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Jackson Progress-Argus
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
J. DOYLE JONES
Editor and Publisher
Entered as second-class matter at
the Post Office at Jackson, Ga.
TELEPHONE NO. 166
OFFICIAL ORGAN BUTTS COUN
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Every governmental official or
board whose duties include the han
dling of public funds should pub
lish at regular intervals an account
ing of it, showing where and how
each dollar was spent. This is be
lieved to be a fundamental princi
ple of Democratic goverhment.
Nobody has blamed the weather
on the war but that may be done
later.
This year’s early gardeners seem
to have caught frost rather than
the worm.
Atlanta is working for a universi
ty center. The farther university
centers are removed from Atlanta
the better.
Now that the date for the Butts
county fair has been settled pro
ducers ought to begin to plant and
plan for exhibits this fall.
The coal man has stolen a good
part of the ice man's thunder. Yet
it is quite a spell before the cooling
breezes of fall begin to blow.
Sixty million tourists will be on
the highways this year seeking rec
reation, a report says. Georgia
wants its share of the tourist busi
ness.
Why not a fat stock sale in con
nection with the Butts county fair?
It would be the means of arousing
lively interest in the livestock in
dustry. !
High schools and colleges arc
turning out thousands of graduates
this spring. Hope none of them will
graduate into bread lines or war
trenches.
A pretty safe rule is not to be
lieve much of what one hears about
the war in Europe, and to take all
the political propaganda with a largo
grain of salt.
Bibb county has more than a
dozen candidates for county com
missioner. Who said anything about
a shortage of patriots willing to
serve the public?
Trial of a Georgia congressman
on a charge of selling political ap
pointments may have a wholesome
effect. The brethren may be a bit
more careful in future.
Rural Georgia ought to do some
thing about better housing while
funds are available. Butts county
is moving toward bettor housing and
the first step has already been taken.
According to a recent announce
ment railroads will sell tourist tic
kets on the installment payment
plan. One may yet live to buy pos
tage stamps on a divided payment
basis.
Saturday was the last day to
register and qualify for the state
primary in September. Some coun
ties claim a record registration.
Georgia ought to poll a half million
votes or more.
Proper recreational facilit ie s
should be provided for the schools
of Butts county. The movement
for a gymnasium in Jackson is time
ly and ought to be put over with
out further delay.
Take It Or
Leave It
By J. D. JONES
The Pittsburgh big shot who of
fered a million donars rewaru for
the capture of Hitler should be muz
zled and gagged and silenced. It
is just such foolishness as this that
may lead to serious trouble. In spite
of Hitler —and we despise the man
and his methods as thoroughly as
any American —Germany is a great
nation. The Germans are great
people. Why go out of the way
to insult them? Surely the Pitts
burgh magnate did not speak with
government sanction, but such ut
terances are calculated to stir up
trouble. The United States is sup
posed to be neutral. We have enough
' perplexing problems of our own to
j wrestle with. We have an unem
ployment problem and a mounting
national debt. If we attend to our
own business and insist that Europe
mind its business it will be best for
the peace and safety of the coun
try. The trouble with a lot of the
big shot steel magnates and million
aire munition makers is that in case
of war they will never smell pow
der. It is the rank and file, good
American boys, who must be shot
down that millionaires may pile up
more profits. Instead of offering
a reward for the capture of Hitler,
it might be advisable to offer a re
ward for one Mr. Church and try
him on an insanity charge.
According to press notices last
week the state highway board is
having erected a number of signs
to mark leading highways. This is
something Georgia has long needed.
Not all highways are marked and
this leads to no end of confusion.
A traveler is never sure of the high
way he is traveling. Even residents
of the state in their journeys often
get confused. The highway signs,
the announcement said, might be
manufactured at Tattnall Prison.
It will be a good piece of work and
the highway board can render no
greater service to motorists than to
place large and legible signs on all
important highways.
Attorney General Ellis Arnall has
rendered an opinion that former
Governor Eugene Talmadge is eli
gible to run for governor in the
September primary. There was
some doubt on that point, but the
Arnall opinion has cleared that up.
The decision probably means that
Talmadge will be a candidate. Hugh
Howell and Columbus Roberts have
previously announced and qualified.
The race will probably be a hot one.
The campaign will soon begin to
assume definite shape and one may
determine how the candidates will
line up and the issues on which they
will base their claims for election.
Livestock and Equipment Day at
the University of Georgia College of
Agriculture on Friday is an event of
state-wide interest. These meetings
have been held for several years
and farmers have derived profit
from visiting the college and study
ing the approved methods of live
stock production and modern ways
of farming. In the beginning the
college farm was a typical eroded,
run-down type of north Georgia
farm. Fenced, terraced and im
proved with soil-improving crops,
the farm is now one of the best in
the entire country. Great strides
are being made with purebred live
stock and the college herd is one
that may be studied with interest
and profit. A feature of the day’s
program will be demonstrations of
the newest types of farm machinery.
This in itself is worth a trip to the
campus. Georgians—farmers, farm
women, business and professional
men, merchants and bankers—should
attend these meetings and help in
the work of making Georgia a rich
er and better state through improv
ed farming methods and livestock
production.
As the state political campaign is
soon to get underway it way be
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
interesting to see what the candi-j
dates for governor have to say about
financing the state. Two years ago
certain candidates tried to make
the voters believe that such services
as old pensions and aid to the blind
and dependent children could be fi
nanced by reducing overhead ex
penses. We all know better now,
for it can’t be done that day. Some
overhead expenses may need cut
ting, but the saving will not be suf
ficient to finance the program. Then
there is the matter of paying Geor
gia teachers. How is that to be
accomplished? Cutting overhead ex
penses will not pay the teachers for
salaries past and for present obli
gations. Then the state sanitarium,
the tuberculosis hospital, the Univer
sity System and other vital services,
including public health, must be
adequately supported. Candidates
for representative and state sena
tors should be questioned about their
stand on state finances. The time
to find out about this is while the
campaign is in progress. Georgians
believe in common sense economy
and want a dollar’s worth of value
i
for every dollar expended, but the
time for pulling rabbits out of hats
has passed. The great mass of vo
ters expect and demand proof. Most
of the present vital services will be
continued. The public demands
these services. The state has enough
wealth, if properly taxed, to support
all the worthwhile programs. Cut
out the frills, demand honesty and
efficiency in the public business,
but don’t go backward. There may
be a good deal of uncomfortable
squirming before the campaign is
over, but hold the candidates to the
main issues. Don’t accept promises
unsupported by facts.
Reports continue to trickle in of
the good work being done by the
Farm Security Administration in
helping farmers get established on
the land. This agency is doing
splendid work and is worthy of hear
ty support.
According to current reports it
will cost forty to fifty thousand
dollars to be elected governor of
Georgia. The successful candidate
will inherit a debt estimated at
close to $50,000,000. Still there
are those who want to be governor.
Former Governor James M. Cox,
of Ohio, who acquired the Atlanta
Journal several months ago, was
honored with a dinner in Atlanta
during the week. The editor ac
knowledges with appreciation an in
vitation to be present and join in
paying tribute to a great Democrat
and journalist.
The county commissionei's of
Georgia meeting in Atlanta last
week decided to go along with a
sales tax as a means of financing
the state. Sooner or later Georgia
will decide in favor of a sales tax.
Most of the opposition to a sales tax
is coming from the larger cities of
the state.
TO CLOSE OR NOT CLOSE?
That the state is not a unit on
half holidays, is proved by the fol
lowing from two of our exchanges:
A former Chattanooga merchant,
speaking before the Dalton Mer
chants Association last Thursday,
told the Daltonians they were driv
ing business away from home by
closing their stores half a day in
mid week through the summer. “You
are inviting them to go to Atlanta
and Chattanooga to trade,’’ he said.
He suggested closing an hour earlier
every day, or giving each employee
a half holiday but not to all em
ployees on the same day. Calhoun
merchants might give consideration
to his suggestions.—Calhoun Times.
To close or no to close one after
noon a week, is the question puz
zling many towns about this season
of the year. And some towms are
agreed that it is bad business; the
stores are giving their clerks after
noons off, and yet business goes on
just the same.—Cartersville News-
Tribune.
STUFF ’N SUCH
By VINCENT JONES
Every cradle asks, “Whence?”
every coffin, “Whither?” and every
life “What For?”
It isn’t so much that life itself
is hard; it’s just hard to find the
right people to live it with.
There’s nothing wrong with peo
ple who live in small towns —except
their big city neighbors.
Why are the books on etiquette
so painfully silent concerning the
conventional manner to scratch
chigger bites in public?
Never fear, God made the world
and he promised to destroy it. At
least, Hitler won’t have that pleas
ure.
No girl ever lost her hero be
cause she kept posted in market
values and refused to sell her heart
and happiness for a mess of pottage.
It is through pain tnat we know
joy; through darkness that we ap
preciate light.
False pride is the darkest and
most illegitimate spawn of the devil
himself.
Nero fiddled while Rome burned,
and Chamberlain promenades while
Hitler bombards.
“Life is real; life is earnest.”
And sometimes pretty rugged.
Said one youth to another upon
returning from the night’s excur
sion: “Did I like my date? Why,
her face could stop a clock and her
mouth would swallow it.”
The collegians have a word for
it. They call kiss-stealing, petting
larceny.
That friend who owes you money
may not think a great deal of you,
but it’s certain that the friend to
whom you owe money thinks of
you a great deal.
In a world so full of deceit, there
is need of truth; in a world bowed
to its knees, there is need of the
upward look.
LOOKING BACKWARD
THROUGH THE FILES
News of 30 Years Ago
A. E. Wilkerson, 85, Confederate
veteran and well known citizen, died
Thursday morning.
Revival services were in prog
ress at the Methodist church and
Rev. T. R. Kindall, of Moreland,
was assisting the pastor, Rev. R ,C.
Cleckler.
A good type of road‘"was being
built from Jackson to Indian
Springs.
Dr. and Mrs. Eugene Elder who
had been visiting relatives at Indian
Springs left for New York and later
were to visit Europe. Upon return
ing in the fall Dr. Elder planned
to establish a sanitarium at Indian
Springs.
News of 20 Years Ago
A list compiled by Camp J. L.
Barnett U. C. V. showed Butts
county had 55 Confederate vet
erans.
A wind storm that struck Butts
county did considerable damage.
Several buildings were blown down
and trees uprooted.
Officers of the Jackson Chautau
qua Association were J. B. Settle,
president; G. E. Mallet, vice presi
dent; W. O. Ham, secretary and
treasurer.
Teachers were elected for the
Jackson public schools, including L.
D. Watson, superintendent; T. J.
Collins, principal; Misses Ella Mun
day, Bessie Blackman, Annie Maude
Thomas, Sallie Watkins, Annie Lou
McCord, Lois Biles and Mrs. R. L.
Smith.
The 500 World War veterans in
Butts county were estimated to re
ceive $150,000 if the bonus bill
passed congress.
Won’t You Let Us Boast
JUST A LITTLE
WE ARE HELPING TO SWING THE
COMMUNITY HAMMER—TO BUILD
Maybe not with hammer and saw, but we are
at work with the builders, nevertheless —building
a finer, stronger, more modern community.
You’d be surprised how many individuals and
businesses we have made new loans to during the
past year—big loans and little loans —to help im
prove individual situations and build the business
and homes of this community.
You’ll find us glad always to consider your
needs.
JACKSON NATIONAL BANK
JACKSON, GEORGIA.
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
News of 10 Years Ago
The Rev. A. J. Warner, former
pastor of the Jackson and Fellow
ship churches, accepted a call as
pastor of the Barnesville Presbyte
rian church.
The Kivvanis club entertained the
senior class of the Jackson public
schools Tuesday night. Miss Eliza
beth Edwards, president, gave a
short sketch of the class and Henry
Slaton, secretary, told what the class
had accomplished.
Dr. Lincoln McConnell, widely
known Baptist minister, died in
Jacksonville Tuesday and burial was
to be in Jackson Friday.
Butts county commissioners were
given a contract by the state high
way board to grade route 42 from
Jackson to the Henry county line.
John N. Holder, former chairman
of the state highway board, an
nounced as a candidate for gover
nor.
Candidates who get very far with
newspapei’s this year are going to
have to ask for votes through paid
advertising. A free horse has been
ridden well night to death and the
patience of newspapers has been ex
hausted.
It is pretty safe to say that no
candidate for governor this year
will be foolish enough to oppose the
new deal. Many of the reforms in
state and nation are here to stay
and one might as well get adjusted
to them. They will not be repealed.
LETTER FROM OUR
CONGRESSMAN
Capitol Hill, Washington, D. C.,
May 4, 1940.
My dear Constituents: Late yes
terday afternoon the House con
cluded its debate on the proposed
amendments to the Fair Labor
Standards Act of 1938, better known
as the Wages and Hours Law. We
had devoted seven days to these
amendments, and finally voted
them all down, and recommitted the
whole to the Committee on Labor
for further study and report. The
membership was of the overwhelm
ing opinion that amendments to this
law- are necessary to protect the
agricultural interests of this coun
try and some of the smaller indus
tries, but could not agree on the
extent of the exclusions. The House
Committee on Judiciary refused to
report favorably the Hatch Act
amendments recently passed by the
Senate.
I am informed that the President
has designated for inclusion in the
Works Projects Administration pro
gram a project in Barnesville, La
mar county, for extending and im
provement of their water works
system. This is a splendid improve
ment and will be very acceptable to
THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1940
this fine city.
Another report I have received
this week will, I am sure, be of in
terest to our people. It is the re
port of the Federal Housing Admin
istration, and it shows that up to De
cembr 31, 1939, a total of 39,478
families in Georgia have received
loans from private lending insti
tutions for home financing purposes
totaling $45,772,990.56.
Of this amount 30,587 families
obtained $11,618,738.56 in order to
improve, repair and remodel their
properties under Title 1 of the Na
tional Housing Act, and 8,891 fam
ilies borrowed $34,154,252.00 for
the purpose of financing home own
ership. This money was not bor
rowed from the government direct,
but was what is known as F. H. A.
insured loans. It is the greatest
small home building record Georgia
has ever made.
The weather continues good. Next
week we take up the Agricultural
Appropriation Bill.
Best wishes.
A. SIDNEY CAMP.
Scrapings From
Hard Scrabble
dear editer,
A scritch owl lit on a limb in our
back yard the other night just about
dust. \\ e alius heard if you takes
off your shoe and turn it over he’ll
hush up his mouth and go erway.
He hooted so long till the whole
family was barefooted before we
got him stopped. We thought we’d
have to put all the shovvells in the
fire but we kept working on the
shoe remedy till he quit. If the
bad luck lastes as long as his hoots
we 11 have plenty of same.
Our three little shoats bout to
perish to death this last week caus°
we used all the dishwater on the
cow s bag. She wuz erflicted with
swelling of the utter and we heard
dishwater wuz good fer it.
Me are afeered we aint goin to
get to use that red yard-umbrella
we bought a few weeks ago in a bar
gin basment. We thought we’d got
to set under it fore now. If it dont
get hot quick we goin to take .t
back. They garunteed umbrella
weather and now they got to fur
nish it.
So long.
SUSIE STUCKEY.
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