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JACKSON TO HAVE RALLY
FOR W. S. S. WEDNESDAY
’ Jackson district will have a War
Savings Stamp rally in the court
house at 10 o’clock next Wednesday
morning. At that time a prominent
speaker from state headquarters will
be present to address the gathering.
Jackson district hopes to raise her
full quota in advance of that meet
ing, so that speakers can be released
for other districts. Every district
chairman in the county is expected to
attend the meeting Wednesday and
obtain a better working knowledge of
the drive.
On Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock
Jackson district will have another
meeting in the court house when re
ports will be received. Every citizen
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RESULTS
FIRST YEAR OF
FOOD ADMINISTRATION
(Preliminary work began May 19, 1917.
Food Control Act passed August 10, 1917.)
WHEAT EXPORTS (since July 1):
Estimated surplus for export 20,000,000 bushels.
Actual shipments to June, 120,000,000 bushels.
BEEF EXPORTS:
Ordinary rate ono to two million pounds monthly.
Largest single month this year, 87,000,000 pounds.
PORK EXPORTS:
Ordinary rate, 50,000,000 pounds monthly.
Largest month this year 308,000,000 pounds.
PRICE OF FLOUR (Minneapolis):
One year ago, $16.75 a barrel wholesale.
Present price, $9.80 per barrel.
PRICE MARGIN (between farmer's wheat and flour made from it):
One year ago the difference was $5.68.
Present date the difference is 64 cents.
IN GENERAL: To the farmer going to market. 27 per cent more than
last summer; to the housewife buying in market, 13 per cent less
than last summer.
AND THE ALLIES HAVE BEEN SUSTAINED
SATISFY YOUR
HUNGER WITH POTATOES
They Will Help Save the Wheat
By eating potatoes instead of wheat,
the people of Georgia can bettor help
Win the war.
The situation, in brief, is this. We
have not enough wheat for our Allies
and ourselves. We have an abundance
of potatoes, an excess of 90,000,000
bushels over normal times. If we arc
to win this w r ar the Allies must have
wheat. The potato cannot quite come
up to wheat in food value, but it does
come about as close to taking the
?lace of wheat as any other food.
herefore, by eating potatoes we can
save wheat for the Allies.
Americans should rally to the sup
port of the potato, for, like corn, it is a
uative of this continent and is as thor
oughly American as the American In
dian. When it is realized that the
potato is one of the chief foods now
Sustaining Germany and that the oth
or European countries are largely de
pendent upon it, its importance in the
war may readily be seen. Yet the po
tato was not known abroad until the
•nd of the sixteenth century when
both the English and Spanish intro
duced it from their American colonies.
New Mill Feed Margins
Anew schedule of maximum prices
which mills may charge for wheat by
products has been announced by the
There is no discrimination of any
kind between soldiers who are not
citizens of the United States and the
native born or naturalized citizens in
the American army, excepting that
the former cannot hold commissions.
In all other respects—care, attention,
privileges, etc.—they are on the same
footing.
With six senatorial candidates al
ready in the race why doesn’t Rufe
Hutchens make it unanimous?
Prei'rei> by Foderal Food AdmlnlHtrntlon (or Georgia
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARCUS, JACKSON. GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JUNE 21,
in the district is expected and urged
to attend this gathering.
A meetin of Jackson business men
was held Thusday morning in inter
est of the W. S. S. drive. Mr. Stubbs,
of Macon, district organizer, was
present and explained the work. Mr.
J. B. Settle was elected chairman of
the SI,OOO Club and empowered to
select his assistants. It is hoped to
sell a number of SI,OOO “Baby
Bonds,” as the War Savings Stamps
are called.
The county is being well organized
and every citizen is being made to
feel that the county cannot afford
to fall down with its quota of $284,-
000.
U. S. Food Administration. The mar
gins show a general reduction down
ward compared with those previously
in force.
The maximum bulk price of bran per
ton bears the same relation to the
price of wheat as formerly—3B per
cent of the average cost to the mill
of a ton of wheat. The price of flour
middlings which before was $9.00 per
ton over bran prices has been reduc
ed to a $2.00 differential. Red dog has
also been reduced to a maximum of
$2.00 per ton over the price of bran,
whereas the former difference was sls.
Mixed wheat feed prices, according
to the new schedule must not be more
than $1.25 per ton over the price of
bran. The former difference was $4.00
per ton. These new price margins are
the outcome of an investigation into
present methods of milling. With the
larger percentage of flour now be
ing milled from wheat, the quantity
of flour middlings and red dog is con
siderably less and these products have
been placed in the same by-product
group as shorts, standard middlings,
gray shorts and gray middlings. The
bulk price of all these feeds must not
exceed bran prices by more than $2.00
per ton.
Although these new price margins
are already in force, the Food Admin
istration emphasizes that they are for
bulk carloads at the mill. Persons
buying in small quantities at retail
should consider freight, dealer’s profit
and cost of sacks. The last item alone
is at present between $5 and $6 per
ton. Both jobbing and retail profits
have been limited, however, to a mod
erate fixed maximum.
Lewis Wise, colored, has registered
with the local board, under the new
law r requiring men becoming 21 years
of age since last June 5 to register.
This makes a total of 65 in the coun
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INVEST IN W. S. S
INDIAN SPRINGS
Mrs. E. D. Hoard is visiting rela
tives in Macon.
Miss Emily Daughtry is spending
several weeks with her sister, Mrs.
W. O. Perritt, in Forsyth.
Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Hoard and Dan
motored to Atlanta last Friday.
Mr. W. O. Prown is again on the
road after a long sickness.
Mrs. O. D. Dolvin is visiting Mrs.
Texas Cornell at the New Elder Hotel
jMr. Maurice Wright, of Jackson,
is'connected with the Wigwam and
will shake hands with friends across
the counter.
Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Watkins re
turned from a most delightful wed
ding trip on Thursday.
Little Margaret Hoard who has
been sick so long is now convalescent
A beautiful afternoon tea was
given complimentory to Mrs. R. W.
Watkins at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
G. I. Watkins Tuesday at 5 o’clock.
Many out of town guests Wire pres
ent. Miss Lucile Freeman and Miss
Webb, of Blount, furnishd most de
lightful music. Misses Hammond, of
Elgin, Misses Etheridge and Mrs. O.
D. Dolvin, of Atlanta, were honor
guests. [Mrs. Watkins was handsome
ly gowned in an imported creation of
pink chiffon. Elegant refreshments
were served by Misses Georgia and
Delia Watkins. Miss Grace Watkins
was a most gracious hostess. Indian
Springs was well represented by beau
tifully gowned and attractive women.
CATTLE FEEDERS ARE
PUNTING FOR SIUGE
It Is An Absolute Necessity For
Winter Feeding.
Cattle feeders are planting silage
crops now to prepare for winter feed
ing. Many silos will be filled.
The experience of cattle feeders in
the state and the feeding tests of the
Georgia State College of Agriculture
show that silage is an absolute neces
sity in carrying cattle economically
through the winter months. Many
stockmen have contended that the
feeders of Georgia do not need the
silo, but experience has shown silage
to be the universal winter feed.
Now is the time to sow silage crops.
Land that has been making a bale of
cotton to the acre should make from
ten to twelve tons of silage to the
acre. Of course the yields will vary
from season to season depending on
weather conditions and the crop used
for silage.
A mixture of any of the rank sor
ghums as Red Head or Sugar Drip
with kafir corn is good for planting.
The mixture should be made of 3 parts
of sorghum to 1 part of kafir corn and
about 8 to 10 pounds of this mixture
should be sown on an acre. This mix
ture has been advocated since it has
given the largest yields under all con
ditions and also has given a good
quality of silage.
Forty pounds of silage per day is
full feed for an animal weighing 1,000
pounds. If fed for 120 days at this
rate each animal will require a little
less than two and a half tons for the
feeding period. Counting twelve tons
to the acre five animals may be car
ried through the winter from the silage
of this area.
Along with the silage must be fed
a small amount of cottonseed meal,
peanut meal, velvetbean meal or a
mixture of these feeds. Some dry
rsughage in the form of shredded corn
stalks or oat straw should be fed.
The silage crop should be planted
as near the silo as possible in order
to keep down the expense of handling.
It makes it more convenient also for
the handling of fertilizers and manure
that are put under these crops.
The time that it will take a silage
crop to mature is from 110 to 130 days,
depending, of course, upon the kind of
crop and the seasonal conditions.
Preparations should be made as soon
ae possible for the building of the
silo.
I The State College of Agriculture in
' Athens will supply any farmer free of
charge plans and specifications for the
building of a silo. In some instances
actual supervision of the building of
the silo may be given. Write for “Ev
ery Man’s Silo.’’ —M. P. Jamagin,
State College of Agriculture.
RHEUMATIC AND KIDNEY ILLS
Troubled with rheumatism, kidney
or bladder affections? You need Fo
ley Kidney Pills. Mrs. Frank P. Wood
R. F. D. No. 2, Morrill, Maine, writes:
“I found relief as soon as I began ta
king Foley Kidney Pills. My husband
also received much benefit from them.
He was lame, could not stoop over;
now feels no pain.” Carmichael Drug
and Book Company, adv.
ANOltiak REGISTRANT
Are You Listening?
the Kaiser is saying to you:
“Don’t buy War Savings Stamps;
Don’t buy Liberty Bonds;
Let someone else do the fighting;
You’ve given all you can afford;
Spend your money as you please.”
Are You Listening?
Uncle Sam is saying to you:
“My son, I NEED YOU NOW!”
BE READY TO MAKE YOUR PLEDGE
NATIONAL WAR IIINF
SAVINGS DAY J UHL Z.O
THIS SPACE DONATED BY ETHERIDGE, SMITH & COMPANY
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METHODIST CHURCH
S. R. England, Pator
Sunday, June 23, 1918
Preaching by the pastor 11 a. m.
and 8:30 p. m.
Sunday School 9:45 a. m., R. P.
Sasnett, Supt.
Prayer Meeting Wednesday 8:30
p. m.
Let all who possibly can attend
these services.
Christian education will be the sub
ject of the morning sermon.
Your friends can buy
anything you can give
them except your photo
graph. Get the best at the
Land Studio. Open all day
every day. Formerly J.
B. Guthrie.
The food administration is making
a careful survey of the national ice
situation in order that it may be pre
pared to meet any sudden shortage in
particular communities. The destruc
tion of ice plants by fire, breakdown
of machinery, or he exigency of the
weather may at any time cause a se
rious shortage.
LOW RATES ARE ASSURED
CONFEDERATE VETERANS
Rate of One Cent a Mile Will Be Giv
en for Reunion
Tulsa, Okla., June 18.—Assurance
of a railroad rate of 1 cent a mile
with a thirty-day stop over privilege
for the re-union of Confederate Vet
erans to be held in Tulsa during the
week of Sept. 24, has been given by
Director General McAdoo, according
to an announcement today by Gen.
Nathan Bedford Forrest, in charge of
reunion arrangements. General For
rest, v*ho has just returned here after
conferring with officials of the rail
road administration in Washington,
stated that parking privileges for
sleeping cars available here will pro
vide for at least 25,000 visitors and
10,000 pairs of army blankets will be
provided for the use of the veterans.
240 POUND PIGS
With com above 50 cts. hogs eat
their heads off very quickly. The
hog that takes two or three months
to get on full feed never brings you
a profit.
When you are ready to put your
shoats on feed, begin with the B. A.
Thomas’ Hog Medicine. Use regularly
and watch your shoats round out
into fat hogs in nine months —hogs
going well over 200 pounds and as
high as 240 pounds. Figure the av
erage feeding and you will see why
the B. A. Thomas medicine is a good
investment. Try feeding out your
hogs on this plan and if you are not
more than pleased, we will refund
| the cost of the medicine.
Carmichael Hardware Cos, dealers.
WANTED TO BUY 100 PIBS
FROM 25 TO 60 POUNDS EACH.
A. A. HOWELL.
INVEST IN W. S. 9