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Jackson Progress - Ar h .
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
J. DOYLE JONES
Editor and Publisher
Entered as second-class matter at
the Post Office at Jackson, Ga.
TELEPHONE NO. 166
OFFICIAL ORGAN BUTTS COUN
TY AND CITY OF JACKSON
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What, has become of the movement
for a Chamber of Commerce for
Butts county?
Good roads go hand in hand with
consolidated schools. It is of little
use to consolidate schools unless they
are made accessible by highways that
will stand the test under all weath
er conditions.
Some of the most effective work
the Jackson Kiwanis club can do
is to support the efforts of County
Agent Drake. The 4-H club work is
worthy of the most active support
and co-operation.
The weather man has a fat batting
average. Recently one cold wave
has been followed by another of
equal severity. Taken altogether the
winter has been a pretty severe one
and better weather will be heartily
welcome.
The government spent money fast
end in large amounts while the CWA
was in full swing. The tapering off
is now in progress and the end is in
sight. More jobs are being created
end soon, it is hoped, everybddy will
be at work.
Just why the Civil Works Admin
istration in this state has not been
handled by Georgia citizens remains
a mystery. Certain it is that Geor
gians are more familiar with condi
tions than anybody that may be im
ported to fill the executive offices.
Butts county needs a marketing
association to handle poultry, pure
bred seeds of various kinds and oth
er farm crops. The farmers can
grow these products but they are not
experts at marketing. There is where
a marketing association will be worth
a great deal.
Several names are being put for
ward as probable candidates for com
missioner of agriculture. Among
those mentioned are Tom Linder,
executive secretary to Governor Tal
madge; Columbus Roberts, promi-!
neat citizen of Columbus; J. 11.
Burch, of Eastman, and the incum
bent, G. C. Adams.
Every citizen who is interested in
bis county, state and government
should seo that he is qualified to vote
end then exercise the right of suf
frage. We have had government by
* minority for too long. Several
important elections will be held this
year. See that you are properly reg
istered for the approaching elections.
What is regarded as the entering
wedge in the 1934 state political
campaign is the announeeemnt by
Col. Jule Felton that he will be a
candidate for judge of the supreme
court to succeed Judge John B.
these debts are being repudiated. We
is reported there will be opposition
all along the lirfe and the campaign
will be one of wide interest.
Georgia may be moving to bal
ance its budget, but it is certainly
treating Confederate soldiers and
their widows with shameful neglect.
Tensions are not being paid and
these debts are being repudiatte. We
believe Georgia taxpayers would be
glad to pay a few pennies extra to
see these gallant old veterans and
their widows taken proper care of in
their declining ages. Many are al
most destitute. It is a shameful rec
ord and one that Georgia will al-
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in spite of all relief work that has
ucen done a few cases of actual suf
fering and distress still exist. A
careful survey should be made of all
such cases 'by the city or county, or
oi.h, and help should be extended
whenever it is proved worthy. The
Progress-Argus believes the taxpay
ers will be glad to pay for the care
of all worthy charity.
This is election year in Georgia
and as far as The Progress-Argus is
concerned it will be a cash campaign.
In years past this paper has done
advertising and printing for candi
dates for state house offices and the
bills remain unpaid. No doubt other
newspaper have had the same expe
rience. Neither do we propose to
hand out free publicity to candidates.
People who go around with wads
of money stand a good chance to lose
it Robbers and burglars were never
more active. Only a few days ago
the newspapers had an account of a
citizen in Thomsaton losing more
than $2,000 in currency. A bank is
a good place to deposit money. All
banks are safe now, for the govern
ment is behind them and deposits are
guaranteed.
The candidate for commissions
of agriculture vvro comes out on a
platform of doing something to pro
mote the dairy and livestock indus
try of the state is going to get our
vote. Dairy and livestock farmers
of Georgia have suffered bitterly
and those in authority are unable or
unwilling to do anything about it.
The situation is desperate and in
stead of squabbling, the state needs
a man as commissioner of agricul
ture who is big enough and ’oroad
enough to give the dairy and live
stock farmers of Georgia a fair deal.
With Georgia taking so much land
cut of cotton production serious
study should be given to finding de
pendable cash crops to supplement
the cotton income. The state has
several large cities that must be sup
plied fruits and vegetables, milk,
eggs, butter and other products that
can be profitably grown here. Geor
gia has never made a serious effort
to develop truck crops. Under cer
tain conditions truck crops are the
most profitable that can be produc
ed. The crops should be produced
and there should be marketing asso
ciations to handle them. It will
prove good business for Georgia to
grow its own food and feed and a
surplus to supply the large city mar
kets.
BUYING GEORGIA PRODUCTS
These Georgia Products dinners
and all the high-powered orations
about “living at home” and “eating
Georgia products” are as so much
sounding brass and tinkling cym
bals. The theory is fine; unfortu
nately, we don’t do it. Patriotism is
one thing; convenience and economy
is another.
It was once stated that Georgia
could build a stone wall around her
borders and be independent of the
v.brld. Whether that be true or not
we can’t say. We do know that
Georgia produces nearly everything
for the feeding, clothing and welfare
of her children. Getting those
children to eat at home, wear Geor
gia clothes and shun outside prod
ucts is another thing.
In the first place, we doubt if
there is enough butter and eggs pro
duced in Georgia to feed our own
people. We doubt if there is enough
beef and hogs to provide meat for
our people. As for cotton, we are
of the opinion that there is enough
cotton raised in Georgia to last us
for a hundred years, judging from
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present-day prices.
What, then, is the solution? Back
to the farm, they say; grow these
things that Georgia needs; are pay
ing out to other states. Grow more
cattle, make more butter, raise more
poultry, more of this and more of
that.
To do ali this requires time. There
must first be a great returning to
the farms. Our farmers of today
have all they can say grace over.
They haven't the jnoney to invest in
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSUri, GEORGIA
j something they don’t know about.
They haven’t the ready market even
if they did have the money. There
fore, there must ’be specialists for
various phases of the work; men
who know how to raise poultry ana
make it their major; men who know
how to raise beef and make it theii
major work; trained men and women
for the various phases of agricul
ture.
tl is all right to instill a patriotic
desire to buy Georgia products, but
when one goes into a grocery store
and finds Washington state apple?
set side-by-side with Georgia apples
—the one perfect in side and grade,
and attractively wrapped in tissue
paper, the other positively dirty and
unattractive, so far as outward ap
pearances go, it is easy to see why
Georgians choose the Washngton ap
pie. Particularly so, as the price is
the same. And it’s the same with
other products raised at home. We
haven’t learned the secret of pre
senting our products in show-style;
dressing them up for the market,
makingg them more attractive. Cali
fornia and other states have long
realized the importance of this.
There will be more “living at
home” and “buying Georgia prod
ucts” when the producers discover
that appearance is half the battle.
‘ Goods well displayed are goods half
sold,” is the old maxim, and Geor
gians will buy Georgia products once
they are attractively displayed.—
Cobb County Times.
TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT
By J. D. JONES
This column is well aware of the
fact that Butts is an agricultural
county and will so remain for a
long time, according to present indi
cations. This being true, it seems,
marketing should go along with pro
duction. More and more it will be
necessary to obtain cash income
from products other than cotton.
Tennessee and North Carolina farm
ers find lespedeza seed profitable.
These seed are sold in large lots.
The seed are harvested, sacked and
placed in a warehouse, just as we
handle cotton, and then are dispos
ed of by a marketing association or
through the county agent. One Ten
nessee farmer has 30,000 pounds of
lespedeza seed for sale, and at 5
cents per pound he will have a crop
equally as profitable as cotton. Butts
county can grow lespedeza with
marked success and profit. The
same is true of burr clover and
many other seeds. If we will pro
duce these things, put them up in at
tractive packages and form a mar
keting association we can boost our
farm income materially. It is good
business and well worth investigat
ing.
Members of the Georgia Public
Service Commission, kicked out of
office by Governor Talmadge, will
have an opportunity to test public
sentiment before voters of the state
this year. Jule W. Felton, one of
the ousted commissioners, will make
the race for judge of the supreme
ccuit against Judge Hutcheson, ap
pointee of Talmadge. It is under
stood that others of the ousted com
missioners will be candidates for
their old places this year. Just what
the voters will have to say about it
remains to be seen.
The man who makes headway now
adays is the one who reads and thinks
and plans carefully. An increasing
number of rural citizens are read
ing daily newspapers. The home pa
per, a good daily newspaper and a
good farm magazine should enter
every home. The rural free deliv
ery of mail is one of the greatest
services ever performed by the gov
ernment and this makes it possible'
for rural residents to keep informed
of local, state, national and world
conditions. The man who reads is a
better and more valuable citizen than
the one who has to get his news sec
ond hand.
The death of Mr. David Griffin Mc-
Michael removes a citizen who was
[ universally loved and respected. He
I bad friends among all clases and not
an enemy. Hfi’was broad and liberal in
his sympathies and had a heart full
of love and kindness for his brother
man. “Mr. Dave” or “Uncle Dave,”
as he was known to his friends and
intimates, was one of Georgia’s old
est and most prominent Masons. He
loved the fraternity; he had been an
inspiration to many who sought to
know more of its noble tenets. He
had filled offices in all branches of
Masonry, including the blue lodge,
chapter and commandery. Always
faithful, always in his place, always
well informed, his passing is a genu
ine loss to Georgia Masonry. Asa
friend he was true, loyal and trust
ing. A man of the highest ideals of
honesty and integrity, he wore wor
thily the “grand old name of Gen
tleman.” He was a good Mason and
i better Christian, and like the low
ly Nazarene, he went about doing
good. His life will ever be a bene
diction to those privileged to call him
friend.
Atlanta is suffering just now from
anew outbreak of bandits. The fa
vorite stunt of these racketeers
seems to be to hop on the running
board of automobiles and hold up
the passengers, taking everything of
value. One authority claims the
South is being infested with rack
eteers. who have been chased out cf
Chicago and other crime centers by
the vigilance of officers. It it cer
tainly hoped this new racket will be
broken up before it gets a foothold
in the ‘ South. Unless Atlanta can
speedily curb this latest crime racket
the entire city will suffer as a result.
The cotton acreage campaign is
about over in Butts county, which
has made a splendid record for co
operation and support of the move
ment. All who have had a part in
the campaign have done good work.
This has been particularly true of
County Agent Drake, who has been
closely confined with the campaign
since last fall. Now he will be able
to give his time and attention to
other important work. Mr. Drake
plans to make this a good year for
boys club w r ork and he plans to be
gin his enrollment of members at
once. If the Kiwanis club will sup
ply Mr. Drake with a number of
scholarships to Camp Wilkins it will
be doing a fine piece of w r ork.
Citizens of this section have been
encouraged recently by the progress
made in paving on Route 42. Be
fore the year is out the entire high
way should be paved. This section
wants to get out of the mud. The
highway from Carrollton to Augusta,
including a bridge across the Oemul
gee river, is another project in which
there is much local interest.
Indian Springs faces the best sea
son it has ever enjoyed. A big con
struction program is in progress at
this well-known health and recrea
tion center. More land has recentlj
been made available and the fores
try board, in co-operation with tin
CCC camp, will be able to work won
ders. Already, when the weather is
good, many citizens are going to In
dian Springs to inspect the work.
The Indian museum was a great and
needed improvement. It is the only
building of the kind in the entire
country. Indian Springs is going to
be more popular than ever before.
Fertilizer sales show an increase
over the previous season, according
to reports. This, too, in spite of the
fact that cotton acreage will be
sharply curtailed. Many mules have
been sold in Georgia and it looks like
a big year on farms of the state.
Farmers are ready to do their part
and when they are given good prices
for their products Georgia will be
well on the road to normal condi
tions.
HOME LOYALTY
Dawson is a good town but it
would be a better one if there
was more loyalty on the part of
those who have their homes and
make a living thei'e. The good
citizen is the one who patron-
DEPOSIT INSURANCE
FOR
PEOPLE WITH A BANK ACCOUNT
People with money in the bank are a real
asset to this community, stable, independent
citizens providing loanable funds to help busi
ness and industry. They help to expand busi
ness, give employment to others aud furnish a
market for farm produce and for merchandise.
People with money in the bank are contrib
uting citizens who in helping themselves also
help others.
Their bank account is FINANCIAL
INSURANCE for them in time of need.
YOUR ACCOUNT IN THIS BANK IS INSURED
UNDER ACT OF CONGRESS 1933 BY FED
ERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION.
JACKSON NATIONAL BANK
JACKSON, GEORGIA
izes home enterprises and indus
tries and pays his bills promptly.
Are you doing your part to push
Dawson forward? —Dawson News.
Monroe is also a good town, but it
is subject to the same indictment that
the News draws against Dawson.
Too many Monroe pople go out of
Monroe to buy things which could be
bought with equal satisfaction and
ec-onomy at home. And the purchas
es made outside include everything
from safety pins to coat suit, from
haberdashery to house paint, ( from
plow points to powder puffs and
printing.
The spirit of home town loyalty
exists in people’s breasts, but during
recent years it has almost died for
lack of exercise.
One reason for the decline in home
town loyalty may be found in the
decline in advertising in the home
town newspapers—the failure of the
home man to inform the people as to
his wares and invite them to his place
of business.
A glance at the advertising pages
of the Dawson News, one of the best
of Georgia weeklies, leaves with us
the same impression gathered from
looking over various other newspa
pers, to-wit:
The business enterprises of Daw
son are lacking in loyalty to their
home paper because it shows a dearth
of local advertising.
But the home town weekly remains
loyal to all'its enterprises and insti
tutions, despite the fact that the pa
per itself is inadequately supported,
as witness the following from the
Jackson Progress-Argus, another of
the better weeklies:
Those thrifty souls who are
determined to have full value
for their money—even if they
have to shop all over the Unit
ed States to get it—should try
the following plan: The next
time the house catches fire, call
Sears, Roebuck & company fire
department; the next time a
house burns down, go to the big
city merchants for a donation;
the next time the cow dies, write
the mail order house for a col
lection to buy another cow. And
so on indefinitely.
The home town business man
is here to back up what he sells
or your money back, and what’s
more, he is a man w r ho 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.”
The Jackson Progress-Argus, the
Dawson News, the Walton Tribune
r.nd various other Georgia weekly
papers are continually pulling for
their communities, but apparently
their communities are making no
concrete effort to sustain these
agencies of progress and preserva
tion.
There are business firms in each
FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1934
of these towns which rarely if ever
advertise, and some of them which
have accepted favors at the newspa
per’s hands do not hesitate to send
cut of town for their printing.
All of which leads us to the con
clusion that no exemplification of
home loyalty is complete which does
not include the home newspaper—•
that earnest, active and tireless cham
pion of home institutions and home
enterprises which is on the job every
week of the year.
The country editor of 1934 is bat
tling against innumerable odds and
difficulties. The daily and Sunday
paper has taken away the larger por
tion of his national advertising, and
local advertising is at its lowest ebb.
Paper dealers have arbitrarly hiked
the price on small shipments of pa
per, forcing him to buy in large
quantities or rendering it impossible
for him to compete with the larger
printing houses and the cut-throat
concerns which exist at every cross
roads.
Will Rogers declared that the
farmer was “relieved” by having ev
erything he had taken from him, and
it looks to us like the small print
shop is headed for the same fate.—
Walton Tribune.
THE “PAUPER” COUNTIES
We often hear a large percentage
cf Georgia’s counties referred to as
“pauper counties.” The reason or
excuse given for applying that epi
thet to certain counties is that they
receive from the state treasurv
more money than they pay into it.
The money so received is a percent
age of the sales tax on gasoline and
motor oils and the state’s contribu
tion to the support of its own public
schools.
Now, what is it that “pauperizes”
these counties? Do the supercilious
jackasses wjio apply that epithet to
certain country counties actually
think that any of such counties real
ly are “pauper counties?”
If so let them calculate how much
each of such counties spends on
keeping up the states’ highways,
how much in paying the expenses of
the state’s courts, and how much in
supplementing the funds necessary
to carrying on the state’s schools.
The roads, the courts, the public
schools all belong to the state, and
if this state will shoulder that part
of the states’ own burden, as North
Carolina is now doing, instead of
unloading it on the counties, there
will not be a single “pauper county”
left in Georgia.—Thomasville Pre^S.
Fortune for Georgia
Experiments by Dr. Charles Her
ty, of Savannah, prove that paper of
splendid quality for newspapers may
be produced from ordinary Georgia
pine. This means a fortune for this
state, as the paper can be put on the
market at about $13.00 per tons less
than the spruce pulp from the Can
ada mills.—Madisonian.