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THE PROGRESS
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF BUTTS 00.
VAN WILHITE,
EDITOR and MANAGER
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Entered as second-class mat
ter February 22, 1907 at
the Post Office at Jackson,
Ga., under the act of Con
gress of March 3, 1879.
A WORD TO OUR READERS.
Jf, aa the wise folk say, happineaa
constats In the constant reaching at
tar an Ideal—or in other wordu, after
something which does not exist, then
the effort to develop The Progress In
to a period of perennial bloom, to
give it a place around every fireside
tn Butts County, to make its weekly
visits loved and longed for by evsn
the children of our homes; to make
it indispensable factor In keeping
Jackson and Batts county within
the advancing ranks of prosperity,
then following the jeiky paths of this
dream-like ideal, will indeed, be a la
bor of lovo.
Yes, it is easy to dream, but dreams
sometimes coir.e true. We have oome
to this place to succeed, to work this
dream out into a living fuel Wheth
er or not it, can be done remains to be
seen, but we would show the people
that we Hre earnest, that the days
are rot lot ger than our honesty, that
before we can take a dollar from the
extended hands of honest Toil, we
would bo sure that we have given
in return an honest deal.
And having done this, having done
the best we could, we shall do as on
ly we can do—fall buck in the arms
of the people, trusting to them for
their support and their protection.
One of the genuine pleasures of life
is the opportunity for independent
thought and expression. When you
own even u small piece of property,
one of your sweetest privileges
is to do with that property
whatsoever you choose Just so, when
it comes to the true editor, the sacred
ness ot his editorial policy will ho
part of his religion and he will draw
to his heart the freedom which he has
in speaking his thoughts, scorning
With Ins whole nature the human
who would dictate what he should
•ay. either ihroa-h the application
of force or th vel vat touch of diplo
macy. Kunliiig, therefore, at the
ahrine ot .free sueech, receiving i.o
dictations i.or giving any, voicing our
own conscience ana -peeking our own
victions—tiiis will be our policy.
To make our dream come true. It
•hall also be the policy of this paper to
persue that simple and now old-fash
ioned philosophy of the Lowly Nsza
rene: We rise by raising others. To
progress, ourselves, our county must
progress, our city must progress, the
whole community must grow and
develop before we can do likewise.
Man is by nature selfish—“scratch
his akin and you find a bundle of
•elfiahness”—and because this is
true, the force that makes us mindtul
Of our fellowmen before real progress
it ours, Is a most happy one. And
also through the natural impulse of
aervice which a newspaper should
extend to its community, The Prog
ress would be true to its name.
Withal, it is charmed to live, and
its being in this the prettiest
pty in the West county in the great
est state in tihe grandest nation on
•arth. \
THE DECLINE IN COTTON.
Tbs conditions which have brought
about the temporary decline in the
price of cotton are due to causes en
tirely foreign to the market.
Cotton is intrinsically worth as
much as it ever was, but the mills
are not able to secure at reasonable
interest rates the money with which
to buy the stockß needed for their
business.
That a reaction will come is ineri
table. How long it will be postponed,
is is difficult to sey. The eotton farm
ers are in an unusually prosperous
condition. The value of their prod
ucts baa temporarily depreciated, not
because it is not needed, but because
the spinners and manufacturers are
postponing their purchases on account
of the tight money market.
This is one of those occasions when
the laws of supply and demand have
been set aside, not by immediate spec
ulation, but by a business disturb
ance which affects the money market
and thus indirectly every Hue of trade
and commerce. To this extent it has
temporarily .halted the marketing of
the crop at fair prices.
But with restored confidence the
reaction will come and cotton will go
up again.—Constitution.
Land Sale.
By an agreement among the he 5 a
of the estate ot W. 8. Wiight, will te
sold to tho highest bidder before the
court house door in the town of Jack
son, on the first Tuesday in Decem
ber, 419 seres of land, more or less,
belonging to said estate. Property
will be sold In four sections of about
120, 125, 12D and 50 acres each and
then sold in one section, the heirs re
serving the right to accept highest
ofl>r.
Teru.s of salo, cash.
A. \V. J. Wright.
Agent uf Heirs
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THE PRICE OF COTTON
CERTAIN TO ADVANCE
The report of the census bureau,
although its figures are just about
what, was expected by persons who
have kept themselves well informed
on the cotton s tuation, nevertheless
comes as a great dampener of bullish
eothu-iasm. It. shows a shortage of a
half trillion bales ginned, compared
with last years crop up to the corres-
I'ondingday of the season, October 18.
The figures are 4.059 339 ttales ginned
this year against 4 981 021 baits last
year, with counties unreported this
year which last year ginned 820,123
bales.
From this it is certain that the crop
this yetr will fall at least one million
nlcs short of last year's crop, and
the shortge may go considerably high
er. The weather this fall throughout
tho cotton belt has been ideal for pick
ing, and as a consequ?nce the picking
is well advanced. It is certain that a
smaller percentage of the, crop re
mains unpicked this vear than was
the case last year at this date. That
there will be a considerable stortage
in the cotton crop this year, as com
pared with last year, is certain.
There was no old stock on hand at
the beginning of the season. The mills
THE SHOW HAS GONE BUT
Payne’s Remedies
Old Prices lor one week.
lost year consumed last year’s supply
of the raw material. Mill construction
has been steadily going on, and more
cotton will be required than was last
year, with a smaller supply.
The trouble began when Heinz
tried to copper everything in sight.
Jamsrson Drug Go.
Hanna Drug Cos.
Tbe que&tim of Mr. Bryan’s candi*
dacy is now definitely settled. He is
“running” with both feet and both
hands and a very facile tongue. —Ex*
But Georgia never had a better
State Fair—nor a more successful
one. Conner aDd Oabaniss and Wel
don and Calvin have covered them*
selves with honor. —Ex. j