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Jackson Progress - Argus
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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
word* will be charged at the rate of
1 cent a word. Cash must accompany
copy in all instances.
Keep the huns away with W. S. S.
How about an ice factory for Jack-
Son?
Now is a good time to plan for a
municipal wood yard.
Life with the Georgia legislature
seems to be one recess after another.
If there is anything worse than a
profiteer will somebody please name
it.
Save your Congressional Records.
They may be useful for fuel this win
ter.
Start an offensive of your own by
buying W. S. S. and help push the
Germans back.
Speaking of useful gifts, why not
present your friends with a block of
ice or a scuttle of coal?
Our notion of a “well read” man is
one who keeps up with all the orders
of the food administration.
A lot of oratory was let loose on
the Glorious Fourth. Now for the
work of whipping the huns.
The general assembly seems dis
posed to give absent soldiers the
right to vote. This is the proper
thing to do.
If the ice famine is still due to
mbving the peach crop we want to
say that Georgia raised a right smart
crop of peaches.
Just to celebrate the Glorious
Fourth in true American style, the
Sammies gave the Germans a good
licking Thurday.
Prof. Snider has lost his cunning.
Hesaid July 4 would be a rip snorter,
thunder, lightning and rain, but the
day was beautifully hot.
H. H. Dean is sick and has retired
from the senate race, it is announced.
Some of the other candidates ought to
retire before much longer.
The business man who loses his
nerve and stops advertising when bus
iness gets dull would never make a
soldier. His feet are too cold.
The money you save and invest in
W. S. S. will come back with interest
and you also have the satisfaction of
knowing you helped lick the huns.
Tom Hardwick says the newspapers
are liars. Well, at that they haven’t
been accused of being pro-German,
vjhich still leaves a balance in favor
of the papers.
One thing we like about the United
States troops is their bulldog tenacity.
Every time they gain ground they
hold it with a death grip. No retreat
ing for the Sammies.
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1918
FOR BETTER SCHOOLS
In their efforts to give the people
of Butts county an educational sys
tem worthy of the county’s commer
cial and agricultural importance, the
board of education should have the
hearty support and encouragement
of every citizen. It is certain that
few counties in Georgia will rank
higher in education than Butts coun
ty. Illiteracy is on the run here and
with everybody pulling together and
co-operating with the county board
Butts county will soon bp known
throughout the country for her fine
standard of educational advancement.
Sentiment is crystalizing in favor
of better rural schools. Better build
ings, better teachers, consolidation of
the smaller schools, all mean greater
educational progress. Several years
ago Butts county voted county wide
taxation for the maintenance of the
common schools and the state levy
is now supplemented by a consider
able sum raised by local taxation. The
amount is still far from what it should
be.
The war is making new demands on
the trained forces of the country.
Education was never at such a pre
mium as it is today. It will be more
priceless as time goes on.n Big prob
lems are in the making, social and po
litical revolutions will follow the war
and the trained, educated minds must
grapple with and settle these prob
lems.
Only six illiterate vuhite children in
Butts county. There should not be an
illiterate child in the county. The
blight and blot of ignorance should
be totally wiped out.
The county is to be congratulated
that she is served by a superintendent
and board of education of high ideals
and progressive spirit. These offic
ials can do only as they have means
to do with. They should be encourog
ed and backed up to the last ditch in
their efforts to place Butts county
in the forefront along educational
lines.
WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSE?
The news from overseas shows that
American soldiers are upholding the
splendid traditions of this country.
Our boys are doing just what they
were sent to do, give a good account
of themselves and push the enemy
back. There need be no worry about
the soldiers over there. They will re
spond every time they are called on.
Will the people back home respond
in the same patriotic manner? Will
they buy Liberty Bonds and War Sav
ings Stamps and donate to the Y. M.
C. A. and Red Cross whenever called
on? That’s the big question before
the country now. It is perfectly plain
that the war will be won by the peo
ple at home. The minute we fail to
back up the boys in the trenches we
have lost the rar. They cannot go on
fighting unless we continue to supply
the sinews of war.
What about your subscrition to the
War Savings Stamp Campaign? Have
you bought stamps and bought as lib
erally as your means arranted? If
not, what is your excuse? Butts coun
ty was called on to pledge $284,000
worth of these securities. To date we
are woefully behind. It begins to look
as if there are a lot of pocketbook
patriots among us.
These securities must be bought.
The country’s demands must be met.
We have not begun to make sacrifices
yet. Nobody has been hurt. We must
put aside for the time being the
thought of making money and concen
trate all our attention on winning the
war.
There is no better investment any
where than War Savings Stamps.
They are as safe and sound as the
government itself. They afford an
opportunity for the citizens to invest
their savings against the coming of
a rainy day. Both common sense and
loyalty demand that the stamps be
purchased.
Butts county, which ranks so high
in the number of men sent to the col
ors, cannot afford to fall behind in
backing up the government’s demands
for money. Let’s be as patriotic with
our money as our boys have been vuth
their lives.
Estimates place the 1918 cotton
crop at approximately 15,000,000
bales. This estimate of a large crop
may be a prelude to cheaper prices
later on.
The “pocketbook” patriot is the
fellow' who thinks the government is
run just to allow him to make money.
A lot of these tightwads think more of
the investment they can make on
their money than they do of the lives
of the boys in France.
Governor Dorsey recommended
that the state railroad commission be
reduced from five to three members.
With federal control, what’s the use
of a commission at all?
War Savings Stamps are a good in
vestment and they afford a means
for you to prove your loyalty to the
country. Combine patriotism and se
curity and there is no excuse for any
man not to buy these stamps.
The United States has over a milion
troops in Europe, another million un
der arms and wil lhave four million
by the first of January. The Germans
are welcome to all the comfort they
can get out of this fact.
The fuel administrator starts his
daily work yelling “buy your coal
early.” Now, a lot of people have
bought their coal and ordered it eai*-
ly and want to see some coal coming
in. If the esteemed fuel administra
tor viill see to it that the coal is deliv
erer he will get a vote of thanks.
Three negro soldiers were shot
following a conviction by court mar
tial at Fort Dodge, lowa, the other
day, for an attack on a white girl.
These negro soldiers must learn that
an American uniform does not give
them license to commit crime nor
does a uniform place them above the
law.
The message of Governor Dorsey
to the general assembly was in every
respect a very able state paper. Gov
ernor Dorsey shows that he has a
thorough knowledge and grasp of
public affairs, and the suggestions and
contained in his
message should be heeded by the leg
islature.
In spite of all the food laws, re
strictions and regulations, profiteer
ing is flourishing as never before.
Reports submitted show that profits
as high as 2,183 per cent were gar
nered last year. When the meat pack
ers, food dealers and coal miners and
others can pile up such huge profits
it is am indication that there is some
thing wrong.
KEEP THE BLOOD STREAM PURE
Rheumatic pains, backache, swol
len joints'and sore muscles often are
results of impurities in the blood
gathering in the region affected, a re
sult of failure of the kidneys to elimi
nate waste products from the blood
stream. Foley Kidney Pills heal,
strengthen and invigorate weak, dis
eased kidneys and bladder. W. H.
Hill, Justice of the Peace, Detroit,
Tex., writes: “I used Foley Kidney
Pill sand say unhesitatingly that of
all I have used they are the best, and
have done the work where the rest
failed.” Carmichael Drug and Book
Cos. adv.
SUGAR CERTIFICATES MUST
BE REPORTED ONCE WEEK
Food Administrator has Card to Mer
chants of County
Under the new sugar regulations
limiting customers to three pounds
per month per person, merchants are
required to mail the county food ad
ministrator a report once each week.
Col. J. T. Moore, food administra
tor for Butts county, has the follow
ing notice to merchants:
“All merchants holding sugar cer
tificates will please mail me same at
once. In the future these certificates
must be reported to me once a week.
“J. T. (MOORE,
“Food Administrator, Butts County.”
ANNOUNCEMENTS
FOR REPRESENTATIVE
I hereby announce myself a candi
date for representative from Butts
county, subject to the action of the
Democratic primary Sept. 11. The
support and votes of my fellow-cit
izens will be appreciated, and if elect
ed I pledge myself to represent all
interests of the county to the best of
my ability.
This March 11, 1918.
Respectfully,
J. THREATT MOORE.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE
I am a candidate for re-election as
Representative from Butts county,
subject to the rules and regulations
of the coming Democratic primary,
September 11, 1918.
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FLOVILLA
Mr. W T . A. Dozier and family spent
Thursday with jMrs. Walker at Rober
ta.
Mis s Lena Greer has returned to
Jackson after a two weeks visit viith
relatives and friends.
Miss Effie Marshall, of Eatonton,
is visiting her aunt, Mrs. R. L. Alle.n
Miss Marguerite Maddox has re
turned after a very pleasant visit
with relatives in Macon.
Misses Ada Sharp and Mattie Duf
fey spent Thursday at home.
Meat Must Be Sold
Fresh meat is perishable. It
must be sold within about two
weeks for whatever it will bring.
A certain amount of
beef is frozen for foreign
shipment, but domestic
markets demand fresh,
chilled, unfrozen beet
Swift & Company can
not increase prices by
withholding meat, be
cause it will not keep fresh
and salable for more than
a few days after it reaches
the market.
Swift & Company cannot tell
at the time of purchasing cattle,
what price fresh meat will bring
when put on sale. If between
purchase and sale, market con
ditions change, the price of meat
must also change.
The Food Administration
limits our profit to 9 per cent on
capital invested in the meat
departments. This is about 2
cents per dollar of sales. No
profit is guaranteed, and the
risk of loss is not eliminated.
Asa matter of fact, meat is
often sold at a loss because of
the need of selling it before it
spoils.
Swift & Company, U.S. A.
Miss Frances Grant has returned
to Dublin after a visit to Mr. anU 1
Mrs. Hughlon Bryant.
Dr. and Mrs. A. F. White have as
their guests Mrs. Julius Greer and
children, of (Monticello.
Miss Lucy Ingram, of Jesup, is the
guest of Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Ingram.
Mr. Leon Goodman, of Atlanta,
was the week-end guest of Dr. and
Mrs. W. J. Waits.
Mr. Robert Allen is visiting friends
at Crawfordville.
Mr. George Smith spent Sunday
with Miss Alice Smith.