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BUIIS COUNT! PROGRESS
Published Every Frkby.
J. DOYLE JONES. Editor and Pah.
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Telephone No. 166.
Communications ar* welcomed. Cor
respondents will r'ense confine them
selves to ?00 toms, a* communications
aver that length cannot he handled.
W rite on one side of the paper only,
sign your name, not for publication,
but as an evidence of good faith.
Pay up. Then shop -early.
Sure. Let's have a pip club.
The tax man is hollering for
recognition.
Congress will soon be up to its
old tricks again.
We will now get an introduc
tion to the war tax.
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How about that holiday adver
tising, Mr. Business Man?
Butts county has some fine live
stock but needs a lot more.
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This is hog-killing time in old I
Georgia and all’s well with the
world.
Don’t stop pulling for a wheat
mill for Jackson. The county j
needs it
The poor and unemployed in
our own country need help. Let
charity begin at home.
The Corn Show’ in Atlanta this
week is a great gathering. And
Butts county is right at the top.
The Progress will again publish
Santa Claus letters for the little
folks, but the letters must be re
ceived early in the week.
In his four years as governor
Blease has pardoned more than a
thousand felons serving time in
the South Carolina penitentiary.
What a record of shame!
War time conditions do not
hurt the average citizen who has
to be careful of his expenditures
at all times, so much. A lot of
frills have been knocked out of
the high flyers, however.
As time goes by the people of
the South are adjusting them
selves to changed conditions.
After another year of economical
living and diversified farming the
war will have no horrors for the
recuperative South.
If anybody has homes to offer
why not give the poor of our own
country a chance before import
ing the Belgians? “Georgia for
Georgians” is a mighty good
motto to tie to —land sharks and
speculators to the contrary not
withstanding.
Announcement that Messrs.
W. T. and P. T. Anderson have
bought The Macon Telegraph will
be of interest in newspaper cir
cles. They are experienced in
the work and will keep The Tele-
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graph up to a high standard.
THE CREED OF THE
COUNTRY
Rurx.! life is coming into its
own and country life is begmring
to be appreciated again after sev
eral decades of disfavor and neg
lect. The following creed which
is adopted as the slogan of va
rious boys* and girls* clubs
throughout the rural sections of
the United States, shows that
the thought life of the country is
being directed into its natural
channels:
“I believe that the country
which God made is more beauti
ful than the city which man made:
that life out of doors and in touch
with the earth is the natural life
of man. I believe that work is
work wherever I find it. but that
work with nature is more inspir
ing than work with the most in
tricate machinery. I believe that
the dignity of labor depends not
only upon what you do. but upon
how you do it; that opportunity,
comes to a boy on the farm as of-!
ten as to a boy in the city, and
that life is larger and freer and
happier on the farm than in the
town.’’—Exchange.
LET US PRAY
A preacher at the close of one
of his sermons, said: “Let all
those in the house who are pay
ing their debts stand up. ” Pres
ently every man, woman and
child with one exception rose to
their feet.
The preacher seated them and
said: “Now every man not pay
ing their debts stand up.” The
exception, a care-worn, hungry
looking individual, clothed in his
last summer’s suit, slowly as
sumed a perpendicular position.
“How is it, my friend,” asked
the minister, “you are the only
man not able to meet your obli
gations?”
“I run a newspaper.” he an
swered meekly. “and the breth
ren who stood up are my sub
scribers, and—” “Let us pray,”
exclaimed the preacher.—Ex.
Against the Crossing of Breeds
The crossing of the breeds is
one of the chief hindrances to the
improvement of our live stock. It
is a mistake to mix animals of
similar breeds and can lead to no
betterment and the type will re
main the same, or nearly so. It
is even more improper to mix an
imals of distinctly different types.
An occasional good animal may
be produced, but it is wasteful
experimentation.
There are really enough breeds,
and too many of some animals.
Yet there are a great number of
farmers who mix and cross their
breeds with a recklessness that
is ridiculous. Cows, horses, poul
try, sheep and hogs are crossed
until no one can recognize any
one breed characteristic. Too
many farmers want something
different in live stock, just as
they want a different make of au
tomobile. —Breeder’s Gazette.
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 ootn men and
women. Regulate* bladder trouble* 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 jerfecta
cure. Send for testimonial* from this
and other states. J>r. K. W. Hall, 202 ft
Olive Street, Ht. I/mis, Mo. Hold by
druggists.
Co-Operation in Dairying
I have had a good opportunity
to observe the grand results of
co-operation, as my husband was
manager of a co-operative cream
ery in Denmark for years.
Some 30 years ago Denmark
faced a situation similar to that
the South does today. As the
Southern farmer mainly depends
on his cotton crop, so did the
Danish farmer defiend on his crop
of grain: but when America be
gan to export corn to Europe,
little Denmark lost out in the
competition. The soil was im
poverished by the constant grow
ing of grain, and there were no
other natural resources for indus
try.
In this time of distress the idea
of co-operation—already tried for
years in Great Britain in the form
of co-operative stores —occurred
to some clear-sighted men, as
their very salvation.
Asa natural result of the fail
ing grain market, the farmers
turned to dairying, each one mak
ing the best possible out of his
own little business; but when the
idea of co-operation in dairying
was agitated among the farmers,
they began to see that unity gives
strength, and some of them took
courage to try.
In 1882 the first co-operative
creamery was opened, and today
there are nearly 1,200 handling
the milk of at least 1,000,000 cows
Now could not we take up that
idea of co-operation in dairying?
In the Northern states it has
proved a success. More cattle
will enrich our soil, the produc
tion of butter and pork will give
money all the year round. We
know there is no risk in produ
cing butter and pork, as those ar
ticles are always in demand.
Of course, it takes time to build
up a dairy business; most f the
farmers keep only one" or two
cows, but if they knew how prof
itable it is, they would make ev
ery effort to increase their stock
as quickly as possible, and work
together in building up their
homes and their economic inde
pendence.—The Progressive Far
mer. /
Deafness Cannot Be Cured
by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deafness,
and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness Is caused by an inflamed condi
tion of the mucous lining: of the Eusta
chian Tube. When this tube is inflamed
you have a rumbling sound or imperfect
hearing, and when it is entirely closed,
Deafness is the result, and unless the In
flammation can be taken out and this
tube restored to its normal condition,
hearing will be destroyed forever: nine
cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh,
which is nothing but an inflamed condi
tion of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One HnndreO Dollars for any esae of
Deafneu (canted by catarrh) that cannot be eared by
Hall*■ Catarrh Care. Send for circulars free.
r. J. cn*N*Y, * CO , Toledo, Ohio.
Bold by Druggliu, 7ic.
Taka Hall's raaaily Pills for ooastlpsUon.
Old Walking Stick
Shown at The Fair
Among the interesting relics
shown at the recent county fair
was a walking stick, owned by
Mr. J. M. McMichael. which was
cut near where Lee surrendered
at Appomattox in 1865. The cane
was cut by J. McCune McMichael.
a member of Cos. I, 14th Georgia
regiment, and carved by Mr. W
W. Bailey. The relic is highly
prized by Mr. McMichael who
would not part with it on account
of its historic association!!.
FOR SALE
A good mare for sale, perfectly
safe for woman or child to drive
and will stand without birching,
or I will exchange for good mule;
also good milk cow*; iron safe
and sod* fount, Apply to
12-5-It it. W. Mav*.
TO .
OUR
CUSTOMERS
On accounts due us we will take
Wheat, Corn, Oats, Cotton Seed,
Baled Hay, Peas, Hogs, Cows, etc.,
at market prices. If you haven’t the
cash bring us your produce and we
will credit your. account. We
our customers will take advantage of
this opportunity to settle what they
owe us.
This offer is good until further
notice.
SLATON DRUG CO.
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in Caskets and Robes
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Money to Loan
On Cotton, Farm Lands and Gity Property
AT LEGAL RATE. EASY TERMS.
s. H. EISEMAN.
Sec me at J. Are niton's, Darkness Building.
The Man Who Knows How
to put an auto in shape “is not nu
merous” but there are plenty who
claim to have the ability. Expert,
practical mechanical knowledge is
absolutely necessary, and it takes
time to acquire the necessary skill.
We make a specialty of Automobile
repairs of all kinds, and also keep a
full line of the “right kind” of sup
plies, on which you may depend.
Wagner’s Garage.