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VOL. 68 —No. 21
DEPORT THE ALIENS
In connection with the present census it ought to be easy to
K separate loyal Americans from those of foreign birth. Not all
'those of foreign birth are trouble-makers but a large number owe
•allegiance to some foreign government.
Any person living in our country who does not swear allegi
ance to the American flag and be willing to support it with his
life is not a good American. There are thousands of that type
and they should be rounded up and deported. They are responsi
ble for much of the unrest and strife. They are being fed by
American taxpayers in competition with loyal citizens who cannot
find employment. Deport these undesirables and our relief bur
den will not be so heavy.
Patriotic Americans of every faith are rallying around the
President in his appeal for national defense. How can we have
national defense when traitors are in the camp? Are we sure
that aliens are not employed in our munition factories, in building
battleships and airplanes? There should be a purge to find out
about this. Some of these trouble-makers posing as workers
would be glad to betray American secrets to foreign powers.
The “Fifth Column” has been a vital factor in the success
the Germans are having in invading other nations. America must
<ee to it that we have no “Fifth column” here. Georgia must set
its house in order and if we have any aliens and trouble-makers
they must be handled by the strong arm of the law. Governor
Rivers has sounded the first call for a house cleaning.
The American Legion has waged consistent warfare on reds
communists and aliens and one of its cardinal planks is to
deport these trouble-makers. It is a platform every loyal Amer
ican can support.
America for loyal Americans. Deport the aliens!
Sale May 27 Will Mark First Year 01
Central Georgia Livestock Association
GROWING IMPORT AN C E OF
FOOD AND LIVESTOCK PROD
UCTS UNDER WAR CONDI
TIONS BE REFLECTED
It was on May 17, 1939, that the
Central Georgia Livestock Associa
tion, farm co-operative organized
to serve the livestock interests of
several middle Georgia counties,
held the first livestock auction sale
ever conducted in this part of the
state. The sale on Monday, May
27, will mark the first anniversary
of this association.
During its first year the associa
tion has held weekly, semi-monthly
and monthly livestock auction sales
and has disposed of thousands of
dollars worth of cattle, hogs and
Mother livestock. It has been con
' clusively proved that there is a cash
market in Jackson for all the live
stock produced in Butts and sur
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rounding counties.
Other objectives of the associa
tion were to stimulate interest in
the livestock industry through high
grade and registered animals on
farms in this territory. Asa re
sult of this campaign scrub animals
are being replaced by better type
stock and the foundation has been
laid for a future livestock industry
that will mean larger cash income
on most of the farms served by the
association.
Still another purpose was to
arouse interest in pasture building.
This part of the work has progress
ed well and there is more interest
in permanent pastures and pasture
fertilization than ever known be
fore.
War conditions in Europe, mem
bers of the association explain, have
served to stress food and livestock
production. The result is that cat
tle are in active demand for grazing
and the supply has not been equal
to the demand.
>jj Special efforts are being made to
make the sale on May 27 the larg
est held in several months. Good
prices and active bidding are as
sured all livestock producers.
The auction will begin at 2 p. m.,
central standard time, and F. H.
Morgan will act as auctioneer.
Reports show strong market
trends for both cattle and hogs in
til important livestock centers.
JUDGE OGDEN PERSONS WAS
HOST TO BAR ASSOCIATION
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DIXIE THEATRE
DOLLS UP FOR
SUMMER SEASON
Dolling up for the forthcoming
appearance of Gone With The Wind,
the Dixie Theatre has recently been
greatly improved by paint in the
lobby and marquee. The appearance
of this popular amusement center
has been materially heightened and
has been the subject of favorable
comment by theatre-goers. New
projecting machines also have been
installed, this making for better en
tertainment for the patrons.
Gone With The Wind is scheduled
at the Dixie June 5-6.
WANT ADV. SOLD S2O IN
FURNISHINGS FIRST DAY
Mrs. Corneil Varner David
son, who recently advertised
furniture for sale in exchange
for farm produce, says she sold
more than S2O worth of fur
nishings the first day.
Small in cost —large in re
sults Progress - Argus want
advs. always pay.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1940
TAXPAYERS FOOT THE BILL
For the past several years the American public has been trying
to fool itself into the belief that it can get something for nothing.
It has been common to say this is a gift of the government and
costs nothing. Any person of ordinary horse sense knows the
Unted States government does not possess one thin dime that is
not derived from taxes in some form.
In this day of the more abundant life we have been interested
in electing go-getters rather than statesmen. The man who could
go to Atlanta and inveigle the legislature out of funds for a pet
project was pointed to as a wonder. We have sent to represent
us in Congress men of the go-getter type —men who' could pull
WPA, PWA, CCC and other projects out of the hat and get an
occasional federal building or have Cat Creek drained for ma
laria control. The result has been that we have accumulated a
national debt of almost $45,000,000. Now when we must arm
for self-defense the debt will continue to pile up.
These representatives are not to blame because they have
done only what the people back home wanted them to do. They
probably have taken undue credit and told the people they are
getting something free, when as a matter of fact the taxpayers
are paying all the bills.
The Gainesville Eagle writing on the subject says: “Aware
of the truth of the unmovable fact that folks pay for what they
get, the New York state legislature has passed a bill which pro
vides that all PWA and WPA projects display a sign at the scene
of operations saying ‘This project was paid for by taxpayers.’ ”
A similar law in Georgia and all other states W'ould be de
sirable. It would give credit where credit is due. It would bring
home to every community in the nation the truth that the average
taxpayer is helping foot the bills. It might have a wholesome
effect in stopping the spending spree.
The taxpayer is a handy man. He pays the bills and lets the
politicians get the credit for “getting something for nothing.”
Kennedy Named
Head Of Flint
Circuit Bar
ANNUAL MEETING HELD TUES
DAY AT INDIAN SPRINGS.
JUDGE OGDEN PERSONS WAS
HOST AT LUNCHEON
An interesting- paper by Judge
Ogden Person on the third term
precedent for president of the Uni
ted States, and the round-table dis
cussion that followed, proved the
highlight of the annual meeting of
the Flint Circuit Bar Association at
Indian Springs Tuesday.
Judge A. L. Franklin of the Au
gusta Circuit, scheduled to be the
guest speaker, was prevented by
illness in his family from being pres
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ent at the meeting.
In his paper Judge Perscyis quo
ted from official records to show
that opposition to a third term, es
tablished by Washington and follow
ed by Jefferson and others of the
nation’s leaders, has become firmly
established as a national policy
Members of the bar present dis
cussed the question from all angles.
Some agreed with the established
precedent and others held opposite
views.
Officers named to head the asso
ciation for the ensuing year are:
H. J. Kennedy, Barnesville, presi
dent; Paxton Erwin, Barnesville,
vice president; E. L. Reagan, Mc-
Donough, secretary and treasurer.
Frank B Willingham, Flint Circuit
Solicitor General, was elected as a
member of the board of governors
of the Georgia Bar Association.
There was a fair attendance of
lawyers, clerks, sheriffs and editors
in the four counties of the circuit.
Others numbers on the program
were selections by the Jackson Club
chorus. Miss Catherine Thornton
delighted the group with two vocal
numbers.
After the business session Judge
Persons was a gracious host to the
members and visitors at luncheon
at Hotel Elder where the meeting
was held.
LOCUST GROVE JUNIOR HIGH
WILL CLOSE FRIDAY, MAY 27
The Locust Grove Junior High
School will have graduation exer
cises Friday, May 27, at 8 p. m.
There are eleven members of the
senior class.
County Gathers
To Pay Tribute
To WPA Workers
BARBECUE SERVED HERE TO
MARK ACHIEVEMENT WEEK.
MORE THAN 500 TICKETS
SOLD. SEVERAL SPEAKERS
Achievement Week of the Works
Projects Administration in Butts
county was market by a barbecue
at Indian Springs Monday night and
more than 500 tickets sold was an
evidence of the wide interest in the
agency.
Mayor W. M. Redman presided
and talks were made by Mrs. E. R.
Edwards, president of the Fourth
District j Congress of Parents and
Teachers, and others. Of the 249
schools in the district two-thirds
serve free school lunches, Mrs. Ed
wards said.
Mrs. J. B. Roberts told of the
free lunches served at the Indian
Springs school, first in the county
to start the lunch project. Mrs. J.
3. Childs spoke for the Jenkinsburg
school, Mrs. L. P. Weaver for the
Towaliga school and Mrs. Asa O’Neal
for Tussahaw. All said lunches had
been of help to the children, both
in their studies and in health.
Mrs. F. C. Hearn, Butts County
Welfare director, outlined the work
being done in the county by the
WPA, women’s division. She stress
ed the good work being done in the
sewing room, where 18 women are
employed.
Mrs. Lucile Patrick outlined the
work of the Butts county library
and said reading matter was being
provided for families denied this
benefit until recently.
Col. C. L. Redman summarized
the benefits of WPA to Butts coun
ty, outlining the several departments
and giving emphasis to the road
work and street paving done and
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“THE BEST COUNTY PAPER
I KNOW OF,” READER SAYS
“You are publishing the best
county paper I know of,”
writes Mr. F. S. Etheridge, of
Columbus, in sending check for
his subscription.
Mr. Etheridge is a former
widely known Jackson business
executive and religious leader.
IS LABOR LOYAL?
As this is written France and England have their backs to the
wall and are being driven steadily back by German might and
power. What the outcome of the present battle —described as
the “greatest of all time”—will be is very much in doubt.
Germany with Hitler as a dictator absolute has been pre
paring for the war for years. Vast stores of food and ammuni
tion have been accumulated. War machines, giant tanks and an
air force the like of which the world has never seen, have been
unleashed against the Allied nations. Germany could do that
because Nazi Germany levels off both capital and labor. Neither
has any rights. The state is supreme.
In her hour of perij France speaks of suspending the eight
hour day so that munitions and airpanes may be turned out at
accelerated speed. A twenty-four hour day in a crisis like the
present would not be too much.
Last week President Roosevelt went before Congress and asked
for a sum large enough to insure adequate national defense. In
this he was supported by all patriotic Americans. Partisan issues
were forgotten as Republicans joined Democrats in rushing through
the huge appropriation bill. We must arm, not for aggression
or to meddle in foreign wars, but to protect our own country
against anything that may happen now or in the future.
There is one sour note. John L. Lewis wants to protect the
rights of labor in the defense program. What more rights could
labor have than have been guaranteed under the present adminis
tration? What rights will labor have if the country should be
invaded and laid waste?
The entire labor movement should be carefully investigated
for racketeers and reds and communists. It has been proved be
yond question that organized labor has some very undesirable
trouble-makers and criminals.
In an hour of national need John L. Lewis and all of his kind
should be silenced with a bayonet in the belly—or otherwise.
Louise Hardy First
Hilda Edwards Will
RAMSEY WILL DELIVER THE
LITERARY ADRRESS TUESDAY
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RALPH L. RAMSEY
Vansant To Be
Kiwanis Speaker
Tuesday, May 28
STATE DIRECTOR OF FSA IS
SCHEDULED FOR ADDRESS.
TUESDAY MEETING CALLED
OFF TO VISIT MACON
R. L. Vansant, state director of
the Farm Security Administration,
is scheduled to address the Jackson
Kiwanis *:lub at the meeting Tues
day, May 28.
A former county agent, Mr. Van
sant is considered an authority on
farm questions. The agency of
which he is state director is in
charge of farm rehabilitation and
construction, tenant purchase pro
gram and directs all work connected
with settling people on the land.
F. C. Heairn, county FSA direc
tor, and members of the county
committee will be invited to hear
Mr. Vansant Tuesday night.
The meeting of the Jackson club
Tuesday night was called off to al
low members and their wives to at
tend the ninth division meeting in
Macon. Macon and Perry clubs
were joint hosts to all ninth division
clubs at a meeting held at Hotel
Dempsey. The Jackson club was
largely represented at the Macon
parley.
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
Honor Graduate,
Be Salutatorian
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COMMENCEMENT SEASON WILL
BEGIN SUNDAY WITH SER
MON BY REV. J. C. CALLA
WAY. DEGREES TUESDAY
To Miss Louise Hardy, first honor
graduate of the Jackson High School,
' goes the distinction of being vale
dictorian of the class of 1940. Miss
Hilda Edwards will be salutatorian.
These awards are announced by
D. V. Spencer, superintendent of the
i Jackson public schools, in making
public plans for the commencement
season.
First number on the program will
be the Baccalaureate Sermon Sun
day at 11 a. m. at the school audi
torium. The Rev. J. C. Calaway,
minister of the Jackson Methodist
church, will address the graduates,
members of their families and all
Jackson churches at this union ser
vice.
The seventh grade will have pro
motion day exercises Monday at 10
a. m. Monday night the junior class
will entertain the senior class at a
barbecue at Indian Springs.
The address to members of the
graduation class will be delivered
Tuesday night at 8 o’clock by Hon.
Ralph L. Ramsey, executive secre
tary of the Georgia Education As
sociation. Mr. Ramsey is a former
principal of Fulton ocunty schools
and has long been active in the field
of education.
The thirty-seven seniors who will
receive degrees Tuesday night are:
Evelyn Archer, John William
Bond, William Browning, Victor
Carmichael, Jr., Tenella Collins, El
mo Colwell, Jr., Elizabeth Duke, Hil
da Edwards, Sandford Elliott, Carl
Funderburk, Jr., Louise Hardy,
Obera Hardy, Dorothy Harris, Hil
da Henderson, Nan Hodges, Rudolph
Hodges, Ruth Hooten, Josephine
Jones, Stancil Maddox,. Mary Mallet,
Thomas McDonald, Anne O’Neal,
Bertice O’Neal, Evelyn O’Neal, Syl
via Pope, Frank Reeves, Robert Ri
ley, Willis Taylor, Mervyn Thaxton,
Mary Ruth Thurston, Minerva Tor
bet, Edward Washington, Eloise
Washington, Jeanette Washington,
Mildred Welch, Jane Whitaker, Car
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olyn White.
Superintendent Spencer and
members of the board of education
cordialy invite the people of the
county to attend all exercises.