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Jackseo Progress - Arps
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J. DOYLE JONES
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OFFICIAL ORGAN BUTTS COUN
TY AND CITY OF JACKSON
NOTICE
Cards of thanks will be charged
at the rate of fifty cents, minimum
for 50 words and less; above 50
words will be charged at the rate of
1 cent a word. Cash must accompany
copy in all instances.
Another advantage the poor man
enjoys, he is never held up for black
mail.
If you don’t raise something to feed
yourself and family who is going to
feed you?
Prof. Snider staked his reputation
on the prediction of a snowstorm
Monday. Glad the Prof, lost his rep.
Butts county is making fine prog
ress in raising more hogs and a better
grade of hogs. It is a hopeful sign,
too.
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If some of the government patriots
do not win the war on their trusty
it will not be for a lack
of effort.
No amount of talk will win the
war. The sooner certain patriots find
that out and get down to brass tacks
the better it will be.
Just a lot of people refuse to get
excited over anybody’s little political
game. There are too many other
worth while things to study about.
The food administrator has decreed
that hens and pullets are not to be
hilled from February 23 to Majf 1.
If egg production can be increased it
will bo something to cackle over.
The war is now costing tho United
States $40,000,000 a day. The longer
it lasts the more it will cost, which is
all the more reason fo rcutting out
wrangling and getting down to busi
ness.
Beginning March 1 tho government
will institute a parcel post auto truck
route between Savannah and States
boro. This is the first of a number of
these routes to be established later, it
is said, in an effort to relieve the con
gestion of mail.
Food is being sold cheaper in France
and England than it is in this coun
try. Due to the fact that we have no
intelligent, systematic control of food
and the profiteer flourishes like the
green bay tree.
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The United States is doing more
for her soldiers than any nation has
ever done for an army. Every man
who comes out of the. army or navy
will be a better man physically, men
tally and morally.
The poor, benighted, ignorant Rus
sians may deserve pity. But they are
being called yellow, cowardly, treas
onable curs. If there is anything else
coming to the Russians they will get
it at the hands of the huns.
In years past the government has
done a lot for the farmers, giving
them the parcel post, rural free de
livery of mail, farm loan banks and
other conveniences. These things are
appreciated by the farmers, and we
believe they will respond to the call
for increased food production, in so
far as labor will permit.
THE SENATORIAL SITUATION
The senatorial situation in Georgia
is rather a complicated affair and it is
sometimes hard for one to get his
bearings.
The two main candidates, we be
lieve, are Hardwick and Harris. The
others are running for fun, advertis
ing purposes or something of the sort.
Harris is the administration candi
date. Hardwick is the anti-adminis
tration candidate. So far so good.
But let’s see: When Hardwick was
nominated at the Macon convention
he was put forth, as “an administra
tion man.” He was steamrollered in
to office over Slaton and Felder be
cause it was said he was an active and
ardent supporter of President Wilson
and could be depended upon to hold
up Wilson’s hands. Harris, now Hard
wick’s opponent, was one of the prin
cipal figures that helped to put Hard
wick in office.
But, in the meantime, something
j happened. Hardwick and President
Wilson drifted apart. The junior sen
ator has ideas of his own, and these
ideas do not always coincide with
those of the President. Hardwick vot
' ad for war with Germany and Austria,
but he has seevrely criticised the con
duct of the war. This has won him the
title of a kicker and anti-administra
tion man.
Now, Harris is put forward as a
strong administration man. He has
even received the endorsemnt of Pres
ident Wilson in his race for the Unit
ed States senate. If Georgia is to oc
cspy her true position before the na
tion, we are told, an administration j
man, meaning Harris, must be elected
Whether or not Harris, if elected,
will swallow everything the President
says, bait, hook, sinker and all, cannot
be foretold. If so, it were as well to
! have a senator by proxy, or send a
parrott to the senate.
Two years ago both Hardwick and
Harris were “administration” men.
The men who manipulated the steam
roller at Macon, including W. J. Har
ris himself, are now out after Hard
wick’s scalp. May be they will get it.
; May be not. A lot of us were against
the tactics used at the Macon conven
tion. A lot of us feel that our rights
were not respected, and a lot of us are
not going to lose any sleep over the
piesent campaign. The truth of the
matter is, a large body of voters in
Georgia will be without a candidate
this year.
That is the position of The Prog
ress-Argus. We have no “pet” candi
date; We haven't forgotten the Macon
convention. We remember the men
who pulled the wires. The “falling
cut” is among the men who worked
the steamroller in Macon. Let them
fight it out to their heart’s content. |
A lot of us don’t care. A lot of us will
not tear our shirts and a lot of us will
not vote —unless the line-up is
changed,
WHO PAYS?
(Dawson News
Fifty-nine million seven hundred
and twenty-four thousand dollars in
net p rofits was made by the United
States Steel corporation in the last
three months of 1917.
Thirty-four per cent, divident is
what Swift & Cos., the packers, de
clared in the year 1917, and Armour
& Cos., another packing house,- made
net profits of $21,293,562 during the
year, a somewhat smaller amount
than the Swift concern garnered.
These big business concerns “do
their bit” to help win the war, it is
said.
Who pays?
Think of this the next time you hit
tho bottom of your purse to buy a bit
of beef or bacon.
And you will keep on paying the
thirty-four per cent, dividends just so
long as there is camouflage regulation
of “big business” and the principal
energies of those in authority are di
rected toward making the small dealer
and the consumer toe the mark.
These huge profits, startling in
amount, show that the biggest hogs
did not go into the pork barrel.
Dr. Soule says the South must raise
her usual crop of cotton. We know
that. There is no danger of raising
too much cotton, but it is important
to raise food and feed crops and live
stock, too.
If you have not given in your in
come tax returns, you had better at
tend to that matter. There is a se
vere penalty for failure or refusal to
make the returns, and the government
is doing its part by sending experts
to the various county seats to instruct
the people.
JACKSON PROGRESS-ARCUS
TUSCANIA
By Edmond Vance Cooke.
Till their lunacy is ended,
Till their leprosy is mended,
Till their piracy is fended,
There is just one thing to do;
We have passed all why and whether,
And with faces toward the weather,
Each for all and all together,
There is no way out but through.
Till the Prussian sword is shattered,
Till the Prussian horde is scattered,
Till the Purssian flag is tattered
And its shameful cause is curst;
Till they learn there is no laurel
For a nation all unmoral,
We shall carry on the quarrel,
Come the best or come the worst.
Till their- counterfeited “Culture,”
With its ethics of a vulture,
Finds a deep and dark sepulture,
With no resurrection dawn;
Till this cruel kite is kited,
Till his blighted beak is blighted,
Till his frightfulness is frighted,
F'orward still! and “carry on.”
Forward still to win the vision,
Forward to the great decision,
Which shall blast the last derision,
Of the Prussian Citadel.
Till the Prussian crest is crumbled,
Till the Prussian head is humbled,
And the Prussian creed is mumbled,
Only in the deeps of Hell.
CUT OUT THE “WAR AIMS STUFF
Every few days some statesman
rears up on his hind legs and reiter
ates “our war aims.” This is positive
ly tiresome, to say nothing of sicken
ing. We have only one war aim and
that is to win this war and beat the
everlasting stuffing out of the Ger
mans. The country was committed
to that policy when war was declared.
There c an be no turning back now.
What the United States, France,
England and Italy needs is to pull to
gether and strike together. A lot of
effort has been lost through individ
ual action. The allies must thorough
ly understand each other and be a
unit in carrying on the war. Costly
mistakes have been made and much
precious time has been lost through
misunderstandings. If any real pro
gress is to be made in the war the al
lies must pool their forces and hit the
Germans hard and all together.
Let’s have more action and less re
iteration of “war aims.” The people
are paying—will pay whenever called
on—but for heaven’s sake let’s cut
out the bickering and wrangling and
get down to business, the only busi
ness before us—the winning of the
war and that in the shortest time pos
sible.
SPEED FIENDS RAMPANT
Jackson has an ordinance regulat
ing the speed of automobile to 10
miles per hour. That ordinance needs
to be revived and enforced.
During the past summer some ef
fective results were accomplished.
The wholesome lessons taught through
fines in the mayor’s court seem to
have been forgotten. The speed
fiends must be brought to task again.
The average autoist is a careful
enough driver around the business
part of town, but after he gets three
blocks from the court house he seems j
to feel that he is out of town and
“opens her up” for from forty to
sixty miles an hour. Such a speed is
distinctly dangerous, not only to the
driver but to pedestrians and other
vehicles.
More people are being killed and
injured in automobile accidents, nine
tenths of which are due to reckless
driving, than in the war. Several fa
tal accidents have occurred in and
near Jackson within the past few
months.
Council can do some mighty good
work by enforcing the speed limit,
and for the safety of all concerned
the ordinance ought to be enforced to
the letter.
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Butts county led all Georgia in
Corn Club, Canning Club and Pig
Club work last year. That is a record
to be proud of. Let’s see if we can’t
have more members this year and
an increased production of food crops
and livestock.
With all the millions arrayed
against him, does look like somebody
would be able to throw a banana
peeling under the kaiser’s feet.
It is said that Jim Woodward will
run for mayor of Atlanta. The old
man has come out victorious from
many a hard fought battle, and can
bo depended on to put up a game
fight.
LUCKY STRIKE
CIGARETTE
Until this new “smoke”
was made you could never
have a real Burley tobacco
cigarette. It’s the best yet.
IT’S TOASTED
The toasting brings out the
delicious flavor of that fine
old Kentucky Burley. You
% never tasted anything so
agreeable think what
roasting does for peanuts.
© n Guaranteed
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WISE MERCHANTS
An Atlanta daily newspaper, whose
cost of white paper during 1918 will
be $150,000 greater than it was in
1917, was forced to raise its adver
tising rate to cover its increased cost
of operation, )>.nd according to a news
item, from that city, has not lost a
single advertiser of consequence. On
the contrary the paper’s regular ad
vertisers are increasing their space.
If a city merchant whose name is
a household word throughout its com
munity considers advertising such a
vital part of his business organzation,
and is willing to increase his space at
increased rates, certainly the same
holds good for any mechant in any
community, whether large or small.
The old-fashioned idea that a mer
chant is so well known, and his line of
as a
( & -t-l North Wind
//I AT the end of a hard day, just sit
down to a cup of Luzianne
Coffee. See how you pick up with
every savory sip. Luzianne is far, far
gr 1 different from any other coffee. It’s
1 got something that all the others seem
•at eouao
111 XI ANfil* t 0 if 8 packed in dust-proof,
** moisture-proof cans that bring
I Luzianne to your kitchen just the same
: f m\ as when it left the roaster. Buy a can
try it for yourself. An iron-clad,
-gff air-tight guarantee says that if you are
not entirel y satisfied with Luzianne,
. ' N v* T o E ”^ <^vl t,,s your grocer will give you back your
money. And he will
IKlANMßcoffee
“When It Pours , It Reigns”
goods so familiar to the public that
he doesn’t need advertising in his bus
ness has long since gone to the scrap
pile, like other old ideas and other old
methods. Probably the most famous
business concern in the entire world
is the Standard Oil Company, yet it
expends hundreds of thousands of
dollars every year simply advertising
the products which everybody uses
and will continue to use.
A merchant may sell some goods
without advertising, but there is not
a merchant in the country who
wouldn’t sell more goods by advertis
ing than he does by refusing to ad
vertise.—Dawson News.
Help the members of the boys and
girls clubs and these clubs will help
you through a larger food production.