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IE FRINGE OF PROMISES."
Thoughts From the Sermon of
Rev. Elam F. Dempsey at the
Jackson Methodist Church,
Aug. 24, 1913.
By Elam Franklin Dempsey, H. D
Text, Romans, 8:28, “We know
that all things work together for
good to them that love God.”
This text; contains the prince of
promises. Ju the pages of Holy
Writ it is said there are 32,000 prom
isee made by the Heavenly Father
to the faith of man.
I.
This one, like so many more, may
be stated in a conditional way. It
would be entirely proper to say. "If
a man loves God. ail things will
work together for his good.”
Not every class of can
claim this amazing promise. It be
longs to one style of character and
to one only. There is an ordinary
and a scriptural meaning of the
words, “love God.”- Of course, we
here use it in the Biblical sense.
Weveral tilings are true of him who
loves God.
First, we here observe that this
must be a present experience. He
must now—today—love God. In the
Greek the verb is in the present
tense: “All things work together
at. this present moment for him who
now loves God.”
Second, he who loves God lias un
dergone a radical change of nature.
.He lias passed from the death of sin
to the life of righteousness. He is
not in his orignal state, for "the car
nal mind is at. enmity against God.”
He has been born anew from above.
oftheSpnit. Only by sucli n total
change cange can a man come to
love God.
Third, if lie has had this radical
experience lie is conscious of it. If
he is not conscious of it, he does
well to doubt whether he has had it.
And such doubt is Indeed calculated
t arouse concern in any one. For
it. introduces uncertainty regarding
an essential of personal salvation.
No lees an authority than our Savior
has said, "Ye must, be born again.”
He who loves God knows it.
Fourth, if there is love for God in
a man’s heart, he will show it. He
cannot conceal it. So powerful an
affection will reveal itself in many
ways. He will show his love for
God by a spirit of prayer. Love
commoner. He will show ilia love
for God by a devoted reading of the
Bible. This Book of Books has been
well called "God’s love letter to
man.” And we may be well assured
that the love in man’s heart, will
eagerly scan it. for the least augges
tion of the Love Divine. Finely,
he will show his love by working
for God in evrry way posrible. Love
serves. Such is the character of
that soul who mav claim as his own
this astonishing treasurer-trove of
spiritual tfuth for his own life's
blessing
-11.
And now what is rhe treasure
which such a character may claim?
We are assured that all things
conspire for his blessing. Earf h and
hell and sky are harnessed as a trin
ity of steeds to the chariot of his life
that they may serve him in attain
ing the highest happiness. There is
no remotest star, no most occult in
fluence. no subtle and undiscovered
law but that ail these, by night as
he sleeps, and by day as he w akes.
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THE JACKSON ARGUS.
SCHOOL NEWS.
Rev. M. S. Williams conducted the
Chapel exercises Tuesday morning,
and gave an interesting talk on “Hap
piness,” which was enjoyed by all.
Jfrs. Doane and Edwin, Miss Jim
Crawford and W. R. Hammond spent
the week-end in Atlanta.
The teachers have organized a
Round Table, which is very informal
and meets every two weeks for liter
ary study. Mrs. Martin, who is chair
man is the only officer. A meeting
was held Tuesday night with Mr. and
Mrs. W. P. Martin and “The Gold
Bug,” and several poems by Edgar
Allan Poe were discussed. These
evenings are looked forward to with
much enjoyment by all the teachers.
The Ocmulgee—Ouality
Store. Phone 8.
NO TIGHTS FOR
STAID OLO ATLANTA.
Atlanta, Ga.—Tights have been re
placed by discreet skirts and bloom
ers in all the vaudeville features in
the motion picture houses where
vaudeville is a specialty.
The change has come as the result
of a city ordinance, which prohibits
the appearance of women in tights
at picture shows, but does not legis
late against their appearance at l-eg
ular theaters.
are tolling for his benefit. He is
Christ's and all things are bis.
When it is said that all things
work together, we find the principle
of harmony introduced into all the
activities of the universe as Miey
stand related to the individual ben
eficiary of this promise. Were this
not true, any thinking man might
well be terrified at the matable and
multiform forces at play about him
iu nature, in human society, and in
the supernatural realm. But when
we are told that all these forces
work together, we are at peace, for
we recognize adirecting intelligence
pursuing a kindly plan at the im-
Diilse of a heart of love.
If all things wosk together for
good, then for the best.
111.
Ws have discussed the character
of the man who can claim this prom
ise; also the promise itself, though
very briefly; and nowin the third
place, we direct your thoughts fo a
few of the many directions in which
this promise may be applied to the
every-day conduct of a blessed life.
Jn financial reverse, in the hour of
depression and despondency, in the
day when we are slandered and un
justly reproached, in long years of
weakness, invalism and affliction,
and. finally. In the last hour —the
dread hour o r death—how happy is
he and how great is God’s comfort
ing of him who is atjle to claim this
promise, which is indeed “exceed
ing great and precious.”
Header, do you not agree that this
is in very truth the Prince of Prom
ises?
JACKSON. BUTTS COUNTY; GEORGIA. FRIDAY. OCTOBER IS. 1913
LOCAL NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The clothing stores of Mr. J.
Aren son and Mr. J. Groodzinski
were closed Saturday morning in
honor of the Jewish New Year,
Yum Kippur.
The Dempsey Hardware Cos. are
having a Malleable Range Demon
stration during this week, serving
coffee and rolls to customers.
Claud Spencer’s friends will be
glad to know that he is very much
improved from his recent operation.
There’s no usecryingoverspilled
milk, there’s plenty more to spill.
Mr. Sclessenger, who is one of
the owners of the “Uncle Sam”
bread bakery, paid The Argus a
short visit Thursday.
To those who subscribe for The
Argus within the next two weeks,
pay in advance, we will present
them free of charge a subscription
to the Southern Ruralist one year.
City superintendent Merck has
been busy extending the city light
lines. Several new street lights
have been put up—one on McDon
ough street, West avenue, Walker
street, and at corner of Second and
Covington streets.
Sam Lee, the clever Chinese
laundrymau, "took in” the sights
in Macau Monday, and visited his
friend Loo Sing in Dublin.
On account of contemplated
change in my business, all persons
indebted to ine foi loans or insur
ance a.e requested to call at my
office at court house and settle
same. W. J. Wood.
Misses Mary Land and Kate
Ham spent Saturday iu Atlanta.
Leach & Cos. will have a mule
buyer at their stables tomorrow
(Saturday.)
The slit skirt made its appear
ance in Jackson Monday, followed
by a quick disappearance. The
wearer emerged from a foreign
auto a few minutes to enter a local
drug store- However she was gone
too quick for a crowd to gather.
Well the show came and large
crowds were present. Jackson was
full of visitors all day Friday.
Rev- Fletcher Walton, presiding
elder of the Griffln district, preach
ed morning and evening services at
the Methodist church last Sunday.
The University Club of Atlanta
has announced the election of Prof
Joel B. Mallet as a member. As
only alumni of the Georgia col
leges are eligible for membership,
this is considered quite an honor.
Prof. Mallet is an limory alumnus,
class 1913.
Don’t forget the meeting of the
Live Stock Association the first
Tuesday in November at the court
Do You Think That Any of These Should Join 7
THE WAW TO GET ’
IHE BUTCHER'S I,GOAT
Atlanta, Ga.—The way to get the
butcher’s goat is to eat your own
goat, according to Atlanta economists
who have been studying the high
cost of living.
They have been experimenting for
a couple of months and are now pre
pared to sustain the polemic argu
ment against the world that the es
tabloUiment of a few private “goat
farms” will usher in the millenium
so far as the cost of meat is con
cerned.
They contend that the raising of
goats is cheaper than that of any
other meat in the world, and that
the meat of the young goat or kid is
deliciously tender and palatable. The
meat of a full grown billy-goat, they
admit, is rather highly flavored un
til you become accustomed to it.
It is an interesting fact in this
connection that though the eating of
goat-meat is practically unknown in
this country, goat was one of the
few meats known as “clean” under
the old Mosaic law, and was a favor
ite dish of the ancient Hebrews. It
ha.- been asserted by the scientists
that the Mosaic prohibitions with
relation to nutrition and hygiene are
based on scientific fact.
Going back even further, scientists
aver that the goat was the first of
all animals to be domesticated, and
that our prehistoric ancestors when
they were babies lived on nanny
goat’s milk during the course of hun
dreds of years before cow’s milk
Came into use among humans.
ATLANTA ALLIGATOR REMOVED
Atlanta, Ga.—The poor little alli
gator who lived in the Hunter street
Sewer and frightened the children by
coming out every day to sun him
self, has been transferred to a roomy
I asin in the Grant Park zoo and can
y„iw sun himself all day long without
frightening anybody.
An inspector slipped up behind
Mr. Alligator and the sewer hole one
day and cut off his retreat. How the
alligator ever got in the sewer is a
mystery, unless it was brought here
as a pet and escaped.
Alligators have occasionally been
seen this high up in the river, but it
is not believed that it could have
made its way through the several
miles of pipes to the city.
The best that can be
bought. Fone Ocmulgee.
house; 10 A. M. Get into the
movement for better and more cat
tle.
The benefit performance for the
Associated Charities Tuesday night
was a success. The house was
packed to the fullest—and a good
quantity of candy, etc., which
netted a nice sum for charitable
purposes.
Cotton has been steadily on the
decline since dropping as much as
$4 to $7 a bale. The price has
been 13c. and under since Wed
nesday of last week.
WALTER P. ANDREWS
HEADS COMMISSION
i
Atlanta, Ga.—The commission ap
pointed by President Wilson, with
Walter P. Andrews of Atlanta at its
head, to visit Mediterranean countries
in the interest of the Panama-Pacific
Exposition, will leave this country
in December instead of in November
is w r as originally projected.
The appointment of Mr. Andrews
to this quasi-diplomatic post is one
of the greatest honors that has been
conferred upon any southerner un
der the present administration. Mr.
Anderws will visit the countries of
Southern Europe and northern Afri
ca and will bear President Wilson’s
special invitation to the countries
which he will touch. As the per
sonal representative of the President
he will be accorded the highest hon
ors by the rulers of the countries in
question.
Mr. Andrews will be accompanied
by his wife, a charming woman prom
inent in the social world, who will
ably second him in his mission.
The commission will probably be
sent on one of Uncle Sam's warships.
The commission will include Mr. An
drews, a newspaper man yet to be
appointed, and a fellow commissioner
to be appointed by the directors of
the exposition.
Ask your neighbor, or
Tone 8.
A GOOO ORDINANCE.
Atlanta, Ga.—The order forbid
ding “spielers” to stand in front of
stores or auction places and persuade
people to enter, has wiped out one
of the most picturesque features of
old Decatur street, and has brought
distress to the scores of Greek and
Semitic merchants who used their
own gift of gab instead of other
means of advertising to induce cus
tomers into their shops.
The order has forbidden all trades
men to stand outside their doors and
invite people in. It wus passes! be
cause so many private auctions con
ducted in the front doors of stores,
crowded the pavement and interfered
with traffic.
Dirty and evil smelling as it is,
Decatur street has been, in the truest
sense, the most cosmopolitan and
metropolitan feature of Atlanta.
Peachtree and Whitehall still bear
the unmistakable stamp of the small
town from which Atlanta has grown,
but set a mun down in the middle of
Decatur street who had never been
there, and he could well imagine him
self in New York, Chicago, or Frisco.
Simple English!
“A certain quality of force and di
rectness, owing to Its simplicity, would
seem to be unattainable through any
other medium, arid a realization of this
is probably the incitement to the dia
lect story, bo uniformly unsuccessful,
because the writer is an imitator and
not writing his native language.”—A
philologist heaping encomiums on sim
ple English in the New York Sun.
Fortunate On*.
"So she's going to be married?
Who's the lucky man?” "The man she
.brew over for this one."—New York
World.
ALL GIRLS NAVE
SAME ADVANTAGE
4 t
Atlanta, Ga.—That any girl in
Georgia, whether she lives on Peach
tree street or on the old plantation,
can keep her hair curled by electrici
ty at an expense of two cents a
month, since the Georgia Railway &
Power Cos. has completed its won
derful tower line development from
Tallulah Falls, is set forth in a ta
ble of astonishing statistics just com
piled here showing the many won
derful things that electricity will do
for one cent.
If keeping milady’s golden ringlets
I in hyacinthine beauty appeals only to
! the frivolous and to lovers, here are
some of the more practical things
that one cent’s worth of electrical
current will do:
Bring two quarts of water to a
boil.
Operate an electric griddle for
eight minutes.
Operate a seven inch frying pan
for 12 minutes.
Operate a twelve inch electric fan
for two hours.
Make a Welsh rabbit in an electric
chafing dish.
Operate a sewing machine motor
for three hours.
Make four cups of coffee in an elec
tric percolator.
Keep an electric flatiron hot for
fifteen minutes.
Raise 250 gallons of water 100 feet.
Hookworm Disease.
The hookworm disease la so named
from a small parasite which fastens
Itself in the intestines and preys upon
the system. The name hookworm re
lates to the peculiar structure of the
parasite (which has been named Ne
cat.or American murderer) and the dis
ease Is attributed to low nutrition end
unsanitary conditions.
They Died Anyway.
Writing in a. medical journal, one of
the most eminent physicians In Amer
lea tells of keeping a record of 1,000
cases treated by him, in which the
post mortem examinations revealed
that. In not more than fifty per cent, of
the cases had his diagnosis been cor
rect! Still, judging by the other fifty
per cent., what difference would it
have made had all been diagnosed cor
rectly?—Chicago News.
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woman’s smile or a beautiful nm
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