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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 * s *„r re o, 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. W WffTf k ' COFFEE The -Taylor Cc, Ne w Orleans fffffffffffffffffffff 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