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Jackson Progress - Argus
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J. DOYLE JONES
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the Post Office at Jackson, Ga.
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A vital part of the new deal con
sists of spending home dollars at
home.
It used to be said that the Lord
helped those who helped themselvees.
The burden seems to have shifted to
the government.
Middle Georgia has come thorugh
with a good wheat, and oat crop.
This is a vital factor in the program
for home living.
Can all you can and eat all you
can’t can. This is a timely slogan
just now. If generally followed >t
will mean plenty of wholesome food
for winter use.
So far as the writer is concerned
he doesn’t care to have any candidate
for a national office waste any time
talking about economy. Economy is
a forgotten word in Washington.
M embers of congress who have
been thinking, talking and voting in
terms of billions will now mix and
mingle with their constituents who
scrape up the pennies, nickels and
dimes to make the show possible.
The writer is not an authority on
such subjects, out it appeal's that
the weekly press of Georgia needs
more good paragraphers. Some of
the editorials we see appear to be too
v/eighty for ready digestion.
tinder the Bankhead law Butts
county has 'been allotted a quota of
3,766 bales of cotton for the year.
That is about half the size of the
crop produced and destroyed last
year.
The summer months are speeding
by an dnow is a good time for Jack
sen business men to outline that
trade campaign for this fall. A co
operative advertising campaign will
bring handsome returns.
The co-operative movement is:
j
growing and should grow. It holds ,
great promise for the farmers of the j
nation. Unless the producers do!
something for themselves they need
r.ot expect help from other sourcs. !
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Butts county needs a canning |
plant to take care of surplus fruits j
an<l vegetables and meats. Such
plants are being operated success
fully and profitably in other com
munities and Butts county should
fall in line.
The political fireworks will be ex
ploded July 4. Judge Pittman will
deliver an address at Warm Springs
and Governor Talmadge at Bain
bridge. Both speakers are expect
ing large crowds. From then on to
September 12 the campaign will be
waged with vim and vigor.
Men who travel pretty • well over
the state are authority for the state- 1
that Georgia has a large cotton
crop planted. This seems to he con
trary to the spirit of the Bankhead
law'. The cotton crop, due to ex
i
cessive rains, is not promising just
now.
Forestry is Georgia’s greatest re
source for present and future de
velopment. Much has been done and
much needs to be done. Every citi
zen should become interested in
forestry and should join forces with
the state organization and work for
the proper development of the
state’s timber resources.
The pepper crop in several mdidle
Georgia counties holds promise of
good financial returns to the grow
ers. Cotton production has been
sharply curtailed and pepper will
supplement the cash received for
cotton. Jackson and Griffin and
other towns in this section have mod
ern canning paints. Pimento pep
per is a safe and dependable cash
crop.
The country has had a year of the
N'atioanl Recovery Administration.
Business is definitely better. There
has been a complete change of senti
ment since Roosevelt has been at
the helm. There are rough places
to be smoothed out but the country
is on the way to normal business.
Five gentlemen are runing for
commissioner ol agriculture. This
office is easily one of the most im
portant in the'state. The candidates
should declare themselves on the is
sues confronting the farm popula
tion. The livestock industry in par
ticular neeeds a friend as commis
sioner of agriculture.
A full time home demonstration
agent will be of great service to
Buttss county. There are many prob
lems that demand attention. Proper
health and nutrition, home sewing, j
cunning, nursing and many other
lines of work are important enough
to justify the service of a capable
agent to work with the farm women
and girls.
If the state begins to divert high
way funds for other purposes it will
set a dangerous precedent. Auto
mobile owners are socked with high
taxes, some of them unjust, but they
do not complain as long as the mon
ey is used to build good roads. If
the schools are not adequately fi
nanced, it is up to the legislature to
devise ways and means of raising
revenue without tinkering with the
highway money.
Georgia has come a long ways in
highways since 1919 when the pres
ent highway system was started. At
first the expenditures amounted to
but little; now millions are spent. It
is a wonderful and inspiring story of
progress. Much of the credit for in
augurating Georgia’s highway system
belongs to John N. Holder. He is
really the father of the good roads
movement in Georgia.
While many college graduates will
find themselves jammed in bread
lines, unable in spite of their train
ing to find employment, it is not
so with the graduates of the forestry
school of the University of Georgia.
Dean Chapman states that all of the
17 graduates at the recent com
mencement have been placed. This
shows the interest in forestry and is
also a tribute to the work beins*
done at the state college of agri
culture.
It i*j a tribute to the work of the
Georgia College of Agriculture, the
extension service and the county
agents that Georgia has developed a
system of permanent pastures equal
to any to be found in the nation.
Now that the West has been stricken
with drought, Georgia has the pastur
es to care for many of the distress
cattle. The Progress-Argus has been
saying for fifteen years that a good
pasture is the best investment on
[ the farm, and the paper proposes to
! koeq on preaching that doctrine.
What will happen when the gov
rnment steps i nand buys large areas
for park purposes remains ta be seen.
For one thing the land will no longer
be taxed, making the tax burden
heavier. There is a growing senti
ment that the natural resources of
this country belongs neither to
greedy and avaricious corporations
nor to the government, but to the
people themselves. The people made
the country what it is and the natur
al resources should be preserved in
tact for them and their posterity.
THE JACKSON PROGRESS ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
I THE ‘CO-OPS’ ARE COMING
Competitive business has taken
some hard blow's during the depres
sion. All the evidences of a faulty
system of distribution have caused
many persons to ponder what is need
ed to correct the conditions. At
such a time, when the American con
sumer is surfeited with high-pressure
sales talk and with glaring inequali
ties that have grown up under the
competitive method, the co-operative
movement is coming rapidly to the
fore. Indeed the average American
is just begininng to realize his im
portance as a consumer and wonder
| hew he can best profit by it.
Oscar Cooley, executive secretary
lof the Co-operative League of the
United States, in an article in a re
cent number of Advertising and Sell
i ing, notifies the readers of that organ
jof 'business to “look out—the Co
j Ops are Coming.” He bases his
contentions on the rapid growth of
the consumers’ co-operative move
ment in the United States during the
last few years. He points also to
the keen interest in and eneprage
ment of this movement by the ad
mission at Washington. From Eng
land and the Scandinavian countries
come evidences of the success of the
system.
Back of the co-operative movement,
| are certain sound fundamentals that
account for its growth. Its activities
demonstrate true democracy; it is
international in its outlook. For the
consumer, when he looks upon the
world as people by other consumers
rather than as men and women of
alien races, begins to consider the
idea of co-operating for greater
abundance and surer peace, for war
to the consumer is a destroyer of
sources of supply.
Mareover, the co-operative move
ment is based on the belief that the
consumer should intelligently and
constructively toward doing more and
more for himself instead of looking
tc government agencies for aid. With
favorable consideration.
So, if the “co-ops” are coming, it
may be that some much needed
changes in business practices are on
the way. And it isone movement
that no intelligent person need fear.
Il threatens no overturn, but rather
a steady and sound evolution in bus
iness, looking always toward a fairer
and more equiitable distribution of
world necessariees. —• Christian
Science Monitor.
TAKE IT OR LEAVE I T
By J. D. JONES
Many friends in Georgia were sad- J
dened by the passing of Dr. Robert
I
Van Deventer, beloved Baptist min
ister. He was pastor of the First
Baptist church in Jackson for more
than sixteen years and genuinely be
loved throughout the community. Dr.
Van Deventer was interested in
young people and was leader of the ;
Boy Scouts during his residence in
Jackson. He was a loyal and patrio
tic citizen and serverf as chairman
of the Red Cross during the World
War. In spirit, he followed the
home boys in Flanders Field and in
| the Argonne. At the close of the
j war, when Butts county staged its
l greatest celebration. Dr. Van Deven
i ter was one of the speakers. A man
'ol striking physical bearing, Dr. Van
Deventer was a church stalwart, in
tensely loyal to the Baptist faith,
but broad and charitable in his views.
During his residence in Jackson Dr. ,
Van Deventer biiilt an enduring
name in the hearts and lives of the ■
citizens and his memory will ever
remain a benediction.
Mrs. John E. Lane, historian of
Butts county, is spending the sum
mer months abroad. Probably no
citizen of the state is better prepar
ed by scholarship and culture to ap
preciate the points of historic inter
est in Great Britian and on the con
tinent than Mrs. Lane. She is es
pecially well informed on history.
Piobably most of us have a desire
to travel abroad ’but few are able to
1 realize that ambition. Friends wish
| Mrs. Lane a safe and interesting
I journey, and are looking forward to
her return for intimate and interest
ing glimpse of the points of interest
visited.
Farmers are now going to play
. tag. Tagging old cotton is now' in
order. The cotton must bear a tag
or else be subject to the penalty
tax. The game of tag will be quite
general for some time to come.
That was a wonderful tribute citi
zens of Georgia paid Bishop Warren
A. Candler in Atlanta last week.
State leaders of every denomination
were present and paid lofty tribute
to this great church leader and build
er. Bishop Candler is great be
cause he is simple, for all great men
are simple. He is sane and courage
ous in his views. In the bitter A1
Smith-Hoover campaign Bishop
Candler refused to draw the church
into politics. This showed his cour
age and his wisdom. Bishop Candler
is one of the great church leaders
oi this generation and his friends
hope he may be spared for many
more years of constructive leader
ship and service to the common
wealth.
Georgia is a state rich in natural
resources. Possibly the state’s tim
ber resources is its greatest asset
now and for the future. At the 1932
session of the geenral assembly an
appropriation of $30,000 was voted
to conduct experiments at the paper
reseach laboratory in Savannah, with
Dr. Charles H. Herty, eminent scien
tist, in chai'ge. This ( appropriation
was vetoed by Governor Talmadge,
with the slighting remark that the
district agricultural schools “study
logs.” In spite of this fact Dr.
Herty continued his experiments, fi
noncial assistance coming from other
sources, and it has been proved be
yond Ishadow of doubt that print
paper of good quality can be made
from Georgia pines. The paper mills
are coming South to be near the raw
materials. They cannot be kept
away, any more than cotton mills
could be kept out of the fields of
Dixie. Georgia has some 24,000,-
acres of forest lands. A great fu
ture is in store for the entire south
east. Dr. Herty has rendered Geor
gia and the South distinguished ser
vice. He is ably supported in his
work 'by the Georgia Forestry Asso
ciation and the Georgia Forest Ser
vice.
WITH THE EXCHANGES
The Last Straw
A middle West editor explains the
taking of a country editor to the i
mad house. It seems he had writ
ten a hundred dollars worth of free
publicity about a big musical enter
tainent and for the final wi’ite-up
the promoters brought him one of
the programs which had been pro
duced on a mimeograph. Dade
County Times.
Rather Tame Occasion
Insofar as we have been able to
ascertain, Father’s Day passed off
last Sunday in Monticello without
any casualties or any gerat whirl
abaloo. Mother has it on dad when
it comes to recognition and praise
for service faithfully and unselfish
ly rendered in the household. —Mon-
ticello News.
How’* That
The theory has been advanced that j
among his other qualifications, Whit-,
ley should be classed as a prophet,
i
since in connection with the paving
of the road from Barnesville to Cul
loden he began the placing of ma
terial before the contract had been
let.—Monroe Advertiser.
Draw-Back To Georgia
One of the most dangerous things,
and the worst draw-back to law en
forcement, is the promiscuous pardon
j ing of criminals. Too many rascals
are being turned loose after thous
ands are spent in catching and con
victing them.—Dublin Courier-Her
ald.
Hard On Taxpayer*
Crime doesn’t pay. The murder
trials resulting from the killing of
BANK
DEPOSIT INSURANCE
People with money in the bank are a real
asset to their community; stable, independent
citizens, providing loanable funds to aid busi
ness and industry. They help expand business,
provide a market for farm products and for mer
chandise.
People with money in/the bank are con
tributing citizens who in helping themselves
also help others.
Their bank account is Financial Insurance
in time of need.
YOUR ACCOUNT IN THIS BANK IS INSURED
UNDER 1933 ACT OF CONGRESS RECENTLY
AMENDED INCREASING THE LIMIT TO
$5,000.00 ON AND AFTER JULY FIRST
JACKSON NATIONAL BANK
JACKSON, GEORGIA
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Browning in
Lowndes county have cost that coun
ty more than thirty thousand dollars.
The trial of R. Z. Chaney and Trav
ers Erwin recently were held in
Brooks coutny, due to probable in
ability to secure a jury in Lowndes,
and these trials cost Lowndes $2,-
528.61. The innocent taxpayers of
Lowndes county suffer for the sins
of the murderers.—Tifton Gazette.
What Coolidge Said
The late Calvin Coolidge never
spoke truer words than when he said:
“There is scarcely. an economic ill
anywhere in our county that can
not be traced directly or indirectly
to high taxes. To increase that
burden is to disregard the general
welfare. Through constructive
sconomy, to decrease taxes is to en
large the rewar'd of everyone who
toils.”—Madisonian.
FARM BUYING POWER HAS
BEEN INCREASED A FOURTH
Washington, D. C.—A 25 per cent
increase in the purchasing power of
farm income during the first nine
months in which AAA benefit pay
ments were distributed was, report
ed by the farm administration.
L. H. Bean, economic advisor to
the administration, reported farm
prices, plus benefit payments on
basic commodities, had an average ex
change value 30 per cent higher dur
ing May than in May, 1933, and 60
percent higher than in March, 1933.
From August, 1933, when bene
fit payments began, to April, 1934,
cash income of farmers totaled $4,-
199,000,000, compared with $3,033,-
000,000 in the nine months’ period
from August, 1932, to April, 1933.
NEW SURVESY ON ROUTE 42
WAS RECENTLY COMPLETED
The new survey on route 42 be
tween Jackson and the Henry county
line was recently completed by Dick
Minter, resident engineer. Only one
line was run. As run the line would
connect with route 16 at the W. H.
W’atkins place.
Efforts are still being made to
have the highway follow the old
route, and as yet nothing definite
has been done about relocating the
road.
BARBECUE AT ROCKY CREEK
CHURCH IN MONRbE COUNTY
An all-day singing and barbecue
will be given at Rocky Creek church
in Monroe county on July 13. Plates
25 and 35 cents. Will feed from
12:30 to 4 o’clock. Proceeds to cover
church. Mr. John B. Bush and his
quartette will be present and sing a
number of songs. Annie Mae Good
rum, F. M. Snow, committee.
6-29-2tp.
The people of the United States
own 72 per cent of the world’s auto^.
FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 1934.
BOLL WEEVIL DAMAGE
IS BECOMING SERIOUS
INFESTATION IS HEAVY FOR
THE SEASON AND FARMERS
ARE FORCED TO FIGHT THE
DESTRUCTIVE COTTON PESTS.
The boll weevil situation in Butts
county is becoming serious, accord
ing to information furnished by M. L.
Powell, county agent. The infesta
tion is heavy for the season, Mr.
Powell reports after'visits to many
farms in the county.
A six weeks rainy spell was fav
orable to the spread of the destruc
tive cotton pests, and now that the
weevil is to be found in nearly all
cotton fields farmers are forced to
use calcium arsenate. Mopping and
dusting is in order, Mr. Powell
states.
Cotton large eonugh to have
squares is being seriously damaged •
by the cotton bug, it is stated.
Similar reports are heard from
practically all portions of the state.
Approved methods of poisioning
the boll weevil consist of mopping
the cotton when small and dusting
with calcium arsenate when the plant
gets larger. Mr. Powell will be glad
to give directions for applying caifc/
cium arsenate to any person not
familiar with poisoning for insect
control.
McDonough Will
Hold Conference
A great Presbyterian Spiritual
Life Conference is planned for Mc-
Donough Sunday, July 1. All Pres
byterians of Henry, Butts and Clay
ton counties are invited to this gath
ei-ing.
The most outstanding feature of
the General Assembly recently held
at Montreat, N. C., was given oy
the Rev. W. G. Whiteley, of Roanoke,
Va. The assembly was so profound
ly moved by his story that it im
mediately released him from his
pastorate to visit all the churches in
the South to give his message. Mr.
Whiteley will speak at the morning
service at McDonough and again in
the afternoon.
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Other leaders will be present are:
Dr. D. P. McGeachy, Rev. L. A. And
erson and Dr. W T illiam Huck, of At
lanta.
All the families are requested to
bring their baskets and a
lunch wiH be servd on the grounds.
I ,
Beethoven, the great composer,
could not work simple problems in 4
; multiplication.
A single strawberry in the Louis
| iana trucking belt frequently aver
j ages the grower about $8 during its
I lifetime.