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Jackson Progress - Argus
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J. DOYLE JONES
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the Post Office at Jackson, Ga.
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OFFICIAL ORGAN BUTTS COUN
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Lest you forget, now is a good time
to buy farm lands.
Covington now'has a Civitan club,
in addition to Kiwanis. That is a fine
showing.
Somebody corned to bat \vith the
prediction of an extra session of th. 1
Georgia legislature. We hope not.
September has been one of the
hottest months of the year. The com
ing of cooler weather and showers
will be most welcome.
Former President Hover is keep
ing almost as silent as did Calvin
Coolidge. He is probably glad to be
a private in the rear ranks.
The schools are open for the fall
term and it is necessary that they
have your support and co-operation.
This is as little as you can afford to
give.
It has come to the pass, it seems,
that office holders in Atlanta must
have a personal organ to boost them.
The state now has several such puo
lications.
In a certain county in the state the
combined county, state, school and
city tax levy is 57 mills. There may
be others higher, but this >vas picked
at random.
There is no such thing as a pain
less tax, but a sales tax comes about
as close to it as anything known.
Sentiment in favor of a sales tax
in Georgia is growing.
The odds are nine to one that the
fellow who knocks civic clubs and
other worthwhile organizations has
never done anything for *he com
munity. Try this out and see.
Gasoline collections in the state
are picking up and schools will con
sequently receive more funds. The
schools would be in a bad way were
it not for the equalization fund.
The cotton surplus is gradually
diminishing, reports show. With a
mailer acreage in 1934 and 1935,
supply and demand may get in hol
lering distance one of these days.
So far the highway department
has not announced any paving for
Route 42. This is a project that
should not be overlooked when they
begin to spend the ten million dollar
federal road fund.
The strikers probably know their
business, but with millions of people
still idle it does not seem just the
time to strike. However, there may
be conditions about which we are not
properly informed.
Boys who have served six months
in the civilian conservation corps
have been benefited in many ways
and most of them will enlist for an
other period. There will be few va
cancies, it is claimed.
A lot cf the troubles in this coun
try dates from the Year of the Col
lapse. Collapse for the farmers came
in 1920. The stock exchange did not
collapse until 1929. Business will wt
right itself until purchasing power is
restored on the farm.
The Chicago Century of Progress
F.xposition will probably prove a
financial success. It has been more
than a success in advertising Chica
go. It is unfortunate that (leorgia’s
two hundredth anniversary and the
Chicago fair came at the same time.
Georgia was rather crowded out of
the spotlight.
We have heard of certain public
spirited citizens paying their taxes
in advance so schools could open.
That’s a splendid example of unsel
fish public spirit and should be fol
lowed wherever possible.
The postal department is not creat
ing any new rural mail routes and
when a carrier retires the route is
consolidated with some other. There
is a point beyond which the govern
ment cannot go. What will happen
when all the carriers reach the age of
letirement?
This has been a >ear of self denial,
and when the people get their hands
on money they are sure to spend it.
Higher prices for farm products will
let loose pentup spending and busi
ness recovery will be well on the
way. But recovery must come from
the bottom, not the middle or top.
No business man who refuses
week nfter week and month after
month to take his customers into
his confidence has a right to com
plain about mail order houses and
out of town shopping. A lot of this
can be stopped by advertising in
the home town paper. But they must
be told before they can be sold.
The Confederate Veterans are too
small in number for the politicians
to worry about. Consequently pen
sions are not paid promptly. The
World War group is a very large
and powerful one and the politicians
have their ears to the ground. This is-,
a shameful situation, but it is true.
The time was when a Confederate
Veteran could get anything he asked
for. Now he cannot even get his pit
tance of a pension.
In many counties of the state lo
cal school districts levy as high as
14 and 15 mills. That is stepping on
the gas. Butts county has been able
to consolidate all its schools, has
good credit and owes no money and
would have plenty of funds to op
erate the schools if it could collect
amounts due from the state. Neither
were bonds voted.
The government is doing every
thing in its power to speed the open
ing of closed banks. Many things
have to be worked out. The work is
all new and untried. Much has al
leady been done and more will be
done. The nation’s banking structure,
very largely, had to be made over.
This was a large assignment. The
people should be patient and realize
ihat when banks are permitted to
open they will be institutions of
which the people will be proud.
LIBERAL UNCLE SAM
The Government comes forward
with an announceemnt that in addi
tion to food and clothes, fuel will
be provided for the unemployed this
winter. Uncle Sam is doing a good
part by his unfortunate children. No
government ever attempted to do
more.
Reports shows that a considerable
number of people have been able to
find employment in the past few
weeks. It is greatly desired that other
jobs will be opened up and that in
time all who want work will be able
to find it. At the present time, how
ever, many millions are still idle.
The Government is driving with all
possible energy to improve conditions
before rigorous winter weather sots
in. Remembering the hardships and
suffering last winter, it is hoped ihis
season will fin dmore people at work
and able to provide for themselves
and those dependent on them.
All the measures for relief are
commendable and we hope they are
only temporary. It will be too ban
if we breed a race of moddycoddle
v.ho depend on the Government for
services they should perform them
. selves. Weaning time will surely
come.
YOUR GOOD NAME
The man who beats his bills has
always been subject to approbium.
We are not inclined to heap, abuse
upon him. however. We can even
give him credit, sometimes, with
good intentions.
He is really to be pitied more than
to be damned. He is either negligent
THE JACKSON PROGRESS- ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
or badly deluded. He imagines that
he- gains a few dollars when he beats
a creditor. Instead he sells his good
name for a paltry price.
When loans are made two intelli
gent things are always taken into
eosideration by the banker. First
the financial standing of the man
requesting the loan. Second, and
more important, the character of the
borrower. Men of experience place
the moral risk above the actual fi
nancial risk in all transactions.
What folly, therefore, to neglect
small accounts—to acquire the repu
tation of a dead beat and threw
away one of the finest things you
own as though it were a useless tri
fle.—Pelham Journal.
INFORM THE TAXPAYER
Taxpayers always grumble about
paying taxes; they always have, and
since human nature is what it is,
presumably always will. Now, when
paying taxes is a real burden
many, grumbling, evasion and actual
lefusal to pay taxes is not an unus
ual state of affairs; in some localities
there is almost a “taxpayers strike’’
against the collection of state, coun
ty and municipal levies.
Much of the opposition to tax pay
ments would be overcome if there
was a better understanding of the
needs of government, and of its ac
tual operations. Especially is this
true in local government; no county,
city or school distiict should permit
its citizens to form erroneous ideas
about the amount of money collected,
or the ways in which it is spent.
People themselves set the cost ;f
their local taxes, and indirectly set
state levies. City schools, fire and
police protection, sanitary work, and
ether services demanded by citizens
run up the tax bill to alarming pro
portions, at times. We are ourselves
to blame if we demand more service
than we can pfty for—but we are
also negligent if we do not insist on
periodical publication of accounts of
money collected and expended by
tax collecting authorities.
Many states provide that suen
publication be made; not only that
it be done, but that the statements
be simplified so that anyone with
average intelligence can understand
the figures. To publish a complicated
auditor’s statement of accounts which
*nly a few people might be able
to comprehend is a literal compliance
with such law, but not an intelligent
cne.
For instance, who knows how much
money Newnan collects and disburses
for school purposes? Who knows
much about the county school sys
tem, with its burdensome taxes in
some localities? Who knows, for in
stance, that if it were not for the
state's gas tax payments to Coweta
county, that the Commissioners coulu
not possibly run the county on a
SIO.OO per thousand levy? And whe
knows, outside of a few city offi
cials, that if the city water and light
commission did not help finance the
city of Newnan it could not operate?
Taxpayers ought to be willing tc
pay for the service they demand, and
ought to be informed fully as tc
the amount they pay, and how ex
pended. If, knowing the facts, they
demand more service, they know
they must pay more money. If they
do not want certain service, or a las
sened service, they will have a more
intelligent viewpoint, and more read
ily make proper decisions.
Letting in the light on public af
fairs never harmed any honest gov
ernment, but actually increases pub
lic appreciation of good officials.--
Newnan Herald.
WHICH WILL IT BE
It is said that there is a possibility
that congress at its next session ivil
notify the states that only one statue
from each state can remain in Statu
ary Hall and that the others will be
placed in corridors and niches as ad
vantageously as possible. And then
will come the question to disturb the
states that have erected two statues
in the hall, which statue to leave.
Will Georgia decide to retain in
the hall the statue of Dr. Crawford
W. Long or the statue of Alexander
H. Stephens? There will be advo
cates for both, but citizens of this
section will favor very ardently and
vehemently the retention of the
monument erected of Dr. Long.
The history of the placing of the
two monuments is told by Mr. John
T. Boiffeuillet:
Georgia was the twenty-third state
tc place two statues of her distin
guished citizens in Statuary Hall. It
was sixty-two years after the invita
tion was extended by President Lin
coln, however, before Georgia ac
cepted it.
The first of Georgia’s two statues
placed in the Hall was that of Dr.
Crawford Williamson Long, made of
Georgia marble. Dr. Long was a dis
tinguished citizen of Georgia; who
discovered the use of aether anaes
thesia in the year 1842. His first use
of this anaesthesia in an operation
gave him fame among his fellow
physicians in Gebrgia and with the
medical profession of the entire
country. The statue of Dr. Long
was furnished Statuary Hall mainly
through the untiring efforts Of the
late Dr. Joseph Jacobs and a group
of interested admirers. It was erecten
ill 1926.
The second statue selected by
Georgia was of Alexander Hamilton
Stephens, who was vice president of
the Confederacy, United States sen
ator, governor of Georgia. Through
the generosity of a patriotic Georgia
woman, the late Mrs. James Madison
High, of Atlanta, a marble statue of
Mr. Stephens was placed in the Hall
in December, 1927. Mr. Stephens
was a representative in congress
from Georgia during the one term
that Abraham Lincoln served as rep
resentative, 1847-49. During that
term Lincoln and Stephens occupied
peats close together and became
warm friends. Twelve years later,
Lincoln was President of the United
States, and Stephens was vice presi
dent of the Confederate States, lead
ers of warring factions. Statuary
Hall is the old hall of representa
tives and Stephens’ statue now stand ;
rear where he sat as a representative
in congress.—Jackson Herald.
WITH THE EXCHANGES
We’ll Save Pottage
If you have been thinking of
writing President Roosevelt and tell
ing him what you think he should
do, change your mind. An (AP) dis
patch from Washington states that
Mr. Roosevelt receives an average of
eight thousand letters a day, which
set a record. President Hoover’s av
erage was six hundred a day. Well,
the prssfdent’s mail is helping Post
master General Farley to sell stamps
—it takes at least eight thousand
stamps a day to mail those letters to
the President. This unprecedented
number of letters has resulted from
the NRA campaign. Everybody, it
would seem, is writing to the prosi
dent about it. —Tifton Gazette.
Stray Sheep In the Fold
We note with surprise that in
many places in Georgia important of
fices are being given to active Hoo
ver supporters in the campaign of
recent years, in preference *to loyal
and capable full blood democrats.
Consistency is indeed a jewel, but
it looks to us like these offices should
>e given to men and women who have
never deserted their party and swap
ped political horses to suit the occj -
sion. Under a democratic adminis
tration new appointees should be
simon-pure democrats, and nothing
else.—Madisonian.
Merchants Showing ’Em How
The Winder News with streamer
headline, “Winder Merchants Have
Busiest Day of Year on Saturday,
September 16th,” comes to us this
week with sixteen pages chock full
oi everything it takes to consitute a
good newspaper, published in a pros
perous town. With such a paper go
ing out from that town there is r.o
wonder the merchants have busy
days. They have the goods at right
prices and let the world know it
through local newspaper advertise
ment and their liberal patronage en
ables the paper to supply a service
worth what it costs.—Thomasville
Press.
Take It or Leave It
Charles Redman, Jr., who matricu
lated at the University of Georgia,
is following in the footsteps of ar.
cider brother. Morris Redman was
a member of the class of 1915 and
received an A. B. degree, later stu
dying law at home and served as
postmaster at Jackson and is now a
traveling salesman. Young Redman
is a son of Charles L. Redman, at
torney, who studied law by lightwood
knot fires and kerosene lamps and
holds the degree of B. H.—Bachelor
of Hardknocks. He is one of the lead
ing lawyers in this section and has
served as mayor of Jackson.
This has been a Cash and Carry
year. Farmers, as well as the rest of
us, have been forced to go on slen
der means. Except for government
seed loans, very little expense was
incurred in producing the 1933 crop,
and as crops are marketed there will
be money to spend. With the check
for cotton destroyed coming in, bus
iness is looking up in Butts county.
Announcement comes from Wasn
ir.gton that the Jackson National
Bank, of Jackson, is among the barks
selected for early re-organization. A
previous announcement stated that
the Reconstruction Finance Corpora
tion was taking $25,000 of preferred
stock in this institution. These state
ments coming from the government
are athoritative, and are likewise
reassuring. -Plans, s we are inform
ed, are going forward for the open
ing of the bank in the not distant
future. This will be welcome news to
the entire county. It will be another
step in business recovery and this
community will move forward with
new confidence when the bank is
open in a normal way.
Panics may come—and they al
ways go—but the popular urge fer
education is keener than ever. R,-
ports state that more than 2,3G0
young men and women will register at
the University of Georgia this term.
Similar reports come from Georgia
Tech, Mercer, Emory, Oglethorpe,
and in fact, all the schools and col
leges in the state. The Board of Re
gents are moving in the right direc
tion in seeking funds to greatly en
large the University System. More
buildings axe needed acutely. Had
you ever thought that if all the col
leges in Georgia, parts of the Uni
versity System, were placed together
on one campus Georgia would hav3
one of the largest univei’sities in the
country?
Fifty years ago a college graduate
was somewhat of a curiosity in any
community. He was a marked man
—a leader. Now college graduates are
thick as leaves. This fall Butts coun
ty has sent to the various colleges in
the South many of its brightest boys
and girls, and as members of the
class of 1937, they will become the
leaders of tomorrow.
Three cheers and a tiger. The long
waited for and eagerly sought cot
ton checks are coming in. Last week
a considerable number of checks ar
rived and were distributed by County
Agent Drake. These checks make
miles and miles of smiles.
————— #
It’s fair time in Georgia and many
splendid county, district and state
exhibitions will be hald. Hitch up the
old flivver and load Sally and the
cids and go to the fair. Fairs are more
educational and wholesome now than
formerly. They are worthwhile. Be
sure to attend some of the fairs in
this section.
The Kiwanis club of Jackson :s
going to cut a big figure at the Geor
gin District convention in Atlam.i
The Atlanta club is daddy of the
Jackson club. The local club has re
gistered 100 per cent for the state
meeting and many of the members
are going to see what they can see.
Regardless of your opinion about the
matter, Kiwanis, and this goes for all
civic clubs, has been worthwhile to
the state.
Ben Drake, Butts County Fatm
Agent, is in Atlanta with three of his
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1933
f TO BUY
[GOODYEARS
*
• Get in on today’s low
prices—:mostGoodyearscost
less today than a year ago.
By actual test on wet pave
ments, they stop your car
quicker—give you blowout
protection in every ply and .
more mileage than they ever
gave before.
good/year
SETTLE 6 ROBISON
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Phone 244 Jackson, Ga.
4-H club boys this week at the
Southeastern Fair. Mr. Drake re
quests all Butts county citizens who
visit the fair to call and see the ex
hibit, which will be in the main agri
cultural building. The clubsters will
give a demonstration in soil improve
ment by use of crimson clover.
While the> Federal Government is
waging relentless war on organized
criminals, it is consoling to know
that there is very little crime in rural
Georgia. Judge Ogden Persons in his
charges to the Butts county grand
jury has commented on this several
times. Outside of a few whiskey
cases and pistol toting, the criminal
calendar is light. This is a remarkable
tribute to the people in agricultural
sections.
Business is on the up and up. Good
weather .has been favorable to har
vesting crops, and with the govern
ment coming forward with a plan
to advance 10 cents on cotton, a bet
ter day will dawn 'for the Georgia
farmers.
J. D. J.
FLOVILLA CHURCH ANNOUNCE
MENTS
Preaching Sunday, Oct. 8 at Meth
odist church by the pastor at 11
a. m. We have planned for a church
conference Sunday evening at 8
o’clock. Every member is urged to
be present. Let us in closing this
year’s work make plans for the com
ing year. A welcome is extended to
all who will worship with us.
HARVEY A. KING, Pastor.
Why Hospitals Use
a Liquid Laxative
Hospitals and doctors have always
used liquid laxatives. And the public
is fast returning to laxatives in liquid
form. Do you know the reasons?
The dose of a liquid laxative can be
measured. The action can be con
trolled. It forms no habit; you need
not take a “double dose” a day or
two later. Nor will a mild liquid
laxative irritate the kidneys.
The right liquid laxative brings a
perfect movement, and there is
no discomfort at the time, or after.
The wrong cathartic may keep
you constipated as long as lyou keep
on using it l And the habitual use of
irritating salts, or of powerful drugs
in the highly concentrated form of
pills and tablets may prove injurious.
A week with a properly prepared
liquid laxative like Dr. Caldwell’s
Syrup Pepsin will tell you a lot. A
few weeks’ time, and your bowels
can be “as regular as clockwork.”
Dr. Caldwell’s Syruo Pepsin is an
approved liquid laxative which all
druggists keep ready for use.lt makes
an iaeal family laxative; effective for
all ages, and may be given the
youngest child. Member N. R. A. %