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NEWS --s=
OF INTEREST IN THE
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thought for the week
We have been a wasteful nation.
We are told that enough food is wast
ed in American homes and hotels to
feed an army of 12,000,000 men.
"Gather up the fragments,” said Je
sus, “that nothing be lost.” This war
will not be altogether without profit
to us if it teach us the sinfulness of
waste. Let the children help. When
, the five thousand were to be fed, it
was a boy, probably a poor slave boy,
who provided the means by which the
multitude was saved from hunger.
Thus was the little offering of a child
made great. Your boys and girls
shall l ave no better thing to remem
ber in the future than that when hu
manity was in the travail of a war
for freedom they were permitted to
deny themselves for the common
good. And shall any one ask, what
has all this to do with our faith and
duty as Christians? This war is a
sacrificial struggle for freedom!
With every blow that we strike we
help to loosen the clutch of selfish
autocrats upon the lives of millions.
From it Liberty shall emerge, conse
crated to new and holier uses be
cause of the sacrifice it has cost.—Se
lected.
A PERFECT DAY
Somewhere in France there are
four blind British Tommies, who go
about among their more fortunate
comrades and sing songs to them.
Announcement From
CARMICHAEL-MALLET COMPANY
As the time has come when ladies want to see
and buy hats, dressse and all other pretty things
in millinery and ready-to-wear as fa& as they
arrive, we have decided to eliminate the two for
mal opening days we have been having in these
departments each season.
By doing this we can give better SERVICE and
better PRICES.
Instead of holding in reserve the prettiest things
for opening days we will put them on display as
fast as they arrive.
We now have on display a nice selection of the
newest and nobbiest things out, in Tailored hats
for early spring wear. Coat Suits, Street Dresses,
Skirts and Shirtwaists.
We will have the neweSt things as faSt w they
are put on the market.
LADIES, remember that every day this season
will be an opening day on the second floor of
THE BETSY CORNER. Every Express and par
cel poSt is bringing us new things from the
FASHION CENTER—selected by our buyer
there.
We invite your inspection. We appreciate your
business.
They call themselves the Shrapnel
quartet, for they lost their sight when
flying fragments of exploding shells
found lodgement in their eyes. They
refused to accept their discharge from
the army, but returned to the firing
hne to cheer companions in arms, for
songs are a necessity in the life of
the soldiers. The Shrapnel quartet
made their own instruments, boring
holes into gun barrels for fifes and
fashioning their own rude fiddles.
They play on these intruments and
they sing songs to their own accom
paniments. There is little demand for
“Tipperary” and the multifarious
war songs now on the market, for the
soldiers prefer the more tuneful,
homey melodies. The blind Tommies
sing to them the songs of Carrie Ja
cobs Bond.
Every place the British Tommy
goes the songs of Carrie Jacobs Bond
are heard. “A Perfect Day” is more
popular in .the army than all the war
songs that have been written. The
Tommies sing it behind the trenches
or wading in the mud, or at lunch
time, in the snow and in the cold, and
they always sing it at the end of the
day and after returning, wet and
•tired, from raids on the German lines.
One cartoon sent to Carrie Jacobs
Bond by the Tommy who drew it,
shows a kilted Highlander, the hairs
standing out on his bare knees from
the trench mud, the rain pouring
the cold as he stands ankle deep in
JACKSON PROGRKSS-AKGUS
HELP UNCLE SAM
Why pay $1.50 for an| Alarm Clock
that has babbit or type metal staffs when
you can get a better clock with steel
staffs and pinions at Edwards’ Jewelry
Store for
Only $1.25
a difference of 25 cents, the price of a
Thrift Stamp, not to mention the dif
ference in quality?
Have just received a case of these
clocks to at $1.25. Do you need one?
Joseph £. Edwards
Jeweler and Optometrist
JACKSON, GEORGIA
down upon him, trying to fry an egg
over a smoky fire on a ledge scooped
out in the side of the trench to protect
it from the rain, while a German shell
is bursting overhead, and he is sing
ing: “This is the end of 3, perfect
day.”
It is the same in the American ex
peditionary forces in France. Carrie
Jacobs Bond is an American woman,
and she has written melodies that sing
themselves over in the mind. General
Pershing has written to Mrs. Bond
telling her how much her songs mean
to them all, adding that “A Perfect
Day” is his favorite song.—Musical
America.
FIRST SERIES OF TEAS
Miss Mary Newton was hostess at
the first of the cycle teas for the
benefit of the U. D. C. Red Cross
fund on Wednesday afternoon, invit
ing ten guests who in turn will enter
tain. The afternoon was spent in
knitting, tea and wafers being served.
D. A. R. MEETING
The members of the D. A. R.
chapter are invited to meet next
Tuesday afternoon a't three with
Mrs. H. R. Slaton and Mrs. J. M.
Currie at the- home of Mrs. Slaton.
Mrs. J. W. Crum is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. G. E. Mingledorf, in
Valdosta.
PUBLIC MEETING OF STUDY
CLUB
The second of a series of public
meeting’s under the auspices of the
Study Club will be held next Wed
nesday afternoon at three o’clock at
the office of Mr. Hugh Mallet.
Mrs. C .A. Butner will give a talk
on “Production.” Mrs. Butner is
just back from Athens where she had
the benefit of the best lectures on
the most vital subjects of the day.
The people in general should avail
themselves of any* opportunity to
learn what work is most important
to do just now and how best to do it.
The public invited and a good at
tendance is urged.
D. A. R. SILVER TEA
An elaborate and beautiful affair
of the mid-winter season was the
Silver Tea at which the members of
the William Mclntosh Chapter,
Daughters of the American Revolu
tion, entertained on Friday afternoon
at the home of Mrs. A. T. Buttrill.
The splendid new home, which is
so well adapted for entertaining, was
a lovely setting for the many beau
tifully gowned women present.
In the spacious living-room, vases
of jonquils and hyacinths were used
and in the dining room red carnations
adorned the mantels and ' hinets.
The Idle Hour Nurseries, of Macon,
donated the flowers for the occasion.
In the cozy and attractive sun
parlor, Mrs. 0. A. Pound and Miss
Bessie Waldrop poured tea.
Little Misses Marion Carmichael
and Elizabeth Currie dressed in
charming colonial costumes received
the contributions.
In the receiving line were the offi
cers of the chapter and assisting in
entertaining were Mrs. E. H. Ste
phens, Mrs. J. B. Settle, Mrs. R. P.
Newton, Mrs. H. R. Slaton, Mrs. J.
B. Carmichael, Mrs. L. L O’Kelley,
Mrs. W. M. Settle, Miss Mary Newton,
A beautiful musical program was
given by Misses Lois Biles, Margaret
McKibben, Kate Lyons and Mary Le
na Martin, both the piano and violin
solos being greatly enjoyed.
A large number of ladies called dur-'
ing the afternoon and the affair was
a decided success. The proceeds,
which amounted to nearly twenty
five dollars, will go toward the sup
port of a French orphan.
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Friday, i, ioifi
'Nolen’s
Groceries Jackson, Ga.
Phones
24 and 60
Cherry Pie
There’s nothing better,
and Washington’s Birth
day suggests it. Get
ready for yours.
CLUB HOUSE RED
PITTED CHERRIES
In Heavy Syrup
One 2C Three {£l AA
can eJt) for tjjKvv
New Catch Fat
Mackerel
2 FOR 25c
Fresh Green
Florida Cabbage
the kind that wont make
you sick, arriving dired
from the grower by ex
press daily.
We have very specia*
for week-endtrade fresh
Green Lettuce,
nice ripe
Tomatoes,
Celery,
fresh and crisp
Irish Cobbler
Potatoes, Yel
low Turnips,
Yellow Yam
Sweet Potatoes,
Spanish Onions,
Red Onions
In fact anything you
want we have it.
Butter Nut Vic
tory Bread.
Stone’s Cakes
2 for 25c. Six kinds
We have the freshest
and mosE complete line
of groceries ever in Jack
son. We want your or
ders, so phone or come
in person and have your
orders delivered now.
Paul Nolen
& Company
Jackson, Georgia
PHONES
24 § 60
WE DELIVER NOW