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Jackson Progress - Argus
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
J. DOYLE JONES
Editor and Publisher
Entered as sCcotvd-class matter at
the Post Office at Jackson, Ga.
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The early gardening fever has
been held up for the time being.
Why not a few joint debates this
rummer to enliven the political cam
1-aign?
Huge spending has always meant
high taxes and this will be true of
the present program.
The successful politician is kcer
lor advertising and publicity. It is
worth votes to him.
If the recent near-zero weather
killed the boll weevil, bean beetle
and other insects it was worth while.
The promising grain crop in th’.3
section appears to have escaped the
recent blizzard without serious dam
age.
Later on in the season if they
organize a few “grass killing” bri
gades it will not hurt the feelings
of the farmers.
Poor old Huey Long is passing
out. They all flop sooner or later,
li takes merit to stay at the top in
politics. ~
Purveyors of pubilcity were never
bolder and more persistent than now,
The weekly newspapers are being
courted studiously.
Bandits are proceeding on the
theory that it is easier fo rob and
deal than to work. And they seem
to be getting by with it.
The livestock business continues
brisk. When fertilizer sales begin
then it will be established that the
vorld is safe for democracy.
They are a little slow in getting
the PWA and other government
work started in Georgia. The CWA
is getting most of the limelight.
February is the shortest month in
the year but is filled with dates of
historic interest. Many of the world’s
1 otables were born in February.
Bulloch county is using CWA
funds to build a county hospital. It
i a splendid investment and other
counties might well follow this ex
ample.
With the coming of spring the
candidate will begin to blossom out
in all his glory and surely Solomon
ir. *ll his splendor was not arrayed
as one of these.
Georgia is wry much in earnest
about wanting to reduce the cotton
acreage. Farmers have signed up and
want the rest of the cotton belt to
do likewise.
The Griffin New* is 63 years old
and going strong. It is one of the
best papers in the state and deserves
to succeed. Congratulations to Edi
tor Quimby Melton and The News.
Work is proceeding on route 42 in
several sectors. Clayton is paving,
Henry and Monroe are busy pouring
concrete. This highway will probably
fcc paved in time to get this section
out of the mud before another win
ter.
Butts and Jasper counties are
working for the early completion of
a bridge to span the Ocmulgee river.
AJi good citizens are asked to join
iu this movement and use their in
fluence with the county authoritiei
and highway department.
Judge Persons got pretty close to
the heart of the matter when he told
the Griffin Circuit Bar Association
to clean house of lawyers who are
( always fighting to keep the criminal
out of jail. A good lawyer is a use
ful and valuable citizen. The other
kind is a disgrace to any community.
Georgia had the coldest weather
of several years for a few days last
week, but this does not keep the cli
mate from being all right. It is sel
dom that the state has such cold
weather. The fine climate is an ad
vantage that Georgia should stress
more in its appeal for tourists.
It is a good idea to look out for
ihe crooks and fakirs in these days
of returning prosperity. It is report
ed that schemers of various kinds
bang around the CWA workers on
pay day. The smooth talking guys
are ready to get the money of the
CWA workers and will do so if given
half a chance. Several of these fel
lows were noticed in Jackson on a
recent pay day, but evidently the
policemen did not catch on to the
racket.
Those thrifty souls who are deter
mined to have full value for their
money—even if they have to shop
all over the United States to get it—
should try the following plan: The
next time the house catches fire, call
Sear3, Roebuck & Company fire de
partment; the next time house burns
down, go to the big city merchants
lor a donation; the next time the
cow dies, write the mail order house
for a collection to buy another cow.
And so on indefinitely. The home
town business man is here to back
op what he sells or your money back,
and what’s more, he is the man who
helps to keep the schools going, the
churches open and the wheels of
government turning and is ready to
do his part of private and public
charity.
DIG UP THE FACTS
The Fulton county grand jory is
e ngaged just at this time in probing
the alleged racket of CWA workers,
many of whom are said to be selling
relief tickets at a large discount to
bootleggers, pawnbrokers and mer
chants.
Call it whatever you will, the CWA
is a sort of charity extended by an
unselfish government to prevent
many thousands from going hungry.
That there should be graft in this
enterprise is most regrettable.
The probe started in Atlanta
should be deep and thorough. And
what is more, other communities
would do well to be on their guard
for similar rackets.
There are several features of the
Civil Works Administration that the
layman cannot understand. Those on
the rolls are not only paid but fed
a well. Many equally as deserving
are neither on the rolls nor fed. Just
why this policy is being carried out
is hard to understand.
In an enterprise so vast it i :
probably next to impossible to pre
vent inequalities. These, however,
should be held to a minimum and
certainly there is no room for graft
ir. handling this nation-wide business
SHOULD BE MADE PERMANENT
The American Legion in sponsor
ing the serving of Georgia Products
Dinner’s during the week of February
12, is rendering the state a splendid
service. Georgia Day, February 12,
is an opportune time to call atten
tion to the use of Georgia products.
The Legion, we believe, should go
further and call on Georgians to ob
serve every week as Georgia Prod
ucts week. According to figures that
are accepted as reliable, Georgia is
still spending millions of dollar's ev
ery year for products grown in other
states. The list is a large one and in
cludes such staple products as meat,
lard, flour, hay, corn, milk, butter,
eggs, fruits, vegetables. Atlanta, the
state's largest city, according to fig
ures, used several hundred carloads
of vegetables last year, and Georgia
furnished only a few cars of the
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
total. That is a condition that need.s
correcting.
Now that Georgia farmers are be
ing called on to curtail cotton acre
age by as much as forty per cent,
land will be released for the pro
duction of other crops. These cotton
acres should be utilized in growing
crops that will make the state self
sustaining so far as its population
ar.d livestock is concerned. If this is
done Georgia will save a sum esti
mated to run as high as fifty mil
lion dollars. There was itever a bet
ter time to put the “live at home
program” into practical operation.
It is all right to get up a burst
of enthusiasm, once a year, for the
use of Georgia products, but what is
vastly more important is to
this a week in and week out business
Such a system will go a long wa.v
toward solving many of the state's
pi oblems.
TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT
By J. D. JONES
Quimby Melton has completed ten
years of service as editor of The
Griffin News. He is one of the best
known newspapersmen in the state,,
having been connected with some of
the leading papers of the state be
fore casting his lot with Middle
Georgia. In the World War Major
Melton served with distinction, and
is a past commander of the American
Legion in Georgia. Under Major
Melton’s direction The Griffin News
is serving its section in a capable
manner. The Progress-Argus desires
to extend its congratulations, both
to Major Melton and to the fine pa
per he publishes, and to wish for
both many years of continued ser
vice and usefulness.
Bank bandits fattened their bat
ting average Friday, when SIBO,OOO
was seized in four bank raids. Three
of these raids were in the east and
one in Texas, according to informa
tion compiled by the Associated
Tress. No section of the country
seems safe from robbers, thieves,
thugs, kidnappers and bad men of
various types. The government is
waging war against kidnapers in par
ticular and some progress is apparent
ir. that direction. Only the strong
arm of the law will rid the country
of such lawless outbreaks.
February, the shortest month of
the year, is the birthday of Wash
ington and Lincoln, two of the na
tion’s immortals. February 15 will
also be important this year, for on
that day the cotton reduction cam
paign will end and automobile tags
must be purchased if a penalty is to
be avoided.
The recent severe cold weather
probably killed a lot of insects and
farmers look with favor on a “cold
snap” every now and then. For one
thing it was an opportunity for many
people to slaughter pork and some
large ones were reported in this sec
tion, Judge S. J. Foster heading the
procession with a 753 pound porker.
The cold was rather acute while it
lasted and doubtless caused consid
erable suffering in many instances.
In many parts of the state can
didates are already announcing fo •
office. Primaries are held from early
spring until September, when the
state primary is held, depending on
the action of the various county' exec
utive committees. The campaign for
purely* local offices is now getting
under way and the candidates for
state house offices, including the gov
ernor and all others to be nominat
ed, probably will not swing into ac
tion for some weeks yet. The Butts
County Democratic Executive Com
mittee is called to meet on February
-17 and after that meeting the local
campaign will begin to take definite
form.
The weather man seems to have
had it “in” for the CWA workers the
past week. With the ground frozen,
the men were unable to get in the
usual time and consquntly the pay
roll was missing the last of the week.
A subscriber who lives in another
state writes in to say that he misses
khe “looking through the files” col
umn published occasionally in The
Progress-Argus. Wonder if others
miss this feature abo? The news of
fifty years ago is rich in interest,
particularly to older readers, and if
there is sufficient interest The Prog
ress-Argus will resume this feature.
And in this connection wouldn’t it
be a desirable thing if subscribers
would make suggestions as to the
kind of news they like to see in the
home paper?
That business is much better than
it has been for several months there
can be no question. Some localities
report the payment of debts of many
years standing. Once during the boom
period of the world war a physician
reported that he collected a debt
thirty years old —one that he had en
tirely forgotten about. Not always,
but usually, people will pay when
they have the means. There is more
honesty in the country than one sus
pects. Once the country is convinced
that the depression is behind us and
that money will still circulate and
be spent—just as it always has—
there will be more spending and
more debt paying. Confidence once
shaken is slow to recover. That is
what’s taking place now.
A sure indication of better busi
ness is the number of real estate
deals being made. Both homes and
farms are in demand and the prices
are substantially higher. New busi
ness houses are opening. Jackson and
Eutts county face a much better
year. That much is assured.
Citizens of Jackson are missing u
wonderful opportunity by not going
after that new auditorium And gym
nasium. This is a needed improve
ment and will add much to Jackson.
With the proper facilities many con
ventions would be held here. While
the government money is flowing is
a good time to strike and strike with
united effort for this needed im
provement.
The county commissioners have
the thanks of all citizens of the
county for installing anew heating
system in the court house. The build
ing needs some repairs and these
should have attention at once. The
Butts county court house is a splen
did building and should be taken
care of.
Of all objectives suggested for the
year members of the Kiwanis club
recently voted to place county agent
work in first place. This is as it
should be, for Butts is an agricul
tural county and boy’s club work
and all other phrases of farm agent
work should have the hearty support
ol' every citizen. It is work that will
pay dividends in the years ahead.
So back up the county agent and help
him in the work he is doing with
the boys.
PERMANENT VALUE IN LAND
In the midst of startling changes
when the ablest minds in the world
are seeking a solid foundation for
values, it is not strange that the
thoughts of the average man turn
anxiously towards the question:
“Where can I safely invest my mon
ey?”
In an age when every kind of se
curity has suffered startling shrink
age and where the monster of cor
porate greed is rapidly devouring
many lines of business in the form
of chain stores —business which once
belonged to the individual dealer—
one opportunity remains open to the
average man. He can buy land at a
reasonable price and, despite the
fact that its income for several
years has been quite small, it has
other qualities which offset to some
degree this defect. Land does not
have to be insured. It will not burr,
and cannot be taken away. Through
hard times and good times, through
good weather and bad, even through
the* passing of nations it still re
mains—the only kind of indestructi
ble property in the world. Georgia
farmers are better off than they
were a year ago. Still there are plen
ty of opportunities to buy real values
in farms.—The Winder Nems.
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Deposits in this Bank Insured
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Congress March, 1933.
JACKSON NATIONAL BANK
JACKSON, GEORGIA
WE APPRECIATE YOUR BUSINESS
WITH THE EXCHANGES
Cause For Rejoicing
Everybody in this neck of the
woods should be thankful that not
many more weeks of cold weather
will be our portion before gentle
Spring will appear.—Montieello
News.
The Reason Is Now Plain
The reason there is standing room
only in burlesque theatres and plen
ty of seats in a church is because
women in a church wear clothes.—
Greensboro Herald Journal.
Walking Again in Style
The depression has not been with
cut its advantages to the shoe manu
facturers. With more people w-alk
ing, more shoe leather has been used
up, and the manufacturers are sell
ing more shoes. During the prosper
ous periods, the manufacturers were
forced to change shoe styles every
week in order to find sales.—Tiftou
Gazette.
“Seeing Thing*” Early
Those who already see Governor
Talmadge a victor over Senator Rus
sell in a proposed campaign in 1936
may just be “seein’ things.” In the
campaign of 1932 in which both Tal
made and Russell were candidates
for different offices Russell polled
just about twice* as many popular
votes as Talmadge, and they tell us
when Georgians want anything done
in Washington or want something
done they usually call on Senator
Russell and get what they want, just
as they did from Senator Harris.
Don’t think Dick Russell hasn’t a
political machine.—Madison Madi
sonian.
His Interest Explained
Since the next legislature must
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1934
pass on the dismissal of the members
of the Public Service Commission
and the Highway Board, it is no
vronder the governor wants a legis
lature “whose mind will run along
with his.”—Elberton Star.
Worth Thinking Through
You would not “order off” for a
fire department if your house was
cn fire, would you? Would you “or
der off” for an officer if your home
was being burglarized? No, you
would not. Just thinking about “or
dering off” for that which is being
produced right “under your nose.”
Why not begin to say something to
your merchant about his stocking for
you, our own products? What about
calling for “our own” when you are
buying your household needs.—
Thomasville Press.
SANITARY DEPARTMENT ASKS
CO-OPERATION OF CITIZENS
Receptacles Should Be Placed For
Removal of Rubbish
The sanitary department of the
city of Jackson requests the co
operation of the citizens of the town
in placing receptacles for trash at
convenient places in the yard where
the wagon can call and remove this
rubbish. If this is generally done it
will enable the sanitary department
to serve the city more acceptably, of
ficials point out.
The annual cost of crime in the
United States amounts to more than
512,900,000,000.
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