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Berlin or bust!
Keep the Huns running.
Isn’t iti time to resurrect the tree
frog?
Maybe Spanish influenza is due to
the Germans also.
See to it that there is a Liberty
Bond in your home.
The surest my to give the kaiser
hell is through the purchase of Lib
erty Bonds.
Too many cheap politicians are try- t
ing to make themselves popular by
opposing price fixing for cotton.
A guy we like
Is Richard Henry Shiver;
He helps the government on Sundays’
By muzzling his flivver.
The state convention put Tom Wat-|
son out of business. He will probably
run a 8 an independent in flhe general
election.
President Wilson has bought Libe
rty Bonds every time they were offer
ed. Every citizen from the highest to
the lowest ought to follow his exam
ple.
We have suspected all along that
the Germans had a “yellow streak.” j
Now that they are in a close comer
they are yelling like wolves. But it’s
too soon to holler yet.
The end of politics is not in sight.
The primary is over, the state conven
tion is over, but the regular election
will come in November. After that
there will be a rest for two years.
This year i s going to prove a hard
season for the various fairs. The sug
gestion has been made that no fairs
should be held, as a large gathering
of people tends to spread Spanish in
fluenza.
Bulgaria quit while the quitting
was good. Germany wants to do the
same thing, but ought not to be al
lowed to stop until the allies invade
her territory and bring home to the
German people the horrors of war.
Full steam ahead ought to be the mot
to.
FOR A RAINY DAY
Liberty Bonds provide the best and
safest investment on earth. They will
never sell below par. They will al
ways be worth dollar for dollar, any
where, anytime. After the war gov
ernment bonds will no doubt com
mand a handsome premium.
Liberty Bonds provide a means of
saving against a rainy day. The en
tire country is enjoying a period of
great prosperity. The government is
spending un-heard of sums of money,
spending it right here a thome for
food, clothing and materials. Labor
is getting attractive wages. This con
dition will not always obtain. A re
action is sure to come. To some it
may be painful'—unless they take
heed and invest some of their savings.
Thrift and war savings stamps and
Liberty Bonds make an ideal invest
ment for the individual viho wants to
save part of what he makes. It is a
duty you owe yourself and to your
family to save part of your earnings
now while general prosperity holds
sway.
By doing so you will not only be
helping the government, but most of
all you will be helping yourself and
those dependent on you.
——Buy Liberty Bonds
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11^1918
THINGS WE SHOULD EVER
REMEMBER
Richard H. Edmonds, Editor Manu
facturers Record, Baltimore
We should remember that we are
not engaged in war as wars have been
known in the past.
This war bears no resemblance to
the Revolutionary War, to the War
of 1812, to the Civil War or the
Spanish War. It is not a war in the
sense that they were wars. They were
wars for great principles, waged by
civilized human beings.
In Europ vis are fighting not a
war a s wars have been known. We
are as community trying to stop a
gang of assassins, of cutthroats, rap
ists and looter s from carrying into ef-.
feet the destruction which for half a
century they had been planning.
We are not fighting soldiers as sol-,
diers; we are trying to overcome a
lot of assassins and rapists who start-,
ed out to destroy civilization and con-,
quer our community and all the world
in order to murder, to enslave and to
loot all other people.
Never let us for one moment think
of Germany and its armies from any
other point of view, because unless
we see the situation in the true light
we shall not fully understand that
peace with an uncrushed Germany,
would be peace with a gang of mur-j
derers and outragers and robbers,
and would be a disgrace to civilization
Does a community which has been
attacked by a gang of murderers and
looter s and rapists accept their peace
terms in order not to punish the crim
inals and not to make the families of
these criminals suffer?
Does a community when it has
caught the red-handed murderer or
the rapist say, “We must not punish
him because his wife and children
would suffer?” , j
Does a community when its police
men and its citizens summoned to
their help have been done to death by
a gang of cutthroats and robber s ac
cept from these criminals an offer of
peace provided they return part of
the loot, leaving them free to wreak
their vengeance upon the same com
munity in the future, and count the
mercy shown merely as psusillani
mous, neurotic sentimentalism, or as
plain cowardice, lacking moral cour
age to punish the evil-doer?
Criminals know that they will be
punishd if caught; they know that any
pity which would forbid their punish
ment is contrary to the laws of God
and the experience of humanity.
They enter upon their scheme of mur
der and robbery with their eyes open,
taking the chance of death for the
hope of loot.
Germany ig in exactly this situa
tion. Its people know that they are
murderers, highwaymen, robbers and;
outragers who took the chance, hoping
and fully expecting to bring home
the spoils. They entered joyously,
hilariously upon the campaign. They
cared not how much suffering other
people had to endure; they cared not
how many millions they murdered.
These things moved them not. All
they were after was robbery, individ
ual and national, and no crime was
great enough to shock them if it
brought them nearer to their goal of
robbery and world dominion. Shall
they not be punished in order that
civilization may be preserved through
the centuries to come?
IN BUYING LIBERTY BONDS
YOU ARE HELPING TO SUPPRESS
AND PUNISH THESE CRIMINALS
\ND HELPING TO SAVE OUR 1
COUNTRY FROM BEING TURNED,
INTO A “MADE IN GERMANY”
HELL OR INTO A “MADE IN
HELL” GERMANY. THE TERMS
ARE SYNONYMOUS. HAVE YOU
BOUGHT LIBERTY BONDS TO
THE UTMOST EXTENT OF YOUR
POWER?
SOME INTERESTING FACTS
| From the Columbia Record
Our first Liberty Loan was $2,000,-
000,000. It was oversubscribed a bil
lion dollars. Our second Liberty Loan
was for $3,000,000,000 but 17,000,-
000 wanted bonds and so $4,170,019,-
650 worth of bonds were sold. The
fourth Liberty Loan began Sept. 28
and will close Oct. 19. It is for
$6,000,000,000. This sounds like a
stupendous amount and yet the re
sources of our banks at this time
equal nearly seven times this amount.
If we lived in Germany we might
well fear that the country could never
pay back such sums of money. Be
fore the war Germany was worth
$80,000,000,000. She is nov* in debt
$30,000,000,000. America is worth
about $250,000,000,000. We earn
each year about $50,000,000,000. Our
national debt, including the third Lib
! erty Loan, is only about $12,000.-
1 000,000.
KEEP THE BOYS CHEERFUL
There is nothing o nearth that the
boys in France appreciate as much as
a letter from home. Next to a letter,
comes the home newspaper. Letters
and newspapers keep the men in touch
with affairs back home, with the inti
mate, personal matters they are most
concerned about.
A cherful soldier makes a better
fighter. Write the boys often. Don’t
wait to hear from them, for they are
constantly being moved and shifted
about and may not get your letter on
time. Keep up a train of letters.
Write just as often as you can, and
write the bright, cheerful things.
Don’t w.orry your boy with your trou
bles.
The government provides all the es
sentials, food, clothing, entertain
ment, hospitals. Our men are the
best fed, best equipped army in the
world. It is the home news they most
appreciate. Write your boy a letter
often—today—do it now.
FIGHTING ILLITERACY
(Savannah Press')
Tne state of Georgia is making
progress in its fight on illiteracy.
According to the figures in a special
report just made by Hon. M. L. Brit
tain, state superintendent of educa
tion, there is less illiteracy in Geor
gia now than there was in 1913. The
figures just made public were obtain
ed through the taking of the last
school census. The figures presented
to Mr. Brittain and compiled by him
show that, compared to 1913, the re
duction in 1918 has been from 3.6
per cent in 1913, to 1.2 per cent
among the whites, and from 15.7
per cent to 5.4 per cent among the
negroes. The reduction in the aver
age of white and colored illiteracy
since 1913 has been from 9.1 per
cent to 3.0. The number of white
children attending schools, at the
ages of 6 and 18, inclusive, has gone
from 217,752 in 1913 to 240,832 at
this time.
This ig encouraging. Of course,
there is still a great deal to do to
cut the figures still further but this
will be done as conditions get better.]
A more strict and extended enforce
ment of the compulsory education
law, we believe, would help very con
siderably. Parents who do not suffi
ciently consider the future welfare,
of their children and who permit
them to remain out of school should
be made to send them and children!
who do not want to attend school
should be made to go. There is ample
authority under the truant and com-'
pulsory education acts, we believe,
to enforce both these provisions.
American women have proven them
selves fearless and courageous under
fire on the bloody battle fields of Eu
rope. Several Georgia women are
among the number who have gone
abroad in the service of the seven
welfare organizations which are em
braced in the United War Work Cam
paign. Some are serving hot drinks
and food to exhausted soldiers, some
are sevv.ng up great, gaping holes in
Tommie’s trousers and others are ac
tually driving ambulances on the
fields of conflict. One almost expects
to hear of some very dauntless Amer
ican woman chargeing “over the top”
| These American women! They figure
heavily in our so-called “man-power.”
NO DIFFERENCE
The Proof Is Here The Same As
Everywhere
For those who seek relief from kid
ney backache, weak kidneys, bladder
ills, Doan’s Kidney Pills offer hope of (
relief and the proof is here in Jackson J
the same as everywhere. Jackson peo
ple recommend Doan’s, the kidney
remedy used in America for fifty
years. Why suffer? Why run the risk
of dangerous kidney ills—fatal
Bright’s disease. Here’s Jackson
proof. Investigate it.
Mrs. J. H. Smith, E. 3rd St., says:
“About three years ago I had an at
tack of kidney trouble. It started with
sharp, cutting pains in the small of
my back. My kidneys were disordered
and nervou s spells came over me, and
I seemed all unstrung. .Black specks
often floated before my eyes, blurring
my sight. There were other prominent
symptoms of my trouble, too. I knew
I needed something for my kidneys
and when Doan’ s Kidney Pills w r ere
recommended to me I got a box at the
Carmichael Drug and Book Cos. I am
glad to say they entirely cured me.”,
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don’t sim
ply ask for a kidney remedy—get
Doan’s Kidney Pills—the same that
Mrs. Smith had. Foster Milbum Cos.,
Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y. adv.
“TJUST want to thank you for Dr.
Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. It is fine.
I use it for my baby, my husband and myself,
and simply can’t do without a bottle of it in
the house.”
(From a letter to Dr. Caldwell written by\
Mrs. John W. Christensen, 603 So. 2nd 1
East, Brigham City, Utah f
Dr. Caldwell’s
Syrup Pepsin
The Perfect Laxative
Sold by Druggists Everywhere
50 cts. GS) SI.OO
Quickly corrects disorders of the intestinal
tract, relieves the congestion and restores nor
mal regularity. It is gentle in action and does
not gripe. A trial bottle can be obtained by
writing to Dr. W. B. Caldwell, 458 Washington
St., Monticello, Illinois.
1,840,000 YANKEE TROOPS
HAVE CROSSED BIG POND
Government Making Progreso in
Aerplane Production
Washington, Oct. 4.—A total of
1,840,000 American troops have been
sent overseas to date, members of the
house military committe said they
were told at a war department con
ference today.
Committeemen also quoted war
department officials for the state
ment that 234 de Haviland planes
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ASKS THAT SCHOOLS BE CLOS
ED WHERE FLU IS EPIDEMIC
Only Way to Stop Spread of Disease,
Says Surgeon General
Washington.—The only way to stop
the spread of Spanish influenza is
to close churches, scools, theaters
public institutions in every communi
ty where the epidemic has developed,
in the opinion of Surgeon General
Blue, of the public health service.
“There is no way to put a nation
wide closing order into effect,” said
Dr. Blue today, “ as this is a matter
which is up to the individual commu
nities. In some states, the state
board of health has this power, but
in many others it is a matter of mu
nicipal regulation. I hope that those
having the proper authority will
close all public gathering places if
their community is threatened with
the epidemic.”
Piles Cured In 6 to 14 Days
Druggists refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails
to cure Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles.
Instantly relieves Itching Piles, and you csn get
restful sleep after the first application. Price 60c.
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were told.
Liberty motor production now to
tals 8,216, committeemen said they
had been produced last week, bring
ing total production to 1,694.
Spanish influenza in camps and
cantonments will retard shipment
somewhat in the immediate future,
they were told, the department having
adopted the policy of not sending any
men overseas who have been exposed
or show symptoms of the disease.
——Buy Liberty Bonds
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and ready to give you a whole dayful
of pep and go.
The flavor is wonderfully good and
the aroma—get it?—oh, ma honey 1
Better run quick and get a bright, clean
tin of Luzianne while it’s there. If you
don’t like it—every bit of it—then your
grocer will give you back every cent you
paid for it. Try Luzianne today and see
how mighty good it is.
Coughed So He Couldn’t Sleep
Bronchial coughs, tickling in throat
and asthmatic spasms break one’s
rest and weaken one so that the sys
tem is run-down and serious sickness
may result. Enos Halbert, Paoli, Ind.,
writes: “I had a severe cold this fall
and coughed continually at night;
could hardly sleep. The first bottle of
Foley’s Honey and Tar relieved me,
entirely curing my cough.” It covers
irritated membranes with a healing
and soothing coating, looses phlegm
and clears air passages. Carmichael
Drug and Book Company, adv.
The negroes of Georgia are perfect
ing a strong organization for the Uni
ted War Work Campaign. They are
manifesting the true American spirit
in responding to the supreme call of
the national crisis: America First in
All Things. This is quite tmely, for
many a shuffling, grinning, happy-go
lucky darky ted from Georgia planta
tions is now a spruce, active, hair
trigger soldier on foreign battle
fields. His vrdfore, too, is the object
of the United War Work Campaign.
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