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Jackson Progress - Argus PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDaY J. DOYLE JONES Editor and Publisher SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year __sl.so Three Month* 40c Six Months.. 75c Single Copie*_.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 Card* of thank* will be charged at the rate of fifty cent*, minimum for 50 word* and lew; abore 50 word* will be charged at the rate of 1 cent a word. Ca*h must accompany copy in all instance*. JJJJJJJJJJJ RULES GOVERNING NEWS PAPERS Issued by the War Industries Board The Priorities Board of the War Industries Board has listed paper mills as an essential industry and has rated them in fourth class for priority for coal on the distinct understand ing that the greatest possible economy in the use of paper be exercised and that the reduction in the use of paper by the newspapers shall be 15 per cent on week-day editions and 20 per cent on Sunday editions. Paper mills will be put upon the priority list for coal conditional upon their signing a pledge that they will furnish no paper to any customer who will not sign a PLEDGE IN DUPLI CATE THAT HE WILL EXERCISE THE GREATEST POSSIBLE ECON OMY IN THE USE OF PAPER AND WILL OBSERVE ALL RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE CONSER VATION DIVISION OF THE PULP AND PAPER SECTION OF THE WAR INDUSTRIES BOARD. These pledges are now being prepared and will be furnished shortly. One copy will be left on file with the mill and the other will be sent to this office. Effective immediately. 1. Discontinue the acceptance of the return of unsold copies. 2. DISCONTINUE SENDING PA PER AFTER DATE OF EXPIRA TION OF SUBSCRIPTION, UNLESS THE SUBSCRIPTION IS RENEWED AND PAID FOR. (This ruling to be effective October 1, 1918.) 3. Discontinue the use of all sam ple or free promotion copies. 4. Discontinue giving copies to anybody except for office working copies or where required by statute law in the case of official advertising. (Signed) THOS. E. DONNELLY, Chief Pulp and Paper Section, War Industries Board. This rule forces newspapers to stop all subscriptions that are not paid in advance on October 1, 1918, and pro hibits newspapers extending any credit on subscriptions. Now for business! “Bunk” Cooper also ran. Congratulations to the winners. Don’t forget to say a word for that ice factory. It’s all over but the shouting—and the gnashing of teeth. Georgia is all right in spite of an occasional political outburst. Beer must go on December 1 and the nation goes on a “dry” basis on July 1, 1&19. It will be two years before the state is afflicted with another cam paign. Let’s Rive thanks. The recent cool weather in the midst of a hot political' campaign is hard to explain. Maybe, though, Prof. Snider can unravel it. THE JACKSON PROCRESS-ARGUS. JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER IS, 1918 LETTERS FROM SOLDIERS The Pro press -Argu s is always glad to publish letters from the soldiers, eitheri in the camps in this country or from “over there.” We have oc casional inquiries to know if there is any charge for publishing these let ters. There is no charge of any knid, but instead the paper is glad to pub lish these letters from the men in the ranks. A number of men in service receive this paper regularly. It is, indeed, like a “letter from home,” and they appreciate the paper to the fullest extent. Publication of these letters serves to keep the people at home in touch with the soldiers and the war. The letters should be of reasonable length and be prepared for publica tion by the elimination of all strictly family of private matters. Prepared in this form The Progress-Argus will be glad to publish any number of the soldier letters. OUGHT TO BE PERMANENT Since the new order of the fuel ad ministration went into effect, request ing citizens to save gasoline on Sun days, it is safe to say that Sunday has been observed more sanely and religiously than before in ten years. The Sabbath has taken on somehthing of its old time sacredness and quiet ness. Really, it has become the best day of the week. Heretofore Sunday has been a day of joy-riding, of speeding, of trips planned in advance, of long pleasure jaunts. Sunday was no longer a day of rest. It was becoming the most strenous day of the seven in the week It would be a good thing for the moral and religious life of the people if the gasoline saving order were made permanent. This great world war should bring us all back to our senses, back to first principles, back to a reverence for things sacred. Un less this is done much of the suffer ing and sacrifices will have been m vain. EXCHANGES NECESSARY (Dalton Citizen) A great deal of misinformation has been disseminated with reference to the regulations of the War Industries Board in connection v*ith newspapers. The board of course, is urging econo my and the cutting off of all free cop ies and useless exchanges, and this is as it should be. Sometime ago The Citizen elimina ted from its list some fifty or more exchanges that were not really neces sary in conducting its business. These exchanges were appreciated and wel come visitors, and when times are again normal we hope to be able to resume the pleasant pre-war relation ship. The Citizen has never understood for a moment that the War Industries Board meant to deny a newspaper the privilege of exchanging with another newspaper, because this exchange is absolutely essential in producing a newspaper. The Gainesville Herald, having doubts about the ruling of the War Industries Board, referred the matter to the Postoffice Department, and asked for a ruling. The ruling came very promptly, and is to the effect that “bona fide exchanges, one copy for another, are regarded as sent to subscribers.” This is sensible and reasonable, and we are quite sure the War Industries Board need have no fear that legitimate newspapers will abuse the exchange privilege. In very truth the newspapers could secure all the papers they want by simply exchanging: checks; that is, The Citizen being desirious of having on its exchange list, for example, The Cobb County Times could mail The Times its check for a year’s subscrip tion. Then The Cobb County Times could mail The Citizen a check for the like amount for a year’s sub scription. There is nothing to such a procedure except a lot of red tape and foolishness, and no one would ex pect the Postoffice Department or War Industries to make a ruling whereby swapping of checks would become necessary in order to secure a needed exchange. Therefore, it is interesting to note that he government is agreeable to a legitimate exchange. As stated above, there is no danger of legitimate pa pers abusing this privilege, because of he high cost of everything that enter” into the production of newspapers. Self-preservation is the watch-word, and economy must be practiced rigid ly in order to avoid bankruptcy. SHALL WE HATE GERMANS? (Manufacturers Record) Well, that depends upon your defi nition of hate. Do you hate the blood sucking tiger that kills your~ child? Do you hate the rattlesnake that strikes its fangs into your wife? Do you hate the murderer who kills your mother and the brute who outrages your daughter? Is it hate that prompts you to kill such fiends in defense of your loved ones, or is it merely a determination to rid the world of them, knowing that in so doing you are protecting all humanity? Germany embodies the blood lust of the tiger, the deadly fangs of the rattlesnake, the cruelty of the mur derer and the beastly nature of the outrager—and by science prostited to such vile ends. Christ prayed for those who cruci fied Him, saying, “ they know not what they do,” but Germans know full well exactly what they are doing. They gloried in preparing for war, they gloried in its atrocities, and no one can ever pray for them on the ground that they did not know what they were doing. And prayer for them must be on some other ground. It may be in order to ask if you have our coal for this winter. If not, you had better get to scuffling around for some wood. The defeated candidates are re spectfully reminded that the work or fight law is now in effect. Let them get busy at something useful. The country is still safe in spite of all the racket kicked up by the Now for wjnnmg the war. That’s more important than pol itics and politicians You may never smell powder in the present war, but even the stay-at homes will have somewhat of a fight by the time all the new taxes are paid. Get ready to dig up. Newspapers are given until Octo ber 1 to place their subscription on a cash basis. Remember this when you are selling cotton and drop in and pay up and thus help the newspapers comply with the government’s order. Even the talk of price fixing had a disturbing effect on the price of cot ton. The government ought to fix the price or let it alone. The drop of sls a bale caused by talk of price fix ing came out of the farmers’ pocket. The man who has gone through he present campaign without a brain storm is to be congratulated. The man who kept his head level "will have les s to regret now that the campaign of bittemss is over. The Germans are now tearing down the statues of the ka’ser and con verting them into war material. If they would only take the kaiser and convert him into soap they would fare better.—Dalton Citizen. Now that politics have been put under the ban for two years people of the state can turn their undivided attention to help winning the war. The third Liberty Loan will come off in a few days, and following this will be a campaign for the Y. M. C. A. and other war work. Save up your pennies There will be plenty of chan ces to help win the war. FEED OUT YOUR HOGS SIX WEEKS EARLIER In every lot of hogs on feed two or three weeks quickly and actually eat less than others. If all would fatten like these, the entire drove would be for the market six weeks earlier and to save six weeks feed is an item that you fully understand. The hog that fattens easily must be in prime physical condition. The B. A Thomas’ Hog Powder is a condi tioner for hogs. It keeps their system clean and healthy and enables them to fatten quickly without falling prey to the usual diseases of hogs. The B. A. Thomas’ Hog Powder is not stock food. It’s straight medicine and we took the agency because it enables you to feed out your hogs much ear lier. Carmichael Hardware Cos. Dealers. Washington, i-spt. 9.—Fuel Admin istrate r Garfield announced today that he expects soon to fix a price for gasoline for domestic consumers as well as the government and the allies at a price lower than the present market price. He is awaiting further repores on the situ ation before taking action. “TH AVE beeh using Doctor CalA J. well’s Syrup Pepsin for more th 9 seven years. I believe it saved my little gran* daughter’s life, as she had such terrible spasnßi caused by the condition of her stomach, unw ! we gave her Syrup Pepsin. Our family thinM there is no remedy like Dr. CaldwelH Syrup Pepsin for the stomach and bowelj (From a letter to Dr Caldwell, written by\ Mrs. C. F. Brown, 1012 Garfield Ave., jj Kansas City, Mo. ✓ Dr. Caldwell’s I Syrup Pepsin i The Perfect Laxative ■ Sold by Drug; ists Everywhere (p°) vti AO ... v i, ' -:zesy ty l,Uv A mild, picssant laxative, as positively effectivH as it is gentle in its action. For a free triaß bottle send your no.me and address to Dr. W. !fl Cftidvvch, 458 Washington St., Monticello, 111 THESE FIGURES ARE SIGNIFI CANT In answer to an inquiry by Con gressman E. E. Brown, the United States commissioner of revenue, gave the following statement —showing the number of individuals in the United States, by income classes, reporting net income for the calendar year 1916 of over SIOO,OOO. Income Class No. of Return* $100,000,t0 $150,000 2,900 $150,000 to $200,000 1,854 $200,000 to $250,000 726 $250,000 to 300,000 427 $300,000 to $400,000 469 $400,000 to $500,000 245 $500,000 to $1,000,000 376 $1,000,000 to $1,500,000 97 $2,000,000 to $3,000,000 34 $3,000,000 to $4,000,000 14 $4,000,000 to $5,000,000 9 $5,000,000 and over 10 Six thousand four hundred and twenty-seven have incomes between SIOO,OOO and $1,000,000 per year. Two hundred and six have incomes from $1,000,000 to $5,000,000 per year. This statement shows two hundred and six people in the United States re porting net incomes of a million dol Luzianne Coffee set before “a .Y\ * \ gentleman and a judge of fine coffee.” \\ frZ. 1 ' A finer hot beverage than good, old *\aFa „ Luzianne never existed. Luzianne tastes all the way down \ > and you say “Set ’em up again.* ' I Buy a can of Luzianne Coffee. 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He was inducted into service oJ| July 22, and is being held in jail pen* ding instructions from Major Joe* Mallet.