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CORK SCHOOL— Among the students of the Cork
School in 1901 were the following: Back row, left to right,
Sara Ward, teacher; Mollie Head, Bessie Johnson, Bess
Nolen, Rubie Ward, Katie Moore, Mary Nolen, Ed
Leverette, J. P. Mayfield, Jace Moore. Second row, left to
right, John Porter, Vallie Lee, Pallie Torbet, Janie Will
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EARLY JACKSON Long before Beckham’s took on its present name, it was once
known as Moon Mercantile Company. This picture, made in the 1910’s, shows contended
customers enjoying the shade under the awning. Photo courtesy of Mrs. Billie Jinks.
Lightning Kills
12-Year-Old Girl
WAS PLAYING IN ROOM
. WITH OTHER CHILDREN
.. WHEN THE CRASH CAME.
. .NO OTHER MEMBERS
. .FAMILY INJURED
Struck by a bolt of lightning
while playing in the room with
other members of the family,
Friday afternoon about 4:30
o’clock, Doris, the twelve-year
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
D. W. Fogg, residing between
Flovilla and Sandy Creek, was
instantly killed. The lightning
came down the chimney,
struck the little girl, tore a hole
in the floor and went out at the
back of the house.
The children were playing at
the time the crash came. Mrs.
Fogg was hearing them recite
their spelling, the children
standing in front of the fire
place.
Two of the other children
were injured, the baby daugh
ter suffering from a severe
shock and has not yet fully
recovered. Mr. Fogg was at
work in the field and did not
know of the tragedy until
summoned.
The sudden and tragic death
of the little girl came as a
shock to the family and a wide
circle of friends.
The little girl is survived by
her parents; two sisters, Lois
and Lucile; three brothers, J.
8., Bob Lee and Fred Mosely
Fogg.
ruth at random
By Ruth Bryant
BICENTENNIAL
On July 4, 1776
The Continental Congress
announced the separation
of the thirteen colonies
from Great Britain.
On July 4, 1976
The Congress of the United States
declared the observance
in all fifty states
of a Bi-Centennial Celebration.
On July 4, in future years,
may the people of the United Stat
declare their faith in democracy
and their thanks for our Constitu*i- '
Prick Of Pin
Is Cause
Of Death
BLOOD POISON DEVELOPS
AND DEATH FOLLOWED AT
MACON HOSPITAL. FUN
ERAL AT JENKINSBURG
TUESDAY.
Mrs. R. F. Elder, aged 25,
died at Williams Sanitarium in
Macon Monday morning at
1:30 o’clock as the result of
blood poison. She picked a boil
on her face with a pin and the
scratch became affected and
developed into blood poison.
Mrs. Elder was taken to Macon
Sunday afternoon for an
operation in the hope of saving
her life.
Mrs. Elder, who before her
marriage was Miss Allie Mae
Harris, was a native of
Jenkinsburg and a member of
a prominent family of the
county. Her passing came as a
shock to a large number of
friends. She was a member of
the Methodist church and a
splendid type of young woman
hood.
She is survived by her
husband and two small sons,
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J.
Harris; one sister, Miss Sarah
Ruth Harris; two brothers,
Messrs. Chester and Herschel
Harris, all of whom have the
sympathy of many friends in
their great sorrow.
THE JACKSON PROCRESS-ARCUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
Mayfield, Emma Leverette, Carson Mayfield, Jenkins, Dan
Coleman, Floyd Moore. Front row, left to right, Hattie
Leverette, Lucy Head, Bessie Moore, Leverette,
Albert Towles, Ralph Fogg, next two unidentified, W.
Marks Towles, George Head. Photo courtesy Mrs. Mary
Nolen Moore.
THE NEWS AND ARGUS
BURY THE HATCHET
There having been some
articles published by the
undersigned in reference to
the post office management
and to the editor of the
Jackson News which have
been misconstrued, causing
some ill feelings between us,
I therefore take this method
to state that Mr. W. E. Harp
and myself have had a
personal meeting and agree
ably settled the same. If
anything published in the
Middle Georgia Argus had
any tendency to injure the
reputation or business of Mr.
Harp, I hereby agree that it
is retracted.
DAVID J.THAXTON
Editor Argus
Mr. D. J. Thaxton, of the
Middle Georgia Argus, and
myself have had a friendly
meeting and amicably set
tled all differences between
us. I hereby retract all that
Sill
On January 10, 1776, a young patriot named Thomas
Paine published a fiery pamphlet. ‘‘Common Sense,
demanding independence from the British.
Rosena’s Fabric Shop
McDowell Was
Hanged For
Brutal Crime
EXECUTED FRIDAY MORN
ING FOR THE MURDER OF
VIR. C. A. PITTMAN. SAID HE
HAD TOLD THE TRUTH
Evans McDowell, 23-year-old
Jasper county negro, was
hanged in the Butts county jail
yard Friday morning for the
murder of Mr. Charles A.
Pittman, well known Butts
county farmer, on July 20.
The trap was sprung about
10:30 o’clock and in twelve
minutes McDowell was pro
nounced dead. His neck was
broken from the fall, it was
stated.
The execution was orderly
and passed off without special
incident. A considerable crowd
was attracted to town on
account of the hanging, which
was private. A canvass was
constructed around the jail
yard to cut off the view of the
public.
In his last statement Mc-
Dowell declared that he had
told the truth. He said he was
guilty of Mr. Pittman’s murder
and that Flem Lynch, his
brother-in-law, was equally
guilty and that he hoped Lynch
would meet the same fate. He
admonished everybody to let
liquor alone, declaring that he
would not have been in the
trouble but for liquor. The
doomed man prayed earnestly
and fervently for several
minutes, and his final prayer
made a deep impression on all
may have been said deroga
tory to his character, or that
which may have had any
tendency to injure his
business.
VV. E. HARP. Editor News
—Middle Ga. Argus.
May 2fi, 1883
THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1976
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CHURCH SCHOOU—This picture, taken in the mid-1870's, shows the student body at County Line B .
when some of the churches were also being used as school houses. - Photo courtesy of C VY McGoue
who heard it.
None of the members of
McDowell’s family were pre
sent at the execution, it was
said. They visited him the day
before.
McDowell’s body was turned
over to Henderson and Wood
ward, local colored under
takers, and was taken to
Jasper county for burial.
The robbery and murder of
Mr. Pittman on July 20 was one
of the most brutal and shocking
in the criminal annals of the
state. Called from his house to
the store, Mr. Pittman was
robbed and his body thrown in
the Ocmulgee River. The clue
pointed to McDowell. He was
arrested and taken to Atlanta
for safekeeping. He confessed
the robbery and murder. He
was given a speedy trial and
was sentenced to hang on
August 20.
In the meantime McDowell
made a confession that
implicated Flem Lynch. A stay
of execution was granted
pending the triaj of Lynch, who
was convicted and given a life
sentence on September 14. A
motion for anew trial was
made and the execution of
McDowell stayed until Sep
tember 20. A new’ trial was
granted Lynch and McDowell
was again respited until
October 20, and pending
Lynch's second trial a respite
was granted until Friday
November 2.
The last hanging in Butts
county was on September 24,
1915, when Joe Persons, a
negro boy, was executed for
assault.
Bill Turner was hanged
December 14, 1911, for the
murder of Jesse Singley.
At a special term of Butts
superior court on October 29,
Flem Lynch was convicted of
the murder of Mr. Pittman and
was sentenced to be hanged on
November 23. - Jackson
Progress-Argus, November 9,
1923.
SANTA
LETTERS
Dear Old Santa:
Please bring me a cap
buster and plenty of caps and
a lot of apples and oranges
and candy, nuts, raisins and
just any thing good to eat.
Bring little sister a little gold
ring, she is too little to write
and I will write for her. I
would like to have a bicycle if
you have any.
I am goint to school and am
in the second grade. I am
nearly eight years old and
help papa all I can.
Your little friend.
Robert Lee Flynt.
Butts Cos. Progress.
Dec . 22.1912
From ct Great American Loan Association
b\ permission o* HU' BFITM.-WN • • Y:
1807: The humble boat that tames the wild my?>
We have one eye on the commercial war between
Napoleon and Great Britain. And another on making
our own way in the world. We have the talent. The
Yankee ingenuity. And a crew of bright men who've put
themselves to the task of solving one of our bigge-a
problems: commercial river traffic. One of then: is
Robert Fulton. We can't give him credit for inventing
the steamboat. But he does develop the first successful
one. She's no beauty, his Clermont. Not much more than
a barge with paddle-wheels. We laugh at her fron the
riverbank in New York. Call her Fulton's Folly But
she churns into the Hudson, aims for Albany, and 0 is
sailing sloops by about five days. Now, thanks * '"l ot :
Fulton, our West can use our rivers to get to the ;
GRIFFIN FEDERAL
SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATION
Jackson, Ga. Griffin, Ga.
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OLD MILL - This shot of Indian Springs Old Mill,
destroyed some 20-to-25 years ago as the highway was
widened, is used courtesy of Russell Price. For vears.
water ground meal was milled here and the f .hiding was
perhaps the most photographed in Georgia f■„ so
years of this century.