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OFFICIAL ORQAN
OF
BUTTS COUNTY
THE BEST V .PER IN THE BEST TOWN IN THE BEST COUNTY IN THE BEST- STATE IN THE BEST COUNTRY.
FORTY-FIRST YEAR.
YOUNG ATLANTft MISS
; BITTEN BY PET RABBIT
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. I.— <
Rita Bleck, a beautiful Atlanta so
ciety girl, was attacked and severe
ly bitten by a molly-cotton-tail
rabbit, while playing with the little
tamny on the lawn of her Peachtree
home a day or two ago.
* The rabbit had been given her
,the day before by a friend, for a
It was one of the common
white variety with pink eyes, as
pretty and harmless looking a little
creature as ever hopped from one
blade of grass to another on a flow
er-decked lawn.
On the afternoon in question
Miss Block stooped to pick up they
rabbit, which was playing at he'
reet. No sooner had she taken it
in her arms than it sank its teeth
into her wrist and began to to claw
and scratch vigorously with its
\hind legs. She screamed and at-
Tempted to shake it loose, but be
fore she could succeed it had lacer
ated her aim severely.
Her’parents feared that the rab
bit might have been suffering from
hydrophobia, and had it killed and
its head examined, but there was
not the slightest trace of rabies.
The supposed explanation is that
the rabbit went crazy from the beat.
Miss Black appeared at the Sat
urday evening dance at the country
club with her wrist in bandages.
GEORGIA LEGISLATIVE
• SESSION NEARLY OVER
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. I.— With
less than two weeks remaining be
fore the close of the present session
of the legislature, it begins to ap
pear that the opening of the Slaton
administration will be remarkable
most of all for the intelligent and
ireful way in which the general
appropriation bill has been han
dled.
At every point, so far as was
humanly possible, the appropria
tes have been made with a direct
relation to the amount of money
which they state can count on to
meet them. This is the first time
in tfiany years that the appropria
tions have been so handled.
Usually it is a question of every
interest getting the biggest appro
priation it can squeeze out of the
legislature, and then trusting to
luck to meet the big total sum.
This year, however, the appro
priations committee went slowly
and carefully to work to square
expenses and income, and the
measure, in accordance with the
request of Governor Slaton, is now
being transmitted to him lor in
spection, with more than ten days
left in which he can discuss with
the legislature any changes which
J ie administration may deem it wise
Ho suggest.
JNI AB!N IT IF I DON'T
OE! MY PUT,'' SAYS SENATOR
Atlanta, Ga., July 31-“I ain’t
no Latin scholar, and I don t
know what you mean by a Dies
Non, but if it means we don t
git no pay fer that day, I m agin
went on record one frank
South Georgia member of the
legislature when the question
came up of what to do about the
day the legislators spent in Au-
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"toSetim* the die* non ha,
• earlv in the ses-
N> een (ec T ‘ y’.'vavs toward the
sion - order is revoked, in
'Sr that the representatives
get home the one day soon-
THE JACKSON ARGUS.
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HON. OSCAR W. UNDERWOOD, OF ALABAMA,
Tbe great Democratic leader of the House, who called Mulball a liar and a blackmailer in hisebarges
against him as lobbyist.
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DiamonfllL
Walter Johnson beat erery team
In the league before be lost his elev
enth forme.
• • •
Billy Gilbert Is s Giant again, but
only nominally. McGraw has made
him a scoot.
• • •
Clark Griffith thinks Mnllln will be
the deciding factor for him In win
ning the pennant
• •S'
Shortstop Ireland tarried back to
the PhlUies by Sacramento, ham been
sold to Rochester.
• • •
Manager Chance has put a damper
on the Bermuda talk by saying the
climate there is too damp.
• • •
According to Umpire Silk O’Lough
lin. Reb Russell of the White Sox is
going to be a great piJXfe&r, -
JACKSON, BUTTS COUNTY. GEORGIA. FRIDAY. AUGUST I. 1913.
Contagious.
“ ’Tie strange," muttered a young
man. ae he staggered home from a sup
per party, "how evil communications
corrupt good manners. I’ve been sur
rounded by tumblers all the evening,
and now I'm a tumbler myself.”
Needed a Compass.
"Muvver, I wish you wouldn’t make
me any more trousers out of farver's
old ’uns!” “Why, what’s the matter
with ’em?’’ "Why, they’re so big I
’ardly knows wevver I’m goin’ to
school or cornin’ ’ome again!”
"Pleased to Meet You.”
The Americans have a polite habit,
on being presented to anew acquaint
ance, of uttering the words, “Pleased
to meet you,” although upon what the
pleasure can rest, or how they know
that it is a pleasure, or why an ordi
nary incident which is not the fulfill
ment of any anticipation, and which
may turn out to be very disagreeable,
should be pronounced at sight to be
pleasant, I have never been able to
understand. —Saturday Review.
Harry Hooper, never considered p.
great hitter has been whaling the ball
at a remarkable clip lately,
• • •
Toledo heads the American baseball
association at the wrong end. The
worms do not care for baseball.
• * •
Infielder Ona Dodd, who refused to
go to San Francisco, has been satisfied
with a berth in the class B league
with Columbus.
• • •
Bob Harmon’s two-hit game
against the Giants was a great stunt,
but it must be remembered that Hub
Perdue did the same.
• • •
Williams went and broke Yale’s long
winning baseball streak. Williams
alumni best have no dealings with ex-
Yale men for a few days.
• • •
As recompense for dropping the
whole series in Chicago the Yankees
were paid for an attendance close to
76,000 for the four day stay.
• • •
Jack Herbert begins his third year
as manager of the Pekin team of the
lilinois-Missouri league, which is
some record in a class D circuit.
• • •
Hugh McKinnon, who had a three
day fling as manager of the Lynchburg
team of the alleged United States
league, announces that he will go to
Paris and put baseball in France on a
real sure enough basin. *■ :
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Shouting
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of our printing. We don’t
H care what the job may be,
lS we are equipped to turn it
■ out to your satisfaction. If
9 we can't, we’ll tell you so
9 frankly.
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Smithson—l couldn't get alcng with
two office boys.
Jackson—Ain't enough work, eh?
Smithson —Not that, but they'd
each be afraid getting acre la the
morning before the other.
MIDDLE MAN RESPONSIBLE
FOR SMALL PROFITS
Atlanta, Ga., Aug I.—That
middle men and methods of mar
keting crops are to blame for the
small profits made by farmers on
such crops as watermelons, is de
clared by B. I'. Yoakum, in an in
teresting discussion of the subject
in its relation to Georgia and other
melon-growing states.
Mr. Yoakum says that it costs
seven billions of dollars to distrib
ute six billions of dollars worth of
farm products every year, but lie
declares that the railroads and
carriers are not to blame.
The railroads and the farmers
get less out of it than anybody else,
Mr. Yoakum declares. He quoted
instances to show that the farmer
who thinks he is “being robbed by
the railroads" has simply failed to
analyze the situation.
The thing that puts the tsrrible
gaps between the man who grows
tliemelon and the man who eats it
is not the small freight charges but
the immense profit the middle men
make.
TY COBB ANO CLYDE MILAN
George Morlarity Tries to Prove Hie
Teammate Is Greater Stealer-
Records Are Compared.
“Is Clyde Milan a better base run
ner than Ty Cobb?” This was a ques
tion asked of George Moriarty of De
troit, says the Boston Herald.
"No,” Instantly replied George.
“But Milan set anew record for
base stealing last year,” persisted the
questioner.
“Admitting that, but Milan le not as
good or ae dangerous a man on the
base paths as Cobb,” returned the
Tiger’s assistant manager. “Milan le
unquestionably one of the fastest men
In the major leagues and he earned
all of the bases hfrttolc last season,
but Milan gets on first often and has
more chances to steal second —the
popular stealing point—than Cobb.
Cobb stretches a lot of hits that to
Milan would be alngles. Cobb, there
fore, Is on second base and It Is the
general opinion that It Is harder to
steal third than it Is second, for the
reason that the catcher has a shorter
and a bl iter throw. The records will
show tlf t Cobb gets many more dou
bles th 4 Milan, and each one of these
Clyde Milam.
doubles counts against his chances of
stealing Then again. It Isn’t always
good policy to steal third. A single
will soore a fast man like Cobb or
Milan, and once such player Is on seo
ond It Is tempting fate to start to
steal third. But so far as A base run
ner Is ooneerned, Cobb Is Milan’s su
perior despite the Washington star's
mark of last year."
Duty as • Reformer.
There Is no such reformer as an ex
acting duty. Note the asceticism of
athletes and scouts. The ravages of
drink are abated as machinery, with
its demand for a clear brain and
steady nerves. Is multiplied on every
hand. Each new stress of business
and professional rivalry puts a fresh
premium on sobriety and wise re
straint. _
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Middle Georgia
006 DAYS BEGIN WITH
MUCH SUPERSTITION
Atlanta, Ga., July 31.—Geor-
I gia has entered into the trying
period of the dog-days, and the
ill-omened sfjir is again blazing
in the sky.
Swimming has ceased to be a
very popular sport in the lakes
around Atlanta, owing to the be
lief which has existed from time
immemorial that dangerous va
pors rise from even the purest
streams during this period of
the year.
According to the belief of ne
gro “mammies” and others
versed in Southern folk-lore, the
snakes go blind during this
time, and are all the more dan
gerous because in a state of
madness which causes them to
strike blindly at anything that
comes near them.
In a locality like Georgia
where the evil influence of the
dog-days is generally believed
in, it may be interesting to note
that the idea connecting the
star Sirius with the insupporta
ble heat and prevalent disease
has descended from remote an
tiquity.
Homer called it “the evil star”
and the Romans had the same
idea. The “dios canicular,”
which is plain Latin for dog
days, were regarded as the un
tiealthiest time of the year in
Rome, and it was considered
deadly to walk in the sun at
that time of year. This belief
has persisted to modern times
in Italy, and there is today a
proverb among the lower class
es at Naples, that “only dogs
and Englishmen walk in the
sun.”
It is related of Ovid that
when he fell ill during the dog
days, he sacrificed a dog to pro
pitiate the wrath of the star,
and was cured.
Doubling Human Lift.
In 1866 the public health conditions
of New York were In so *ow a state
that the average length of life of the
inhabitants was 30 years. In 1912
these conditions of life was 66 years.
Thus the value of human life, reck
oned In terms of time alone, had more
than doubled in less than half a cen
tury.—Century.
NON-SINKABLE BOATS
AT EAST LAKE
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 1. —By
using boats that cannot sink, not a
single drowning lias occurred at
I vast I.ake during the past couple
of seasons. The rowboats have
air-tight compartments so that if
one of them turns over with three
or four helpless people on board,
all they have to do is to cling to
the overturned boat until help
arrives.
THE WAY OUT TKERZ
"She must be from Reno."
"What makes you think so?”
’T beard him ask her how long sIM
aver been single at ono time.”
NO. 26