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OFFICIAL ORGAN BUTTS COUN
TY AND CITY OF JACKSON
NOTICE
Card* of thanks will be charged
at the rate of fifty cents, minimum
for 50 werds and less; above 50
words will be charged at the rate of
1 cent a word. Cash must accompany
eopjr in all instances.
A Liberty Bond is a badge of honor.
Get your name on the Liberty Bond
Honor Roll.
Where there’s a will there’s a way.
Buy a Bond.
If your heart is right you will buy
Liberty Bonds.
How many Liberty Bonds have you
in your home?
Let’s buckle down and go over the
top with our share of Liberty Bonds.
Hardwick’s opening offensive lack
ed artillery fire and he failed to enter
the first line trenches.
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W. J. Harris is destined to find out
that he hasn’t a corner on all the pa
triotism in the country.
France executes her traitors with
out ceremony. Good example for the
United States to follow.
What will it profit you to pile up
wealth and lose your liberty and
freedom? Invest in Liberty bonds.
It is not a question of how many
candidates run for the United States
senate, but the caliber of the men is
the thing that counts.
In Athens a murder case was dis
posed of in twenty minutes. All the
smart “constitutional” lawyers must
have been muzzled during the trial.
Butts county cannot afford to be
disgaced by failing to subscribe her
quota of bonds. Pile up little amounts
and big amounts until the $161,800
have been subscribed.
W. D. Upshaw has seen the hand
writing on the wall and has with
drawn from the senatorial race.
Would that m ore of the little fellovw
had Upshaw’s good sense.
It is your mother—our mother, the
mother country—that is calling for
your dollars. What true man ever de
nied his mother’s appeal? Reach down
in your pockets and bring up some
Liberty dollars.
In his old age, sorrow’ has laid a
heavy hand upon Tom Watson. He
recently lost his only son, and his
daughter died a little less than a
year ago. Mr. and Mrs. W’atson’s
friends sympathize with them in their
afflictions.
There was an awful weeping and
vruling in the dark days of 1914 when
cotton went to 5 and 6 cents a pound.
Then the farmers were glad to get
help. The whole nation responded to
the appeals of the southern cotton
growers. Now', it is the nation that is
asking you for a loan—not a gift.
Show your appreciation by backing up
the Liberty Loan. You may need
help again.
THE JACKSON -nr.RESS-AItCUS. JACKSON. GIOEG.A, FEIDAY. APRIL 28^
MR. TIGHTWAD
The war has brought opportunities
for making money that were little
dreamed of a few months back. The
South has prospered, waxed fat and
grown rich. Probably this is true of
other sections of the country.
America right now is suffering from
a bad case of “money madness.” The
chase for the almighty doHar is pur
sued early and late. It is a pursuit,
that in many cases, has been followed
to the exclusion of all else.
It is all right for the individual to
make money. We cannot pay our war
debts, subscribe to the Red Cross, Y.
M. C. A. and help other appeals un
less the wheels keep turning. But the
country should be placed before sel
fish ends. When the country needs
our help it is our duty to respond to
every legitimate appeal.
Jackson and Butts county, like ev
ery other community, have their
share of tightwads, men who never
lose their grip on a dollar once it
comes into their possession. The
downright stingy man is without love,
esteem or respect at home or abroad.
His own family secretly despises him.
He is not only little and mean and ut
terly selfish, but he is lacking in pa
triotism and loyalty.
The p resent war will be remember
ed long after the last trench has been
vacated and the last soldier has re
turned to peaceful pursuits. Those
who helped their country in the su
preme battle for liberty, freedom and
righteousness will be able to hold up
their heads and say “I am glad that I
had a part.” That will be a heritage
worth handing down to posterity. The
man who did nothing but criticise and
knock and find flaws—and grip his
dollar, the man who put the dollar be
fore patriotism and loyalty—he will
be pointed out—as will his children
after him—as a creature too loath
some and despicable for the associa
tion of decent men.
You can’t hide. Your record is
known. Which side will you choose?
THE SAFEST INVESTMENT ON
EARTH
“It has the stength of Gibraltar,”
j is an advertising slogan widely known.
: Your Liberty Bond is backed by a se-
I curity stronger than that. It is back
ed by every man, woman and child in
the United States, possessing the larg
est national wealth of any country in
the world. It is backed by every mine,
factory, forest, river, mountain, all
the gold, silver, iron, copper, coal and
other metals and minerals. Your lib
erty Bond is truly, the safest invest
lent in the world.
A writer in the Dalton Citizen
speaking of the security of the Lib
erty Loan, says:
It is as good as the American peo
ple.
It is the promise to pay of a people
that has never failed, a people that in
a few short years have turned a wil
derness into a domain of marvelous
riches and power.
By the action of our government
these bonds become notes indorsed by
every man, woman and child in Amer
ica, notes that are strengthened by
billions of dollars worth of the securi
ties of our allies and guaranteed by
the indomitable will and resourceful
ness of a great people.
A Liberty Bond pays 4*4 per cent
interest to its owner in money and
100 per cent interest in noble satis
faction. It is your contribution to the
forces that move tow’ard victory in
this great war, a talisman of true
Americanism, a sign of your loyalty
and justice and mercy and your hate
of slavery, dishonor and greed.
Behind these bonds as a guarantee
that they will be paid is the total
wealth of our country', pledged to the
last cent.
If you own Liberty Bond, you will
not fail to get your money until our
will is broken, our treasure used up,
our honor slain, our property destroy
ed and our people in bondage.
Buy a Liberty Bond.
THE TIGHTWAD
(Marietta Journal)
If there is anything on earth that
gives a longing for eternal rest and
deep, damp solitude it is the man who
comes to town, builds up a big busi
ness, grows rich, and then squats
down on his gold like a hen on a
door-knob, and is too stingy even to
let the g ravels grind in his own giz
zard. A real, genuine 18-karat stingy,
selfish man, can’t be honest, and if he
ever gets to heaven and has wings he
veil fold them up and walk for fear
he will ruffle a plume or lose a tail
feather.
Buy Liberty Bonds—
MONEY SLACKERS
(Albany Herald)
For the Liberty Bond slacker is the
citizen this land who is abundantly
able to buy bonds, but refuses to buy.
He is the man who enjoys all the
blessings of citizenship in this land of
freemen; who is protected by the
flag that stands in the wold today as
the symbol of human liberty; who en
joys “the right to life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness” in a land whose
people have never knovgi oppression
who in this world struggle stand com
mitted to a righteous cause that must
triumph, or nothing else in the world
will count for very much. He is the
man who, ignoring these things, un
mindful of duty nd country’s claim,
refuses to contribute one dollar to the
support of his government in its hour
of need. He pays his taxes because he
is required to pay, but he buys no
bonds because the buyer of Liberty
Bonds must have at least a spark of
patriotism in his breast.
It is the duty of every citizen who
can buy Liberty Bonds to buy them.
It therefore follows that the citizen
who is able to buy bonds yet refuses
or fails to buy is a slacker. In short,
the citizen who can but won’t buy a
bond is as truly a slacker as the man
who lies about his age in order to es
cape military service.
FRANCE WINS IMPERISHABLE
FAME
Probably the only reason that the
war is not over is because there are
not enough French soldiers. While the
English and Canadians have done
great work, the French have demon
strated that they are the best fighters
in the world. France is holding well
over two-thirds of the western front.
—Jackson Progress.
And we would add, that France has
proven herself to be a civilized nation.
Although the Germans have overrun a
large part of her territory and treated
millions of her people worse than
slaves, the French soldiers have con
ducted only civilized warfare against
the Germans. France today is admir
ed by he world, not only for her bra
very, but for the liberal attitude she
has shown towards invaders when op
portunities offered themselves to do
otherwise. France stands today as an
ideal nation, and the people of the
world love her more than ever before.
—Crawfordville Advocate-Democrat.
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The right sort of farmer, the man
who raises all his supplies at home,
is not worrying over the various food
orders. Unfortunately there are too
many so-called farmers who get their
living out of a paper sack. It is that
stripe who are wearing a long face
and cussing Hoover and Soule.
Get it out of your head once and
for all that you are giving the govern
ment your money when you buy
bonds. You are not giving the gov
ernment anything. You are loaning
your money to the government and
will receive 4 M per cent interest.
The investment is the safest on earth.
Hardwick is losing ground right
along. Georgia is not made up of
mealy-mouthed, v’hite-livered weak
lings, but of red-blooded, zealous
hearted, God-fearing patriots. When
election day comes—if Hardwick
stays in the race that long—he will
be buried beneath a solid wall of
votes.
Last year Butts county grew crops
worth between two and three million
dollars. High prices for farm pro
ducts are due largely to the war.
Now the county is asked for only
$161,800 worth of Liberty Bonds.
This fe ohly $11.87 per capita. Come
on, good citizens, let’s go “over the
top” and then some.
An ever increasing number of boys
from our homes and firesides are go
ing “over there,” going into mud up
to their waists, to be shot at, to be
maimed in barbed wire, to be days
without food, to be mistreated as
prisoners—in short to offer the su
preme fealty. They are going that
you may stay at home. If they did
not go you would have to go. Had
you ever thought of that? Will we
deny these boys anything they ask?
Will we be short with these boys?
Look at the list of the splendid fel
lows—not strangers, mind you, but
our own associates—who leave for
camp Saturday. Then go and buy
some Liberty Bonds and back up
these boys to the last ditch.
Buy Liberty Bouds
FOODS TASTE BETTER COOKED
—TOBACCO TASTES BETTER
TOASTED
Since the day of the caveman, who
liked his meat raw, civilization has
learned a lot about the scientific treat
ment of the things we eat.
Naturally none of us would now
prefer to have our meat raw, our po
tatoes as they come from the ground,
our coffee unroasted.
And naturally follows the great dis
covery recently made by The Ameri
can Tobacco Co.—that tobacco tastes
better TOASTED!
This wonderful new idea—simple
like all great inventions —was first
used in producing the famous LUCKY
STRIKE Cigarette—made of toasted
Burley tobacco.
Burley has a mellow flavor, entirely
different from the tobacco usually
used for cigarettes. It is a pipe to
bacco and LUCKY STRIKE Cigarette*
taste like a pipe.
A SPRING “POME”
(Ft. Gaines Georgian)
Sleep, litle boll wqevil,
Don’t you weep;
Hiram’s gonna plant it—
And you’re gonna reap.
Tom Hardwick’s attack on the late
J. R. Gray, editor of the Atlanta Jour
nal, showed bad taste and poor judg
ment. The living can defend them
selves. The dead should not be slan
dered. While the writer never train
ed with Mr. Gray’s school of politics,
we admired his many excellent
qualities. He fought hard, but fair.
Which is more than can be said of
Tom Hardwick. Wasn’t it Tom Wat
son that said, “The upturned face of
the dead should be a flag of truce to
any brave man?”
Lend Him A
AHanp#
ufetTY
For ”
PATRIOTISM
“Action s speak louder than
words “Act~ Pont Talk - Buy Now
TEACHERS INSTITUTE WAS NOT
HELD IN JACKSON SATURDAY
Owing to the contests Friday, the
teachers institute scheduled for Sat
urday was not held. These meetings
have been held monthly during the
spring and have proved of general
help to the teachers. As the schools
will begin to close within a few days
there will not be another institute
held during the spring months.
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The QtiMas That oo§3 not Affect ttoltead
of it* took; and lasative effect, LAXA
TIVE BHOUO QUUtlWli is better tbaH ordinary
Quieine and does not cause nervooenoES net
naataff la bead. Remember the f !) name and
look for the signature cf E. W. GROVE. 30c.
is. H. THORNTON
JACKSON, GA.
UNDERTAKING, LICENSED EMBALMER
Full Line of Caskets and Robes to select from
My careful personal attention giv
en to all funerals entrusted to me
ALL CALLS ANSWERED PROMPTLY DAY OR NIGHT
DAY PHONE 17* NIGHT PHONE 193
FARMER’S REPORT TO DR
SOULE HAS RIGHT R, Ng
Says He is Living on Wheat And t
Necessary Will Do Without '
In making a report to Dr. Soule
about the quantity of flour on hand
Mr. W. H. Thaxton, of Jackson routi
three, set an example that other far.
mers would do well to follow. Mr
Thaxton informed the food adminis.
tration that he was using w^ eat
grown on his own farm, and that if
he did not grow his own wheat he
would do without flour. That is the
right spirit, also the kind of farming
that pays, and there should be many
other Butts county farmers to follow
Mr. Thaxton’s standard.
W. F. BARTLETT.
Old Kentucky Mfg. Cos.,
Paducah, Ky. <
Gentlemen:
Please allow me to state that I have
sold your hog cholera remedy for one
season and have ordered more for
this season. Last year I sold it to 12
or 15 men who raise hogs. I told each
of them to take the remedy, feed it
to their hogs and if they lost a single
hog from disease of any kind not to
pay me a cent for the remedy, but
when they began to sell their cotton
every man came in and paid me for
the medicine and every one of them
told me that it was the best hog med
icine they ever used. One man paid
me for the small package and bought
$5 worth more and said it was the
best he had ever tried.
Carmichael Hardware Cos., Dealers.
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ENOCH MORGAN’S
SONS CO.
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SAPOLIO
For
ECONOMY
MR. O. B. KNOWLES IS
NEW JACKSON POLICEMAN
Elected by Council to Succeed Mr.
Mack Goodwin, Resigned
At the meeting of Council Monday
night Mr. 0. B. Knowles was elected
a member of the Jackson police force
to succeed Mr. Mack Goodwin, who
resigned several weeks ago. Mr.
Knowles has been acting as an officer
since Mr. Goodwin retired and is
thoroughly familiar with the' vwrk
and will no doubt serve the town
faithfully and well.
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