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Boost the ice factory.
You can help lick the Germans with
h War Savings Stamp and you ought
to do it.
Another week will end the agony
of the legislature. There will not be
any regrets.
While the kaiser claims partnership
frith God, the Allies are not hesitat
ing to give the Germans hell.
The primary will take place in
just another month and then some
of the claimers will be “shown up*’
by the dear people.
Without doubt Georgia raised her
largest peach crop this year. The
Beasons \u?re favorable, and it will
be many a year before such another
bumper crop is produced.
The 1918 cotton crop will begin to
move within a few days and business
will hum. All indications point to an
average crop and a fair price, which
will mean prosperity for the South.
The kaiser is a liar, thief, robber,
assassin and butcherer, and the big
gest lie he ever told was when he
said the Americans would not fight.
He has probably changed his estimate
by this time.
The war has entered its fifth and
let’s hope its last year. America is
just beginning to make her resources
felt. When once the tide has fully
turned against the Germans, the end
;will be in sight.
The war news continues to thrill
the country. This doesn’t mean that
the war will soon be over, for there is
a lot of hard fighting to be done yet.
Hold your enthusiasm until the boys
cross the Rhine and start towards
Berlin.
Tom Hardwick says the newspapers
tore fighting him because he favored
an increase iji the second class pos
tage rate. Not true with this newspa
per. We nave always opposed Hard
back and are consistent in the pres
ent instance. And what’s more, if
the government wants to put another
tax on the newspapers to help win
the war we are willing to pay our
•hare. At the same time Hardwick
draws $7,500 a year salary and pays
no postage of any kind.
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA, AUGUST 9, 1918
THE WAR COMES HOME
Sooner or later the war will come
home to us 1. To some it will come
sooneer than to others. But as the
war goes on we will all feel the per
sonal touch.
These are anxious days when our
boys are in the thick of the great
struggle on the Marne front. The
Rainbow Division, which is made up
of several Butts county men, has been
hurled into the thickest of the fray.
Official reports shows that this divis
ion has done all that was expected of
it, winning new laurels and added
glory for American arms. This unit
of national guardsmen has done work
that ranks with the best of the regu
lar army units. It has met and van
quished the best the Germans had to
offer.
God grant that all our men may
come through unscathed. Only the
official casualty lists will show the
true status. If any of our men have
gone down it may be sure that they
fell with their faces to the enemy
and in a struggle that has won. unper
ishable fame for our country. There
may be sorrow for some our people
now—there is sure to be sorrow later
—but at the same time there will
be a certain pride and satisfactin in
knowing that our men fell in a glo
rious cause.
GET IT IN THE NECK AGAIN
(From the Tifton Gazette)
Because of the necessity of strict
economy in news print paper the war
industries board has addressed a let
ter to all newspapers restricting the
use of print paper. Here are some of
the requirements: “On and after July
15 unsold copies may not be returned;
samples of free promotion copies are
not to be distributed; advertisers are
to be permitted but one copy; the
practice of forcing copies upon news
dealers as the condition of their hold
ing a certain territory is to be discon
tinued; copies are not to be bought
back from dealers or agents at either
the wholesale or retail selling price,
and all free exchanges are to be dis
continued.”
The Gazette long since adopted the
no-return plan for dealers, but it will
be a loss to drop some of our valued
exchanges. The newspapers as a
whole will offer no objections and
cheerfully meet the government’s
suggestions in this as they have met
them in all other war measures, if the
government will only practice a little
of the economy it preaches and stop
the senseless and harmful waste of
print paper in its own departments,
a waste that not only consumes im
mense amounts of paper daily, but
also takes the time of a number of
stenographers who could be better
employed and adds double burdens to
the mails by forcing them to carry a
mass of matter that nobody wants
and nobody reads.
Another wholesome reform would
be a restriction of the size of the
bulky Sunday newspaper. In this
item alone enough print paper could
be saved to supply the. needs of the
weeklies and small dailies.
THE PRESIDENT ON MOB SPIRIT
“I have called upon the nation to
put its graet energy into this war
and it has responded—responded with
a spirit and a genius for action that
has thrilled the world. I now call up
on it, upon its men and women every
where, to see to it that its laws are
kept inviolate, its fame untarnished.
* * *
“I can never accept any man as a
champion of liberty either for our
selves or for the world who does not
reverence and obey the laws of our
own beloved land, whose laws we our
selves have made. He has adopted
the standards of the enemies of his
country, whom he effects to despise.”
—President Wilson.
POLICE! POLICE!
Two Tommies went into a restau
rant over the eastern front and said
to the waiter, “We want Turkey
with Greece.”
The waiter replied, “Sorry, sirs,
but we can’t Servia.”
“Well, then, get the Bosphorus.”
The boss came in and heard their
order, and then said, “I don’t want
to Russia, but you can not Rouma
nia.”
So the Tommies went away Hun
gary.—Exchange.
IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE
An lovn grocer advertised for a
boy and the next night his wife
presented him with twins, both boys.
It pays to advertise.—Ex.
The general assembly is rather
reckless in spending other people’s
money. What is to be gained by ma
king appropriations when there is no
money in sight to meet the bills, is
more than the average man can un
derstand.
The American soldiers are playing
a great and glorious part in the fight
ing in France. They are entitled to
the country’s everlasting gratitude
and the country’s moral and materail
support. If they want all the sugar
and all the flour let’s give it to them.
This is camp meeting time in Geor
gia. To Butts county belongs the dis
tinction of entertaining the largest
camp meeting in the South. The In
dian Springs Holiness camp meeting
which commenced a ten day session
Thursday night promises to break
all previous records for attendahee
and general interest.
Changing completely his attitude
of criticising the administration since
July 4, 1917, Tom Hardwick now
claims to be a supporter of the major
ity of war measures. Tom is a good
claimer, as anybody who remembers
the Macon convention will attest. At
that time he was put forward as an
“administration supporter.”
Georgia needs her highway laws
thoroughly overhauled. The present
speed limit of thirty miles an hour
is entirely too high. Fifteen or twen
ty miles an hour would be better and
safer. Every few days brings news of
fatal accidents on the public thor
oughfares and in a majority of cases
these accidents are due to fast run
ning.
The fourth Liberty Loan will be
launched within a few weeks. The
amount willprobably be six or seven
billion dollars. Our boys are winning
glorious victories and we must hold
up their hands by supplying the mon
ey and equipment. Be ready for the
next loan when it comes and be pre
pared to subscribe liberally and cheer
fully.
FORMER JACKSON LADY
DIES IN ARKANSAS
The death of Mrs. Annie Woolard,
a daughter of the late Capt. Bill Sla
ton, of Griffin, will be regretted by
Butts county friends of the family.
She passed away at Clarkesdale, Ark.,
on July 29 and the funeral was held
at Senatobia, Miss.
Mrs. Woolvnrd moved away from
Butts county when a fiiere girl and
is remembered by a number of the
older citizens. She was a cousin of
(Messrs. J. L. and J. R. Lyons, of
Jackson.
BANKSTON BROS.
Roberta, Ga. Jan. 21, 1917.
Old Kentucky Mfg. Cos.,
Paducah, Ky.
Gentlemen:
Mr. Will Wachter of this county
had some hogs that were down with
cholera and had given up all hope of
saving them and would not spend one
penny on them. I gave him one 151 b
pail of your B. A. Thomas’ Hog Pow
der and he has just come in and paid
me for it and advises that every one
of his sick hogs got well and that he
had killed them and now has them in
his smoke house and that they were
as fine as any he had killed this year.
I want to add that he said his hogs
were down and so sick that he had to
prize their mouths open and his wife
poured the powder down their throats
Please find check in full of my ac
count and with kindest regards we
beg to remain,
Yours very truly,
BANKSTON BROS.
Carmichael Hardware Cos. dealers.
RUBE LUMMUS WAS JAILED
ON A LIQUOR CHARGE
Rube Lummus, colored, was arrest
ed by officers McNair and Lavender
Saturday night on a liquor charge.
He wa slodged in jail but bond was
arranged Monday morning.
A Texas Wonder
The Texas Wonder cures kidney
and bladder troubles, dissolves grav
el, cures diabetis, weak and lame
backs rheumatism, and all irregular
ities of the kidneys and bladder in
both .men and women. Regulates
bladder troubles in children. If not
sold by your druggist will be sent by
mail on receipt of SI.OO. One small
bottle is two months’ treatment, and
seldom ever fails to perfect a core.
Send for testimonials from this and
other states. Dr. E. W. Hall, 2926
Olive Street. St. Louis, Mo. Sold by
druggists- advt.
Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin has
-L' proved more satisfactory than
any other laxative I have ever used. The other
members of my family also use it and we re
commend it highly.”
(From a letter to Dr. Caldwell written by\
Mr. Charles Fenske, 5005 N.sth Street, 1
Philadelphia, Pa. /
Dr. Caldwell’s
Syrup Pepsin
The Perfect Laxative
Sold by Druggists Everywhere
50 cts. Gr.) SI.OO
A combination of simple laxative herbs with
pepsin that acts in an easy, natural way, and is
as safe for children as it is positively effective
on the strongest constitution. A trial bottle
can be obtained free of charge by writing to
Dr. W. B. Caldwell, 458 Washington Street,
Monticello, Illinois.
JIM LYONS “SOMEWHERE”
IN ENGLAND WITH BAND
Friends of Jim Lyons, a former
Jackson boy who enlisted in the mu
sicians division at Tulsa, Okla., last
September, will be interested to know
that he is “somewhere” in England.
Mr. J. L. Lyons has recently received
two letters from his son. He writes
that heis well and happy. Mr. Lyons
has many friends in Jackson who
wish him the best luck and a safe re
turn.
Packers’ Profits
—Large or Small
Packers’ profits look big—
when the Federal Trade
Commission reports that four
of them earned $140,000,000
during the three war years.
Packers’ profits look small—
When it is explained that
this profit was earned on
total sales of over four and
a half billion dollars—or
only about three cents on
each dollar of sales.
This is the relation between profits
and sales:
Profits |
Sales HHHHHHBBBBESSi
If no packer profits had been
earned, you could have bought
your meat at only a fraction of
a cent per pound cheaper?
Packers’ profits on meats and
animal products have been lim
ited by the Food Administration,
since November 1, 1917.
Swift & Company, U. S. A.
FAMOUS “HUNGER STONE”
VISIBLE IN GERMANY
Amsterdam, July 20.—The famous
“hunger stone” in the River Elbe,
near Tetschen, which according to
popular belief in Germany, predicts
a famine when seen, is now visible
for the first time since the beginning
of the war.
The stone lies in the bed of the riv
er and has never been visible save at
exceptionally low tide. On the stone
is chiselled in old German, “When ye
see me, ye will weep.”