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FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1919
Jackson Progress - Argos
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OFFICIAL ORGAN BUTTS COUN
TY AND CITY OF JACKSON
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JACKSON NEEDS
Paved Streets.
An Ice Factory.
A New School Building.
Everything is striking except
matches.
Let’s put the ice factory over and
do it quick.
The Butts county fair will be big
ger and better. Get ready for the
fair.
Jackson must have paved sidewalks
and streets or mud up to the chin.
Which shall it be?
Jackson should have a post of the
American Legion, an organization of
veterans of the world war.
Congress is tackling the high cost
of living. Hit ’em pard and often,
boys, the country is with you.
Tom Hardwick is being mentioned
as a candidate for senator against
Hoke Smith. Hardwick is likely to
stage a come-back before he dies.
The taxable property of Jackson
ought to be assessed at a higher rate,
in order to provide more money for
the schools and to build good streets
and sidewalks. This is inevitable.
Why not start now?
Two new counties have been cre
ated at this session. Asa general
proposition new counties aid in the
jirr'"-,'*! n*>d development of the state
and the legislature makes no mistake
when it cuts up the big counties and
forms new ones.
When the legislature tackled the
good roads problem it jumped on
something really large. Everybody
wants good roads and v.ants them at
once. But it takes time and money
—lots of money. The question of
permanent roads is the country’s
big problem just now.
The Chicago Tribune and other
South-haters have in years past nev
er missed an opportunity to take a
nasty fling at the South. Now thnt
the race problem is coming home to
the North there will be few in this
section to sympathize with these mis
guided bigots. They are only reap
ing what they have sown.
The. boll weevil is having a fine
year. The weather has aided the pest
wonderfully. Still there are crops
the farmers can grow and be inde
pendent of the boll weevil. A state
that can grow corn, peas, velvet
beans, sugar cane, sorghum, peanuts,
peaches and other crops should not
be downcast over the appearance of
the boll weevil.
While individual prosperity is at
the highest point it has ever known
in this country, yet the public busi
ness is lagging. Many people have
the mistaken idea that it is possible
to run n town, county or state on the
same old basis. This is the merest
tom foolery. Increased costs hits
everybody alike and if the pub'ic
business is to keep pace with indi
vidual prosperity and growth, the
taxable property must be assessed at
a higher rate or the tax rate increas
ed. Unless more funds are provided
the public business will be left in the
mire.
The Need of Ice Factories
Since the ice shortage of the oast
week several Georgia towns are fev
erishly organizing companies for the
manufacture of ice locally. An ice
factory is a good thing for most
Georgia towns at any time, but most
Georgia te'V's never ee ne J
one until they get all het-up.—Con
yers Times.
It takes a lot to arouse some peo
ple. But it is better to make a start
late than never. Now that Jackson
has undertaken the movement for
an ice factory she is going to make it
a success. How about Conyers?
AWAKENED INTEREST IN
DRAINAGE
At a cost of less than twenty-five
dollars per acre some lands in North
Georgia that were thought to be
worthless have been drained arc! are
now v*jrth more than three hundred
dollars per acre. Grady county has
some lands that are one day going to
ht drained and turned into valuable
farm lands.—Grady County Pro
gress.
At a cost of less than five dollars
per acre, many thousands of acres
of land in South Georgia could be
transformed from health menaces to
productive farms. Grady county has
48,000 acres of such land.—Marietta
Journal.
Our understanding is that Walton
county was the first county in the
state to attempt drainage. The ef
fort was highly successful. Other
counties have taken up the drainage
proposition and are pleased with tne
results. At small cost, worthless
swamp lands are transformed into
fertile, productive acres, capable of
producing 100 bushels of corn.
With an area of 179 square miles,
Butts county is credited with 114,560
acres, of whiqh 8,160 need drainage.
In other words 7 per cent of the
total acreage of the county needs to
be drained.
Drainage not only means the re
reclamation of waste lands, making
two blades of grass grow where none
grevu before, but it also means bet
ter health conditions. This within it
self is an important consideration.
Georgia will be a richer and far
better state when more of her lanls
are drained and turned into highly
productive acres. A start has been
made. Much more will be done in
this direction within the next few
years.
The Progess-Argus would be glad
to see'a movement started to drain
the 8,160 acres of swamp and low
lands in Butts county. It would
prove a profitable investment from
every standpoint.
SOME COTTON PRICES
The country is getting used to 35
cents cotton. Asa matter of fact
cotton at 35 cents per pound is one
of the cheapest commodities on the
market, in view of other costs. But
35 cents lacks a lot of being the high
water mark for cotton in this coun
try.
The Henry County Weekly notes
the following schedule of prices that
obtained during and immediately af
ter the civil v.ar:
1861, highest 38, lowest llMs.
1862, highest 69 Vi, lowest 20.
1863, highest 93, lowest 51.
1864, highest- 1.90, lowest 72.
1865, highest 1.20, lowest 35.
1866, highest 52, lowest 32.
1867, highest 36, lowest 15Vj-
Then on up to 1899 prices grad
ually declined to 7.13-16 highest,
5.7-8 lowest, then reaching 16.15 in
1911.
Not Yet But Soon
The progressive city of Jack
son is adding another link to
her chain of |ndu:\ries —a
steam laundry.—Henry County
Weekly.
The steam laundry is coming a lit
tle later, just as soon as the ice plant
is built and in operation. And this
is only the beginning of a number of
industries that Jackson is going to
put over.
Locally Owned Ice Plant
Jackson is after an ice plant. Cov
ington needs one under local man
agement.—Covington News.
Well, who is bossing your plant,
anyway? Jackson proposes to own
and operate her own ice plant and
be forever free and independent of
the ice trust.
Business Men Should Help
The merchants of Barnesville could j
not do a better thing than to make
up a good sum with v.'uch to work
the public roads leading to the city
from the surrounding territory. Some
of these roads are practically impas
sable and will probably continue so
if their improvement depends uoon
the county road force. Our mer
chants and business men could well
afford to have this work done and
they should give the matter their se
rious attention. —Barnesville News-
Gazette.
This is a good idea advanced by
the Barnesville paper. Business men
of Jarkson could profit by acting on
this suggestion. Trade naturally fol
lows good roads and the line of least
resistence. And what is more, the
business men ought to take up a col
lection to have the city streets work
ed.
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Constipation. It rel eves promptly but
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THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
FLOVILLA
j Mrs Claude Hendricks and baby,
Frances Reid, are visiting Mr. and
Mrs. F. C. Maddox,
j Mrs. Bessie Hand and daughter
Lucile Hand have returned from a
i visit with relatives in Butler.
Mr. S. P. Smith, of Nashville,
Tenn., and Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Smith
and young son, Edison, of Manches
; ter, are visiting relatives here.
Mr. Harry Thomas and Miss Annie
! Laura Thomas have returned from
Athens where they attended summer
school at the University of Georgia.
Misses Doris and Margjorie Thom
as, Evelyn Linch, Bessie and Iris
Rhodes left Tuesday to attend a
house party given by Misses Rebecca
and Tabitha Smith in McDonough.
Miss Lois Allen has returned from
a visit with friends in Macon.
The many friends of Mr. Carl Fun
derburk are grateful to knowi that
he has received his honorable dis
charge from the navy.
jMiss Eunice McGee, of LaGrange,
is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. A. J.
Goodrum.
Miss Marguerite Patton, of Jef
ferson City, Tenn., is spending
some time with her sister, Mrs. E. R.
Edwards.
Lieut. B. L. Rhodes who has just
returned from overseas duty stopped
over for a short visit with relatives
while enroute to his home in Live
Oak, Fla.
Miss Jewell Smith has returned to
her home in Oglethorpe after several
days visit with relatives.
Mrs. W. Z. Mann has returned to
her home in Jonesboro after a short
visit with Miss Lurline Lawson.
The many friends of Mr. Troupe
Smith are giving him a most cordial
welcome and a glad handshake after
several months service overseas.
Miss Inez Smith who is training at
the Macon hospital is at home on a
three weeks vacation.
Mr. and Mrs. Bain Terrell, of Cor
dele, were recent guests of Mr. and
(Mrs. J. W. Terrell.
Mrs Mary Preston, of Griffin, is
visiting relatives for a while.
Misses Myrtle Pippins and Hilda
Bradley have returned to Round
Oak after a very pleasant visit with
Miss' Helen Vanzandt.
Miss Irene Alexander, of Monti
cello, has been the recent guest of
Miss Virginia White.
Miss Mamie Minter has returned
to Monticello after a visit with Miss
Anr.ie Kate Linch.
Miss Helen Vanzandt entertained
last Tuesday night at a Prom party
for her visitors. Delightful refresh
ments were sei-ved.
Mrs. L. B. Irby entertained Wed
nesday in honor of |Miss Helen Van
zardt and her guests.
Everyone Should
Drink Hoi Water
in the Morning
Wash away all the stomach, liYer,
and bowel poisons before
breakfast.
To feel your best day In and aaj out,
to feel clean inside; no sour bile to
coat your tongue and sicken your
breath or dull your head; no constipa
tion, bilious attacks, sick headache,
colds, rheumatism or gassy, acid stom
ach, you must bathe on the Inside like
you bathe outside. This is vastly more
Important, because the skin porep do
not absorb impurities Into the blood,
while the bowel pores do, says a well
known physician.
To keep these poisons and toxins
well flushed from the stomach, liver,
kidneys and bowels, drink before break
fast each day, a glass of hot water
with a teaspoonful of limestone phos
phate in It. This will cleanse, purify
and freshen the ent ; re alimentary tract,
before putting moro food Into the
stomach.
Get a quarter pound of limestone
phosphate from your pharmacist. It
is Inexpensive and almost tasteless,
except a sourish twinge which Is not
unpleasant. Drink phosphated hot
water every morning to rid your sys
tem of these vile poisons and toxins;
also to prevent their formation.
To feel like young talks feel; like
you felt before your Wood, nerves and
muscles became saturated with an ac
cumulation of body poisons, begin this
treatment and above all, keep It up!
As soap and hot water act on the skin,
cleansing, sweetening and purifying, so
limestone phosphate and hot water be
fore breakfast, act on the stomach,
liver, kidneys and bowels.
PEPPERTON DEFEATED GRIF
FIN IN TWELVE INNINGS
Second Win Scorod by Locals Over
Old Pivclt
By the score of 5 to 4 Peppeitou
defeated Griffin on the latter’t
grounds Saturday. The game went
twelve innings, being one of the bes J
yet played between these old rivals
Fears and Fears did the battery work
for Pepperton. This is the second
straight game that Pepperton has
won from OWrn.
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R. J. REYNOLDS Tr(MBAC^
THE RAZOR IS MORE THAN
TEN THOUSAND YEARS OLD
Razors were common in ancient
Greece and even centuries before
that. In the Swiss lake dwelling,
which date back 10,000 years, have
expense is too slight to consider. Iwßlfif
or small—in city or country—shoufd .
have the protection of Certain-teed. It. lj^“ rn ‘sheß are
Ctrt&in-ued is made in rolls, both smooth and routrh /. 4 I J J&W will"*isPre^tui
grera) m handsmne red or I tion.
Certain-teed
- ROOFING a SHINGLES
been found razors made from bronze '
The ancient Greeks and Romans
used similar implements. The metal
was hardened and had a beaten edge
which could be made very sharp.
The prehistoric Mexicans are cred-1
ited with making the best of ancient
razors. These were glass affairs
made from “obsidian,” of volcanic
origin.
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