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OFFICIAL ORGAN BUTTS COUN
TY AND CITY OF JACKSON
NOTICE
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at the rate of fifty cent*, minimum
for 50 word* and le**; above 50
words will be charged at the rate of
1 cent a word. Cash must accompany
copy in all instances,
Ice consumption is to be cut, so it
is announced. Such an announcement
ic calculated to make one hot.
The Georgia legislature will come
to bat June 27 and strive for a place
in the sun.
The high explosive shells that rival
candidates for the senate are hurling
are kicking up a cloud of dust and
camouflage.
The cotton crop in this section is
is mighty proniisiing. If the boll wee
vil will delay his offensive indefinitely
all will be well.
Use your head and order your coal
now. Don’t take the advice of any
man or set of men and wait for lower
prices. Do it now.
Old Mr. 801 l Weevil is breaking
into print again and is prominently
mentioned as among those present in
South Georgia cotton fields.
The total number of casualties, to
date, among the American forces is
7,315. It may be several imllion be
fore the war is over, but we’ll get
the Germans in the end.
Hardwick hasn’t a single newspa
per supporting him. The press is fair
ly well divided between Harris and
Howard. A good sprinkling of us are
without a candidate—so far.
You have to give H. H. Dean credit
for putting “pep” into the senato
rial race. Brother Dean seems to be
a live wire and he promises to make
things interesting before the race is
over.
Congress proposes to tax profiteer
ing out of big business. Possibly the
plan will work all right, but there is
a chance that big business will pass
the tax on down to the ultimate con
sumer ten fold.
Never in the history of the country
were the people called on to pay such
huge taxes, buy so any bonds, stamps
and answer other demands. But
when we entered the war we did not
expect to come out with our feathers
unruffled. A scar is a badge of honor.
Have you been scarred?
If the esteemed Georgia legislature,
which convenes on June 27, would
transact all its business in ten das
and go home it would prove a bless
ing to the State. How much better
such a plan would be instead of
spending fifty days wrangling over
tbe most trivial and petty matters,
many of which have been settled, at
home. With the country up to its
neck in war the people of Georgia
are in no humor to have the general
assembly waste fifty days airing pet
|y spites, creating city courts, abol
ishing t:tv courts, estab’ishing new
etc., etc. I
INVEST IN W. S. S
THE JACKSON JACKSON. GEORGIA. FRIDAY. JUNE 14. 1818
WILL WE MEASURE UP?
The drive to raise Georgia’s quota
of $57,000,000 worth of War Savings
Stamps will begin on June 28. That
is a per capita quota of S2O.
Butts county has been allotted
$284,000 —a sum greater than all
the subscriptions to the first, second
and third Liberty Loans. That is a
lot of money to raise, but our people
can raise it if they will try.
There is no better investment on
earth than these stamps. They bear
compound interest and will be paid
in full in 1923. If possible, War Sav
ings Stamps are even better than Lib
erty Bonds.
The idea has been prevalent that
stamps v<ere for only women and chil
dren, and that they were beneath the
notice of the men. Ths is a mistaken
notion. The stamps ar e for every
man, woman and child able to buy
them. The**; is not an individual in
the state who cannot buy at least one
stamp. The per capita is twenty dol
lars, and of course, some of us will
have to buy more than the twenty
dollar quota.
Out of our savings all of us can af
ford to invest a few dollars in these
securities. It ought to be the easiest
thing imaginable for Butts county to
come up with her full quota of $284,-
000. It can be done and every dollar
subscribed with the proper co-opera
tion and effort.
We must measure up. Get ready
for the drive which begins on June
28.
FEE SYSTEM ARRAIGNED
That the pernicious fee system is
responsible for a large amount of
crime throughout the country there
can be no doubt. Professions, boot
leggers and criminals of other types
I want nothing better than a small
j fine, which Is quickly paid and soon
they are back at their old tricks. The
approaching session of the general
assembly of Georgia ought to forever
| put a stop to the fee system.
The Rev. John W. Ham, prominent
Atlanta minister, in a recent sermon
•'Hacked the fee system in scathing
terms. On account of the wide inter
: est in the subject matter, the sermon,
in part is reproduced:
“Blind tigers are flourishing in At
lanta. Large hotels, as well as small
ones, are beng guarded by military
police to prevent soldiers from being
made drunk. Blind tigers are operat
ing in automobiles, soda fountains
and pool rooms.
| “Every pool room in Atlanta and
in the nation should be closed at once
Thousands of able body men in Atlan
ta every week are idling away time
in these joints. Many of the men vho
| frequent these pdaces are ‘hip-pocket
blind tigers.’ The reason for the
flourishing condition of this illcit and
iillegitimate traffic is not due to
lack of vigilance on the part of the
officers of the law. I am certain, that
I with a few exceptions, we have as
vigilant set of detectives, county and
city police as can be found anywhere.
“The trouble is not with the arrest
ing officers. If you think it is I ask
you to visit the police court and
county court any day you will and
you vj’,ll find case after case presented
to the court.
“The reason for the existence of
the blind tiger traffic as such is due
to the attitude of the prosecuting at
torney, the solicitor and judges. They
could stamp the traffic out if they
would stop placing nominal fines on
the offenders and put them on the
rockpile or the streets of Atlanta,
which need repaving so badly.
“The officers have become sick and
disgusted vuith making arrests. They
know that somewhere between the ar
rest and final disposition of the
case there is a probability that the
case will be settled in private or nol
prossed by the solicitor or if the case
comes to trial at some far-off distant
date many of the witnesses have eith
er died or moved beyond the juris
diction of the court, or if the case
does actually come to trial and a
verdict of guilty is / rendered the
judge will give out a little pill of a
lecture and place a small fine on thff
culprit, which, in effect, is only a
cheap license. Men can today conduct
a liquor busines in Atlanta under our
present system of fines much cheaper
than they could when Atlanta operat
ed under high license. This is not a
pleasant fact, but it is true, and ev
erybody that has one eye and half
sense knows it.
“I do not charge corruption on the
part of solicitors and judges, but I
do charge that for mof temporizing
on the part of the court that does
not abate this nuisance, but comes
dangerously near aiding and abetting
FLORENCE
___ —* * The Fuel Administration authorizes ua to say that it considers the
SAvK H JA.I-. use of Oil Cook Stoves and Oil Heaters at this time a very lmport
ujr-B. v- - ww* ant help ; n t h e ne cessary conservation of coal for war purposes.
Breakfast in fifteen minutes
BREAKFAST hot on the table in fifteen minutes, the
kitchen cool, you fresh and dainty to enjoy it Florence
■ Automatic Cook Stove will make all this come true.
It burns kerosene, which is cheap and plentiful Saves
coal which is scarce and expensive. The powerful flame is
close to the cooking. Your stove is hot but your kitchen is
cool. Everything cooks and bakes quickly.
No v/icks —you simply turn a lever, and touch a match.
Regulate the flame to suit your cooking. The indicator
dial shows you.
A demonstration in our store lasting only a few minutes
will lead to years of comfort in your kitchen. Every Florence
i is built for years of reliable service.
“Look for the Lever 93
Newton Hardware Cos.
Phone IS Jackson, Ga.
the business.
“We are looking to our courts for
relief. The United States govern
ment is looking to our courts for re
lief. We are not getting it. The
courts need a conversion to the stan
dard public sentiment has erected.
The iniquitous fee system, a relic of
the feudal system of Germany, is to
blame for much of the present law
lessness. Back-room conferences and
private agreements is gagging the ad
ministration of justice.
“Only long sentences on the roads
will ever break up this illegal liquor
traffic.”
Government reports indicate the
present wheat crop will be clase to a
billion bushels, and the second largest
in the history of the nation. That is
good news, as good news as a brilliant
victory over the huns. Wheat is the
world’s oldest cereal and is probably
the most important food crop in the
world.
You do yourself an injustice when
you get “down in the mouth” over the
war. Not only yourself but others as
well. Radiate optimism instead of
pessimism. Things do look far from
bright at times, but remember we
have just started and that we will
have our inning. The war will end
only when American arms have tri
umphed, so be of good cheer.
News that Goveror Hugh M. Dor
sey will stand for another term was
received with geneal interest over the
state. Than Mr. Dorsey Georgia has
not had a more capaple chief execu
tive in a long while. In a quiet,
though effective way, Governor Dor
sey has handled the business of the
state with eminent fairness and sat
;sfaction. He has more than lived up
to the expectations of his friends and
supporters and has conducted himself
in a manner to win new admirers,
and it is a matter of cordial interest
to all citizens to know that Governor
Dorsey will be given a second term
without opposition.
Drives Out Malaria, Builds Up System
Tha Old Standard veaerat atrancthminc took,
GROVE* TASTELESS chill TOWlcTdriraa oat
Malaria, enriches the blood.aad build* aptheara
tern. A trac tonic. For admits and children. SOc
INVEST IN W. S. S
About the only sure thing about
the senatorial race is the lack of ram
pant, shirt-tearing, button-bursting
enthusiasm on the part of the voters.
And what’s more, a lot of people will
fail to become aroused over the pres
ent crop of candidates, regardless of
the approach of the primary.
The man who clings on to money
like it was his dearest possession has
the wrong viewpoint. There are
many things worth more than money.
For instance the esteem and friend
ship of your fellows. Public senti
ment is going to make it mighty un
comfortable for the tightwads before
the war is over.
Now would be a good time for all
citizens of Jackson to build a large
flour mill. There is a revival of inter
est in wheat production and a large
mill is needed to give wheat raisers
the kind of servee they are entitled
to. Such an enterprise would be an
incentive to still other farmers to
grow wheat.
Government regulation of railroads
may be all right, and under the con
ditions may be necessary. But there
are a lot of people who will have to
be convinced. Both freight and pas
senger rates have been boosted sensa
tionally, and service has been cut
down. The increase in rates will come
out of the pockets of the every day,
common, ordinary citizen . Some
$800,000,000 will be raised through
the boost in railrates. If the railroads
and railroad men are not being favor
ed by the government, then what
would you call it? The ordinary run
of men must buckle their belts a little
tighter and prepare to meet the in
creased cost of Mr. McAdoo’s rail
road ordeT,
SHERIFF CRAWFORD IN NORTH
CAROLINA FOR FEW WEEKS
Sheriff L. M. Crawford left Monday
for Franklin, N. C., where he will
spend several weeks during the hot
summer months. He was accompan
ied by his brother, Dr. R. L. Craw
ford, of Locust Grove. Countless
friends of Mr. Crawford confidently
hope the change of climate will prove
of real benefit to his health.
THRIFT STAMP SLOGANS
Thrive by thrift.
Save for the country’s sake.
Thrift and patriotism are synony
mous.
Many are giving their lives—you
are asked only to loan your money.
Join the army behind the army—-
be a war saver.
He also serves who stays and saves.
When you buy War Savings Stamps
you do not give—you receive.
Become a stockholder in the Unit
ed States—buy War Savings Stamps.
A war saver is a life-saver.
Give up your luxuries that the kai
ser may be made to give up his am
bitions.
After all, saving is not sacrificing.
You may not be able to fight but
you can save and buy War Savings
Stamps.
INVEST IN W. S. S
WOMEN TORTURED!
Suffer Terribly With Corns
Because of High Heels, but
Why Care Now
Women wear high heels which
buckle up their toes and they suffer
terribly from corns. Women then pro
ceed to trim these pests, seeking re
lief, but they hardly realize the ter
rible danger from infection, say a
Cincinnati authority.
Corns can easily be lifted out with
the fingers if you will get from any
drug store a quarter of an ounce of
a drug called freezone. This iff suffi
cient to remove every hard or soft
corn or callus from one’s feet. Yott
simply apply a few drops directly
upon the tender aching corn or cal
lus. The soreness is relieved at once
and soon the entire corn or callus,
root and all, lifts out without one
particle of pain.
This freezone is a stick substance
which dries in a moment. It just
shrivels up the com without inflam
ing or even irritating the surround
ing tissue or skin. Tell your wife
about this. advt.
INVEST IN W_ S. S