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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.
The people who oppose a sales tax
have offered nothing better.
Be friendly to tourists. It is a
eustoni that pays dividends.
The mattress project to use up sur
plus cotton is a movement in the
right dierction.
Prove your loyalty to cotton by
doing something about it during Na
tinal Cotton Week.
With horse shows, flower show’s,
beauty shows, etc., the country
ought to be well entertained.
It is claimed that Americans spend
$500,000,000 a year on travel.
Georgia wants its share of the tour
ist travel.
With corn selling for one dollar
a bushel Georgia farmers ought to
raise their own or be prepared to
do without.
Fuel oil collections in Georgia for
the year ending July 1 may pass
the $20,000,000 mark. That is a
Jot of money and it is needed on
the roads.
If several million of the unem
ployed were put to work building
mp national defenses it might prove
better than some of the projects
bow being carried on.
The opposition to President Roose
velt seems to be dying out. With
the war situation such as it is it
may be that President Roosevelt
will be drafted for another term.
With everybody wanting a pen
sion or a benefit of some kind, who
is there left to work? Why not
pension everybody and abolish
work? The experts can figure it
©ut on paper.
One thing the writer cannot get
excited over is the plight of Amer
icans still muddling about in Eu
rope. With all the hell going on
there for the last several months
they have had abundant opportuni
ty to clear out.
Census figures are being awaited
with interest. Several middle Geor
gia counties that suffered a sharp
decline in population between 1920
nd 1930, because of boll weevil,
will probably show an increase this
year. ,
Livestock and Equipment Day at
the Georgia College of Agriculture
was a great occasion. The state is
learning to apprciate the work being
done by the college and extension
forces and the trips to the campus
always prove educational.
Federal investigators are said to
be digging into the highway depart
ment’s records. Some things, in
cluding big purchases for road ma
chinery and the use of asphalt al
most to the exclusion of concrete
for paving, should be brought to
fccht.
Take It Or
Leave It
By J. D. JONES
The Fourth District Democratic
Executive Committee meeting in
Griffin May 7 passed resolutions
endorsing Congressman A. Sidney
Camp and commending him to the
Democrats of the district for re
election. The action is significant
in that the committee u’as named
by the late Congressman Emmett
Owen. Members speaking at the
meeting expressed the opinion that
Mr. Camp has made an honest, faith
ful, energetic and conscientious rep
resentative and is clearly entitled
to an endorsement term. Voters of
the entire district will probably take
that view of the matter. It is not
[ believed that Congressman Camp
I will have any opposition in the Sep
tember primary. During his first
term he has proved a hard-working,
able and alert representative, atten
tive to every interest of the district.
Mr. Camp went to Congress with a
background of experience in legis
lative affairs and in the few months
he has been in Washington he has
fully lived up to the expectations of
his constituents. Congressman A.
Sidney Camp is a fitting successor
to Adamson, Wright, Owen and the
other able men who have represent
ed this important agricultural and
industrial district in the lower house
of Congress.
National Cotton Week, May 17-
25, should mean more than lip-ser
vice. It should be a period when
every interest of the cotton belt will
get behind cotton and push the great
staple crop with energy and deter
mination. Cotton is a vital factor
in the economic life of America.
More people are employed in the
ginning, manufacture and processing
of cotton than in any other product.
The pay rolls are enormous. Thou
sands of people get their living
ffom cotton in one form or another.
It is the export crop that gives the
United States a favorable balance
of trade. New uses can and are
being found for cotton. Cotton
clothing is cool, economical and
wears well. Why not wear more
cotton clothes? If the war in China
goes on long enough and Japan is
unable to export raw silk it may
be that women will do something
about the hose problem. Cotton has
a hard fight. Other countries are
challenging American supremacy in
cotton. There are many substitutes
for cotton, rayon and others. All
these matters should be carefully
weighed and the people of the cot
ton-growing South ought to wage
an active fight for the use of more
cotton products—cotton clothes, cot
ton sacks and bags, cotton bagging,
cotton for paving, if possible, and
other uses. “Don’t be a cotton
slacker” might well become the mot
to for this campaign.
It riles one to hear somebody,
whether speaking from intimate
knowledge or as a back-seat driver,
claim American airplanes and Amer
ican battleships are outmoded and
of no use as modern war machines.
Whether this is true the layman does
not know. What the layman does
know is that he pays taxes and
elects representatives, who in turn
help to name experts to built bat
tleships and airplanes, and if some
body is bungling the job the fact
should be brought to light. The
people of this country want ade
guate national defenses in battle
ships and airplanes as well as a reg
ular army that can protect this
country in time of trouble. But if
those entrusted with that job don’t
look after the job honestly and capa
bly how can the layman help him
self? With the hell in Europe and
mad dogs running at large force is
the only thing to compete with
force. America should not be caught
napping. We must spend and build
until we have a navy and air force
and army the equal of any in the
[world. That is the best guarantee
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
of peace. This talk about American,
battleships and airplanes being only
junk should stop. Those in authori
ty ought to go to the root of the
matter and reassure the people that
America is awake and moving to
meet any emergency that may arise
now or in the future.
And w’hile the United States is
building airplanes let’s build plenty
of them—build them by the thou
sands. The Atlantic coast, the Pa
cific coast, the Gulf of Mexico and
the Panama Canal must be protec
ted. Why not stop some of the un
employment talk by putting men to
work building fortifications? The
United States was caught unprepar
ed in the last war. That should not
happen again. It will be too bad if
war breaks out and the United States
must wait months to get ready. Get
ready, stay ready, be prepared, stay
prepared. That is a good motto
for the nation to adopt.
The mattress project to use sur
plus cotton impresses the writer as
a good one. This country has too
much cotton on hand. With war in
Europe the outlook is not good for
normal exports and the surplus will
probably increase. The low income
families need the mattresses. The
project will make it possible for a
good deal of surplus cotton to be
used where it is needed and will help
to improve the cotton market. Al
ready more than four hundred ap
plications have been filed in Butts
county, it is explained.
What effect, if any the foreign
war will have on the political cam
paign in Georgia remains to be
seen. Whether the war will draw
us closer together and we will all
be one big family or whether there
will be the usual squabble will be
determined in the next few months.
Chances are the campaign will be
waged along usual lines, with the
candidates claiming everying under
the sun and promising to save the
state and redeem civilization from
its desire to destroy itself. Georgia
likes its politics hot and this year
will probably be no exception to
other campaigns. The part the new
deal will play—in the event Roose
velt is drafted for a third term—
will be interesting to watch. Clutch
ing at coat-tails may not be as much
out of style as some would imagine.
One can never tell.
Faced by cold weather, winter
rains and a late start, farmers are
hoping that normal weather will now
prevail and that some of the lost
ground may be made up in the weeks
immediately ahead. It is one of
the latest planting seasons in many
years. This conditionn, reports
show r , is general over the state and
is not confined to any particular
area. Farmers are tackling the job
with a fine spirit and given a favor
able break from now on the year
may turn out to be a good one.
If the nation finds it necessary
to conscript man power it ought at
the same time to conscript wealth
and industrial resources. That will
cool the ardor of the plutocrats over
the draft age.
The state extension service claims
30,000 Georgia homes have no gar
dens. There is no excuse for such
a condition. Somebody is plain
lazy. There is no better invest
ment than a year-round garden.
Georgia’s peach crop will be of
the approximate size as the 1939
crop, it is estimated. The area
north of Macon suffered heavy cold
weather damage but the southern
section seems to be in for a normal
crop.
Twenty years ago the country
was fussing about the cost of liv
ing. With war in progress the cost
of living is likely to be much high
er. It looks like a good year for
farmers to go strong on food and
feed crops.
Georgia farmers Installed 2,129
water systems in 1939, compared
with only 663 the previous year.
From A. B. To B. L.
(Bread Lines)
By VINCENT JONES
Their heads brimming with “book
larnin” and their eyes steady on
the future, however, dubious, a mil
lion young men and women will bid
farewell to campus frolics and en
ter the field of business in June.
And, according to findings of the
United States Department of Inter
ior, nearly three-fourths of them
will find gainful employment within
12 months after receiving their de
grees.
Although unemployment is still a
vital problem, there seems a place
in the business world for the col
lege graduate who is enterprising,
ambitious, and willing to work. A
recent survey made by the Depart
ment of Interior bears out this con
tention. Encompassed in the sweep
ing poll were 48,000 alumni of from
one to eight year’s standing, from
31 institutions.
Nearly 750,000 graduates go to
work almost immediately each year,
58 per cent of the men and 61 per
cent of the women never having
spent an idle day since the culmina
tion of their academic careers.
Balancing the budget is a big
problem of “Joe College” and “Bet
ty Co-ed,” especially during the first
few years after graduation when
salaries are low. The average uni
versity alumnus of one year
receives a typical annual pay check
of $1,314. His labor for two years
brings him only $1,445; three years,
$1,551; four years, $1,684; five
years, $1,847; six years, $2,008;
seven years, $2,138, and eight
years, $2,383.
The “get rich quick” graduates
can be found in dentistry, forestry
and telephone work, the three best
paid occupations immediately after
graduation. The poorest paid oc
cupations are journalism, the minis
try, and clerical service.
Reporting temporary or perma
nent employment were 96 per cent
of the men. Only three per cent
have ever been on relief.
There has been too much dis
heartening talk of late about the
scarcity of jobs for young grad
uates. These statistics are a wel
come refutation to skeptics who
would have us believe that our eco
nomic system is locked in the throes
of a strangling stalemate and there
are no longer any economic fron
tiers. There are frontiers and
there are jobs—for the graduates
who want them bad enough to go
out and create them. There has
never been a problem, even unem
ployment, that industry and inge
nuity couldn’t solve.
LOOKING BACKWARD
THROUGH THE FILES
Newt of 30 Years Ago
Teachers in the Jackson public
schools were: W. R. Lanier, super
intendent; George Mingledo rf f,
principal; Misses Annie Arden, Lucy
Moore, Bessie Waldrop, Clara Nolen,
Maude Edwards, Marie Lanier.
Graduates of the Jackson High
School were: Misses Annie Jones,
Marguerite Fletcher, Rachael Are
son, Annie Arenson, Annie Ham
mond, Fannie M. Biles, Herschel
Whitehurst, W. A. Watkins, Joel
Mallet, McCord Shaver.
Miss Lois Biles entertained at a
“comet” party Monday evening,
when the guests looked for Halleys
Comet. In the group were Misses
Lois and Fannie Myrtice Biles, An
nie Hammond, Exie Ham, Linton
Hopkins, Henry Byron, Sam John
son, Maurice Wright.
“Automobile races, a sham bat
tle, the presence of Bishop Candler
and Hoke Smith, in addition to the
regular numbers, insures Jackson of
the successful Chautauqua June 12-
17.”
New* of 20 Years Ago
W. M. Redman was chairman for
Butts county in the Salvation Army
campaign to raise $1,000,000.
The Wigwam Hotel, Indian
Springs, Mote \\ atts manager, was
to open Saturday,
ROBINSON CRUSOE WAS STUCK
ON HIS ISLAND
But You Can Get Away For Pleasures
And Educational Travel
Sure, Robinson Crusoe had a yen to travel—g 0
peaces and see new things. But no matter how bored
he got—he was stuck —right there on the island.
You don’t have to be stuck on an island. You
live in an age when folks go places and see things.
The sea, the mountains, the cities are calling. Won
ders of our own and foreign lands are open to you.
Lack of money need not stop you. Start sav
ing those nickels and dimes you flip away foolishly.
You will be surprised how quickly they will mount
up—and take you places.
JACKSON NATIONAL BANK
JACKSON, GEORGIA.
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Drs. J. Lee Byron, A. F. White,
H. W. Copeland and W. H. Steele
attended the meeting of the Medical
Association of Georgia in Macon.
F. S. Etheridge was appointed by
J. J. Brown, commissioner of agri
culture, as a member of a commit
tee to distribute calcium arsenate to
farmers to poison the boll weevil.
The Brady lot was to be used
for the Community Chautauqua.
Dr. Thornwell Jacobs, president
of Oglethorpe University, was to
preach the commencement sermon
May 21.
News of 10 Years Ago
The Butts County Flower Show
was to be held at Indian Springs
May 17.
Butts county farmers were paid
$554 for 2,777 pounds of chickens
at the co-operative sale May 8.
The census bureau announced the
population of Butts county was
9,345, compared with 12,327 in
1920.
The graduating class of the Jack
son High Schoo had 33 members,
26 girls and 7 boys.
The death of Uncle Arta Johnson,
said to be 100 years old and the
county’s oldest resident, occurred
Sunday.
W E. Watkins was elected presi
dent of the Flint Circuit Bar Asso
ciation.
The marriage of Miss Virginia
Jones and Leonard Gray took place
Sunday.
The Jackson Kiwanis club was to
visit the Monticello club May 20.
Market quotations included: Eggs
28c; hens 19c; friers 27c; butter 40c.
WITH THE EXCHANGES
The Devil Hat A Rival
The devil no doubt is very jeal
ous of Adolf Hitler. Up to the
coming into power of Hitler the
devil enjoyed the distinction of be
ing the prince of liars. He has
been relegated into a subordinate
position.—Butler Herald.
Riding Come* High
Do you know that Georgia motor
ists in the last ten years have paid
the state $182,889,688 in gasoline
taxes and registration fees? No mat
ter how much people cry “hard
times” there always seems to be
money for the operation of automp
biles.—Dawson News.
A Movement For Safety
Asa further effort to increase
the safety of Georgia highways, it
is announced that “no passing”
zones will be established on curves
and hills on all highways in the
state. The zones will be marked
by yellow lines paralleling the us
ual center marketings, and on the
driver s side of the highway. These
will indicate to the motorist that
it is dangerous to attempt to pass
another car at that point, approach
ing a curve or hill, where visibility
ahead is obscured.—Tifton Gazette.
THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1940
Miscellany
A Sabbath afternoon visit to the
Museum at Indian Springs will con
vince any honest mind the the Butts
County Historical Society has al
ready justified its existence of
some little three years. The Mcln
tosh pictures, an Argus of 1899,
now an ancient date, a rather unique
conception of Opotheolo, or who
ever he was, standing upon a rock
orating to his disgruntled Indian fol
lowers, with the Varner House in
the distance, the tiny bag of pine
tree seeds and the whole pine wood
process from stock to satiny thread
fibre, with the whole lot of Indian
relics properly described in easy
reading cards, these will enable the
visitor to spend a good forty-five
minutes in the lore of the ground
upon which he stands.
And don’t forget to register at
Mrs. Hamlin’s desk in the corner.
Large numbers of visitors give the
Society prestige with the State of
ficials when reports go in.
And just here we speak our re
grets that Mr. J. D. Jones felt he
must resign from the Historical
presidency. The first strides, large
and long, were taken under his ad
ministration, ably assisted as he was
by Mrs. W. B. Powell, Mrs. Lucy
Warthen and other faithfuls.
But it is enheartening to know
that Mr. Freeman Land will suc
ceed him. Mr. Land is a good pre
siding officer, never wearies his
hearers, and knows how to expedite
the business in hand. To be presi
dent of the Butts County Historical
Society is a real honor, one that
has not been diminished, but rather
heightened, by the previous incum
bent.
There are in Jackson quite a num
ber of persons who truly love his
tory. Nothing broadens like a
knowledge of history, or can make
us wiser; for history is the preserved
experiences of all who ever lived
significantly. History is facts dis
tilled from human contacts thru all
past age-, and knowing it, we can
avoid many pitfalls that are spread
for unthinking heads.
The Butts County Historical is
the only organization, or so we
think, that opens to both sexes, and
thanks to the founding fathers does
not serve anything to eat on a let
tuce leaf. Refreshments are all
right and proper, but like spoiled
children they usually monopolize the
time and scene.
—HAMILTON.
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