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Jackson Progress - Argus
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J. DOYLE JONES
Editor and Publisher
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the Post Office at Jackson, Ga.
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Build, repair, improve, paint, fix.
beautify.
The Bankhead cotton bill seems to
have as many lives as the boll weevil.
Catch step with Nature and paint,
fix up and beautify.
Uneasy lies the head that is try
ing to fit itself to a code.
Say it with flowers about the
home. This is the time to improve
and beautify your premises.
Now for the political parade. En
tries in the state primary will close
on May 5. The water is fine. Come
on in.
If Alabama is to have a coal
strike it is well that it comes in the
filing. They’ll probably get it set-
U <1 before winter comes.
In spite of the threatened auto
mobile strike there is no scarcity of
new models on the highways and
parking space is still at a premium.
Xo wonder big business is watch
ing developments on the farm. When
farmers are placed on their feet bus
iness will go places.
The University of Georgia an
nounces that in future school will be
held continuously, making it pos
sible to complete the four years’
course in three years.
Ilea I estate is showing aetivity.
Building and repairing is going on. On
every hand there is a spirit of push
and progress and better days are at
hand.
Jasper county, which was particu
larly hard hit by reason of boll weevil
and loss of farm labor, should bene
fit greatly by the new farm colony
set up in that community.
Butts county lost a hard worker in
County Agent Drake. The new
farm agent is equipped to carry on in
a constructive Way. Let’s give him
our hearty support and co-operation.
If the churches put on circus
stums they might he abe to attract
larger congregations. But that
kind of religion probably would not
be worth much. However, it is tried
by some of the larger churches.
liisull, the former power magnate,
may be brought back to this country
he may be tried and convicted but it
will lie years before he serves time.
At least that has been the history
of such eases in the past.
It is easier to vote now than
formerly. All that is required is
proper registration, which may be
had by paying a poll tax only. Surely
every good citizen should qualify for
the state primary.
The department of agriculture
should be made to serve the people
of Georgia or it should be abolished.
There is no middle* ground. The
people are tired of having this im
portant department made the play
thing of politicians.
There* is no reason, as far the
writer can see, why this should not
l*e a great canning section. Pimien
to peppers are canned successfully in
several middle Georgia cities. Why
not include other things? Surely
the soil and climate is suited to the
glowing of a number of fruits and
vegetables.
The CWA was probably as well
handled as any department set up
quickly and expected to function,
without knowing just what was ex
pected of it. A good deal of criti
cism leveled at the CWA is nothing
more than cheap politics.
Savannah and Albany recently
held fat stock shows and attractive
prices were paid for Georgia grown
beef. The . tate needs for one thing
a better type of beef (jattle and for
another it needs better prices for
the beef produced.
Every Monday is obituary day in
the daily newspapers. Automobile
tragedies over the week-end are helu
up for review. The slaughter con
tinues and the craving is for more
speed and greater thrills. What a
mad scramble, what a commentary
on our modern day civilization.
Babson says farm lands are a good
investment. A lot of us have been
saying that for years. There is no
better time to invest in farm lands.
Desirable acreage will be much higher
before long. Buy now, improve the
property and grow up with the
country.
This section is feeling the effects
ol better business. An important
paving project is starting in Butts
and Monroe counties and the weekly
pay rolls will amount to considerable
;um. The improvements at Indian
Spiings 'by the CCC camp will make
that health and recreation center
most inivting and a record attendance
is expected this summer.
This year more than ever before
farmers will be able to operate on a
cash basis. Checks for land taken
out of cotton production will be
coming in within a few weeks. Just
a little later pimiento peppers wili
be moving to market. The fruit
and vegetable crop will bring a cash
income. When every week is made
pay roll week on the farm the coun
try will have better times.
WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH
GEORGIA?
A civic club in Griffin is having
u discussion, by prominent public
men, of “What’s The Matter With
Georgia.” The discussion should
prove enlightening, wholesome and
constructive.
As an off-hand guess we would
say there is nothing the matter with
Georgia, speaking of the state from
it:, physical make up. There is
quite a fcood deal the matter with
the people of Georgia.
For instance: Georgia has the
seme soil and climate, the same
natural resources, the same streams,
mountains, the same scenery, the
•ante attractions it has always had.
it has tlu* same sturdy stock that
settled tlu* state and made it a leader
in ‘.he South and nation. The race
is almost pure Anglo-Saxon.
Well, what is the matter with
Georgia? Asa general thing there
is too much spending for luxuries,
an idea that we can get rich without
honest toil, a desire to get rich
quick through trading on the ex
changes. Automobiles are on every
highway. New models are seen
every day. The desire to own a car
is greater than the desire to own a
home. People of means will write
;> check for $1,500 or $4,000 for a
new automobile but back away when
real estate is exposed for sale. We
want to ride and have a good time.
Nobody wants to own land. The
true value of all wealth is being for
gotten. Sooner or later we will
come badk to the land. Civilization
never gets away from the soil.
Sooner or later —sooner, we hope
—we will get our feet on soli 1
ground. Georgia is still a great
state. It is cursed with cheap poli
ticians but the voters can remedy
that.
WHO WILL FOOT THE BILL?
Action of the State Democratic
j Executive Committee Saturday in
limiting the assessments on candida
tes for congress to $250 and candi
dates for circuit judges and solicitors
THE JACKSON PROGRESS ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
general to sl25 —these amounts to
be divided among the several counties
in the district and circuit—brings up
the question on as to who will foot
the bills for the primary.
In the past some of the assess
ments have been excessive, running
as high as $2,000 in the case of can
didates for congress. That has hat;
a tendency to keep worthy but poor
candidates out of the race.
On the other hand the expense?
of the primary must be paid by the.
candidates or the members of the
executive committee must work with
out pay. In Butts county, which
has the Australian ballot system, the
cost of holding a primary election
runs around $150.00. The county
has but ten voting precincts. In
larger counties with more voting pre
cincts the cost is much higher.
Under the rules as adopted by the
state committee, the candidate for
congress from the fourth district..
which embraces 15 counties, is re-f
quired to pay $250.00. When thatj
sum is divided among fifteen count
ies, each county will have $16.66 to
defray the expenses ol holding the
primary.
The Flint circuit has four counties
and the $125 assessment, divided
among the four counties, wili give
each county $151.25. The combined
assessments for congress and circuit
judge will give the local county com
mittee $47.91.
The only other candidates that
may be assessed are those for rep
resentative. That means these can
didates must be assessed a round
SIOO. A rather stiff assessment for
the privilege of representing the
county in the general assembly, with
the pay $7 per clay for a 60-day ses
sion.
It may be that Georgia has too
many primaries. It may be that all
elections should bo held in connec
tion with the state primary in Sep
tember.
At any rate the action of the state
committee will serve to bring the
matter to a focus.
TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT;
By J. D. JONES,
Georgia lost a most useful citizen
in the passing of Dr. Lawson B.
Evans, of Augusta. ‘ For more than
fifty years he was superintendent
of schools in his city and was the
author of a popular history of Geor
gia.
Citizens of Butts county with one
accoid will extend a cordial welcome
to Mr. M. L. Powell, the new farm
agent. Butts county is definitely
committed to farm agent work. The
work is educational and eonctructive.
L is worth many times what it costs.
Florida reports the best tourist
season in years. And Georgia should
have a great season. The mineral
springs and mountains and attrac
tive scenery make an ideal setting
for a summer vacation. Georgia
needs to advertise its attractions ti
the world and the tourist erbp
should be carefully cultivated.
Butts county dairy farmers took
an important part in the meeting
held in Atlanta last week to try
to work out a solution to the vexing
problem of production, distribution
and prices. Middle Georgia has mil
lions invested in dairy industry and
when producers are giving a living
price for their products this will be
a great dairy and livestock section.
It seems that the woods will be
full of candidates for commissioner
ol agriculture this year. Senator
Sisk, of Elberton, has announced
and others mentioned include Col
umbus Roberts, of Columbus, R. F.
Burch, of Eastman, Tom Linder, ol
Dublin, and G. C. Adams, incumbent,
ot Newton county. The office
t
should be made the most important
in the state so far as helping farm
ers with their problems is concerned.
Unfortunately the office of late
years has been the football of poli
ticians. A high type man shouli
he named to this important post.
The problem of half empty church
es is one that faces practically all
ministers. They mnst compete with
the radio and the automobile
above all with indifference. In this
respect the people in the country
make a better record for church at
tendance than their neighbors in the
towns and cities.
Nature is putting on a show that
is unsurpassed. Trees, flowers and
shrubs were never prettier than at
the present time. Dogwood is in full
bloom and countless wild flowers and
trees made the air fragrant. Get out
in the woods. It will do you good.
But don’t mutilate the trees. Leave
them alone in their loveliness and
beauty.
The baseball season is about to get
under way. The Central Georgia
Textile League, composed of six cit
ies in this immediate section, will
provide baseball for the next several
months. The league should have
liberal support. Baseball is still the
sport of the masses.
Peach orchards were never more
attractive than now, Friut growers
should have a good season, as the
severe cold probably killed a good
many insects. If production and
markets hit it should be a good year.
Georgia peaches are famous the
world over. When it comes to rais
ing watermelons and peaches, Geor
gia occupies a place all by itself.
The State Democratic Executive
Committee had what is called a har
monious session Saturday. Entries
were ordered closed on May 5 and
assessments were levied to defray
the expenses of the primary, which
will be held this year on September
12. The political campaign may be
harmonious and it may not. One can
never tell what will happen in poli
tics.
If one believes what he hears, this
section will be out of the mud before
the end of the year. . Paving on 11.-
822 miles of Route 42 between In
dian Springs and Forsyth is to ger
under way within a week. That will
close the gap between Jackson and
Forsyth, leaving 5 miles between
Jackson and Henry county line and
a link in Clayton rounty to be paved.
The highway board is said to favor
closing up these gaps as early as
possible .
Corn planting is well under way
in this section. Many acres former
ly' planted to cotton will be released
for production of food and feed this
year and generally farmers will grow
large food crops and many will util
ize the idle cotton lands for soil im
provement. Georgia still has a long
ways to go before it becomes self
sustaining in the matter of milk,
butter, beef, pork, hay, lard, wheat,
etc. Now is a good time to raise
these things and stop the flow of
money to other states.
If the CWA had to be disbanded
sometime duiing- the year it was a
fortunate circumstance that brought
it about in the spring. There is still
time for those cut off the rolls to
make plans for raising food, fruits
and vegetables for the coming winter
While many may be poorly equipped
to make a full crop, surely all can do
something to produce food and feed
for the winter that is ahead. In that
direction lies hope for a permanent
solution of the unemployment prob
lem.
Butts county loses a hard and
faithful worker, a straight and
square shooter in the resignation of
County Agent B. M. Drake, who has
accepted a post in Cobb county. Mr.
Drake is one of the most efficient
farm agents in the entire South and
his counsel is respected and heeded.
Ir many respects he was one of the
most valuable farm agents Butts
county has ever had. The move
ments he started here, soil improve
ment and the one-variety-cotton pro
ject in particular, will bear fruit for
years to come. Scores of friends
here wish Mr. Drake continued suc
cess in his new field.
JACKSON NATIONAL BANK
Appreciation—Co-Operation
Our Officers and Directors appreciate the
very cordial Co-operation its patrons have man
ifested as we have started through 1934.
The substantial progress already made gives
assurance that 1934 for Jackson and this section
will show a most gratifying improvement in fi
nancial affairs.
The economic conditions justify conserva
tive operations in every sphere of activity and
this course will be followed by our Bank.
OFFICERS and DIRECTORS
E. L. SMITH, President
B. A. WRIGHT, V. Pt. H. 0. BALL, V. Pt.
R. P. SASNETT, Cashier J. W. O’NEAL. Asst. Cashier
R. P. NEWTON T. E. ROBISON
YOUR ACCOUNT IN THIS BANK IS INSURED
UNDER ACT OF CONGRESS PASSED IN 1933
WITH THE EXCHANGES
Be Kind to Work Stock
One of the tragic wastes of Mor
gan county farm life is the abuse of
work stock —abusing mules and fail
ing to water and feed them. We
have more respect for a yellow dog
than any man who will abuse his
work stock. All the pay a mule re
quires for his hard and faithful work
is his feed and water and shelter and
kind treaimeent. Many of them get
little of any of it.—Madison Madi
sonian.
Ac Clear As Mud
The idea of our financiers seems
to be that they would rather the gov
ernment issue bonds, on which it
must pay interest, than to issue cur
rency, on which it would pay no in
terest. The obligation of the gov
ernment is the same, but the bonds
pay interest to the purchasers, while
currency does not. That’s one of the
big reasons for the objection to free
currency issue.—Tifton Gazette.
Mixing The Signals
Too many people depend on in
spiration when it’s perspiration they
need.—Greensboro Hei’ald-Journal.
The Same in Jackson
Carrollton deserves better mail
and traffic facilities. Let us go after
th-m.—Carroll County Times.
Partial to Judge Russell
Sorry to note that Judge Richard
B. Russell, Sr., is to have opposition
this year. Judge* Russell has made
an enviable receord as chief justice,
of the supreme court and we feel that
he should be re-elected just as lorn;
as he wants to stay there.—Clayton
County News.
He’s Needed in Washington
One ordinary bystander predicts
that recovery will not be entirely ac
complished until everybody gets a
bonus, top prices for his products,
high wages and a pension. That guy
T. A. NUTT
All Kinds of
FIRE INSURANCE
Including System Gins, Cotton, Country
Property, Dwellings, Household
Furniture, Plate Glass
Also
Bonds, Burglary, Liability
Insurance
RRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1934.
has qualifications that should sug
gest his appointment to a brain trust.
—Dawson News.
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Time For Action
Farmers and everybody else who
has anything to do should get down
to work if they expect to get satis
factory results from operations in
1934, if they have not already been
at work. Time has not been waiting
on anybody and it never does. It is
very largely up to the individual
whether his life is a success or fail
ure. “Procrastination is the thief
of time.” —Barnesville News-Gazette.
BASKETBALL TEAMS HAVE
PICNIC AT INDIAN SPRINGS
The members of the basketball
teams of the Jackson High School
had a delightful picnic Thursday
evening at Indian Springs.
A lovely picnic lunch was served
early in the evening in the Casino,
and later dancing and bowling were
enjoyed.
Among the teachers present were
Mrs. Blanton Clement, Miss Susannah
Foster, Miss Mary Walker, Mr. W.
Mann.
Twenty boys and girls were pres
ent on this happy occasion.
1
CARD OF THANKS
I wish to express my profound ap
preciation to the citizens of Jackson
and Butts county for their many acts
of love and kindness shown my sister,
Mrs. Lula M. Duke, during her ill-,
ness and at the time of her death;
also for the floral offerings.
HUBBARD WILLIAMS
Electrically heated clothing is worn
bj aviators flying in high altitudes.
The expiession to a “T” refers to
the T-square or mile used by carpen
ters when exactitude is required.
South Carolina’s negro population
decreased 5 per cent in the period
1920 to 1930.