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Jackson Progress - Argus
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J. DOYLE JONES
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OFFICIAL ORGAN BUTTS COUN
TY AND CITY OF JACKSON
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Let’s go over the top every time we
are called on.
This is the week to get your name
on the roll of honor.
Let’s raise that $2,000 —and more
—for the Red Cross before the week
is over.
Jacksonville is going dry. The
moonshine stills seem to be flourish
ing, however.
The Red Cross is the sweetest char
ity in the world. Get your name on
the honor roll.
The government is losing money op
erating the railroads. Possibly anoth
er example of too much red tape.
Assisting the Red Cross is more
than a charity. It is a duty. See that
you measure up to your full duty in
the present drive.
All the talk about the shortage of
labor is concenied with raising cotton.
It doesn’t take much labor to raise
com and other food crops.
Seventeen million Americans bought
Liberty Bonds of the third issue,
which was oversubscribed 39 per cent.
The kaiser is welcome to all the con
solation he can get out of these fig
ures.
It will not be surprising if a num
ber of the senatorial candidates re
tire from the l’ace before the primary'.
There are too many little fellows
shouting “loyalty” and “patriotism.”
The field should be left to one good
man, and the voters should see to it
that Tom Hardw'ick is retired to pri
vate life now and henceforth for
ever.
Never before in the history of the
country have people read and thought
as much as they are reading and
thinking right now. They are eager
to learn about the war, and all that
pertains to the war. They are also
keeping a close tab on the politicians.
We know the people are reading more
because new subscribers are coming
to this office every week. They are
coming without solicitation, because
they know hey can depend on this
paper to keep them informed of all
the latest developments.
Most of the schools are now clos
ing for the spring term. Asa whole
the schools have had a good year,
marked by satisfactory progress and
good results. So far the war has not
materially affected the attendance of
the schools, and should not in the fu
ture. The war has made a special de
mand for trained men and women and
this demand will increase. We cannot
turn out trained men and women un
less the schools are kept running
wide open, -developing character and
trained minds to grapple with the
problems now facing us and that are
'bound to arise in the future.
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THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MAY 24, 1918
AN UNSELFISH SERVICE
During the week of May 20 and 27
citizens of the United States are con
lecrated to a noble and unselfish ser
vice in raising $100,000,000 for the
Red Cross war fund.
The Liberty Loan was an invest
ment, a selfish investment, intended
primarily to help subscribers, while
at the same time furnishing the Gov
ernment money needed to carry on
the war. The Liberty Loan was a
noble appeal and right worthily did
the people of the United States re
spond.
The money derived from the sale of
Liberty bonds will be used in the pur
chase of supplies and equipment for
the men in France. It is absolutely
necessary that the Government have
the money to carry on all phases of
war work.
The Red Cross offers an unselfish
appeal to all grades and classes of
citizens to perform a service for the
betterment of humanity. It is a ser
vice that will pay rich dividends in
the consciousness of duty well done.
Any assistance rendered tshe Red
Cross is a gift to humanity in distress.
The money will be spent in relieving
the men in the trenches, the sick, the
wounded, the mangled, the tom and
bleeding.
America, the richest nation in the
viorld, can afford to be liberal with
the Red Cross. Your contribution
may go to relieve the suffering of
your own flesh and blood. Every few
families now have a son, brother or
husband at the front. This number
will increase as the war goes on.
What comforts we can give, it is our
duty, our patriotic duty to render.
Butts county has a splendid repu
tation to maintain. All war demands
have been met cheerfully up to this
hour and in the present campaign to
raise $2,000 Butts county citizens
will be honoring themselves in raising
this money to the last dollar. The
amount is so small, so insignificant
compared with our resources and our
prosperity, that the money should be
raised without trouble and without
difficulty.
Let every man woman and child in
the county get behind this drive and
let us raise our quota in the shortest
time possible.
THE “LOYALIST” CANDIDATE
That William Schley Howard
is the candidate of the Atlanta
politicians for the United States
senate there can no longer be
any doubt. With the Atlanta pol
iticians and a bag of campaign
money behind him Howard
stands a mighty good chance to
be the next senator. —Jackson
Progress-Argus.
This is a sample of some of
the unfair, chiding, little flings
that are being made at Mr. How
ard by disgruntled newspapers.
Mr. Howard is not the candidate
of anybody but the plain, com
mon, sensible, patriotic people of
Georgia, and he has not and will
not have a big pot of campaign
money behind him. Mr. Howard
is not seeking the office of sena
tor on any ground except his rec
ord as a loyal and patriotic sup
porter of the government.—De-
Kalb New Era.
Now there! Wait a minute. If Mr.
Howard is not Atlanta’s candidate
for the United State’s senate then,
who is? Of course he is the candidate
of the Atlanta politicians—which
doesn’t necessarily mean that he is
not entitled to support and that he w'll
not be elected. Mr. Howard’s record
seems to be all right, but during the
campaign it will be charged that At
lanta is trying to hog all the offices,
which is true. So far as being dis
gruntled, The Progress-Argus is far
from that. In fact, so far as we
know, we are the only newspaper in
Georgia that hasn’t a pet candidate.
We ure not supporting any of the
senatorial'candidates as yet, and are
only watching developments. If we
made up our mind that Mr. Howard
is the best man we may support him.
But in the meantime the most in
teresting feature of the senatorial
race is to see the candidates crowd
ing that “loyalist” platform. There
seems to be an idea prevalent that all
a candidate must do is t obe loyal.
We had a notion that a man qualified
to represent Georgia in the • United
States senate should be a man of char
acter, brains, backbone—a broad-vis
ioned man, a man of statesmanship
and ability. This here “patriotism”
and “loyalty” business is likely to
cover up a multitude of incompetence
unless the people of Georgia keep
their eyes open. There never was a
time when so many tomtits and min
nows were flaunting themselves be
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fore the people. Compare the present
crop of candidates with Hill, Toombs,
Stephens, Bacon, Gordon and other
great Georgians who have illumined
the pages of state and national his
tory and see where you at.
Georgia ought to be represented
in the senate by her biggest men. If
the six candidates now running for
the United States senate can be called
Georgia’s best then we are sorry for
Georgia’s claim to statesmanship.
HOLDING UP YOUR END
In assisting all phases of war work,
such as the Liberty Loan, Y. M. C. A.,
Red Cross and other demands, the
newspapers are doing their full share.
For every cent received in advertising
the papers give several times that
amount in free publicity.
The business men of Jackson have
shown a commendable spirit in help
ing advertise the Liberty Loan and
Red Cross. They are holding up their
end. That is all The Progress-Argus
asks. By contributing a certain
amount of paid advertising the busi
ness men are enabling us to give more
publicity to these drives.
Too much praise cannot be given
the patriotism and public spirit shown
by Jackson’s progressive business
men.
This newspaper is only too glad to
give of its space without stint or limit
to further all these worthy causes,
but it cannot do so without the proper
co-operaton. It is costing more than
ever before to publish a newspaper
and it stands to reason that there
must be a certain amount of financial
assistance on the part of the business
men.
HOW MANY ARE 3,000,000 MEN?
THIS WILL GIVE YOU AN IDEA
(Moultrie Observer)
1. Standing shoulder to shoulder
they would stretch from New York to
Tampa, Fla., or from Seattle to San
Diego.
2. At the rate of a quart of coffee
a day each, they would drink 12,190 j
barrels a day.
3. Shoe strings they’d use, if,
stretched out, would cover 2,840;
miles, almost long enough to reach
across the ocean.
Attacking waves of 100 men, 25 ■
yards apart, such an army would
reach from Paris to Berlin.
If an American army of 3,000,000
were to take the places of their allies
on the eastern front of 300 miles
there would be six soldiers to every
yard of that front. If they were to
concentrate their forces on a front
of only 50 miles there would be 36
men for every yard.
Appropriations for such an army
call for an estimate of 15 billion an
nually, each soldier costing the army
$5,000 a year, including munitions,
food, clothing, etc.
If the blankets used by these sold
iers were tied end to end they would
stretch from New York City to Salt
Lake City, Utah, and then come all
the way back again.
To equip such an amy alone for ser
vice in France would cost $468,900,-
QOO, this only including the soldiers’
original clothing, fighting equipment,
eating utensils, etc.
The pay of such an army would
amount to more than a billion dollars
a year.
HAVE YOU BOUGHT YOUR COAL
If the people of this section do not
place their orders for early delivery of
coal it will not be through any lack
of warning. The fuel administration,
the newspapers, the dealers have all
repeatedly vramed the people to buy
coal early this year.
Of the nineteen hundred tons of
domestic coal needed to supply the
demands of Jackson citizens, only
about seven hundred tons are in sight.
This means that more than half of
the citizens will have to do without
coal unless orders are placed at once.
Applications must be placed through
the local dealers. When once applica
tions are in the hands of the dealers
the applications can be used as a
lever to push the state fuel adminis
tation, and with the signed orders to
back them up the state fuel adminis
tration can get behind the mines and
demand shipment.
It is very necessary that these ord
ers be placed immediately. Conges
tion the coming season promises to
be more acute than in the winter just
passed. Find out the amount of coal
needed to run you through April 1,
1919, and file your application with
your local dealer. A little precaution
now- will save a great deal of incon
venience and suffering when the
cold season sets in.
Red CroM Drive May 20-27
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Unless you think more of your dol
lars than you do of humanity, come
across for the Red Cross.
The life of one Butts county boy
saved on the field of battle would be
worth more than every dollar that will
be contributed to the Red Cross this
week. Think of this when you go to
give.
Hon. Alex Stephens, of Atlanta,
who was duly elected as one of the
judges of the court of appeals but
was cheated out of the nomination at
Macon, is a candidate this year.’ In
justice to the wrong done Mr. Steph
ens the people ought to elect him to
this office.
In the present critical food situation
all phases of the boys and girls demon
stration work should have the most
active and loyal support. The boy
who causes two stalks of corn to grow
this year where only one gre wbefore
is performing a real patriotic service;
and the girl who adds to the food
surplus by canning and preserving is
doing her full bit by the country.
Members of all these clubs, always
worthy, are particularly entitled to
your support now that the country
is in war and we all see the need of
increasing and saving all the food
possible.
So far there is only one feature of
the senatorial campaign that stands
out above all others, and that is the
fact that Tom Hardwick is defeated.
He has lost strength rapidly of recent
months. The men who manipulated
the steam roller in Macon have 'de
serted the Sandersville game cock.
Right or wrong, we are in this war to
the bitter end, and the people of
Georgia are in no humor to stand for
Hardwick’s beefing and knocking.
The strongest man among the loyalist
candidates will develop shortly, but
Hardwick is a gone gosling, and if
he has a particle of political sense
left he will withdraw from the race.
The United States is fast stripping
for action. The first year was a year
of preparation, and in that time won
ders have been performed in organiza
tion, in planning and building for the
future. It was a big undertaking the
country tackled a year ago—too big
for many of us to ever understand.
But thse problems have been met as
they arose, and novi we are beginning
to be able to throw some of our re
sources into the balance against Ger
many. It will take time yet for us to
organize and develop all our re
sources, but it will be done in time.
| And when the United States is finally
'ready the fate of Germany will be
sealed. The mills of the gods grind
slow but exceedingly fine. It is a
time for optimism, mixed with cour
age and high resolve.
An Atlanta advertising agency, out
of the kindness of its heart, has sent
us the opening speech of W. S. How
ard for the United States senate, with
the request that it be printed free.
The Progress-Argus never has and
never intends to toot any candidate’s
horn for the sake of love and glory.
The candidates are learning that they
must pay for what they get, no more
and no less. A newspaper cannot be
run as a charitable organization, and
pay its bills when they are due. # lf
Mr. W. S. Howard wants to go to the
United States senate he will have to
pay the price, so far as this paper is
concerned, and the sooner he and the
Atlanta advertising agency learns this
the better it will be for them.
FOR SALE
Several hundred bushels sound
white Georgia corn in the shuck,
80 lbs. to bushel. Closely slip
shucked.
Jackson Milling
& Feed Cos.
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Hon. Guyt McLendon is candidate
for secretary of state, for the term
beginning January 1, to succeed the
late Philip Cook. Hon. H. B. Strange
was appointed by Governor Dorsey to
fill the vacancy caused by Mr. Cook’s
death, and is likewise a candidate.
GIRLS! GIRLS! TRY IT!
STOP DANDRUFF UNO
BEAUTIFY YOUR HI
Hair Stops Falling Out and
Gets Thick, Wavy, Strong
and Beautiful
Your hair becomes light, wavy,
fluffy, abundant and appears as soft,
lustrous and beautiful as a young
girl’s after a “Danderine hair
cleanse.” Just try this—moisten a
cloth with a little Danderine and care
fully ddraw it through your hair, tak
ing one small strand at a time. This
will cleanse the hair of dust, dirt and
excessive oil and in just a few mo
ments you have doubled the beauty
of your hair.
Besides beautifying the hair at
once, Danderine dissolves every par
ticle of dandruff; cleanses, purifies
and invigorates the scalp, forever
stopping itching and falling hair.
But what will please you most will
be after a fe wweeks’ use when you
will actually see new hair—fine and
downy at first—yes—but really new
hair growing all over the scalp. If
you care for pretty, soft hair and lots
of it, surely get a small bottle of
Knowlton’s Danderine from any drug
gist or toilet counter for a few cents,
advt.
Red Cross Drive May 20-27
Only members of the units of the
senior division Reserve Officers’
Training Corps, now in attendance at
various educational institutions main
tianing such units will be eligible to
attend the month’s course of training
to be held from June 3 to July 3 at
Plattsburg Barracks, N. Y.; Fort
Sheridan, 111.; and the Presidio at San
Francisco. There are 120 colleges
maintaining these units, from which
6,500 students will be selected. Those
who complete the course of training
will not be eligible for commissions.
A great number will be under mili
tary age.
Red Cross Drive May 20-27
WHY IT SUCCEEDS
Because It’s for One Thing Only, and
Jackson People Appreciate This
Nothing can be good for every
thing.
Doing one thing well brings success.
Doan’s Kidney Pills are for one
thing only.
For weak or disordered kidneys.
Here is Jackson evidence to prove
their worth.
Mrs. J. D. Lynch, Pepperton Cotton
Mill, says: “About two years ago I
caught cold and it settled in the
small of my back and I had right
smart pain. The nervous spells were
simply awful and I jumped at the
least noise. I was all unstrung. My
head was light and I had dizzy spells
and specks would float before my
eyes bluring my sight. Nights I
couldn’t rest comfortably and I was
in pretty bad shape. Doan’s Kidney
Pills were recommended to me and I
got a box from the Carmichael Drug
and Book Cos. and they entirely cured
me.”
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don’t
simply ask for a kidney remedy—get
Doan’s Kidney Pills—the same that
Mrs. Lynch had. Foster-Milbum Cos.,
Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y. advt.
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