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THE PROGRESS VAN WILHITE, ’EDITOR AND PUBLISHER. ii. " -i -A " ' Ab-othf-m i 9l 1 'aftiJv .Subscription $i oo Per Yr. Advertising Kates Furnished On Application. Published ewrv Cburstov. Eut*r*‘tl ai Hueoml-clfW* matter, Novem- Vsr 8, 11107, at tl\e |ioiitolHi:e at .Jackaon, (ia. wider art of Congress of March 3, 1879. ■ -- TELEPHONE NUMBER 166 CLOSE DOORS AT 6 P. M. The merchants of the city of Jackson deserve praise for tjaeir established custom of closing their doors at 6 o’clock each after noon. The clerks are entitled to the rest and recreation which xuch a custom permits and, be sides, long experience in Jackson and elsewhere under similar con conditions, will prove that the goods sold with doors closing at 6p. m. will equal the sales of longer hours. All the merchants of Flovilla, it is said, are being forced to hold their doors open until later in the evening on account of the refusal of only one merchant to close at 6 o’clock, which seems rather hard on the Flovilla mer chants and clerks. Besides the fact that the sales would, in the long run, be practi cally the same in either case, it would seem that a few simple and sober thoughts would con vince any man in either Jackson or Flovilla that the proper thing to db is to close not later than '6 o’clock, especially at this sea json of the year. And then the few pennies which might or might not be gained from such extreme patience will not equal the gain in many other ways which are attendant upon shorter hours. No man lives to himself. We are all related. We are all pull ing together and let us have no b:ilky horses, to make the load heavier for others. Twelve hours in a store during such weather as the present ought to be enough to fill the financial craw of any man. . AN EDITOR’S APOLOGY \v'e apologize for all mistakes made in this and all former issues of The Banner, and will admit that they were inexcusable, as all an editor has to do is to hunt news and clean the rollers and set type, sweep the door and write short items, and fold papers and ad dress wrappers and make the paste and mail papers, and talk to visitors, distribute typKand bring water and saw wood, read the proofs, hunt the scissors to write editorials, and dodge the bills and dun delinquents and tike cussings from the whole force and tell our subscribers we must have money—we say that we’ve no business to make mis takes while attending to these little matters while attending to these little matters and getting our living on gopher tail soup, .flavored with imagination, and Rearing old shoes, and no collar, patches on the bosom of our pints and obliged to turn a smiling countenance to the man TO STUDY FORESTS An important step in the general movement to bring many of the rich stands of timber in the South under a scientific plan of forest management is the offer made by the sc oo o forestry of the University of Georgia at Athens, Ga., to iumis timber owners experts who will examine and report upon any of the forests in the state. . • The object of the offer is to collect information m regard to the forest resources of the state, to spread a knowledge of forestry and to improve forest conditions. The forest school will furnish the experts free and the only expense which will be borne by the forest owner will be paid for the traveling and subsistence expenses of the expert while making the examina tion. In cases where several owners of the same locality apply the expenses will be prorated. Whfcn applications for examination are made, the owners have been asked to give their names and post office addresses, location of tract, area of tract, character of forest as shown by the kinds of trees growing on the land, the condition oi the for est, whether mature, original or second growth, whether the land has been burned or cut over, and the wishes of theuwner regarding the use of the land. who tells us that the Little Old Banner”is not worth a d—n any how, and that he could get up better paper with one eye shut. —Exchange. A HOME-MADE REFRIGEATOR Take two large boxes the sec ond one somewhat smaller on all sides, and bore two one-inch holes in each correspondingly, to give drainage and ventilation. Fill up the bottom of the larger box with powdered charcoal ( or sawdust, if charcoal cannot be procured) until the smaller box will stand on a level with the top of the larger box. Put in the in ner box in place, and fill up all the space around the sides with the charcoal. Fasten lids on both boxes to fit tightly. On each side of the inner box, by means of cleats, put several shelves, leav ing a space in the center for the ice. A rack made of lathing may be laid at the bottom, for the ice to rest upon. Legs may be added also, and the drainage and ven tilation in this way be improved. This is a -rough refrigerator, to be sure, but one that has been successfully used in our home for years. Woman’s Home Com panion. SCHOOL CATALOGUE BEING PRINTEO BY THE PROGRESS The job department of The Progress is at present engaged in the publication of a handsome catalogue for the Jackson Public Schools. Prof. Lanier has given much time and energy in the prepara tion of its contents and has presented the copy to The Pro gress to be done up in splendid style, which, of course, The Pro gress force will do. The catalogue will contain all the usual catalogue information, and in contents as well as typog raphy, will present a strong ap peal for the interests of our schools. B. Y. P? U. ENTERTAINMENT The members of the B. Y. P. U.’s were entertained delight fully Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs. F. S. Etheridge. The chief mode of entertaining was a “Dictionary Girl” contest, which was unique and most in teresting. The song, by Miss Sarah Davis, of Quincy, Fla., was sweet and highly appreciated. Music was furnished by Misses Ezra Morri son and Sallie Mae Fletcher. The reading by Misses Ham and Stanfield were greatly en joyed. At a late hour ices and cakes were served. JACKSON TAKES GAMES FROM M’DONOUGH AND FLOVILLA BY ERNEST HANES Jackson defeated McDonough on the latter’s home ground Tuesday afternoon in a very fast p.me, by a score of 5 to 4. Both teams played fast snappy ball and were up and at each other from the jump. The features of the game were the pitching of Maddox, who al lowed McDonough only two hits and the fast fielding of Walker for- McDonough. Jaekson won in the last half of the ninth by a garrison finish. With the score 4 to 3 against them, Nutt, the first man up for Jackson, reached first on an er ror and stole second. Etheridge singled scoring Nutt and taking second on the play. Hanes hit for one bag, advancing Ether idge to third and going to second on the throw in. Edwards hit for two bags, scoring Etheridge and ending the game. Batteries Jackson, Maddox and Thurston. McDonough — Combs and Campbell. Umpire— Sloan. Jackson, 12; Flovilla, 4 Jackson defeated Flovilla Sat uiday afternoon in a one sided game by the score of 12 to 4. The locals had a cinch from the start and the game was never in doubt. Batteries Jackson, Finley, Maddox, Thurston and Nutt. Flovilla, Smith and Lee, Um pire-Mallet. Call Central —she knows the right number. UNIVERSITY SUMMERSCHOOL OPENS AT ATHENS JUNE 29 The University Summer School for Teachers, at Athens Ga., opens June 29 with an address by Chancellor Barrow. The follow ing is a partial program of gen eral lectures: Ist week, Pres. Soule, Agricul ture. 2nd week Prof. Schmucker Nature Study. 3rd week, Dr. Hully, General lectures. 4th week, Mr. Reed and Miss Evelyn Lewis, Readers. sth week, Com missioner Pound and others, in cluding some humorist. The school also offers a very able faculty and excellent courses for teachers. Everything points to a large attendance. The railroads have granted reduced rates on sale June 27, 28, 29: July 4,6, 11 and 18. TANARUS, J. Woofter, Supt. m How about that cream order for entertainments or for dinner dessert? Ring 10 and get “the best” and delivered promtly too. Jamerson Drug Cos. ’ SPRING is here with all her grandeur. Winter has shed her garment of dead foliage, and donned her new dress of green. Don’t you want to shake off that “Old Tired Feeling” and put on new life and vigor? If so, come and get a bottle of our Sarsaparilla Spring Tonic and we guarantee you will be pleased with the result. Call for JAMERSON’S SARSAPARILLA THAT’S IT. Tamerson drug CO. GO TO Middle Georgia Lumber and Man’g Go. H. F. GILMORE, Manager For All Kinds of Building Materials FOR GOOD WORK AND LOW PRICES Flooring, 95c per hundred; No. 2 Shingles, $1.65 per thousand and No. 1 Shingles at $3 75 We make all kinds of Sash, Doors, Blinds, Screens, all kinds of mouldings, brackets, baluster, etc. All kinds of turned and sawed work. See us when you want any building material. Straw Hats 50 per cent off We have closed a deal with one of the hat houses in the United States for a big lot of straws at 50 Cents in the dollar —prices ranging from 19 cents to $15.00. \ Panamas! Panamas! The chance of your life to get a genuine Panama at about half price. THE B. L. ALLEN THING GO. FLOVILLA, GA. Tybee by the Sea GEORGIA’S GREATEST SEASIDE RESORT Offers the greatest attractions for a Summer Outing, Fishing, Boating Dancing, Surf Bathing, Skating Bowling, and many other forms of amusements HOTEL TYBEE Under new management, has been thoroughly over hauled and refurnished and is new throughout Splendid orchestra, Fine Artesian Water Fresh Fish and other Sea Food. STUBBS & KEEN, Proprietors Also The New Pulaski, savannah