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Voices Out of the Past
Real Dry
A Florida paper in speak
ing of the dry weather says:
“It is so dry here that the
wagons are going around
with their tongues out. Ice
has to be soaked in water all
night before it is wet enough
to make lemonade. The
catfish kick up so much dust
in the bed of the river that the
bed of the river has to be
sprinkled before you can go
fishing. A spark from an
engine set fire to a pond and
burned up a lot of bullfrogs
before the fire could be
extinguished, and the ground
is so dry and hard that
crawfish holes in low places
are being pulled up and used
for gas pipes.”—Butts Coun
ty Progress, July 12, 1912.
Cut When Bottle Explodes
While standing watching
h the bottler in the plant of the
Jackson Coca-Cola Bottling
Cos., Fred Copeland received
a painful cut on the right arm
when he was hit by a piece of
glass from a bursting bottle
on Wednesday morning. An
artery was severed and the
cut bled profusely.—Butts
County Progress, August 9,
1912.
Turner and Nutt
Enter Drug Business
Announcement is made
this week of the purchase of
the Thaxton Drug Company
by J. H. Turner and T. A.
Nutt. They will conduct the
business under the name of
the Owl Pharmacy.
This business change will
be of interest to a large
number of friends of the
parties in the deal. Messrs.
Turner and Nutt are among
the most prominent and
popular young business men
of Jackson and they should
thave a gratifying measure of
success in this venture.
Mr. Turner is a graduate
pharmacist and before com
ing to Jackson was in the
drug business in Winder. Mr.
Nutt is the manager of the
Jackson Oil Mill.
Dr. G. C. Thaxton has been
in the drug business here for
the past two or three years
and has made many friends
who will be interested in his
plans for the future.
The change becomes effec
tive at once and the new
management offers five
dollars to the lady suggesting
the most appropriate name
for the store.—Butts County
Progress, October 11, 1912.
Night Blooming Cereus
With Just 27 Blooms
Mrs. A. B. Harp, Jackson’s
popular and efficient post
master, who has a love for
flowers, her collection being
noted throughout this sec
tion, has a night blooming
cereus which had 27 blooms
on Sunday night. The
spectacle was one rarely
seen here and those who saw
the flower in bloom declare it
was one of the most beautiful
things they ever saw. Once
before this year this same
plant had 18 blooms all open
at the same time—Butts
County Progress, Oct. 18,
1912.
An Editor Who Told
The Truth
A Missouri editor an
nounced that just for one
issue he would tell the truth.
Here are a few items from
that issue:
John Boone, the laziest
merchant in town, made a
trip to Bellville yesterday
and came back loaded with
bad whiskey.
John Doyle, our grocery
man, is doing a poor
business. His store is dirty
and dusty. He never adver
tises. How can he expect to
do much?
Rev. S. Styx preached
Sunday on charity. The
sermon was punk. If the
reverend gentleman would
live up a little closer to what
he preaches, he’d have
larger congregations.
Dave Sankey died at his
home at this place last
Sunday. The doctor gave out
as cause “heart failure.” His
home was a rented shack on
Rowdy Street.
Married—Miss Myra
Rhodes and James Cana
ham, Sunday evening at the
Baptist parsonage. The bride
is a very ordinary town girl,
who doesn’t know any more
about cooking than a rabbit,
and never helped her mother
three days in her life. She has
a gait like a fat duck. The
groom is a well known up to
date loafer. He has been
living on his old folks all his
life and doesn’t amount to
shucks. They will have a
hard time together and the
Times has no congratulations
to offer, for we don’t believe
any good can come of this
union.
Died—Simon Caiman,
aged 36 years, 6 months and
13 days. Deceased was an
ill-mannered man with an
eye for the bottle. He came
here in the night with another
man’s wife and joined the
church at first chance. He
owes us several dollars for
the paper, large bills to the
grocers and butchers, and
you could hear him pray for
six blocks. He died singing,
“Jesus Paid It All,” and we
think he is right, as he never
paid anything himself. He
was buried in an asbestos
lined coffin, and his friends
threw palm leaf fans in the
grave, as he may need them.
His tombstone will be a
resting place for hoot
owls.—Butts County Pro
gress, December 6, 1912.
Plow Handles Goes Possum
Hunting and Fishing
On last Friday evening, I
took my possum dog and
went down to Gus Lavenders
and took an old-fashioned
possum hunt. We went down
the river where its water
rush over the rocks as in the
days of yore, and stood by the
old beech tree where I carved
my name on it 35 years ago
and the roar of the old river
brought back to memory the
happy days of my boyhood.
Up the branch we heard the
bark of our faithful dog and I
knew then he had sniffed the
nocturnal traveler. Gus has a
fine dog and it wasn’t long
before they had treed. It was
a six pounder and we didn’t
go far before we sacked
another the same size. There
is nothing more animating
than to hunt with a congenial
friend and to hear good dogs
sit to a tree just as the
crescent moon is dipping her
wings into the unknown.
The next morning after
partaking of a breakfast of
sausage and spareribs, we
were joined by Evan Smith.
We went to the river and
pulled some fine carp. To pull
out a five pound carp makes
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a man feel like he had a
fritter wrapped all around
him and a pretty girl pouring
molasses on it.
So if you want to get
something out of life just get
out among your friends and
you will find it. Plow
Handles.—Butts Cos. Pro
gress, Dec. 20, 1912.
Who Is a Gentleman?
Here is a pretty good
off-hand definition of a
gentleman. Can you improve
it? If so, try your hand. The
New York Sun declares a
gentleman to be:
“A man that’s clean inside
and out, who neither looks up
to the rich nor down on the
poor; who can lose without
squealing and win without
bragging; who is considerate
of women, children and old
people; who is too brave to
lie, too generous to cheat and
who takes his share of the
world and lets other people
have theirs.”—Butts Cos.
Progress, Dec. 20, 1912.
Letters to Santa Claus
Dear Santa: Please bring
me an Indian Suit, sparklers,
fire crackers, candy in a box
and a doll. Mary Kate Merck.
Dear Santa: I want you to
bring me a bicycle, a doll,
knife and some fruits.
Marion Bailey.
Dear Santa: I am a little
boy five years old and I love
you a bushel and a peck and
just before Christmas am as
good as I can be. So please
bring me a sword and war
gun, so I can play war, and a
drum, train and track, horn
and a picture book, apples,
oranges, candies and nuts.
Also, a toy flying machine
and capbuster and caps. T.
Edward Johnson—Butts
County Progress, December
13, 1912.
Tax Tips
An estimated 67.8 million
people paid about $32.3
billion more than they had to
on their income taxes in 1975.
One way to stay out of such
statistics is to take all the
deductions you’re entitled to
and can prove.
WE LL PAY YOU
TO DO WHAT YOU
WANT TO DO.
The Army Reserve has. over 200
modern job-training courses. If you
qualify, you can learn anew skill,
get paid while you learn, and come
back to a part-time job with excellent
pay and benefits. See what jobs are
available at your Army Reserve unit.
ffIEREURY RESERVE.
PART OF WHAT YOU EARN
IS PRIDE.
Booklet Tells
How To Keep
Food Safe
You’ve been up half the
night with an upset stomach.
Your head feels as if it’s
going to burst and you ache
all over. You figure you’ve
picked up the flu, right?
Maybe. But maybe not. A
lot of people do get the flu.
But a lot of people who think
they have the flu are really
suffering from a mild case of
food poisoning.
Anew pamphlet from the
Department of Agriculture,
Food Safety for the Family,
tells how you can prevent
food poisoning. The pamphlet
is available free, just by
sending a postcard to the
Consumer Information Cen
ter, Dept. 678 E, Pueblo,
Colorado 81009.
Most germs that cause food
poisoning are killed when you
boil, broil or roast foods. But
if you leave food at room
temperature for 2 hours or
longer after cooking, some
germs can produce poisons
that are not destroyed by
heating. So don’t leave food
out, and be sure to keep food
hot until served and refriger
ate leftovers at once.
Germs can’t multiply very
fast at cold temperatures. At
40 degrees F. or below, meat,
poultry, eggs, milk, cheese,
and other perishables can be
stored safely. If you thaw
frozen foods, do it in the
refrigerator. If you have to
thaw them outside the
refrigerator, put them in
a sealed plastic bag under
cold running water; or put
them in a closed double
paper bag without use of
water. This way the products
will get warm enough to thaw
and stay cool enough to slow
down germ growth.
Every kitchen has some
germs. So in order to keep
utensils, countertops, hands
and food clean, you're going
to have to keep washing
things off. Don't handle food
if you have infected cuts and
sores.
Germs can spread from
raw meat to cooked meat.
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3 Trouble for
Robert E. Lee
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5 Tied the
knot again
ACROSS
1 Astringent
5 Frost
covered
10 Proofreading
direction
11 Appoint
again
12 Novelist
actress
Angelou
13 Bestir
14 Written
letter
15 Woman
personified
16 Silkworm
17 Cuddled up
19 Suffix for
lever
20 Tiny finch
6 Once life
time (2 wds.)
7 Rave about
(4 wds.)
8 Appear
9 St. Peter
was one
11 “Nevermore”
bird
15 “Essays
of-”
21 Southwest
wind
22 Bering or
Caspian
23 Colleen’s
“indeed”
24 Job
26 Luster
28 Persian or
Oriental
29 Gratified
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32 Gaelic
John
33 pro
nobis
34 Lamented
36 Small
salamander
37 Over
decorative
38 Nota -
39 Abounding
in rodents
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Suppose you carry raw
hamburgers to the grill on a
plate, then use the same
plate to carry cooked
hamburgers back to the
table? The result could be
germs on your cooked
burgers.
Hundreds of kinds of germs
or bacteria can cause food
poisoning. A whole group,
called Salmonella, come
from pet dogs, cats, birds,
and turtles. They come into
your home with raw meat,
poultry, eggs and other dairy
products.
So remember, follow these
three rules: Keep food HOT.
Keep food COLD, (Never
leave food at room tempera
ture more than tw-o hours)
Keep food CLEAN, and you
can keep your family safe
from nearly all food poison
ing.
Food Safety for the Family
free) is just one of more
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1977
Answer
To Today’s
Puzzle on
Back Page
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travel
21 Venezuela
copper
center
23 Scandina
vian
measure
24 Earth
movement
than 200 selected federal
consumer publications listed
in the Fall edition of the
Consumer Information Cata
log. The Catalog is published
quarterly by the Consumer
Information Center of the
General Services Adminis
tration. You can get a free
copy by sending a postcard to
the Consumer Information
Center, Pueblo. Colorado
81009.
Oldest City
Gaziantep, Turkey is
probably the oldest city in
the world—it dates back to
3650 B.C.
GAS TECHNICIAN—James Bevil of Griffin is one of the Atlanta Gas Light
servicemen surveying gas appliances and equipment in Jackson. He’s shown
here near the temporary Georgia Natural Gas Company office at the Heart of
Jackson Motel.
We’re Glad To Be In Jackson
Georgia Natural Gas is happy to have the opportunity to
serve the City of Jackson, and we welcome you as
customers of Atlanta Gas Light Company, parent company
of Georgia Natural Gas. We look forward to serving you
beginning October 1, 1977.
Before October 1, you will probably notice our trucks
and personnel in the City making surveys and studies of the
gas system. Also, during August and September one of our
representatives will come to your homes and businesses to
survey your gas uses. If at the time of this call you are not
available, we will appreciate you giving us a call at 775-4138.
Personnel of the company may be identified by their
uniforms with name and symbol on their shirts. You may
also ask these people to show their Identification Card with
Photo for further identification.
Our temporary office is located in the Heart of Jackson
Motel until arrangements for a permanent office can be
made.
A
Ww Georgia Natural Gas Company
775-4138
Completely cook poultry at one time. Never partially cook,
then store and finish cooking at a later date.
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WANT ADS
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26 Open space
27 Tranquil
29 Devoutness
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fashionable
35 Baseball
league
(abbr.)
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30 E. Main Street
Hampton, Ga.
946-9148
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