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Our vocabulary contsunlr no words adequate
to express our approval of the achievements of our govern
ment since we threw our hat in the ring. We are rich on top
of the ground; we are rich under the ground and our rivers
creep like silver serpents to the seas, bearing our products.
The children oi En£ land, France, Italy and
Belgium are laughing once m >ie because they are being fed
from Uncle Sam’s bakes bop. One carload of meat every two
minutes, one hog out of every four, nine million pounds of
meat a day— all going over to feed our boys. We are in this
scrap to the last dollar, the last grain of wheat, the last day.
Spring their lives, if we do things here that maflHpeir ettorts
harder.
Life is not worth living unless there is some
thing to live for. Life would not be worth living if that bunch
of Heinies should win .
That is why they cannu!: win. That is why
we cannot lose.
What a mountain of crime God has on his
books against that horde of Hellish Huns. What grave is
deep enough for this thousand -armed, thousand - footed,
JENKINSBURG
Miss Marye Manning is visiting rel
atives in Atlanta.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Mills, of Atlan
ta, spent the week-end with Mr. and
Mrs. V. H. Mills.
Messrs. C. W. Kellett and T. J.
Merritt spent a few days in Atlanta
this week.
Messs. Frank and Marquis Childs
and Charlie Benson, of Mercer Uni
versity, spent the week-end with
home folks.
Miss Florence Stallworth, who is at
tending school in Atlanta, was at
home a few days the past week.
Mrs. J. W. Harper is visiting Mrs.
GASTORIA
For Infants and Children
In Use For Over 30 Years
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THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1918
We will never stop until Germany dips her dirty blood-stained rag to the Stars and Stripes.
It’s a whale of a job we’ve tackled, but we can and must put it over.
But you must help.
Don’t whine. Don’t knock. You can’t saw wood with a hammer. Don’t turn the hose
on the fire; add fuel.
J. L. Barnes n Jackson.
Miss Strickland, of Carrollton, who
will teach in the schools here, has ar
rived.
Messrs. Floyd Glass and C. F.
Heard, of Mercer University, were
at home for a few days during the
week. ,
Mr. Forest Bankston, of Savannah,
is at home for a few days before be
ing called into military service.
Mrs. P. V. Manning and son, J. C.,
are visiting her son, Mr. Hope Man
ning, near Griffin. .
Rev. Dr. Pierce, presiding elder of
the Griffin circuit, was the guest Fri
day night of Rev. and Mrs. J. R. Jones
Mr. and Mrs. Bryant Thompson, of
Jackson, were guests of Mr .and Mrs.
J A. Middlebrooks Monday night.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Saunders spent
a few days last week at Stark with
their son, Mr. George Saunders.
Miss Marilu Farrar is visiting her
cousins, Misses Lillian and Janie Far
rar, near Locust Grove.
Mrs. Maude Williams visited Mrs.
Rob Woodward Thursday.
We are glad to welcome Mr. and
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This Space Contributed to Winning the War by
Mrs. Compton as residents here. Mr.
Compton has accepted the position
as cashier of the Farmers Bank.
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Took Out Dreadful Soreness
When the kidneys are weakened or.
overworked so that they fail to filter
and throw all impurities out of the'
blood, the poison remains in the sys
tem and backache, soreness, lame
ness and rheumatic pains are likely to
develop. Mrs. David Henry, 65 S.
Lincoln Ave., Washington, N. J.
writes: “Foley Kidney Pills are doing
me much good, both my kidneys and
the rheumatism. They took all the
dreadful soreness out of my limbs.”
Carmichael Drug and Book Cos. adv.
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The state convention which met in
Macon Thursday was a very differ
ent gathering from that of four years
ago.
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Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic
restores vitality and energy by purifying and en- ‘
riching the blood. You can soon feel its Strength- j
ening. Invigorating Effect. Price 60c.
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Jackson Coca Cola Bottling Company
Southern Cotton Oil Company
McKibben Buggy Company
Mathewson’a Garage
Empire Buggy Company
W. J. Thurston
Owl Pharmacy
Jos. E. Edwards
Carmichael Drug & Book Company
Bailey & Settle
Carmichael Hardware Company
V. A. Kimbell & Company
But trill Brothers
Stodghill Crawford & Company
J. W. McDaniel
Hurt’s Barber Shop
Ham & Carter Company
W. I. Wagner
Bailey & Jones Company
J. Arenson
A. A. Howell
Paul Nolen & Company
Jackson National Bank
R. N. Etheridge Auto Company
Newton Hardware Company
First National Bank
J. C. Kinard & Company
Broom’s Barber Shop
Davis Kinard
J. R. Thurston
S. H. Thornton
Etheridge, Smith & Company
B. F. Watkins, Jr.
Jackson Mercantile Company
Slaton Drug Company
Carmichael-Mallet Company
Georgia Wholesale Company
Jackson Banking Company
NO PRICE ON
COTTON CROP
Commissioner J. J. Brown
Makes Statement
BACK FROM WASHINGTON
OFFICIAL STATEMENT SAYS NO
PRICE TO BE SET FOR THE
PRESENT CROP—SOUTH WILL
BE GIVEN FULL HEARING
Atlanta, Oct. 2.—Following one of
the most important meetings in Wash
ington of the Cotton States Official
Advisory Marketing Board, attended
by more than 100 southern senators
and congressmen, Commissioner of
Agriculture J. J. Brown, president of
the board, brings back the good news
that there will be no arbitrary price
fixed on this year’s cotton crop.
Commissioner Brown emphatically
expresses this opinion, and it'is fur
ther confirmed by telegrams from
Washington from Director L. B. Jack
son of the state bureau of markets,
who remained to attend later confer
ences with government officials.
Commissioner Brow r n said:
“We made it clear to the govern
ment cotton committee, I am sure,
that it would be unfair to the South
to fix a price for cotton in the midst
of the harvesting season; and espe
cially when not over <2O per cent of
the crop will be needed for war pur
poses. I am convinced that no action
will be taken looking to price fixing,
as to the present crop, and I believe
such action is now indefinitely post
poned.
“In order that cotton prices may
adjust themselves at proper level un
der the law of supply and demand, I
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A Soldier Is As
Good As His Feet
—and the Government ts making sure
of protecting the feet of the soldier.
If army shoes are good for the soldier
whose feet undergo the severest strain
They're doubly good for you for
the foot protection they give.
Selz Relief Army Shoes
have scientifically constructed saddles or
arches for the feet to rest in, which feature
corrects the method of walking—enabling
the wearer to walk straight instead of “toe
ing out.”
•
The heels are slightly orthopedic, the lifts
extending under the arch to give additional
support and relieve leg strain occasioned by
lack of support to the arch i some footwear.
It’s a good shoe for you to buy. We have
them in your size.
J. ARENSON, Jackson, Ga.
Specializing in SELZ Shoe*
earnestly suggest that farmers gin
their cotton gradually and market it
slowly and cautiously, and thu; -ll
cotton not for market be held in the
seed. This will prevent congestion at
the oil mills, and avoid damage to
seed through heating.
“This action will have the effect of
restoring normal conditions, both at
the mills and in the cotton markett.
With the price of seed fixed at s7l,
there is no danger of a decline.
“Reports of the Cotton States
Marketing Board show beyond ques
tion that the average cost of produc
tion of the present crop is a little
above 35 cents a pound—varying
from 32 cents in some states to 36
and 38 in others. It is conceded that
the farmer is entitled to a margin of
profit; and if it should ever become
necessary to fix a price, I believe it
would be put at least between 35 and
40 cents.
“The government, we were assur
ed, will buy its own cotton in the open
market, just like any othe# purchaser.
We find that the world has consumed
41,000,000 bales of American cotton
the last three years, while the produc
tion for the same period of time has
been only about 33,000,000 bales.
Yet I do not feel justified, under
these facts, in advising holding for
a price above 35 cents. In my opin
ion, however, if the farmer will hold
cotton in the seed for a short period,
it will go above that figure; and if
the law of supply and demand is left
unhampered, in my judgment it will
bring around 40 cents in the near fu
ture.
“Should changed conditions make
price fixing necssary in the opinion
of the government, wo have been giv
en positive assurance that the cotton
states will be given a full hearing
before any action is taken.”
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