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FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1918
Society and Personal
STLDIER OF THE CROSS
(Home and Farm)
There had been a raid upon
the far-flung salient of the American
line. First had come the terrific bar
rage tire, which cut off the handful
of soldiers from relief of aid of their
comrades in the rear trenches. The
unlucky boys had hidden in their dug
outs, and there the crawling yellow
gas had found them. Choking and
blinding they had seized their arms
and rushed up to the open. The Huns
had caught them as they sprawled out
of their holes, and mercilessly played
upon them their liquid fire —flames
from hell, breath of the devils. Oh,
the horror of that weapon brought
back from the days of barbarism,
and the pure courage of the men who
had only their lives to give, and who
gave so bravely.
It was over and night had come.
Heavy in the cold air hung the fumes
of burnt flesh and the stale odor of
the dissipated gas. In front was the
wreck tangled of the melted wires,
all about the charred timbers of the
trenches, here and there a crumpled
body from which life had gone. Only
one soldier was now in the salient, a
boy who had crawled forward to act
as “listening post.” Six months be
fore he had lived his carefree life in
the cotton fields of Alabama; and
now, as he gazed into the night, he
saw hanging in the wires before him
the body of one of his own comrades,
arms outstretched, head dangling,
legs dragging in the mud. The boy
was overcome by the thought of that
barbarous and unchristian struggle.
Tears came to his eyes, and with
trembling lips he whispered this pray
er:
“Good God, tell me, why must this
be?”
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When he raised his eyes again a
strange thing had happened. His
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Two 1917 Fords and one
Briscoe Touring cars for
sale. Better come quick.
R. N. Etheridge Auto Cos.
LOST—LITTLE RED PIG ABOUT
8 weeks old. Finder please notify
this office and get reward.
LOST—PETWEEN ELGIN AND
Jackson, 34x4 Ms non-skid Congress
tire on rim. Finder will pleasere
turn to Progress-Argus office and
receive reward. T. J. Hammond.
LOST LAP ROBE BETWEEN
Mallet’s Springs and Jackson, Sat
urday, March 23. Return to this
office and receive reward.
3-29-ltp.
REWARD—WILL PAY $25.00 FOR
information concerning 75 pounds
meat stolen from my smokehouse
Saturday night, March 23. Mose
Ersey, Jackson, Ga. R. F. D. 2.
3-29-ltp.
WANTED—SINGLE FURNISHED
room for gentleman. Apply at this
office.
WANTED TO RENT—S OR 6 ROOM
house with all conveniences. E. J.
Evans, care Empire Buggy Cos.
2-22-tfc
POTATO PLANTS NOW READY
for shipment—Nancy Hall, Porto
Rico, Triumph and other varieties,
$2 per SI,OOO. Sykes Brothers, Ty!
Ty. Ga. 3-29-4 t
NOTICE—I HAVE A FEW BUSH
eIs Long Staple Cotton Seed left
for sale.
J. S. JOHNSON.
FOR SALE—VELVET BEANS FOR
Planting. The 00 day variety. Wire
or write me at once.
E. O. HUSON, Jackson, Ga.
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FOR SALE—PORTO RICO AND
Nancy llall Potato plants $2.25
per 1,000; also Webber’s 49 Cot
ton Seed. $3 per bushel. Apply G.
W. Allen at Jackson Milling &
Feed Company or phone 224.
8-8-Btp .a
comrade’s body no longer hung in the
wires before him, but in its place in
the white moonlight stood a charred
cross, and on it hung the body of
Christ Crucified. There was fresh
blood upon the hands and feet, the
hair and beard were scorched by fire, |
and on the dead face was written the
agony which Christ has suffered for
man through all the ages.
Long, long the boy gazed on this
vision: then he felt his soul rise with
in him, and struggling to his knees
he stretched out his hands to the
cross and in a loud voice cried:
“Lord Jesus, forgive me that I have
ever doubted, and give me strength
that I may not fail again. My enemies
are Thine. They have crucified You
in their unholy battles; they have rav
ished Your innocent women, and mur
dered Your old men and helpless
babes. They have cast aside Your
teachings, and sent Christianity reel
ing into war’s abyss. Your Red Cross
of Mercy is not sacred to them, and
they spit upon the law books of man.
Their creed is lust and not virtue,
greed and not generosity, ambition
and not humility, expedience and not
honor, might and not right, self-wor
ship and not humanity, hate and not
love, Oh, Christ, strengthen Thou
my limbs. I am a soldier of the
Cross; lead Thou me on.”
PERSONAL
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Edwards visited
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Edwards in Albany
for the week-end.
Major and Mrs. Joel B Mallet, of
Atlanta, arc spending this week with
Mrs. Emma Mallet.
Miss Viola Slaughter returned
Wednesday evening from a week’s
visit in Atlanta.
Mrs. Harry Selfridge is spending
several days with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. II Holifield.
Henry Byron, of Albany, spent the
week-end here with his parents, Dr.
and Mrs. J. Lee Byron.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Harrison, of
Ilapeville, spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. J. B. Harrison.
Col. W. E. Watkins and Mr. J. H.
McKibben were visitors to George
town, Ky., the past week.
Mrs. H. L. Jenkins and Miss Sara
Plunkett, of Macon, spent the week
end with Mrs. S. C. Paul.
Mr. Ray Barnes, of Camp Wheeler,
was the recent guest of his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Barnes.
Mrs. C. R. Gresham has returned
from Manchester, where she visited
Prof, and Mrs. M. 0. McCord.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Settle, Mr. H.
L. Daughtry and Miss Maggie Currie
motored to Atlanta Tuesday.
Mr. R. A. Stratford, district agent
of farm extension work, with head
quarters in Barnesville, spent Satur
day here with Mr. J. H. Blackwell.
Miss Lillie Mae Hodges, chief ope
rator at the Jackson telephone ex
change, is in Atlanta attending a
school of instruction for operators.
LIKE AN ELECTRIC
BUTTON ON TOES
Tells Why a Corn is so Pain
ful and Says Cutting Ma
kes Them Grow
Press an electric bubton and you
form a contact with a live wire
which rings the bell. When your
shoes press against your corn it push-
es its sharp roots down upon a sen
sitive nerve and you get a shock of
pain.
Instead of trimming your corns,
which makes them grow, just step
into any drug store and ask for a
quarter of an ounce of freezone.
This will cost very little hut is suf
ficient to remove every hard or soft
corn or callus from one’s feet. A few
drops applied directly upon a tender,
aching corn stops the soreness in
stantly. and soon the corn shrivels
up so it lifts right out, root and all,
without pain. This drug freezone is
harmless and never inflames or even
irritates the surrounding skin. advt.
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS
All-Wool Is BeSl
There’s just one reason for all-wool
in your clothes; it makes better clothes.
All-wool wears longer, keeps shape, and
always looks well.
The way to conserve all-wool is to use
it —but not waste it. Cotton mixed clothes
are wasteful, because they don’t serve as
long and they use more wool in the long
run.
Here at this store our clothes are guar
anteed all-wool; it’s best for you, for us
and for our Nation.
Miss Lucile Elder of Flovilla and
Miss Myra Mille, of Atlanta, are the
vuests of Miss Pauline Mallet.
Mr. J. B. Harrison spent the week
end at home, and had as his guest his
brother, Mr. J. E. Harrison.
Mrs. William Rosser and Miss Es
sie Rosser, of Locust Grove, are the
guests of Mrs. Mack Goodwin.
Mrs. H. W. Copeland, Edna and
Arthur Copeland, Otis and Levi Ball
spent the week-end in McDonough.
Mrs. W. E. Watkins, Miss Olive
Rambo, Mrs. W. H. Wilson and Miss
Jessie Jones spent Saturday in At
lanta.
Mrs. W. R. Cox, of Dawson, and
Mrs. J. R. Nicholson, of Maxeys, are
guests of Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Craw
ford.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Jones, Misses
Jessie and Lucile Jones anrf Fielder
Jones spent Sunday afternoon in
Griffin.
Mrs. J. M. Barfield, Miss Evelyn
Barfield and Mr. Bob Barfield, of
I Sunnyside visited Mrs. B. F. Moon
j Sunday
Miss Sarah Louise Furlo\v is home
from Shorter for a few days visit
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. M.
Furlow.
Dr. and Mrs. R. L. Crawford, of
Locust Grove, and Miss Annie Craw
ford. of Atlanta, are visiting rela
tives here a few days.
Mrs. J. F. Chambless spent the
week-end with relatives in Macon.
Mr. Morris Redman spent Sunday
with Col. and Mrs. C. L. Redman.
Miss Mary Frances Wright enter
taine dthe members of the Junior
Knitting Club on Tuesday afternoon
at her home on East Third street.
NEXT SUNDAY IS EASTER
And we’re ready for you with
new Spring suits, oxfords, hats,
shirts, hosiery, neckwear; in fadt,
everything for a man or boy.'
SLATON-POWELL
CLOTHING CO.
Men’s and Boys’ Outfitters
109 S. Hill St. Griffin, Ga.
Prof. A. J. Fleming was a visitor
to Jackson Tuesday, having just re
turned from a trip through South
Georgia in interest of the Farmers’
Union.
Miss Estelle Bozeman came up
from Macon Friday night and was the
guest of Mrs. C. A. Butner until Sat
urday afternoon, assisting her in her
canning club work.
Mrs. B. F. Watkins, regent of the
William Mclntosh chanter, leaves on
Tuesday for Athens to attend the an
nual ftfte D. A. R. coaf ”-ence, v.hich
will be in session April 3i’d, 4th and
f.th.
Mrs. Scott, president of the Wo
man’s Missionary Societies of the
Methodist church for the Griffin dis
trict, addressed the members of the
society here on Monday afternoon.
The talk was very helpful and in
structive.
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Mr| J. S. Lewis and Mr. C. R. Mc-
Cord, of Macon, spent Tuesday with
their mother, Mrs. J. W. McCord, who
celebrated the anniversary of her
birthday on that day. An elegant
dinner was prepared by Mrs. C. A.
Butner and Miss Annie Lou McCord,
j only the immediate family connec
tions being present.
BIG SURPRISE TO
MANY IN JACKSON
People are surprised at the IN
STANT action of simple buckthorn
bark, glycerine, etc., as mixed in Ad
ler-i-ka. ONE SPOONFUL flushes the
ENTIRE bowel tract so completely it
relieves ANY CASE sour stomach, gas
or constipation and prevents appen
dicitis. The INSTANT, pleasant ac
tion of Adler-i-ka surprises both doc
tors and patients. It removes foul
matter which poisoned your stomach
for months. J. H. Turner, druggist.
RECIPES
Tested Cake With Sorghum Syrup.
—6 eggs beaten separately, 1 cup sy
rup, 1 cup lard and butter mixed, 1
cup buttermilk, 1 teaspoonful baking
powder, 1 teaspoon soda, 5 cups flour-
To begin, beat shortening, syrup and
1 cup flour. Bake in loaf or in layers,
using icing with raisins for filling.
Delicious! Try it.
Peanut Loaf. —Cook Vz cup rice in
salted water. Mix with the cooked
rice 1 cup chopped peanuts, 2 table
spoonfuls melted butter, % cup milk,
1 well beaten egg, salt and pepperto
taste. Turn into gjeased pan and
bake in hot oven one half hour.
CUT THIS OUT—lt’ Worth Money
DON’T MISS THIS. Cut out this
slip, enclose ith 5 cents to Foley &
Cos., 2835 Sheffield Ave., Chicago, 111.
writing your name and address clear
ly. You will receive in return a trial
package containing Foley’s Honey
and Tar Compound, for coughs and
colds and croup, Foley Kidney Pills
and Foley Cathartic Pills. The Owl
Pharmacy, adv.
The daylight saving bill will not
make much difference to the farmers.
They are accustomed to rise early
and work late, particularly during
the busy season. The la wis evidently
designed for the town and city resi
dent. In the main, there will be a
vast saving in coal, oil and electric
power, and the plan will no doubt
meet with general favor.
Whenever You Need a General Tonic
Take Grove’s.
The Old Standard Grove’s Tasteless
chill Tonic is equally valuable as a
General Tonic because it contains the
well known tonic properties of QUININE
and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives
out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and.
I Builds up the Whole System. 60 cents.