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FERTILIZER Had you ever realized that our INTERESTS were mutual? If there ever was a time when we should make two ears of corn or two pounds of cotton grow where only one grew before, it is NOW. Labor is high and scarce. “Our Motto" should be — MORE Fertilizer—And a BETTER GRADE of Fertilizer rlt’s cheaper than labor. In fact, cheaper than anything on the market today. We have plenty POTASH and this may be the year to use a complete goods. It is all right to Hooverize at our tables —but we ought to feed the plant a complete ration. We hope you will be able to get your Nitrate from the government, but if not we are going to try to furnish you a part of your requirements. We started about eight months ahead of the government, but we haven’t got enough to supply our customers as yet. The trade does not understand or appreciate the difficulties which the manufactur ers have to contend with now—shortage of cars, labor, etc., and unless you co-operate with us, both of us are going to be the losers. If you want to be patriotic— Get Your Stuff Out At Price SOUTHERN COTTON OIL COMPANY T. A. NUTT, Manager DEWEY WHITE EXPECTED TO PLAY WITH GEORGIA TECH Jackson Boy May Help College Team Put Out Winner Dewey White, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. White, of Stark, who is a stu dent at Georgia Tech, is expected to play an important part in athletics at his college this spring. The following from the Sunday American will be of interest to the friends of Mr. White: Big Dewey White, a from Jackson, Ga., may fill the cry ing need out at Georgia Tech. Coach Joe Bean, after scanning the ranks of the pitching talent, has furrow of worry on his brow. He cannot find a twirler who gives prom ise of keeping pace with Hal Ivens, the lone pitching veteran. But tip from various sources have been cur rent during the past few days that Dewey White, a speed artist from Jackson, Ga., will be that man. As ret the pitchers have not been per mitted to cut loose, but will be watched closely. NEW ARMY RIFLE SHOWS IM PROVENT OVER OTHER MODELS The United Stattes rifle, model of 1917, commonly called the modified Enfield, has now been tested in the service of the ai..iy a sufficient time to warrant the assertion that it more than justifies the claims made for it, according to a statement authorized by the secretary of war. The new rifle takes a .30-caliber cartridge, which has the advantage over the British Enfield of being rim less. It has been found that unless rim cartridges are fed through the magazine uniformly with the rim of the top cartridge ahead of the rim of the one immediately below, jams are likely to occur. The model f 1917 has an over-all. length of 46.3 inches; total weight in cluding oiler and thong case and bay- ! oritt of 10 pounds and 5 ounces. The breech mechanism is of the bolt type. - Drives Out Malaria, Builds Up System The Old Standard pencral tr-Bt*feeat=a tesie, DROSS'S T cMH 1 Malaria, enrich •• the bloed.aad bai Mn lyUte*- laa ▲ ttuetoaic. Voc adalte aad chiMrna. A CHILD HATES OIL, CALOMEL, PILLS FOR LIVER AND BOWELS Give “California Syrup of Figs” if Cross, Sick, Fever ish, Constipated Look back at your childhood days. Remember the “dose” mother insist ed on—castor oil, calomel, cathart ics. How you hated them, how you fought against taking them. With our children it’s different. Mothers who cling to the old form of physic simply don’t realize what they do. The children’s revolt is well-foun ded. Their tender little “insides” are injured by them. If your child’s stomach, liver and bowels need cleansing, give only de licious “California Syrup of Figs.” Its action is positive, but gentle. Mil lions of mothers keep this harmless “fruit laxative” handy; they know children love to take it; that it never fails to clean the liver and bowels and sweeten the stomach, and that a tea spoonful given today saves a sick child tomorrow. Ask your druggist for a bottle of “California Syrup of Figs,” which has full directions for babies, children of all ages and for grown ups plainly on each bottle. Beware of counterfeits sold here. See that it is made by “California Fig Syrup Company.” Refuse any other kind with contempt, advt. SECRETARY BAKER IN FRANCE TO INSPECT ARMY CAMPS Paris, March 10.—The American secretary of war, Newton D. Baker, has arrived at a French port. Washington, March 10.—Upon hearing of Secretary Baker’s safe ar rival in France, the war department tonight announced that the secre tary’s visit is purely military and not domatic, and is for purposes of in cntw-tirir; and p or onal conference with military officials. JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS WHERE RATS ARE PROTECTED In Copper Mines of Michigan Rodents Are Regarded as Preventors, Not Carriers, of Disease. There are few places in the world where rats are well thought of, but in the copper mines of Michigan there ro dents, so universally despised, and causing so much danger to health and damage to property everywhere else, are regarded differently. In the shafts of the copper mines hundreds of feet below the surface dwells a species of rat that never sees the light of day and is held In high appreciation hy the miners. It is because these under ground rodents are valuable to sanita tion, preventers rather than carriers of disease. They indulge In no depre dations for the reason they exist with in rockbound walls inclosing nothing possible for animals such es they de stroy. The rats are the scavengers of the mines. They keep the workings clear of refuse. They are protected by the men; are often fed from dinner pails and have become so accustomed to the miners that they frisk about the workers wholly unafraid, secure in the apparent realization that, while else where they are hunted and slain as enemies of mankind, underground they are treated as allies and are immune from harm. Wives as Wage Earners. More than one-tenth of the married women of the United States were en gaged In gainful occupations In 1010, according to figures recently given out by the bureau of the census, and over 25 per cent of all women sixteen years old or over were wage earners, business women, etc. Since 1910 the per centages undoubtedly have in creased rather than diminished, for the tendency of women in this coun try has been toward greater economic freedom for many years. In 1900 the number of married women in gainful occupations was only 769,000, while in 1910 it was 1,890,000, says Popular Me chanics. The statistics referred to show that the proportion of women— married, single and widowed —who are earning their living is greater than ever before, but it Is particularly in teresting to find that of nil the groups cited, the proportionate Increase in the number of married women Is the greatest. Keep the loafers moving JUDGE C. L. BARTLETT WAS JACKSON VISITOR THIS WEEK Former Congressman Looked Upon as Probable Candidate Hon. C. L. Bartlett, of Macon, was a distinguished visitor to Jackson Monday and was warmly greeted by his many friends. Nopoliticalsignifi cance was attached to his visit, though Judge Bartlett admitted that he had been urged to run for he Unit ed States senate and also for congress from the sixth district. Many people have spoken to him about the matter, he said, but he has not yet formulated his plans. Judge Bartlett has many friends in Butts county, who are al ways g lad to see him. Hunter's Moon. The hunters’ moon is waning, but there has been very little service for it during the month, except for lovers, says the Columbus (O.) State Journal. The game question Is pretty near solved. It Is so different from the old days, when a man could take his shot gun and go out to the woods and bring in a bag of squirrels and birds in a few hours —enough for the family and a neighbor or two. Then he asked no favors of the moon. The game was plenty and the days were long in the good old time. In those days we had pigeon pie and squirrel pie and we didn’t want the moon to put itself out of the way on our account. In these days the hunters’ moon is a beautiful sentiment, but it makes no pie. How shy she was last week, when coquet ing with Jupiter for an evening or two, and then slipped off to the east and re fused to return. The Footwear of Our Daddies. In these days, when shoes cost $1 or more an inch, measured up from the heel, the recollections of a Callaway county pioneer really are painful. In a letter to the Missouri Telegraph he tells what a simple matter buying shoes once was. Those who wanted shoes lined up with their heels against a wall und the head of the household, armed with a bunch of twigs, took the measurement of each. The twigs were tuken to a merchant, who fitted the shoo by putting the broken stick inside it. One farmer objected to pay ing $14.87 for ten pairs of shoes, so he bought leather and hired a shoe maker to make them at a grand total of $9.15. —Kansas City Times. FRIDAY, MARCH 15, IDIG MR. HIRAM P. BARNES DIES AFTER LINGERING ILLNESS Remain* Brought to Jackon and Fu neral Held Tuesday Mr. Hiram P. Barnes, 29 years old, died at Milledgeville Monday morn ing, after a lingering illness. The body was brought to Jackson and the funeral was held at Macedonia Tues day afternoon at 2:30, Dr. C. C. Heard, of Jenkinsburg, officiating. Mr. Barnes was a son of Mrs. Susan Barnes and the late Mr. Carter Bar nes. He is survived by his mother; two sisters, Mrs. W. W. Wilson, of Jackson, and Mrs. W. W. Lott, of Jacksonville, Ga. ALMOST A YOUNG MAN AGAIN E. R. Whitehurst, R. F. 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