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CAN’T SAVE THE COUNTRY
WITH NATIONAL BANKS
Or. R. W. MaysJ Speaks Out In
Meeting On Questions of the
Day—Says Remove the
Cause.
Editor Progress:—l know lam
a little man and you are a little
editor with a little paper, but I
believe there is a time that little
folks should speak aloud, if only
heard by a few and no heed is
given. For it gives a degree of
consolation to a person with
strong convictions, acquired by
experience and observation
through time that has past the
noon hour of life.
My theme is the unemployed
which are millions today, in a
comparatively new country that
God has favored with a soil and
climate that is perfect, and the
reason that we are not busy,
prosperous and happy, is the
fault of ourselves. Self preser
vation is our nature, and we
would not do ourselves harm if
we knew better.
A general rule is as we read
we think, as we think we believe.
The press of the country is our
teachers, to a great extent
mould opinions for the people
and if this country is saved from
its downward course to destruc
tion, it will be through the un
subsidized and independent press.
I never have and don’t care to
ever see an army of unemployed
hungry people on parade. It is
a pity that there is any justifica
tion for it in this country, but
such is a fact. It has been
asked, “Is it a crime to be out of
employment?" The next ques
tion should be ‘ ‘ls it a crime for
our national law makers to legis
late detrimental to the wealth
producers of the country." For
instance they deligate to a few
individuals or corporations the
function of creating money,
which is the very life-blood of
our nation, and when that is dis
turbed the whole system is
seriously affected, and trade be
comes paralyzed.
I saw in the papers that some
people want the president to ap
point a commission to visit
Europe and other countries with
a view of devising some practical
means to aid the unemployed.
That sounds like an idea of the
men that produced the cause.
Only a short time ago many of
our sages were devising ways and
means to reduce Jthe price of
labor, and farm products of the
country by immigrating labor
from other countries. It was
only a partial success. The next
thing there was to fall back on
the old reliable plan—back up
the mohey. Had it not been for
the unlawful clearing house cer
tificates (or soap wrappers as the
negroes called them) you would
have heard something drop be
fore the closing of the year 1907.
The country is now a debilitated,
feeble convalescent that may re
lapse and linger for a long period,
because the cause is unremoved.
The same doctors are still in
charge and have, the confidence
of the family who are yet
solvent, notwithstanding bul
letin after bulletin has been is
sued that the patient’s condition
is favorable and respiration nor
mal.
Instead of devising a plan to
care for the unemployed, why
don’t the people demand of Con
gress to remove the cause?
When this country is allowed to
exercise its function to issue
money in quantity sufficient to
maintain stability of prices - all
legal tender non-redeemable in
1 other money-then the few money
kings that control this country
can’t produce a panic and throw
people out of employment. The
idea of this country issuing a
non-taxable, interest-bearing
bond and selling to money kings
and issuing them national cur
rency to do a national banking
business is strange and a shame.
And they are anticipating that
our dear law makers in Congress
are going to extend them more
favors; many of the private
banks are changing to national
banks so they will be in the
swim. lam beginning to have a
poor opinion of our national law
makers. I have heard it said
that you could not fool all the
people all the time. It appears
that enough can be fooled to
accomplish their purposes. It
would not surprise me to hear
that a majority of our national
law makers are either presidents
or stockholders of national banks.
Conditions may never be bettered,
but I think that occasionlly in a
republican government, the home
of the free and the brave, we
should speak out.
There are two classes that are
injurious; one, the money king
asking special favors, the other
is the man born tired and too
lazy too work. R. W. Mays.
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COODY’S DISTRICT
The notes of the mocking bird
is now heard by day and the song
of the whip-poor-will is heard by
night, which is suggestive that
cotton planting time is here.
But let me say once more—don’t
plant too much cotton—it is a
long time yet before it will be
too late to plant a lot of different
kind of food crops.
Now is the time to put out Ber-
muda grass. The finest pasture
that can possibly be made is
burr clover and bermuda grass
mixed, and what our old and
washed lands need now is to be
made verdant with these crops.
We have made the face of the
earth sad and desolate by the
all-cotton!;system, and now let’s
spend a few years making it
green.
Where, oh where, is the man
who doesn't feel a thrill run
througn his very being to ride
along the road and see a green
pasture with a lot of fine cattle
grazing on it? There is nothing
that will restore our worn out
lands so quickly as bermuda
grass and burr clover. When all
the worn out lands are made
green we can then sing the old
time song whose words run like
this:
“The sun is low down in the
sky, Lorena,
The grass grows where the
flowers have been."
Plow Handles.
You may think nobody knows
about the money you have hid
between the mattresses or in the
old trunk or some other hiding
place. Some day the same old
story of your being robbed or
knocked in the head will be told
like we see in the papers nearly
every day. No need to take such
risk when the Jackson Banking
Company will save you from it
and give absolute security and
where you are protected from
burglars and risk of loss. 4-23
T. J. DEMPSEY
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Jackson - - - -.- Georgia
Y, A. WRIGHT,
ATTORNEY - AT - LAW,
Jackson, Georgia.
Longest experienced lawyer at
the Jackson bar.
DR. J. E. WOODS
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The Jackson Mercantile Com
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described in a bond for title
thereto attached purporting to be
signed by J. R. Wright, late of
said county, deceased, the said
application alleging that said
land has been fully paid for, all
parties concerned are hereby no
tified that said application will
be heard before the Court of Or
dinary for said county on the 4th
day of May, 1968.
This April 8, 1908.
J. H. HAM, Ordinary.
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