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Jackson Progress-Argus
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
J. DOYLE JONES
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By swatting the first fly there
will be fewer to swat later on.
Georgia’s several state parks will
he widely used this summer. See
Georgia first might well be made a
slogan.
The state political campaign is
getting under way and as usual
there will be plenty of men willing
to serve the public.
The first Georgia peaches of' the
season have been shipped to market.
The 1936 peach crop shoud be worth
vi great deal to Georgia.
Plenty of food and feed with a
mixture of poultry and livestock is
■about the best farm relief that can
ome to Georgia farmers.
More farm to market roads will
serve a useful purpose. If a large
l>art of the federal road fund was
used in this way it would meet with
general favor.
South Georgia is well fixed with
packing plant*. This part of the
.state needs a modern packing plant.
The livestock industry is bound to
grown in Georgia.
A few weeks ago there was a
clamor for hot weather and dry
weather. Both arrived on schedule
and now a change to showers would
4e welcomed in this section.
School officials of the state are
not enthusiastic over the proposed
16 mill tax limit. If this amendment
is adopted the schools vvil have less
money with which to operate.
Every citizen who is interested in
community growth and development
should tie up with some civic club or
trade board. Organized effort is
the only kind that brings results.
The ability of paved highways to
•stand up undt r the test of heavy
trucks is being demonstrated. The
experts have not spoken on the mat
ter yet but the average citizen has
his views. i
„ Up in Atlanta Mayor Key insisted
on a liquor store. City aldermen
and policemen seem to have taken
the mayor at his own word, according
to reports of drinking in these* de
partments.
Some estimates place the 1936
cotton acreage at around 35,000,000
acres. While the seasons to date
have not been favorable to cotton,
it is an old story that, a large crop
means cheap prices.
In spite* of any farm program that
may be adopted in Washington, the
safest plan for Georgia farmers is to
grow abundant food and feed sup
plies this year. That’s a winning
program every year.
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The futuoe of PWA projects seems
in doubt at this time. Those who
got in early and got what they want
ed are sitting pretty, but communities
that were backward stand a good
chance to get nothing.
Lawmaking bodies pass laws and
the courts pass on them. This in
spite of the fact that lawyers are in
the majority in all lawmaking bodies.
With so much legal talent running
loose looks like it would be possible
|it© pas legislation that woud stand
P-P in the courts.
TAKE IT OR LEAVE I r
By J. D. JONES
Hon. Park Trammell, junior
United States Senator from Florida,
who died in Washington Friday
night, was well known in Butts coun
ty. For several years it was his
custom to spend a part of each Sum
mer at Indian Springs and these visit.,
afforded him an opportunity to meet
and know many of the people here.
He was a firm believer in India/
Springs and recently rendered valu
able assitance in efforts to retair
the CCC camp and ulso to acquire a
large acreage for the state park.
Mr. and Mrs. William B. Powell, for
mer residents of Florida, were warm
personal friends of Senator Tram
mell. He had served in the senate
for twenty years.
Asa result of sitting by while
Italy overran Ethiopia the League of
Nations has lost about all the stand
ing it ever had. Of course the big
nations of Europe were playing a
shrewd game and taking care of their
own interests. If the United States
had ever joined the league and
needed help the result would prob
ably have been the same as in the
case of Ethiopia. As an effective
agency for peace the League has
been tried and found wanting.
In voting not to employ manic.:
women as teachers in the future, the
Butts county board of education fol
lowed a precemfent that many boards
had previously set. Both city and
county school systems in Georgia
have voted not to employ marrie!
women as teachers. The action is
bound to arouse considerable interest
and discussion and the pros and cons
will be the subject of many an in
teresting if not heated argument.
Farmers in several counties in this
area will welcome showers for sev
eral reasons. There will be poor
stands of all crops unless early rain
relieves the situation. Growers of
pimiento peppers are getting a late
start and but little pepper has been
transplanted in the fields as yet. As
a general rule the earlier pepper is]
set the better the crop reacts be
fore extremely hot weather sets in.
The question of an adequate supply
of pepper plants is also giving some i
concern to growers.
Two counties in this Immediate
section will have primaries in tht
next few days. Jasper county hold.;
it primary May 16 and 16 candidates i
have entered. Lamar county will
have its primary May 27 and 12 can
didates have qualified. These pri
maries are comiong a little later than
average, with Butts, Henry, Spald
ing, Newton, Clayton and Monroe
having already selected officers.
The next session of the general
assembly will face no more import- j
ant problem that tliat of a system •
of highway patrol. There are en
tirely too many automobile acci
dents. a majority of which could be
avoided by safe driving. Motor
patrolmen would do more to enforce
a reasonable speed limit than all the
newspapers can write or the politi
cians can say. The state needs a
law with teeth in it. Some favor
a law to regulate the speed of auto
mobiles and trucks. Others think
the weight of trucks should be limit
ed. Georgia is spending a lot of
money to build highways. They
ought to be protected and the life
and property of citizens using the
highways ought to be made as secure
as possible.
The Butts County Chamber of
Comemrce has outlined a construc
tive program for the year, and in
its efforts to develop the county
should have the support of every
good citizen. A Commercial organi
i zation is worth while in any com
munity and this is especially true
when it tries to serve the whole
county. The secret of success in
community improvement is to keep
everlastingly at it. This a com-
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
mercial organization can do through
a trained aad capable secretary.
Sporadic enthusiasm is not enough
It is steady pulling that counts.
Jackson and Butts county look for
ward to steady growth and develop
ment and it is the duty of every
loyal and forward looking citizen
to support the efforts now being
made to secure new industries, adver
tise the county, bring about new
rural electrification projects and in
duce new home owners to settle
here.
One crop that never fails is the
crop of graduates of the state high
schools and colleges. This yea
thousands of bright boys and girls
will be graduated from the high
schools and many of them will enter
college in the fall. New ways are
being opened to help those who want
to obtain an education and the gov
ernment through the National Youth
Administration is providing funds
for many. The boy or girl who is
ambitious and wants to go througr.
college can do so. Reprts show
that millions of people are out of
employment. There is an acute
shortage of trained workers. There
is still room for the trained man or
woman and this should be an jncen
tivefor boys and girls to get al the
education and training possibe. The
top has plenty of room.
LONG YEARS OF SERVICE
Two of The Progress-Argus’ near
and valued exchanges have recently
i had birthdays. With its last issue
The Monroe Advertiser observed its
i 82nd anniversary. It is one of the
1 oldest newspapers in the state and
has long been an influential factor
in the development of Monroe county
and middle Georgia. As is true in
many instances, The Advertiser is
the oldest business in Monroe county.
The Barnesville News-Gazette ob
served its 68th anniversary last
week. Thi excellent pager has al
ways been active in working to pro
mote the best interest of its county
and section, and as in the case of
The Monroe Advertiser, is its coun
ty’s oldest business.
The Progress-Argus congratulates,
both of its neighbors and wishes
for them many more years of useful
ness and service and increasing pros
perity.
Unless the automobile owners of
the country put up a vigorius protest
it is that higher taxes on
gasoline will be levied. The gaso
line tax has yielded a lot of revenue
an dthe tax is easy to collect.
Efforts are being made in some
quarters to abolish the poll tax as a
requisite for voting. That would
probably be a mistake. The good
citizens does not mind paying a
a
dollar poll tax for the privilege of
casting a balot.
There is a wide difference of
opinion as to the number of unem
ployed people in the nation. Some
estimate's place the number at
around 12,000,000, while others say
that is too high. A census to de
termine the exact number might not
be a had idea.
Nothing that civic organizations
are doing is of more importance than
the work to place high school and
college graduates in paying jobs.
So much has been said about un
employment in recent years that
many students face the future with
misgivings. There is always room
for the trained and capable student.
WITH THE EXCHANGES
Some Relief Figures
Some interesting figures on fed
eral relief have been printed in the
| Congressional Record. They show
that the average for the nation last
year was $16.70 per person. Ne
■ vada received the most, $77.43 for
each inhabitant. The average per
capita for Florida was $19.20, Ala
bama $14.56, and Georgia $14.04.
In internal revenue, the nation paid
an average of $23.31 per person.
Alabama paid into the federal treas
ury an average of $4.63 per person,
Florida $9.65, and Georgia sll.lß. —
Tifton Gazette.
But Few Can Qualify
The happiest man in the world is
one who owes no man, not even the
tax collector.—Thomasville Press.
And It’* Time To Start
Artificial respiration may revive
drowning victims, but it will take
perspirition to bring back prosperity.
—Dawson News.
Different Now
They used to say a horse was
worth a hundred dollars every time
he could roll over. You can’t esti
mate a car’s value that way.—Sa
vannah News.
When Things Went Wrong
At the time the first high speed
truck was completed, a twenty to
thirty foot trailer attached on be
hind, and the outfit turned over to
a fool to play dangerous pranks on
the highways with, right then the
world went wrong.—Cordele News.
A Secret I* Out
One reason why the mianufactur
ers of automobiles must make them
better each year is in order that they
must last until the final -paymnt on
them is made.—Monroe Advertiser
Georgia Democrats Loyal
Over-subscribing the entrance fee
of President Roosevelt in the state
preferential primary by $5,000 is a
knock-out blow to his enemies, and
a telling proof that Georiga is solid
for the president. It will be a long
time before the governor can wear
down the imposition of such an ex
cessive entrance fee, an act which
hurt him even with his own support
ers more than any other one thing.
It was littleness in the extreme.—El
berton Star.
The Big Push Under Way
The big propaganda push of the
1936 campaign is under way. Every
mail brings us postage-free reports
telling of the marvels the adminis
tration has achieved. If the other
newspapers are getting as much of
this stuff as we are, we doubt if
the post office clerks will be able to
hold up under the burden until No
vember, unless they, too, are given
velief. —Tifton Gazette.
Record Crowd Farmers
Attend Livestock Day
A record crowd of more than 5,000
farmers and others from every sec
tion of the state attended the annual
Livestock and Legume Day at the
University of Georgia College of Ag
riculture in Athens last Thursday.
The 1,500 acre college farm, de
voted mostly to growing feed for
livestock, was on display, and the
visitors took in the field tests and
demonstrations at the agronomy
plots, the poultry plant and national
egg laying contest, the horticultural
grounds, the Forest School nursery,
and the college livestock.
At a brief speaking program Agri
cultural College officials told of the
rapid progress in livestock develop
ment in the state and of the need
and possibilities for the state to pro
duce far more meat and dairy prod
ucts.
Demonstrations in terracing and
with other farm machinery were in
progress throughout the day. With
soil erosion recognized as a growing
menace over the state, the crowd
was impressed that there was no
erosion on the college farm.
In the evening 73 college students
competed in a show at fitting and
showing animals from the college
farm, and at a Dog Show in the af
ternoon for dog owners of the state
close to 100 dogs competed.
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The potato marketing agreement
that was in effect in Georgia and
other southeastern states the last
season was terminated April 10.
HOW MUCH
Is A Bank Worth to Its Community?
You may know how much a week you would
have to pay a good cook, farm hand or bookkeeper.
But how much are the services of your bank worth
to you?
In other words, a good bank’s services should
be worth what it costs the bank to serve your ac
count, including a fair return on its invested capital.
By, maintaining a compensating balance in propor
tion to your accounts activity you can ‘‘hold up your
end,” otherwise a service charge is made necessary.'
Sound banking requires support from the pub
lic as well as from bankers.
JACKSON NATIONAL BANK
JACKSON, GEORGIA
Good Demand For
Cover Crop Seeds
SOIL PROGRAM TO CREATE NEW
MARKETS. METHODS FOR
HARVESTING SEED OUTLINED
BY ALEXANDER.
The new soil conservation program
will bring about an added demand
for winter legume seed this fall, and
County Agent Powell suggests that
farmers plan to save more legume
seed this year. By planning- ahead
of time farmers can save a large
amount of seed of such crops as
crimson clover, vetch, Austrain win
ter peas and bur clover later on.
Mr. Powell passes on some sugges
tions about saving seed from E. D.
Alexander .agronimist with the State
Agricultural Extension Service.
“Crimson clover seed can be harvest
ed by cutting and raking theplants
while slightly moist with dew, and
storing or stacking them until dry
enough for the seed to separate
easily. The seed can then be sep
arateed from the vines by passing
them over a piece of one inch mesh
poultry wire fastened on a frame
which is supported by posts about
30 inches high. If it is desired to
clean the seed of stems and leaves
they can be screened through one
half inch mesh hardware cloth sup
ported as if screening sand. Crimson
clover seed can also be harvested by
the use of a stripper made from a
discarded grain binder. The princi
ple of this machine is a rotating
drum in which spikes are driven to
remove the seed from the heads.
The seed are caught in a container
just back of the drum. This device
can be used only on ripe seed.
“If planted with small grain vetch
seed can be harvested along with the
small grain. If the vetch is to be
sown with the small grain it will not
be necessary to separate the seed.
If it is desirable to separate the
seed a spiral separatior has been de
veloped which is very efficient. In
allowing vetch to stand for seed pur
poses care hould be taken that corn
ear worms do not develop and spread
to other fields.
“Austrain pea seed can be saved
by allowing the plants to mature and
raking them up wnth a regular hay
rake. As the plants dry up they
become weakened at the base and
can be easily raked. The seed then
can be separated with a regular
thresher. It will be necessary' to
remove part of the concaves of the
thresher and reduce the speed of the
drum to prevent cracking the seed.
“Bur clover seed are harvested by
allowing the plants to mature and die
down and shed the seed pods on the
ground, where they can be swept
up wit ha stiff broom.”
Finland has about 60,000 lakes.
FRIDAY, MAY IS, 1936
Vegetable Growers
MayJ&oost Pay By
Green Manure Use
Truck faremrs ana oth >•’ vegetable
growers who use winter cover eioj s
green manure crops will be able to
increase their soil-building allow
ance, which determines the maximum
of (the Class II payment for which
they can qualify under the Agricul
tural Conservation program, accod
to M. L. Powell, County Agent.
Land that has been in vegetable
crops will be eountd in the acreage
used in detrmining the soil-building
allowance if planted to winter cover
crops and green-manure crops, pro
vided that such crops are turned
under as green manure between Jan
uary 1, 1936 and October 1, 1936.
The winter cover crops and green
manure crops, however, must have
been growing at least two months,
before being turned under.
Such classification of acreage will
be used only for the purpose of de
termining the soil-building allow
ances. The number of dollars for
isoil-building payments cannot ex
ceed (the number of acres in soil
building crops, including the winter
cover and green manure crops, on
the farm in 1936. That is the top
limit on the total Class II payment
for the farm farm. However, the
rate of payment for specified soil
building practices may be greater
than one dollar per acre for the acre
age on which they are carried out.
Orchard Land Included
In New Soil Program
Fruit growers will be able to earn
payments under the agricultural
conservation program, accordingt to
M. L. Powell, county* agent. Land
devoted to orchards, vineyards, small
fruits, and nut trees is included as
cropland under the provisions of the
program.
If such land is clean cultivated, it
is classified as neutral. If it was
used in 1936 to produce an inter :
planted soil-depleting crop, the actual
acreage so used is classified as soil
depleting. If it is interplanted with
a soil-conserving crop, the actual
acreage so used in classified as soil
conserving.
The provisions governing rates of
payment and requirements for quali
fication for payment are the same
on the interplanted part of all land
devoted to orchards, vineyards, small
fruits, and nut trees 3s or. other
cropland.
$6 CRATE FOR PEACHES
First Georgia peaches shipped to
New York markets sold for $6 per
crate. The peaches were shipped
from Byron orchards and were of
the Mayflower variety.