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Jackson Progress - Argus
Published Every Friday.
J. DOYLE JONES, Editor and Pub.
Subscription $1 a Year-
Entered as second-class matter at the
post olllce at Jackson, Ga.
Telephone No. 166.
Official Organ Butts County
And the City of Jackson.
TO ADVERTISERS
Copy for change of contract
advertisements must be in the
office by 10 o’clock a. m. Wednes
day preceding day of publication,
to insure insertion.
Advertisers will please co-oper
ate with the mechanical depart
ment to this extent.
If I buy out of town, and you
buv out of town, and your neigh
bor buys out of town, what the
heck will become of our town.'’
Buy from home merchants and
patronize the home printer.
KNOCKER VS BOOSTER
Someone has said that when the
Creator had made all the good
things there still remained some
work to do, so He made beasts
and reptiles and poisonous insects,
and when He had finished there
were some scraps left, so He put
all these together, covered it with
suspicion, wrapped it with jeal
ousy, marked it with a vellow
streak and called it a KNOCKER.
This product was so fearful to
contemplate that He had to make
something to counteract it, so He
took a sunbeam, put it in the
heart of a child, the brain of a
man, wrapped these in civic pride,
covered it with brotherly love,
gave it a mask of velvet and a
grasp of steel and called it a
BOOSTER; made him a lover of
fields and flowers, and manly
sports, a believer in equality and
justice and ever since these two
were, mortal man had the privi
lege of choosing his own associa
tes.—The Journal of Labor.
A SHORTAGE IN PAPER
(Review of Reviews)
A commodity even so indirectly
related to the demands of war as
paper is showing the prevailing
tendencies to such a degree as to
seriously embarrass publishers.
The higher price of paper stock
and the difficulty of obtaining it
at all in England was a cheif fact
or in the discontinuance in March
of the London Daily Standard,
after a career of GO years, for a
considerable portion of which it
was the most important organ of
the middle classes in England.
In America the demand for pa
per has been increasing for six
months as a result of general
business activity. At the same
time supplies used in its manu
facture have been decreased by
war conditions, and in some cases
have almost been decreased by
war conditions, and in some
cases have almost been shut off.
The supply of old rags is affected
by the cutting off of the impor
tations from the European peas
antry and by the demand for the
making of guncotton.
The chemicals used in bleach
ing the paper produced by sul
phuric acid and alum are being
devoured by the manufacture
of explosives; while importations
of jute have fallen off until the
price doubled. An embargo has
been placed on shipments of
wood pulp from Norway and
Progress-Argus Places Subscription
on Cash Basis, Beginning June 1
On account of the sensational advance in the cost of paper, The
Progress-Argus will, beginning June 1, 1916, adopt the strictly
cash-in-advance system for all subscriptions. We were forced to
either do this or raise the subscription price to $1.50 a year. Un
less conditions in the paper market improve it may yet become nec
essary to advance the subscription price to $1.50.
Because, it is said, of the European war print paper of all kinds
has advanced in price from 50 to 100 per cent. Newspapers have
been hard hit; the country journals most of all. Self preservation,
the survival of the fittest are forcing the weekly newspapers to
place their subscription on a sounder basis.
The credit system, bad for any business, has nearly put weekly
papers to the wall. The cash system is best for the subscriber and
best for the paper. The paper can put forth greater effort, can is
sue a larger, better paDer, can serve the community more faithful
fully when it has the cash to put into the business. The subscriber
can pay for what he gets and get what he pays for It is a game
two can play and nobody loses.
Subscribers, under the present haphazard, run-down-at-the
heel system, are divided into several classes. Some pay promptly,
some pav when reminded of it,, some get as mad as a wet hen when
they receive a statement, some get a year or two in arrears and
mark the paper “refused*” and some never pay. The editor knows
them all. He has them indexed and catalogued.
Under the cash system everybody will be on an equal footing.
Every man must toe the mark.
We don’t doubt any man’s honesty. It is simply a matter of
cold, hard, common, horse sense to collect newspaper subscriptions
in advance. A dollar irr the bank helps to buy paper, oil the ma
chinery, repair rollers, replace worn out type, meet payrolls—but
a printer’s dollars, scattered from Yucatan to Maine to Hong Kong,
as per the present system, are about as valuable as a last year’s
bird nest.
The subscribers themselves will like the cash-in-advance plan
better. A large number have so stated. In fact a considerable
percentage of our readers now pay in advance for their paper, but
it is the fellow who doesn’t pay that will be affected by the cash plan.
The Progress-Argus is putting forth every effort to serve this
community better than any newspaper has done before. We want
the paper to be representative of Jackson and Butts county. Ev
ery issue put out stamps the community for what it is. A town or
county is judged by the newspaper it turns out. We want the co
operation of the citizens, and we would hate to lose a single sub
scriber but after June 1 The Progress-Argus will enforce the cash
subscription plan rigidly, honestly and impartially.
If your subscription is not paid it will be to your advantage to
investigate this matter.
Sweden, while Canada stopped
access to her vast resources some
time ago.
The newspaper publisher is,
indeed, hard hit by war condi
tions in many other items of sup
plies besides the basie one of
paper stock. Practically every
thing going into the manufacture
of a daily newspaper has increas
ed in price from 10 to 50 percent;
inks, owing to the advance in the
cost of acids and dyes, from 300
to 3,000 per cent; type, owing to
the higher cost of lead, tin and
antimony; even the rubber and
felt blankets wrapped around
the press rollers add their quota
to the increased “cost of living”
of the newspaper.
ULDER BI9T STRONGER
To lo healthy at seventy, prepare at
forty, is sound advice, because in the
strength of middle life we too often forget
that neglected colds, or careless treat
ment of slight aches and pains, simply
undermine strength and bring chronic
weakness for later years.
To be stronger when older, keep your
blood pure and rich and active with the
strength-building and blood-nourishing
properties of Scott’s Emulsion whichisa
food, a tonic aud a medicine to keep your (
blood rich, alleviate rheumatism and
avoid sickness. No alcohol in Scott’s.
Scott & Bo wee. Bloomfield. N. J.
Card of Thanks
Messrs. Lee and Joe Waldrop
wish to thank their friends, also
Dr. Woods, for the kindness to
their mother during her illness
and death.
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children
In Use For Over 30 Years
Always bears *
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GAMP BARNETT TO HOLD
ANNUAL MEETING THE 26
The members of the John L.
Barnett camp, No. 1114, U. C. V.,
will meet in annual session at 9
o’clock Wednesday morning, the
26. Officers will be elected, del
egates chosen to the reunion in
Birmingham June 16-18, and oth
er business transacted. Officers
request a full attendance, as the
veterans will participate in the
Memorial day program and will
be guests of the Daughters of
the Confederacy at dinner to be
served in the armory.
BARN BURNS, HORSE KILLED;
STROCK BY LIGHTNING FLASH
During the electrical storm that
passed over this section Sunday
night lightning struck the barn
of Mr. Prentiss Hodges, residing
near the big dam, setting fire to
the building, which together with
all feedstuffs, was destroyed by
the flames. The bolt of lightning
also killed a valuable horse be
longing to Mr. Hodges. His
friends sympathize with Mr. Hod
gos in his misfortune. It is not
known if the property was pro
tected by insurance.
Protect School Children
Measles, scarlet fever and whooping
cough are prevalent among school chil
dren in many cities. A common cold
never should be neglected as it weakens
the system so that it is not in condition
to throw otl'more serious diseases. Fo
ley's Honey and Tar is pleasant to take,
acts quickly, coutaius no opiates. The
Owl Pharmacy, adv
FREE
Aluminum
Ware
We will give away absolutely free to
customers of this store a complete set
of the world’s best quality brand Alum
num Ware. Guaranteed for twenty
years.
Every time you make a CASH pur
chase you will receive a
Free Aluminum Coupon
Corresponding to the amount of your
purchase—you save the coupons, when
you have the necessary amount of cou
pons to entitle you to the one (or more)
pieces of Aluminum Ware you desire,
bring the coupons to us and take away
the Aluminum Ware they entitle you to,
Absolutely FREE
In this way we share our profits with
our customers. Call and see this beau
tiful ware and get started for a set.
SLATON DRUG CO.
Jackson, Georgia
The Store
Grocery Bills Smaller;
coffee better and more of it
—that’s what comes of using Luzianne Coffee
famous for its flavor and economy all over the
South. Try the entire contents of a one-pound
% can according to directions. If you are not satisfied
with it in every way, if it does not go as far as
two pounds of any cheaper coffee you have ever
used —tell your grocer you want your money
back and he’ll come straight across with it.
Write for premium catalog.
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LISTEN
Till further notice I will make
pictures Friday and Saturday
only. ; ; J. B. GUTHRIE.
We repair the Most Delicate
Parts of an Automobile
with the same skill as we restore
the heavier portions of the car. Our
reputation does not rest alone on
our ability to put on anew tire in
time, but in our skill in repairing
breaks in any part of the machine.
If you think anything of your auto
you should have us do your re
pairing.
Wagner’s Garage.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER’S
CASTO R I A