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IN ADVANCE
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Merry Christmas to everybody.
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Now for the Poultry Show.
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Mail ’em early.
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Christmas giving then Christinas
bills.
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• Advertising does pay. Santa Claus
is known the world over.
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Unselfish Christmas giving brings
the greatest pleasure.
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Don’t complain of hard luck.
Think of the corkscrew manufac
turer.
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We suppose the newspapers that
uk “canned” editorials aiso have a
can opener.
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A lot of sleep has been lost re
cently over the cotton market. But
the dairy farmers are not complain
ing.
There are some slashing, knock
down and drag-out sales now going
on, judging by the exchanges. Some
of the headings are right amusing.
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With the football season over,
Thanksgiving out of the way and
the new Ford on display, the coun
try is all set for a right merry
Christmas.
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A co-operative creamery is to be
organized in Wilkes county. North
Georgia will fce full of creameries
in a few years. Butts county ought
to get in on the ground floor.
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Frera the rumblings now being
heard it seems that Georgia will
have plenty of politics next year.
I: is said that Governor Hardman
ar.d Eugene Talmadge, commissioa
e: of agriculture, will have opposi
tion. There is other political dope
going the rounds.
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Farm lands are selling below
their value. Not only is this true,
but farm lands are being gobbled
up by corporations, insurance com
panies and the government. Just
what * .nd of farming we will have
in the future the Progress-Argus is j
not sure. It is still a good time for
the young man to buy Georgia farm
lands.
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If the club members can produce
So to 40 bushels of corn per acre,
arid the average for the state is
hardly a third of that figure, then
it must be that club work is highly
profitable. Butts rountv club mem
bers had a good year in 1927 and
some splendid records were made.
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Several south Georgia counties
have already held primaries for
county officers. Counties in this
lection have fixed dates for their
primaries. An early primary is de
sirable and Butts county will proba
bly have her primary in the early
spring. A long-drawn out contest is
not desirable. Let’s nominate offi
cers then get down to a busy
constructive year.
| The Christmas zeal is an effective
weapon for better health conditions.
| The cost is so small that everybody
! car. have a part in helping to stamp
| out tuberculosis. The Christmas sea!
i was a happy inspiration.
The Progress-Argus believes tr.ero
i. c-ntirc-iy too much being said in
the papers about the prohibition
law. Like the weather, the prohibi
tion question bobs up on every oc
casion. What the country really
needs is more temperance and more
iaw enforcement of every descrip
tion.
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This is a good time for checking
up and taking stock. Have you done
..nv thing for the community? Have
you taken out more than you have
;,’jt back? What would your town
be if everybody were like you?
Have you ever thought of t'ntse
in ing .
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One of the things we have never
been able to understand is why the
railroads lend their encouragement
t< development of farming and live
lock and then go to court to keep
from paying their share of a coun
ty agent’s salary. They talk one
way and act another.
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Every now and then our city
friends rise up and celebrate a
• Georgia Product? Day.” Every
day ought to be a Georgia products
day. The farmers have new meal,
plenty of home-grown flour, syrup,
sausage, hams, spareribs and back
bone and the goose is hanging high.
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The man who lives his life in a
community and never has anything
spectacular to his credit often has
the greatest thing of all—character.
Character is lived and built day by
day and some of the finest char
acters the world ever had have never
done anything big or unusual.
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The Jackson Club Corporation
has set about in a determined way
the task of building a club house.
It is a laudable undertaking and
knowing the spirit behind these good
:adies, the success of the movement
is assured. People of the commun.-
generally will be glad to extend
as much help as possible.
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Since Georgia enacted a biennial
. ession law. the legislature to meet
.very two years—provided there are
no extra sessions—it occurs to us it
would be a good plan to elect our
representatives and senators for
four year terms. An experienced
legislator can do more for his con
stituents than anew man. This is
another thing that is worth looking
into.
TROUBLE IN THE “BUG”
DEPARTMENT
A considerable rumpus is being
kicked up in the agricultural de
partment concerning the State
D ard of Entomology. Off hand,
wc- would guess there is politics be
hind it all. With that the Progress-
Argus is not concerned.
If Georgia needs any one depart
ment, she vitally needs a strong
board of entomology. Bugs and in
sects of all kinds are increasing
year by year. For practically every
staple crop there is a destroying
} nsect —such as the corn borer, the
vetch worm, the boll weevill, etc.
To grow crops under present condi
tions the farmers should have a well
equipped, well organized board of
entomology to advise them how to
deal with the bug menace.
So far as humanly possible the
board of entomology should be taken
cut of politics. We need a board to
render service to the planters of the
state. We are not going to make
much progress without such a board.
Not only does Georgia need a
strong board of entomology, but
we need especially agences to foster
cow testing work, to keep the cat
| tie tick under control, to wipe out
' bovine tuberculosis.
The Georgia department of ag
riculture cannot do a better piece
of work than to help the farmers
control insect pests.
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THE JACKSON PRCGREi j-ARCUS. JAUKSON, GEORGIA
GREAT NEED FOR DAIRY DE
VELOPMENT IN THE SOUTH
That there is still much room for
aairy development in most of the
Southern States is clearly indicated
by some figures given out by the
North Carolina Extension Service.
It is shown that—
The American per capita con
sumption of fluid milk is 15.3 quarts
per month, and that North Carolina
produces only 4 2-5 quarts of milk
to be consumed as fluid milk per
capita per month.
The ice cream consumption in
America is 2 3-4 gallons per year
and North Carolina produces only
-7-10 gallons per capita.
The average American consumes
3 3-4 pounds of cheese per year and
only one-third of a pound per capita
per year is produced in North Caro
lina.
The per capita consumption in
America if butter is 17.1 pounds an
nually, North Carolina produces on
ly 6 2-5 pounds per capita per year.
Only a few of the other South
ern States produce as much of these
dairy' products as does North Caro
lina, and, therefore, most of them
are worse off in this respect than
North Carolina. Certainly these
things show that there are oppor
tunities in dairying in the South,
even when considered only from
the standpoint of supplying the de
mand in our own section.—The
Progressive Farmer.
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ORIGIN OF CHRISTMAS
The celebration of December 25
in memory of the birth of Christ
dates from the fifth century-, before
which time it was observed conjoint
ly with the feast of the Epiphany
on January- 6.
Inasmuch as the exact date of
Christ’s birth, or even the year, is
unknown, the annual observance is
in commemoration of the event
rather than as the anniversary of
its actual occurence.
The Christmas tree, now an al
most universal symbol, is derived
from the Egyptian use of a palm
branch of tw-elve shoots to signify
.he completed year, a custom which
prevailed long before the Christian
era. Its present significance is by
some thought to have originated in
Germany.
The use of evergreen decorations,
particuiary mistletoe, has been ob
served since the time of the Druids.
In the Middle Ages the festivities
incident to Christmas w-ere marked
by wildly hilarious proceedings.
These called forth remonstrances
from church authorities, who de
r
plored the tendency to stress the
festive rather than the serious sig
nificance of the Christmas season.
The mythical Santa Claus has
been known by many , names —Airis
Kringle, St. Nicholas. Knecht Ru
precht, Robin Goodfeilow. and oth
ers. In Germany an ugly- hunch
backed dwarf known as Grampus
was supposed to carry off naughty
children instead of rewarding them
with presents.
Although it draws its symbolism
from many- sources, both Christian
and pagan, Christmas remains one
of the most important and widely
observed festivals of the year—a
season of “Peace on Earth; Good
Will Toward Men.” —Exchange.
THE STATE’S CONVICT LABOR
The Thomasville Pres® wants the
state convicts, who are now appor
tioned to the counties, employed in
the construction of state highways.
In the opinion of the Press a sys
tem of state-wide highways could
be constructed much mors quickly
and economically with convict labor
than under the present plan; and
besides, says our Thomascilie con
temporary “many people believe
that but few counties are getting
proper results in return idt the
money spent on their respective
squads of convicts.”
For some time there liar, been
more or less discussion of the ad
visability of using the state s felons
to build the state's highways, and
while that sentiment has grown to
some extent there is grave doubt
if it is sufficiently strong t•> cause
serious consideration by the legisia-
ture, which would have to or act
new laws if the prese°t plan of
utilizing convict labor is changed.
Under a law which was passet.
by the legislature in 1924 two gangs
of convicts are now employed on
state road work. Th : s iaw pro’ Me?
that the highway deya; tn.ont may
organize gangs for ri.chv.iy \vi rk
from the quotas of counties that
do not use convict labo’ Two such
squads have been at worn several
years on state roads, mostly in
North Georgia. A splendid highway,
a considerable part of which has
just been completed through half
a dozen counties in the extreme
northern section of the state which
were without highway or railroad
facilities. During the winter months
the people of these counties were
completely- shut in, but now t’ney
have communication with the out
side world the year around. With
this highway completed, one of these
squad? is being moved to South
west Georgia and will grade the
Florida Short-route to the Terrell
county line.
There is no doubt that the work
ing of the convicts has become bur
densome to the counties. It has
practically bankrupted many of
them, and they are finding it diffi
cult to levy- taxes at rates suffi
ciently- high to defray- expenses.
Many counties have found it so un
profitable that they have abandoned
the use of convicts. There are now
thirty such counties in the state,
and the number is increasing every
year. Two weeks ago the grand
jury of Clay county recommended
that its convicts be returned to the
state, and other counties, including
some of the larger ones, are con
sidering a similar step.
In the course of time the question
of whether the convicts shall con
tinue to be apportioned to the coun
ties or employed on state highw-ays
will be an issue in Georgia. How
soon remains to be seen. —Dawson
News.
CHEAP SHOWS SHOULD BE
KEPT OUT
This season more than for a num
ber of years practically every com
munity in Georgia has been afflict
ted with a large number of carni
vals and other cheap shows. The
various towns and cities have it in
their power to place a tax that will
keep out these tawdry outfits, but
until the counties co-operate with
the towns and cities not much head
way' will be made in keeping out
these attractions. Any town or city
can tax these shows out of their
liipits, but until the counties co-op
erate these outfits can set up just
outside the corporate limits and do
business as usual.
The Progress-Argus would like to
see the county' commissioners of
Butts county' and the city authori
ties get together and work out a
plan to bar these cheap outfits,
that do no good, bring no worth
while entertainment, give nothing
uplifting or educational, but take
out of the community a lot of mon
ey. Such a plan, we feel sure, would
meet with the hearty' approval of
the citizens of the county.
The Albany Herald carries the
following editorial on the question
of carnivals:
Decision of the City Commission
to tax the tent shows amd carnival*
out of business has brought a good
deal of comment from state papers,
most of them voicing approval of
what has been done. The Dawson
News, one of our near neighbors,
notes that “Albany has banned car
nivals and tent theatricals. In the
opinion of The News that is a good
thing. The ‘attractions are never
helpful to a town."
Another neighbor, the Thomas
ville Times-Enterprise, has this to
say on the Albany authorities’ ac
tion:
“Albany was regarded in some
quarters as a wide open amusement
center. The fact that the carnival
license has been raised to five hun
dred dollars for a week’s perform
ance has caused quite a little com
ment. \
“In all fairness to the city of Al
bany this tax is proper. The surpris-
eld
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THE CIVILIZED NAN
of progress looks forward to next week,
next month, next year, ten years yence, or
to his OLD AGE. He provides for his needs
and desires, for emergencies, opportunities,
comforts and pleasures. He does it by in
dustry and steady saving.
Have You Started Your Savings Account Yet?
if not, let us taik it over with you,
JACKSON BANKING CO.
THE BANK OF F ERSONAL SERVICE
Member Federal Reserve System
m/
ing thing is that it has not been
made that amount long ere this.
Carnivals do very- little, if any,
good. They do create a business for
themselves at the expense of the
community and they do take aw-ay
a lot of cash whenever they are al
lowed to show.
“Their old time dodge is to get
the cooperation of some charitable
organization so that they- get the
price of the license, if they- are
lucky, and the city- gets nothing.
The carnival mops up and that is
all there is to it. Thomasville long
since rid itself of them in droves
and hordes such as they came here
years ago. They brought the ruin on
themselves by- tolerating and en-
Take-Off
Them Whiskers
You Ain’t Santa Claus
From the way their ads read you’d think
some of the present day tire dealers were going
to be unhappy the rest of their lives if they ac
cidentally sold you a tire at a profit.
We hate to be a kill-joy but that stuff is the
bunk. You know and we know that in the tire
business, as in any other business Christmas
only com os once a year.
Maybe we’re slow but we make no pretense
of being a philanthropist. We don’t try to tell
you we’re selling tires below cost, and we don’t
think you expect to buy them that way.
We sell Goodyear Tires. We sell them at a
fair margin of profit and we back them with
helpful, money saving tire service. And this
combination of quaiity plus service is keeping
our customers and constantly bringing us new
ones.
Next time a tire dealer offers you something
for nothing you just grin and tell him: “Take
off them whiskers, you ain’t Santa Claus.” Then
come around and let us sell you a Goodyear.
SETTLE AND ROBISON
JACKSON, GEORGIA
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1927
ccuraging a form of gambling or
lottery- that really- attracted the at
tention of the communities, other
wise not averse to the amusement
features. The carnival, however, can
not run without these concessions
and make a go of it.”
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