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FRloXft;-fAAftCH 4, EVER BILIOUS? Charleston, Mlsa.—Mrs. R. V. Heins, of this jjlace, says: "I have never had to use very much medicine, because if I felt headache, dizziness, or colds, bad taste in the mouth, which comes from torpid liver, 1 would take a dose or more of Black-Draught, and it would straighten me out and make me feel as good as new. We have used in our family for years THEDFORD’S Buck-Draught and it certainly is the best liver medicine I ever saw. it has not only saved me money, it has helped keep my system in shape, and lias never weakened me as so many physics do. I recommend it to my friends and am glad to do so.’* Black-Draught is the old, reliable liver medicine which you have doubtless heard much about. When you feel badly all over, stomach not right, bad taste in your mouth, bilious, or have a headache, try Thedford’s Black-Draught. At ail Druggists. Always Insist on the Genuine! 1.77 FLOVILLA SCHOOL NEWS. The meases epidemic has ibaUß in F. H. S. and most of the victims ti: vt i- turned to school. The disease Im: cost the school dearly in the |r>? f time hy pupils of whom for ty have been r.ick with Ih malady. Ar< - • t riumphing over the J H. S. to. by a score of 28 to 8, the P's, ml Gold girls team is pre (jurii >. for severs more battles with #ie ! ghboring teams. Challenges for ( :1. hi e been sent to Forsyth ti : fb -bool, to. Monticello high acho'l and to Locust Grove high echoed. One game has been sched uled .with the L. G. H. H. team for •jrr and monduy and others will he ar ranged. *i or class of the school had a i additional member added to its roll last week, when Carlton Mc- Clelland enrolled. ! y h' a roaring farce com •'!. , •fiv ot Family,” will be |> e 'li ' V>v Miss Willie Wrenri at the !-chool auditorium. s Th( Flovilla hißh tennLs club was '(tornic l ;.<t week vrth a good nuni t> *of ■ -hers. Dorr's Smith was elect l, <l P 'sident and Mildred Doby •ecrelcry. The club plans to built! two t< nis courts and t< put out a team. Rt, I . ! K. Mikell, bishop of I' ' been se cured to preach Ihe baccalao a. mo . ... .... class of 1921. The sermon will be delivered on tb fir t day of M y by the bishop, who has a niif o\ repulati a- one < f the sir mgest ministers of the South. St-vi.- • w II l.p held in the Flo- aums n Mothers Friend ild-liirih easier. rimitive American Indian women lem was entirely painless. blown/ that wreck so many women ol lantity in their lives; and so it is weaker sex becomes a prey to iching maternity nears the crisis. uui UU9 auuu.u noi uC —bcCOUSO — the pn'spccth-e mother can find comfort in Mother's Friend An external lubricant that spreads its influence over the skin; penetrates to the broad, flat abdominal muscles, and prepares the way for an easier, quicker pad practical delivery. Many doctors and nurses recommend Mother’s Friend* Ot a bottle from your druggist today. fwNhoWe "MOTHERHOOD and The BABY”— 6*. fill In coupon below and mail direct to the mo&crj of OTUBK'a Fiuknd. ,V' WARNING; Avoid using plain oiU, |tmni and tubsMubto— net 0M.9 an *As thin and mat cause bam tMhoot doing good. Yttlgfolil. Mother! *ft>r Tnrcc Cenerationa A Message of Utmost Importance to Every Woman The woman, who ffi wittering from disorders peculiar to her sex, *ww H not only to herself, but to her family an 1 those around her to regain her , (Keith and strength ano charm. Dr. J. P> dfleld*.; Female Regulator ts based tuou the prescription of cr. eminent physician, I hr. J. Bradfield, who made the !&orders of women his life study; and for ..id? a century women have regarded •t a successful mediciuo for Jvur t-oubW. Yaurdruppat will prom < ipply jvu v.'ilh this 4Afovs.ll real*!?- Try it now, TODAY. villa Episcopal church next Sunday at 11:00 a. m. and 4:00 p. m., in the parlors of the Flovilla Hotel. Prof. Van Buren will preach in the morn ing from I Corinthian’s 6:l9—“Ye are not your own.” The afternoon subject will be the next verse, I Corinthians 6:20—“Y r e are bought with a price.” “BEING GOOD” My mama told me not to smoke— I dont Nor listen to a naughty joke— I dont They made it clear I must not wink At pretty girls or even think About intoxicating drink— I dont To dance and flirt is very wrong— I dont Wild mor> chase women, wine and song— I dont T k : ss no girls, not even one. T Ho not know how it is done. You wouldn't think I have much fun. I don't. Columbus Enquirer-Sun. TANARUS) HOLD WORLD POT'I.TRY CONFERENCE T ondon —The firt “world poultry is to be held at The ’T-eup from Sentember 6 to 13, -e-t Manx countries will be repre sented at this congress which will he on assembly of delegates from -overnments, teaching and experi mental inst'tutions, poultry and oth •r ■ duties and persons interested the futiuv development of poul ’’u-handry. BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO, Dpt. IS. Atlanta, Ga. Plmh and me vour FREE book let on MOTHERHOOD and The BABY. Name-- ■ - - ■ St, R. F. D Tow* ... B tat*. ..... THE JACKSON PROGRESS-A RGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA Home of Robert Grier, Famous as Almanac-Maker, Was Near Jackson INTERESTING DESCRIPTION OF MAN WHO IS KNOWN ALL OVER THE SOUTH. THE OLD HOME STILL STANDING In its magazine section of Febru ary 20, The Atlanta Journal carried an interesting story of Robert Grier, Butts county’s famous almanac maker. The article is from the pen of Jack L. Patterson, who is well and favorably known here. Tho IfeJM lir 1 ’ - XJr-M INTERIOR AN RIOR OF THE GRIER HOMESTEAD AND i.Y BURYING GROUNDS. Progress-Argus is indebted to tho Journal for the use of the cut, and it is believed the publication of the article will be of general interest to readers of this paper. Six miles north of Jackson,'Ga., near the Ocmulgee river stands a rambling farm house which at one time was the home of Robert Grier, almanac-maker, teacher, scientist and farmer. For a hundred years “Grier’s” al manac has been the favorite among the people of Georgia, who cannot be persuaded thftt any other is “just as good.” It has been said the rural justices of the peace in the old days, in the absence of the Bible, used a copy of “Grier’s” in swearing wit nesses to “speak the truth and noth ing but the truth, so help them God.” No law library was complete without a copy of the almanac, and one con fiding old lady in a middle Georgia county used to consult “Grier’s” be fore retiring at night. Every family in Georgia kept a copy of “Grier’s” suspended from a convenient peg at the fireside and frequent reference was made to its pages. Having con fidence in the “Old Reliable” to this remote day. thousands of people throughout Georgia refuse to accept any substitute. The original almanac as compiled by Robert Grier from calculations of his own, always contained a store of valuable information. A relic of 1826 in the possession of a Butts county farmer contains the names of President John Adams and the members of his cabinet and their sal aries, United States supreme court fudges, roster of the military com ean'es cf Georgia and other general ’’•formation. The present compiler, Prof. Otis Asmore, of Savannah, has continued th almanac along the same lines that was satisfactory •'inety years ago. Doubtless the insn’red author of -woical feme was correct when he ’•-dared that “a pronhet >s not with rrt hr nor .<ve ?n his own country,” hut nevertheless the name of ’’Grier” Ufic. t>eee ° household word through ”t Georgm for eenerat’ons, and ‘he eccentric old man is still re membered hv a few of the older cit '••ens of P"tts countv, who point out Vs homestead to interested visitors. to a fioM to the rear of the house a lnrpr eock called “Observatory Rock.'’ because the old astronomer "•onld soe t 'd rnunv evenings on its summit reading the secrets of the moon, sta~s and winds and other mvsteries of the heavens which ■vere to h : m an onen hook. Robert Grier was born in Colum bia countv Georgia on March 9, 1870, of Scotch ancestry. His grand narents left Scotland during the reign of Mary and nettled in north ern Ireland from whom tbev emi grated to Amerca nr!or to the wa" of the Revolution, setting in Penn sylvania. The rsv-'-ts of the n.on destined to win national fame, were t :l .lers r ‘he soil. P r 'or t- t 7" tV family “ame to Georma Wh'lo mr'te voym- Robert wn c seised w?th ■< consnmina desire for education, end to th's end hp applied >v’V9''i' r ' T ht n - d o*' | rainy dav* Afte* r-.u'W'-r W-* v one years of age, he *-' mt to Greer- boro, Ga., where an uncle, Andrew Burnes, was teaching school. The uncle was a learned man of that day, and from him Robert Grier ob tained assistance in compiling the first almanac ever published in Geor gia. The young instructor displayed rare aptitude for mathematics, and at one time was offered the chair at Franklin college, whic hhe declined. After leaving Greensboro, he taught school in Wilkes county for a num ber of years. His wife was his double-first cousin, Elizabeth Grier, an aunt of Alexander Hamilton Stephens, the famous orator and statesman, who was a frequent vis itor in the Grier home. Soon after his marriage, probably in 1827, the astronomer moved to a tract of two or three thousand acres of land in Butts county, where he, his wife and children are buried. Upon the unimposing slab covering his grave are engraved the words: In Memory of Robert Grier, Who Died May 14, 1848 Aged 68 Years. The property is now owned by Hon. Sam H. Mays, of Butts county. The nearest surviving relative of Robert Grier is Mrs. M. E. Bryans, of Indian Springs, a granddaughter whom he reared and of whom he was very fond. Other surviving relative? are a great-grand-daughter, Mips Bessie Bryans of Indian Springs, and Thomas J. Grier, of 2098 We t Ninty-eighth street, Cleveland, Ohio, Mr Grier is at present writing the YOUR 1921 READING. D uring 1921 you will want to keep informed of the latest news, county, state and national. To do this yon should not only read your home paper regu larly but subscribe for some daily paper. Many will want a reliable farm paper. The man who keeps in formed is the mail who wins. We will hand'e your subscription to any daily pa per or agricultural journal, at actual cost, and guaran tee delivery. Let us handle your subscription account. PROGRESS- ARGUS JACKSON : ; : GEORGIA biography of the Grier family for the Congressional library. Mrs. Bryans, at 89 years of age is con fined to a rolling chair, but is in good health and active of mind. Robert Grier was member of the Presbyterian denomination and was versed in Biblical lore. He was an enthuastic politician and knew how to mix grog in a manner to delight his friends. The following phrenological de- scription of Robert Grier, Esq., by E. Mason, is in the possession of friends: “CasualJty is beautifully devel oped. He loves to know the why and wherefore of every cause . This faculty disposes him to reflect a great deal on nature of things and to become so lost in thought often times as to forget all that is going on around him. He is a man of strrong intellectual power and one who can give a reason for what he says. Comparison is full and he sees relations between similar ob jects quick and discovers analogies between objects when others see none. Loyalty is prominent. He re members nowwith distinctiveness ev ery spot he has been in during his life. He remembers dates and chronologi cal epochs better than most men. The organ of numbers is admirably developed. He takes great pleasure in performing abstruce and difficult operations in mathematics. He doubts the existence of a trinity, because it cannot be proven. Lan guage is not very prominent. Be nevolence is full. Reverence is rath- er full and when his imagination, which is very fertile, ranges through the firmament and attempts to grasp' the magnitude of the solar syster circuits of the planets and the revo lutions he is filled with deepest most sublime emotions. On the whole he is a man of strong mind and the mantle of genius has fallen upon him. Like all distinguished men he is suigeneris. Music is full and he is delighted with its melting melodies.” , LATE JUDGE COLLIER A * WRITER ON LAW SUBJECTS! Held ApjHintment as Federal Under Cleveland The following from a St. Louis papertelling pf the death of Judge N. C. Collier, native of Indian Springs, will be of interest to friends of the family here: Former Federal Judge N. C. Col lier, for 20 years a resident of St. Louis and a writer of recognized au thority upon law subjects, died at his home, 5563 Clements avenue at 8:20 p. m. yesterday, following an attack of heart disease. Judge Col-, lier was 74 years of age and during the Cleveland administration of 1893 was appointed to the United States bench as judge of the Federal Dis trict Court in New Mexico, where he then resided. He was born in Indian Springs, C-a., and educated in that vicinity. Law studies were taken up after the removal of his family to New Mexico and after his appointment to the Federal bench Judge Collier remained in that position until 1900, when he retired and moved to St. Louis. In this city he engaged as an edi torial writer on legal subjects with the Centraal Law Journal until about four years ago, When he re tired. He was associated with Wil liam H. O’Brien and Alexander Rob bins, as an attorney , in practice here. Judge Collier was the author of severa legal subjects. Funeral services' Viill be held to morrow at St. Rose’s Catholic Church, Goodfellow and Maple ave nues, with burial in Calvary Ceme tery. Judge Collier was an active member of the Knights of Colum bus, the St. Vincent de Paul Society and the Catholic Knights of Americ.a The former jurist is survived by three daughters, Julia M., Mary C. and Vivianne R. Collier, and two sons, George B. Charles B. Col lier. From the year 1900 to the outbreak of the Great War in 1914 the number of cotton spindles has increased at the rate of about 3,000,000 every year. Since 1914 the number of cotton spindles fit for use has been reduced from a total of 154,000,000 to a to tal of 138,000,000, a decrease of 16,- 000,000 during the six years.