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Jackson Progress-Argus
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J. DOYLE JONES
Editor and Publisher
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the Post Office at Jackson, Ga.
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OFFICIAL ORGAN BUTTS COUN
TY AND CITY OF JACKSON
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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 government.
THE AMERICAN’S
CREED
I believe in the United
States of America as a govern
ment of the people, by the
people, for the people whose
just powers are derived from
the consent of the governed;
a democracy in a Republic; n
soverign Nation of many sov
ereign States; a perfect Un
ion, one and inseparable, es
tablished upon those principles
of freedom, equality, justice
and humanity for which Amer
ican patriots sacrificed their
lives and fortunes.
I therefore believe it is my
duty to my Country to love it;
to support its Constitution; to
obey its laws; to respect its
flag; and to defend it against
all enemies.—William Tyler
Page.
The state patrol has done much
pood and should not lx* made the
football of politics.
Include livestock in your 1941
farm program and you will never re
gret it.
Butts county had a splendid record
in 4-H club work in 1940. Let’s
make this an even better year.
Georgia got socked for $500,000
because highway funds were divert
ed. It is money the state can ill
afford to lose.
Despite the fact that 1940 was
leap year many of the old maids
failed to make the grade. Better
luck next time.
The man who has timber is in
strong position. It is a good time
to plant trees and take care of those
already growing.
Central Georgia counties want all
the rural electrification possible this
year. Let’s make "Rural America
Lights Up" a reality.
Unemp.oymont is melting under
national defense spending and prep
aration. Unemployment is a word
a lot of us would'like to forget.
Senator Russell wants furm pay
ments boosted. Certainly farm pay
ments should not be reduced be
cause of national defense spending.
The final test of patriotism with
a lot of people will come when the
new taxes have to be paid. They are
coming, plenty of new taxes and
higher taxes.
Dr. H. I*. Stuckey, director of the
Georgia Experiment Station. has
been named a "Man of the Year in
1940." Dr. Stuckey is doing ef
fective work.
Italy is a good example of a fel
low trying to settle a quarrel when
his advice is not needed or wanted.
The result has been a series of kicks
in the pants.
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Draftees are being called to the
colors and the men are being given
a big send-off. One of the main
things is to keep the jobs for them
when they get back.
Take It Or
Leave It
By J. D. JONES
The one thing that challenges the
interest of every patriotic Ameri
can is national defense. The safe
ty of the country now and for the
future must be given first place. It
is a poor citizen who will take ad
vantage of the present condition to
make money. So many parts of the
world are torn with war that money
making should not have first place
over here. Of course things are
running in high gear just now and
much money will be made in certain
industries. But a time of readjust
ment will come. Mounting taxes
must be paid. While trying to keep
our respective business institutions
afloat let us find time to give con
sideration to national defense. With
out a strong and united country our
possessions will not be worth much.
There is a great opportunity, as
the writer sees it, for farmers of
Georgia to grow a number and va
riety of cash crops under war con
ditions. With the war in Europe
and the present large carryover of
cotton the outlook for cotton is not
bright. Except for government sup
port of cotton the price might he
much lower than it now is. If no
cotton were grown in 1941 there
would still be enough for a year's
consumption. Large numbers of
men have been taken out of pro
duction and will be used in national
defense. This makes markets for
all kinds of farm products. Georgia
is fortunate in having several large
projects where thousands of men
will be centered. By wise planning
Georgia farmers should he able to
sell these army camps vast quanti
ties of milk, butter, chickens and
eggs, fresh fruits and vegetables and
livestock. Income from these sour
ces will be spread over the year,
whereas cotton is a one-season crop.
These things are worth serious stu
dy and if meetings are held
early in the year and programs
outlined to meet the existing
needs it may prove a good thing
for the state. The writer would
like to see Butts county farmers
in a concerted movement to obtain
additional cash income from new
sources. ,
The Kiwanis club of Jackson in
stalled officers for 1941 at the meet
ling Tuesday night and has buckled
I down to a year of hard work for
Butts county. In a few days the
local club will observe its nineteenth
anniversary. During the past ‘nine
teen years the club has been worth
much to the county. Several defi
nite, concrete worthwhile objectives
have been carried to completion.
The club gives support to 4-H club
I work and its sponsors Boy Scout
vvork in Butts county. It has lent
its influence for better highways in
this section. All principal roads in
i the county have been paved since
j the club was organized. Health
j work has been sponsored by the club
.and with a full time health nurse
lon duty the county is making prog
ress in that direction. Recreation
has been stressed and much has been
| done in that regard. The new offi
cers of the club are interested in
Butts county and its development.
Let us give them our support and
continue to move forward.
With its edition of January 2 the
Progress-Argus began its sixty-ninth
year of service to Butts county. So
many things have happened since
1875, when the paper was estab
lished, that no effort wil be made
to mention them here. Wars come
and go and panics and good times
follow in sequence, but the newspa
per is the one institution that goes
on. In spite of the present war
there is much to look forward to in
the immediate future. A better or
der is being born in Georgia agri
culture. Rural electrification is a
new and vital factor in rural devel
opment. Other things that will
change the manner of life of the
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
state are on the horizon. The Prog
ress-Argus will strive to meet the
new conditions as they arise and
above all hopes to prove worthy of
the good will, friendship and sup
port of the people it serves.
The new year, the writer believes,
finds the people of Jackson and
Butts county united and ready to
move forward with confidence into
the new year. Strides were made
last year and even greater progress
should be possible in 1941. For
tunately there will be no elections
to disturb the people. The year
finds all of us united behind the
state and national leaders. To the
county and state administrations all
of us pledge support and co-opera
tion and to the national leaders we
can give the last ounce of energy
and devotion to national defense.
We have our own local problems and
these can be solved in patience and
perseverance. One for all and all
for one would be a good motto for
Butts county as we move into a
new' year of greater opportunities.
The United States and England
are standing shoulder to shoulder in
a crisis but when the war is over
they’ll fight to a standstill over
trade. It was ever thus.
The grower who is pepped up over
cotton under war condition needs
treatment of some kind. There are
other things farmers can do to boost
cash income in spite of cotton.
More food and more feed should
be the motto of Georgia farmers
this year. Men in the army camps
must he fed and Georgia should get
its share of this cash income.
Atlanta is to have a brand new
farmers’ market. Something should
be raised to sell at the market. Geor
gia ought to raise more fruits and
vegetables and truck crops.
Most of the counties of the state
have new officers and an entirely
new administration will take charge
of state affairs soon. Thus will the
work of saving the state begin all
over again.
Conditions around the army camps
are not anything to enthuse over,
according to. reports. The idea of
trying to clean up conditions, while
letting liquor be sold in unlimited
quantities, is largely a waste of ef
fort.
C. E. Gregory writing in the At
lanta Journal quotes Governor Riv
ers as saying he expects to be gov
ernor again some day. Stranger
things have happened in Georgia
politics.
Outside of the big rich and the
substantial middle class there is no
sentiment in this state in favor of
economy. So if Governor Talmadge
is going to give the state economy
he will give something the majority
does not want.
The Christmas holidays, as is the
case on all holidays, took a heavy
toll of killed and injured. There is
no truce as far as fatal accidents
are concerned and Christmas is not
different from any other season in
that respect.
Nobody who is supposed to know
paints a bright farm picture for
1941 and the immediate future.
Probably we can raise something to
eat. stay at home and eat it and
sell the surplus to the government.
An old timer is the fellow who
can remember when Christmas was
observed in the old-fashioned way,
with a round of parties, dinners and
dances lasting about two weeks,
when no work was done and eggnog
was plentiful.
War sentiment in this country is
a progressive sort of thing. At first
the man who hinted of this country
becoming involved was a war-mon
ger. Then came the election and
now the popular slogan is "every
thing for England short of war."
Wonder what the next step will be?
THE LAST STRAW
By VINCENT JONES
He is rich who appreciates what
he has.
Fatherhood is perhaps the most
thankless virtue of all.
There’s no one quite as friend
less as an ex-governor.'
The eyes that see the farthest
do not of necessity see the most.
Any man who looks past 1941 to
foresee bad years is a dow r nright pes
simist.
Life’s greatest disillusionment
comes with the discovery of Santa
Claus.
Being male, 21, and unmarried is
like punching the fire; you await
the draft.
Prohibition is like the word
"ain’t” in that neither of them real
ly exist.
Gene Talmadge may add further
to the immaculate dress of the State
Patrol by outfitting them with red
gallusses.
If Leap Year serves any purpose
other than to give women a chance
to make a fool out of themselves,
we can’t see it.
There is no time, or era, or way
of life, that will ever equal, say
nothing of surpass, the American
life of the present day.
Hitler now is in the same position
as the little boy who stumped his
toe; he doesn’t know whether to
curse the toe or kill the root.
Cold weather brings red noses,
proving that Mark Twain was wrong
in his logic about the weather; some
of the boys’ noses stay red the year
'round.
It is hoped that ole Gene will not
paraphrase his famous words of a
few days ago to read, “there are a
lot of Talmadge men who would
make good parole cases.”
So far as we have been able to
ascertain from 21 year’s observa
tion on this whirling spheroid, the
main essentials for happiness are to
say little and do much.
If Jackson could land a few new
industries during the boom years,
she will most cei-tainly arise from
the next depression, if there is one,
in better shape financially.
A noted doctor once said that ba
bies w-ere happy only when they
were crying. Pity the same doesn’t
apply to parents also, then they
could all join in the chorus.
If we were curiously empowered
with the right to inflict upon our
worst enemy any disease that we
wished, we would not overwhelm
him suddenly with smallpox, typhoid
fever or pneumonia, no; we would
superimpose upon his helpless form
dandruff and athlete’s foot and
watch the poor devil scratch him
self to death.
Progressive merchants in the
state’s larger cities do not permit
any grass to grow under their feet.
Christmas advertising was succeed
ed "immediately by clearance sales.
If some of the rural merchants had
more clearance sales they might be
better off.
Editor T. J. Thomasson of the
Carroll County- Times is strong for
county consolidation in Georgia.
Just to see how strong Editor Thom
asson is for mergers, may be sug
gest that they consolidate Carroll
with Heard, Troup, Coweta, Doug
las and Meriwether, with Newnan as
the county seat.
Charter No. 13897 Reserve District No. 6
REPORT OF CONDITION OF
JACKSON NATIONAL BANK
OF JACKSON
In the state of Georgia, at the close of business on December 31st, 1940.
Published in response to call made by Comptroller of Currency under
Section 5211, U. S. Revised Statutes.
ASSETS
1. Loans and discounts (including no overdrafts) $175,612.93
2. United States Government obligations, direct and
guaranteed 69,500.00 a
3. Obligations of States and political subdivisions 38,877.38
5. Corporate stocks, including stock of Federal Reserve bank 1,750.00
6. Cash, balances with other banks, including reserve bal
ance, and cash items in process of collection , 269,711.68
7. Bank premises owned $10,000.00, furniture and fix
tures $3,096.04 13,096.04
TOTAL ASSETS $568,548.03
LIABILITIES
13. Demand deposits of individuals, partnerships,
and corporations $401,779.60
14. Time deposits of individuals, partnerships,
and corporations 38,583.28
16. Deposits of States and political subdivisions 54,948.94
18. Other deposits (certified and cashier’s checks, etc.) 935.39
9. TOTAL DEPOSITS $496,247.21 t
24. TOTAL LIABILITIES $496,247.21
CAPITAL ACCOUNT
25. Capital stock: ;4
(a) Class A preferred, total par $13,000.00, re-^
tirable value $13,000.00 \ $50,000.00
(Rate of dividends on re tirable value is 3%) (
(c) Common stock, total par $37,000.00 )
26. Surplus 7,500.00
27. Undivided profits 12,800.82
28. Reserves (and retirement account for preferred stock) 2,000.00
29. TOTAL LIABILITY ACCOUNTS 72,300.82
30. TOTAL LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL ACCOUNTS $568,548.03
MEMORANDA
31. Pledged assets (and securities loaned) (book value):
(b) Other assets pledged to secure deposits aad other
liabilities (including notes and bills rediscounted
and securities sold under repurchase agreement) — $5,277.00
(e) TOTAL $5,277.00^
32. Secured liabilities
(a) Deposits secured by pledged assets pursuant to re
quirements of law $4,000.00
(and) TOTAL $4,000.00
State of Georgia,, County of Butts, SS:
I, J. W. O’Neal, Cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly swear thatr
the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
J. W. O’NEAL, Cashier.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 7th day of January, 1941.
NETTIE RAE PITTMAN, Notary Public, State at Large.
CORRECT—Attest:
R. P. NEWTON,
E. L. SMITH,
H. O. BALL,
Directors.
LETTER FROM OUR
CONGRESSMAN
Capitol Hill, Washington, D. C.,
January 4, 1941.
My dear Constituents: The rain
poured on us almost all the way
up, but we arrived early Thursday
evening in time to get a good night’s
rest before the opening session Fri
day.
Having moved our offices from
Suite No. 119 to No. 250, we spent
most of the morning getting ac
quainted with our new neighbors,
our new quarters and surroundings.
The last session of the Seventy
sixth Congress never adjourned sine
die, but simply died automatically
when the first session of the Seventy
seventh opened at noon Friday. It
was the longest session in history.
The meeting Friday was the first
opening session of Congress I ever
attended, and the election of the
Speaker, the Sergeant at Arms, the
Clerk, the Doorkeeper, the Chap
lain, the Postmaster, and other offi
cials, as well as the appointment of
the Standing Committees of the
House, was very interesting indeed.
The galleries were packed, mostly
with families of new members, who
came to see the oath of office ad
ministered to the members. Each
Congressman was given one reserved
seat in the gallery-. I had my ticket
in my pocket as no one from our
District seemed to want it, when I
saw a group in the Hall looking
very dejected indeed. The aged
parents of anew member had come
up from the middle west to see their
son take the oath of office, and as
he was allowed* only one ticket, the
parents were trying to decide which
of them would use it. The father
was insisting that the mother have
the ticket, and she was just as in
sistent that he have the honor, so
I thought I would have no better
opportunity that day to “do a good
turn,” and I gave them my ticket.
The old couple were very happy. The
father asked me if I were not a
Democrat and upon my affirmative
reply, he added, “I thought so.”
We met in the regular House
Chamber, the architect of the Capi
tol having during the past six weeks
erected a steel bridge-work to sup-
THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1941
port the roof until permanent re
pairs can be made. These steel
beams certainly mar the beauty of
the historic chamber, and we will
be glad when they can be removed.
In the election of the officers,
the House divided its votes on strict
ly party lines, Hon. Sam Rayburn
of Texas receiving 247 Democratic
votes, Hon. Joseph W. Martin of
Massachusetts, receiving 159 Re
publican votes, while the Progressive
gave Representative Hull of Wiscon
sin two votes and Representative
Gehrman of Wisconsin one vote.
Representative Marcantonia, the
American Laborite from New York,
voted for Martin.
410 of the 435 members were
present, 25 members being absent
on account of illness.
Speaker Rayburn made an elo
quent address after his election,
asking for unanimity of purpose amf
effort in National Defense.
The Congress will convene Mon
day in joint session to receive the
President’s message, and every one
is expecting it to follow the trend
of his last fireside chat in asking
for unstinted aid for Britain. You
will have read it by the time this
letter is printed.
The weather here is very warm,
with bright sunshine. We are cross
ing our fingers, for we know the
cold wave is not far off.
Sincerely,
A. SIDNEY CAMP., M. C.
MATERIAL RECEIVED
FOR NEW MATTRESS
PROJECT IN COUNTY
Work was started Monday on the
new mattress project in Butts
ty. Material received recently ini
eludes 161 bales of cotton and tick
ing sufficient to make approximately
1,600 mattresses. j
Before the holidays about 600
mattresses were completed. Appli
cations were then taken for addi
tional mattresses and in many cases
two mattresses will be given each
farm family earning less than SSOO
per year.
The mattresses will be made in
the Fretwell warehouse near the
Southern depot. The work will ex
tend well into the spring, it is ex
pected.