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Jackson Progress • Argus
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
J. DOYLE JONES
Editor and Publisher
Entered as second-class matter at
the Post Office at Jacksen, Ga.
TELEPHONE NO. 186
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Nineteen thirty four came in wet—
ir more ways than one.
Get the right slant on 1934 and
help make it a good year.
The Christmas business of 1933
seemed like old times. It ough to be
much better by Christmas 1934.
It will not be long before the
candidates will be whooping things
up on several fronts.
Nearly six hundred miles of Geor
gia roads were paved in 1933, it is
stated. That is progress and in due
time all the main highways will be
hardsurfaced.
With the coming of 1934 The
IT ogress-Argus renews its demand
for a bridge across the Ocmulgee
river between Jackson and Montieel
lo. Why not use some of the govern
ment funds on this project?
Congress for the first time is
meeting in January irstead of De
cember. While it is too early to make
predictions it is likely that a majority
ol' congress will support President
Roosevelt in his recovery program.
Something, of course, ought to be
done about reckless driving of auto
mobiles, but the chances are there
will not be anything done. The death
toll from automobile accidents i3
worse than war.
Depositors in closed banks ought
to believe in Santa Claus. They are
tc be paid in full within thirty days,
according to announcement. More
thau five million dollars will be dis
tributed to depositors in closed banks
in Georgia.
The Progress-Argus is grateful to
its many loyal subscribers for the
prompt manner in which they have
renewed. Many new names have been
added to the list. Those who have not
paid should do so at once, as the
mailing list will be revised early in
the year and we will have to part
company with some of our readers
unless there is prompt attention to
this matter.
With land being removed from cot
ton production farmers of Georgia
ought to grow abundant food and
feed crops this year. At last reports
Georgia was still sending away mil
lions of dollars of cotton money for
food and feed grown in other state*.
To feed its own farm population and
supply the needs of the state’s large
cities ought to be a goal set by Geor
gia farmers for 1934.
Indian Springs is the parent state
park in Georgia. Much substantial
work is being done there by the CCC
workers. Citirens of Butts county
should provide ample acreage for
carrying out a large development
program at this historic health resort.
Georgia needs more state parks and
will have them in the not distant fu
ture. The Indian Springs park should
be a model for the rest of the state.
The full guarantee of bank depos
its will do more to establish confi
dence than any single thing in the
history of the country. Since March
•f last year, when every bank in the
nation was closed by order of the
President, much has been done to
rebuild the banking structure of the
nation. Banks now open are clean
and sound and will be kept that way.
depositors can put their money in
these iruti'.ulicns with the full knowl-
edge that the faith and credit of the
government is back of every dollar.
With sound, clean, strong banks the
country will forge ahead.
Governor Talmadge is right and
The Progress-Argus is glad to give
its endorsement when he refuses to
approve a budget for which no funds
are available. It is up to the legisla
ture to provide the revenue to pay
the appropriations and when that
body fails to do so the governor is
doing the sensible thing by refusing
to approve the budget. The state now
owes several million dollars in un
paid appropriations, much of this
being due to the teachers and Con
federate pensioners. A member of the
general assembly is only making a
fool of himself to vote large appro
priations without also voting the
bills to raise the revenue. Governor
Talmadge has called this bluff and
in this he will be supported by the
people of the state.
BEGINNING ANOTHER YEAR
With this issue The Progress-Ar
gus begins its sixty-second year.
Sixty-two years is a long time in the
annals of most business institutions.
For this newspaper it is just another
milestone.
The new year begins under condi
tions more favorable than any the
country has known recently. There
is much to instill confidence and hope
that 1934 will prove a year of solid
accomplishment and building up of
the country’s shattered forces.
During all the years it has been
published The Progress-Argus has
endeavored to be a constructive force
in the affairs of Butts county. With
out the support of its friends, read
ers and advertisers, the paper could
not have carried on. For all patron
age we are grateful.
In the year ahead we shall con
tinue to Btrive to merit your confi
dence, your loyalty, your good will
and material support.
A NEW YEAR’S WISH PAR
EXCELLENT
“My wish for the New Year is
health enough to make my work a
pleasure. Wealth enough to support
life’s needs. Strength enough to bat
tle with difficulties and overcome
them. Grace enough to toil until
some good is accomplished. Charity
enough to see good in my neighbor.
Love enough to move amongst my
fellowman helpfully. Faith enough to
make real the things of God. Hope
enough to remove all anxious fears
concerning the future.”—Goethe to
German students.
SERVICE WELL PERFORMED
Peter S. Twitty, who retired a*
Georgia’s State Game and Fish Com
missioner on the first of the year,
rendered the state efficient and con
structive service. Under his adminis
tration the department was overhaul
ed nnl built up to serve the entire
stale. There is better sportsmanship
in the stale today as the result of
Peter Twitty’s efforts. He left the
department an efficient and well
managed one.
Georgia owes much to its wild life.
This is one of the state’s attractions
as a resort center. Provide plenty
o! game and fish and people with
money to spend will come here for
recreation and sport. That Twitty
did to a remarkable degree.
Hiss successor has a high mark
tc shot at. We hope he will continue
to build up a sentiment for the pro
tection and development of Georgia’s
wild life resources.
OTHERS SHOULD DO THE SAME
In the waning days of the old
year one of Jackson’s largest and
most successful business men declar
er. he would increase his advertising
for 1934. He expressed the belief
that business is picking up and that
advertising will play an important
part in winning trade during the new
year.
This man, who handles large af
fairs in Jackson and Butts county,
should have many others to follow
his example. Business men, due to
reduced budgets and other causes,
have been entirely too timid in recent
months in taking the public into
their confidence. Now that business
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
in on the upgrade it is a time to shout
it from the house tops and proclaim
it to the world at large. It required
a lot of talk to bring on the depres
sion and it will take constructive
advertising to bring hack prosperity.
If proof were needed it may be
mentioned that the largest advertis
ers are getting a satisfactory volume
of business. They are getting business
because they are asking for it, giving
reasons why their goods are the best,
at the prices, standing behind what
they sell, never failing to cultivate
the good will of their customers.
It is easier for a business man to
fool himself than fool his customers.
The people watch eagerly for store
news. If they don’t see it at home
they shop around. New methods of
transportation have wiped out dis
tance. No business man need fool
himself that he can build a fence
around his store. It can’t be done in
this modern day.
There are reasons to believe that
there will be a marked increase in
advertising during 1934. It is one of
the hopeful signs of returning pros
perity.
TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT
By J. D. JONES
Spalding county will end the year
free of debt, according to a news
tory from Griffin. That is good news
and shows the result,of careful bus
iness management on the part of
the county commissioners. Butts
county has made an enviable record
in the past few years in wiping out
old debts. Practically all of the float
ing debt has been settled and the
bonded debt is being taken care of
in the normal way. Not only has the
county’s indebtedness been reduced,
but a sharp reduction has been made,
in the tax rate. It is a splendid show
ing.
Now that .the courts have decided
that banks in liquidation may borrow
from the RFC to pay depositors, it
is expected that thousands of deposi
tors in Georgia will soon get a large
part of their funds. The Jackson
Banking Company and the Bank of
Flovilla are among the institutions
included in the government plan of
relief and depositors in these banks
will get large dividends, it is expect
ed. When the frozen assets are made
liquid and the depositors receive
their money it will prove a great
boost to business in all lines.
The lynching record for 1933 was
not an enviable one. Tuskegee Insti
tute compiles the rocords on the
number of lynchings and the figures
show that there were 28 lynch-ngs
tlie past year—2o more than for
1932. It would be a desirable thing
if lynching could be wiped out alto
gether, but until the crimes that
cause lynchings are stopped there is
rot much likelihood of these lawless
outbreaks being curbed.
This is the week people of the
South are driving to curtail cotton
acreage. The government plan is the
only plan that holds hope of per
manent relief and not only farmers
but business men should join hearti
ly in the movement to limit acre
age. This is the only plan 'before the
country, and this being true it is
the duty of all to support it. A small
cotton crop this year will mean high
er prices in the fall. A large crop,
together w-ith the present large car
ryover, will mean further stagnation
for the South. Fighting together in a
common cause, farmers must be will
ing to assume a common yoke.
This much can be said for the
CWA wage scale: While it looks
large for the work done and the
hours of labor, it must be remem
bered that this is the first time in
the history of the government that
anything has been done to aid the
common man. The government, un
der other administrations, poured out
millions and billions to help the
banks, railroads, steamship lines, in
surance companies and other business
concerns. For instance, a single bank
[in Chicago was granted a loan of
890,000,000 —a sum almost equal to
the entire amount granted to farmers
of the United States to produce crops
last year. The money paid CWA
workers will be spent freely and will
make better business.
The cotton acreage reduction cam
paign is now on. It appears the part
of sound business judgment to sup
port the government in its plan to
curtail acreage and thereby boost
prices. The South has gone on year
after year and has never been able,
by voluntary effort and agreement
among the growers, to handle the
cotton situation. The government is
now offering to pay for acreage tak
en out of cotton production. It is a
generous offer—as much as any cot
ton planter could ask for. The land
taken out of cotton should be used to
grow supplies for home consumption.
The Progress-Argus believes the far
mers of Butts county will back the |
cotton campaign and it hopes the*
entire South will fall jn line also.
Fred T. Bridges, assistant commis
sioner of agriculture, has resigned
to enter private business in Atlanta.
Fred Bridges used to teach school
in Butts county and is well known
here. He is regarded as a shrewd
politician.
The past week most of the weekly
newspapers got out only small is
sues and many did not print a paper
at all. They will be back on the job
after the first of the year, battling
with might and main for the glory
of the “old home town.” The Prog
ress-Argus extends sincere good
wishes to all the editors of the state
and hopes that 1934 will be a great
improvement over 1933. The past
few years have been lean ones for
the country press. The papers deserve
a share of prosperity. They are do
ing much to build and develop their
communities and the entire state.
As we enter anew year it will be
a fine thing if the people of Butts
county resolve to stand by home in
stitutions. We can have the kind of
town and county we want, the kind of
churches and schools, banks, black
smith shops, department stores, news
papers, drug stores, and it is certain
that we must do the pob ourselves.
Nobody else is able or willing to do
for us the things that we can do foi
ourselves. Now that business is on
the upgrade it can be made much
better if everybody will spend at
home, support home institutions of
every nature and description. This is
an investment in community service
and it will pay rich dividends. Left
make 1934 a year of county-wide co
operation.
By far the best gift Santa Claus
brought Butts county was a brand
new bank. Nothing so hopeful, so
cheerful, so constructive has hap
pened here in months. The entire
county has reacted in a most fav
orable way and business is bound to
move forward with greater confi
dence. The new bank is an institution
of whiqh the county may well be
proud. The country cannot get along
without banks. That has been demon
strated. With a sound, clean, strong,
constructive bank Butts county is
going to march ahead.
With the coming of the new yeai
it will not be so long before politics,
rumblings will be heard in the state.
Indications point to several races of
wide interest. Altogether it promise;
to be an interesting political year
and voters are in for a merry time.
The tragic death of Hon. Clem
Towles brings deep sorrow to his
hosts of friends here and elsewhere
in the state and nation. He was one
of the county’s most useful citizen?
and his entire career was marked by
deeds of unselfish service to others.
He served his community and county
well. Mr. Towles was big hearted and
and wholly unselfish. He was never
happier than when rendering service
to others. Butts county will sorely
miss this outstanding citizen. The
writer extends sincere sympathy to
his bereaved family.
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PHONE 67 ■
Speaking of the forgotten man,
how about the Confederate soldier
and his widow? Georgia has paid to
these worthy citizens the first half
of August, 1933, being in arrears for
several months. It is a shameful rec
ord. Georgia with its wealth and re
sources ought to pay promptly the
small amount promised these aged,
feeble and infirm citizens. We rather
suspect that rotten politics is at the
bottom of the whole sorry mess.
BUSINESS IS BETTER
Direct results of re-employment
and the increased circulation of mon
ey are seen in the reports concerning
Christmas buying this year. The es
timate is that the season’s purchases
of holiday goods is the best since
1928, and there’s no doubt that is
true here in Dawson.
Business is better than it was a
year ago. The situation has been im
proving gradually for several months.
A steady imporvement seems to be
assured, although no doubt there
will be a seasonable let down after
the first of the year. By spring the
recovery program will have been car
ried far, with strong promise of still
better conditions to follow.
It is easy to understand why
Christmas business activity has been
stronger than for the last three or
four years. The crash of 1929 was
followed by destruction of values and
the undermining of public confidence.
Today there is a much more confi
dent tone to business, and this is re
flected in the people.—Dawson News.
ANOTHER BIG GAME HUNTER
An editorial writer in The Path
finder discovers that Franklin D.
Roosevelt has even greater fame as
a big game hunter than that which
was enjoyed by his equally illustrious
cousin, Theodore Roosevelt, observ
ing:
“So far Franklin D. Roosevelt has
succeeded in bumping off the G. O.
P. elephant, skinning the Tammany
tiger, caging the Russian bear, cor
ralling the wild bulls of Wall Street
and is now hot on the trail of the
big bad wolf. If he can only drive
that vicious and voracious creature
from our doors permanently no one
can never claim Teddy was a bigger
big game hunter."
The Pathfinder’s list is formidable
Bus Fares Slashed
EFFECTIVE DEC. 1, 1933
FROM JACKSON
TO
Atlanta, Ga. OW .90 R. Trip $ 1.60
Macon. Ga. OW .90 R. Trip $ 1.65
Jacksonville OW $ 4.75 R. Trip $ 8.60
Miami OW $10.90 R. Trip $19.60
New York OW sl4 05 R. Trip $25.25
Chattanooga OW $ 3.20 R. Trip $ 5.70
Chicago OW $11.85 R. Trip $20.35
Washington, D. C. OW $10.45 R. Trio $18.85
All other points figured on the same alarmingly low fares,
and tickets good for 60 days. Tickets sold at
PACE BUS STATION
FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1934
and impressive but not
For, in addition to the t'MBBPPHpPP
to, the president also
hard on the blind tigers.
while these worthy aceomplisßffifcT]
were in process, he gave
thought to conservation and
the habit of killing the goose thar
lays the golden egg.—Rome Tribune-
News.
WITH THE EXCHANGES
Worth Serious Study
Why folks will go to the city and
spend their hard-earned money i3
beyond us. Merchants there care not
a hang for your home community.
They will laugh right in your face
if you ask them for a donation to
help cover the church, restore the
burned school house or see that some
widow and her brood are not left
out in the cold. Think along these
lines, friends, and we just know what
your , own reaction will be, just as
certain as the morning sun follows
the night.—Cartersville News-Tri
bune.
Everybody Can Subscribe
Let us all try to be kinder to our
fellowman in 1934. Greensboro
Herald-Journal.
You’ve Seen This Kind
A southwest Georgia paper, in
writing up the death of a citizen,
said: “In his death his lodge lost an
exemplary member, the widow and
children a loving and tender husband
and father, this paper a three years’
subscription and Sears & Roebuck
a damn good customer.”—Darien Ga
zette.
Will Have to Hustle
The successful man hereafter will
be one who can think of ways to
make money as fast as the govern
ment can take it away from him. He
will have to hustle.—Dawson News.
The discovery expedition of Colum
bus cost only $7,000.
COUGHS
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germs quickly. Creomulsion combines 7
major helps in one. Powerful but harmless.
Pleasant to take. No narcotics. Your own
druggist is authorized to refund your money
on the spot if your cough or cold is not
relieved by Creomulsion. (adv.)