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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.. 75c 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 at 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. The opinion still prevails that the Senatorial race is a “mule race.” This is the open season forfreak legislation and freak legislators. Prof. Snyder said June would be a ■wet month. Have a heart, professor. By reading the papers one decides that both Howard and Harris will be elected. Last year people waited for cheap er coal. Now they want to know if they are to get any at all. Why not have a primary for the elimination of useless candidates for the United States senate? Congress has voted $12,000,000,- 000 to support the army for the next year. But the kaiser at the end of a rope will be cheap at any price. To our way of thinking it is not necessary for the food administratonr to pass a regulation reducing the con sumption of beef. The price has done that. From all indications tax returns will show a good increase this year. But if the legislature plays true to form it will find a way to spend all the money in sight. The campaign for War Savings Stamps is not over. You can buy these securities any time between now and the first of January. There should be a stamp in every home. Is there one in yours? The great packers and millers have been making enormous profits out of the war. While the rest of us knew this all along congress has just found it out. The profiteer should be shot, just like a German spy. The United States is not to have war time prohibition, because some of the organized laborers, we are told, do better work with a little beer to drink. Funny how union labor, railroad men and shipbuilders, can get what they want, ain’t it? If the Georgia legislature would pass the appropriation bill—the most important thing to be done—and cut out so many petty, trivial, local bills the work could be gotten over with in ten days and the people of the state saved thousands of dolars. The War Savings Stamp Rally on June 28 was for the purpose of sub scribing the entire amount in one day. In case of failure to subccribe the full quota the campaign will be Eushed until the funds are i nsighl. f you have not already subscribed you still have an opportunity to do 80. When onfce the idea soaks in that the individual’s business is not as im portant as the government’s business —which is the winning of the war— then there will be a spontaneous re sponse to every appeal. No body has sacrificed enough to hurt yet. People are spending money for pleasure just as they have always spent it. Messrs. Howard and Dean seem to have had a mudslinging battle royal in their joint debate in Gainesville Saturday. If the people of Georgia are to be treated to such affairs as this, it would be a good idea to have no more joint debates. The office of United States senator is a high and honorable one and the candidates should conduct themselves on a high plane. THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JULY .VisiS TOO MANY LOCAL BILLS That the Georgia legislature is af flicted with too many entn local matters, questions that have been or ought to be settled by ythe people concerned, has long been apparent. That a movement is on foot to elimi nate this waste of time on the part of the general assembly will be _of wide interest over the state. Writing in the Atlanta Constitution. James A. Holloman, The Constitution’s po litical writer, has the following to say along this line: ' “It is very much to be hoped that the memebrs of this assembly vuill not burden tne calendars with local bills. “It is a matter of record that three fourths of the bills introduced are usually matters of purely local char acter, many of which questions in volved could be adjusted in the re spective home counties under exist ing laws. If I recall correctly, there are approximately 1,000 pages in the acts of 1917, and, without counting them, I’ll wager a hat that 750 of those pages are devoted exclusively to local measures. “Of course, local matters must have attention. Those matters are of just as much concern to the local people interested as the loyal democrats of Georgia, regardless of location, are concerned this minute in the dangers of minority rule under the Neil pri mary law, but— “ This legislature should pass some satisfactory general law under which local authorities can regulate their own local matters. This will eliminate this burdening the legislature (low nwith purely local legislation, viith a necessary rush at the close on important general bills that is both dangerous and ineffect ive.” This presents the matter clearly. The taxpayer's of Georgia have to pay a pretty sum to gratify the ambition of some members who are concerned most of all, not with the prosperity of the state, but the gratification of some pet schemes. Legislating me nin and out of office, changing terms of offic ers, incorporating villages, etc., etc., are matters that ought to be left with the people most concerned. In fact, many men go to the legislature with the one purpose in view of passing “spite” legislation, that is, legislating some man into office or out of office. It is a bad practice and should be stopped. A man worthy to be sent to the legislature should occupy his time with things more worth while or re sign and come home. Let the people concerned settle their own affairs, and stop burdening the general assembly with purely local legislation. PUT LIQUOR SELLERS TO WORK Judges of our courts can render a distinct public service by putting con victed lipuor sellers to work on the roads. This will help enforce the law and at the same time will be in line with the government’s “work or fight” policy. Asa rule the man who deals in liquor is not a working man. If he were a working man he would be too busy to deal in liquor. The most of those engaged in the illegal vihiskey traffic are non-producers. Conse quently when they are tried and con victed i nthe courts they can be given straight sentences on the roads with out the labor supply suffering. The man who makes it his business to manufacture or peddle liquor, consid ering present prices, does not have to work. He can well afford to pay a fine every few months. The traffic in liquor in Georgia will be stopped and stopped only when persons convicted of this crime are put to work building roads. No sys tem of fines will ever eliminate the practice. Georgia is a so-called “bone dry” state, but the liquor traffic is bad enough. It is bad in the country counties and worse in the large cities. The people, a ra rule, want liqour stamped out and the guilty punished. Most of all, they wiant the idlers pet to work. The man who loafs around now, producing nothing, making his living out of the whiskey business ought to be drafted into one of of the callings—the army or the chain Rang. BLESSING IN DISGUISE Monticello News) The Jackson Progress-Argus her alds the fact that Mr. B. Weevil has made his appearance on Butts county soil. According to- that paper it is the first scare of the season. No one should fear the weevil pest. All the damage it vu : ll do will be to make the farmer change his methods of farm ing. When the weevil appeared in South Georgia the people thought they were ruined completely. But not so. Today they are making more money than ever before. The boll weevil’s mission into that part of the state was to teach the farmers that they could plant something else be side cotton. A trip into South Georgia by any farmer would be time well spent just to see how the planters have risen above Mr. B. Weevil. Vel vet beans, peanuts, fruits, cattle, hogs and various non-boll weevil crops are flourishing on every farm. While cotton is a great crop for the farmers in this section of the state and one which it seems that they can ill afford not to grow, when the boll weevil comes here to stay, if he ever does, North Georgia farmers will find other profitable crops which they can raise in lieu of king cotton. Neces sity, we are told, is the mother of invention, and when our farmers have to do a thing they will do it all right. Over 3,000 women are at work in in the production of gas masks at the Long Island gas-defease plant. CREDIT SYSTEM DOOMED One result of the war, which is changing so many time honored cus toms, will be the elimination of the credit system. The old time credit system is now in its death agonies and soon will be a thing of the past. Business will be safer under the new order. There will be fewer risks and consequently fewer losses. Cash business means a saving to the con sumer. The individual or corporation doing a credit business must charge more for his goods to make up for possible losses. When everybody is required to pay cash, goods can be bought cheaper, many items of ex pense being cut out through a strict application of business rules. Many large concerns are already putting their business on a cash basis. Heretofore where they have allowed 30 to 60 days, with a discount for cash payment, goods are now being billed “cash and no discount.” The newspapers will be benefitted wonderfully by a cash system. In the old days a newspaper would send the paper broadcast to its readers, scat tered from Yukon to Haiti, and scores and scores of these readers never paid. The man who reads a paper now must pay for it. Paper stocks and materials of all kinds are too high to do a credit business. Scatter ing several hundred or thousand is sues throughout the country—on c edit—while the publisher himself must pay cash cash for his paper, la bor and materials, shows poor judg ment and the practice will soon be a thing of the past. THE ONLY THING THAT COUNTS The only thing that counts in the election of a senator to represent Georgia is the selection of a man of ability and a man who is loyal and patriotic. There has been a feeling all along that entirely too many can didates were in the field. Several of these gentlemen should withdraw, and the people should center on the strongest, ablest, best qualified can didate and thus insure, beyond ques tion, the defeat of Thomas W. Hard wick. Hardwick does not represent the sentiments of the loyal people of Georgia. That there will be an elimination of candidates before the primary, now seems assured. Many people have not decided on the man they vuill support. They are in a receptive mood, watch ing developments, waiting to see the candidate who has the best chances of winning. So far The Progress-Argus has committed itself to no candidate. It is for the man who can beat Hard wick. The paper had hoped all along that some really strong man would enter the race. But it seems the peo ple must make a selection from the candidates available. The Augusta Chronicle, one of the most conservative and at the same time ably edited papers in Georgia, calls upon William Schley Howard to withdraw from the race. It cites the fact that the past record of Mr. How ard, as brought to light during the campaign, unfits him to represent Georgia in the senate. Whether Mr. Howard will heed this appeal is, of course, unknown at the present. The people of Georgia are patriotic. They are, at present, open minded. They are trying to learn about the various candidates They want to elect the man best fitted, by charac ter, ability and loyalty to the comihon country, to represent them in the up per branch of congress. The election this year is to be no steam roller af fair. There will be no back alley methods. The people, by their bal lots, instead of a crowd of scheming politicians, will select their senator. That some highly important devel opments in the senatorial campaign will take place a little later is now confidently expected. STRONG OLD MAN 75 YEARS YOONG Says ZIRON Iron Tonic Made Him Feel Better, Eat Better and Sleep Better. O. D. Blount, Tarrytown, Ga., writes: “lam seventy-five years old, yet I have been pretty strong until about a year ago. I did not feel so well, I had a worn, tired feeling, my body ached and I was not myself. I would chill easily,—my blood seemed thin, my flesh flabby and skin not clear. 1 didn’t rest well and my ap petite was poor. I heard of Ziron, how it was helping others and it seemed to be what I needed, too. I soon saw after I began taking it that it was helping me. I felt better in every way. I ate better, 1 slept better. I took three bottles and |t helped me. I am glad to recommend Ziron.” Ziron is indicated for anemia, pale com plexion, poor blood, general weakness, etc. When your blood needs iron, take Ziron. Remember, if the first bottle don’t benefit, you get your money back. Don’t wait. Begin taking Ziron today. At all druggists. ZNI \bur Blood Needs Schley Howard’s Own Letters Show Howard Brought the President Into the Sena torial Race Found the President for Harris—Promised ths President Not to Run—Broke His Promise and Approved a False Newspaper Report of His Self-Sought Interview With the President About the middle of April Congress man Wm. Schley Howard sought an in terview with President Wilson to talk over the matter of his entering the race for Senator from Georgia. In that interview, sought by Mr. Howard, the President stated that his choice of a candidate for that race was Hon. Wm. J. Harris, and he hoped that the loyal vote against Senator Hardwick would nt>t be divided. Thereupon Mr. Howard voluntarily promised the President that he would not run, but would support Mr. Harris because he was the President’s choice. A few days later Mr. Howard broke his promise to the President and be came a candidate. Nobody could ex press the President’s feelings at Mr. Howard’s conduct as the President did in his pointed two line letter of April 12th, saying only: “Your letter just received disap points me very seriously indeed and I very much regret it.” President’s Choice For Harris A little while later the Washington correspondent of the Atlanta Constitu tion sent an article to his paper about that interview, and, instead of stating therein that the President expressed his choice for Hon. Wm. J. Harris as the candidate for Senator in Georgia, stated that the President said he would be neutral as between any two loyal candidates against Thos. W. Hard wick. Nobody but the President and Mr. Howard could have known what took place in the conference between them, as no one else was present. Mr. Howard saw the article sent out by the newspaper correspondent, and made no attempt to correct the false version of the interview. He approved it as “the God’s truth.” The Presi dent also saw the newspaper article, and on April 20th he wrote Mr. Howard to the effect that he, Mr. Howard, knew the version of the interview con veyed by the article was false, and in very emphatic terms the President asked Mr. Howard whether or not he intended to correct the false impres sions left among the people of Geor gia by the article appearing in the Constitution. In reply to the Presi dent Mr. Howard admitted that the president’s letter “very greatly dis tressed him,” admitted that the news paper article conveyed a false account of the President’s attitude and admit ted that he and his friends knew that the President "thought Mr. Harris should make the race against the Jun ior senator from Georgia in preference to any one else.” These Tell The Story The statements of Mr. Howard and the President speak for themselves: "Committee on Appropriations, “House of Representatives, "Washington, D. C., “April, 1918. “My Dear Mr. President: “You may recall that I stated to you that if you wished it, I would not become a candidate for the sen ate, but would do all I could to help elect the candidate whom you select ed to carry our cause to the people of Georgia. This is written with the hope that you will permit me to with draw this promise to you. "With great respect, I am, "Faithfully your friend, “WM. SCHLEY HOWARD.” “The White House, “Washington, “April 12, 1918. "My Dear Mr. Howard: “Your letter just received disap points me very seriously indeed, and I very much regret it. “Sincerely yours, “WOODROW WILSON. “To Hon. William S. Howard, “House of Representatives.” “The White House, “Washington, “20 April, 1918. "My Dear Sir: “My attention has been called to a recent communication by Mr. Hollo man to the Atlanta Constitution con cerning our recent conversation at the Executive Office in the interview which you sought with me. Mr. Hol- Monthly magazines to be sent to soldiers and sailors should not be more than two months old, according loman, of course, had no direct knowl edge of that conversation and his ver. sion of it conveys a very false im. pression, no doubt unintentionally on his part, but the impression it con veys is so false that I write to a$K whether or not it is your intention yourself to correct that impression. , “Very truly yours, “WOODROW WILSON. “To Hon. William Schley Howard, “Plouse of Representatives.” A Change In The Tone (Note the change from “My Dear Mr. Howard” to “My Dear Sir,” and from “Sincerely yours” to “Very truly yours.”) “Committee on Appropriations, “House of Representatives, “Washington, D. C., “April 23, 1318. "My Dear Mr. President: “Your note of the 20th instant, hand ed me last evening at my home whej' I am now confined by illness, vi greatly distresses me. “After you were gracious enough * receive me for an interview in the Executive Office, I confided exactly what I understood your position to be to three of my intimate political and personal friends for the sole purpose of counseling with them as to whether or not I should further pursue my candidacy for the United States sen ate. “I have never expressed, directly or indirectly, anything to my friends but that you thought Mr. Harris should make the race against the junior sena tor from Georgia in the approaching primary in preference to any one else. "I recognize, however, that Mr. Hol loman’s article may convey a differ ent impression as to your attitude in reference to Mr. Harris’ candidacy. “I am, dear Mr. President, with great respect, “Faithfully yours, “WM. SCHLEY HOWARD. “To the President, “The White House.” Promised Not To Run It is clear from these letters that Congressman Howard sought out our honored President, brought him into the Georgia senatorial situation, found the President strongly favored Hon. Wm. J. Harris, voluntarily gave his solemn promise that he would hot he a candidate, and broke that promise as soon as it was given. It is also clear that he deliberately let a false account of his Interview with the Pres ident, published in a prominent Geor gia paper, go uncorrected until a cor rection was demanded of him by the President himself; in the face of the fact that the newspaper’s false infor mation must have come from Mr. How ard himself. It is also clear that the President did not thrust himself into the Georgia senatorial situation. It is also clear that when the President was brought in by Mr. Howard there was no doubt as to where the President stood. Read these letters which passed be tween Mr. Howard and President Wil son, and then ask yourself the ques tion: "Can I vote for such a man for Senator?" If Congressman Howard broke his promise voluntarily given to the President and tried to deceive the people of Georgia as to what trans pired in his self-sought interview with the President, will not the people fear he would deceive them again? At lealft the people of Georgia want a man as their senator whom the Presi dent can trust At least they want a senator whose word and pledge, once given, are never broken. Mr. Howard had a perfect right to run for senator without consulting the President. But he did consult the President. He found the President for Hon. Wm. J. Harris, because the President had long tried Mr. Harris and never found him wanting. Mr. Howard still has a right to run lor senator. But he can’t claim to b* running on the friendship or the con fidence or the respect of our Com mander-In-Chief. ADVERTISEMENT to the post office department weekly publications should not more than three weeks old.