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Jackson Progress - Argus
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J. DOYLE JONES
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GALLEY ONE
Put your shoulder to the home
town wheel and help start some
thing.
February couldn't afford a full
moon but it had a full house of bad
weather.
What has become of the old fash
ioned man who used to plant his gar
den on the 14th of February?
One does not hear much about 3*2
beer the e days. Is it too mild or do
they prefer something with a real
kick?
They may have to call out the
militia or the governor’s staff of
colonels to curb the crime wave in
Atlanta.
Just so congress adjourns in time
for the members to get back home
and “save the country” all will be
well and good.
Butts and Jasper counties haven’t
forgotten about that Ocmulgee river
bridge and propose to keep ever
lastingly after it.
The 1934 state political campaign
is young yet. Many things can and
no doubt will happen between now
and September when the ballots are
counted.
Practically no gardening has been
done in this section. One cold wave
has chased another so often recently
that there has been no time to think
of gardening.
The two cents tax on bank checks
will be done away with on the first
of next January. Asa source of
revenue the tax on bank checks was
a disappointment.
With the seed loans again availa
ble and credit productive associa
tions set up and ready to function it
seems there will be plenty of money
for farmers to make the 1934 crops.
A lot is being said about business
recovery, but little is 'being said
about character and honesty and
high spiritual values. The country
may be expecting the revival to start
in the wrong place.
A general cTean up campaign aft
er all the winter slush would prove
ar. investment in better health con
ditions. It would add much to the
appearance of property and is desir
able from every standpoint.
All of us would like to see Geor
gia out of debt, but there is not
much credit in being debt free if it
involves repudiation. School teach
ers and Confederate pensioners prob
ably do not relish this sort of pro
gram.
"Automobile owners are now pav
ing a sales tax of thirty-three per
cent on all gasoline used. If this tax
is good for the automobile owners
why would it not be good for all
lines of business? This is an argu
ment hard fur opponents of a sales
tax to get around.
It has been predicted that many
of those released from CWA rolls
may seek easy money through crime
’ather than try to find steady em
ployment. At least this is a prob
lem that confronts the larger cities.
The crime wave is running at high
tide and nothing much is being done
about it.
The extension courses being offer
ed by the University System of Geor
gia is an excellent thing. This makes
it possible for those desiring an ed
ucation or additional training in
some particular line to obtain it at
home at small expense.
The general reading public jnay
clamor for crime news but we have
always doubted it. A recent more
or less noted criminal case lasted for
more than a month and the public
was fed with all the details, including
the color of the defendant’s eyes,
bouquet and dress, etc., etc.
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It used to 'be thought that mail or
der houses depended on catalogues
for all their advertising. A national
concern with headquarters in Atlan
ta is using space in several Georgia
papers. This ought to be a hint for
the home town 'business men to ad
vertise regularly in his local news
paper.
Sunday marked the first year of
President Roosevelt’s administration.
Great changes, many of them for the
better, have taken place in a year.
The whole country is feeling better
and will gradually come out of the
woods. In the meantime support of
the President is just as necessary
now as it ever was.
Speed up road work. Why not?
Many counties arc still without any
paving. The federal government has
been generous and $10,000,000 was
given Georgia to put men to work
,nd rcliev" the distress. Less than
naif of the money has been used.
The state needs the highways and
the men need thework. Bring the
two together.
A movement has been started to
aid storm sufferers in Georgia. The
movement is timely and should have
liberal support. Several communi
ties were hard hit by the storm of
February 25. This section was vis
ited by a disastrous hail storm the
past May and the relief extended by
the Red Cross made conditions eas
ier for many persons.
Now that the political campaign is
about to get going it will be a good
idea if voters decide to weigh ail is
sues calmly and impartially. Much
propaganda will be put out to catch
the unwary. Voters should use their
best judgment and vote according to
the dictates of their conscience. At
all events there should be a full rep
resentative vote in all primaries and
elections.
A MILLION FARMERS IN THE
SOUTH FREE OF MORTGAGE
More than a million farms in' the
South owned and operated by their
owners were free of mortgage in
1930. Of the total number of farms
in the Southern States operated by
full owners only 31!),884 were mort
gaged; 1,042,273 were free of mort
gage. Virginia, South Carolina, Geor
gia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi,
Arkansas and Louisiana reduced
farm mortgage indebtedness over
fifty-eight million dollars from 1925
to 1930.
The total farm mortgaged indebt
edness on farms operated by their
owners in 1930, was as follows: The
eleven Southern States (Texas omit
ted). $435,721,118; lowa, $452,902,-
815; Wisconsin, $355,029,993; Cali
fornia, $298,523,266; Minnesota,
$235,114,123; Illinois, $199,229,141;
Nebraska, $172,243,607; New York,
$170,460,124.
The population of Missisisppi is
more than six hundred thousand
greater than the population of Ne
braska, but the mortgaged indebted
ness of farmers who operate their
farms in Mississippi is only $36,733,-
673. Georgia has a much larger pop
ulation than lowa. The farm mort
gage indebtedness of Georgia is only
$35,624,273.,
Texas with a population greater
than that of lowa and Nebraska com
bined has a farm mortgage indebt
edness of this type of only $199,-
238,529. The bonded indebtedness
of the city of Detroit is greater than
the farm mortgage indebtedness of
all the Southern States combined
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
jwith Texas omitted. These figures
jshow one of the reasons why the
South recovers more rapidly from
depressions than other parts of the
country.—Southern Agriculturist.
ISSUE GREENBACK RATHER
THAN YELLOW BONDS
One of the leading thoughts that
Mr. Brisbane endeavored to impress
upon the members of the Georgia
Press Association, who attended a
luncheon given in his honor in Ath
ens, Thursday, was that there is no
reason why the United States should
double its indebtedness by paying
interest on 'bonds when it could jus:,
as easily issue greenbacks for the
same amount and save the interest
that goes into the packets of bank
ers from the hands of taxpayers.
Mr. Brisbane urged his editor
listeners to write to their represen
tatives in Washington in favor of
issuance of paper money, rathei
than issuing more bonds to pay for
the recovery program. The United
States, he said, will owe by the end
of the present year over $33,000,-
000,000, which, with interest will
eventually amount to twice that
amount. It is ridiculous to assume
that a -nation that has done the
things that the United States ha j
done within the past year could not
issue money and offer its good name
as security “without going inflation
wild,’’ he contended.
There is no difference, Mr. Bris
bane said, in inflating with green
%
backs and inflating with bonds,
which is the present policy of the
government, exeept that the taxpay
ers are saved half the sum that must
eventually be repaid.—Jackson Her
ald.
MORE SPEED IN HIGHWAY
WORK
The slowness with which the Geor
gia Highway Commission has func
tioned with regard to putting into
execution the highway construction
made possible by the PWA grant of
$10,000,000 for such, is not doing
the state a 'bit of good in Washing
ton. The War Between the States
being over, it looks like our state
government ought to co-operate with
Hie federal government a little mere.
This is anew day of loyalty 19 the
Roosevelt administration and its ef
fort to put food on tables that have
known scarcity during the last sev
eral years ,and provide clothing to
families that have been threadbare
likewise during that pWiod. That
ten million was furnished to Georgia,
as to the other states, that the funds
might be hui’ried into circulation
and jobs created rapidly, as well as
that commerce might be further re
juvenated. The spirit of the times
is to do things quickly, but some
quarters have been guilty of not do
ing' them very much at all.—Colum
bus Ledger-Enquirer.
ADVERTISING
Go any place you may and yon
will find the leading merchants are
regular advertisers in the local news
paper. That is tine ofthe reasons
they are leading merchants; they
have told the trading public what
they have to offer and the price they
are expected to pay.
Coca-Cola did it, and what other
beverage on the market can you even
mention?
Rogers and A. & P. do it and who
is it that uoubts their ability to find
customers.
Pearline once did it and made mil
lions until the advertising budget
was cut. Now who know of it?
The Victrola won a place in every
American home with its consistent
advertising.
Mr. Wrigley found buyers for his
chewing gum through the advertis
ing columns of newspapers.
Local leaders almost without ex
ception know the value of newspa
per advertising and will testify for
it as a trade puller.
Every business man should think
it over and give it a fair trial. If
advertising has made millions for
others, it still has power, when prop
erly utilized. —The Pelham Journal.
Cricket, the national game of
Great Britain, was prohibited in tha 1 .
country less than two centuries ago
TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT
B y J: D. JONES
Saturday proved a blue day for
business men. Rain fell almost with
out interruption throughout the day
and this was a serious handicap to
shopping. The weather man has
given the business concerns of the
country many tough breaks recent
ly, but it is believed the worst is
over.
Monroe county is moving with
commendable spirit to have the high
way from Forsyth to Indian Springs
paved at an early date. Commis
sioners of that county arc pushing
the paving with all possible energy.
Butts county is not getting its share
of paving. There is a hitch some
where. It is up to the people to find
out and correct this situation.
Authority has been received to be- 1
gin construction on the new stone
bridge at Indian Springs. This work
will be rushed and it is hoped to
have the project completed by April
1. tty that time it is likely the plans
for anew casino and pavilion will
have been approved. Indian Springs
is undergoing improvements of a
permanent and worthwhile nature
and indications point to a big season
at this famous health and' recreation
center.
Football holds sway during the
fall and gives way to basketball in
the winter, to be followed in turn by
baseball in the sprin gand summer.
It will be a desirable thing if Jack
son decides to put out a first-class
baseball team this season. The half
holidays will come along a little later
and there is need for clean and
wholesome amusement and recrea
tion. What say the baseball fans of
the community?
The Jackson CCC camp will begin
another period of enlistment about
April 1, it is stated. There are many
applicants for the places to be filled.
The training afforded by enlistment
in the Civilian Conservation Corps
proves valuable to any young man
and the opportunity should be appre
ciated and made the most of. This
work has the full endorsement of
President Roosevelt and authority
was recently extended to continue
the camps for another year, at least.
A lot of people seem to envy rural
mail carriers, believing they have an
easy time and a soft snap. In weath
er such as prevailed during Febru
ary the rural carriers earn all they
get and then some. The going was
rough and it requires a good deal of
courage and nerve to make the
rounds over all conditions of roads
and with the temperature only a few'
degrees above zero. That condition
does not exist all the year, it is true,
for if it did there probably would not
be any rural carriers.
Our information is that Mrs. John
E. Lane, historian for Butts county,
has about completed her work. The
history, it is planned, will be pub
lished within the next few weeks.
Mrs. Lane has done a lot of hard
work in compiling material for the
history and the work will no doubt
be one of which every citizen of the
county will be proud. Fitted by ed
ucation, training and a love for his
tory in general, Mrs. Lane has com
piled a history, which when printed,
will be of great value.
President Roosevelt has complet
ed a full year in the White House
A year ago things were just about
as bad as they could be. It has been
necessafy to restore confidence, to
rebuild morale. Marvelous progress
has been made in a single year. With
the people facing the future full of
renewed hope and confidence and
ready to go forward under the in
spiring leadership of President Roo
sevelt, the country will, it is believ
ed, make even greater progress dur
ing the coming twelve months.
According t<x information obtained
from Butts county citizens who have
BUSINESS IS BETTER
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The fact that “Business is BETTE R“
emanates from unmistakable sources. Many
branches of business and industry proclaim an
actual upturn into better days.
Public confidence has largely been restored.
A heart to go ahead is in evidence on all sides.
Are you planning a place for yourself in the
New Order of business?
If so, we feel that we are in position to ren
der you a highly efficient service.
Help us to pass it on—
“BUSINESS IS BETTER”
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YOUR ACCOUNT IN THIS BANK IS INSURED
UNDER ACT OF CONGRESS PASSED IN 1933
■■manani
JACKSON NATIONAL BANK
JACKSON, GEORGIA
recently 'ljeen to that state,. and
from facts picked up from other
sources, this column learns that Flor
ida is having a banner tourist sea
son. Miami, it is said, has 175,000
tourists at this time. The agricul
tural portion of the state is not so
well off. Citrus fruit is cheap and
strawberries are not bringing grow
ers much profit. But the tourist
crop is yielding rich returns. One
of these days Georgia will decide to
build good roads'and advertise its re
sources and climate and obtain a
part of the tourist business. It is a
crop well worth cultivating.
The fortunate few who were fa
vored with employment by the Civil
Works Administration should be
grateful for the opportunity to earn
support for themselves and their
families. The CWA was a tempora
ry affair, intended to relieve distress
for a short time until something
more permanent- could be devised.
Of the hundreds who registered only
a small portion could be given em
ployment. Now that the work is to
be discontinued there should be no
bitterness over the orders of the
President. Rather should there be
genuine appreciation for the help al
ready extended, and serious efforts
should be made to find permanent
employment. The United States has
done a big part by its unfortunate
citizens.
WITH THE EXCHANGES
Viewing the Remains
The world has stopped scrapping
ever what is right and is now scrap
ping over what is left. —Pathfinder.
There’s the Rub
Wall Street wants to deflate the
dollar; Washington wants to inflate
it, but the big job for the average
man is to locate the dollar.—Greens
boro Herald-Journal.
Wants to Swallow Others
The DeKalb New Era notes that
every newspaper advocating county
consolidation in Georgia wants to
keep the county seat and annex the
’other fellow’s county.—Greensboro
Herald-Journal.
Some Sound Advice
Behave yourself; let others go to
the devil, if they so please. If you
behave yourself, and do well, that
will be the most powerful preaching
you can engage in; noting your ex
ample, many on the way to the devil
will turn back, and follow you to
safety.—Ed Howe.
Boost for Georgia Yam
Did you know that an ordinary
size yellow sweet potato, baked or
roasted in the skin, is a valuahlc
source of vitamin A? Two such
Sweet potatoes in a week will supply
cne with all this essential needed.
One pound contains 22,672 units of
FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1934
vitamin A. White potatoes contain,
no vitamin A. This is true of both
varieties, sweet and Irish.—Georgia’s]*
Health.
Rural America on the Way
Rural America is coming 'back to
the position it occupied before the
war. This is everywhere evident.
There is evidence of it in Sylvester
and every other rural town in the
country where there are no vacant
houses. There is evidence of it in
the outlying farming regions here
abouts in the fact that farm houses
vacant for the past ten or fifteen
years are all occupied.—Sylvester
Local.
Big Gain in Year’s Time
Boy, what a difference one year
year malces. This time in 1933 the
bank toru’bles were multiplying so
rapidly no one could keep up with
them. People were scared and were
drawing their money out of the
banks just as rapidly as they could
get it, provided they got there be
fore the bank was closed. Uncle
Sam has over seven billion dollars
worth of gold in his vaults, with
more on the way; 14,640 banks havF
reopened since the national holiday
for full operation; deposits are guar
anteed up to $2,500 each, and th||
people are putting their money back
in the banks about as fast as they
took it out. —Tifton Gazette.
Timely Questions
• All over the state an effort is be
ing made to have candidates for the
legislature - declare themselves as
either for or against Governor Tal
madge. That is well enough, but
there are a few other questions we
would like for them to answer for
us, such as, what changes, if any, do
you favor in the state prohibition
laws? What steps do you favor the
state taking to insure the prompt
payment of Confederate pensions as
hey fall due and the payment of the
past due installments? How do you
think the congested condition at the
state insane asylum can be relieved?
Are you for or against a sales tax?
How can we wipe out the state schooi
deficit, and what can we do to as
sure the common schools fair treat
ment in the future? Then we are
going to vote for the man whose
platform comes nearer cori’esponi
ing tq our own ideas of what is the
best for the state, regardless of per
sonal friendship or anything else.—
Pickens County Progress.
GOING TO CHURCH
Some go to church to take a
Some go there to laugh and talk,
Some go there to meet a friend,
Some go there time to spend,
Some go there to meet a lover,
Some go there a fault to cover,
Some go there for speculation,
Some go there for observation.
Some go there to doze and nod,
The wise go there to worship God.
—Exchange.