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Jackson Progress • Arps
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
J. DOYLE JONES
Editor and F abliahar
Entered an second-class matter at
the post office at Jackson, Ga.
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SPECIAL NOTICE
Cards of thanks, r e s°lutions, obit
uary notices and all entertainment!
Indifference, as has been pointed
out before, is the great curse of the
hour. You find in the church and
Sunday school in civic clubs and busi
ness life a dispositon to let “George
do it." Every citizen has certain
duties to perform and he cannot es
cape these responsibilities.
Georgia is getting “fresh” money
through the shipments of watermel
ons and peaches. Just a little later
the tobacco crop will bring in addi
tional cash, all to the benefit of
busness. Just a little thea lon go -t
business. When Georgiu has cash
mowing in twelve months in the year
the state will lead the procession.
Congressman Sam Rutherford, of
Forsyth, will be returned to his
present seat without opposition. He
will go buck to congress with the
people of his district solidly behind
him. This should be worth much to
Mr. Rutherford in his determina
tion to serve his constituents with
one hundred percent efficiency:
It would be better, much better,
for the towns, counties and the
state if the present taxable values j
were doubled and the tux rate cut i
in half. Some of the property is
returned ridiculously low and the
the rates are entirely too high. We
are not getting anywhere under the
present system and one real trouble
is to get ilie people to make any re
turn at all.
Never before in the history of
the country has there been such a
movement to the open spaces. Peo
ple in the great crowded cities must
have breathing space, and hence
great parks are provided. Large or
small the town or city that fails to
provide parks and playgrounds is
making a serious mistake. The
people of Jackson might well give
this matter consideration.
The great power mergers will be
in Vain unless electric lights and
power are made available to the
farmers. This is a great develop
ment that ought to take place in the
immediate future. Water power is
a God given right and the rural
dweller is as much entitled to the
benefits and cbmforts of light and
power as the man in town.
All his life the writer has heard
considerable discussion about the
“middle man" and the profit he takes.
There is certainly a wide spread be-:
tween the producer ann the ulti
mate conusmer. Co-operative mar
keting is not a cure-all but is a step
in the right direction. Great re
forms have been brought about
through co-operative buying and sell
ing, but there is still much to be done
before the system is perfected. Co
operative marketing is a great
movement and is worthy of the se
rious consideration of every farm
er, banker, business and profession
al man.
The cotton flea has thrown a
scare into many cotton growers in
many parts of the state. Many e\
perienced growers point out this pest
has been here for years, and is
worse this season because conditions
are favorable for its spread. There
has never been a cotton crop plant
ed and harvested without something
to be alarmed over. Every man who
has the best interest ofthe state at
heart hopes the flea damage will not
be serious and that Georgia will be
blessed this year with a good cotton
crop at good prices. It will help all
business greatly.
| W. Trox Bankston has sold the
Covington News to Dr. C. L. Snow
den, of Madison, Fla. Mr. Bankston
is one of the best known editors in
the state and formerly owned the
West Point News. He has been in
Covington for the past two and a
half years and has made the News
a splendid paper. His friends will
be interested in his future plans.
The state is being blessed with re
freshing rains and the crop pros
are the best in years. Many who
feared a repitition of the disastrous
drought of 1 ast year are now con
vinced Gerogia is in for a bumper
crop corn, hay, peas, potatoes, etc.,
and a fair crop of cotton. If agri
cultural production turns out as
expected it will mean renewed life
and hope fo r the people of the whole
state.
The Progress-Argus long since
learned it is not what candidates
promise to do, but what the people
actually do for themselves that
counts. So we will lose no sleep
over the present campaign. The
sun will rise in the east and set in
the west regardless of who is elected.
But it is important to keep plugging
away for the everlasting good of
Georgia.
Georgia’s wonderful grain crop
has given the state some much needed
and desirable publicity. Georgia
possesses wonderful grain land, as
the phenominal yields this season
will attest. All iniedations at this
time point to a largely increased
acreage this fall. Georgia is well
on the way towards making its agri-,
culture self-sustaining.
Splendid results were obtained the
past season by planting cover crops
along the highways. The tourists
were impressed with Georgia’s pos
sibilities as u grain state. Another
large grain crop will be planted this
fall and hundreds of acres will be
seeded to vetch and other cover
These crops, wherever prac
ticable, should be planted on the
highways, thus attracting the atten
tion of thousands of strangers pass
ing through our borders. It is
worth while advertising.
The political campaign is on. The
Progress-Argus hopes nobody will
get excited, but that* the people of
the state will ever keep in mind they
can do more for themselves than the
candidates can do for them. Just now
the press is trying to arouse inter-!
est in a state-wide advertising cam- '
paign. This should be pushed vigor
ously and politics should not be al
lowed to hinder this great program.
The advertiisng now being done in j
Georgia will bear wonderful fruit.;
Georgia is ripe for great growth and'
development. Let’s keep batting the
ball for Georgia.
A DRINK WITHOUT A KICK |
“Pass the milk,” says a writer ir.
the Noblesville Ledger, and speaks
up for it in a recent article as fol-'
lows:
“Some iconoclast is arguing
against the use of milk as a diet
for the reason that milk drinkers
get the brains of a cow. If that be
true, then let the drinking of milk
proceed, for the cow has more sense
than is credited to her. She tends
to her own business, and chews her
own cud, she gives her own milk,
and fights for he r own calf, she
serves the people most acceptably. I
She is just about the most worth
while possession that any family
can have. She is the greatest neces
sity in the life of k a country that
can be provided—she’s a real lux
ury!"
A LITTLE WORK WOULD HELP
In ths day of the automobile, golf
course and six nights a week bridge
parties, it does not seem that a lit
tle old-fashioned hard work might/
be a wonderful benefit. It is not
uncommon to see 30,000 people
watching a baseball game on a mid
week afternoon. Call on 12 business
men any day in the week and see
how many of them you will find
in their offices if the weather is
nice and the golf course near at
hand.
We know that “ail work and no
play makes Jack a dull boy," but
what about all play and no work?
Work really is wonderful fum. It i‘
the most interesting game you play.
The man who enjoys his work soon
works himself up to a higher posi
tion. The man who would rather play
than work will eventually pay the
terrible price that a failure must
play.
Your ultimate success and inde
pendence depends largely on the
way you look at work. If you con
sider work as somethin** to be shun
ned as much as possible you will
land in one of two positions—an
inmate of the poor house or a pau
per supported by some member of
your familv who w willing to work.
—Middle Georgia.
JACKSON PROGRESS-A RGUS, JACKSON GEORGIA
GETTING OUR GOAT
I The Jackson Progress-Argus pub
' lished in Butts county, says a recent
Western visitor suggests that Butts
county farmers could get rich rais-
ing goats for the market. Does
i s und to reason that nowhere else in
the world would a billygoat thrive
better than in Butts county.—Dal
ton Citizen.
THEM'S OUR SENTIMENTS TOO
Butts county very vitally needs
a chamber of commerce or some
organization through which the bus
iness men can give unified expres
sion to their purposes and pro
grams. What is everybody’s busi
ness is nobody’s business, and any
community without a board of
trade or chamber of commerce can
not posssibly make the progress it
should. —Jackson Progress-Argus.
Henry county, as well as Butts,
stands in need of a trade body. Why
not have it now that we are seeking
to invite industry? We have what we
want when we want it bad enough.
—McDonough Advertiser.
THE LIGHT PLANT PROBLEM
The Jackson Progress-Argus notes
that the south Georgia towns are
selling their light plants to large
power companies, and adds: “This
may or may not be the wise thing
to do. The people interested must
solve this problem for themselves,,
but certain it is that there is no
longer any reason to be afraid of
‘big business.’ The tendency is to-j
ward centralization. Big business in-
terests realize that they must ren
der service, and this they are pre
pared to do more efficiently and
economically than individuals or
even municipalities.”
The authorities of Dawson have
just closed a deal whereby one of
the large power companies operat
ing in this section will take over
the municipal plant, with the re
sult that the city will have a super
abundance of power at rates much
less than electricity is now' furnish
ed by the local plant. It places
Dawson in a position to compete
with other towns for industrial
terprises, and should add to the up
building of the community. An
overwhelming majority of citizens
approve tb e action of the mayor
and council in taking this forward
step.—Dawson News.
FOOD CROPS CAME FIRST
The first settlers of this
country did not seek to plant
money crops, but lodked after
the production of necessary
food and feed crops. At that
time all of the farmers com
bined did not produce as many
bales of cotton as is now gather
ed on some of the large farms,
as it was before the gins were
invented, and the lint had to be
separated from the seed by
hand. And yet they prospered
because they' produced what
they needed, and had very lit
tle need of money. The same
thing can be 'done today. The 14
necessary for food and feed
farmers who produce what is
are the only ones who prosper.
—Sandersvalle Progress.
•We have fallen into the habit of
late years of trying to raise cotton
to be sold to buy meat, lard, hay
floui*, corn and other things that
should be grow r n at home. The
South will never prosper until it
places first things first —the grow
ing of plenty of home supplies for
man and beast. When this is done,
as it was done by the early settlers
of the country, we will not need
so much cotton. Then the cotton boll
weevil, the cotton flea and other in
sects will not cause so much worry.
THE COUNTRY NEWSPAPER
I am the country newspaper.
I am the friend of the family,
the bringer of tidings from other
friends; I speak to the home in the
evening of summer’s vine-clad porch
or the glow of winter’s lamp.
I help to make the evening hour;
I record the great and the small,
the varied acts of the days and
weeks that go to make up life.
I am for and of the home; I fol
low those who leave humble begin
nings. Whether they go to great
ness or to the gutter. I take to them
the thrill of old days, with whole
some messages.
I speak the language of the com
mon man; my words are fitted to
his understanding. My congregation
is larger than that of any church
in my town; my readers are more
than those in the school. Young and
old alike find in me stimulation, in
struction. entertainment. inspira
tion. solace, comfort. I am the
chronicler of birth and love and
death—the three great facts of
man’s existence.
I bring together buyer and seller,
to the benefit of both; I am part
of the market place of fbe world.
Into the home I carry word of the
goods which clothe and feed and
shelter, and which minister to com
fort. health and happiness.
I am the word of the week, the
history of the year, the record of
my community in the archives of
state and nation.
I am the country newspaper.—
Bristow Adams in Canton Sentinel.
WEALTH IN UNITED STATES
It almost makes a citizen feel
rich just to read the figures of our
national wealth given _ out by the
federal trade commission. The com
mission has only got as far as 1923,
and the nation is now doubtless
worth many millions more than it
was three years ago, but the esti
mate for that year is ample. It
shows a total wealth in this country
of $593,000,000,000, with a national
income of $70,000,000,000.
If this estimate is any where near
correct it means that the average
wealth per capita in the United
States is about $5,000. If the aver
age family includes 5 persons this
means $25,000 per family.
If yours is an average family.
then, as regards the distribution of
wealth, you are worth $25,000. And
if your holdings are divided in the
average way you have about $lO,-
000 worth of real estate. That’s in
teresting to check up on.—Fitzger
ald Leader.
GEORGIA AS WEALTH CENTER
Georgia, the workshop of the
great Sonny South.
Geeorgia, the supply depot of the
South.
Georgia, the reservoir of finance.
Georgia, the ideal climatic spot
of the South.
Georgia, the lend of beauty—
hey mountains and valleys and gol
den sunshine.
Georgia, the textile center of the
world.
Georgia, the mineral bed of the
nation.
Geogria, the water power and
electrical generator of the south.
Georgia, the market basket of di
versified crops.
Georgia, the educational rente r of
the South.
Georgia, the music and art center
of the South.
Georgia, the home owning center
of the South.
Georgia, the land of opportunity
with its great potentialities, be
speaking wealth and opportunity
and employment not only for its
present citizenry, but for the home
seekers an dinvestors throughout the
country.
Georgia, where progress, pros
perity and opportunity are flowing
in full measure to all who come and
work—their reward in proportion
to their energy and investment.
And upon all of its past achieve
ments, advancement and its future:
progress and prosperity. Georgia j
has been, still is and forever will be,
dependent upon its great transpor
tation facilities.—The Atlanta Geor-'
gian.
THE SPIRIT OF THE HOUSE
It isn’t the chairs and the books and
the things,
Or the picture that hang on the
walls.
And it isn’t the bird, although gayly
he sings,
It’s the laughter that rings in the
halls.
It’s the smile on the face of the
mother at night,
And the joy in the little one’s eyes
And our love for each other with all
its delight.
That makes up the home that we
prize.
The house is just mortar and stone
in itself,
And the fireplace like all of its kind
There isn’t a window or door or a
, shelf
But many just like it you’ll find
But the home is endowed with a
spirit that’s rich
And the commonest nook is aglow
With the love and devotion and ten
derness which, I
Makes sacred the home that we know
There are many who costlier fur-|
nishings own,
And many with treasures we miss.
But nowhere for us is such happiness
known—
There dwell our contentment and
bless,
And we envy no mortal his station or
place,
For our home is blessed by an infi
nite grace
And enriched by the spirit that’s
there.
-—EDGAR A. GUEST
ERUNSWICK TO SHIP 1.000
CARS QUALITY TOMATOES
Brunswick. Ga. —Between 750 and
1,000 cars of tomatoes are expected
to be shipped from Brunswick dur
ing the next few weeks, making
the fourth commercial tomato crop
shipped from this section. The move
ment began last week with first
shipmetns going to New York by
steamers. Prices have been high,
and crop conditions are excellent
for them, 300 acres in this territory.
Much of the crop is bought bv the
Campbell Soup Company under con
tract. Besides tomatoes this section
also ships okra, beans and other
vegetables for soup, and lettuce.
No arch is finished or will stand up without a keystone.
The whole life and success of the arch depend upon the
soundness and the sustaining quality of the keystone.
It is the same in business. Everything depend upon the
keystone and that keystone is ycur bank account.
See to it that you have a good solid keystone in your
business arch. If you do, it will stand the storms
Our Bank invites your business.
INTEREST PAID ON TIME CERTIFICATES
Farmers 6 Merchants Bank
MONDAY, JULY FIFTH, WILL BE
OBSERVED AS HOLIDAY IN CITY
AIL BUSINESS
HOUSES CLOSE
USUAL CUSTOM WILL BE FOL
LOWED. POST OFFICE AND
CARRIERS TO HAVE LEGAL
HOLIDAY.
Monday, July 5, will be observed
as a holiday in Jackson, and all the
banks and business houses will close
for the ayd This is an established
custom here, and while no formal
agreement has been signed it is un
derstood among the business men
that the day will be observed as a
holiday.
The post office and rural carriers
will have a legal holiday. Mails will
be received and dispatched as usual.
The carriers will not make their
rounds Monday.
The banks will likewise close Mon
day.
July 4 falls onSunday this year
and the next day Will be generally
observed throughout the state as a
This Is the Story
oS Concrete Streets
in Macon
Macon, Georgia, is one of the
best paved cities in America. It
took its first stride toward this
goal in 1912, when it invested in
40,000 square yards of concrete
street paving.
Three years later a contract was
let for 200,000 square yards more.
Macon has shown its preference for
concrete each year since by building
more concrete streets both in business
and residential sections.
Many of these pavements have been
subjected to heavy and continuous
tr;.iSc. All of them are in fine condi
tion and have required almost no
maintenance. Think what that means
in money saved for Macon property
owners.
What concrete streets have done
for Macon they will do for any city
or town.
All of the facts are in our
•free booklet on “Concrete
Streets." Ash for your copy.
PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION
Hurt Building
ATLANTA. GA.
A National Organization to
Improve and Extend the Uses of Concrete
Offices in 31 Cities
FRIDAY, JULY 2, 19 26
holiday.
No program has been arranged
locally, but the day will welcomed
as one of rest and recreation and is
being looked forward to with inter
est.
OLD PAPERS FOR SALE AT
THIS OFFICE.
Before Baby Comes
JUST how to ease much unnecessary suffer
ing for yourself is one of the most im
portant things in the
Atlanta, Ga., for free Booklet (sent in plain
envelope) telling many things every expect
ant mother should know. Friend’
is sold at all good drug stores. Begin now and
you will realize the wisdom of doing so as tna
weeks roll by!
Concrete is the aristocrat
of pavements