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THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARfillS VOL. 46—NO 52 TWO CANDIDATES WOULD BE MAYOR • Six Announce For Alder manic Board PRIMARY InIaIURDAY r . ' JACKSON TO HAVE USUAL SPIR ITED CONTEST FOR CITY OF FICERS —VOTERS TO GO OVER i “THE TOP” SATURDAY With two candidates announced far mayor and two wards having opposi tion candidates, the city* pjrimary l , wilich will be held Saturday, Dec. 28, promises to be a warm and hotly con tested affair. The candidates for mayor are Hon. W. E. Watkins, former mayor and present city attorney, and Hon. S. O. ► Ham, also a ’former mayor and a \ councilman of many years’ service. In the first ward the candidate for alderman is Mr. W. H. Mallet, who is unopposed. Hr. J. L. Biley is a candidate for % aldeman in the second ward and has opposition. This is the first entry of (Messrs. Bailey and Mallet into city politics, but both these gentlemen are well known business men and will sene the city well and capably. In the third ward the two candi . dates for alderman are Messrs. J. B. Settle and W. H. Merritt. Mr. Settle served on the council a year or so ago and is a well known business man. Mi. Merritt is at present councilman from the second ward but has recent ! ly moved into the third vaard and is making the race from that ward. Mr. Merritt has served for one year and is giving good account of his ship. in the fourth ward the opposing candidates are Messrs. R. J. Carmich ael and C. M. Kimbeli; both well known and popular business men. Mr. Kimbeli has been a member of council before. These gentlemen are running to succeed Mr. J. C. Jones, who did not offer for re-electjcfh. There are are no contests for mem bers of the school board and members of the executive committee. The same' executive committee will be elected and Mr. J. H* Carmichael again heads the school trustees. The polls will open at 8:30 a. m. and close at 4 p. m. There is a regis tration of 192 voters. The election this year is by vote of the entire city. All candidaes will be voted for by duly qualified voters, re gardless of ward lines. The following candidates qualified by paying their assessments to the secretary of the executive committee, ft. r. T. A. Nutt, Saturday. FOR MAYOR: (Vote for One) S. 0. HAM W. E. WATKINS FOR ALDERMAN: First Ward w. H. MALLET Second Ward J. L. BAILEY Third Ward (Vote for One) W H. MERRITT J. B. SETTLE Fourth Ward (Vote for One) g. J. CARMICHAEL C. M. KIMBELL SCHOOL TRUSTEES * For Chairman J. H. CARMICHAEL Firat Ward S. H. THORNTON Second Ward ;< T. H. BUTTRILL Third Ward S. P. NICHOLS- Fourth Ward J. T. FLETCHER EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE For Chairman H. L. DAUGHTRY | .1 Firat Ward H. O. BALL Second Ward T. A. NUTT Third Ward H. J. MILLER Fourth Ward H. R. SLATON 150.000 SOLDIERS ARE " BEIN6 DISCHARGED DAILY WELL OVER 300,000 HAVE BEEN TRUNED BACK TO CIVILIAN STATUS—ONE THOUSAND PER DAY OUT SOON . Washington, D. C., Dec. 20.—Weil over 300,000 soldiers have been dis charged from the army and returned to civilian status. Secretary Baker said today the rate ot demobilization had now reached 150,000 a week, and the war department was pushing its efforts to make the average daily discharge 1,000 per camp. RESTRICTIONS ON FLOUR HAVE BEEN CANCELLED Food Administrator Looks For Cheap er Prices —Bran up Washington, Dec. 20.— Cancellation of all flour milling regulations, includ ing fair price schedules and the price and quantity restrictions on the sale of wheat fllour by milers, which offic ials expect will result in cheaper flour, was formally announced today by the food administration. Existing regulations restricting margins of profit-on flour and nwH feeds remain in effect, as do general regulations of the food administra tion, prohibiting profiteering, hoard ing and unfair practices, and officials said these would be strictly enforced. Bran Prices Take Jump Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. 20.-—The price of bran jumped from $27.73, to $46 a ton here today, the sudden rise being due to the removal of all milling restrictions by the government. rfORGIA RIVERS RECEIVE The river and harbor appropriation bill now before congress for passage, cames an annual maintenance appro priation of $35,000. for the Altama ha, Oconee and Ocmulgee mere. JACKSON, GEORGIA, DECEMBER 27, 1918 Reading About Old St. Nick fifl i A v iBHK^^naiSKKHHK^UK-... . ■ >B2 Y ■-. rv aMEaMMMI|re& \,: V II v- ■ v^.j ZONE SYSTEM KNOCKED OUT Second-Class Postage to - Be Lower July 1 BILL PASSED THE SENATE INFAMOUS “ZONE SYSTEM” WILL BE REPEALED ON JULY 1, 1919 —VOTE WAS 34 TO 22 —HARD- WICK FIGHTS REPEAL Washington, Dec. 19.—8 y adopt ing the finance committee amend ments to the war revenue bill affect ing second-class postage and insurance companies, the senate today cleared the way for the disposal of the few other contested, but important, fea tures remaining. By a vote of 34 to 22 the senate approved the committee amendment proposing repeal next July Ist of the present zone system of second-class postage rates and substitution of a rate of one cent per pound within 150 miles and one and one-half*cents beyond. Hardwick Fight* Postal Change Disposal of the second-class post age section today was regarded as re moving a certain obstacle from the bill's path. Senators Hardwick, of Georgia, and McKellar led the fight on the comimttee amendment, which was defended by Senator Smoot, of Utah. Opponents charged that sec ond-class publications are granted a large government “subsidy," while Senator Smoot declared the present zone system tends to foster undesir able sectionalism and would drive many publications out of business. UNPRINTED CASUALTIES OF AMERICAN FORCES 66,892 Large Part of Wounded Are Minor Caiei, Report Washington, Dec. 20.—Casualties of the American expeditionary forces which have not been published, but •which have been announced officially by General Perhing had been reduced at noon, December‘lß, to a total of 66,892. These, the war department announced today, were classified as follows: Major casualties, including killed in action, died of wounds, died of dis ease and died of other causes, 1,680; wounded, 64,862; missing and prison ers, 350. A large proportion of the 64,862 names listed as wounded are minor cases, it was said, many patients hav ing long since recovered and return ed to duty. Officials explained that the total is really less, due to tho fact that General Pershing's total includ ed marine casualties of 1,202 killed and more than 4,000 wounded, which already have been published by the marine corps headquarters here. CHRISTMAS MAIL BREAKS ALL PREVIOUS RECORLS Unusually Large Number of Package* Received and Dispatched An unusually large holiday mail is being handled at the Jackson office. It is said that the mail received and dispatched is the heaviest ever known. Parcel Post packages are more numer ous than ever and twice as many pos tal cards have been handled as pre viously. There is little difference be tween the number of parcels receiv ed here and the number dispatched. If you fail to get your mail prompt ly, pass it on to Burleson. Poor mail service is part of his economy scheme. $1.50 PER Y£AR IN ADVANCE RED CROSS WORK TO RE KEPT DP ' 0 i Bad Weather Interferes With Plans CHAIRMAN BEHIND DRIVE HOPED TO ENROLL 1,000 MEM BERS BEFORE DRIVE IS CLOS ED-WORK TO BE PUSHED AF* TER HOLIDAYS. On account of a combination of bad weather, health conditions and the rush holiday season, the Christmas Red Cross Roll Call campaign has not proved the success that was hoped for The campaign wall be kept up Un til the county makes a satisfactory showing. Chairman W. 0. Ham wants to secure the renewal of the old members and in addition as many new members as possible. His goal is set at a membership of 1,000 and , that mark should be easily reached. The committees assigned to this work have been unable, up to the present, to canvass the towns. As soon as conditions improve a thor ough canvass will be made and hun dreds of new members enrolled. Because the war has stopped is no reason for stopping. The Red Cross must go on until all the boys get home. To save time and worry, look up a member of the committee and hand in your dollar. Remember all it takes to join is “a heart and dollar.” CITY SCHOOLS OPEN MONDAY Take Only One Week’s Vacation This Year • TO MAKeUpIoST TIME SHORT VACATION NOW WILL MEAN EARLIER CLOSING IN THE SPRING—INFLUENZA SIT UATION MUCH BETTER With only one week’s vacation dur ing the holidays, the spring term of the Jackson public schools will be gin Monday, December 30. By taking a short vacation now it will be possible to make up practically all the time lost when the schools were closed on account of influenza, and at the same time the schools will get out earlier in the spring. Many •£ the schools of the state are taking only a week’s holiday vacation. The influenza situation. Prof. Mar tin states, is very much better. Wear ing of masks helped to stamp out the disease and when the spring term opens it is believed that nearly all students will be back in their accus tomed places. A considerable number of new pupils are also expected dur ing the spring months. STORES TO CLOSE CHRISTMAS DAY BUSINESS WILL SUSPEND ONE PAY—POST OFFICE TO KEEP SUNDAY HOURS—CHRISTMAS SAFE AND SANE HERE As usual and in pursuance of a long established custom, the stores and business houses of Jackson will be closed Wednesday, Christmas day. There will be no business transacted by stores or bank*, and Sunday hours will be observed by the post office. So far as annunced, there are no special services planned for the day and all indications point to safe and sane Christmas observance.