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ATTENDING CONVENTION IN
HOT SPRINGS THIS WEEK
Dr. Robert VanDeventer, pastor of
the First Baptist church, left Monday
morning for Hot Springs, Ark., to at
tend the annual meeting of the South
ern Baptist Convention. This meet
ing is very important one, bringing
together several hundred of the most
prominent Baptist ministers and lay
men in the country. The convention
■will be in session several days, during
which time many important business
matters will be acted on.
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54 Millions From 42 Agencies, an Increase of
38 Millions Insurance in force is the record of
New England Mutual Life
Insurance Company, Boston, Mass.
THOS. N. McKIBBEN
Manager Griffin District
GRIFFIN : : : : GEORGIA
Engravcg uu wood i or tu 13, Kusclibaum Co*
LONGER LIFE FOR
MEN’S CLOTHES
NEGLECT, more often than wear, shortens
the life of clothes •. . . Treat a good
suit considerately and see how it repays you
in longer service •.. . But first remember that
care is wasted upon poor garments—that it can
never supply the lack of all-wool fabrics and
honest workmanship—qualities which the Kirsch
baum label absolutely guarantees - - S2O to S4O
A
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Etheridge Smith & Co*
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1915
WIGWAM CASINO NOW OPEN
FOR THE 1918 SEASON
The Wigwam* Casino, under the
management of Mr. Ben Cleveland,
opened last week for the 1918 season.
The swimming pool, boviling alley and
pool room afford amusement and en
tertainment for a large number of
visitors at Indian Springs and are
quite popular. Mr. Cleveland has had
charge of the amusement features of
the Wigwam for several seasons and
has won a large circle of friends
through his kindness and courtesy,
and will appreciate a visit from his
friends.
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PLOW HANDLES SAYS HOME
BISCUITS SOON IN ORER
The wheat crop down In this neck
of the woods is fine this time, and in
one more month’s time we will be
eating home made biscuits. Some of
us have up good stands of cotton and
some have not. It seems it is a hard
thing for some of us to wait till the
right time to plant cotton. Cotton is
a hot weather plant and is not going
to grow until the weather gets hot.
When children begin to roll off the
bed at night then cotton will begin to
grow.
If the man out on the farm will no
tice the different notes and songs of
the birds it v.ll help him tell when
to plant different crops. There is a
certain note in the song of the blue
bird that tells you when to plant com,
and there is a certain note in the song
of the red bird that tells you when
to plant cotton. The red bird makes
this beautiful note when the woods
are in full foliage. It haunts you
like some former happiness. You
can’t see him near you, can’t find
him, but you know he is there.
The next sixty days will be a busy
period with the farmers, and during
these sunny days and dewey nights
we will get a lot of pleasure out of it,
for the good book says the sleep of
the laboring man is sweet whether he
eats little or much. Someone asked
Mr. Rothchild what vaas the best
thing for a rich man to do to get the
most out of life after he had accumu
lated a fortune, and his reply was, the
best thing for a man in all conditions
}f life is work.
PLOW HANDLES.
Inactive Kidneys
Cause Disease
**l (hall not toon forget the benefits I derived
from the use of Foie? Kidney Pills.”—AL A.
Godfrey, Forest Grove, Oregon.
Too much work and too little work
eeem to have about the same effect
on persons past middle age. Proper
action of the kidneys Is necessary to
good health. They act as a Alter
and remove from the blood poisonous
waste matter which if permitted to
remain In the system leads to many
complications.
Many nervous, tired, run-down men
and women suffer from pains In the
back and sides, dizzy spells, bladder
weakness, sore muscles and stiff
Joints and fall to realize that rheuma
tism, diabetes or even Bright's dis
ease may result.
If you have cause to believe that
your kidneys are weak, disordered or
inactive you should act Immediately.
Foley Kidney Pills have been used
by young, middle aged and old with
complete satisfaction. They act quick
ly and surely and given relief
in cases of ten years’ standing.
THE OWL PHARMACY
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WHAT IS WORSE
THAN WAR? j
V
Consumption Four Tunes More
Deadly Than Bombs and
Machine Guns.
—,
Pierre Hamp, a French medical au
thority, estimates that of the 38,000,-
000 people of all ages still living Id
France 4,000,000 must die of tubercu
losls. The war will have killed about
1,000,000. This means that man with
all of his Inventiveness is far less effl
clent than Nature as a man killer*
There have been over 400,000 new;
cases of consumption in France since
the war began. This Is why, despits
the number of new hospitals, there la
still not sufficient space available fos
tuberculosis cases.
The Question of Pensions. H
Of course first consideration Is a<S
Corded to the ever popular wounded!
men. Therein lies the tragedy of the
consumptive soldier. With the new,
cases coming in dally from the
trenches the consumptives are not
as helpless as the wounded men*
When discharged from the army the
severely wounded are allowed a pen*
slon by the government The con*
sumptlves, however, receive no allow
ance unless they can prove that their
illness Is entirely due to their service
in the army. This Is not an easy thin*
to do, and consequently comparatively,
few consumptives receive govern
mental assistance.
Until the American Red Cross begad
to extend Its aid the plight of most of
these men was often pitiful. Whed
discharged from the hospital they are
given certain instructions which would
eventually bring them back to health*
But conditions are hard. They are
usually unable to earn much and so do
not get proper or even sufficient nour*
lshment Very often they are In no
condition to look after themselves, still
less to safeguard the health of oth
ers. To meet this difficulty local com
mittees have been formed to look after
the discharged patients and see that
they do not pass on their disease to>
members of their families. The task
Is well nigh hopeless. Even if proper
living quarters are to be had sanita
tion and hygiene cannot be taught
overnight They sleep In air tight
rooms, kiss their babies, drink out of
the same cups and use the Bame towels
as the rest of their families.
In spite of these appalling difficul
ties, however, the rapid spread of the
disease must —simply must —be check
ed. Even to attempt this would be an!
Impossibility without the tremendous
facilities and aid of the American Red
Cross. No other agency could con
ceivably face, much less hope to ao
compllsh, such a task.
THE LIBERTY LOAN AND THE
NEWSPAPERS
The relation of the newspapers of
the country to the Liberty Loan and
other governmental efforts is express
ed in the telegram of Secretary Mc-
Adoo to the editors assembled in New
York last week in attendance on the
meeting of the American Newspaper
Publishers’ Association.
“Will you be good enough to ex
press to the members of the Ameri
can Newspapers’ Association, now in
session, my sincere and warm appre
ciation of the great service they have
rendered to their country by their
consistent, unselfish, and patient sup
port of the successive Liberty Loans,
which hvg been offered by the Treas
ury Department.
“These loans could not have suc
ceeded without the support of the
newspapers, and it gives me great
pleasure to make this ackowledge
ment. An enlightened public opinion
is the chief asset of a democracy. By
keeping the people of America in
formed on public events and trans
mitting word of the financial and
other needs of the Government, the
American newspapers have performed
a public and incalculable service to
the Nation. I know that the service
will be continued and that the news
papers will do their full share in as
sisting America to win this war for
democracy and justice.”
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