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THE JA6KSON ARGUS.
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Published every Friday at 81.00 a year. Entered at Jackson Postoffice
as second class matter by H. M. Shaver.
H. M. SITAV KR. Leuee, Editor and Publisher
♦ OFFICIAL ORGAN OF BUTTS COUNTY.
FRIDAY, AUGUST, 29, 1913.
ECHO OF BALKAN WAR.
A grim echo of the war in the Balkans come in this
item among the classified advertisements in a German paper:
“Three thousand artificial legs are wanted by the gov
ernment of a nation at present in war. Estimates consider
ed only from concerns who are able to deliver this quantity.
Address Dr. Richard Maucb, Cologne, Germany .-Spring
field Republican.
THE COST OF WAR.
When the civil war was fought the total carnage was
awful to speak of—nevertheless war has gone on and even in
this modern time it continues, each time destroying the flower
of the nation and burdening successive generations with
staggering debt. Conquest today has its price, and that h
paid in human blood and lives.
“The money cost of the two Balkan wars amounted to
$1,360,000,0 H), and the loss of life was appaling. Of 450,000
Turks moholized 100,000 were killed in battle; but it is
among the Balkan Christian armies that the losses were most
terrifying. Bulgaria brought 050,00') men into the field, and
of this number 140,000 are dead. Servia mobolized 250,000
men, and lost 70,000 killed. Greece out of a total of 150,000
lost 40,000 killed, and Montenegro out of a fighting popula
tion of 30,000 left 8,000 dead on the bloody field. The pro
portion of fatalities'to the number engaged exceeded that of
anv war on record. In the Franco-German war, with a total
of 1,713,000 men under arms, less than 170,000 were killed
in battle or died of wounds and disease. ’
THE MEAT SUPPLY.
Georgia farmers will clo well to study the meat supply.
The beef situation in the United States is assuming serious
proportions. Western men say the prices will jump 20 per
cent higher than now. They went up -10 per cent within the
past twelve months. The cattle supply is lower than for
many years. Cattle are now lushed to market because of the
excessive drouth in the cattle states, bo the next crop will
he short. Owing to the drouth iii those states the cows are
beingsentto market.
The swine industry has not increased to make good the
deficiency in beef.
So it hahooves every farmer in Georgia to care well tor
his cuttle and hogs. The prices will he high. Population is
increasing and the supply of meat decreasing.—Macon Tele
graph,
EGYPTIAN COTTON IN ARIZONA.
The experiments with long staple Egyptian cotton in the
Salt river Valley of Arizona promises to he a big success.
Over 4,000 acres are planted this year and a yield of 4,000
bales is expected. This valley is said to he well adapted to
the growth ot long staple, and it compares favorably with the
rich delta lands along the Nile in Egypt- Several years ago
Secratary Wilson, of the Agricultural Department, advised a
trial of long staple Egyptian cotton in this valley, and it has
proved a success. —Ex.
THE CORN CROP.
The recent estimates of the corn crop lor this year by
the agricultural department diminish the crcp by at least
300,000 bushels. The drought was in the western corn pro
ducing belt, and in some sections there is a total loss.
In this section, and in Georgia, the crop is fairly good,
althougu on the whole it has been damaged a little by drought.
There has 'been more corn planted this year than ever bcfoie,
the acreage being larger than ever.
This increasing of acreage is due to the success that
variety farming lias met with and the increasing activity of
the Boys Corn Clubs. It is certainly true that nearly all
who have planted corn this year had good results and that
more than ever will the farmers dock to the “corn and two
crops a year” standard.
The Georgia School cf Tech
nology.
It is undeniably true that citizen
ship receives its best training in
the class room, whether of the pub
lic school, high school or college.
Just as the State theu, owes a cer
tain sense of responsibility towards
its institutions nf learning and
more especially those under its di
rect patronage, we. as citizens of
the South, should feel justly proud
of oir high schools, and especially
should we take pride in the Georgia
School of Technology—the first
technical school of the south.
The school is excellently located
in the most progressive Southern
city, amid perfectly hygeuic sur
roundings. Its courses are unus
ually thorough and complete in
civil, mechanical, electrical, textile
and chemical engineering and in
architecture. The expeuses inci
dent to attending this school are
remarkably low and fifteen schol
arships are given each county in
the state.
One of the great adyantages off
ered for the education of young
men by this big institution, is the
fact that practical and occular
demonstrations in all of its branch
es may be shown either in the in
stitution itself or in the industries
going on in the city surrounding it.
The Georgia School of Technology
should be and is the Mecca for all
young men aspiring to technologi
cal learning.
Investigation reveals the fact
that the enrollment of students for
the South’s most popular institu
tion, indicates one of the largest
and most prosperous yee.rs in its
history.
While its students come fro.U ev
ery section of the country, it is* to
young men of the South that Geor
gia School of Techuoloev offers its
facilities and they are responding
in very gratifying numbers.
Lost —Necklace with small
diamond. Initials ‘W. M. C.’
engraved on it. Libert 1 re
ward* Mrs. W. J. W ood.
The Chieftainship of Service
(By Rev. Elam F. Dempsev, B. D.)
No man i* without some measure of
ability.
Accordingto his ability, are the ad
vantages, opportunities, resources he
can command.
“The Master of All Good Work
men’’ lias set forth this truth in the
parableof the talents.
Three classes of men are indicated.
There are those whose abilities war
rant Him in entrusting to them five
talents; tliere are those who sufficient
ability to be entrusted with two
talents; while there are those whose
abilities are so small that it would be
unsafe to entrust more than one
talent to them.
Ability is something with which
we are endowed by nature. We do
not attain it; we receive it. It is
something which is given to us and
for which, therefore, we have no
merit.
Our only merits consists in the
proper use of such ability as we have.
But men do not find that it is al
ways au easy task their ability
aright. In a world of weakness and
temptation, they find that not to
abuse it is a difficult task.
Two errors are common in the
abuse of ability. One is the error of
the strong. The other is the error of
the weak,
The error of the strong is to divert
tlyeir power from its heaven-appoint
ed use to selfish ends. • Ability is
given that men, with it, may serve
everlastingpurposes. But.jalas;iiow
often they expend their power on
temporal and perishing ends!
Such was the error of Charles XII j
of Sweden, who
“Left the name at which the world j
grew pale,
L’o point a moral or adorn n title.”
Such was the error of Byron, who
found the perversion of his splendid
gifts a lash to his conscience:
•\\lv life is is in the sere and yellow
leaf,
The fruits and flowers of love are
gone; Tire worm, the canker, and
the grief,
Are mine alone.”
Such was the error of Solomon,
earth’s wisest man and sin’s biggest
fool. Suppreme instance is he, whose
verdict, after such perversion of abil
ity, is that, “It is vanity and vex
ation of spirit.
The error of the pitiable weak is
disuse of ability, rather than misuse
of it. They hide it in a napkin.
They envy the strong, and their
envy disinclines them to work, sinc§
their small achievements would not
compare well with the larger ones of
the more able. Because they are
vain and envious, they are wickedly
slothful. They feel that their small
ability will not bring them selfish
and promotion, therefore, they refuse
to employ it.
Behold the common source of the
error alike of the strong and the
weak. Selfishness is the one root of
tliis twin plant of error.
The divine purpose in giving abil
ity to men is that they may be fitted
to Serve. Such is the use God makes
s His power. He labors for all with
o nnipotent energy. He “came not
to he ministered unto, but to ministei,
and to give His life (in the sublimity
of ministry) "a ransom for many.”
God is the Chief servant in the
universe.
“Whosever will be chief among
you, let him be your servant,”—this
is the inference for man from God’s
service.
Theonly chieftainship in the King
dom of God is a chieftainship of serv
ice.
We are made abie, not for selfish
aggrandizement and pride, hut we
are made able in order to serve.
When God renews us from sin. He
always converts our ability into ser
vice ability.
The Lobby Investigation-
The investigation at the “lobby”
continues, and the public will profit
bv the disclosures. One cannot feel
\nuoh affection for the lobbyist who
deserts Ills employers and sells their
secrets, but the man who turns state’s
evidence is used in court and tiiose
etnnot well complain who have en
tered into co-partnership witli him
in wrong-doing. Care must be taken,
however, not to rely too confidently
upon the boasts of the lobbyist in his
reports to tiis principals, for lie is try
ing to earn his money and may report
that lie “influenced'’ persons whom
he only met casually. But, allow
ance being make for exaggeration
ami misrepresentation, a good deal
of light is being thrown upon the
methods employed by the privileged
class to secure favors from congress.
We are finding out whom the lobby
opposed and whom it supported.
When the evidence is all in, a few
conspicuous offenders, caught in bad
company, will retire from pubic life
and those who are really innocent
will, by good deeds, proceed to re
move any suspicions that may- have
been aroused and regain popular
ooufldence,—Brayu’s Commoner.
Jackson Book Cos.
HAVE THE
School Books and
School Supplies.
We pay cash for these books and must sell them for cash.
We carry the best line of School Tablets, Pencils, Ink,
Erasers and all school supplies. x Also carry a line of
music, magazines and all kinds of novelties.
ALL BOOKS CASH.
Scissors ond Pasts
Southwest Georgia farmers who
have made good corn crops this year
■ hould no'w begin to think about in
ereasing their live stock, givingfirst
ittentiouto hogs and cattle.—Alba
ny Herald.
Proud of Atlanta and her patriotic
citizens is every true-hearted Geor
gian. When the Governor of Geor
gia asked for $465,000 aid of the
bankers of the state to pay her
teachers, there was not a response
except from Atlanta’s loyal hankers,
they loaned the whole amount at 2
and3 per cent. Oh, you Atlanta!
I’hat’s why the people like you.—
Pike County Journal.
Somehow, our sympathies are
with that man Thaw. We hope
they won’t bring him back. And if
old man Bill Minor ever manes an
other home run, we won’t wear crepe.
He may be as mean as the devil
wants him to be, but we have a
spark of sympathy for him.—Com
merce News.
Love is said to be that quality
which makes a man work sixteen
hours a day to get enough to buy his
wife all the fool things she says she
wants. —Ex.
The English judgesdon’t mean to
be humorous, hut it looks that way
when they ask Mrs. Pankhurst:
"Were you ever in jail before?” —
Atlanta Constitution.
Late cotton, which constitutes a
large portion of the crop, is suffering
for want of rain and if a good season
does not come soon it is going to bo
badly cut off.—Hawkinsville Dis
patch and News.
’Ts said Huerta ts pronounced
“Whereto.” Answers may consist
of four letters beginning with an “h”
and ending with an “I.”—Sparta
Ishmaelite.
Fifty millions of dollars from the
national treasury scattered around
in the South and West ought to ease
up finances wonderfully. It looks
sorter like government for the peo
ple. —Oglethorpe Echo.
The Waycross board of trade has
recently secured an overall factory
for that city with a payroll amount
ing to S4OO a week, according to the
Waycross Herald —Valdosta Times.
Harry Thaw escaped from the
asylum in New York Sunday and
we expected him to bob up in At
lanta in a short time where he may
be hailed as another hero.—Barues
viile News-Gazette.
A farmer in one of the adjoining
counties to ours planted 35 acres in
sweet potatoes and harvested 9000
bushels. He sold them at fifty cents
a bushel at the railroad station. No
doubt he cleared one hundred dollars
an acre from his crop.— Graymont
Hustler.
Atter all. we may have free sugar
in 1916. All amendments of the
sugar schedule were defeated in the
Senate Tuesday, and the bill stands
as it passed the House.—Telfair
Gazette.
At the rate the timber ia being
slorated. in a few more years none
but the rich will be able to dwell in
a wood building. Thomasville
Press.
The farmers come to the frqn
with their soy beans again. Paint
manufacturers have discovered that
the bean contains an oil that is as
good as linseed oil in mixing paints.
Bring on your soy beans. —Elberton
S :ar.
The best beef one gets in the mar
kets these days is that raised at
home. The local markets take pride
in informing their customers that
they are handling beef raised by
Mr. So and So, who is usually a good
Lowndes county farmer. —Valdosta
Times.
Oh, these reforms. Now they
want to have the newspapers report.
—Waycross Herald.
The county of Butts has its tax re
turns increased $1,203 by taxing
dogs. Seems to be dog-gone nice.—
Monticello News.
“Glowing reports have been re
ceived from everj r section of Georgia
telling of the fine cotton and corn
crops, which means that the farmers
of tile state will be easy financially
tli is winter, provided they are not
juggled out of it by market manipu
lations.”—Brunswick News.
The price of fresh beef is already
too high to suit the purse of any but
the rich, and now the distressing
news comes that it is to go still
higher as a result of the drouth in
tiie cattle-growing States of Kansas,
lowa, Nebraska and Oklahoma.—
Hawkinsville Dispatch and News.
MSS T.F. • Six shares of First
DliLEf. Farmers Bank.
Also 213 acres of land, 4 miles north of
Jackson, known as J. A. King’s place.
See W. C. Stogbill or R. F. Welch, Administrators,
FOR SALE!
21 o acres land at Woodstown, Henry County, Ga., at in
tersection of Jackson, Snapping Shoals and Island Shoals
roads. 9-room, 2-story dwelling, 4 tenant houses, store
house, corugated shop building, 4-room physician’s ’ office
new 3 70 saw Hunger Gin and house, corn mill and all nec
essary outbuildings, fine water, plenty fruit, wood, pasturage
etc., and in splendid community. Wind-mill supplies water
to all necessary places. Good location for physician mer
chant and blacksmith. Bargain for anyone wanting a nice
country home.
Quick sale desired on account of ill health. Liberal terms
to purchaser. Write
W. H. Ellington, Barnesville, Ga.
To see the place apply to T. W. Woods, Woodstown, Ga,.
BE SURE work to do. y ° Ur Koda k
Work finished within 24 hours.
Films developed, 10 cents per roll.
Prints made for 3 cents and up.
Bromide enlargements 25c. up!
JOSEPH E. EDWARDS,
JACKSON, GEORUIA.
Phone 150
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
Order For City Court Election.
GEORGIA—Butts County.
In conformity with an Act of the General
Assembly approved August 14, 1913. it is or
dered that an election be held at 1 lie several
voting precincts in the C unty of Butts, said
State, by the qualified voters of said county
for and against the city Court of Jackson on
Wednesday, September the 3rd. 1913 Said
election to be held under the same rules and
regulations as general elections are held, re
turns of said election to he made to the Ordi
nary of said County.
Given under my hand and official signature,
this August 1(5, 1913.
J. H. HAM, Ordinary.
Sheriff’s Sale.
GEORGIA-—Butts County.
Will be sold on the first Tuesday in Septem
ber next, at public outcry at the court house
door ill said county, within the legal hours of
sale, to the highest bidder for cash, certain
property, ot which the following is a full and
complete description: One-third interest in
eighty-one and two-thirds (812-3) acres of
land, more or less, known as the Julia A
Lindsey place, bnur.ded as follows: On the
east by Wilson Smith, south bvK. J. Lamar
on the west by Mrs. Harriett'Maddox north
by Mrs. Caroline Lindsey, lying i u i ron
Springs District, Butts County. Georgia. Said
property levied on as the property of R p
Lindsey, to satisfy an execution issued from
the Superior Court of said county in favor o*
Porter & Garrett against said R, p. Lindsey’
said property being in possession of M l’
Freeman.
This the 7th day of August. 1913.
L.M. CRAWFORD, Sheriff.
Sheriff’s Sale.
GEORGIA—Butts Coanty.
Will be sold on the first Tuesday in Septem
ber next, at public outcry at the court house
in said county, within the legal hours of sale
to the highest bidder for cash, certain prop-i
erty of which the following is a complete
description: Bounded on tbs north lands of
W \\ilson. east by W W. Wilson, south
southern Railway (Jo. right of wap, west by
R W Mays and Southern Railway Cos. Said
property levied on as the property of Susan
MoMiehael to satisfy an execution issued
from the Justice Court of the 612th District
G M. of saia county in favor of Buttrili Bros
against said Susan McMichael slid property
being m possession of Susan McMichael said
property levied on by W. F. Lavender, L C
and turned over to me for sale ”
This 7th day of August. 1913."
L. M . CRAWFORD, Sheriff.
For Leave to Sell Land.
GEORGIA-—Butts County.
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned
has applied to the Ordinary of said county for
leave to sell land belonging to the estate of
Sarah L Goen for the purpose of distribution
among heirs Saidjappllcation will be heard
at the regular term of the Court of Ordinary
for said county, to be held on the first Monday
in September. 1918. “ uay
Administrator upon the Estate of Mrs.
Goen deceased. a. a.
This August 5,1918.