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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- Shstf 3 X "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. — —- —~ —— : Ssl * ' _ . _ _ - - - --- - - 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. FOR SALE.—OId newspapers, 10c a bundle. Large quantity on hand. Apply at THE ARGUS office. After Business in a business way — the | advertising way. An ad in this paper offers the | maximum service at the minimum cost. It reaches the people of the town and vicinity you want to reach. Try It —lt Pays Scattering NoferW 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. *■ : nilfttex v /^We’rc 4 “ Shouting S about the excellent quality 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. 1 Let Us Convince You Hls> .--A 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. _ ■•at A4vrtlila| Medium !■ 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