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Jackson Progress - Argus
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J. DOYLE JONES
Editor and Publisher
Entered as seeond-cluss matter at
the Post Office at Jackson, Ga.
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Play it safe by growing plenty of
food and feed this year.
The time is growing short. Better
l'.'gister if you want to vote in the
year’s elections.
Now is the time for all men to
register and be prepared to vote in
the primary and election.
Why not get started on the annua!
dean up campaign? It will prove
profitable to all concerned.
Easter was a perfect day. The
weather man redeemed himself. It
was a glorious Easter season and
may there be many more days like
if.
Sell 'em by telling 'em regularly
in the home town paper.. There is
no other way to reach the public as
cheaply and as effectively as through
your home paper.
The convention season is approach
ing- and many are the gatherings
that will be held during the spring
and summer. Indian Springs with
the improvements made there should
be a popular convention center.
South Georgia reports many of the
ciops planted. Very little plowing
has been done in this section since
the Christmas holidays and planting
has been delayed several weeks. With
cotton acreage reduced, there is still
time for planting.
Motor trucks operating in the state
have had rates reduced twenty-five
per cent by the public service com
mission. These truck lines are
forced to comply with the code, and
there may ’be a conflict of authority.
At uny rate the matter will be watch
ed with interest.
The Easter season brought brisk
trade to all parts of the country.
What a fine thing it would be if
everybody resolved to trade’at home
and support local business institu
tions. Tjiis would do much to re
store prosperity and put the local
communities in a strong position.
Many who have been em
ployed on CWA rolls will be trans
ferred to relief rolls, it is announced.
Many will be able to find employment
in industry ami still others can find
work on the farm. The employment
situation is getting better and in a
short time it is hoped there will be
wwk for everybody who wants to
work.
There is no more important work
before the County Farm Agent than
that with the boys enrolled in the
several agricultural duos. It is hoped
the enrollment in the county this
year will be a large one and that
many of the boys will be able to at
tend the club camp at Camp Wilkins.
The Kiwanis club can be of great as
sistance to the county agent in pro
viding the means for taking the
boys to Camp Wilkins for a summev
outing and course of instructions.
Results of the soil improvement
irork begun in the county last fall
are beginning to be seen. Many
fine fields of clover are in evidence
and when this is turned under for
fertilizer largely inci-eased yields
will follow. Soil improvement is
•ae of the most important phases of
tounty agent work. Butts county
kas done much in this respect but
still more needs to be done. Get out
and see some of this clover. It is
inspiring and ppints the way to bet
ter conditions on the farm.
The State Democratic Executive
I Committee meets this week and the
political campaign will begin to take
| form. Whatever opposition, if any,
j to the present administration will no
doubt take form within a few day?
after the committee meets. Alto
gether it promises to be an interest
ing politiacl year.
If the codes are carried out ac
cording to the letter and spirit of
the law, prices are going to be more
or less uniform throughout the
country. This is another reason for
trading at home. The home town
business man can sell it as cheap as
it can be bought anywhere else, and
ho is here'to please and serve you
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and back up what he sells.
Citizens of Butts county are mak
ing a good record this year in keeping
down forest fires. Very few forest
fires have been reported this season
and it is hoped this good record will
be kept up. Georgia has vast wealth
in its timber resources and if fire is
kept out of the trees a dependable
cash income is assured in a few years.
Let’s protect our trees gpd they
will support and protect us a little
later.
National bank statements as re
cently called for by the comptroller
of the currency reflect a healthy
state of affairs. Whereas a year ago
banks were closed, now the institu
tions are going forward, show a good
increase in deposits aad are in posi
tion to serve their communities bet
ter than ever before. And on top
of it all, deposits are guaranteed and
there is confidence, faith and cour
age.
TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT
By J. O. JONES
Mrs. John E. Lane, appointed his
torian of Butts county by the grant l ,
jury, announces that the history has
been completed. In compiling the
history Mrs. Lane has delved into
musty records, both in the county
court house and in the state eapitol
in Atlanta, and has brought to light
facts that will be of interest to
every citizen of the county. When
printed the Butts county history will
be a permanent reeord to date of the
county’s progress along every lino
since it was created in 1825, and
. hould find a place in every home.
Mrs. Lane has worked hard and
unselfishly and preserved in lasting
form the county’s legends, tradi
tions and history.
Gibbs Lyons, son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. L. Lyons and native cf Jackson,
who is assistant comptroller general
of the currency, spent the week-end
here with his parents. Mr. Lyons
is filling an important position in
Washington and filling it in a highly
acceptable manner. lie was cordi
ally welcomed by his friends during
his visit here. Mr. Lyons is of the
opinion that business has definitely
turned the corner and that the coun
try is well on the road to better
times. Friends in his home town are
glad of the deserved success that
has come to Gibbs Lyons.
Friends here were glad to know
that T. M. Calloway, Jr., son of Rev.
and Mrs. T. M. Calloway, of Wadley,
formerly of Jackson, has been re
elected superintendent of the Eat
onton public schools. Mr. Calloway
was pastor of the First Baptist church
here for several years and his son
often visited here and is known to
many of the people of Jackson and
community. Prof. Calloway is a
graduate of Mercer University and is
making a place for himself in the
educational world.
The Jackson high school debating
team has gotten away to a good
start, having defeated Spalding high
and Thomaston and now ranks first
ir. this division. Jackson and Mc-
Donough high schools will meet for
the championship in this division.
Friends and patrons of the school are
proud of Jackson high debating team
and are confident they will come
through for district honors.
THE JACKSON PROGRESS ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
Col. Jule W. Felton, of Montezu
ma, spent the week-end with rela
tives. Mr. Felton is a former mem
ber of the Georgia Public Service
Commission, having been kicked out
by Governor Talmadge. Col. Felton
has announced that he will oppose
Justice John B. Hutcheson for a
seat on the supreme court bench.
Jule Felton is a splendid young Geor
gian and his friends predict that he
will be vindicated before voters in
this year’s primary. As editor of
the Montezuma Georgian and a form
er mayor of his city, he is well and
favorably known.
A good deal of inteerst is centered
in the meeting of the Democratic
State Executive Committee to be held
in Atlanta this week. Rules and
regitoa tions will be adopted to govern
the state primary, date for entries
will be fixed and other party matters
considered. Following this meeting
the state campaign will begin to as
sume definite form.
The Easter season has passed into
history for this year at least, and
many of us are hopiny there will be
a nev deal as regards the weather,
business conditions and other thing’s.
Easter cele'oerates the greatest fact
in history—the resurrection of Christ
and the very season is typical of new
life, new birth and general avvaken
ixg as well as the promise of life
eternal. Generally Easter is a big
trade day with business men and
Jackson merchants enjoyed a liberal
share this season.
One fact is pretty well establish
ed and that is under the new code
governing the printing industry—
the fourth largest of all the nation’s
industries—cut-throat printers are
are going to find hard sledding. The
code sets up rigorous standards for
all branches of the printing industry.
The paper supply houses are already
advanced prices. Printing is bound
to be higher. This should favor the
small town plants, where rent, over
head expenses and living conditions
are cheaper than in larger centers.
But at that, the small town plants
have plenty of troubles of their owr,
and are striving to comply with the
requirements prescribed by the code
authorities
Not before since newspapers be
came general has there been so many
demands for space. Space grafting
has become a fine art and is practic
ed without ceasing. Every cause,
scheme, ism, movement and trend
is flooding the newspapers with pro
paganda. Of coux-se as long as the
newspapers print this propaganda
free they will not be able to sell ad
vertising. Nobody buys a thing he
cun get for nothing. That is noi
human nature. So the newspapers
have to be on constant guttl'd to keep
out advertising under the guise of
news. Newspapers cannot do a bet
ter piece of work than to put their
business on a strict business basis
and tell the free publicity hounds
where to get off.
The political campaign in Butts
county is on and as usual where con
tests loom there is much interest be
ing manifested. Last week *he
Progress-Ax'gus was besieged for pa
pers and could scarcely supply the
demand. It would be a fine thing if
%
people took the same interest all thx
time in their government as they do
during a political year. This should
be done. All the pi'oblems of gov
ernment can be settled by the voters
and they are the only power that can
do this. Voting is a privilege and
should be carefully guarded. The
way to have clean, honest govern
ment is for the votei's to be on the
alert, not during the campaign only,
but every day in the yeai\ Georgia
will have plenty of politics this year.
Keep cool, the game is young yet.
Many things can happen between
now and September.
The Civil Woi'ks Administration as
a noble experiment is ovei\ Anew
set-up has taken its place. Mistakes
were made, of coui'se, but in the main
the CWA was the means of helping
a great many people over a tough
spot. Not all the woi-k done was
of a permanent nature, but the gov
ernment did provide bread and mea:
to families hard pressed. It is good
to know that efforts are being made
to work out a pearmanent solution
to the unemployment problem. Much
cl it rests with the soil.
Georgia should have paper mills.
Dr. Herty has proved beyond ques
tion that print paper of good quality
can ’be made from Georgia pines
This will revolutionize the paper in
distry. The big northern mills are
trying to keep paper mills from being
established in the South, but the\
will fail. Georgia has remarkable re
sources in its timber and this should
be preserved for future generations.
At all costs fire should be kept out
of the forests.
NEW CROP IN THE SOUTH
Attempts ito induce the southern
farmers to break away from the risky
single crop agriculture and to free
themselves from the .oppresive trilo
gy, cane, corn and cotton, have not
succeeded satisfactorily. Save in
some favored districts the opportuni
ties for generalizing the farming in
dustry have not been demonstrated.
But curiously from far-off China
seems to come a promise.
Since the great war industry in
this country has developed processes
depending upon an oil derived from
the tung tree, a native of China.
More than 10,000,000 pounds of this
raw lftaterial valued at about $15,-
000,000 is imported from China. The
improved finish upon American Au
tomobiles, furniture and other arti
cles made bright with enamels and
varnish owes much to tung oil.
So important had this material be
come some years ago that the de
partment of commerce began to
worry lest in the event of disturbed
conditions in Asia our sole source of
supply should be cut off. Then it
•■as discovered that over considerable
areas in this country the tung trees
could be made to flourish. And those
areas are the districts that have been
hindered in progress because of the
narrow scope of their soil products.
Tung tree planting has proceeded
rapidly. Already there are about
30,000 acres of the first shipment un
der cultivation. And this spring the
first shipment of tung oil produced
in this country moved to consun.
centers. It was in one tank car con
-65,000 pounds. Experiment
al work so far conducted indicates
that the productive area will be 100
miles wide but crossing the southern
portions of Alabama, Mississippi and
Louisiana, the north thrid of Florida,
the eastern and northern gulf coun
ties of Texas and the southwestern
section of Georgia.—Anderson (S.
C.) Independent.
HORSES AND MULES
The hoise and mule market is
stronger than it has been in years.
Good animals ai - e bringing better
prices. The prices are not fancy
ones, but are satisfactory to botii
the buyer and seller since the im
provement seems to be one l-eflecting
better conditions on farms over a
wide area. There is no boom in the
mai'ket, but prices hold their oWn for
the reason that the demand is ex
pected to continue.
Farmers as a rule aie the buyers
of mules. More mules will be used
in farm work in the south than in a
long time. The point is that it is
cheaper to replace motor power with
draft animals. The livestock con
sumption of grains and other farm
products also goes into the farmers’
leckoning. Hay, oats, com, pastur
age and the like are cheaper than gas
and oil for motivepporerw r er on faiins.
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It is was announced a fCw weeks
ago that, contrary to the popular im
pression, mules and horses were used
for motive power on 84 per cent of
the farms, taking the country as a
whole. Now, with the market active
and prices better, it is likely that this
percentage will be increased. —Daw-
son News.
WITH THE EXCHANGES
Who Said Consistency?
While “Uncle Sam’’ is asking
everybody else to raise salaries, h?
| continues to cut salaries. During
the depression the government em
| ployees were sitting pretty, but since
I the cost of living, is increasing the
1 government boys are howling.—
Greensboro Herald-Journal.
New Job For Fair Sex
Do we want women on the juries
in Georgia? Florida has under way
Ia movement to give the women the
i
! privilege of jury service. If they
| can vote and hold office, are they
I not entitled to serve on a jury? And,
■ just think how much more pleasant
■ jury service would be with a few
good lookers on each jury.—Tifton
Gazette.
Hot Times Predicted
There is now a very strong pros
pect that there will be a race for
governor which will stir the state of
Georgia to a degree which has not
been known for many years, prob
ably since the days of Smith and
Brown. Governor Talmadge has a
strong following throughout the
state, but he has incurred the ill-will
of not a few in high places as well as
low, and if the opposition is not
split up into factions it will result in
a ‘contest which will leave the issue
in some doubt until the ballots are
counted. Monroe Advertiser.
A Wise Farmer
A good practical farmer that we
know bought a team for S3OO a few
years ago, when his neighbor bought
a tractor for $2,000. The “horse
farmer” has made consistent prof
it out of his farm, even during the
depression, and is still running his
plows with a pair of mules. The
“tractor farmer” is broke —too much
capital invested for the possible earn
ing power of the land. The “trac
tor farmer” is a tenant farmer on the
“horse farmer’s plantation.—Bulloch
Times.
Balm in Gilead
No code governs the huckleberry
crop. That’s good * news for the
chiggers and the country editors. —
DeKalb New Era.
A Dissenting Voice
The most useless of all Uncle
Sam’s plans, it seems to us, is the
sending back of two million of idle
city dwellers to the farms. They
wouldn’t do a decent day’s work a
month on the farm. Our Uncle will
have to continue to take care of
them where they are. They’ll never
work any more, anywhere.—Madi
sonian-.
EASTER SERVICES IN
JACKSON CHURCHES
LARGELY! ATTENDED
Easter sei'vices in Jackson chui'ch
es were well attended and programs
appropi-ate to the occasion were car
ried out. The music was a feature
t
of interest and pleasure and the
beautiful spi'ing flowers were most
atti'activ®.
Regular sei’vices wei’e held at the
Jackson Methodist church, and the
First Baptist church, with good con
gregations pi-esent at both the morn
ing and evening houi's of worship.
The Presbyterian church had no
preaching service, but Sunday school
drew a larger crowd than usual.
The weather was ideal and thL
was an added incentive for church
going and worship.
T. A. NUTT
All Kinds of
FIRE INSURANCE
Including System Gins, Cotton, Country
Property, Dwellings, Household
Furniture, Plate Glass
Also
Bonds, Burglary, Liability
Insurance
FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1934
Sunday School Lesson
by Rev. Chariees E. Dunn
The Child and the Kingdom.
Lesson for April Bth. Matt. 18:1-
14; 19:13-15.
Golden Text: Matthew 19:14
Why did Jesus insist that the king
dom of heaven is composed of those
v.ho manifest a child-like spirit?
First of all, the child is the incarna
tion of reverence. The child's eyes
are full of wonder. In Goethe’s
great masterpiece," Wilhelm Meist
er’s Travels,” the chief of three wise
men says to Wilhelm, “There is one
thing which no child brings into the
world with him, and without which
all other things are of no use.” “And
what is that?” asks Wilhelm. “It is
Reverence!” answers the chief.
Now reverence means respect. As
Carlyle says, it involves “honour done
to those who are greater and better
than ourselves.” The child instinct
ively manifests such deference. And
reverence also means the hush of the
human spirit in the presenece of the
Eternal. It is, to quote again from
Carlyle, “the soul of all religion that
has ever been among men, or ever
will be.” Here again the child is our a
best examplar. God is very real to
him.
In the second place the child is the
embodiment of humility. This is a
rare virtue in a mature person.
you do find it in those thoroughly
imbued with the scientific spirit.
“The first and last step in the educa
tion of the scientific judgment,” said
Faraday, ‘is humility.” Now the
child, although he lacks the patience
oi the scientist, does possess his
teachable spirit. Huxley knew this,
expressing his creed in a memorable
sentence, “Sit down before facts as
a little child, be prepared to give up
every preconceived notion, follow
humbly wherever and to whatever ‘
abysses nature leads or you shall
learn nothing.”
Finally, the child is an exponent of
simplicity. He is the world’s best in
terpreter of how to be happy with a
few homely joys. . Give him a box of
inexpensive blocks, or a pair of scis
sors and a cheap cut-out book, and he
can easily amuse himself for hours.
The child, then, in this three-fold
fashion, is indeed a citizen of God’s
Realm.
J New Oiu>. King |
PALM BEACH •. . -. Outboard
speedboat drivers from many lands
came here for the international
championship races only to lose to ;
Horace Tetrnes (above), of Chicago
who finished a mile in’ front of his
field inhis “Hootnanny VI."
young Tenues is a student at North*
westcrnljniversity.,