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( •• ii 1010 a i , wirtivv/i a i, it/tO Jackseo Progress - Arps PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY J. DOYLE JONES Editor and Publisher SUBSCRIPTION $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE Entered ns second-class matter at the post office at Jackson, Ga. TELEPHONE NO. 166 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. ——*— 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. I 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. ‘ 1 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 4 iuiiWv.oiiAfia 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.