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FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 1921
GENUINE
'BULL'
DURHAM
tobacco makes 50
good cigarettes for
YOUNG MAN TRIES
TO KILL HIMSELF
MR. WHIT MOORE MADE AT
TEMPT TO COMMIT SUICIDE
BY SLASHING THROAT WITH
RAZOR SATURDAY
Mr. VVliit Moore attempted to
commit suicide Saturday morning
at his home near Flovilla. He slash
ed himself across the throat with a
razor and but for prompt medical
attention his attempt at self destruc
tion would no doubt have been suc
cessful.
Mr. Moore recently had been sick
v.ith measles, and this fact in con
nection with the loss of his wife,
whose death occurred only a few
weeks ago, probably prompted the
rash act. When the attendant step
ped out of the room for a few min
utes to brine: some food, Mr. Moore
seized a razor jand slashed his
throat.
Dr. A. F. White, of Flovilla, and
Dr. 11. W. Copeland, of Jackson,
were called and rendered all assis
tance in their power.
At last reports it was stated that
Mr. Moore would probably recover.
CLASSIFIED
ADVERTISEMENTS
LOST DIAMOND
About 1 (i Karat in fancy alumi
num setting, small chips on side,
bmlten loose from band. Lost be
tween Jackson and W. P. Castle
berry’s on Indian Springs-Forsy th
road Saturday March S. Will pay
reward. Mrs. T. H. Buttrill,
GENUINE PORTO RICAN POTA
to plants bedded from Graded se
lect No. 1 potatoes for April, May
and June delivery, $2.00 per M up
to 10 M. 10 M and above $1.75 per
M. M. E. Flanders, Oeilla, Ga.
S-l l-2tc
Sec the new Hats at The
Star Store. $4.95 each.
SEED PEANUTS
Choice North Carolina runner
peanuts in new 100 pound -viqs, ,‘t
cents per pound f. o. b. Enterprise,
Ala. Cash with order. H. M. Ses
sions & Sons, Enterprise, Ala.
lITNEY FOR HlßE—Trips any
where, any time; also truck *or
hauling. Stodghill & Welch. Phone
IXti, Jackson, Ga. 2-25-4tc
WHITE PLYMOUTH. ROCK EGGS
for sale. S. S. Copeland. 2-2 5-2 to
FOR SALE—Rhode Island Rfd.
Efrs> for hatching, SI.OO for 15.
f. o. b. Mrs. R. E. Evans, Jackson,
Ga., Rt. 3. -2-18-4tp
FOR SALE—Barred Plymouth Rock
Egg's for hatching, SI.OO per 15.
f. o. b. Mrs. Geo. Spencer, Jackson,
Ga., Rt. 7. 2-18-4tp
Wanna niaker-Cleveland cotton seed
for sale. Screened and about 99 per
cent pure, $1.25 per bushel. Also
50 bushels speckled peas $3 pet
bushel. Apply J. H. Patrick. Jack
son Ga. 2-18-4 tp.
FOR SALE— Kina’s Improved Early
Prolific Cotton Seed. $1.65 per
bushel. Will quote prices in quanti
ties. C. W. Buchanan. 2-11-tfc
WANTED—2OO or moro gtuuoas.
Will pay GO cents each. Apply
J. R. Conner. 2-4-tfc
HIGHEST CASH PRICES PAID
for all kinds poultry and eggs.
Place your orders with me for Po
tato Slips. Cabbage plants on hand.
* 0. HUSON. 3-4-2tp
STARK
Miss Virgia Biles, a student of A.
& M. school at Barnesville, spent the
week-end with home folks.
Miss Clara Harper was at home
last week recovering front an opera
tion for tonsilitis.
Friends of Mrs. Almand Dodson
veil regret to know that she has been
ill for the past few days.
Mr. Godard, State School Super
visor, and Mr. Fletcher visited the
Stark school last Thursday. A number
of the patrons were out to hear Mr.
Godard speak on the condition of
the schools of Georgia. His talk was
inspiring and was enjoyed by all who
heard him speak.
Miss Effie Gene O’Neal was a visi
tor here Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Hilley and
children spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Otis Hilley near McDonough.
Prof. Burford entertained the pu
pils of his room at the home of his
aunt, Mrs. J. C. Redman, Thursday
night. Each pupil was allowed the
privilege of inviting one person out
side of school. Many interesting
games were played, an “outline pic
ture” contest being a feature that
created much amusement, a box of
handkerchiefs being given to the win
ner. Late in the evening refreshments
were served. Mr. Burford was assist
ed in entertaining by Harry Redman
and Miss Mildred Wilson.
Mr. and Mrs. Grady Singley enter
tained a number of young people v.ith
a dinner party Sunday.
GIRLS! HIVE THICK,
SOFT, HEAVY HAIR
A 35-cent bottle of “Danderine”
will not only rid your scalp of de
structive dandruff and stop falling
hair, but immediately your hair
seems twice as abundant and so
wondrous glossy. Let “Danderine”
save your hair. Have lots of long,
heavy hair, radiant with life and
beauty, adv.
Co-operative marketing is one of
the greatest needs of the country.
Not only cotton but other crops as
well can be marketed to advantage
through co-operative organizations.
The producers are entitled to the
cream. At present the other fellow
is getting it. '
You can get a becoming
hat at The Busy Corner
now. Big lot just arrived
today.
THIS IS SOME DICTIONARY
Arabic Affair Used by Scholars Is In LA
Volumes and Weighs About
100 Pounds.
The ponderous dictionaries of I9
rope, even the famous mnny-voluined
etymological Index of I.nrousse, which
is the moan menial work of all modem
tongues, are more than surpassed,
says (lie New York Sun, by the Arublc
dictionaries of 500 years ago, which
are still the great authority for stu
dents In that language.
The Arabic dictionary most used t 7
scholars who are familiar with n#
other language Is In 20 quarto vol
limes and weighs close to 100 pounds
There Is a 50 pound ten-volume abridg
ment of it, presumably for use at
home. Tills and virtually all the Ara
bie dictionaries were made in the
time of the Harun-al-Rnshld.
The Islamic empire is credited by
Moslems with two great eras. The
first was that of conquest, when the
only history was written with the
sword. Then came centuries of Mo
hammedan domination, when the Mos
lem? peacefully held the empires they
had conquered In Asia and In the Ibe
riau peninsula. During these art and
literature flourished and the Arabic
dictionary was horn. In Arabia the
flower of this period was in the golden
time of Caliph llarun-al-Rnslild.
Each of the wools that have been
familiar In the daily life of the no
mad Arabs for centuries has nu enor
mous number of synonyms. The lion,
for example, was feared by villagers
and hunted not only for sport but
as a matter of necessity. Therefore
iu the Arabic dictionary the lion has
more than a hundred different names
The camel was the sole means of
transportation across the thirsty des
erts and is characterised in 122 dif
ferent ways.
But above all. the horse anil the
sword were the two great stand-bys
of the Arab. There are more than 200
words that convey Ideas of "horse"
and "sword." All other familiar
words, such as tent, flock, herds, wa
ter, woman, sun and air, have loug
lists of synonyms that are interchange
able and in constant use. This affords
some slight explanation why Arabic
dictionaries are of so targe size.
Arabic, so the Arabs say. was the
language of the Babylonians, and it
is also contended by them that It was
the tongue which Abraham spoke.
PHONE US THE NEWS.
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
"JUST WONDERFUL”
SAYS MISS O’HARA
MEMPHIS WOMAN TESTIFIES
TO BENEFICIAL RESULTS
FROM TAKING TANLAC
So many people throughout the
United States and Canada have tes-j
tified to having used Tanlac with
such splendid results following in
fluenza, grippe, operation, typhoid
and pneumonia, and ether troubles
which bring on a run-down condi
tion, that it has become universally
recognized as one of the most pow
erful reconstructive tonics of the
present age.
Another striking statement in
connection with this fact was made
by Miss Mildred O’Hara, of 926
Deleware St., Memphis, Tenn.
“I am enjoying better health to
day,” said Miss O’Hara, “than I
have in ten years and I am glad to
make a statement that may cause
others who are needing something to
build them up to learn about Tanlac.
“Five years ago I was operated
on for appendicitis and was never
able until I got Tanlac to get my
strength back. My health was bad
for a long time, even before I had
the operation, and I just seemed to
be going from bad to viorse.
“I just think it is the most won
derful thing I ever heard of that
three bottles of Tanlac should make
me feel so fine after I had suffered
so long. It has given me new life,
strength and energy that makes liv
ing a pleasure. I used to have con
stant headaches, but now I never
have one at all. Tanlac has been
my friend and I will never go back
on it. It is just grand.”
Tanlac is sold in Jackson by Car
michael Drug and Book Company
adv.
DEATH OF FOUR YEAR
OLD BOY OCCURRED ON 3
Suffered From Diptheria and Pneu
monia Developed
The death of Bobbie Lee, the
four-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
D. W. Fogg, of near Flovilla, occur
ed on Mach 3. The little fellow first
suffered from diptheria and bron
chial pneumonia later developed.
He is survived by his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. D. W. Fogg; two sisters,
Lois and Lucilc, and two brothers,
J. D. and Fred Mosely Fogg.
The funeral was held at 2 o’clock
Friday at Sandy Creek church, El
ders Ratliff and Elliott conducting
the services.
SHOE DEPT. SPECIALS
Be sure to see our win
dow full of womens Ox
fords and Pumps. Special
sale for 10 days only,
at $5.85.
THE BUSY CORNER.
DIPHTHERIA ANTITOXIN.
Not so very many years ago tin
mention of the disease or diphtheria
struck terror into the hearts of both
parents and physicians. Twenty-five
years ago from 35 to 75 per cent ol
diphtheria cases were fatal. The
average death rate during the past
ten years in the larger cities varied
from five to fifteen per cent. This
marvelous decrease in death rate is
undoutbedly due to DIPHTHERIA
ANTITOXIN.
The Bureau of Vital Statistics has
found that during the past six years
for every death due to diphtheria,
there were three deaths due to typhoid
fever, two deaths due to malaria, twe
deaths due to measles, two deaths
due to whooping cough, twelve deaths
due to tuberculosis, seven deaths due
to infantile diarrhoea and two deaths
due to dysentery. So there is no rea
son to become panic-stricken over a
case of diphtheria, provided the pa
tient is under the care of an intelli
gent physician who knows just when
and how to use diphtheria antitoxin.
Perhaps you know that the State
Board of Health furnishes antitoxin
at a very iow cost to the people ot
Georgia. It is furnished free of charge
to anyone who is unable to pay for it.
In other words, any person who is
unable to pay for medical services is
entitled to free antitoxin. There is
very little red tape necessary to ob
tain it. The physician attending the
ease is usually iu a position to know
the financial circumstances of his pa
tient and all the State Board of
Health asks is that its patrons be
honest in declaring their status.
In 1920 it cost the State of Geor
gia about $7,000 to render this service
to her people. 25.960.000 units of anti
toxin were distributed This repre
sents a total cost of $17,476 which the
public would have had to pay without
the aid of the State Board of Heatlh.
This does not take into account the
number of lives saved by rendering
antitoxin easily available to the pub
lic. The distribution of diphtheria
antitoxin is only one of many services
equally important rendered the pub
-11. l; the State Beard of Health.
OVER 16 MILLION
RAISEDJQ DATE
BAPTIST 75 MILLION CAMPAIGN
MAKING GOOD PROGRESS,
COMMISSION REPORTS.
CASH ROUND-UP IN SPRING
Effort Will Be Made During March
and April to Secure Cash on All
Pledges Due to May
1, 1921.
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DR. J. B. GAMBRELL
President Southern Baptist Conven
tion, who will tour the South.
Up to December 1, 1920, Southern
Baptists had paid $16,851,100.68 in
cash on their subscriptions to the 75
Million Campaign, according to an an
nouncement issued toy the Conserva
tion Commission, which is looking af
ter all the general interests of the
campaign. This sum has been appor
tioned among foreign missions, home
missions, state missions, Christian ed
ucation, hospitals, orphanages and
ministerial relief, in accordance with
the original campaign program.
While the receipts from the cam
paign have enabled all the agencies of
the denomination to greatly enlarge
their work the returns have not been
as large as the best interests of the
work demand, it is said, and the local
churches throughout the South are
asked to join in a movement to bring
up the payments on all subscriptions
due by May 1, in order that the dele
gates can go to the Southern Baptist
Convention at Chattanooga. May 12,
with a clean slate and all the gen
eral work adequately provided for.
Will Hold Day of Prayer.
Inaugurating this spring cash round
up campaign, February 27-March 6
has been designated as intercession
week by the Baptist women of the
South, while the entire membership
of the Baptist churches is asked to
join in spending Wednesday, March 2.
as a day of prayer for God’s blessings
and guidance iu the further campaign
work.
After this special period of prayer
the remainder of March will be given
over to enlisting all the members of
all the Baptist churches in the South
in the matter of completing the cam
paign program by paying that por
tion of the subscriptions due by that
time, and in bringing the members to
see their obligation to support God’s
work through the dissemination of the
doctrine of stewardship. April has
been designated as loyalty month and
during that time effort will be made
throughout the South to bring Bap
tists to realize that their loyalty to
God and His work demands the pay
ment, where at all possible, of their
pledges to the campaign.
Southwide Tour Is Planned.
In order that the subscribers to the
campaign may he fully informed on
what has been accomplished with the
money they have contributed so far.
and as to the needs for the comple
tion of the campaign program, a se
ries of informational ad inspirational
meetings that will reach into every
state in the South has been planned
for March and April. These meetings
will be featured by addresses by Dr.
J. B. Gambrel!, president of the South- i
ern Baptist Convention, and Dr. E. Y. I
Mullins, president of the Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary, who
have just returned from a six months’
tour of the mission fields of Europe,
and who will tell of conditions they
found there; Dr. L. R. Scarborough,
general director of the campaign, and
other persons of prominence. These
meetings wilt be held at central points 1
in the various states, and from these |
central meetings associational and dis-;
trict rallies will be formed in the hope j
of taking the campaign message to all!
the people.
Large Relief Work Done.
Secretary Lore of the Foreign Mis
sion Board reports that Southern Bap- i
tists, within the last few weeks, have j
contributed $147,281.20 in cash for the
relief of suffering peoples in Europe
and China, above their campaign con- I
tribntions, and that the Baptist women
cf the South have contributed SIOO,-
000 worth of first-class clothing for
the needy families of Hungary.
PHONE LS THE NEWS.
HARD TIMES AND
HEALTHPROTECTION
Every family in Georgia should, at
the beginning of each year, make up
a budget of expenditures, embracing
all necessities, and reasonable expec
tancies. The income then must be
equal to or exceed this estimated ex
penditure.
The average American family is un
acquainted with the word “budget,
or if we grant that such a word is
rather popular with a good per cent
of our populatioa it has been used
mainly, it not altogether, in connec
tion with the financing of a bank, rail
road, church, school, -college, univer
sity or possibly some unit of our gov
ernment. It would, in our opinion, be
foolish to attempt to run any of our
financial, commercial, governmental,
educational or church affairs without
first making a careful estimate of the
gross income for the ensuing year,
therefore enabling us to ascertain just
what our expenditures can be.
A budget plan enables us to not
only finance a proposition, but, at the
same time, gives us an opportunity to
study more carefully and scientifically
the conditions that hinder our income,
and the reason for each item of ex
pense; therefore, affording us to. if
possible, remove the obstacles which
hinder a more ample income, and to
eliminate every item of preventable
expense.
In the family budget must, of ne
cessity, be included certain items com
mon to all families, such as good
clothing, light, fuel, house rent, or
taxes, and repairs, drugs and doctor
bills. These, however, have a wide
range of variation, depending on
many conditions, such as number iu
family, occupation, social standing, in
telligence, income, health, etc.
This article is mainly concerned
with the last named condition:
HEALTH.
No problem is more vitgl in guar
anteeing the possibility of an ade
quate income than HEALTH. No
condition is more disastrous to the re
sources of the individual, family,
community or country, than sickness.
Nothing necessitates the expenditure
of so much money for things then es
sential as disease. The economic, ed
ucational, social and many other prob
lems have for their foundation physi
cal and mental fitness. This obtains
at all times, but when other condi
tions are such that the family income
is curtailed we are made to realize
more keenly the truthfulness of this
statement.
Therefore, at this particular time
(January, 1921) it is especially im
portant that our people take even
precaution to keep their bodies well
and their minds strong. The income
of many is less than it has been in
several years, and many are totally
without employment by reason of our
depressed financial affairs. It would
be disastrous to add to our economic
suffering epidemics of disease. Aside
from the fact that the poorly nour
ished and scantily clad are unusually
susceptible to disease, we are less
able to employ medical service, buy
medicine and employ other agencies
needed in the curing of disease. To
prevent it is much more economical
One of Georgia's best counties re
ports the loss of $100,000.00 from ma
laria alone. This amounts to about
$4.00 per capita or $20.00 per family.
This condition could have been almost
entirely prevented by the expenditure
of about one-tenth of this amount in
a properly conducted health campaign.
Another county reports the saving
of about $270,000.00 by a well con
ducted anti - malaria campaign. To
conduct this campaign it cost only
about one-sixteenth of the total
amount saved. Iu other words, for
every dollar spent by the health work
ers sixteen dollars were saved to the
citizens of the county.
Health is really cheap, although it
is a purchasable commodity. Disease
is very, very expensive.
THE HARDER THE TIMES THE
MORE WE MUST PROTECT OUR
HEALTH.
LOOK BEFORE YOU START.
“The really fundamental reason for
any nutritional program at all is the
possibility of raising the leve.l of pub
lic health. We may start with the
premise that the problem of nutrition
is first and foremost one of public
health." The director of the Divi
sion of Hygiene of the Masacluisetts
Department of Public Health contin
ues, “For a long time expert nutrition
ists are going to be scarce.’’ These
statements are true and. it behooves
us, therefore, to approach the sub
ject of nutrition iu all humility and
not to mistake an interest for knowl
edge. Get all the available literature
and advice on the matter and then do
real work in a large way by teaching
your group, whether it is school, home
economics class, woman’s club, cham
ber of commerce, etc., the hygiene of
foods and feeding. The work to be
really effective must be done under
the supervision cr with the close co
operation of a physician, himself
trained in nutrition.
Write to the Division of Child Hy
giene, State Board of Health, for ad
vice and literature and make the work
with your group a success and not so
nearly a failure that only you can
see the "worth of it.
THE BRAVE MEN
Here’s to the men who laugh i
In the face of grim despair;
Who gather the tares and chaff,
But sow with a cheerful air.
Here’s to the smiling men,
Who, giving, can take a blow,
And rise to the fight again
When others have laid them low.
Here’s to the men who grin
When plans that we build go
wrong,
And straightvray new plans begin
With courage and purpose strong.
Here’s to the glad brave men,
Who, battling, expect a bruise
And rise to the fight again,
Undaunted by the fights they lose.
Here’s to the men who smile
With faith in the morning light,
And bravely await the while
’Till victory crown their fight.
Here’s to the fighting men
That always need not succeed,
To arise to the fight again—
The brave in defeat we need.
—The Sewanee Purple.
SONG OF HARD TIMES
There are some widowers in the
neighborhood
Who would like to marry girls, oh
if they could,
They will comb back their hair and
slick up their shoes,
And then throw down the staff they
commonly use.
And it’s hard, hard times.
Here is the miller with the meal on
his hat,
He seems to be busy with the meal
in his sack,
He viill measure your corn and toll
your grain,
And if your back is turned he will
toll it again.
And it’s hard, hard times.
Here is the blacksmith with his ham
mer and tongs,
He will whistle and sing common
songs,
He will charge you one dollar for
shoeing your horse
And before you get home perhaps
it is off.
And it’s hard, hard times.
Here is the preacher, he preaches
vei’y bold,
He preaches for the money and not
for the soul,
He will ride round the circuit twelve
times a year
And then if you are lost he will
<*. swear he don’t care.
And it’s hard, hard times.
Here is the doctor, I like to have for
got,
I believe in my soul he is the worst
of the flock,
He will tell you he will cure you for
half you possess,
And when you are dead he will sue
you for the rest.
And it’s hard, hard times.
—Anonymous.
AUGUSTA FARMERS
BUY 2,000 BALES
FOLLOW GENERAL OUT-LINE OF
BUTTS COUNTY PLAN. BE
LIEVED THIS ACTION WILL
STIMULATE MARKET
Augusta, Ga.—lt is announced
here that Barrett and Company have
bought, for farmers living near Au
gusta, 2,000 bales of cotton.
It was stated at the office of Ban- \
rett and Company Thursday that the
party purchasing this cotton was
acting for a group of individuals,
v,ho feel, as do Barrett and Com
pany, that the present differential
between middling cotton and grades
below middling is too pronounced
for long duration, and that it is on'Jy
a question of time before the mills
will realize the value of this low
grade cotton and seek to purchase
it. thereby creating a demand that
will force the price upwards.
It is gathered that the action of
the farmers referred to was prompt
ed by their beilef that low grade cot
ton will show such a pronounced ad
vance in price within the next twelve
months that they would be safe in
simply investing in it, instead of
putting their money into anew crop,
feeling that they will make equally
as much money and at the same time
not have to cultivate and harvest a
crop.
It is stated that the report of this
2,000 bale purchase in New York
tteadied prices there Thursday
though later in the day slight de
clines followed.
SUBSCRIPTION PAYING TIME
PHONE US THE NEWS.