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THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1941
FOURTH DiS'IRICT POLIO CHAIRMAN
MEETS WITH STATE COMMITTEE
The eighth annual "Fight Infantile Paralysis” drive got off to a big
start last Saturday when the State Committee for the Celebration of the
President’s Birthday met in Atlanta to complete plans for the campaign.
Shown above (from left to right) are Wiley L. Moore, Treasurer of the
Committee; Quimby Melton, of Griffin, Fourth District Chairman, and
Ellis Arnall, head of the State Committee. The drive will culminate on
the President’s birthday, January 30.
BAR OFFICIAL
CITES NEED
OF PUBLICITY
“No public official will spend
money too unwisely if a list of his
expenditures is going to be publish
ed regularly,” says Harry L. Wool
fenden, executive secretary of the
Michigan bar association in an arti
cle on legal advertising.
“I do not mean to say that the
published accounting required by
law of public officials have com
pletely stamped out incompetency
and malfeasance in public office,
but I do say that legal advertising
is the cheapest and most effective
insurance that the taxpayer can buy
on the ability and integrity of their
elected public officials.
“If there is any fault to be found
with legal advertisements of this
type, it is that there are too few.
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THE PROGRESS-ARGUS
JACKSON, GA.
Many offices of a public or quasi
public nature which are not now
required to publish reports of their
activities might very well be re
quired to do so. Many of the re
ports now required might well be
required in more detail, with addi
tional benefit to the taxpayer.
“And if anyone says that ‘nobody
ever reads’ these notices, I chal
lenge him to attend a taxpayer’s
group meeting of any kind in your
town and mine and see how many
legal news clippings are taken out
and quoted during the discussion.
The citizens who are sincerely in
terested in governmental economy
are sincerely interested in legal
news.”—Georgia Press Association
Bulletin.
New York, California and Penn
sylvania each has more than two
million motor vehicles registered.
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-A RGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
FARM BRIEFS
By JACK WOOTEN
Extension Editor
STUCKEY HONORED
11. P. Stuckey, director of the
Georgia Experiment Station at Grif
fin, has been selected as the “Geor
gia Man of the Year” in 1940 by a
southern agricultural magazine (The
Progressive Farmer.) Three other
agricultural leaders representing
Alabama, Florida, and Tennessee
were chosen by the publication. Doc
tor Stucitey was cited for his re
search accomplishments as director
of the Experiment Station. “As an
administrator, Doctor Stuckey’s
friendly, cooperative attitude has
won the support of other institu
tions and agencies and made him in
strumental in speeding Georgia’s
progress,” The Progressive Farmer
said of the Georgia leader.
COTTON YIELDS HIKED
During the past five years 18
per cent more bales of cotton were
produced on 17.2 fewer acres in
Johnson county, according to E. G.
Blackwell, county agricultural Ex
tension agent. The county agent
also reports that Johnson county has
an average annual increase of 15
per cent in the number of beef cat
tle, and that in recent years a much
higher grade of cattle range the
pastures of the county. Last year,
142 Johnson county farmers also
cooperated in reforesting 723 acres
of land and used over 500,000 seed
lings.
NEGROES SHOW PROGRESS
More than 27,000 Negro farm
families in Georgia were assisted
through some phase of the Agricul
tural Extension Service in 1940, re
ports P. H. Stone, Negro state
agent. Over 10,000 method demon
stration meetings wexe held, and at
tended by about 133,000 farmers
and rural leaders. Some 2,000 re
sult demonsti-ations were conducted
and attendance at these gatherings
exceeded 28,000. Assistance was
rendered by Negro workers on more
than 40,000 Negro farms. Stone
says marked progress was made in
1940 by Negro farmers; that greater
yields of corn, cotton, potatoes, and
other forage and field crops were
evident.
MORE POWER
During the past four weeks the
REA has allotted to nine rural elec
tric co-operatives in Georgia the
necessary funds for building 974
miles of new power lines soon to
serve 3,703 farm families. These
additions to rural electric service in
the’state will soon bring the total
number of farm families serv ed in
Georgia by the 44 REA-financed
systems now operating to 22,742.
4H TRIP RULES
Rules as set up for the National
4-H Club Congress in Chicago and
the National Dairy Show require that
4-H members must have passed
their 14th birthday on January 1
of this year and not to have passed
their 21st birthday, in order to be
eligible for trip awards to these
events. Age requirement for trips
to the National 4-H Club Camp in
Washington is 16 through 21. No
4-H member is eligible for more
than one out-of-state trip. G. V.
Cunningham, state 4-H leader, tells
us that no award of any kind will
be made unless club members'
achievements are supported by re
cord books and stories.
DR. O. P. GILBERT WILL
SPEAK AT WORTHVILLE
Dr. 0. P. Gilbert, editor of the
Christian Index, official publication
of the Georgia Baptist convention,
will speak at the Worthville Baptist
church Sunday at 11:30 a. m., sun
time. He comes to the Worthville
church in the interest of the Chris
tian Index, but the theme of his ad
dress has not been announced. The
members of the church and inter
ested friends are invited to attend
the servica.
i
Soil-Saving
Crops Urged
By Farm Agent
INCREASED PRODUCTION AND
REDUCTION IN EROSION RE
SULTS FROM PLANTING SOIL
CONSERVING CROPS
County Extension Agent M. L.
Powell this week urged increased
acreage of soil-conserving crops on
the farm as a means of inducing the
amount of erosion and contribute
to better yields of depleting crops
when planted on the land.
Mr. Powell pointed out that de
spite emphasis on soil-conserving
crops, Georgia farmers in 1940 ob
tained over 80 per cent of their
crop income from the big four row
crops—cotton, corn, peanuts, and to
bacco. Farmers, ho asserted, would
benefit through increased acreage
of conservation crops and proper
rotations of the land.
“Very little of the land in Butts
county is level to the extent that it
will resist erosion without terracing
and contouring, especially, when
there is such a large percentage de
voted to inter-tilled crops,” the
agent explained. “Terracing, how
ever. should not be the only measure
used in fighting soil erosion, since
there is very urgent need to use
all measures to slow down this loss
of soil from fields.
“There is a definite place for soil
conserving crops in the rotation,”
he continued. “One experiment
shows that lespedeza had .an 18 to
one advantage over cotton in pre
venting soil losses during four
months of the growing season. An
acre of lespedeza sod lost only one
ton of soil, while 18 tons were lost
per acre from the land planted to
cotton.”
The percentage of tenancy in
Georgia is the highest in the nation,
wbth the exception of Mississippi.
DOES FORD PAY GOOD WAGES?
Here are some facts about Ford Labor.
During the year ended November 30th,
1940, the Ford Payroll throughout the
United States averaged 113,628 hourly
wage earners, not including office em
ployes, students, or executives. They were
paid $185,105,639.12. On this basis, the
average annual wage was $1,629.05.
According to the latest available govern
ment figures, the annual average wage of
all workers in employment covered by
old age insurance law was $841.00.
If the 45,000,000 workers of this country
received the same average wage as Ford
employes, they would have had additional
wages of more than $35,000,000,000, thus
increasing the national income about
50%. Think what such an increase would
mean to the workers of this country and
to the American farmer, whose prices are
based on the national income.
Wage scales in the Ford Rouge plants are
divided into three classifications:
Unskilled . . .
Minimum hiring wage . 75c per hour
Semi-skilled . . .
Minimum hiring wage . 80c per hour
Skilled . . .
Minimum hiring wage . 90c per hour
Higher wages are in consideration of
ability and years of service.
Minimum wage scales for unskilled labor
at the Rouge plant are the highest in the
industry. Top wages for skilled labor
compare favorably with, or are higher
than, wages in other automobile plants.
Now some facts on Ford labor conditions:
Not only are sanitation and other health
conditions the best in the industry, but
Ford also leads in safety devices for the
protection of employes. Proof of
this is found in the following com-
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GIDEON BIBLES
BE PRESENTED
GEORGIA SCHOOLS
The biggest Bible project ever
undertaken by The Gideons is pro
ceeding in Georgia with the arrival
of 20,000 Bibles for distribution
among the classrooms of Georgia
schools. The Bibles have been re
ceived in Atlanta and will be dedi
cated at “the World’s Largest Bi
ble Dedication” in the Atlanta city
auditorium January 19.
These Bibles will be sent shortly
after the dedication to each county
in the state to be placed on the desk
of every teacher in the public school
system to be read daily without
comment. The Gideons have been
placing Bibles since 1908, first in
the hotels throughout the world,
then in hospitals, prisons and insti
tutions and now in the schools of
America. More than 1,700,000
copies have been placed by them
to date.
At the beginning of 1940, Geor
gia farmers had 75 per cent more
tractors than a decade ago.
LET WANT ADS SELL FOR YOU
Beware Coughs
from common colds
That Hang On
Creomilsion relieves promptly be
cause It goes right to the stmt of the
trouble to help loosen and expel germ
laden phlegm, and aid nature to soothe
and heal raw, tender Inflamed bronchial
mucous membranes. Tell your druggist
to sell you a bottle of Creomulslon with
the understanding you must like the
way it quickly allays the cough or you
are to have your money back.
CREOMULSION
For Coughs, Chest Colds, Bronchitis
parison of compensation insurance costs:
The national average rate in automotive
manufacturing plants as computed by the
National Association of Underwriters is
in excess of $1.50 premium on each SIOO
payroll. The Ford cost of workmen’s
compensation is less than 50c.
This indicates that the chance of injury
in a Ford plant is much less than in the
average automobile plant.
The Ford Motor Company has no age
limit for labor, and in fact deliberately
attempts to keep older workers working.
The average age of Ford workers at the
Rouge and nearby plants is 38.7.
A recent check-up shows that nearly one
half the workers at these Ford plants were
40 or over, falling into these age groups:
25,819 between 40 and 50
14,731 between 50 and 60
3,377 between 60 and 70
417 between 70 and 80
12 between 80 and 90
In addition to the so-called regular em
ployes, the Ford Motor Company has
hired, and now has on the payroll, at the
same regular hourly wage, thousands of
workers who are blind, crippled or other
wise incapacitated for normal productive
work. They are not selected for their
ability to build cars or to maintain the
plant. They are on the payroll because of
Henry Ford’s belief that the responsibility
of a large company to labor goes be
yond the point at which the unfortunate
worker can no longer produce profitably.
The above are facts. They are open to
anyone who really wants to deal in facts.
Anyone who wants to get a job . . . buy a
car ... or place a national defense con
tract on the basis of fair labor treat-
ment must place Ford at the top
of his eligible list.
DRS. T. H. WYNNE, SR. 6 JR.
OPTOMETRISTS
Serving The EYE Need* of
Thi> Section for over 36 years.
Griffin, Ga.