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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1918
Jackson Progress - Argus
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
J. DOYLE JONES
Editor and Publisher
SUBSCRIPTION $1.50 A YEAR
IN ADVANCE
Entered as second-class matter at
the post office at Jackson, Ga.
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OFFICIAL ORGAN BUTTS COUN
TY AND CITY OF JACKSON
NOTICE
Card* of thank* will b charged
at the rate ef fifty cent*, minimum
for 50 ward* and le**t above 50
word* will he charged at the rate of
1 cent a word. Cash must accompany
copy in all instance*.
The last of the “heatless” Mondays
has been gotten out of the way, and
it is now down to business.
. .mai 4
The movement to reduce the cotton
acreage 10 per cent in 1918 and in
crease food crops ought to be taken
seriously by every fanner in the
country.
The “fuelless” Mondays probably
served a good purpose, but there will
be general rejoicing that they are out
of the way so the country can get
down to business and forge ahead un
der full steam.
Georgia is asked to increase pork
production 10 per cent this year. It
is easy to do and the conditions de
mand that it be done. Keep a pig—
or as many pigs as you are able—by
all means.
Horrible as it was, the sinking of
the Tuscania has served to arohse
the people of this country, recruiting
has increased, steel has been put into
the hearts of our soldiers and people
nnd the United States forces will yet
extract from the kaiser
and his assassins.
Teddy is showing his teeth again.
One way to dispose of Teddy would
be to put hi min the front line
trenches.—. Jackson Argus.
Teddy is taking >ntirely too much
for the good of the country, and
there ought to be some way to sup
press him.—llawkinsville Dispatch
and News.
Jack I(. Patterson, who has been
editor of the Conyers Times for the
past several months, has bought the
Covington News from Frank Reagan
who retires from the newspaper busi
ness to accept a position with the in
ternal revenue department. Mr. Pat
terson has many friends in Butts
county who wish for him abundant
success in his new field.
POWER OF THE NEWSPAPER
A newspaper whose columns over
flow with advertisements of business’
men has more influence in attracting
attention to the building up of a city
or town than any other agency that
can be employed. People go where
there is business. Capital and labor
will locate where there is an enter
prising community. No power is so
strong to build up a town as a
paper properly patronized. It always
returns more than it receives.—Rev.
T. DeWitt Talmadge.
“What is home without a newspa
per?” asks an exchange. It is a place
where old hats are stuffed into bro
ken windows, where the wife looks
like a bag of wool with a string tied
.around the center; where the husband
has a tobacco panorama painted on
his shirt f rent, and the neglected chil
dren wipe their noses on their jacket
sleeves.—Macon County Citizen.
OUR AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS
The following unofficial estimates
of the value of our exported agricul
tural products, most of which went
to Europe, to the nations at war
with Germany, during the years of
1916 and 1917, show what effect
obedience by ( this notion to Ger
many’s demand in her War-Zone de
cree would have had on the Amri
can farmer. The figures are for the
10 months of 1917 ending with Oc
tober and for the full year of 1916:
Exports—First figures for 19#7
and second for 1916.
Cotton $563,783,000; $502,617,-
000.
Wheat flour i $90,025,000; $70,-
839,000.
Wheat $224,,444,000; $172,516,-
000.
Barley $21,156,000; $18,032,000.
Com $65,115,000; $41,663,000.
Horses $30,225,000; $52,570,000.
Wool manufactures $14,150,000;
$34,027,000.
Mules $12,972,000; $22,130,000.
Total $1,030,870,000; $9,141,-
994,000.
These figures do not include the
lesser agricultural exports, nor all
in manufactured form.
The effect on the price and value
of the more than a billion dollars’
worth of agricultural products of
the United States which found a
market in Europe in the first 10
months of 1917, had the United
States tamely submitted to Ger
many’s insolent demand, which
would have denied them access to
these markets, can easily be imag
ined. Fo? lack of a market milch'of
these products would have rotted on
the farms or in warehouses or been
used in unprofitable ways.
The crimes of Germany against
the lives of American citizens and in
sult to our nation’s honor fully jus
tified—in fact made imperative—
America’s entry into the war. These
figures only show a portion of the
tremendous material loss which
would have followed America’s tame
submission to the war-zone decree.
Our whole exports to the European
nations at war with Germany amount
to three and a half billion dollars a
year. v
PAYING INCOME TAX
“Where is the income tax man? 1 '
The questioner was Mr. Thomas R.
Potter, one of Jackson’s most success
ful farmers, and one of her best cit
izens. “I want to pay the income tax.
I have no sons in this war. My chil
dren are too young to be participants.
There are men who have sons there,
aid I want to have some part in help
ing feed and clothe those men’s sons
who are fighting our luttles. The war
must be won. If we have no boys
some of us can do our bit by paying
money, some by knitting for the sol
diers, someone way, and some anoth
er; but we can all, every one of us,
be for our country.”—Jackson Herald
NEWS FROM THE FRONT
Can any of the well informed
brethren tell us what has become of
John D. Walker, Rufo Hutchens and
Burton Smith, who were erstwhile
very much in the limelight?—Jack
soa Progress-Argus.
Don’t know about the rest, but ru
mor has it that Hon. John D. has “lit
a rag” and left no trace of his where
abouts.—llawkinsville Dispatch and
News.
Didn’t you read the wonderful
story of Burton Smith’s work as a
stager of prize fights in the Army Y.
M. C. A. in France? Rufe Hutchens
is grooming himself for a dash into
the next political campaign, and as
for John D. we know nothing. He
never was In our {class. —DeKalb
New Era.
John D. and Rufe seem to have
completely disappeared, but Burton is
1 sojourning "somewhere” in France,
where he is engaged in Y. M. C. A.
work among the American soldiers.
‘ —Crawfordville Advocate-Democrat.
| Since the government has taken
i over the railroads it has decided that
, it does not need advertising in the
; weekly newspapers, and att contracts
, have been cancelled. About the only
. use the government finds for the week
| use the government finds for the
. weekly newspaper is to print pages
and pages of free matter boosting its
business. In addition to which the
second class postage rate has been
increased. In spite of this fact, how
ever, the weekly press is loyal to the
nation—even when the papers know
they are not getting a square deal.
JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS
WHAT NET INCOME MEANS
IN MAKING FEDERAL RETURNS
Cate of a Farmer Who i* Subject to
Payment of Income Tax Taken
A* An Illustration
Here is some information in regard
to the income tax that may be help
ful to thosewho are subject. Net in
come defined means expenses incurr
ed in the production of said income.
To further explain, take for instance
a concrete case of a farmer, who is
married and has one child under eigh
teen years of age.
Gross Incoma
Cotton Sold $3,250.00
Cotton Seed 600.00
Poultry, eggs and butter-_ 200.00
Total income $4,050.00
Deductions
Labor $300.00
Guano 2.00.00
State and county tax 50.00
Total deductions $550.00
Net income $3,500.00
Exemptions
Specific $2,000.00
One child 200.00
Total exemptions $2,200.00
Taxable income at 2 per
cent $1,300.00
Amount of tax 26.00
MOTHER! GIVE CHILD
"SYRUP OF FIGS” IF
TONGUE IS COATED
if Cross, Feverish, Sick, Bil
ious, Clean Little Liver
and Bowels
Children love this “fruit laxa
tive,” and nothing else cleanses the
tender stomach, liver and bowels so
nicely.
A child simply will not stop play
ing to empty the bowels, and the re
sult is, they become tightly clogged
with waste, liver gets sluggish,
stomach sours, then your little one
don’t eat, sleep or act naturally,
breath is bad, system full of cold,
has sore throat, stomach-ache or
diarrhoea. Listen, Mother! See if
tongue is coated, then give a tea
spoonful of “California Syrup of
Figs,” and in a few hours all the
constipated waste, sour bile and un
digested food passes out of the sys
tem, and you have a well, playful
child again.
Millions of mothers give “Cali
perfectly harmless, children love
fomia Syrup of Figs” because it is
it, and it never fails to act on the
stomach, liver and bowels.
Ask your druggist for a
bottle of “California Syrup <xf
Figs,” which has full directions for
babies, children of all ages and for
grown-ups plainly printed on the
bottle. Beware of counterfeits sold
here. Get the genuine, made by
“California Fig Syrup Company.”
Refuse any other kihd with con
tempt. advt.
WOOD PULP USED IN CLOTH
MANUFACTURE IN GERMANY
Wood pulp is being manufactured
into cloth in Germany, according to
advices received by the Bureau of
Foreign and Domestic Commerce.
The pulp is spun into a thread and
then woven into a fabric, the warp of
which is linen thread. It is said to be
durable and to stand washing five or
six times. It is utilized for clothing
of all kinds, but especially for under
wear.
For Indigestion, Constipation or
Biliousness
Just try one 50-cent bottle of LAX-FOS
WITH PEPSIN. A Liquid Digestive
Laxative .pleasant to take. Made and
recommended to the public by Paris Medi
cine Cos., manufacturers of Laxative Bromo
Quinine and Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic.
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FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALL
ED OUT TUESDAY MORNING
I Small Blaze on South Oak Street Soon
Extinguished
A fire in the home of Mr. A. P.
Johnson on South Oak street Tuesday
morning about 10 o'clock called out
the Jackson fire department. The
blaze was soon extinguished and the
damage was slight.
A fire in a church also
brought out the firemen .Tuesday
morning, hut the fire was out before I
the department arrived.
YOU COOK YOUR
FOOP —WHY NOT
YOUR TOBACCO?
YOU know what broiling
does to steak, baking to a
potato —and toasting to bread.
In each case flavor is brought
out by cooking—by “toasting/*
So you can imagine how
toasting improves the flavor
of the Burley tobacco used in
\ the Lucky Strike Cigarette.
_ ITS TOASTED
CHAPTER MASONS CONDUCT
CANDIDATES INTO MYSTERIES
Clast of Four Were Given Degrees
Monday Night
Work in the Mark Master’s and
Past Master’s degrees was exemplified
at the meting of Jackson Chapter No.
54, Royal Arch Masons, Monday night
Four candidates were initiated into
the mysteries of the order. There
will be work at the regular convoca
tion of the chapter on February 25.
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guessed it) lots of delicious goodies.
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W. D. UPSHAW WILL ASSIST
IN WASHINGTON’S BIRTHDAY
W. D. Upshaw and his “War anc
Home” quartette will give an enter
tainment at the auditorium of the
Jackson public schools on next Friday*
February 22, which is Washington’*
birthday. During the day Mr. UpshawJ
and his troupe of entertainers wilß
give a free program for the belief™
of the school, and in the evening ®
small admission will be charged. TheH
proceeds will go to the school library*
Mr. Upshaw is widely known as afl
lecturer and no doubt a large crow®
will greet him upon the occasion of hi®
visit to Jackson. %