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Jackson Progress -Argn
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
J. DOYLE JONES
Editor tad P abliskor
Entered as second-class matter at
the post office at Jackson, Ga.
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IN ADVANCE
PROSPERITY
BUILDERS
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If not street paving now, when?
Paved streets, why not?
The weather coujrl be worse. It
could rain all the year.
Now for the Butts County Jubi
lee.
All waste is sin, says Th e Type
Metal Magazine. Stump speakers
Beem not to have found this out
Paved streets are better than
wading through the mud. Why not
do it now?
There is just a little bit of dan
ger in overdoing the tobncco acre
age in Georgia another reason.
There is no better time than the
present for Jackson to get busy
on street paving.
Christmas is less than three
months off. Ar e you in on this
broadcasting game, Mr. Business
man?
You can take a dollar bill and
completely cover the public spirit
of a lot of men who pose as high
lights.
It always seems that just as soon
as supply catches up with demand,
demand begins to play hide and
reek, says The Type Metal Maga
zine.
Will ther e be something green
growing on your farm this win
ter? Soil improvement is improtant
as well as the growing of plenty
of cheap feed.
Georgians seem to be going about
fighting the boll weevil in th* right
direction through a systematic cam
paign of stalk destruction. This is
a movement that will pay spod re
turns.
During the war there were a lot
of "dollar patriots,” men who work
ed for the government for one dol
lar per year. That proved very ex
pensive to the taxpayers and the
’country is now paying for this
'extravagance. We always get what
we pay for.
This is the season of county and
district and state fairs. Each and
every one of them is “the best
ever." Georgia is (growing all along
the line and the fairs are educa
tional and worth while.
Law enforcement of all kinds is
largely a matter of education. Edu
cation of the right type will solve
all the ill* to which the flesh is
heir to—provided they are solved
at all. Education is more important
in law enforcement than all the
'“Shalt note” ever put on the statut e
books.
The county commissioner of
Monroe county hav e set aside a
three mill levy for the support of
the public schools. This, with the
regular school levy of 5 mills, will
enabl e the public schools of that
county to operate nine months in
the year. iMonroe county could do
that because the county is out of
debt.
The majority of Gtorgia’s so
called hard surface roads are a
huge joke when it rains. We have
been building good weather roads
but when put to th e test the high
ways fall down completely. Geor
gians are expending immense sums
of money in th e name of good roads
but they are not getting their
money’s worth. Paved highways
are needed throughout the state and
this type of road will prove cheap
est in the long run.
LEND US YOUR WINCHESTER
The editor of a Kansas paper
states that he borrowed a Winchester
rifle recently, and started up the
street to deliver the weapon to its
owner. The delinquent subscribers
got it into their heads that he was
on the warpath and every one ha
met insisted on paying what he owed
him. On e man wiped out a dept of
many months’ standing. On his re
turn to his office he found a load
of hay, fifteen bushels of corn, ten
bushels of apples, twenty-two bushels
of potatoes, a cord of wood and a
barrel of molasses that had been
brought in. All the coun‘ry editors
are trying to borrow winchesters. —
Winder News.
HIGH PRICES OF CLOTHING
BRING BUYERS STRIKE
Refusal of the public to buy cloth
ing at the profiteering prices exact
ed by the beneficiaries of th e Ford
ney-McCumber tariff eyplains the
present depression in the textile in
dustry and the unemployment and
-uffering, of thousands of workers in
New York and New England.
An expert on the staff of the New
York Times writes:
“The indisposition of people here
(in thg United States) to submit to
higher cost of clothing has had much
to do with curtailing the operation
of mills. Thus far sales of men’s
wear fabrics for spring hav e been
\er halting. The general impres
sion is that prices will show com
paratively few changes from those
of la*st season.”
Thus ij appears that while the
wage of textile workers are to be
cut the prices which consumers are
asked to pay are to be as high as
thos e of last season. The prices of
last season were higher than those
in effect before th e Fordney-McCum
ber profiteer’s tariff was enacted.
SHORT AT BOTH ENDS
Paris is announcing- that the
“bobbed hair” craze has reach
ed its crest and will shortly be
gin to recede, going out even
faster than it came in. Maybe
so, and it may be hastened by
the knowledge of the fact that
the prize beauties of the season,
notably th 18-year-old national
prize winner of California, wear
long hair. It is suggested that
this change of mind has come
about because “mer e men” per
mitted it to be a matter of
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-AR6JD3, JACKSON, GEORGIA.
choice and made no complaints
•—hair, long or ejvort. Women
are said to b e perverse in their
predilections Chattanooga
Times.
Bobbed hair may be on the
wane, and Paris may be able
to abolish it with an imperial
fashion ukase, but with the short
skirt it is our opinion that short
hair is somewhat of a perman
ency with many.—Dalton Citi
zen.
If the dear things want to wear
it short at both ends we don’t see
what mere man is going to do about
it.
ONE REASON FOR HIGH TAX
When every citizen in the land
haa to dig down in his jeans for
one-twelfth of the salary of a govern
ment employe, it is not surprising
that taxes are high and the burdens
of government heavy, which causes
The Dawson News to remark: “No
wonder the man who works for a
living and pays the taxes is having
a hard time of it. There are 2,700,-
000 employee on the pay rolls of
the federal and local governments in
th e United States, and 700,000 for
mer employes drawing pensions.
Every group of twelve citizens
having jobs is supporting one citi
zen in government capacity.’’—Tifton
Gazette.
WHY WAIT LONGER?
The question of paving the streets
of Jackson has been agitated for
s considerable time. Facts and figures
have been secured and the cost has
been ascertained. The state and
federal highway departments co-op
erating will pay part of the ex
penses of any paving project the
citizens of Jackson approve.
This being the case, why deLay
the matter further? Th e need for
this improvement is apparent. All are
agreed on that point. Ther e is no
lack of interest on the part of the
citizens. They are eager to partici
pate in the paving; project and will
be glad to pay their part of the cost.
The city charter has been amended,
giving the city the power to assess
abutting property owners to pay for
street paving. The city would be
required to expend but a small sum,
since the highway department and
the abutting property owpers would
pay the largest part of paving.
Why flounder around in the mud
any longer? There is no improvement
that Jackson could make that would
be worth more than paved streets.
Progressive town'-i all around us are
paving their streets. Shall Jackson
be left in the background?
Let’s (get busy on this street
paving proposition and do it now.
COMPARATIVE TAX RATES
We complain—and sometimes quits
justly of the burden of taxation, but
Prof. H. S. Dubbs, of the University
of North Carolina, has complied
statistics showing that out of the
fifteen states of the Union having
the lowest tax rates, fourteen are
in the Southern states, while among
these only, three states, namely,
South Carolina, Arkansas and Alaba
ma have a lower tax burden per
capita than prevails in Georgia. T*he
rank, state and per capita tax is
worth presenting in full:
1 Nevada $82.09
2. Oregon 61.54
3. California 59.86
4. Arizona 58.76
5. New York 57.53
.6. Rhode Island * 55.17
7. Washington 54.80
8. Massachusetts 54.37
9. Minnesota 53.40
10. Colorado 52.82
11. lowa 52.72
12. Michigan 51.44
13. South Dakota 50.07
14. New Jersey 49.01
15. Wisconsin 47.48
16. North Dakota 47.05
17. Nebraska 46.02
18. Wyomin® 4601
19. Ohio 45.62
20. Connecticut! 45.22
21. Montana 45.04
22. Indiana 43.69
23. New Hampshir e 43.48
24. Kansas 42.62
25. Utah 41.45
26. Illinois 40.78
27. Maine 36.35
29. Florida 36.32’
29. Vermont 34.29
30. Pennsylvania 84.04
81. New Mexico 81.92
32. Delaware 31.60
33. Maryland 31.47
34. Louisiana 29.20
36. Missouri 29.06
36. West Virginia 28.11
37. Oklahoma 26.01
38. Texas 22.76
39. Mississippi 21.60
40. Virginia 19.78
41. Kentucky 19.40
42. Tennessee 1867
43. North Carolina 18.01
44. Georgia 14.89
48. South Carolina 14.15
46. Arkansas 13.91
47. Alabama 12.82
These figures ar e especially signi
ficant, not only from a general in
dustrial and economic standpoint, but
also because it is election year and
the people of the country will be
'called upon in November to express
their presidential choice.
GEORGIA WILL HAVE A
DAIRY EXHIBIT AT SHOW
STATE’S RESOURCES WILL BE
ADVERTISED AT NATIONAL
DAIRY SHOW TO BE HELD IN
WILWAUKEE
To advertre the opportunities
for dairy farmers throughout the
country, the Georgia association has
arranged for exhibit space at the
National Dairy show, to be held at
Milwaukee, Wis., September 29 to
October 4, where the leadin® dairy
battle breeder and dairy farmers
of the United States will gather,
it has been announced.
A stock-judging team, composed
of Dennis Reynolds, George Leard,
Julius Burns and William Rey, win
ners of the state contest, from the
Hartwell Vocational school, accom
panied by L. E. Hemrick, agricul
tural teacher, and three members of
the Georgia Calf Club for Boys, se
lected in a similar competitive con
test and trained under the direction
of county agents, will attend the
dairy show. The calf club members
are Rucker Ransom, of Kingston;
Burney Roquemore, of Mansfield,
and Burton Reid, of Cordele. They
will go to Milwaukee a guests of
the Georgia Kiwanis club
Many Georgia exhibits will be
taken to the show, at which space
for the displays has been reserved.
Dr. M. P. Jarnagin, of the Georgia
Agricultural college, is general
chairman of the exhibits, which are
being planned by Guy W. Firor,
county agent, at Montezuma.
Mr. Firor has for years been in
charge of the state college exhibits
at the Southeastern fair. He is be
ing assisted by L. (M. Sheffer,
superintendent of agriculture for
the Georgia state board for voca
tional education.
Th e exhibit committee which met
recently in Atlnta to make final
plans, decided to include an exhibit
of all dairy products and a full line
of dairy meals from all the legumin
ous crops produced in Georgia, as
well as alfalfa, corn, cotton, wheat,
oats, fourteen of Georgia’s leading
forage crops, and the common suc
culent feeds for dairy cows.
Attractive photographs of high
producing cows from such outstand
ing herds as the Guerseys of Dr.
Rawlings, of Sanderville; Judge
John S. Candler, of Atlanta, and B.
H. Hooks, of Marietta, and the Jer
seys and Holsteins at the agricul
tural college will be shown.
A regional soil chart of Georgia
will show the adaption of various
soils types to certain feed and for
age crops, ee well as the location
of cheese factories, creameries and
pure-bred herds in the state. The
Georgia association's cow-hog-hen
program and its plans of land settle
ment and community and county
organization will also be disp’ayed
and attractive eharts and literature,
not only of the Georgia association,
but of chambers of commerce and
from various counties that are mem
bers of the association, will be
distributed from the Georgia booth
by someon e who will take names
and addresses and furnish detailed
0^ HiHppjpF
There was a time when all the writing in the world had
to be done with a goose quill. There was no better method
of writing known. Y@u would consider any man foolish
who attempted to write with a goose quill now when he can
get a typewriter.
There was a time„ when every person had to keep his
money concealed about hi home or person, There was no
better method of caring for money known. Now every
Community is supplied with a good bank. Don’t try to usa
a goose quill in competition w’ith a typewriter. Come in
and talk it over.
INTEREST PAID ON TIME CERTIFICATES
Farmers 6 Merchants Bank
The Cow, the Sow, and the Hen keep steady cash coming in.
information to visitors making in
quiries.
In this connection officials of the
the newspaper to announce that
Georgia association have requested
eVery farmer, business man or civic
organization in Georgia, having out
standing samples of merit of any
bay or feed or any first-class photo
graphs of pastures or crops, shall
forward the same befor e September
22 to Guy W. Firor, care of State
College of Agriculture, Athens,
where the exhibit will be assembled
and shipped not later than Septem
ber 24.
DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE ALWAYS WINS
ON NOVEMBER 4
As the popularity of John W.
Davis spreads throughout the coun
try there is a growing interest in
the historical fact that since the
birth of the Democratic party every
Democratic presidential candidate
nominated in a year having Novem
ber 4 as election day has been elect
ed. This began with the election of
Jackson in 1828 and was repeated
’in 1856,1884, and 1912, the respec
tive years in which Buchanan,
Cleveland, and Wilsen were elected.
THOUSANDS NEGROES
IDLE IN THE NORTH
MANY ARE REPORTED PENNI
LESS AND FACE A LONG WIN
TER OF MUCH SUFFERING
AND HARDSHIPS.
Several northern cities are wrest
ling with the problem of prevent
ing more southern negroes moving
to them under the mistaken impres
sion that work is plentiful and
wages good in the north, it is
pointed out by railroad passenger
agents. In most of the cities of the
north, reports received here state,
there are already thousands of idle
negroes, most of them recent ar-
p®S|S
PLANT STARK’S ORIGINAL TREE STRAIN
Whole Root Trees
Unreliable nurseries usually offer great bargains. Cheap in price
usually means cheap in grade and a poor grade tree is worse than none
as it will be a disappointment all through its life—if it lives. Stick to
well-known varieties, but try anew variety if its reputation is good.
Special Prices on Demonstration Orchards
of 250 trees or more
Also Home Orchards^
J. B. GUTHRIE REALTY CO.
Harkoess Building Jackson, Georgia
FRIDAY OCTOBER 3, 1924
rivals from th e south and nearly all
of them will become public charges
during the winter, with inevitable
suffering on the part of many.
Misled By False Promises
v “For southern negroes to con
sider joining the many already in
the north and thus aggrevating the
situation as well as facing almost
certain distress and disappointment
is folly,” said a well-known railroad
passenger agent. “Yet evidently
some, perhaps many, are planning
this when the cotton picking sea
son in the south ends and they
have the money for the trip north.
The trip back south again, a trip
almost of them soon will wish to
make, will b e mueh more difficult
to arrange, for those who go north
soon find the promise of work a
false one and when their money is
exhausted, which is very soon after
arrival, they are helpless and pow
erless to return again to their
gouthern homes.”
Last winter white people in Geor
,‘gja contributed generously to bring
back a large number of negroes who
had gone fro m the state to northern
cities.
SUNDAY WILL BE RALLY
DAY IN PRESBYTERIAN S. S.
An Interesting Program Being Ar
ranged by The Ladies
Sunday, October 5, will b e ob
served as Rally Day in the Presby
terian Sunday School. The ladies
of the church are arranging an in
teresting program for the occasion.
A full attendance of the members
is requested at that time.
“COLD fly T THE HEAD”
is an a cut* attack of Nasal Catarrh.
Those subject to frequent "colds’* are
generally In a "run down" condition.
HALL’S CATARRH MEDICINE Is a
Treatment consisting of an Ointment, to
be used locally, and a Tonic, which acts
Quickly through the Blood on the Mu
cous Surfaces, building up the System,
and making you less liable to "colds.’’
Sold by druggists for over 40 Years.
F. J. Cheney & Cos., Toledo, O.