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FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1918
Jackson - Argus
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PLANTS CLOSE DOWN
The only justification for the dras
tic order of Dr. Garfield, National
Fuel Administrator, closing down
manufacturing plants for a few days
and throwing thousands and millions
of people out of employment tempo
rarily, would he one of urgent neces
sity. Whether such a necessity existed
is not given to the ordinary citizen to
know. Perhaps those in high places
in Washington City know more of the
inside details, and acted on what they
thought was best for the country as a
whole
If the closing down order will add
anything toward winning the war, if
the people can feel that their tempo
rary inconveniences is helping the
mighty struggle, they will comply
with the order more cheerfully. The
main thing and the only thing that
counts now is the winning of the war.
Probably Dr. Garfield, backed by Pres
ident Wilson, was right in seeing that
ships were loaded and put to sea with
cargoes for the hard-pressed Allies.
The ships could not move until they
did secure coal.
Up to this good hour the adminis
tration has been content to pass all
the hardships and inconveniences on
to the public, to the common people,
to the yeomanry of the nation. One
wonders, occasionally, if only occa
sionally, if the same results could not
have been obtained by the govern
ment if the railroads, now under gov
ernment control, did their full duty.
Most of our serious problems of late,
such as coal shortage and a general
tie-up in traffic, has resulted from the
railroads falling down on the job.
If the government has the right to
conscript the manhood of the nation
"to fight abroad, why has it not the
light to conscript the manhood of
the nation to keep the wheels of in
dustry turning at home? If the rail
roads were told, and told in a con
vincing manner, that they had cer
tain duties to perform during the war
probobly traffic conditions would be
better probably there would have
been no necessity for closing down
manufacturing plants at all.
All of which makes one wonder.
The stem philosopher of The Thom
nsville Times-Enterprise thought it
out on this line:
“The old con fed did on little less than
nothing for three years and fought a
good fight all the time, while some of
his descendants are fussing because
they are out of coal and have not
•enough sugar.”—Atlanta Constitu
tion.
Unless steps are taken to produce
more food in the South, leaving the
West to sell wheat to the government
and the allied countries a food crisis
as acute as the coal shortage is likely
to hit the country one of these days.
It will be too late to holler then. The
thing to do is to raise all the food
possible, right now, this year. Better
not gamble on an empty stomach,
even if cotton were fifty cents a
pound.
THE FRANK AND POUNDAGE
Just when the government is ad
monishing the people to save and cut
out all the non-essentials, one won
ders why the franking privilege of
members of congress continues to be
abused. Tons and tons of govern
ment books, reports and printed mat
ter are sent out through the mails
free. A lot of this matter is probably
never read at all and serves no good
purpose, except that some politician
is trying to keep his political fences
in order.
Writing under the caption of “The
Frank and Poundage,” The Atlanta
Constitution has the following timely
editorial:
One mail delivery the other day
brought three franked books —not
leaflets nor pamphlets nor tracts, but
books —from the government print
ing office in Washington.
Their combined weight is six
pounds and two ounces!
One of these books, a handsome
work and beautifully illustrated with
half-tones, i sbound in cloth and
boards. It is the 1916 report of the
Smithsonian Institution —and well
worth a handsome price to anyone
who wants it, but worth nothing to
anyone who does not want it.
The other two are Part 1, Section
VIII., Vol. IX. and Section 1, Vol. 11.,
respectively, of the “Proceedings of
the Second Pan-American Scientific
Congress,” the first being devoted to
“Public Health and Medicine,” and
and the second named to “Anthro
pology.” Each is bound in paper; and
probably is a valuable woi’k and re
plete with information of real worth
—to anyone who wants it, but worth
not a copper farthing to anyone who
.does not W’ant it!
The three volumes contain, respec
tively, 72!), 631 and 4G3 pages of
first-grade quality paper, eack page
representing high-priced work by
compositors, printers and binders.
It must have cost a very large
amount of money to produce them;
and how many of .them were franked
through the mails we, of course, do
not know—not even approximately.
The point is, they were produced,
and certainly at great expense, and
the government received not a cent
for their transmission through the
mails.
Many thousands of these six-pound
packages of books were produced by
the government, franked, at govern
ment expense, received by consignees
who care no more about the study of
public health and medicine, or antho
pology or the administration of the
Smithsonian Institution during 191 G
than Alaska sour-dough cares about
the habits and pastimes of the pink
boll worm and—are thrown away or
used for fuel!
Would it not he more in keeping
with the government’s emphatic
thrift and economy admonitions were
it simply to have publicly announced
that these books are available, and
let those citizens who want them and
who would put them to a good pur
pose and who would appreciate their
undoubted value, send for them?
What a saving that would mean to
the government—a saving in the peo
ple’s ta xmoney; in valuable paper
stock, printer’s ink and binding ma
terial; in precious carrying capacity
of the railroads; in drayage and the
brawn of mail-carriers, to say nothing
of the nerves and gray matter of hard
worked postal clerks!
The government admonishes the
citizen that the exegencies of the day
demand that he make every lick count
and every edge cut!
If that admonition applies justly to
the citizen it certainly applies with
equal foce to the go\eminent itself.
And the government can easily cur
tail two of its most flagrant sources
of wast: By cutting the maintenance
cost of the government printing office
through the elimination of needless
work; and by abrogating the uncalled
for. extravagant, altogether useless
franking privilege.
A i exas Wonder
The Texas \\ onder cures kidney
and bladder troubles, dissolves grav
el, cures diabetis. weak and lame
backs rheumatism, and all irregular
ities of the kidneys and bladder in
both .men and women. Regulates
bladder troubles in children. If not
sold by your druggist will be sent by
mail on receipt of SI.OO. One small
bottle is two months’ treatment, and
seldom ever fails to perfect a cure.
Semi for testimonials from this and
other states. Dr. E. W. Hall, 2926
Olive Street. Sk Louis, Mo. fck> i ?-
druggists, advt.
Progress-Argus want ads bring
results.
JACKSON PROCB—-ARGUS
RUSSIA’S PART IN THE WAR
Russia holds at present more than
2,000,000 Austro-German prisoners.
If every one of the great allied bel
ligerents (The United States, Great
Britain, France, Italy and Japan) will
do as much, and each of the minor al
lied belligerants only one-tenth as
much, the Central Empires will lose
in war prisoners alone about 12,000,-
000 men. Plainly the wheels of their
war machine will be ground off and
will crash in ruin.
The participation of the Russian
Bear in war has not only caused Ger
many and her allies an enormous loss
of man power n prisoners and in sol
diers killed and permanently disabled,
but also has cost them billions of
money, untold quantities of war ma
terial, an immense amount of energy
and vitality, and great tension upon
their means of communication
brought about by the wide new era
which the Central Empires now have
to hold on the north and the east.
On the western or French front the
Germans havd fought at a huge ex
pense of steel and explosives. On the
eastern or Russian front they were
forced to fight hand to hand and to
lavishly spend their man power, for
the Russians fought wfith bayonets
against cannon, and they dearly sold
every mile of Russian soil. So much
for Russia’s balance in the accounts
of the transaction of the Allies. This
balance still stands to her credit and.
in justice ought never to be lost sight
of.
STOMACH HOIS FINE!
NO INDIGESTION, BAS,
HEARTBURN, ACIDITY
“Papes Diapepsin” Fixes
Sour, Gassy, Upset Stom
achs in Five Minutes
You don’t want a slow remedy
when your stomach is bad—or an un
certain one—or a harmful one— your
stomach is too valuable; you mustn’t
injure it with drastic drugs.
Pape’s Diapepsin is noted for its
speed in giving relief; its harmless
ness; its certain unfailing, action in
regulating sick, sour, gassy stomachs.
Its quick relief i nindigestion, dys
pepsia and gastritis, when caused by
acidity, has made it famous the world
over. Keep this wonderful stomach
sweetener in your home—keep it
handy— .t a large fifty-cent case
from any drug store and then if any
one should eat something that doesn’t
agree with them; if what they eat
lays like lead, ferments and sours
and forms gas; causes headache, diz
ziness and nausea; eructations of acid
and undigested food—remember as
soon as Pape’s Diapepsin comes in
contact with the stomach it helps to
neutralize the excessive acidity, then
all the stomach distress caused by it
disappeas. Its promptness, certainty
and ease in overcoming sueh stom vh
disorders is a revelation to those who
try it. advt.
INHERITANCE TAXES LAST
YEAR REACHED $243,871
Largest Item Was From James M.
Smith Estate
During the year 1917 the State of
Georgia collected $243,871 in inheri
tance taxes. The estate of James M.
Smith, the millionaire Oglethorpe
county planter, contributed $96,000.
The collection of inheritance taxes
was equal to the tax the State would
collect from $48,774,284 worth of
farm lands at the present rate of tax
ation.
The inheritance tax law was passed
during the administration of former
governor John M. Slaton, and has
brought'thousands of dollas into the
coffers of the State.
HAD THE GRIP THREE WEEKS
With January comes lagrippe. Lin
gering colds seem to settle in the sys
tem, causing ene to ache all over, feel
feverish and chilly, tired, heavy and
drooping. Mrs. Lizzie Tyles, Hender
son, Ky., writes: “My daughter had
lagrippe for three week . I gave her
Foley’s Honey and Tar and now she
is all right.” The Owl Pharmacy, ad
The 16 cantonments built for the
training of soldiers cost $134,000,000
with a net profit to contractors of
2.98 per cent.
\\l//y Start the Day ßight
a Cup or Two
. l of Ltmanne-
T TAM-AND-EGGS and a cup
il of steaming, stimulating
Luzianne. What better start could
g— i anybody have for the day’s work!
-frlilklta The sanitary, air-tight tin locks
rnmUl t he n aV or in! Buy a can of
| Luzianne today.
• / Li\ If you don’t agree it’s the best
! | hot beverage that ever passed your
™ l lips, your grocer will give you back
SSS9BBB? what you paid for it, and ask no
questions. So, there*
IPZIAMNEcoffee
“When It Pours, It Reigns”
CONFEDERATE WAR STAMPS
REMINDER OF OTHER DAIS
In connection with the present war
stamps, an interesting reminder of
the civil war period was fursinehd by
Mr. T. P. Kimbell who brought to
town Saturday an old tax receipt
showing that a war tax of 40 cents
had been paid. The receipt had been
issued to J. T. Kimbell, grandfather
of Mr. T. P. Kimbell, the old receipt
having been kept by the family since
1865.
The form of the receipt was as fol
lows:
State of Georgia. No. 224. Receiv
ed of J. T. Kimbell $33.60, being the
amount of the soldier’s tax payable
by him for the year ending Dec. 31,
1864.
This Feb. 17, 1865.
L. D. WATSON,
Collector for the istrict.
Four Confederate stamps of the
denomination of 10 cents are attach
ed to the old receipt.
The year of 1917 established new
high production records for corn,
oats, rye, white and isweet potatoes,
tobacco, beans and onions.
B HARNESS
THE LONG LIFE OF A
We bought our two Studebaker* llWl 1 | L
from your agent, Moser. Logan, 37
Our neighborshare wornout three WKT****^
or four wagons of other makes since
we bought ours. " "
We hare never broken anything
on the wagons and the hubs are per
feet yet.
One is a lumber wagon, the other Cl > 111 A H
j,rof;Xet Both * ood£or otudebaker 37
Arthur Lake, p.. years old—hubs
wiiiimmiiimiimimmiimiiiimmiuiiiiinHimiminiiimß pei*f€sCt JTCt
Not strange for the Studebaker— because the hubs are
of fine, close grain tough, strong and treated with a
secret sealing solution that is weather resisting.
Notice the hubs on the next Studebaker you pass on the
road you’ll find they are not split or checked like the
ordinary wagon.
And in these hubs are set the famous Studebaker slope
shoulder spokes.
The Studebaker Farm Wagon Wheel is best made.
W e sell the Studebaker because we believe it is the big
gest wagon value on the market
1
R. V. and R. T. Smith
F"1 O'Villa, Georgia
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