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Jackson Progress-Argus
Published Every Friday.
J. DOYLE JONER, Editor and Pub.
Subscription $1 a Year
Kntcred as second-class matter at the
post oftice at Jackson, Ga.
Telephone No. 166.
Official Organ Butts County
And the City of Jackson.
Henry county will have its pri
mary March 31.
So far the governor’s race is a
tame, colorless affair.
Score one for Georgia. The
school teachers have been paid.
It is easier to get rid of the
seven year itch than a Collier
collector.
Tiie price of shoes are going
up but it will soon be time to go
barefooted.
If you are for the Butts county
fair come out to the meeting next
Monday and declare yourself.
The price of a car is now a
■econdary matter. The main ques
tion is how to get the gasoline.
From the way The Progress-
Argus is growing in circulation
the people must appreciate the
paper.
Don’t forget this: The agitation
for the abolition of capital pun
ishment is having something to
do with the number of lynchings
in Georgia.
South Georgia is leading in the
number of lynchings and bank
failures. It is now in order to
have a South Georgia candidate
for governor.
You may be a good citizen if
you do not take your home paper,
but it is significant that most
good citizens do take and pay for
their home paper.
The government has had its
inning with Tom Watson and a
mistrial resulted. Right think
ing people everywhere believe
Watson should now be let alone.
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Butts can have one of the best
fairs in the state but it will take
the co-operation of all the people.
Come out to the meeting Monday
and put your shoulder to the
wheel.
The individual who mistreats
dumb animals—and the horse is
the most common sufferer—has a
yellow streak in his nature. We
would like to see some convictions
for cruelty to animals. The ex
ample would have a wholesome
effect.
Gov. Net Harris has put it
squarely up to Dr. Hardman
in the matter of joint debates. —
Jackson Progress-Argus.
Too fast! Too fast! As us
ual. the governor changed
his mind or handed out the
“I was misunderstood” stuff
when he saw that challenge
in cold type. -Savannah Press.
Well, anyway, if these gentle
men are going to stage any jint
disputes Jackson wants one of
the attractions.
Stop pistol toting and you’ll
stop about three-fourths of the
crime in the country. Now that
a ban has been placed on liquor
the state ought to go a step fur
ther and put a ban on the deadly
hip pocket pistol.
We quite agree with The Ma
con News that it is unnecessary
for certain papers to ask the can
didates for governor how they
stand on lynching. It is accept
ed as a matter of course that
Governor Harris, Dr. Hardman
and all other candidates will do
all in their power to put down
lynch law.
The newspapers of the state
are having a great deal to say
about lynching, but it is doubted
if all the agitation will do any
good. People are not naturally
lawless; and before you can stop
lynching the cause must first be
removed. The courts bungle oc
casionally. Then after convic
tion follows a lot of sentimental
petitions for clemency. Politics
creep in very often. These are
a few of the causes of lynch law.
Education will probably do more
to cure the evil than anything
else.
The governors of Georgia
ought to have four year
terms. Then they could put
in their time serving the peo
ple instead of having to give
much of it to “giving account
of stewardships.” —Valdosta
Times.
You hit the nail on the head.
Let the governor serve four years
and be ineligible for re-election
and you’ll do away with much
political agitation. Governor
Harris who has served only one
third of his term must now get
out and try to save his political
hide.
We have noticed several
young Georgia editors are
giving a prominent place on
the editorial page to an aggre
gation of flare-backs which
might aptly beheaded: “Nice
Things Said About Me.’’--De-
Kalb New Era.
Sort of mutual admiration so
ciety. Too often the editor shoots
clear over his readers’ head. It
may interest the editor writing
such “bright” paragraphs, but
one reads only what he is inter
ested in and the main question
is do these flare-backs interest
the readers.
KEEP THE KIDNEYS WELL
Health is Worth Saving
and Some Jackson People
Know to Save it.
Many Jaekscm people take their lives
in their hands by neglecting the kid
neys when they know these organs
need help. Weak kidneys are respon
sible for a vast amount of suffering
and ill health —the slighest delay is
dangerous. l T se Doan’s Kidney Pills
—a remedy that has helped thousands
of kidney "sutlercrs. Here is a Jackson
citizen’s recommendation.
W. T. Burke, Oatc St., Jackson,
says: “Heavy lifting and straining
caused my kidneys to get out of order.
The kidney secretions sometimes pass
ed too frequently and were scanty.
They also contained sediment. My
back finally commenced to ache and
grow worse until 1 couldn’t keep going.
1 had rheumatic pains all through my
body ami 1 was so sore and lame that
1 could hardly get out of bed. I doc
tored and tried all sorts of medicine,
but with no results. I finally used
Doan’s Kidney Pills and they soon put
my kidneys in good condition. The
pains left my back and the kidney se
cretions passed regularly.”
Price 50c, at all dealers. Don’t sim
ply ask for a kidney remedy—get
Doan’s Kidney Pills—the same that
Mr. Burke had. Foster-Milburn Cos.,
Props., Buffalo, N. V. adv
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Stops Pain At Once
For Man and Beast
25c. 50c. SI. At All Dealers.
LINIMENT
HOW THE GOVERNMENT
HANDLES THE MALARIA
PROBLEM
Four per cent of the inhabitants
of certain sections of the South
have malaria. This estimate,
based on the reporting of 104,881
cases during 1914, has led the
United States Public Health Ser
vice to give increased attention to
the malaria problem, according
to the annual report of the Sur
geon General. Of 13,526 blood
specimens examined by Govern
mentofficers during the year, 1,797
showed malarial infection. The
infection rate among white per
sons was above eight per cent, and
among colored persons twenty
per cent. In two counties in the
Yazoo Valley, 40 out of every 100
inhabitants presented evidence
of the disease.
Striking as the above figures are
they are no more remarkable than
those relating to the reduction in
the incidence of the disease fol
lowing surveys of the Public
Health Service at 34 places in
nearly every state in the South.
In some instances from an inci
dence of fifteen percent, in 1914,
a reduction has been accomplished
to less than four or five per cent,
in 1915.
One of the important scientific
discoveries made during the year
was in regared to the continuance
of the disease from season to
season. Over 2000 Anopheline
mosquitoes in malarious districts
were dissected, during the early
Spring months, without fin ding a
single infected insect, and not
until May 15, 1915, was the first
parasite in the body of a mosquito
discoverd. The Public Health
Service, therefore, concludes that
mosquitoes in the latitude of the
Southern States ordinarily do not
carry the infection through the
winter. This discovery indicates
that protection from malaria may
be secured bv treating human
carriers with quinine prevous to
the middle of May, thus prevent
ing any infection from chronic
sufferers reaching mosquitoes and
being transmitted by them to
other persons.
Although quinine remains the
best means of treating malaria
and is also of marked benefit in
preventing infection, the eradica
tion of the disease as a whole
rests upon the destruction of the
breeding places of Anopheline
mosquitoes. The Public Health
Service, therefore, is urging a
definite campaign of draining
standing water, the filling of low
places, and the regrading and
draining of streams where mala
rial mosquitoes breed. The oiling
of breeding places, and the stock
ing of streams with top-feeding
minnows, are further recommen
ded. The Service also gives ad
vice regarding screening, and
other preventive measures as a
part of the educational campaigns
conducted in sections of infected
territory.
This study is typical of the scien
tific investigations which are be
ing ca r ried out by the Public
Health Service, all of which have
a direct bearing on eradicating
the disease. work
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now includes the collection of
morbidity data, malaria surveys,
demonstration work, scientific
field and laboratory studies, edu
cational campaigns, and special
studies of impounded water and
drainage projects.
For Rent
My six room residence on Mul
berry street, comparatively new.
Large lot, water, bath, electric
lights, etc. Half block public
square. Apply to Mrs. A. B.
Harp at the post office. 12-31-tf
For Sale or Rent
Six room cottage, all modern
conveniences, with servant’s
house in yard. Known as W. M.
Taylor place. Apply to Mrs. J. B.
Thomas, West Ave.. Jackson, Ga.
1-21-tf
FOR SALE
Wanamakers Cleveland Big 801 l
Cotton Seed, pure, $2 per bu.;
Hastings Prolific Corn, $2 bu.;
Patricks Prolific Corn, $2 per bu.;
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We Stand Up, As We ’’Auto”
When reparing your machine.
No man can do good work on his
back. We have every facility for
repairing autos quickly and thor
oughly. We know how, too.
You’ll realize that after we have
repaired yours. The only thing
you’ll miss will be the usual fancy
prices.
Wagner’s Garage.
A POSITIVE STATEMENT
BY A BIG BUSINESS MAN
"Neglect of Apparently Unimportant
Conditions Wrecks Many a Healthy
Growing Business”
W. S. ELKIN, JR.
a prominent druggist of Atlanta, Ga.,
is authority for the above positive state
ment. In explaining this statement he
asked two questions and offered one
suggestion.
If a growing healthy business turns
and begins to run down hill, what is
the condition of the owner’s health?
Almost always, unusuaHy bad.
What was the first cause ©f his poor
health? Constipation.
This constipation could have been
avoided by taking Rexall Orderlies oc
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tablet laxative which can be used by
men, women or children with the best
results.
We have the exclusive selling rights for
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