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DR. RAINEY COMING TO
JACKSON
Having leased the rooms for
merly occupied bv Dr. 0. Lee
Chesnutt as a dental office, I beg
to announce to the friends and
former patrons of Dr. Chesnutt
and the public generally that I
will be in Jackson on the 9th inst.
and will open offices in the above
named rooms for the practice of
dentistry. Respectfully,
E. K. RAINEY.
TAX LEVY FOR 1916
Georgia, Butts County.
Ottlceof(bounty ('ommisßioner, Butts
County, September 4, 1016.
His ordered, That there be levied
and there is hereby levied upon the
real and personal property located in
the county of Butts, for the year 1916,
an advalorem lax aggregating 17 mills
on the dollar, or $1.70 on the hundred,
for county purposes, said tax being
for and apportioned to the following
county purposes, to-wit:
1. Public road fund 4.00 mills
2. Public building and
bridge fund 6.35 mills
3. Pauper fund.. 1.‘25 mills
4. Jail fund. .60 mills
5. Superior Court fund .40 mills
6. Litigation fund .40 mills
7. Jury fund .35 mills
8. Coroner’s fund .05 mills
9. All other lawful charg
es fund .60 mills
10. For past due indebted
ness incompliance with
order of Judge of Su
perior Court 3.00 mills
Total .17.00 mills
.1. O. GASTON, Com.
of Roads and Revenues, Butts Coun
ty, Georgia.
JOSEPH JOLLY, Clerk.
School Tax Levy For 1916
Notice is hereby gi ven that theschool
tax levy for the year 1916 is four (4)
mills on all property outside city of
Jackson.
HUGH MALL FT, C. 8. 8.
.1. (). GASTON, Cos. Com.
Ladies, new goods arri
ving by every express.
Come in and enjoy a look.
’Tis a pleasure to show
goods.
The Busy Corner.
Card of Thanks
Mrs. H. C. Thaxton, Mr. and
Mrs. W. W. Thaxton and family,
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Barnes wish
to thank their friends for the
kindness shown during the ill
ness and at the deatli of Mr. H.
C. Thaxton; also for the floral
offerings.
We
Ask
You
To Examine our state
ment of condition.
People who entrust
their money to a Bank
should know something
of its financial strength.
The annexed statement
speaks for itself—on its
strength we solicit your
business.
“THE
O LD
RELIABLE”
The First National Bank of Jackson
PERSONAL
Mrs. J. W. Crawley, Misses
Caroline and Kate Crawley, of
Madison, were guests Sunday of
Mr. and Mrs. R. 0. Settle.
Rev. and Mrs. Olin King had
as their guests Sunday Dr. and
Mrs. Fincher, of Atlanta, Mr.
and Mrs. Simpson, of Hampton,
Mr. and Mrs. Fields, Messrs. Asa
Lemon, Luther Fargason and
Paul West, of McDonongh.
Mrs. B. F. Watkins and Mrs.
J. W. Jones spent Monday in At
lanta.
Mr. Bradley Slaughter, of At
lanta, was a visitor here Sunday.
Mr. H. D. Moore spent part of
the week here.
Mrs. J. H. Kimbell and chil
dren spent the week-end with
relatives in Monroe county.
Mr. B. F. Little and children,
of Monroe county, spent the week
end with relatives in the city.
Mrs. C. M. Kimbell is spending
this week in Twiggs county with
friends and relatives.
Mrs. J. B. Guthrie spent Sun
day at Juliette with relatives.
Mrs. Virginia Manley and
George Manley motored to At
lanta, Monday.
Mrs. H. L. Daughtry’s many
friends are glad to know that she
is greatly improved from her re
cent illness and will return from
Atlanta this week.
Mr. Hardwick Davis of Atlanta
was a visitor in the city Sunday.
Miss Nina Harris spent Mon
in Atlanta.
Messrs. H. L. Daughtry and
Joe McMichael were visitors to
Atlanta, this week.
Mrs. William Douglass and
Mrs. C. D. Ingram were up from
Flovilla a few days ago.
Prof. Troy Compton, of Deca
tur, spent the week-end here
with relatives.
Mrs. E. W. Blankenship was
down from McDonough for the
week-end with relatives.
Miss Lucile Elder was the
guest last week of Miss Pauline
Mallet.
Mr. Frank Smith Carmichael
is visiting her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Adams in Macon.
Mrs. George Damour left Mon
day for Macon where she will be
the guest of Miss Nelia Damour
until the marriage of Miss Dam
our and Mr. John Watt, of Thom
asville, October seventeenth.
Statement
Report of the condition of
The First National Bank
Jackson, Ga., at the close of busi
ness Odt. 4th, 1916
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts - $166,186 89
Bills of Exchange - - 33,976 02
U. S. Bonds and Stocks 23,596 13
Banking House, Furni
ture and Fixtures - 12,301 99
Other Real Estate - - 977 07
Redemption Fund - - 1,000 00
Cash on hand & in Banks 40,597 73
$278,635 83
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock - - - - $ 50,000 00
Surplus ----- - 21,000 00
Net Profits 4,922 29
Circulation ----- 20,000 00
Bills Payable - - - - 15,000 00
Re-discounts - - - - 48,995 47
Deposits 118,718 07
$278,635 83
Butts County’s Biggest and Best
Is a Growing and Progressive Bank V
** Capital, Surplus and Profits i
|fef $103,500.00 ’
I| 1 Deposits Odt. 4, 1916
fAlf J „ 77,86 MONEY
FMil Total Resou rces WHERE
mm $408,997.34
rm $1:00-raisse?- w j“-
'l| Depositors and Visitors to the Fair lljXfe.
ntllH Will Find a Welcome at IT WILL
m The Place of Safety, Service come in
and Satisfaction HANDY
'MR The Jackson National Bank [%? .
Jackson, Georgia
Mrs. E. H. Stephens will re
turn Saturday from an extended
stay in Toledo, Ohio and points
in Pennsylvania.
Mrs. Edward Cornell, of In
dian Spring, spent the week
end with her mother, Mrs. S. 0.
Ham.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Cox and
young son, Clay, of Mt. Airy,
are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Law
rence Crawford and other rela
tives.
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Turner
and little daughter, Margaret, of
McDonough, were guests of Mrs.
W. A. Harris and Miss Nina
Harris Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Tolleson
and young daughter, Miriam,
spent Thursday with Mr. and
Mrs. W. P. Nutt.
Capt. G. E. Mallet was up
from Camp Harris to spend the
week-end.
Mrs. S. 0. Ham is the guest
of her daughter, Mrs. Paul Ba
ker, in Atlanta.
Mrs. Hugh Mallet and Miss
Pauline Mallet spent Tuesday
and Wednesday in Atlanta.
Mr. and Mrs. James P. Ether
idge and children, James and
Cooper, motored to Macon to
spend the day Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Shore, of Quit
man, were recent guests of Mr.
and Mrs. W. E. Merck.
Mrs. H. D. Moore and Mary
Claire have returned to Leesburg,
Fla.
Mrs. J. W. Florence, Misses
Catherine. Kate and Mary Sue
Florence and Wesley Florence
visited Mrs. Brae Hodges last
week.
Mrs. Brae Hodges spent the
week-end in Monticello with Col.
and Mrs. W. S. Florence.
Mr. and Mrs. V. H. Downing
announce the birth of a daugh
ter, September 30th.
Miss Nina Harris spent Sat
urday in Atlanta.
Enjoy an old fashioned barbe
cue dinner at the D. A. R. booth
at the Fair Grounds next Tuesday.
Notice
Dr. E. K. Rainey, of Arling
ton, Ga., has leased the offices
formerly occupied by me and will
be there soon for the prrctice of
dentistry. Dr. Rainey has had
about twents years experience as
a dentist and comes well recom
mended. I bespeak for him your
confidence and patronage.
Respectfully,
0. Lee Chesnutt, D. D. S.
313-14 Commercial Nat. Bank
Bldg., Macon, Ga.
Jackson Rifles Can’t Come
A telegram from the general
commanding department of east.
Governors Island, N. Y., states
it will be impossible for the Jack
son Rifles to attend the Butts
County Fair.
GENTLE-BUT SURE
Biliousness, sick headache, sour
stomach, gas, bloating, constipation,
dyspepsia—all these distressing conse
quences of retaining a mass of undi
gested and fermenting food in the
stomach are avoided if the bowels are
kept open and regular. Foley Cathar
tic Tablets are first aid to good health.
Do not gripe. The Owl Pharmacy adv
D. A. R. Barbecue dinner Tues
day, Oct. 10 at Fair Grounds-
Butts Ginnings 3650 Bales
To Sept. 25 Butts county had
ginned 3,650 bales of cotton, as
compared with 4,098 the same
date last year.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER’S
OA3TO R I A
For Sale
Nice mare, perfectly gentle,
works any where, ladies or chil
dren can drive her and be safe.
I have no use for her and I will
sell her.
Clifford Grubbs,
Foreman Tovvaliga Fall Power
Plant (High Falls) rt 6 Jackson
For Sale or Exchange
Wanamaker’s. Cleveland cotton
seed. Berkshire hogs and Jersey
cows. A. M. Pace, Jackson. Ga.
9-22-4 t
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children
In Use For Over 30 Years
Always bears
Signature of
Here’s hoping Prof. Snider
will give us a choice assortment
of weather for fair week.