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Jackson Progress - Argus PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY J. DOYLE JONES Editor and Publisher SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year $1.50 Three Months 40c Six Months__ 75c Single Copies__sc IN ADVANCE Entered as second-class matter at the post office at Jackson, Ga. TELEPHONE NO. 166 s— —— OFFICIAL ORGAN BUTTS COUN TY AND CITY OF JACKSON k- - NOTICE Cards of thanks will be charged at the rate of fifty cents, minimum for 50 words and less; above 50 words will be charged at the rate of 1 cent a word. Cash must accompany copy in all instances. 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 It Pours, | - "WOUTIR* 6-ROA*™** k •kwomuHS.iiAA . "When It Pours, It Reigna” 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. Buy Liberty Bonds 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 It Reigns ■ i ihi ii rQn CAN’T you just taste that cup of good old Luzianne Coffee? Steaming hot 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. Buy Liberty Bonds