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Jackson Progress - Argus PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY J. DOYLE JONES Editor nd Pub!i*her SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year_ _51.59 Three Month# 40c Six Months.7sc Single Copies..sc IN ADVANCE Entered as second-class matter at the post office at Jackson, Ga. TELEPHONE NO. 166 OFFICIAL ORGAN BUTTS COUN TY AND CITY OF JACKSON NOTICE Card# of thanks will be charged at the rate of fifty cent#, minimum for 50 words and less; above 50 words will be charged at the rate of 1 cent a word. Cadi must accompany copy in all instances. Will you buy a bond or do you pre fer a tax receipt? Cotton is falling about as fast as stock of the kaiser. Keep the home fires burning by buying Liberty Bonds. s Maybe the fellows who fail to buy Liberty Bonds are waiting for kaiser Bill to levy his indemnity. It is not too late to plant food crops Large food crops are just as neces- [ sary to defeat the kaiser as Liberty, Bonds. This is the last week of the Liberty Bond campaign. Get your name on the roll of honor and let’s “go over the top.” While cotton is tumbling it is a good time to put in a few more acres in food crops. You can’t have too j much food and feed This is the week for Butts county to win glory by going over the top with' her allotment of bonds or be disgrac- j ed by failing to do her duty. What! will your answer be? The movement to fix the price of cotton has raised a storm of protest in the South. Many agencies are busy • and the congressmen are hearing from the folks back home. The senatorial candidates are crowding: that “administration” and “loyalty” plank. Bunk Cooper seems to be the most truthful candidate in the lot. lie says he is runih .>• because he wants the office. Our boys are already in the trench es. Others are going. Others are ready to go. Let’s back them up by furnishing the money, food and am munition. Buy Liberty Bonds and show your heart is in the struggle. People who have money and espec ially those v.'io have made money out of the war must give an account of their stewardship. Invest in Liberty- Bonds and help keep the country safe for liberty, freedom and the pursuits of happiness. Any man not absolutely a paViper ran afford t o buy one or more Lib erty Bonds. The terms of payment are easy. You will get real satis faction and pleasure out of helping the country. Get your name on the roll of honor. Tom Hardwick is reported as wil ling to debate with his opponents if his loyalty is not brought into ques tion. That is the very thing his op ponents want to discuss. His record is one he can’t defend and nobody knows that nny better than Hard wick. Buy Liberty Bonds THE JACKSON PROORESS-ARCUS, JACKSON. GEORGIA. FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1813 CLOSE UP THE POOL ROOMS A number of citie3 in Georgia are making war on the pool rooms, dur ing the war. This is a step in the right direction. It is estimated there are enough idlers lounging around the pool rooms in the small towns and cities to fur n:sh all the labor needed on the farm •mi in the industries. Asa rule, the pool room lounger is the last man who will answer his country’s call or respond to the appeal for labor to keep the wheels of industry turning. There are thousands such in the larger cities. They toil not, neither do they have any visible means of support. They should he rounded up as loafers and made to go to work. While the war is in progress it would be a good thing if every pool room in the entire country were clos ed up. This is no time for frivolities. The country can very vrdl get along without pool rooms, carnivals, danc ing schools and such other so-called amusements. While the best blood of America is on the altar in France, the idlers, loafers and loungers should be put to work at something useful. There is work for every man—rich and' poor, white and colored. We ail have a vital part to play in helping to win the war and every man should be at work at something worth wriile. A SPLENDID EXAMPLE In raising her full quota and more, Flovilla has set other sections of Butts county a fine example to follow in the purchase of Liberty Bonds. While Jackson and other communities have lagged behind, Flovilla went “over the top” in a single effort. The pa triotism and loyalty of the progressive citizens of that community stands out as a striking illustration of what can be done once the decision is made. Selling Liberty Bonds of the third j issue should be the easiest matter in j the world. It should not be necessary Ito lag and dally and argue. Every right thinking person knows the bonds must be bought. The money must be raised and every man must dig in his pocket and bring up a Liberty Bond or hold a tax receipt for an income tax. Uncle S am is going to have the money. Debating the question is not worth while. It is just a matter of deciding which is best, a Liberty Bond or a tax receipt. With the educational campaign that has been carried on through the news papers of the country, with speakers out of the trenches telling the people their duty, with the mightiest battle of all time thundering in one’s ears, there should be no delay in buying Liberty Bonds. People should not even wait to be asked. The third Liberty Bond issue should have been a spon taneous response to the call of the nation. In spite of all these efforts, howev er, there are those who sleep on. Some are indifferent; many are ignor ant; some can’t get profiteering out of their minds, and others think more of their money than they do of the soul of mankind. When a county or community arouses itself and discharges its full duty, as Flovilla has done, it is a re freshing oasis in a desert of common place indifference and stupidity. WELL NAMED While we all recognize there is something the matter with the man or woman, able to buy T bonds but fails to do so, it remained for Governor Dorsey to apply the right name. It customary to refer to them as “financial slackers.” In an address at Marietta Saturday Governor Dor sey referred to the bond slacker as a skunk. That just a bout sizes up the situ ation. Here is a report of Governor Dor soy’s speech: “The man who falsifies as to his age, the man who flees the country, the man who dodges military service —is a slacker. But the man who is not expected to serve in the armed forces of the country, who stays at home and makes money off the emer gencies of the war—while the sons of his neighbors are dying on the fields of France—and is so much of a miser that he will not buy Liberty Bonds—is worse than a miser. He is a skunk.” THIS WIDOW WAS HELPED Mrs. A. Walden, -160 Glenn Ave., Fresno, Cal., writes: “I had a fever and it left me with a cough every win ter. Foley’s Honey and Tar helps me every time. 1 am a widow fifi years old.” Nothing better for bronchial, grip and similar coughs and colds that harg on. Just fine for croup and whooping cough. The Owl Pharmacy, adv. OUR BOYS “OVER THERE” EN JOY TOASTED CIGARETTES. Through the patriotism of the citi zens of this country thousands of smoke kits are being distributed to American soldiers in France. Author ities agree that men in the trenches ncec. cigarettes almost as much as food and munitions. Doctors, nurses, and commanding officers all join in the demand which has awakened in this country a great movement to keep our boys supplied with smokes. Millions of the famous LUCKY STRIKE Cigarettes are “going over” all the time. There’s something about the idea of the toasted ciga rette that appeals to the men who spend their time in cold, wet trenches and billets. Then, too, the real Kentucky Burley tobacco of the LUCKY STRIKE ciga rette gives them the solid satisfaction of a pipe, with a lot less trouble. LIEUT. MILES HELPS TO BOOST LIBERTY BONO SALES Lieutenant Miles, of the Canadian army, was a visitor in Jackson Sun day and delivered a short talk at the First Baptist Sunday School. Later he made a talk at Jenkinsburg. Lieut. Miles has recently returned from the trenches. He was wounded in action last September and was sent back to the states to aid the Liberty Bond campaign and other war activities. He talks interestingly of life in the trenches and gives first hand informa tion of the great struggle going on in western Europe. Lieut. Miles also remained over Monday and spent part of the day, in company wth Mr. Baxter Jones of he Liberty Loan field force, in talking with the business men in the interest of the bond sale. fie was one of the speakers at the rally at Flovilla Saturday. spuog Xjaaqig Ang MOTHER! DON’T TAKE CHANCES IF CHILD’S TONGUE IS COATED If Cross, Feverish, Sick, Bil ious, Clean Little Liver and Bowels A laxative today saves a sick child tomorrow'. Children simply will not take the time from play to empty their bow r els, which become clogged up with waste, liver gets sluggish, stomach sour. Look at the tongue, Mother! If coated, or your child is listless, cross, feverish, breath bad, restless, doesn’t eat heartily, full of cold or has sore throat or any other children’s ail ment, give a teaspoonful of “Califor nia Syrup of Figs,” then don’t worry, because it is perfectly harmless, and in a few' hours all this constipated poison, sour bile and fermenting waste will gently move out of the bowels, and you have a well, playful child again. A thorough “inside cleansing” is ofttimes all that is nec essary. It should be the first treat ment given in any sickness. Beware of counterfeit fig syrups. Ask your druggist for a bot tle of “California Syrup of Figs,” which has full direetions for babies, children of ail ages and for grown-ups plainly printed on the bottle. Look carefully and see that it is made by the “California Fig Syrup Company.” advt. FIVE NEGRO SELECTMEN GO TO CAMP NEXT FRIDAY The Butts county draft board w r ill send to camp next Friday five colored selectmen. The men have not yet been selected, orders for their en trainment having been received Tues day morning. The men will be sent to Camp Gordon. Atlanta. spuog Xng SHE GOT GOOD RESULTS This honest testimony from a wo man who has suffered should be heed ed by all afflicted v; th backache, rheumatic pains, or any symptom of kidney and bladder trouble: “I have got such good results from Foley Kidney Pills that 1 sleep much better. Mrs. Chas. Gray, 270, Sixth st., De troit, Mich.” The Owl Pharmacy adv Buy Liberty Bonds With the cjfT (Left) “Brothers in Arms” —an enlisted man’s conception of the servic* rendered by the Army Y. M. C. A. secretary. (Upper right), Camouflaging a Red Triangle hut in France. (Lower right), Army “Y” dugout under shell fire. "The leadership of a Y. M. C. A. hut in France has bigger possibilities of national service than most of the bank and college presidencies and big city pulpits in America.” It was with the above cabled state ment that E. C. Carter, director of the overseas work of the American Y. M. C. A. in France, emphasized the seri ousness of his appeal for men sent out from Paris headquarters. With all wel fare, entertainment and physical work and the conducting of the post ex change stores among our soldiers in France, England and Italy in charge of the American Y. M. C. A. at Gen eral Pershing’s request and the French, Italian and Portuguese governments appealing for trained American Y. M. C. A. workers to perform a similar service for their soldiers, it is obvious that an enormous number of Red Tri angle men are needed “Over There” ' —3,000 new recruits within the next (ninety days, or more Y. M. C. A. sec ire taries than have been sent across the previous twelve months. “It is imperative that we meet our (obligations to the American and Al lied armies,” continued Director Car- Iter in his recent cablegram relayed jto Southeastern War Work council headquarters of the Young Men’s | Christian Association at Atlanta, Ga. j “There are ninety-six important posts J here without sufficient workers. For jty-seven of them are near the front (and thirty-eight positions are under | shell-fire.” Pratt Offers $100,000.00 Herbert Pratt, vice president of the Standard Oil Company, now in France jas an American Y. M. C. A. worker, cabled to New York City na tional headquarters urging that hun !dreds of men be sent at once. “Carter and staff are doing remark ably fine w'ork,” read Mr. Pratt’s ca blegram, “but often are too tired be- I cause of lack of assistants.” Mr. Pratt has offered a personal gift of $100,000.00 to defray the expense of sending more secretaries overseas. I To fill this crying need, special ef forts are being made by the National I War Work Council at home to enlist | secretaries for service under the Red , Triangle “Over There.” Every sec jtion of the country has been especial ly organized within the past few' weeks forHhis purpose. Governor Whitman of New' York, Governor Rye of Ten nessee, Harry Lauder and Gipsy | Smith, famous British evangelist, are typical of the type of men heading the campaign committees and speaking at | mass meeiings to enlist Army and (Navy Y. M. C. A. secretaries. 500 Men Southeast’s Quota Within the next ninety days, from the seven states of the Southeastern , Department—Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Alabama, Mis sissippi and Tennessee—approximate ly 500 secretaries must be recruited; 300 for service overseas and 200 addi tional to fill up the gaps in the Army and Navy Y. M. C. A. forces in the I cantonments and training camps in the southeast. Dr. W. W. Alexander director of the Southeastern Depart ment, war personnel board, is in [charge of the campaign in this section with headquarters at Atlanta, Gi Kc icruiting committees have been ap pointed in every state. 4 One of the reasons whv it is so dif ficult to obtain men who' are satisfae tory for service abroad is described nv A. G. knebei, executive secretarv for the War Personnel Board of the Nat onal War Work Council, in a re cen' interview. “Nothing Tarre About ‘Y’ Work” “Thousands of applicants rejected include many \ ho picked out the Y M. C. A. as a nice soft branch of war ser- -e. The thousands accepted are tho-e vto are wiling to face hard ship and danger-often uncer a rain c! shrapnel and machine gun fire. There is nothing tame about the Red Triangle work in this world conflict. It is no task for a man faint hearted or of low physical vitality.” Not every secretary who goes over seas is sent to the front line trenches —but he may be. The Army and Navy Y. M. C. A. follows the flag and the fighting men of the Allies every where but over the top. The man who goes up to the trenches pitches a tent, erects a sheet iron hut or finds a deserted building, cellar or dugout in which to begin work. Will Beat His Sons to France. Most admirable are the ambitions of many fathers of soldiers and sailors to enlist for Red Triangle service, and thus, perhaps, meet their sons in France or on the high seas. The Per sonnel Board has the record of a man who recently sailed for France, who has one son an officer and another an enlisted man. He is very proud of the fact that he will be “Over There” be fore his sons. Recruits for American Army and Navy Y. M. C. A. service overseas need be “only ordinary men and good Christians,” as described by Dr. Alex ander of the Southeastern Department Personnel committee. Men of almost any profession or vocation are accept able, but they must he over the draft age—thirty-one years—or have been rejected as physically unfit because of a noticeable defect, such as a deform ity, loss of eye or limb, xvhich at a glance will classify the secretary. Absolute loyalty to the govern ment and sympathy with the cause of the Allies in our fight to the end for a world safe for democracy, must in spire the Red Triangle worker. A man whose father or mother was born in any of the countries with which we are now at war cannot serve overseas. A secretary cannot be accompanied by his wife, no more than can an officer. Recognized by Military. Wearing the regulation United States army or navy uniform distin guished by the Red Triangle insignia on the left coat sleeve overseas, but on this side uniformed in olive green of a cut not unlike the British uniform, the A. M. C. A. secretary has been recogn ; zed as a part of the military and naval establishment vitally necessary to the winning of the xvar. An Amer ican officer recently home from the French front said: “Three forces will w'in this war on land, the army, the Red Cross and the Y. M. C. A.” For full information, write to your State Recruiting Secretary, care Army and Navy Y. M. C. A. Recruiting Head quarters, located as follow's: NORTH CAROLINA, CHARLOTTE. SOUTH CAROLINA, CHARLES TON. GEORGIA, ATLANTA. TENNESSEE, NASHVILLE. ALA BAMA, BIRMINGHAM. FLORIDA, JACKSONVILLE MISSISSIPPI, JACKSON. ‘tiean Up” Week For Red Triangte Collections In Kay Atlanta, Ga., April. “Clean Up” week has been designated from May Ist to Bth. This does not mean the furbishing up of municipalities or the date set for burning rubbish in back yards. It is the date set by the second Y. M. C. A. war work campaign fund organization in the Southeastern mill* tarv department for boosting collec tions on the last campaign. In a report by R. H. King, director of finance in the Southeast, issued on Ap'-'l 15th. it was showrn that 73 per cent of tlie collections had been made. It is his aim to make that percentage climb t to 85 per cent by the end of “Clean Up” week and local committees will act accordingly. Two states have already exceeded the S6 per cent mark; Mississippi and Florida. Georgia comes next with 711s Per cent, the others are as follows: Alabama, 70; South Carolina, 68; North Carolina, 68; Tennessee, 60. ‘ The mobilization of dollars in di rect gifts to be applied to national de fense is a short-cut method of winning the war.” said A. H. Whitford, na tional financial campaign director, when told of the “Clean Up" week plan of pushing collections of subscriptions-