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Vol 46 —No. 1 WAR BREAD * NOW IN ORDER No More White Bread During The War PLENTY OF CORN FOR ALL NATIONAL FOOD ADMINISTRA TION TAKES STEPS TO MAKE WHEAT GO AS FAR AS POSSI BLE—WILL HELP WIN WAR Washington, Dec. 31.—America is eating the last white bread it will get till the war is over. New government milling regulations necessitated by the world wheat shortage and poor crop prospects, mean war bread in every American home beginning ear ly in 1918. The last of our wheat surplus was , shipped to allied Europe more than a j month ago. Recent official cables 1 show that her plight is still extreme. America alone can relieve it by sac rifice. There is no white bread in Europe There hasn’t been for a long time. America’s bread box must be robbed to supply the allies bread fit to eat.' They are sending people to prison for wasting bread in England. France’s government has taken over her small wheat crop and will mill it for all it is worth, regardless of ap-; pearance or taste after baking. All exports of dietary breads to Ameri-j can. millionaires of poor digestion have loeen stopped. and a half million people in Finla are existing on a starvation loaf— birch bark and beech buds mixed with a smattering of wheat. And only three or four slices of -that a day. It tastes and smells abominably. Germany’s vile war bread has caused appendicitis and intestinal ep idemics among the people. A special scientific commission tried to better it but gave it up. Officials followed that with the statement that crop prospects promise no relief. America’s great recourse will be corn meal. There are thirty bushels of corn apiece for every person in the land in the new crop. Ordinarily we eat about a bushel apiece a year. As soon as this big crop starts into the market and prices drop, a big pro-corn drive will be inaugurated by the government. Under the new milling regulations, flour will be flour. No special brands, no choice grades 'will be obtainable. Universally known trade marks will disappear from sacks and in their stead will appear merely the words: “Milled in accordance with the regu lations of the United States food ad ministration." Even with these extreme conser vation measures imposed on America, Europe’s loaf will still be pretty black. NEW YEAR'S DAY WAS QUIETLY OBSERVED HERE BANKS WERE CLOSED FOR THE DAY AND POST OFFICE HAD HOLIDAY BUSINESS HOUSES REMAINED OPEN AS USUAL January first was ushered in with out local celebration of note. The banks were closed for the day, the post office observed Sunday hours, while the rural carriers had a holi day. The remainder of the business houses were open for business as us ual. Several business changes were an nounced at the beginning of the new yepr, whole moving was in order and a.''general readjustment marked the f h of 1918. The merchants were y taking stock and winding up * business of the past yaer. jfche wish uppermost in the minds otjfevery citizen was that the year 1918 might see an end of the war and f*la.t peace and quiet might soon fcc 1 I lored in this country and ping I | all the warring nations. JACKSON, GEORGIA, JANUARY l 1918 FUNERAL HORACE SUTTON OCCURRED LA'ST MONDAY YOUNG SOLDIER BOY DIES AT MACON CAMP OF PNEUMONIA —FUNERAL HELD IN MONROE COUNTY MONDAY MORNING The funeral of Mr. Horace Sutton, age 22, who died at Camp Wheeler Sunday morning, of pneumonia, was held at Paran church, Monroe county, Monday morning at 11 o’clock. Mr. Sutton enlisted with the Forsyth nat ional guard, company M 121 infan try, and had been at Camp Wheeler for several months. The body was brought to Flovilla Monday morning ! and the funeral was held at Paran church, Rev. L. B. Harvey conducting the 'service. *Mr. Sutton is survived by his fath er, Mr. A. A. Suton; two brothers, Messrs. Cunningham and Rutherford Sutton; four sisters, Mrs. R. S. Mc j Nealess, Mrs. W.R. Reviere, Mrs. A. ' J. Grant and Mrs. H. C. Craig. STATE WILL STOP HOARDING Necessities to Be Sold in Small Quantities WHAT RULES PROVIDE FLOUR AND SUGAR WILL BE SOLD IN SMALL LOTS—FAR MERS WILL BE SOLD LARGER QUANTIES THAN CITY FOLKS The most stringent action yet tak en by the Government to prevent the hoarding of food was announced Sat urday morning by D. F. McClatchey, executive secretary of the Georgia food administration. The first commodities to come un der the new law are flour and sugar. Sugar will be sold in towns and cit ies in two and five pound packages, the sale to a custome mot to exceed five pounds, and in rural districts, where farmers come to town only ev ery two or three days, in five and ten pound packages, not to exceed ten pounds. Flour will be sold in cities and towns iA 24 and 48 pound packages, not to exceed 48 pounds, and in rural communities in 24, 48 and 100 pound packages, not to exceed 100 pounds. While, under this law, purchasers may, by making daily purchases, at tempt to hoard flour and sugar, the officials anticipate no trouble from this source, as all dealers have been closely co-operating with the Govern ment, and should, through their knowledge of the average needs of their customers, be able to readily de tect'any attempt at hoarding. Notices of the new regulation were being sent out Saturday by the office of the food adminisration to every dealer in Atlanta and Fulton county. It will be put into effect immediately. This is only the beginning of a state-wide campaign against food hoarding. Every county and city in the State will be governed by the new ruling, and the Govemmcrt offi cials state that they intend to see that the law is strictly enforced. This action by the Government is recognized as the most striking illus tration of the determination to put every phase of the food situation un der stringent supervision. In firm ness, it is considered the next step to the bread card system which has been in force in Europe some time. AU*tP TAGS BRING IN $205,584 FOR STATE Phil Cook, Secretary' of State, Sat urday turned over to the State treas ury department $205,584, the pro ceeds of the year’s sale of automo bile license tags. These figures represent an increase of $68,185.94 over the figures for 1916, which were $137,398.06. Mr. Cook was highly pleased with the showing made this year by the automobile department. CITY PRIMARY A TAME AFFAIR I Only Thirty-Nine Votes ! Were Polled ELECTION ON WEDNESDAY MAYOR THREATT MOORE AND ENTIRE BOARD OF ALDERMEN NAMED WITHOUT OPPOSITION IN PRIMARY *The city primary held last Thurs day proved an unusually quiet af fair. Out of a total registration of 120, only 39 votes w r ere polled. This was due to the fact that there was no opposition to any of the candi dates. ! Hon. J. T. Moore was nominated for mayor for the third time. He was j unopposed. Mr. C. T. Beauchamp was nominat ed as alderman from the first ward. Mr. Beauchamp was the only old councilman who was re-elected. I Mr. W. H. Merritt was nominated as alderman from the second ward, succeeding Alderman A. T. Buttrill , who had removed from that ward.. j Mr. L. P. McKibben was nominat | ed for alderman from the third ward, ! succeeding Mr. J. B. Settle who was not a candidate for re-election, j Mr. J. C. Jones is the new member of council from the fourth ward. He succeeds Mr. R. P. Sasnett who did r lv t tund for re-election. Mr. H. L. Daughtry was re-nomi nated as chairman of the executive I committee. He has filled that posi tion for the past several years. Mr. J. H. Carmichael was nominat | ed as chairman of the board of edu cation, succeeding Judge J. H. Ham who did not stand for re-election. Mr. J. M. Currie was nominated as a member of the school board from the first ward, and Mr. H. O. Ball was renominated as a member of the ex ecutive committee to succeed himself Mr. J. R. Thurston was mad a member of the school board from the second ward, and Mr. T. A. Nutt was renominated as a member of the executive committee. Mr. A. T. Buttrill was made a member of the school board from the third ward, and Mr. H. J. Miller was made a member of the executive . committee. From the fourth ward Mr. C. M. Compton was made a member of the school board and Dr. 11. R. Slaton was made a member of the executive committee. The city election was held Wednes day, Jan. 2, when all the officers thus nominated were duly elected. All of these gentlemen are well known citizens and prominent busi ness men of the city and the affairs 1 of the town will be well looked after j during the present year. Their | friends are congratulating them up on ;their nomination and election without opposition, and the people generally will extend these officials the co-operation and support neces sary to make their administration a success. CONVICT MADE ESCAPE BUT IS CAPTURED IN ATLANTA Sent to Water Stock Prisoner Keeps On Going Sim Johnson, known as “Country, a convict in the Butts county chain gang, made his escape from the stockade last Wednesday morning. He was sent to water the mules and kept on going. As soon as his escape was detected a search was instituted and the prisoner was later arrested in Atlanta, being brought b ack here Friday night. Johnson was a trusty and was al lowed liberties of the camp. He has figured in escapes before, and has. been out on parole. He was sent up from Fulton county for highway rob berv and had served the greater part of his sentence. , SAVE ENOUGH COTTON SEED FOB PLANTING, SAYS BROWN THAT FARMERS HAVE PLENTY OF SEED FOR FIRST AND SECOND PLANTING —HIGH PRICES TEMPTING Atlanta, Ga.* Jan. 3. —Take no chances on your supply of cotton seed for planting the coming spring, is the urgent advice of the State Department of Agriculture to the farmers of Georgia. Present prices of seed are attrac tive, but at that they are far below what seed will sell at for planting purposes in the spring. The farmer who sells all his seed now and has to pay twice or three times as much for what he needs to plant, will play a losing game. Every Georgia farmer should save an ample supply of his best seed for planting the coming season. It is the only safe, the only economical, way. FORTY-SIXTH YEAR FOR PAPER Progress-Argas Begins A New Volume WAS ESTABLISHED iN 1873 FIRST OF JANUARY BRINGS THE PROGRESS-ARGUS ANOTHER BIRTHDAY —ONE OF STATE’S OLDEST WEEKLY PAPERS \ With this issue The Progress-Ar gus begins tts forty-sixth year. Es -1 tablished in 1873, ui naper is one of the oldest weeklies in Georgia. It was first published at Indian Springs, later at the Camp Ground and then moved to Jackson. The paper is now better equipped than ever to serve the people of Butts county. It has a splendidly equipped plant, modern typesetting machine, and is prepared to do all kinds of printing and publishing, i For a little over nine years the pa per has been under the present man agement. During the coming year the man agement will strive to do everything I possible to give the people of Butts and surrounding country the best service it is possible to renuer. In trying to print all the news all the time, the co-operation and support of the people is requested. , In this connection The Progress- Argus wishes to thank its readers and advertisers for their support in the past, and to ask a continuance of their patronage. And as the paper enters upon an other year of its existence, the editor wishes for each and every citizen of the county a very prosperous and Happy l New Year. ENGINEER STUDENTS MAY STAY TO COMPLETE COURSES The next examination through which graduates of approved engi neer schools may apply for commis sions as provisional engineers, corps of engineers, will begin January 21. Anothe rwill probably be held about the middle of the coming summer. Students in approved technical schools who are considered as rating in the upper third of their classes may enter the enlisted reserve corps, and so enlisted will be permitted to remain on the inactive list until they have completd their college courses. When they leave their colleges these students will be called for active ser vice in some branch of the engineer service of the Army or will be dis charged to take their chances under the selective service law. Estimates show the Government Printing Office will use 100,000,000 _ I .. C ~ Z A pOui" 1 . Vi > u/ci, boowmjj uuuub v- > 000,000, this year. Jackson Arcus Established i87.! i Butts County I’rocress ICstablished 1882' Consolidated July 9, 1915 TOO MUCH WATER BEING WASTED Citizens Allow Pipes to Run All Night DRASTIC STEPS PROMISED • UNLESS WATER IS CONSERVED IT MAY BE NECESSARY TO RE DUCE PUMPING—CITIZENS ASKED TO HELP SAVE WATER Unless citizens of Jackson are more careful with the water supply, drastic steps will be taken to con serve city water, according to Supt. W. E. Merck. Many people leave the water running all night,, thus causing a tremendous waste, and the amount of water consumed during the winter months is as heavy as it was last .summer, Mr. Merck states. In view of the scarcity of power for pumping purposes and the risk of fire, this is a serious situation, Mr. Merck points out. A request has been made that all citizens cut out thei rwater and drain the pipes during the freezing weather By doing so a large amount of water could be saved and pumping would be reduced considerably. Unless this request .is heeded, Mr. Merck states that the city will be forced to cut out all water and absoluely reduce pumping to a minimum. The city has been put on short power by the Cen tral Georgia Power Company, due to the low water at the power plant and the scarcity of coal in Macon, and it is hard to obtain enough power for pumping purposes, even with every body co-opehating and saving all the water possible. This is a matter that all citizens should be interested in, and every body should be willing to co-operate to save the water supply and thus re duce the power needed for pumping, until conditions improve. BANKS WILL HAVE ANNUAL MEETING NEXT TUESDAY Officer* and Directors Will Be Nam- For The Year The blinks will have their annual stockholders meeting next Tuesday, Jan. 8. At that time the business of the past year will be reviewed, the stockholders will elect directors, who will in turn name officers for the en suing twelve months. This has been a prosperous year for the banks of the county, and the deposits of the vfarious institutions have reached a new high record, due to the high prices of cotton and all other farm products. PUBLIC SCHOOLS BEGAN SPRING TERM MONDAY DESPITE COLD WEATHER GOOD ATTENDANCE IS RECORDED AT OPENING AND NEW STU DENTS ARE EXPECTED The spring term of the Jackson public schools opened Monday morn ing. Owing t othe unusual conditions the attendance the first day was not as large as that of former years. This condition is only temporary, however, and all indications point to an unus ually large enrollment and atten dance during the spring months. By ,opening now a week earlier than usual the school will get out in May earlier than heretofore. This fact will be appreciated by patrons having children needed on the farm. This is a w*ar time measure and the action of the school officials will meet with general approval. * After the short holiday vacation teachers and pupils return to school with renewed energy and enthu siasm, and with the determination to do a lot of valuable v/ork during the spring teru.