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THE PROGRESS
VAN WILHITE,
EDITOR AND PUBLISHER.
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On \ pplicntion.
Published Every Thursday.
Entered as Hccoiid-claHs matter. Novem
ber h, l'.K)7, at the jiofttoftire at Jackson, Ga.
tinder act of Congress of March 1.579.
INSTITUTE CHAINGANG
SYSTEM
In many issues of The Pro
gress much has been said con
cerning our need of good roads.
While we do not wish to bore
our readers with this one sub
ject, we are confident that there
is no other question before the
people of Butts county, unless it
be our educational system, so
fraught with weal or woe, with
progress or stagnation, as this
eternal question of GOOD
ROADS.
The liberty is therefore taken
to publish the forceful words of
President Finley, of the South
ern Railway, on the value of
good roads. Mr. Finley’s letter
which appears in this issue goes
straght to the point and you
should read it.
As stated in last week’s issue
of The Progress the age is here
when “distance is no longer
measured by the yardstick but
by the CLOCK-TICK’’ and it is
economy and prosperity for our
taxpayers that they realize that
fact, and realize it to such an
extent as will cause them to act.
For the time has come for
Butts county to DO something.
Every year the taxpayers of
this county are paying out thous
ands of dollars for the piling up
of a few shovelfuls of dirt and
the filling in of a few mudholes
- all for the sweet privilege of
paying out the same amount for
the same work each succeeding
year. Make the roads PERMA
NENT, and then either the tax
rate can be lowered or the mon
ey which was saved as the result
of good roads can and should be
expended on our educational
system.
We are not telling you some
thing you do not know. You
already know it. But you also
know that knowledge is useless
unless it be used.
Therefore, can you not afford
to sign your name to something
like the following petition which
v 11 be circulated:
. the Ordinary of Butts Co.—
“We, the undersigned citi
v. as of said county respectfully
, . lition you to order an election
be held at the different voting
'cincts of said county, after
advertising the same for thirty
vs, for the purpose of allowing
• county commissioners of said
mty to levy an extra tax for
>'J and 1910 for the purpose of
■tuting a chain gang system
' maintaining the same, so as
iise the sum of five thousand
rs each year for 1909 and
to work roads and build
11
tes.
ter, can you sign that?
. the tax rate will be higher
iiueh lower in the long run
a allow a good system of
to treble the wealth of
bounty.
•istance is no longer meas
bv the yardstick but by the
K-TICK”
aenever you know much as
God you can afford to
o your brother
aenever we become really
aed we will pay our teachers
*ut salaries. •
MORE “THINKING” AND LESS “FOLLOWING”
People should do less “following” and more “thinking.”
The one great curse of the ages past is that humanity has
“followed” too much and “thought” too little. Since savage
man ceased to roam the woods and began to establish govern
ments and found religions he has been crushed by these two
institutions because of his own mental laziness. Middle-age
superstition, and the nameless horrors of the church, commit
ted in ages past in the name of religion, have all been pillowed
upon this one stone of human frailty that allows someone else
to do our thinking. The majority who ought to have ruled and
who could have ruled only clanked their chains and suffered
th'eir agonies, while the “few” who ought not to have ruled,
reigned supreme —because those who wore the chains did not
and do not think.
If history proves anything it proves that civilization ad
vances in proportion as the individual does his own thinking.
Away with your little so-called colleges and schools that be
lieve an education lies in the mere knowing of a few facts. We
need an education that will train the yound mind to do its own
thinking, and to do it accurately; an aducation that stresses a
fact in so far as a conclusion can be drawn from that fact.
The man who persistently refuses to subscribe for or read a
newspaper merely because the editorials of that paper are not
in harmony with his own little preconceived notions about
what is right and what is wrong assumes an attitude of om
niscience possessed only by the Creator himself. Such a man
is course twin brother to the one who will not listen to the
speech of an opposing candidate and both are direct lineal de
scendants of the times when the flaming fagots were heaped
beneath the body of the martyr who did think for himself,
who did listen to both sides and dared to speak.
On the other hand, all hail to the man who, like the just
judge, will hear both sides, who will gather into his mind all
facts, whether for or against his preferences, and will draw
an honest conclusion from these facts, instead of gleefully
drinking into his mental cranium what was merely SAID by
Bill B. or Bill T. or even our own inimitable Thos. E. Such
a man can look back to the block, the rack and the crackling
flames for HIS political or religious ancestor, and it is through
him and him alone that leads the way to the Plenty that shall
bless this land, and to the good old times indeed that have
never yet come but are coming.
Let’s read, observe, study, THINK, “trust God, see all and
be not afraid.”
AN ERROR CORRECTED.
Editor—We have received a great many inquiries which lead
us to believe that there is an impression abroad in many sec
tions that the State College of Agriculture is not in operation
at the present time. This very erroneous idea probably gained
credence because of the delay over appropriations last summer.
The appropriations, as you doubtless know, were received, and
the College is in active operation at this time with a good at
tendance of boys from all parts of the State, but we believe
you will be willing to give space to this notice which is in
tended to correct the impression which may prevail in the
minds of some of the young men in your community. It
would be exceedingly unfortunate for any young man desiring
to attend the State College of Agriculture for the purpose of
taking either a long or short course to be prevented from doing
so because he believed the College was not ready to receive stu
dents and was not in active operation at this time.
I have been constrained to write this short note because of
the large number of inquiries which have come to me and be
cause of the calamity which it would certainly be to have any
young man denied the privilege of improving his knowledge of
the State’s greatest industry under a misapprehension of the
facts in the case. Very respectfully,
ANDREW M. SOULE, President.
We gladly give space to the above notice from a man who
has had so many difficulties to overcome in the great work
which he is doing for Georgia, and it is a pity that after this
college was established, its president should find it necessary
to write the above letter. Reader, the agricultural college at
Athens is a much-needed institution. It’s there, its going to
stay there, and it’s going to demonstrate to you that your
farmer boy needs preparation just as the doctor needs prepar
to follow his calling.
“PLEASE STOP MY
A newspaper is the great national book. It penetrates into
the heart of nearly every family and silently does its work. It
can drop the same idea into the minds of thousands of people
at the same time. There are many people who read nothing
else, almost no one reads that does not read the newspapers at
home, as an advertising medium it is by far the cheapest and
best; and every business man who wishes to prosper and be
come a power in the land will keep the word “advertise” con
stantly before him; take advantage of it on every hand; don’t
let an opportunity pass to make your name and business favor
ably known. Every advertisement inserted attracts the eye of
the outside world, and nothing else tends more towards the
growth of a city.
“Times are hard, money is scarce, business is dull, retrench
ment is duty—please stop my-” “Whiskey?” “Oh, no; times
are not hard enough for that. But there is something else that
costs me a large amount every year, which I wish to save.
Please stop my—” Ribbons, Jewelry, ornaments and trinkets?
"No, no, not those, but I must retrench somewhere. Please
stop my—” Tobacco, cigars, snuff? “Not these at all, but I
believe I can see a way to effect quite a saving in another di
rection. Please stop my—” Tea, coffee and unhealthful luxu
ries? “No, no, not these. I must think of something else.
Ah! I have it now. My paper costs SI.OO a year. Please stop
my paper. That will carry me through the panic easily. I be
lieve in retrenchment and economy especially in brain.—Ex.
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FOR ALL
There are some people in every community who
think that banks were made for the rich. If you
are one of the misinformed who have this thought,
let us again emphasize the fact that ours is a bank
FOR ALL THE PEOPLE. A deposit of SI.OO re
ceives the same welcome and the same courteous
attention as a large deposit, for this reason: Many
a deposit of SI.OO has grown into an account of
$1,000.00 or more, and therefore will be worth
while to us and the depositor. Here is something
WE KNOW: A dollar in the bank draws others
to it. Why? Because you have seen how easy it
is to start and you will find it still easier to con
tinue by putting ail you can spare in THE BANK.
Deposit with us and call OUR BANK
YOUR BANK
The Jackson National Bank,
THE PROGRESSIVE BANK,
Jackson, Georgia.
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Your attention for a minute:
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Look at this question of good
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Mercantile Cos.
Mr. Tom Clark is resting and
spending a week with homefolks
out at Worthvilie this week.
The season of the year is here
when you are in constant need
of face creams, For your own
good you should be acquainted
with Hudnot’s Marvelous Cold
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You need this cream. From
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plexion.
FOR SALE.
50 acres of good land with
splendid improvements, in 616th
District, G. M., Butts county.
The same, a portion of the old
John LeGuinn place and in a
good community. Will be sold
cheap for cash. See or write,
Joe L. Bailey,
10-16. Jackson, Ga.
Miss Mae, Duke entertained a
a number of her friends Satur
day.