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Jackson Progress - Argus
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J. DOYLE JONES
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OFFICIAL ORGAN BUTTS COUN
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It is a wise man who understands
his code.
The fuel oil taxes in Georgia bring
in around a million dollars a month.
Riding has not slowed up materially.
More highway contracts will be
awarded on November 22. Maybe
Route 42 will get some paving after
all.
Proper relief for the schools will
come when taxpayers walk up to
the licklog and fork over the taxes
due the city, county and state.
In the death of Dr. S. W. McCal
lie, State Geologist, Georgia suffers
a distinct loss. Dr. McCallie was a
most efficient and faithful public of
ficial.
It would be mighty fine if another
warm winter is given the country.
With the employment situation such
as it is, a warm winter would be a
real blessing.
The back-to-the-farm movement
has received a heavy wallop. There
v. ill be many who will not go back
to the farm at all, not if the relief
funds hold out.
A lot of us are wonderfully ig
norant about the gold standard. Give
the people money to spend and they
will not need any urging to buy the
things they need.
Win, lose or draw, the farmers of
Georgia are doing a good thing by
putting in a large acreage to grain
crops. It is preparedness that will
pay good dividends.
Another thing we cannot under
stand is why Georgia’s milk code is
not adopted. There has been a lot of
buck passing and in the meantime
the dairy farmers are suffering.
Macon staged the largest NRA pa
rade and celebration yet attempted in
the state. It was a most creditable
display and shows that Georgia is
behind President Roosevelt.
Asa general thing, there is a
rush to get on Uncle Sam’s free
bandwagon. Money, collected from
taxpayers, is being advanced for al
most every purpose conceivable.
Tire highways ought to be made
safe for travel. They are not, how
ever, with speed fiends and drunk
fools running loose. The courts ought
to make examples of these rack
eteers.
It is time the smaller towns stop
ped feeling sorry for themselves.
What they need to do is to begin an
active campaign of boosting and
building. This is better than com
plaining.
With the funds in sight Georgia
ought to have a model prison farm
in Tattnall county. When this project
is completed all felony convicts will
be withdrawn from the chaingangs,
i* is stated.
Georgia has been most fortunate
in obtaining Civilian Conservation
Corps camps. Forty of these camps
will be located in the state this win
ter and employment will be afford
ed several thousand men.
There has been little deflation in
the amusement world. Some of the
big shots are still being paid as much
a: five thousands dollars per week.
The public who patronizes the places
of amusement are footing the bills,
cf course.
The ten-cent cotton loans look like
a good bet for the farmers. They
have everything to gain and nothing
to lose by borrowing according to the
government plan. The money thus
put in circulation will be a great aid
to business.
There may be excuses for some
things, but with the fine weather pre
vailing there is no excuse for the
Georgia farmer who fails to put in a
large grain crop. With the processing
taxes on wheat and corn, home sup
plies should be raised first of all.
If those entrusted with running
the schools had been gifted with
foresight, and if salaries in line With
the times had been reduced several
years ago, the present deplorable
muddle in school finances would have
been prevented. Now many commu
nities are calling on Uncle Sam to
come to the rescue cf the schools.
The DeKalb New Era has a time
ly editorial, found elsewhere in this
issue, on the importance of dairy
men beginning an advertising cam
paign. That is timely. Georgia’s
schools and colleges should cut out'
the use of powdered milk and sup
port the Georgia dairy farmer. This
is certainly true of those institutions
supported by Georgia taxpayers.
The senate investigating committee
is uncovering graft and corruption in
high places. What, if anything, will
he done about it is what the average
man wants to know. If a poor man
steals a chicken it is the chaingang
for him, but when the big fellows
steal millions it is passed up. Is there
any wonder that there is growing
disrespect for law observance?
In spite of all the relief work be
ing carried on, there will be need
for the Red Cross. This organization
will stage its annual drive from Ar
mistic Day to Thanksgiving. Citizens
of Butts county had occasion the past
spring, when a large portion of the
county was devastated by hail, to see
the good work of this organization.
Surely Butts county citizens should
respond willingly to the Red Cross.
GOOD IF IT WORKS
There is general interest in the an
nouncement that the Board of Re
gents of the University of Georgia
have made application for $2,500,-
000 of public works funds to estab
lish a model farm colony “some
where” in North Georgia. The pro
ject will be followed with close at
tention and the results studied with
deep interest.
It is proposed to set up a co-opera
tive farm colony, utilizing 16,000
acres of land, divided into tracts of
50 acres. Thirty of the fifty acres
would be placed in cultivation and
the remainder used as marginal and
forest lands. There is to be rather
an elaborate building program, con
sisting of dwellings, houses for hogs,
poultry and farm machinery. Each
unit would represent an investment
of around $7,500, it is announced.
The whole scheme sounds like a
fairy tale to the hard-headed, practi
cal, common sense farmers and bus
iness men of the state. There is a lot
of loose thinking going the rounds
about the back-to-the-farm move
ment. The first thing to be done to
induce people to return to the farm
is to make farming profitable. When
that is done the back-to-the-farm
movement will take care of itself.
Unless it can be demonstrated that
there is profit in farming no sort of
inducement will get people to go
back to the open spaces. If farming
had been profitable, farmers would
not have deserted the farms for the
industrial centers.
The sum of $7,500 is a lot of mon
ey to spend for one family on a fif
ty acre plot of land. The very largest
and best equipped farms at present
do not have that much investment.
Where the money is to come from
to repay thee loans is another ques
tion that is puzzling the taxpayer. It
cannot come out of the iand, not at
present levels for farm commodities
and livestock.
It sounds like just another scheme
to sink some of the taxpayers’ hard
earned money. Nobody can blame
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
the board of regents for applying for
the funds. It will be fine if it works,
but the chances are nine to one that
this Utopian dream will be a failure.
WOULD RESTORE CONFIDENCE
The senate investigating commit
tee probing the affairs of the Chase
National Bank, America's largest in
stitution of the kind, has dug up
some interesting figures. The big
fellows, the report shows, have been
guilty of graft and corruption at the
expense of the public. This is not
only true of this bank but of other
investigations.
When it is possible for financial
jugglers to make 28,000 per cent,
as was recently brought out while
investigating a syndicate, it means
nothing less than that the pub
lic is being victimized to a fare ye
well.
The surprising thing is that the
government does nothing about it. It
may be that laws will be enacted
when congress convenes to prevent
such high-handed juggling in the fu
ture. It looks as though some crim
inal prosecutions would be in order.
If the government would put stripes
on some of the Insulls, Mitchells
and other high financiers it would
have a wholesome effect. It would
go far to restore confidence.
Until something is done the public
has little protection. There ought to
be one law for all, for the poor and
insignificant as well as the rich and
powerful.
HELP AT LAST
At last the farmers’ chance has
come, and with, the help the country
has been needing. The government
has begun making loans on cotton
up to ten cents a pound, a fair price
for the staple, taking everything into
consideration, and no doubt the cot
ton holder will promptly turn his
cotton over to the government.
One of the good features of the
plan is that the government protects
the landlord and lienholder, insuring
them a prompt collection of their
claims, and next to it, if not ahead
of it, is the placing of money in cir
culation.
With a way out for the 1933 crop,
the farmer should give heed to the
government and begin now planning
to carry out its plan for the 1931
crop. And one of the best things they
and the rest of us can and some
thing we all should do—is to deter
mine to live economically, not waste
fully, pay our immediate debts, and
reduce as far as possible any back
debts we may owe. No individual or
people can do their best when ham
pered with debt, and no business
can thrive which is carrying old debts
on its books.
With a price of ten cents there
is no reason why cotton should be
held. Every bale disposed of now
will help the situation, and accel
erate the forward march of produc
er, consumer and the public general
ly—Elberton Star.
THE RECOVERY PROGRAM
Eyes of the world are almost
literally turned towards the United
States these days. The National Re
covery Act is a popular topic from
Tokyo to London. And there is much
to talk about.
Already the NRA has produced
gratifying results. Some enthusiasts,
violently reacting from the dark days
of the past three years, unhesitating
ly proclaim that the Blue Eagle, em
blem of the New Deal, is in reality
the Blue Bird of Happiness, thinly
disguised. Happy days, they sing, are
here again.
But, at the risk of being pigeon
holed as a grouser, let us venture the
observation that recovery is far from
being a fact achieved. Happily it is
true that business throughout Amer
ica is improving, but the long pull
is certainly ahead.
Signing codes of ethics and busi
ness practices is important but not
enough. Abuses as ancient as trade
itself are not to be eradicated by the
swish of a flowing pen. Human na
ture can be altered, but not changed
by a miracle. Neither President
Roosevelt nor General Johnson is
Aladdin.
The acid test is going to come
after the fanfare has died away, af
ter the parade is past. It will come
when the wheels of the new machin
ery begin, creakingly at first, to
mesh and to turn. Then every signer
of a code will in his own way meet
his temptation to evade it by playing
fast and loose with regulations gov
erning wages, hours, and practices.
Then each consumer must decide
whether he or she will forego the
saving of pennies or dollars by buy
ing from those who observe the spirit
of the act instead of from those who
do not.
The New Deal has changed the
rules of the game, but no one is ex
cused from playing, and playing
hard. There is nothing magic about
the NRA; it is man made. Sound
principles of buying and selling goods
for profit are just as applicable as
ever they were. Men and women will
continue to be attracted to good
I goods, attractively and courteously
offered. The NRA has brought no
moratorium on keen thinking, analy
tical judgment, decisive action.
The rules have changed, but not
the game.—Rotarian Magazine.
INCREASE MILK CONSUMPTION
Since DeKalb is the leading dairy
ing county in Georgia the following
story should interest a considerable
number of our readers:
“A dairy farmer in northern Illi
nois, happening into the baber shop,
forcefully expressed his opinion of
a state of society which gives the
food producer so little for his efforts.
“The barber heard him through,
and said:
“ ‘You won’t get any sympathy
from me. I drove by your farm the
other night and saw a big beer sign
on your silo. For two or three dol
lars you are permitting your silo to
be used to advertise a competitive
product that has already reduced
milk consumption 20 per cent jn this
town. Why don’t you advertise your
own products?’
“The farmer went home with
something to think about. Perhaps
1 that barber has made a real contri
i bution to farm relief. Certainly no
' brewer would permit a farmer to
paint a sign on the side of the brew
ery advising folks to drink more milk.
City people do a great deal of driv
ing in the country. What would be
the effect of a sign on every silo
j proclaiming the virtues of milk? If
J there is anything in advertising—
and there is enough in it to make it
one of America’s leading industries
—those milk signs would step up
; milk consumption.
! “Some persons may prefer a glass
c.f beer to a glass of milk or butter
milk. But the number probably is not
sc large as might be supposed. Many
of them drink beer instead of milk
because propaganda has been dinned
into their ears and flaunted before
their eyes. In advertising phraseolo
gy, they have been made beer con
scious. Why not make them milk
conscious?
“Dairy farmers are being told to
reduce production. That may or may
not be necessary. Certainly it is a
defeatist policy. Why not try attack
first? Maybe instead of killing every
tenth cow someone can be found
to drink her milk.”
The dairymen of our county could
no doubt increase the consumption of
milk by a vigorous advertising cam
paign which would educate the peo
ple to the advantages of using more
milk. This would not only help the
business of the dairymen but it
would also help the general health of
the community.—DeKalb New Era.
WITH THE EXCHANGES
Shameful Situation
If the state of Georgia fails to pay
an old Confederate pensioner the
mite that is due him before he dies,
the money is poured back into the
treasury. But the heirs of the old
patriot are required to pay the state
any taxes he may be due the state.
Such a condition is unfair and un
just. The wrong cannot be righted
too soon. —Elberton Star.
Why Be Timid?
The government still has $1,500,-
000,000 to lend out to those who
want to borrow. Won’t somebody
come forward and relieve the gov
ernment of all this bother about try
ing to find some way to get this mon
ey spent?—Winder News.
The “Cortner” Located
For a time there was considerable
publicity and hope in connection with
the prosperity which was alleged to
be around the corner. A recent sy
nopsis of the situation was to the
effect that prosperity had at last
progressed to those corners on which
the relief a, encieis are located. —
Monroe Advertiser.
A Fellow Feeling
Farmers who don’t like the idea
of the government sending agents
around to tell them how much land
to devote to certain crops, how many
pigs to raise etc., ought to have a
fellow feeling for business men com
pelled to operate under codes. Now
that individualism in this country is
being curbed a lot of us are finding
out for the first time what the word
means, and are mourning the loss
of a great privilege we hardly knew
we had.—Dawson News.
High-Brow Deduction
A high-brow professor of the Uni
versity of Georgia has figured out
that odds are about even in flipping
coins heads or tails, after an experi
ment of 40,000 flips. He will pro
nounce his final thesis on this won
derful subject in July, when he wall
have flipped the coins for the one
hundred thousandth time. Wonder
ful experiment, but any crapshooter
could have told as much and not half
tried. —Madisonian.
TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT
By J. D. JONES
Judge J. A. McMichael, one of the
few surviving Confederate Veterans
in Butts county, attended the state
reunion of the Georgia division U. C.
V. in Valdosta last week. The meet
ing was most enjoyable, he reports,
with Valdosta showing the Veterans
every possible honor and courtesy.
On account of the tobacco crop,
Judge McMichael thinks business con
ditions in that section are somewhat
brighter than in Middle Georgia.
The next reunion will be held at the
Soldier’s Home in Atlanta, Judge Mc-
Michael states.
If you are a good American by
the name of Smith, Brown, Johnson
or Moore—or other common name —
you ought to be proud of it. Those
who listened in on the football broad
cast Saturday afternoon, and we sus
pect that just about includes every
body, were struck with the jaw
breaking names of some of the nor
thern teams. The University of Ala
bama team went to New York city
to play Fcrdham University, and in
the Fordham lineup were such names
as Bonetski, Usdavinis, Des Isola,
Wolfendale, Sarno, Danowski, Mania
ci, Sarota, etc, etc. The University
of Georgia team played the New
York University team in Athens, and
ii; the N. Y. U. lineup appeared such
names as Scheuer, Hertz, Marchi,
Kopler, Zaremba, Siegel, Abee, etc.
etc. After trying to pronounce these
names we feel like saying hurrah
for Smith, Brown, Johnson and
Moore!
attending a meeting of the
American College of Surgeons in
Chicago, Dr. Herbert White, of St.
Augustine, stopped by for a visit
with home folks at Flovilla. Dr. White
also visited in Pittsburg. He is of
the opinion that conditions in the
North are very much better than a
few months ago.
Plans are now being made for the
annual Red Cross roll call to run
from Armistice Day to Thanksgiving.
Those in charge hope there will be
a liberal response this year. Butts
county is indebted to the Red Cross
for material assistance rendered the
past spring when the hail storm
ruined crops and buildings in a larg?
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1933
portion of the county.
Butts county was well represented
this week at the annual convocation
of the Grand Lodge of Georgia Ma
sons in Macon. The annual meetings
have been held in Macon for a great
many years.
The writer has been connected
with Butts county newspapers for a
quarter of a century. Twenty-five
years of effort have been put into
trying to serve Jackson and Butts
county. Many things have happened
in that time, some good and some
had and many changes have taken
place. It is earnestly hoped that bus
iness conditions will soon become set
tled and that we all can move on in
the even tenor of our way to greater
accomplishments.
From friends who have received
letters from him, we learn that Wil
fred Thornton, only son of Mr. and
Mrs. S. H. Thornton, of Jackson,
who is a student at Duke University,
has made both the glee club and the
band at that famous southern col
lege. We are not surprised for we
all knew that Wilfred had “music in
his bones.” He is taking a pre-med
course in chemistry, which he writes
“keeps him well entertained.” Pos
sibly no boy ever graduated from
Jackson High, who nad more friends
and ass more universally popular
than Wllfrca. Always polite, courte
ous and accommodating, a desirable
supplement to his natural ability, we
predict a brilliant future for him.
Liquor advertisements in dry states
will be prohibited by the post office
department. Suits us. We did not
contemplate running any liquor advs
anyway.
Another highway letting will be
made on November 22 and as that is
near the Thanksgiving season here’s
hoping the highway board will give
us some paving on Route 42.
A good many cotton growers, it is
ascertained, are taking advantage of
the government offer and are bor
rowing ten cents on their cotton. In
the opinion of most authorities this
will make cotton go up. The money
thus borrowed placed in circulation
will greatly stimulate all lines of
business.
Southern football is now the equal
of any played in the nation. While
the University of Alabama was play
ing the formidable Fordham team to
a standstill, the Georgia Bulldogs
gave the New York University team
a neat lacing to the tune of 25 to 0.
Southern football teams are helping
to wipe out the Mason and Dixon
line.
The Halloween Carnival staged by
the Jackson public schools the past
Friday night was an entire success
in every detail. Friends rallied to tho
schools with encouraging support and
a neat sum was realized for the
treasury.
Corn is soon to join wheat and
cotton in the select circle that re
quires a processing tax. This will
make corn higher—entirely too high
to be bought out of cotton funds.
Better enrich a few acres with soil
improvement crops and grow your
own corn.
There is room for almost unlimited
expansion in the meat curing busi
ness in the South. Farmers have de
pended entirely too much on the
whims of the weather to cure their
meat, and this is decidedly expensive
Cold storage plants in Georgia are
handling each year an increasing
volume of pork and doing it econom
ically and satisfactorily.
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