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Jackson Progress - Argus Published Every •Friday. J. DOYLE JONES, Editor and Pub. Subscription $1 a Year RnVered as second-class matter at the post office at Jackson, Ga, Telephone No. 166. Official Organ Butts County And the City of Jackson. NOTICE Cards of thanks will )>e charged at the rate of fifty c-nts, minimum for 50 words and less; above 50 words will lie charged at the rate of 1 cent a word. Obituaries will l>e charged for at the rate of 1 cent a word. Cash must ac ootnpany copy in all instances. Now for the fair. Have you decorated for the fair? Do you belong tc the Push and Pull Club? Come to the fair and bring something to show. The county unit is a good thing —Jk,vr the politicians. Have you contributed your dol lar to the Democratic campaign fund? If you haven’t done anything for the fair do you feel exactly right about it? Atlanta is not a bit behind the times. She has been having a street car -strike. If there is anything left to run for, guess Judge Dick Russell will tackle it in due time. "One people do the voting but it takes the politicians in a con vention to put one over. Here’s hoping Prof. Snider will give us a choice assortment of weather for fair week. Reaganism-Smithism-Pottleism 'elected Tom Hardwick, but beat the stuffing out Governor Harris and'Q. H. B. Blood worth. Griffin recently voted $60,000 worth of bonds for school im provement. Good for Griffin. Jackson must follow suit in the near future. Dr. Hardman spent about $19,- OJO in his race for governor. Gov ernor Harris $13,000 and Mr. Dorsey $9,000. Running for of fice comes high. Xit. 'Bloodworth has this con solation, if he ever wants to run fior office again he will have the loyal support of thousands of his fellow citizens. your fall and winter trading with home merchants. They are always willing to help in any worthy cause and deserve your support when you have money to spend. Why not have Butts county m*e on exhibit at the Southeas tern fair and the State fair? It is Rood advertising for the coun ty and is a most progressive step iaaw agricultural way. What say the citizens of the community? There’s no use in worrying over might-have-beens, but if there had been a large crop of cottton at present prices, wouldn’t the South have fairly rolled in prosperity? The boll weevil is getting dan gerously close to Butts ccuntv. The pest is reported to have been found in both Monroe and Put nam counties. Will you be ready when the weevil gets here? Butts county’s cotton crop, to gether with the seed, is worth about $1,000,000. This gives ev ery man. woman and child in the county $73, or $365 to each fam ily. So much for King Cotton. Editor Duke, of Griffin, and Editor Bloodworth, of Forsyth, are cordially invited to come over to the Butts County Fair and let some of Jackson’s prettiest girls cover them in confetti. Come on, ye pachelor tribe, we have both the pretty girls and the con fetti. A. B.Kirscfib*iSi Cos. There is general regret that O. H. B. Bloodworth, who led in popular and county unit votes, did not get one of the places on the court of appeals. He was the people’s choice, even though the convention did use the steamroll er. It is such tactics as this that disgusts the people with conven tion nominations. After all the second primary is the best plan. MAKE THE MOST OF PROSPERITY Every inan should keep fit these days and make the most of his oppor tunities. No man can work his best handicapped with disordered kid neys and bladder, aching back, swol len joints, ■.tiff muscles or rheumatic rains. Foley Kidney Pills pay for themselves a hundred times over in health improvement. The Owl Phar macy. adv Cotton advancing. It’s an easy guess what cotton will do. Buy enough to last you eight months. It will pay you. Etheridge, Smith & Cos. VETERANS DAY AT THE FAIR TO BE EVENT WEDNESDAY Cross of Honor Will Admit All Veterans Without Charge Jf you are a Confederate Vet eran and will present your Cross of Honor to the ticket taker you will be admitted free to the fair grounds Wednesnay, Oct. 11. This applies to Veterans living in this county. It does not include the families of Veterans. The Fair Association wanted to show its love and appreciation to the matchless men of the Old Guard for their sacrifices for the South. Every Veteran in Butts county is cordially invited to turn out and have a big time as guests of the Fair Association. To Cure a Cold In One Day Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine. It stops the Cough and Headache and works off the Cold. Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. E. W. GROVE'S signature on each box. 25c. Much advertising these days is like the great gas clouds which the armies of Europe are hurling at each other. It envelopes you in a thick fog of superlatives and exaggerations in which you can only rub your eyes and gasp for breath. Here, by way of contrast, is our advertising code: to be straight forward —to be truthful —to be brief. When you have such merchandise as Kirschbaum Clothes at sls, S2O and $25, you can safely leave a lot to be said by the goods themselves. i Etheridge, Smith & Company Jackson, Georgia dh^trschhanm Lse^en/' is U aTimeforEase j and <7xmf) I jC / Make known your wants ’ or d esires I' ' ' and by all means keep “Mother’s Friend’’ nearby, for in it you can put complete confidence and reliability as a means of assisting nature in accomplishing its wonder ful work of preparation. “Mother’s Friend” soothes the distressing pains and gives relief from morning sick ness, as well as makes an easier de livery. Get a bottle at your drug gist—use externally—and note the satisfaction received. A free book on Motherhood will be sent all mothers. Write for one. Address The Bradfield Regulator Cos., 213 Lamar Bldg., Atlanta, Ga. Plies Cured In 6 to 14 Days Your druggist will refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure any case of Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles in 6 to 14days. The first application gives Ease and Rest. 50c.