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Jackson Progress - Argus PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDaY J. DOYLE JONES Editor and Publisher SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year __sl.so Three Months 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 Cards of thanks will be charged ait the rate of fifty cents, minimum for 50 words and less; above 50 words will be charged at the rate of 1 cent a word. Cash must accompany copy in all instances. Don’t you feel proud of the way Butts county cleared the bars in the Liberty Loan and Red Cross Drives? Candidates for governor, United States senator and state house officers have a little more than three months in which to present the issues to the voters —providing the voters can hold out that long. The people appear to be in no hu mor for politics this year and the can didates are having a hard time arous ing enthusiasm. As yet the voters in this section don’t seem to be much in terested in the senatorial race. Since the first of May there has been a sharp advance in the price of newsprint paper. On the first of July the advance in the second class pos tage become effective. The only silver lining to the cloud is the fact the newspaper fraternity will not have to work overtime figuring an income tax The Progress-Argus is following the boys to the trenches. A large number of parents and relatives of the boys at the front are sending them the paper regulrly. A copy of the home paper in the trenches in France will be genuinely appreciated and will keep the men infomed of developments at home. Butts county farmers will harvest, this year one of he largest and best wheat crops grown locally in many \ years. This is a hopeful sign. It moans that there vail be home raised biscuits in spite of the food restric tions. With our farmers planting an increased acreage in wheat there ought to be a good wheat mill in the >county. It will be hard to convince the av erage man that there is not a vsthole lot of profiteering going on among the big corporations of the country. The man running a small business, or the man working on a small salary must dance to the music of the big fellows. Possibly in time the kinks will be straightened out, but it is pretty tough while it lasts. Following every lynching in Geor gia the big city dailies give a lecture to the people on the evils of lynching. These lectures are no doubt well meant, but they have little effect. Lynching will continue as long as the crimes which cause lynching are com mitted. Georgia is no worse than any ether state, North or South. The peo p’e are determined to uphold Anglo- Saxon civilization and society at any (cost, and as long as brutes so far forget themselves as to comm t un speakable c rimes on white women, just so long will Judge Lynch hold sway. Lynching is a bad thing and ought to be stopped. So likewise ought the crimes against defenceless women be stopped. Stop one and you stop the other. INVEST IN W. S. S THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MAY 31, 1918 MR. MOORE’S PASSING The death of Mr. John W. Moore removes from the stage of action one of the best known, most widely belov ed and useful members of the Georgia bar. In the twenty years that he had practiced law Colonel Moore had es tablshed a reputation that will long live after him. He had handled some of the most celebrated cases known in Georgia in a generation. He was stricken down at the time of his great est usefulness. His loss is a blow. to the entire bar of the state. Mr. Mooire was aver lovable char acter. He was true to his friends and steadfast in all things. The soul of honor and knightly courtesy, he was held in the very tenderest affection by those who knew him best. He nev er berayed a trust or violated a pledge. Though for many years a resident of Atlanta, Mr. Moore never ceased to be interested in the affairs of his native county. He was ever ready to bestow a favor and grant a kindness to any citizen of his old home. His carer at the bar had been watched with pride by the people of Butts county, and his success was a matter of concern to all. That he should have been cut down at the zenith of his usefulness and when the future beck oned with bright promises is one of the saddest features of his going. He lived not long but well. His fame and place ais one of the foremost attorneys of his day is secure. There is a touch of personal loss to many in the passing of this splendid charac ter, and the family have the consola tion that many friends and admirers share their grief. MR. MOORE AT REST (James B. Nevin in Atlanta Georgia) cannot trust myself here and now to write the tender things that are in my heart to say of John Moore—dear old John Moore, who passed on at noon yesterday, after many weeks of patient suffering and distress of body and mind. He was so dear to me —so very, very dear, and so intimate ly and unselfishly my friend. For some time, I have known that John had to go. He knew that—and !he knew that I knevi it. I could feel I it in the grip of his handshake, many I long, long weeks before he went home I to his last illness. I have been along the wayside a while with John —along the wayside when the flowers were abloom and the fields were green, and again when the flowers were abloom and the fields were green, and again when the way was dark, and the landscape drear and the end of the road uncertain. I think I knew him—l know I loved him. And if I had too great an appre ciation of him, that was a child of the great love I bore him. There are many of them “Over There” now—many that I knew in the days gone by. And I know that John MUST know at this time some thing of the loneliness and the sadness his going away has caused me. May his gentle, fine and manly soul rest in peace “Over There.” MR. JOHN W. MOORE (Atlanta Journal) To all who knew* him as a friend, and they are legion, the death of Mr. John W. IVloore has brought a heart ache of personal sorrow. His fellow members of the Atlanta bar admired his talent and integrity. The public esteemed him for his useful though unobtrusive citizenship. Those who knew him most intimately found him a deep as well as versatile student, not of law alone but of some of the rarest provinces of literature. But from whatever point of view John Moore’s personality was regarded, he impressed one first and last with the fine, rich humanness of his spirit. He made friends among all sorts and conditions of men, made them without effort and perhaps unconsciously. There was nothing of the professional “mixer” in his manner. He never af fected cordiality or w r ore his heart upon his sleeve. No man ever lived more thorougly the proverb, “Best be thyself, imperial, plain and true.” It was this very simplicity and gen uineness, combined with an instinc i tive readiness to help others, that made him so widely and so deeply beloved. His passing leaves a keenly felt vacancy in the community’s life | and a sense of painful loss in every heart of the hundreds into which he . entered. Georgia raised in 1917 72,000,000 Mshels of corn. That is a splendid showing, and unless all signs fail the state will duplicate the yield this year. i The boys com clubs have been a won -1 derful help to increased corn produc tion the country over. STOP THE CAUSE (Waycross Journal-Herald) Governor Dorsey prescribed a little Homeopathic treatment to cure the lynching fever that seems to be prev alent in Georgia just now. The Color ed Welfare League of Augusta, pass ed resolutions declaring against lynch ing, and calling upon the Governor to put a stop to it. In acknowledging receipt of the resolutions Governor Dorsey frankly told the colored breth ren that the best and surest way to stop the lynching of their race was to stop the crime that causes the lynch ing. If you go to a Homeopathic physi cian for medical treatment he asks you about one hundred questions, trying to find out the real cuse of the trouble, then he prescribes medicine to remove the cause, and allows na ture a free hand to make the cure. This is what Governor Dorsey pre scribes, and we most heatily agree with him, and we believe that the in formed and better classes of the col ored race will likewise agree vuith the governor. Governor Dorsey’s letter to the col ored League reads in part as follows: “The resolutions were silent con cerning the unspeakable outrages ap | parently committed by members of your race, and which udoubtedly pre cipitated the lynchings complained of. “It is my strong conviction, that enlightened and self respecting mem bers of your race are not in sympa thy with the commission of crime. Unfortunately, your resolutions and similar protests heretofore emanating from represntative organizations of your race, dealing with kindred sub jects, are silent concerning this su preme outrage upon law and civiliza tion, which too often provokes com munities to substitute summary ven geance for the form by law. I trust your organization will, by concerted action with similar organizations of your race, disseminate ths doctrine. That personal outrages and violence, especially against helpless women and children v.iill not be tolerated by any civilized community, but will provoke prompt retaliation of community ven geance which is difficult, if not im posible, to contol, and that the surest way to discourage lynchings is to con vince the lawless element that such provocative outrrages will not be tole erated, palliated or shielded by good citizens of any race, but that all races will join in rebuking the offense with the same zeal which characterizes their criticism of those citizens who, in the wrong exercise of of natural indignation, wrongfully unite to per sonally punish the originar offense and offenders. “I am confident of the failure of your resolutions to incorporate this doctrine was inadvertent and I am equally sure tyou will be prompt to avail yourself of the only practical method by which they can be of real assistance to the executive depoart ment of this state in its efforas to discourage lynchings and maintain supremacy of our courts. WITH THE EXCHANGES If you want anything done quickly appoint a board of three of the busiest men you can find. If you want it done instantly, let two of them resign.—Atlanta Georgian. Which is another way of say ing the man who hasn’t any thing to do hasn’t time to do anything.—Dalton Citizen. The Hon. Joe Hill Hall, of Bibb, wants to be attorney gen eral of Georgia and has announc ed his candidacy for the office. Mr. Hall no doubt thinks there is nothing unconstitutional about the thing.—Darien Gazette. A squad of hands cannot chew' tobacco, tell jokes and hit a lick of work every now and then and keep public roads in a good state of repair. It requires modem machinery and trained men to repair grades.—Com merce Observer. If you want to know how' to build good roads in Jackson county, Broth er Harber, come over to Butts, which has the best roads of any county in Middle Georgia. It takes modem equipment and a lot of money, but the people seem to want good roads so they can travel fast. Butts county roads are in a class to themselves, so far as neighboring counties are con cerned. Of all the days in the week Monday is the most acceptable for shopping and trading. We wonder why farmers put off their The Fanner’s Share Live stock is marketed from farmer to consumer at a lower cost than almost any other farm product. The United States Department of agriculture reported in 1916 that the farmer gets for his cattle “approxi mately two-thirds to three-fourths' * of the final retail price paid by the con sumer for the resulting beef. Under normal conditions, the farmer’s share of retail prices of various farm products is approximately as follows: Butter 71 per cent CATTLE 66% to 76 per cent Eggs 65 per cent Potatoes 55 per cent Poultry 45 per cent Fruits 35 per cent The difference between farmer’s price and retail price represents the necessary expenses of packing, freight and whole sale and retail distribution. Swift & Company not only performs the manufacturing operations of pre paring cattle for market in its well equipped packing plants, but it pays the freight on meat to all parts of the United States, operates 500 branch distributing houses, and in most cases even delivers to the retail butcher. All this is done at an expense of less than 2 cents per pound, and at a profit of only about *4 of a cent per pound of beef. / ) Large volume of business and expert management, make possible this indis pensable service to the live-stock raiser and to the consumer, and make possible the larger proportion of retail prices received by farmers. Swift & Company, U.S. A. trading till Saturdays when they could get better store service on some other day, particularly Monday and Tuesday. Saturday is a day of confusion, stir, noise, hurry and trade mobs. Along with other revolutionary changes v.<® would like to see Monday made a popular shopping day.— Commerce Observer. If half of the things Harris and Howard are saying about each other be true, then neither is worthy to rep resent Georgia in the United States senate. These candidates are inrulg ing in entirely too much mud slinging to suit the average voter. It is said that H. H. Dean, of Bainesville, who is a candidate for United States senator, is a smart corporation lawyer. He is attorney for the Georgia Railway and Power Company. A little “loyalty” or “pa triotism” taffy is likely to cover up a lot of corporation slush and also a lot of incompetence. Let’s hear less of loyalty, which ought to be taken for granted, and more about the real isues that face the country. A man who has nothing but a “loyalty” plat form to run on ought to be snowed under by the voters. Drives Out Malaria, Builds Up System Tli* Okl Standard genera! rtnirthfiini tonic, GKOTB'S TASTXLBM ckiUTOmC. drives oat Malaria, curie i Utc uioou.aatl bui kto up tbc sys tem. ▲ true tonic. For adult* and cfcikiran. 40c Year Book of interesting and instructive facts sent on request. Address Swift & Company, Union Stock Yards, Chicago, Illinois About one of the best things the war department has yet done is to is sue an order to round up all loafers, gamblers, etc., after July 1. This genty will have to go to work or fight. That’s right. There is no room for drones now. HERE AT HOME Jackson Citizens Gladly Testify and Confidently Recommend Doan’s Kidney Pills It is testimony like the following that has placed Doan’s Kidney Pills so far above competiters. When peo ple right here at home raise their voice in praise there is no room for doubt. Read the public statement of a Jackson citizen. H. R. Hooks, prop, garage, Oak St., says: About four years ago I was troubled with pains in the small of my back. My kidneys were s o bad I had to get up quite often during the night to pass the secretions. The worst symptoms of my complaint, however, were rheumatic pains that caught me in the hips. I would often hold my sides, the pains were so bad and I had a hard time getting around. I knew I needed something for my kidneys and when Doan’s K’dney Pills were recommended to me, I got a box and began tak'n gthero. Doan’s entirely rid me of all these symptoms and put my kidneys in good condi tion.” Price 60c, at all dealers. Don’t simply ask for a kidney remedy—get Doan’s Kidney Pills—the same that Mr. Hooks had. Foster-Milbum Cos., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y. advt. INVEST IN W. S. S