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Jackson Progress - Argus
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J. DOYLE JONES
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Keep the Huns running!
'
On to Berlin is the rallying word!
Well, the atmosphere will be con
siderably cooler and clearer after the
11 has passed.
The Huns don’t seem to know ex
actly where they are going, but they
are looking for a way.
Speaking of hot political races, the
senatorial mix-up is not in it compar
ed to the race between Tom Watson
and Carl Vinson in the tenth district.
With nothing on the market stron
ger than Bevo, the defeated candi
dates will have a hard time “drown
ing” their sorrow’s the morning after.
“McAdoa says he is using the best
railroad brains in the country,” says
a headline. If that is so, why doesn’t
he put some of the soft snap fellows
to work?
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JEPTEMBER 6, JgTB
UNSOUND ARGUMENT
Thomas W. Hardwick, as well as
nearly every other prominent politi
cian, owes much of his success to
newspaper support. In the campaign
two years ago Mr. Hardwick was ac
corded splendid newspaper support
and he was mighty glad to get it. He
would be glad to have the newspa
pers on his side now. Regardless of
the present campaign, he will gain
nothing by abusing the press. Mr.
Hardwick is still a young man and
there will be other issues and other
campaigns. However, when Hardwick
says the newspapers are against him
because he voted to raise the second
class postage rate, he is mistaken.
As the newspapers have to pay more
postage they charge more fortheir
papers, and the cost, after all, comes
out of the public. But, of course, any
thinking person knows he is abusing
the newspapers for campaign pur
poses.
Scores and scores of newspapers,
daily as well as weekly, supported
Hardwick two years ago. They did it
from principle—not because they
were bought out. Since he adopted
an attitude of opposition and obstruc
tion, the newspapers, including his
own home paper in Sandersville, are
opposing his re-election.
The Progress-Argus did not sup
port Mr. Hardwick two years ago and
is not supporting him now. To this
extent, therefore, we are consistent.
It will be a cold day in August when
we support any man who manipulated
that steam roller convention in Macon
It is also not true that the newspa
pers receive dictation from any out
side source. At least, it is not true
with this paper. It makes no differ
ence to us what the Atlanta papers
think or do, we decide our own
course, dictate our own policy. We
refuse to be bought, bluffed, bulldo
zed or stampeded into supporting
any man or measure that we do not
think is right. There is no yoke big
enough to be fitted on our neck.
When Tom Hardwick was a strug
gling young lawyer he was glad to
have newspaper support. When he
was winning a name in the Georgia
legislature he did not scorn newspa
! per support and words of encourage
j ment. Neither did he refuse the sup
port of the press when he was running
' for congress and the United States
! senate, and he would not refuse it
now—lF HE COULD GET IT
NOW FOR THE PRIMARY
The ballots will fall next Wednes
day in one of the most important
elections held in Georgia since the
civil war. It has been a campaign
marked by bitterness, hard feelings
and rancor. All of the candidates
have said unkind, mean, hard things
about their opponents. A great mass
of voters, in which the Progress-Ar
gus heartily concurs, has not joined
in the stampede.
Many people, in spite of all the
smoke being raised, are keeping their
heads level and are having mighty
little to do with politics. There are
other things more worth while. If
each and every candidate now run
ning for United states senator were
to die suddenly, Georgia and the
country would move on in the same
way. The star s would not stop their
course and the sun would still rise in
the east and set in the west. The big
gest man among us is very little after
all.
So, regardless of who is nominated
if there is a nomination at all—
next Wednesday, Georgia will still
occupy a proud place in the galaxy
of states. We beieve it would be bet
ter to select a man of nroven conr
age, ability and experience and a man
of known patriotism and loyalty.
That is a matter, however, for the
voters to decide. If a mistake is
made, it will be the people’s mistake.
No one man has a corner on all the
loyalty and patriotism, neither is it
desirable to send an obstructionist
to the senate. To win the war is the
first consideration and to w’in the vr
requires team work among the lead
ers and lawmakers, as well as among
those w’ho serve in the ranks.
May the best equipped, most ex
perienced, most capable, most loyal,
most patriotic, most able candidate
win.
Says the Dawson News: “No par
ticularly good reason has yet been
advanced w’hy a congressman should
not pay income tax on his salary—
| or the president, either, for that mat
ter.”
And the News might have added,
postage on all mail matter, too.
It is doubtful if campaign speeches
sway many voters. Most people have
their minds already n cup and vote
as they see fit, in spite of oratory and
vuindjamming.
“Political grafter,” says candidate
Harris of J. R. Smith. “Political liar”
says J. R. Smith of candidate Harris.
Such terms of endearment are just
too cute for anything.
There is an abundance of hog and
hominy right here in God’s country.
The war can never seriously hurt a
farmer a s long as he raises his own
supplies and the people of B'atts
county have caught the spirit.
Hon. G. R. (“Rufe”) Hutchens is
dead. Mr. Hutchens was a well known
Georgian, and attained considerable
distinction as the manager of the Os
car Underwood campaign in Georgia.
He later ran for United States sena
tor.
What the average man would like
to see is more coal rolling into his bin
and fewer promises. When the ther
mometer is flirting with zero it takes
a very tolerant man to be patient with
the fuel administration’s “emergency
orders.”
In spite of the scarcity of paper,
the government has brought out a
150 page book on the button indus
try If everybody were as careless
with paper as the government news
papers would be reduced to the size of
postage stamps.
As soon as the primary of Septem
ber 11 i s over we expect “Bunk”
Cooper to announce for some thing
two years off. They have failed to
discover perpetual motion, but Bunk
is a perpetual candidate. He’ll run
till he dies and probably die running.
In the death of Richard W. Grubb,
editor of the Darien Gazette, Georgia
has lost one of its most unique and
useful newspaper workers. He had
been editor of the Gazette for more
than forty years. His views on all
questions were conservative, safe and
sound.
Cotton is vieing with the cost of
living in trying to reach he sky. The
crop will be a great real shorter than
many thought it would be a few weeks
ago. The dry weather has done un
told injury to the cotton crop in this
section and from appearances the
crop will soon be open and picked out.
Thousands of citizens in all parts
of the state are glad to know that
Governor Hugh Dorsey Commis
sioner of Agriculture J. J. Brown are
to be elected without opposition. Both
of these officials have given a good
account of themselves and are justly
entitled to an indorsement of their
administration.
No doubt a lot of time was lost
at first by the government in its
work of preparation. These differen
ces have been straightened out and it
is announced that we will have an
army of four million men in France
by next June. That is the way to win
the war. When vue get the Germans
on the run we must hit and hammer
them until they are thoroughly sick
and tired of war.
The Dawson News is thirty-six
years old. Without question, the
News is one of the neatest, most re
liable and ably edited papers in the
state. During the greater portion of
existence editor E. L. Rainey has
been in charge. If every weekly news
paper in Georgia could attain the
standard set and maintained by the
News the press of the state would be
infinitely richer and better. May con
tinued success and prosperity be the
portion of editor Rainey and his
splendid newspaper.
“Farmer” Jim Price has been heard,
from again. This time he is running
for railroad commissioner. He is now
head of the Georgia Experiment Sta
tion at Griffin. We don’t know just
why Mr. Price calls himself “farmer.”
He was not extremely friendly to the
farmers when commissioner of agri
culture It is to be sincerely hoped
that Hon. Volney Williams, of Way
cross, will be elected to this position.
He is a South Georgia man and South
Georgia is entitled to a place on the
railroad board. More than that, Mr.
Williams is able, experienced and
conservative and will make the state
a most worthy commissioner.
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OF COURSE THERE’LL BE NO
SUNDAY PLEASURE RIDING
An inquirer wants to know wheth
er this new rule about Sunday pleas
vfre riding is a “law or only a re
quest. Can I ride if I want to, or do
I have to keep my car in the garage,
whether I want to or not?”
No, friend, it is not a law. It is
only a request. If you go pleasure
riding on Sunday you will not be ar
rested, nobody will prosecute you,
and no charge will be lodged against
you. You can ride all day long if
you want to.
But you won’t want to. You will
soon find if you go pleasure riding,
that you are a mighty lonesome citi
zen. The chances are you’ will make
the interesting discovery that you
are the only pleasure rider on the
highway. If you will take the trouble
to make advance inquiries among
your friends and acquaintances you
will learn that they intend to put up
their cars Saturday night and leave
them in the garages until Monday
morning.
Just ask the average citizen who
is a car owner if he is going to use
his car Sunday for pleasure riding.
The chances are he will say something
like “What do. you take me for, a
slacker? Of course I’m not going to
use gasoline on Sunday.”
Of course not. Nobody is except
those who are exempted from the
operation of the new rule—doctors,
truck drivers whose business cannot
wait, undertakers and a few others.
The new gasoline rule is a war
measure. It is estimated that it will
save 8,000,000 gallons of gasoline
each Sunday—save it for war uses.
The economy is necessary. If it were
not necssary it would not be reques-
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public to observe it, because the pub
lic is loyal. And that’s all there is to
it, except failure to observe what is
presented as a request will immedi
ately call for its promulgation as an
unqualified order—probably with
some more restrictions added. —Alba-
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SOUTHERN AGENT IN JACKSON
HAS TENDERED RESIGNATION
Mr. S. D. Johnson Will Go With The
Southern Cotton Oil Company
Mr. S. D. Johnson, who has been
agent of the Southern Railway Sys
tem in Jackson for the past several
weeks, has tendered his resignation
and will move to Zebulon where he
has accepted a responsible position
with the Southern Cotton Oil Compa
ny. Mr. Johnson is an experienced
railroad man and his friends regret
to know that his work will remove
him from Jackson. It will probably
be several days yet before Mr. John
son is relieved. No announcement
has been made as to his successor.
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