The Jackson progress-argus. (Jackson, Ga.) 1915-current, December 31, 1915, Image 6

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New Enterprise FOR JACKSON, GEORGIA We have just installed A New and Up-to-date Harness and Shoe Repairing Machine In our arid we invite you to call and see the machine at work. Have your Shoes and Harness Repaired and Save tine Frtee of Buying New Ones. We expect to do the work Promptly and in First Class Manner at Reasonable Prices Respectfully J. S. JOHNSON CO. Easily Decided This Question Should Be Answered Easily by Jackson People Which in wiser—to' have confidence in the opinions of your fellow-citizens, of people you know, or depend on statements made by utter strangers residing in far away places? Read the following: Mrs. Gordon Carmichael, Oak St., Jackson, says: “Kidney trouble caused me a lot of suffering. I hud pains all til rough the small of my back and loins, especially severe in the morning. The kidney secretions were also un uatural. 1 knew 1 needed a kidney medicine but didn’t know' what to take until a friend advised me to try Doan’s Kidney Pills. They cured me of kidney trouble and l have had no return of it since.” Price 50c, at all dealers. Don’t sim ply ask for a kidney remedy—get Doan’s Kidney Pills—the same that Mrs. Carmichael had. Foster-Milburn Cos., Props., Buffalo, N. V. adv. For Sale Well bred bulldog puppies. Ap ply to D. D. Estes, city water works, Jackson, Ga. A TEXAS WONDER. The Texas Wonder cures kidney and bladder troubles, dissolves gravel, cures diabetes, weak and lame backs, rheumatism, and all irregularitiesofthe 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 months’ treat ment, and seldom ever fails to perfect a cure. Send for testimonials from this and other states. Dr. K. W. Hall, 29?6 Olive Street, Bt. Louis, Mo. Sold by druggists. Thurston" s MARKET Having bought Tyler’s Market, north side of court house square, I wish to announce that I will have on hand at all times a full line of FRESH MEATS OF' ALL KINDS Flsti and Oysters And will be glad to have you give me a call. Every thing will be conducted in a neat and sanitary manner and only the and freshest goods will be handled. Will sell for both CASH AND CREDIT W. J. THURSTON PHONE 59 JACKSON, ■> GEORGIA BRISK HOLIDAY BUSINESS. HERE BEST IN MANY YEARS Every Line of Business Was Spirited Without exception the mer chants who have expressed an opinion state their recent holiday business was the best in several years. Some go as far as to de clare they had the best trade in their entire history. The business houses were fa vored by a week of good weather. Trade, brisk all the week, reach ed its climax Friday when hun dreds of eager shoppers thronged the streets and stores. Stocks were pretty well sold out. It was a busy week and all were glad of an opportunity to close up and rest Saturday. The post office also reports a largely increased business oyer last year. This was true of mail dispatched as well as received. Business of every nature was so much better than a year ago that it is hard to make a compar ison. To Drive Out Malaria And Build Up The System Take the Old Standard GROVE’S TASTELESS chill TONIC. You know what you are taking, as the formula is printed on every label, showing it is Quinine and Iron in a tasteless form. The Quinine drives out malaria, the Iron builds up the system. 50 cents MOTE WATTS UNDERTAKER Curry Building Phones Day 61 Night 149 “Adlao Ahad” In the Tawi Tawi Islands, every Sunday is market day, and Bongao is the place. The natives are Mohammedans, and our Christian Sunday is to them nothing but “adlao ahad,” which is Malay talk. Before crack o’ day, any Sunday morning, hundreds of ’em have gathered from many miles around. Seme have paddled canoes all night in order to sell a little bunch of garlic and be with the crowd. There’s great hubbub, and muck ado about little; but by dark everything has changed bands to their complete satisfaction. That’s the primitive fashion. Our cotton markets today are patterned on those same old lines. Cotton needs but a gathering po:int and a time understood. We’ve bu'lt here, fer ycur service, a reinforced concrete warehouse, proof against fire and weather. It’s equipped with the Webb high density compress. You won’t find an other east of Texas. We’ve got a fire insurance rate that is the lowest in the world on cotton. We use overhead trolleys, Ike those in big packing houses, and handle a bale for about 11-2 cents, as against 16 cents with a negro and a truck. We issue a NEGOTIABLE receipt—one you can borrow money on. Thirty mills are busy within 40 miles of Atlanta. We lend ’em money, at low in terest, to buy your cotton. Pretty respectable loc?.l demand, isn’t it? Your cotton here is between the domestic and fore : gn demands. It can go either way with ease. You get the advantage in competitive price and readier sale. The local freight you pay to send your cotton to us is refunded to you when you selL The buyer applies it in part payment of the total through rate, just as if the cotton had beer g shipped straight from you to the mill in the first place. When you’re ready to sell, you get the services of our organization and And if your cotton has paid two months' storage, we don’t charge one cent of commission. Here are our charges—and these are all: Handling in and out, 10 cents a bale; Storage, each month, 25 cents a bale; Insurance, each month, 2 cents a bale. One bale of cotton stored with us two months and sold by us for you costs you, for handling, storage and insurance, 64 cents. Who can beat that? Atlanta Warehouse Cos. [ ASA G. CANDLER, President ( f P.0.80x 1483 Atlanta, Ga. I \ B-4 Write for Old Bill Bobbin’s Say-So on Cotton {