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BU IS COINTV PROGRESS j Published Every Friday. J. DOYLE JONES, Editor and Pub. Subscription $1 a Year Kntcrt'd a* second-clan* matter, Nuveiu **r H, lUO7, at tli**. postottb eat Jackon. Oa. Telephone No. 166. Communications aro welcomed. Cor respondents will nlcasc confine them selves to WO words, as communications over that length cannot be handled. Write on one side of the paper only, sign your name, not for publication, but as an evidence of good faith. Here's to the winners. Smile, d—n vou, smile. Everybody is glad it's over. Now get busy and forget it. Brace up and smile—you’ll sur vive it all. Lest you forget it boost that county fair. Be on hand for that mass meet ing Saturday. Don’t let the election give you a grouch —smile. The voters were very much in evidence Wednesday. Let’s have more business and less politics in the future. The war will now come in for its full share of attention. Now forget all the hard things said during the campaign. The voters put them one to a hill with their little ballots. At any rate it was not as hot as some campaings we’ve seen. Many a political expert has an other guess coming in the sober gray dawn of the morning after. Don’t forget the mass meeting of farmers and business men on Saturday afternoon to discuss the cotton situation. They can’t find a name to suit the war in Europe. Why not ac cept old Bill Sherman’s definition and let it go at that? Spalding county also spends more than its income. The fig ures for 1913 being $35,394.35 to tal receipts against $49,874.80 to tal disbursements. A TEXAS WONDER. The Texas Wonder cures kidney and bladder troubles, dissolves gravel, cures diabetes, weak and lame backs, rheumatism, and all irregularities of the kidneys and bladder in both men and women. Regulates bladder troubles in children. If not sold by your druggist will be sent by mail on receipt of SI.OO One small bottle is two months’ treat ment, and seldom ever fails to perfect a cure. Send for testimonials from this and other states. I)r. E. W. Hall, 2920 Olive Street, St. Louis, Mo. Sold by druggists. Whenever You Need a General Tonic Take Grove's The Old Standard Grove’* Tasteless chill Tonic is equally valuable as a General Tonic because it contains the well known tonic properties of QUININE and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and Builds up the Whole System. SO cents. Rather sell my goods than move them. Taylor. HON. J. WALTER WISE Mr. Wise was nominated for Congress from the Sixth District Wednesday without opposition. His friends predict he will make a brilliant rep resentative in the National Congress. FARMERS INSTITUTE WAS 6REAT THING FOR COUNTY Editor Progress:—Last Friday, August 7, we attended the Farm ers Field Meeting at Mallets Spring, and not only enjoyed the day from a social standpoint, but came away feeling that we had been benefited in many ways. With the hope that it may be of interest to some who did not have the pleasure of attending this meeting we would like to give a few impressions that we gained from the day’s exercises. First the social features: There was a crowd of several hundred present from Butts mainly and a few from adjoining counties, including many farmers and their families, the members of the Boys Corn club, the Girls Canning club and a number of business and professional men from Jackson. The weather during the forenoon was ideal, being somewhat cloudy and cool enough to be pleasant. No more suitable place could have been selected for the meeting. The shady grove, the big spring of sparkling water, the number of sheds and buildings with veran das to which the people could re tire when a shower came up, made the surrounding all that could be desired. Then in addi tion to all that Mr. George Mallet, the generous and thoughtful host of the occasion, had provided seats for the people, tables upon which to spread their luncheon and left nothing undone that would enhance the enjoyment of the day. We would like to say here that we Butts county people have many things to be proud of, not the least of which by any means, is the fact that we have men like big hearted George Mallet, who is not only doing his county a good service in setting the pace in better methods in farming and stock raising, but is ever ready to lend a helping hand to any movement that is for the uplift and betterment of the people. The first feature of the pro- gram was an address by Prof. Lowery of the State Colloge of Agriculture, on soil fertility. He made a good plain, common sense talk on the many practical ways in which we could conserve and build up the fertility of our soils. An interesting feature of his ad dress was the display on explan ation of soil survey maps of sev eral counties of the state show ing the amount of phosporic acid, potash and nitrogen per acre, etc. Prof. Lowery held the close attention of the crowd throughout his address and was followed by Dr. Bradford head of the Boys Corn clubs of Geor gia. Of course the doctor made an interesting and instructive talk interspersed, with lively hu mor which caught and held the attention, not only of the boys, but of every one present. The main drift of his talk was along the same line of Prof. Lowery’s, building up and preserving the soil and increasing the fertilty by adding humus, etc. One sig nificant fact the doctor brought out was that the yield of corn per acre in Butts had increased from an average of 9 bushels in 1909 to 16 bushels in 1913. Following Dr. Bradford came the crowning feature of the day, the address of Miss Dowdle, of Rome, who is at the head of the Girls Canning club department, Miss Dowdle startled her hearers and caught their attention from the very first when she arose and declared that the worst imposed upon person in America today is the woman on the farm. And as she was talking mainly to an audience of farmers, we all real the truth of her words as she depicted the burdensome and in convenient condition under which the majority of the women on the farms have to do their work. Even in many instances in the homes of the well-to-do farmers her burdens are made unnecessa rily hard and monotonous by the unthoughtedness of the men of family in providing the most sim ple and inexpensive conveniences to lighten her burden. None but KEEP KOOL These hot days by refresh ing yourself at Slaton’s foun tain, where the be St of every thing to drink is served. Sparkling, invigorating, ex hilarating, refreshing cold drinks served by those who know how to mix them. Kennctt’s Ice Cream The problem of entertaining will be solved if you will give your orders to Slaton for Ice Cream. Phone orders promp ly filled. SLATON DRUG CO. he Store Undertakers and Embalmers Oldest and Most Efficient Undertakers in this Section Expert Licensed Embalmers Our Undertaking Parlors Modernly Equipped to Furnish the Best of Selections in Gaskets and Robes The J. S. Johnson Company Day Phone 121 Night Phone 84 a man with a stone heart could haye been unmoved by her ap peal for a square deal for her fellow-women on the farm. Next came the noon hour with a generous spread of a basket dinner with fruits, melons, etc., which was enjoyed by all. An interesting feature of the after noon was the cattle dipping. It was regretted that rain interfer ed with the canning demonstra tion of Miss Dowdle and Miss Waldrop. Although this has been a discouraging year on the Girls Canning club work, yet the good women are blazing anew way of opportunities and possibilities for their sex and their efforts ought to meet with hearty co-operation and encouragement. In a recent trip over a portion of our county we were surprised to see the quantity of fine peach es rotting on the ground, as well as other fruits and vegetables go ing to waste, which ought to be canned or preserved in some way for other use. In conclusion we wish to call attention to the fact that the peo ple of our county are rapidly waking up to the possibilities of the progressive and up-to-date methods of farming. And right here we would like to say that from recent extended observa tion and discussion with the peo ple of our county we believe that Mr. Worsham, our county Dem- onstrator, has done some good work this year. As we all know Mr. Worsham started late and being a stranger among us he was at considerable disadvantage in his work this year, but we find that he is in close touch with the people and many are showing an increased interest in better farm ing. The best feature of his work as we see it is that he is reaching the class of people that need hel ping the most. m Farmer.