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On to Berlin!
Berlin gets a little nearer every
day.
Daily motto —keep the Huns on the
run and to hell with the kaiser.
The Rainbow Division knows how
to fight. Geogia’s heart is in the war.
Cotton is opening and cotton is go
ing higher. Let the good work con
tinue.
For nien who wont fight, the Amer
icans are giving the Hun something
to think about.
The patriotic people at home are
making it mighty uncomfortable for
the slacker, physical or financial.
If this is an off-year in politics in
Georgia, how many candidates would
there be if conditions were favorable.
Bulgar king suffers from mental
strain, says headline. That’s nothing
to what, he will suffer a little later on.
Considering the service some mem
bers of the legislature render, four
dollars a day is entirely too much for
them.
The government is one of the
chief paper wasters, yet the newspa
pers are commanded to save paper.
Consistency, thou art a jewel!
With northern communities exper
iencing 106 degree weather, to? all
should appreciate Georgia’s climate
more. There’s no place can beat it.
The candidates are on the home
stretch, running, fighting, claiming,
villifyjng abusing, | camouflaging.
The people are not excited, however,
over the contest and refuse to be
come enthused. .
Right amndng how Tom Hardwick
is trying to make love to Tom Wat
son and the farmers. When Watson
was to be tried on a charge of send
ing obscene matter through the mails,
Hardkick said he didn’t care if Wat
son was drawn and quartered. When
the farmers to are trying to get some
legislation passed, Hardwick said the
farmers were like young birds, al
ways with their mouths open waiting
for something to fall. Yet this is the
that wants Watson’s support
|d the farmers’ votes.
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, AUGUST_I6^iSIB
IN DEADLY EARNEST
Announcement that the country is
planning for an army of fiive million
men, three million of whom are to be
sent to France and a reserve of two
million kept in this country, shows
that the United States is in deadly
earnest and intends to make quick
work of winning the war.
And this is the right idea. A quick
victory will be a popular victory.
The people of this country do not
relish the idea of a war of from three
to five years duration. If it takes ten
million men to end the war in a short
time, we say let’s have them. Let’s
have a force sufficiently large and
strong to insure the defeat of Prus
sianism once and for all—and in the
shortest time possible.
The new class of from 18 to 45
will soon be registered and ready for
the call to the colors. The young men
and the old men are ready to go when
they are called. It is a glorious thing
to have a part in crushing Prussian
ism, whether working at home to back
up the men in the tranches or fight
ing in the front trenches.
WHEN OUR BOYS COME HOME
(Vidalia Advance)
Some of these days, when the kai
ser is beaten and an honorable peace
is declared, our Georgia boys will
come back home from over the seas.
They will come back covered ith glo
ry and honor imperishable. They will
be our heroes for they beared their
breasts to the storm of German bul
lets that our lives and the lives of our
children might be free from the dom
ination of German brutality. When
that glad day comes, v.hen the boys
of Toombs county come marching
in flushed with victory and the spirit
of patriotism is rolling high, we want
to be able to meet them with a clear
conscience and a proud heart, know
ing that we have done our best to
stand by them and help them when
they are charging down on the bar
barous Huns on the far-flung battle
fields of France. We want to be able
to grasp them by the hand and look
them straight in the eye and say:
“Boys, we talked for you, we
prayed for you, we bought bonds for
you, we voted in your interest, we
did our best for you.” How many
of our people feel this way about it?
What will the answer be? Will you
have to say: “Boys, we opposed your
going; we fouhgt Wilson’s adminis
tration because you went; we would
not buy bonds to protect you; we vo
ted for the man who wanted to inter
fere with your protection and inter
est; we were opposed to the whole
business.”
Somebody is going to feel mighty
cheap and mean when the Georgia
boys come marching home.
THERE AL AMERICAN
(By Dr. Frank Crane)
What is a real American?
He is a patriot, not a partisan.
He votes.
He pays his taxes honestly.
He keeps informed on public ques
tions.
wants the black man or the yellow
wants the black man or the ellow
man to have equal privleges and op
portunities with himself.
He hates militarism, but is ready
to serve in army or navy when called.
Hi s heart beats a little faster when
he sees th Stars and Stripes.
He is made up of three spiritual in
gredients, Washington, Franklin, Lin
coln.
He respets women, any woman.
He looks you straight in the eye
and says plainly what he thinks.
He honors those who work, and has
a wholesome contempt for idlers.
He speaks slowly, and means little
more than he says.
He is tolerant of anything except
intolerance.
He does not care what your relig
ious belief is, so long as you are
decent.
He has a humor of his own, but
laughs with his eyes more than with
his mouth.
He is a good loser.
Once in four years he goes on a
political debauch, yielding himself
up to the most primitive and narrow
party spirit; but when it is over he is
once more an American, forgets his
late passions, and is for the man who
was elected, no matter which party
was successful.
He is an essential Democrat; that
is, his creed is not “I am as good as
anybody,” but is “Anybody is as good
as I.”
He likes to make money, but likes
to see everybody around him making
money also. He does not enjoy riches
in th midst of poverty.
He wants a family of his own, a
business of his own, a house of hi?
own and an opinion of his own.
His is not a stock, or a ova
breed; it is spirit. His parents
may be French, Italian, Czech, Pol
ish or German; but he has caught an
other spirit; he has been bom again,
he is an American.
He is a reformer, not a revolution
ist.
He hates class.
When laws do not suit him he does
not break them, he changes them.
His is the newest nation, his is the
youth of humanity.
He is loyal to his family, to his
friends, and to his country.
But his loyalty does not imply ly
ing and spying, cruelty and inhu
manity.
He wants nothing for his own coun
try he vaould not be wiling for other
countries to have for themselves.
He does not want the United States
to rule the world, but to be the big
brother to the world.
THE CHEERFUL FRONT
(Atlanta Constitution)
If the boys at the front are cheer
ful, and braving all war’s dangers,
keep on the bright side, there should
be no place for the pessimist at
home.
The news dispatches tell of the
fighting, and the heroism that thrills
the country is the pride of the hearts
at home; and that’s enough to keep
the home-spirit high, and more than
ever determined to work and sacri
fice to the limit.
It is the only way to “Back up the
fighting,” as The Albany (Ga.) Her
ald puts it’. And in this connection
our Albany well says:
“The man who is going cheer
fully about his business, living
as economically as he can, pre
senting a cheerful front to the
world, supporting the war caus
es and placing loyalty to coun
try above all other things, is as
surely helping to win the war as
the soldier who shoulders a gun.
He is backing up the fighting
men with that cordial support
and glowing optimism wibout
which our men at the front can
never hope to give the Hun the
best they've got in them.”
From trench and hospital the men
send only the cheering word; there
is a hurrah in the vsritten lines —even
from scenes of suffering. For all the
shadows, “the light’s in the skies!”
That’s the way the boys feel about
it, while they’re beating the Hun
back the Berlin way!
Cause enough to keep the home
front in cheerful, fighting trim, and
to broaden the scope of the home
work to help win the war!
A lot of mud has been thrown at
William Schley Howard. Nobody has
been able to attack his record, which
is the thing that counts. From the
standpoint of ability and experience,
he is the best man in the race for Uni
ted States senator.
WITH THE EXCHANGES
But Ain’t It Hot?
A young lady demanded of her
sweetheart that he dance with none
other than herself. She objects to
him hugging any other girl. There
is a sermon in this demand made by
this young lady. Hugging is hugging,
whether with dr without musicc. We
have never been able to see the dif
ference.—Meriwether Vindicator.
And the woman who favors indis
criminate hugging needs to be taught
a lesson in moral etiquette.—La-
Grange Graphic.
Our opinion publicly expressed is,
that when a woman is just dying to
be hugged, some strong man should
grab and hug hug her till the corset
staves pop.—Commerce News.
What would you do, Brother Shan
non, in case the huggee was minus a
corset?—LaGrange Graphic.
Hard to Enumerate
Teh Moultrie Observer contains a
page of “The Truth About Hard
wick.” It will take more than one
page to tell the truth about Tom-Tit.
—Greensboro Herald-Journal.
All Strike Hunt Together
“This is a hell of a time to start
a strike in America,” remarked an
American sergeant on the Western
front, who is receiving only $82.00
a month to risk his life. The sergeant
is right.—Greensboro Herald-Journal.
Something Ho Can’t Explain
Tom Hardwick has never yet ex-
Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin is'
just what I need. It is a splen
did laxative, mild and pleasant and acts so
quickly and easily. I wouldn’t be without it,
and keep it in our home all the time.”
/From a letter to Dr. Caldwell writtenby\
I Mr. G. C. Murphy, 4 Walker Street, 1
\ Atlanta, Ga. /
Dr. Caldwell’s
Syrup Pepsin
The Perfect Laxative
Sold by Druggists Everywhere
50 cts. G£) SI.OO
Recommended as a positive remedy for consti
pation, mild and gentle in its action. The
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A trial bottle can be obtained by writing to
Dr. W. B. Caldwell, 458 Washington Street,
Monticello, Illinois.
plained why he opposed the parcel
post measure, the rural free deliv
ery measure, the nitrate plant meas
ure, the ship purchase measure, the
prohibition measure—why he voted
for war and then voted against rais
ing an army. But the little kaiserite,
taking his supposed supporters for a
bunch of fools, thinks he can be re
elected to the senate by telling a lot
of half truths and whole lies.—Dal
ton Citizen.
Watson Is Particular Who He Sleeps
With
Tom Hardwick tried to go to bed
with Tom Watson, but was kicked
out, yet he is still trying to crawl
back, while Watson would as soon
nest with a rattlesnake.—Lawrence
ville News-Herald.
F r ench Rivers
Our French friend Lugand says
the Vesle (pronounced Vel) river in
France is not as big as the Oconee,
but deeper, and that the Ainse is
about like the Altamaha, but swifter.
He says there no deep swamps along
these French rivers such as we know
here, for the good reason that for
thousands of years the thrifty French
people have cleared the swamps and
cultivated the land down to the wa
ter’s edge. Monsieur Lugand knows
We Have Just Received a Car
Load of
Studebaker Wagons
Have some with extra wide tires, and
deep bodies. If you need a wagon see
us before you buy. WE CAN SAVE
YOU MONEY.
R. V. 6 R. T. SMITH
Flovilla, Ga.
Studebakers last a lifetime
the country where the big fighting is
going on as well as most of us know
Lauren s county.—Dublin Tribune.
Some Not Wo r th That Much
Considering the value of money
at the present time, a man would
have to feel mighty cheap to feel like
thirty cents. —Greensboro Herald-
Journal.
EXCUSE NOT VALID
Newspapers pay the same rate for
first class postage that farmers pay.
If farmers send second class matter
through the mails they pay the same
rate that newspapers pay. So, Tom
Hardwick will have to find another
excuse for the newspapers being
against him. In fact, the newspapers
were against Hardwick before the
second class postage rate was increas
ed.
And in the meantime, Hardwick
pays no postage of any kind—and is
drawing $7,500 a year and 20 cents
a mile to and from Washington to
misrepesent Georgia in the senate.
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