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BUIS COUNTY PROGRESS Published Every Friday. J. DOYLE JONES, Editor and Pub. Subscription $1 a Year, Entered as srond-clau matter, Novena •*®r 8,1907, at the postoffice at Jackson, Ga. Telephone No. 166. Communications are velcomed. Cor respondents will please confine them selves to 300 words, as communications aver 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 Write on one side of the paper only, sign your name, not for publication, but as an evidence of good faith. Official Organ Butts County And the City of Jackson. Swat the first fly you see. There is still time to clean up your premises. Why not the Dixie highway through Butts county? Did you clean up and paint up your premises this week? The ideal spring poet is the one who can keep it to himself. Blease has dropped out of the front page and out of sight You owe it to the community to patronize home enterprises. No, girls, the “paipt up” cam paign hasn’t reference to your cheeks. The weather man made a con siderable number of friends at Easter. England is likely to get prohi bition before they have it in Ma con and Savannah. The season is near at hand when the conventions will begin to convene and the red bugs to bite. Just about all the meanness, •ussedness and wickedness in the country is blamed on the Euro pean war. Since all of the agitation for more hogs, bigger hogs and bet ter hogs, don’t forget that the hen is still a mortgage lifter. Reassuring news having come from the peach crop we are now watchfully waiting for a bulletin from the blackberry orchards. There having been a lot of farming on paper throughout the fall and winter the farmers will now proceed to get busy at the, real article. Nearly all the papers had fine, self-satisfying editorials on Eas ter but the really expressive En glish will come when father gets! the Easter bills. ; The young and gallant editor of The Monroe Advertiser went through the Easter season un scathed but still has to run the gauntlet of Bessie Tift commence ment. Saul, the Son of Kish Three bright smart-Alecky young chaps were walking along the street one mqrning whey met an aged, decrepit minister with long hair and beard. Desiring to poke fun at the old gentleman, the first one called out: ‘‘Hello, Father Abraham!” The second one said, ‘‘Hello, Father* Isaac!” The third said, ‘‘Hello, Father Jacob!” The minister quietly replied: “I am neither Abra ham, nor Isaac, nor Jacob, but Saul, the son of Kish, who went forth to hunt his father’s asses, and behold I have found them.” —Ex. “Refused” “Refused notice.” Every ed itor has received them. The post master sends them to the editor. For instance, there is a man by the name of John Blank, who re fuses to take his paper out of the post office. He did not want it any longer, and we wanted to know what was the matter. Up on investigation of our subscrip tion book we found that John was short $2.70. He stopped the pa per as a matter of economy to us. One evening we went to church and John’s melodious voice rang out lcud and clear in that soul stirring song, “Jesus Paid it All” We might have been mistaken but his earnestness impressed us. The next day we sent him a re ceipt in full, begging his pardon for not knowing he had made ar rangements for his liabilities in this manner.—Ex. TRIBUTE TO MEMORY OF MRS. LULA HARDING Mrs. Lula J. Harding, whose maiden name was Sharpe, was born in Monroe county, Ga., Aug. 12, 1882. She was the daughter of Rev. W. O. and Mrs. Lizzie Sharpe. She possessed an amia ble disposition, was obedient to her parents and kind and affec tionate to her brother and sisters. It could truly be said of her to know her was to love her. Being reared in a Christian home, her heart was tender and susceptible to the influence of the Holy Spirit and at the age of 19 she was converted and united with the Flovilla Baptist church under the ministry of Rev. J. E. Pound. From this day until the day of her translation she was a consistent, exemplary member of the church. Her “life was hid with Christ in God.” She lived in communion with her blessed Savior. At the age of 20 she was happi ly married to Mr. B. C. Harding. Asa wife she was true, devoted, confiding. From this union there NEWTON-CMRMiCfLa ..... Hardware Paints —and Ods MAKE YOUR OWN PAINT You will save 56 els. per gal. IS HOW M , Buy4e£H& M. Scmi-Mlxed Real Paint, '' _ at S2JO per gal. - - $ 8.40 And 3 gals. Linseed Oil to mix with it. at estimated cost of- • 2.40 You then make 7 gals, of pure paint for SIO.BO It’s only $ 1.54 per gal. Anybody can mix the OIL with the PAINT. Mndc l„ . lew mlnott. Wh "“ s ' i( V 0" b “V, * lls ' 01 , i0 CANS, you pay $2.10 a gal. or 514./0. ThrL. &M. SEMI-MIXED REAL PAINT is PURE WHITE LEAD. ZINC ind LINSEED OIL. thr best-known paint material for 100 years. Use a gal. out oi any L.&M. PAINT you buy and if not the best paint made, return the oatnt amt pet ALT. vonr money hack. SOUR, ACID STOMACHS 6ASES OR OYSPEPSIA Each “Pape's Diapepsin” Digests 3000 Grains Food Ending All Stomach Mis ery in Five Minutes. Time it! In five minutes all stomach distress will go. No in digestion, heartburn, sourness or belching of gas, acid, or eructa tions of undigested food, no diz ziness, bloating, foul breath or headache. Pape’s Diapepsin is noted for its speed in regulating upset stomachs. It is the surest, quick est stomach remedy in the whole world and besides it is harmless. Put an end to stomach trouble forever by getting a large fifty cent case of Pape’s Diapepsin from any drug store. You real ize in five minutes how needless it is to suffer from indigestion, dyspepsia or any stomach disor der. It’s the quickest, surest and most harmless stomach doc tor in the world. was one son, Herman, now ten years old. Since 1910 4 ‘Lula’ ’ as she was called by most people had been in declining health, submit ting to four operations; at times suffering intensely, yet amidst it all she was patient and resigned. Loving hearts and gentle hands of relatives and friends minister ed to her cheerfully. She had dozens and scores of friends who were solicitous of her welfare in her last illness, all of which was appreciated bv her and her loved ones. The end came, peacefully, on Sunday, March, 28, at at 10 p. m. when her suffering ceased and she entered into that Sabbath of eternal rest in the “City of God,” in that 4 ‘house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.” She was laid to rest in the Flo villa Cemetery on Monday, 29th, her pastor, Rev. Arthur Jackson, officiating. May the God of all grace com fort and sustain the aged par ents, sisters, husband and son, and may they strive to meet her in the home of the good, where there will be no sad parting. A true friend, J. S. Lewis. 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. 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 hionths’ treat ment, and seldom ever fails to perfect a cure. Semi for testimonials from this and other states. Dr. E. W. Hall, 29126 Olive Street, St. Louis, Mo. Sold by druggists. Seeds Fop Spring Planting Buy your seeds of all kinds from the old reliable seed &ore of Jackson—Slaton Drug Cos. This &ore has been in the seed business longer than any other seed in the coun ty. We have always given our customers satisfaction by selling them only the seeds the American markets afford. Our Seeds Are Fresh And not brought over from last season* You are therefore insured a thorough stand and a prolific production when you plant our seeds. Don't take any chances on cheap and unreliable seeds. SLATON DRUG CO. The Storm rsgr The Man Who Knows How jjL to put an auto in shape “is not nu merous” but there are plenty who practical mechanical knowledge is 1 absolutely necessary, and it takes time to acquire the necessary skill. We make a specialty of Automobile repairs all kinds, and also keep a 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 Caskets and Robes The J. S. Johnson Company Day Phone 121 Night Phone 84 FROST PROOF CABBAGE PLANTS Karly Jersey and Charleston Wakefield. Succession and Flat Dutch. Prices f. o. b. Meggett, by express. 500 for 75c. 1.000 for $1.25, 2to 4,000 at SI.OO per 1,000. 5 to o,oooat 90c per 1,000 10 to 24,000 and over (shipped at one time.) 75c per 1,000, 25,000 and over (shipped at one timet 65c per thousand. Our plants areas good as the best, our service Is unexcelled, our prices are low. If you want 500 for your garden, or enough for one or more acres for market send us your orders and get prompt service. Please send cash with each order. S. M. GIBSON CO.. Meggett' S. C.