 54, R. A. M., con ferred the Most Excellent Masters’ Degree upon a class of three, Mr. E. A. McHan, Grand Lecturer of the Grand Chapter of Georgia, pre siding. The exemplification of the work was perfect. The lecture by Com panion Mcllan was one of rare elo quence, showing deep thought and careful study. His review of the degrees from the Entered Appren tice to Most Excellent Master elic ited the heartiest commendations from those present. Companion McHan will vssit Jackson Chapter again on July 14th to confer the Royal Arch De giee on a full team, and all Royal Arch Masons who are fortunate enough to be present will hear a lecture of rare importance and al most celestial beauty. HIGH GLASS PICTURFS AT VENOOME This week W. J. Cornett, man ager of the Vendome Theater, is putting on some high-class pic tures. He has made the seats in the place more comfortable and added other needed improvements. The “movie” is an innocent amuse ment and should be patronized. The pictures are clean, interesting and instructive. Last nijjht, tonight and Saturday night, Cone tSi Cone, a high-class vaudeette company, will appear and give the public a good enter tainment. Hon. T. B. Bell was in the city Wednesday. Walter Death, of Covington, is visiting Jackson relatives. ruff, Mrs. Sanders, Miss Sanders, McDonough. Miss Eliza Curry —Miss Mattie Sue Suttles, Miss Annie Lou High tower, Jonesboro. Mrs. L W. Crum —Mrs. J. B. Pound, The Hock, and visiting officers. Mrs. M. S. Williams—Visiting officers. NO. 21