Newspaper Page Text
BUTTS COUNTY PROGRESS
Published Every Friday.
ALFRED AKERMAN, - Proprietor.
J. DOYLE JONES, - - - Editor
Subscription $1 a Year
Entered aw Heeond-olaaß matter, Novem
ber 8, I'.HiT, at tin* jiosloliieeut .Jackson, <ia.
Jackson, (a., Friday, Jan. 1, 1909.
Ave atque vale —hail to the New
Year, farewell to the Old.
A little push is a good thing
for a town.
=====
Get right after the town and
make it grow.
Keep pulling for good roads
and they will come after awhile.
Maybe that night rider oath
wouldn’t make your blood run
cold.
Let’s start the new year right
by having the Chamber of Com
merce.
The Elberton Star has a column
called Reflected Reflections. Of
course stars are easily reflected.
The matrimonial game was
played with very general success
throughout the country during
the year.
Good roads help some. The
people want them, too, and that
is another reason why they should
have them.
Let us all hope the calamity
howler will lose his voice before
he reaches the promised land of
the new year.
It will soon be back to books
and classes for the boys and girls
who have enjoyed the holidays
more than anybody else.
We most heartily indorse the
article by Col. Redman on good
roads found in this issue and com
mend it to the careful considera
tion of our readers.
The Ancient and Accepted Or
der of Lemons with Crate No. 1
as the initial lodge has been or
ganized. Will the' defunct poli
ticians please take notice?
The Society for the Discovery
of the Fourth Dimension reports
the customary Christmas noise
may yet be found to be the elusive
and delusive something looked
for.
They do say you can get a
drink any place in Savannah ex
cept in the churches and schools.
It was ever thus. However be
it said to the credit of the city
part of the people are law-abiding.
The number of fatalities will
continue as long as Christmas is
celebrated in the present riotous
manner. There is need of reform
in the way of celebrating the day
most sacred of all in the calendar.
The Eternal r.rH Everlasting
Society of Select O I Maids will
have a banquet to celebrate the
close of leap year and their deliv
ery from the hands of the Grim
and Grizzy Old Bachelors. It has
*t° the teeth-and war
jfrriage and numbers of
>lbers will not answer the
The Political Economy of Good Reads.
The following from the Scientific American is so full of able ar
gument and so freighted with souud reasoning, that in view of the
movement in this county for good roads, and in face of the bond
election soon to be held here to allow the people to vote on road im
provement, it is reproduced.
No study can be more convincing than that of the economic
waste placed upon the shoulders of the 85,000.000 peopte of this
land from the almost criminally shameful condition of
miles of road. Every pound of farm products brought from rural
sections to thicldy-pcpulated centers has placed upon it a fictitious
value, because it cost the farmer more to transport it than it would
cost him were the roads in passable condition. The price of the
lamb chop that Brooklyn eats for breakfast is based, not upon the
real value of the lamb, but upon the cost of bringing that lamb
from the western fields to the Brooklyn breakfast table. The cost
of the breakfast roll would be trifling did it not cost the farmer
who grew the wheat from which the roll was madel.B cents a
bushel more to draw that wheat from his farm nine miles to a rail
road station than it cost to carry a bushel of wheat from New York
to Liverpool, a distance of 3,100 miles. The cost of a soft-boiled
egg, which is also closely related to the American breakfast, is
established by the cost of transporting the product of the hen to
the hotel, and not because the egg was at all intrinsically worth
what was charged for it.
Everybody who thinks must concede the evident fact that if a
farmer with two horses can draw but 600 pounds to market in five
hours, he would save money if with one horse he could haul. 1,200
pounds in two hours. Were the roads in good condition, he could
do that and more. Any saving in hauling a ton of farm product
would bring a benefit, not alone to the farmer, but to the con
sumer, and if the product hauled each year was large, it is not
hard to figure that the saying would be large. Figures have been
assembled to prove that owing to the frightful condition of almost
all American roads, it costs 25 cents a ton a mile to haul. The
superb roads of the old countries of Europe make possible the
hauling of farm products at 12 cent a ton a mile. Therefore, every
ton hauled costs the American farmer 13 cents more per mile than
the farmers of the old country are forced to pay. The average
length of haul of farm products in the United States is 9.4 miles;
therefore, were our roads as good as those of Fiance, the farmer s
gain would be 9.4 times 13 cents, or approximately $1.23.
By the same method of figuring as that adopted above, the
hauling of this would result in a saving of about $305,000,000 a
vear. It would appear that so vast a sum should not be annually
thrown away, simply becaue those responsible for appropriations
of money to construct roads cannot be brought to a realization of
their tremendious importance. The time for an awakening is here,
and the quicker the awakening occurs, the greater the benefit the
farmer will enjoy.
Outlook For The New Year.
The outlook for the year 1909 is bright. This is said advisedly.
Business conditions are rapidly becoming normal. There is a bet
ter tone in the business world and confident the real cause of the
financial depression, is being restored. It is with confidence that
the new year is ushered in.
For Jackson the year 1908 has been remarkable in a number of
ways. It has witnessed un-heard of growth and prosperity.
Building has gone steadily forward. Within the past thirty months
a total of forty odd buildings have been constructed or remodeled.
This is a showing to be proud of and is a sure indication that the
city’s success and prosperity is assured. No other city in the state
the size of Jackscn can beast of so much accomplished in the same
period.
There are a number of things to make the new year noteworthy
from a local point of view. Better roads are promised for the
county. The bond election to be held on the 11 of January, it is
believed, will result favorably. In that case Butts County will take
rank with the best counties in the state in the matter of good roads.
This means a step upward and onward.
The building of the mammoth power plant on the Ocmulgee river
means a great deal for this section. In the first place it means
cheap power for use in whatever way is thought best. The taxes
that this corporation will pay into the coffers of the county and
state can not be ignored. Asa result of the construction of the
big dam trolley lines galore through this section are promised. All
these things spell continued success and development for Jackson
and Butts County.
A number of buildings are promised for the city during the new
year. Progress is the watchword, the byword that has made Jack
son what it is and holds the promise of what it is to be in the
future. With good schools and churches and a public-spirited
j citizenship the future of Jackson is assured beyond the shadow of a
| doubt.
A commercial organization, a Chamber of Commerce or Business
Men’s League, is assured during the year just opening. With such
:an organization to push and pull and advertise Jackson there is no
telling what may be accomplished before the close of the year.
Big bouncing Billy Taft is going
to Atlanta soon to be the guest
of the Chamber of Commerce at
the annual dinner. A committee
from the Chamber of Commerce
went to Augusta to invite the
presidentelect and he accepted.
This is what a Chamber of Com
merce does for a city and shows
what might be accomplished if
Jackson had such an organization.
The water wagon is in the shop
for much needed annual repairs.
Notice of Change of
Legal Advertisements.
On and after January the Ist,
the legal advertisements will be
published in The Butts County
Progress for the year of 1909.
This Dec. 2., 1908.
W. W. Wilson, Sheriff.
The Progress for best job print
ing. Try us.
establishing a
reputation
The success of any financial institution may be
accurately gauged by the measure of liberakty
with which its patrons are treated, consists
with the soundness and stability that must un
derlieany institution aiming at theperfect
dence of a community.
This is our platform; we have kept it in
and observed it since our organization and Lie
success this bank has had in the four months
of its existence attests the our business
policy is giving widespread satisfaction.
Our distinct aim is to make this the strongest,
most active and piogressive bank in this or any
surrounding county. We believe in observing
and complying with the National Bank Laws.
Our Directors are live, succcessful, self-made
business men who take a pride in directing the
affairs of this bank.
We strive to give odr patrons prompt, satisfac
tory service and to make every visit to this
bank a pleasure.
The Jackson National Bank,
Jackson, Georgia.
Xmas Presents
For Young and Old.
GOING AT WHOLESALE
PRICES.
Ladies and Gentlemen’s
Purses and Hand Bags,
Card Cases,
Hair Brushes,
Tooth Brushes,
Cloth Brushes,
Shaving Brushes,
Nail Brushes,
Pipes and
Cigar Cases.
All Going at Actual
Wholesale Prices.
COME EARLY BEFORE
TEY ARE ALL PICKED
OVER. .
Slaton Drug Cos.
The Store of Fresh Drugs.