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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. TELEPHONE NO. 166 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. i 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. Tta Maine Thet Dess Net Affect Us Stead Bocaaae of iM teiiic died laxative effect, JLAXA TTfnBbOMO QUUKTWS n better tkaa ordfcsary Quuidae and doe uc>i caoee ot *9*sfC*oj[ tet teod. ReaieK’kier tS< faU uatac and look tor Ch sicuatnre ©i K. W. ©B.OV3E. 30c. QHEERY, whole-hearted, guessed it) lots of delicious goodies. r. ; ' " When it Fours, It Reigns' l I 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. %