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Jackson Progress - Argus
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J. DOYLE JONES
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the Post Office at Jackson, Ga.
TELEPHONE NO. 166
OFFICIAL ORGAN BUTTS COUN
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If we are to be inflicted with
knockers they ought to be put under
the NRA.
A still captured in Henry county
was displaying the NRA sign. That
about makes it unanimous.
The business revival is promised
later in the fall. That is encouraging.
Better late than not at all.
Tax paying time used to come in
the fall. Now it is a year-around
buisness and before one tax claim
is settled another is due.
Those West Indian hurricanes are
r.bout as frequent as Cuban revolu
tions. Glad that Savannah escaped
last week’s threatened storm.
The government promises to speed
up the opening of closed banks.
1 hat’s what the people have been
wanting to hear. Let ’er rip.
The relief administration is said
to stand pat on paying thirty cents
an hour to the unemployed. Cotton
pickers are looking and listening.
Kidnaping can be made mighty un
popular in the South if all the courts
act with the vigor and promptness
that was manifested in Atlanta.
“When will my cotton check
come?" is now one of the main
topics of discussion among the rank
and file of cotton growers here
abouts.
Fox hunting is to be revived on a
big scale and Monticello is to enter
tain the state association in October.
It is wonderful sport, clean, whole
some and thrilling.
Some of the banka are said to be
*< liquid they are dripping, but cred
it has not eased up. Credit expansion
is one of the things the country
needs to restore better conditions.
Spulding county reports the death
of its last Confederate Veteran. The
number is growing small in many
counties. Butts county has some four
or five Confederate soldiers at this
time.
The Cobb County Times of last
week reported that three hundred
cotton checks had been received in
Cobb county. If Butts county could
get that many cotton checks we
would stage a celebration of some
kind.
The delay in mailing out cotton
•hecks is inexcusable. It is another
example of government red tape.
Too many of the eight-hour boys are
trying to fill big jobs in Washington
and are being paid far more than
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they are worth.
The main purpose behind the soil
improvement program, as we under
stand it, is to get Georgia farmers
tt make their farms supporting as
relates to food and feed crops. The
state is still spending too much cot
ton money for meat, wheat, oats,
corn, lard, hay, etc., grown in other
states.
Members of the Henry County
Democratic Executive Committee
reared up on their respective hind
legs and entered a protest at the
appointment on the state committee
of one known nominally as a Repub
lican. The protest is timely. The
Progress-Argus is old fashioned
enough to believe that those who
bolt the party ought to be shut out
from further participation in the af
fairs of the party.
The state commission is getting
plenty of suggestions as to where to
spend the ten million dollars Uncle
Sam presented Georgia. It would
probably take fifty million to satis
fy all those'who want highways- -
and want them now.
A good deal of publicity has been
given to the announcement that
Georgia schools would open this .fall-
Who ever doubted they would open?
Certainly nobody but the propa
gandist. Times may be hard but peo
ple are willing to sacrifice for their
children.
The old time fair that relied prin
cipally on cheap shows to furnish
the entertainment and instruction :
about extinct and justly so. Educa
tion is now the keynote at the fair,
whether county or state or regional.
The fairs to be held in Georgia this
year will be educational fairs, and
while tawdry shows may be in evi
dence, they will not be the main at
traction.
If the NRA can do anything about
profiteering it is tinye a start was
made. The public is paying a pretty
penny for what it buys and the curi
ous thing about it the producer is
not getting anything for what he
sells. The in-betweens are getting too
much for the service performed. It
is true of cotton, wheat, hogs, beef
cattle, poultry, eggs, dairy products
and everything else that a farmer
grows or produces.
A house divided against itself can |
not stand. Neither can this country
have one standard for government
workers and those employed in in
dustry and another standard for ag
ricultural workers. Farmers must be
granted shorter hours and given
more for what they produce or a
nation-wide strike will result one
of these days. Farmers are not foote
and they are not going on indefinite
ly working long hours in all sorts
and conditions of weather to produce
crops that cannot be sold for cost,
while other classes work short hours
und receive attractive compensation.
While we are being given a New
Deal we want to see the agricultural
classes get their share. If this is not
done the whole plan is a fraud and
humbug of the first water.
SAVE FEED FOR WINTER
One citizen who goes over the
county quite a good deal reports to
The Progress-Argus that farmers are
not saving as much feed as normally.
He reports that fodder has not been
pulled in many instances and sees but
little evidence of corn cut and shoe*,
ed.
Every ounce of food and feed
should be saved. Winter is coming
on later and it is certain the people
of this section are not in a position
to take cotton money and spend it
for food and feed. That has been one
of Georgia’s troubles —buying too
much from other states.
Indications at this time point to
shorter wheat and corn crop end
prices materially higher. Inflation ot
not, food and feed prices will to
plenty high for the farmer who has
to buy these commodities from mon
ey squeezed out of cotton.
In most cases good food and feed
crops have been produced in Butts
county and there is no more impor
tant task facing the people that that
of saving and conserving what they
have already produced by their la
bor.
WHERE WILL IT END?
No student of history has ever
read where any government at ary
time in the world’s history tried to
Jo as much for its citizens as the
United States is now attempting.
One school of thought is demanding
that the government get out of bus
iness, while another school of
thought hollers for more help. The
government is in business up to its
eyes.
A casual scanning of the daily
press show's that villages, cities, coun
ties, states are running to Washing
ton for help for almost every con
ceivable type of project. If a ditch
is to be dug Uncle Sam is asked to
help. If mosquitoes are to be weeded
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
cut Uncle Sam is requested to do the
helping. If anew or larger sewerage
system is needed it is quite the thing
to ask Uncle Sam to put up the cash.
So the story goes—help for home
owners, help for the railroads, banks,
insurance companies, help for those
unable to meet pay rolls under the
NRA. Now somebody comes forward
with a plan for government aid in
exterminating rats.
Probably all the projeots men
tioned —and many more—are meri
torious. The conditions may warrant
this spending of the taxpayers’ mon
ey. But all good things must end
some time, somewhere, and the more
thoughtful wonders how it will at!
come out. It is certain that Uucli
Sam hasn’t a thin dime, except that
he collects taxes from the people. All
these projects may stir action now,
but pay day will come and somebody
must pay the fkldler.
No wonder business men are ner
vous. They are being socked for
taxes now and indications point to
more taxes to come. One wonders and
wonders.
A GREAT RECORD
The Berry school at Rome is
another fine illustration of that
old truth that “mighty oaks
from little acorns grow.” The
Berry school expects to enroll
1,100 this fall—6oo boys and
500 girls. Of the 275 men to be
enrolled, it is said that only ten
will pay their way through.
During the summer more than
400 boys and girls have been
working at the school to earn
credit to take them through next
school term. This is one of the
most remarkable educational in
stitutions in the world and is
serving eleven southern states
through its student body and
has been of untold benefit to
many thousands of boys and
girls, who were able to obtain an
education at Berry, where other
wise they might have grown up
in ignorance.—Tifton Gazette.
The Berfy school has done a won
derful work. It has enabled many
boys and girls, many of them from
Ihe mountain section, to obtain an
education and pay for it by work.
The state, we believe, needs more
schools of that type.
Miss Martha Berry, the founder
and organizing genius, has done a
notable work for the underprivileged
boys and girls of the state. From an
humble beginning the school now has
splendid equipment and a large plant,
ft has received many valuable grants,
making it possible to serve an ever
increasing number of boys and girls.
Every Georgian ought to be proud
af the record made by the Berry
school.
THOU SHALT NOT STEAL
We are loyal to the NRA, but re
gardless of our loyalty our honesty
compels us to frankness, and frank
ness compels us to say to our sub
scribers that the ancient command
ment “thou shalt not steal” must be
invoked by our government in the
interest of the masses otherwise with
all our loyalty we cannot have a last
ing prosperity.
Why should Mr. Hill, President of
the American Tobacco Company, be
getting a million dollars a year in
salary and commission, while the to
bacco producer starves? When he
does it he violates the plain injunc
tion of the Master, “thou shalt not
steal” —because thievery legalized is
none the less thievery.
W’hy should the Morgan interests
be permitted to float worthless stocks
on an unsuspecting investing public?
Simply because* it is legalized thiev
ery, it is thievery never-the-less.
This country of ours must return
to that ancient doctrine of “honesty
is the best policy," and the applica
tion of it must be made to all of
us, and not to the other fellow.
Unless this is done I care not a
whit how much you may inflate the
currency and bring about a tempo
rary hey-day of prosperity, in tne
end we will have revolution and
blood-shed.'
When the supply merchant charg
es too much profit it is thievery.
When the banker charges too much
interest it is thievery. When the gov
ernment imposes a tariff that pro
tects one class at the expense of an
other, it is thievery. Let your own
experience and imagination cite you
other examples.
The very system of our currency
is thievery, in that it gives an ur.-
conscientious advantage to one class
ever the other. The rich are getting
richer, the poor are getting poorer.
When that is happening the whole
equilibrium is out of adjustment.
We have government “of, for and
by the people," and it is a young
government compared with other
governments and other peoples;
merely in its swaddling clothes. If it
justifies its existence it must be po
tent enough to guarantee the objec
tives set forth in the preamble of
the Constitution. If instead of "“equal
rights to all, special privileges to
none” we are to substitute a doc
trine whereby the few are granted
privileges whereby they can enslave
the many, then why not a Monarchy?
Why not a Dictator?
Many things we have in mrnd. For
instances, under the NRA code a
negro bell hop at a down-town hotel
must be paid sl4 per week, while the
school teacher in the rural district
who has spent thousands of dollars for
her education and has had years of
experience gets only $12.50 per
week. Is that not thievery? A farmer
working his half starved, half naked
family from sun to sun is forced to
sell his produce for a price that nets
him not a cent profit, and not a
cent in daily wage, while the NRA
makes a negro public worker be paid
$2.40 a day with a limitation to
eight hours per day. Is that not
thievery?
What we are trying to say is that
this government must go on an hon
esty basis with all the people, else
the ancient commandment of “thou
shalt not steal” will be invoked with
a penalty that neither the govern
ment nor the people can afford to
pay.—Ed Rivers Weekly.
A LITTLE STREET WHERE OLD
FRIENDS MEET
That little street is right in your
own home town. If you make it a
friendly street outsiders will want to
come and share it with you. They
will sense the glow of friendly con
tact and wish to linger long within
its warmth. And a friendly street is
so easy to obtain. Just a kindly atti
tude towards your neighbor and oth
ers with whom you divide the care of
the day. Just a little human under
standing of what constitutes gentle
ness and courtesy. That’s all you
need to make a street where old
friends want to meet.
The community that prospers is
always a friendly community. Today
the world is seeking out such places.
There is so much of travail and
harshness in the everyday affairs of
life that friendly havens beckon from
afar. If you want your home town
to be prosperous, to be known as
a friendly spot, then you be friendly,
too. It is a good message to carry
with you during the year—and it
pays big dividends in happiness and
prosperity. South Kent County
News, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
BUSINESS COMMANDMENTS
1. Don’t wait for the other fel
low to come to you; go to him.
2. In competition with others, al
ways give them the credit for being
a little smarter than you are. Then
work like the deuce to prove that
they aren’t.
3. If you have no money and little
credit capitalize your personality
Sometimes it pays to have a nerve.
4. Never admit to anybody—and
least of all to yourself—that you are
heked.
5. Keep your business troubles to
yourself. Nobody likes a calamity
howler. Besides, he finds scant favoi
with the bankers.
6. Don’t be afraid of dreaming
too big dreams. It won’t hurt you
to figure on owning a railroad, even
if you have to compromise on a fliv
ver.
7. Make friends; but remember
that the best of friends will wear
out if you USE them too frequently
8. Be square even 10 the point of
If You Want
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finickiness, and you will have mighty
little occasion to complain of a crook
ed world.
9. Take advice, but do your own
deciding.
10. Don’t toady. The world re
spects the man who stands up on his
hind legs and looks it in the eye.
GEORGE CHURCHILL.
WITH THE EXCHANGES
Fakirs Busy in South Georgia
“Since the Atlanta dailies pub
lished long dispatches telling how
rich tobacco, watermelons and cot
ton have made the South Georgia
farmer we have in our midst a small
army of salesmen, get-rich-quick
gents and fdkirs of every class and
kind. A fellow here the other day
was doing a good business selling a
brand new device to save gas. It was
claimed that it saves so much gas
that you have to stop every fifty
miles and bail the gas out of the
tank to keep it from running over.—-
Sylvester Local.
The Taxpayer Can Answer
No one has yet come forward with
an intelligent answer to where the
billions are to come from that are
being used in the various schemes
to bring back prosperity.—Dawson
News.
Progress In Road Work
Jasper county is at work on the
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last lap of grading on highway num
ber sixteen between Monticello am*
the Ocmulgee river. When the grad
ing is finished and a bridge erected
over that stream, an important high
way from east to west will be ready
for traffic. —Monticello News.
Looking Backward
Through The Files
News of SO Years Ago
Cotton has been coming in briskly
for the past week and is selling for
9Vz cents.
The Flint River Association will
meet the 25th inst. and remain in
session several days.
The service of a fine band lias
been secured by the young men vi
Jackson to play for a grand ball tc
be given at the Dempsey House on
October 3.
It was a wise step on the part of
the grand jury in recommending the
building of a bridge across the Oc
mulgee. It should be built by all
means.
The tax levy for 1883 was 265 per
cent of the state rate, the percentage
being: General purposes, 122 per
cent; jail fund, 9 per cent; courr
house fund, 7 per cent; pauper fur.d,
25 per cent; bridge fund, 102 per
cent. *
Newt of 15 Yuri Ago
There were 37 convictions at the
August adjourned term of superior
court.
The Relic Train was to be in
Jackson October 8.
Eleven hundred' and forty-four
men between the ages of 18 and 45
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1933
Demand And Get
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Always look for the Bayer cross on
every tablet as illustrated,
above, and for the words RA
GENUINE BAYERN/
ASPIRIN on every bottle
or package. '
registered in Butts county Thursday
under the selective service draft. Of
the number 657 were white and 587
colored. In the first registration of
June 15, 1917, 1,110 men registered,
and since that time men attaining the
age of 21 registered to the number
of 85. Altogether Butts county had
2,338 men to register for military
service.
The death of Mr. Joseph L. Wag
ner, 79, occurred in Jackson Tues
day.
The tax levy for 1918 was 17 mills.
Butts county was assigned a quota
of $4,000 in the United War Work
campaign, according to Chairman J.
B. Settle.
The McDowell Grocery Cos., whole
salers, announced removal to Madi
son, Ga.
The tax rate fo rthe city of Jack
son was 13 Vs mills.
“BLAKELY RESAGO OF TWENTY
YEARS AGO.”
IF .TELEPHONE
SWITCHBOARDS
COULD TALK
t(2h B y p D Boardman,
MANAGER
Southern Bell il
Telephone and Telegraph Co.-,I
i =—
How interesting It would be if a
telephone switchboard could talk.
We would get a picture of the inti
mate daily life of our community.
A signal appears
on the switcb- j
board. “Number
please,” says the
operator, and g|SgSMIj
comes an excited ’V|
voice, "Operator, w
please, quick I want 476 Dr.
Brown.” There’s a flash of quick
moving hands and “central" has Dr. :
Brown on the wire. Another signal,
and It’s Johnny Green calling Mary
Doe, and it's likely those lines will
be busy for some time. •
• "Number please,” and this time
a stock buyer, is calling a distant!
city about a carload of hog3. Then |
It’s Farmer Brown calling in a I
hurry for the town veterinary. Hie
prize jersey cow is sick, tt
Then come a string of signals In ■
quick order. Several women are
calling friends to organize a church !
social. In the midst of this flurry
a long distance call comes for
Mrs. Jackson. Her married son,
a hundred miles away, is calling to
give the news that “it’s a boy.”
pSo on and on in never ending
succession the signals come In
while "central” sits at her post and
with deft hands and sympathetic
understanding weaves them togeth
er to form the fabric of the social
and business life of the community.
As someone so well expressed it,
“Central and her switchboard are
the nerve center of our
community’s ‘life.’“•
The telephone plays
JP a leading part in ev
vVv’W/ ery phase, station and
activity of life. We
/ turn to it in emer
gencies. It is a means ot banishing
loneliness, a comfort and protec
tion at all times. Probably that’s
why people say the value of tele
phone service outweighs the small
cost. Ask for our free 64-page illus
trated book, Magic of Communica
tion. -It tells how the* telephone,
radio and television work, and other
interesting things.
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