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Jackson Progress - Argus
Published Every Friday.
J. DOYLE JONES, Editor and Pub.
Subscription $1 a Year-
Entered us second-class matter at the
post office at Jackson, Ga.
Telephone No. 166.
Official Organ Butts County
And the City of Jackson.
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WHY NOT A FOUR-COUNTY FAIR
The editors of The News are
in receipt of a season ticketto
the Butts County Fair which is
in progress in Jackson this
week and we wish to thank that
prince of good fellows, Doyle
Jones, editor of the Jackson
Progress-Argus for this favor.
We regret that we are unable
to take in the exhibition across
the Ocmulgee, which, we under
stand, from those who have vis
ited the fair from Monticello
and Jasper county, is a splendid
success in every way. When Jas
per pulls off her fair in 19—we
will reciprocate, friend Doyle,
by inviting you to ours.—
Monticello News.
We are sorry you couldn’t
be with us. for the fair was
splendid. The thing to do is for
Jasper, Henry and Monroe to
join hands with Butts and put
on a fair next year that will be
the biggest thing in Middle
Georgia. Why not a four-county
fair with Butts, Jasper, Henry
and Monroe counties participat
ing?
We have the building and
the grounds and the location
and would be glad to have our
neighboring counties join us in
the fair movement.
Let’s have an expression from
editors Penn, Fouche and Blood
worth along this line—Jackson
Progress-A rgus.
The -idea advanced by editor
Doyle Jones of Jackson that the
counties of Monroe, Butts, Henry
and Jasper hold a four-county fair
each year is a good one and we see
no reason why the plan cannot be
perfected. We believe, however,
that it would be better and more of
a success if each county in turn
held the fair.
In that way once every four years
Monticello would be benefitted
alike and the citizens of these coun
ties would be afforded good, inter
esting and profitable meetings.
Should such a plan materialize
Jasper county and Monticello would
promptly ereetsuitable buildings
and we presume the other counties
and towns would do likewise.
Yes, Doyle, we are heartily in fa
vor of your four-county fair idea.
We’ve beenhammering on the citi
zens over here for a good number of
years, trying to induce them to
hold a fair each year. Nothing
helps to advertise a county and
town more than a fair.—Monticel
lo News.
Line up for the 1917 fair.
Peanuts pay handsome profits.
This is a good crop for the farmers
to tie to.
During the campaign Teddy show
ed everything he had—including
his teeth.
The Georgia editors went to Ma
con and captured the old town with
a struggle.
Before it gets much higher you
had better put away a piece of pa-
per as a souvenir.
The high cost of living wont al
lowthe average fellow to indulge in
high living these parlous days.
What the matter with getting to
gether and secure some new enter
prises and bigger payrolls for Jack
son?
With the high cost of living star
ing him in the face, the fellow living
in town can appreciate what Sher
man said war is.
Griffin will present each of the
delegates attending the North Geor
conference with a Turkish towel.
Maybe a foot washing will follow.
The man who refuses to support
the nominees of the democratic par
ty ought never to be allowed to vote
in another democratic primary. It’s
all right to be a republican, a pro
gressive, a prohibitionist, a dodo or
a what not, but for heaven’s sake
be one all the time.
THE PAPER FACTORY
The movement to build a paper
factory in Georgia is the most im
portant thing stated by the newspa
pers of the state in a decade.
While they have been profuse in
giving advice to farmers how to
farm, in telling bankers how tocon
duct their banks, in instructing mer
chants how to conduct their stores,
in advising teachers how to run
their schools, the newspapers have
been negligent of their own inter
ests. The paper trust is now gouging
the printers of the country as they
were never gouged before.
The newspapers of Georgia are
big enough and strong enough to
establish a paper factory and ston
some of the robbery. All that is
needed is for somebody to get be
hind the proposition.
The Progress-A rgus is for the pa
per factory and hopes that some
thingdefinite will result from the
movement.
The “Solid South” is still solid.
While the armies in Europe are
driving and being driven, the boll
weevil is gaining along the whole
front in Georgia.
Every man who lives in a shell
and thinks he knows all about farm
ing ought to attend the State Fair in
Macon and have his eyes opened.
Georgia farmers are doing big things
in the way of better farming and
raising live stock. Take a day off
and run down to the State Fair. It
will be a good investment.
Georgians contributed right lib
erally and cheerfully to the Demo
cratic campaign fund, and what’s
more they gave President Wilson a
mighty fine vote Tuesday.
What has become of the old fash
ioned movement, very prominent
two years ago, to wear cotton goods?
Let’s.see, which is the higher cot
ton or silk?
The high price of cotton is not an
unmixed blessing. Everything else is
going out of sight and cotton is not
really high in proportion to the high
cost of living.
An exchange wants to know what
has become of Harvie Jordan, who
used to tell the farmers how to save
the cotton crop. The crop didn’t
seem to need any saving this sea
son.
Two of Atlanta’s largest banks
have been consolidated. In the At
lanta National Bank Atlanta has
the largest bank in the southeast.
There may be such a thing as having
too many banks in a city or town.
The Jackson Progress-Argus has
just installed a Model 5 linotype ma
chine in its office. Editor Jones is
a progressive newspaper man and
proposes to give Jackson an even
more creditable weekly paper if pos
sible.—Griffin News and Sun.
The editors were right royally en
tertained in Macon Saturday. The
strongest refreshments served were
drinks that have made Atlanta and
Columbus famous, but the barbecue
was 18 karat fine. Macon can be de
pended on to do the square thing by
her visitors.
We don’t seem to be hearing any
thing from Hoke Smith and some of
the pro-German brethren about Eng
land robbing us of our cotton crop.
-—DeKalb New Era.
A year ago the low price of cot
ton was blamed on England and
the blockade. What has become of
the blockade, anyway?
Let Jackson build some feed mills
and get ready for the campaign of
safe farming. ' “Safe farming”
means raising everything to eat at
home. When this campaign is put into
effect, you wont hear so much about
the boll weevil. The boll weevil prob
lem will settle itself then.
in writing Revelation John spoke
of death on a pale horse. The motor
car, driven by a heartless or reck
less driver, was not known then. If
it had been we must believe that
John would have put death at the
steering wheel of the car.—Dawson
News.
Automobiles, recklessly driven,
are killing more people than the
railroads in their balmiest day:- n
slaughter. Forty people . e kiliec
in Chicago alone 1:. >
tomobiles. Isn’t it about time to call
a halt? Why not some legislation
along the line of enforcing the
speed limit on the public highways?
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FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.
Program for Sunday, Nov. 12
The pastor will preach at 11 a. m.
and 7 p. m. Special efforts are being
made to present sermons that are
timely. They are builded with the
people of Jackson in mind. We
promise you the best we have.
The Sunbeams meet at 2 p. m.
At 3 p. m. the Young People’s Union
meets. James Carmichael is presi
dent. This service should appeal to
the young because it is in charge of
young Christians. The singing at the
evening service is led by a chorus
of young people.
The Bible School meets at 9:30.
You will be welcome here too.
The Georgia Baptist Convention
This body of Christians meets in
Commerce Tuesday, 14. The pastor
and others will attend from Jack
son.
The Womans Missionary Union is
in session in Athens. Sister C. R.
Gresham represents the women of
this church.
The Boy Scouts
Tuesday night brought together a
fine bunch of Jackson’s youths.
Indded, the finest boys in Jackson
are the Scouts. They sat down to a
table loaded with oysters and chick
en and salad and fruit and ice cream
—and the good cheer was unbound
ed. This was the Scouts second ban
quet.
WANTED TO BUY
Chickens, eggs, corn, peas and
country produce. See me in rear
of First National Bank.
11-10-tf E. O. HUSON.
Like a “boost” from the boss
when you’re anxious—they satisfy !
When things are going hard and along comes
the boss with a good, cheering word—say, doesn’t
that satisfy ?
That’s the very thing Chesterfield a do for your
smoking—they satisfy !
And yet Chesterfields are MILD !
No cigarette maker can copy the Chesterfield
blend. They’re the ONLY mild cigarette that sat•
isfies. This blend is an entirely new combination of
tobaccos —the biggest new thing in cigarette making
in 20 years.
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Jackson, Georgia
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