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Jackson Progress-Argus
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
J. DOYLE JONES
Editor and Publisher
Entered as second class matter at
the Post Office at Jackson, Ga.
TELEPHONE NO. 186
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 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.
Save all you can and buy all the
stamps and bonds you can.
This is one year the Georgia peach
crop has not been killed even once.
It is uncanny.
Another reason for a general
clean up campaign is that it will re
sult in much waste material for war
production.
Every day that passes brings the
United Nations nearer to victory.
Action and speed and all-out effort
are needed now as never before.
The American taxpayers may nev
er smell the smoke of battle but on
their broad and capable shoulders
depend the success of the war ef
fort.
Those who thought Georgia would
have a quiet political campaign this
year are in for a rude awakening.
Chances are there will be plenty of
heat, vim and vigor.
April was as dry as March was
wet. The extremes have not help
ed the farm situation and the grain
crop in particular is suffering for
rain.
While girding for total war ,the
country can do much to stop and
prevent waste. Forest fires can be
prevented by common’ sense meas
ures, and other forms of waste can
he eliminated.
In some counties civic and patriot
ic groups and public spirited citizens
are raising funds to send the home
paper to all the boys in service. It
is a splendid gesture and one the
boys in service appreciate.
Freezing of prices will likely
bring no end of confusion. Retail
ers complain that wholesalers have
the best of the freezing bargain.
One thing 'is sure: The consumer
will pay plenty, freezing or no freez
ing.
Slower driving as a result of tire
rationing has resulted in a sharp
decline in the number of fatal auto
mobile accidents on highways of the
state. There should be a law to
limit the speed of automobiles. It
is likely there will be congressional
action and action by the several
states to deal with this problem.
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; a
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.
Take It Or
Leave It
By J. D. JONES
Those who sow the wind may ex
pect to reap the whirlwind. This is
proving true in the case of Hitler,
the mad moron of Germany, who is
now being repaid with interest for
the bombing of England. A year or
so ago German planeß rained death
and destruction on Great Britain.
Only a people of the courage and
hardihood of the English could have
withstood such a pounding. They
bared their necks, kept their chins
up, dug in and withstood the dead
liest onslaughts of the enemy. Now
the tables are turned. British planes
aided by Americans are giving Ger
many such a pounding as* it never
dreamed of. This feature of the
war is gratifying and compensating
to all who love fair play. The Brit
ish proved they could take it and
now they are showing they can dish
it out. Whether the Germans can
take it as well as they dished it out
remains to be seen. It has been a
long time since Germany was invad
ed by a foreign foe. World War I
was fought largely on French and
Belgian soil. The Armistice saved
Germany an invasion. That, many
people think, was a mistake. There
are those who believe Allied troops
should have marched on Berlin. Be
that as it may, Germany is now get
ting a grand softening up. Enemy
troops have not yet set foot on Ger
man soil, but there are invasions
from the air that are just as dead
ly. The airplane in large measure
has succeeded the siege gun, and
now cannonading from the air can
prove as destructive as from the
land. Reports show that great de
struction is being done to vital Ger
man war factories. Cities are being
razed, battleships crippled, arma
ment production slowed up and Ger
man morale is suffering as a conse
quence of the frequent and heavy
raids. What has gone before is only
a foretaste of what is to come. When
American planes by the multiplied
thousands join those of England
Germany will get a pounding that
will literally tear that country to
shreds. In such a manner will the
people of Germany know their coun
try is not inviolate and that those
who dish it out must be prepared to
take it. Hasten the day when the
sky over Germany will be dark with
Allied planes of destruction. Then
will the mad moron and his war
hungry people know they are reap
ing the whirlwind.
According to news dispatches in
diplomatic circles “peace feelers”
are being put out by the mad dogs
of Europe and Asia. America and
the other United Nations are not
simple enough to be taken in by such
propaganda. Whether real or not,
this is no time to talk peace. Before
the United Nations are ready to talk
peace certain things must be made
clear. For one thing, the war must
be taken to the enemy in such a
way that he will not soon forget.
Great Britain, France, Norway, Bel
gium, Holland, Denmark and other
nations were not thinking of war
and were not prepared for war when
Hitler struck. The United States
was not prepared for war when it
was stabbed in the back by Japan.
But the United States is getting
ready in a manner the dictators will
never forget. A peace-loving people
have been jarred into action. Start
ing from scratch, preparations are
going forward on such a scale as
was never imagined possible. Un
cle Sam has his sleeves rolled up
and is fast stripping for action. When
he is prepared to hit he will hit on
a scale that will make the dictators
tremble and shake in their boots.
The war must be carried to Berlin
and Rome and Tokyo, and the peo
ples of these countries must be made
to know what war is as fought in
the year 1942. Mush room dicta
tors cannot be allowed to spring up
and stab innocent victims in the back
and holler for peace when they are
THE JACKSON PROGRESS ARCUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
threatened. The enemy must be
given a taste of his own medicine.
He must be given copious doses of
war tonic. The enemy must be
beaten to his collective knees and
choked until blue in the face. Then
and then only should the United Na
tions consider any peace proposal.
And the peace treaty should be writ
ten in a way to guarantee permafient
and lasting peace in the future.
America is tired of having to spend
millions in men and treasure to set
tle the disputes of other people ev
ery twenty or twenty-five years.
The League of Nations failed before
but that or something better must
be made to succeed in the future.
A war-weary world, tottering on the
brink of spiritual and financial bank
ruptcy, must see to it that enduring
peace comes out of the present wel
ter of blood and sacrifice.
There are several important events
on the calendar in May. Mother’s
Day comes on next Sunday. This
will be followed by National Cotton
Week, May 15-23, and then gradua
tion will be held the last of the
*
month. All of these occasions are
important. Surely the nation will
stop in its mad rush to pay tribute
to motherhod. Mothers under war
conditions are called on to give and
sacrifice more than the rest of us.
They not only nurtured their sons,
saw to their training and education
but now must lay them upon the al
tar of a nation torn and rent with
war. In a peculiar way the pray
ers of the nation will be with all
mothers this year that their sons
may be returned to,them strong and
safe and clean.
Nearly 100,000 boys and girls
are enrolled in Georgia 4-H clubs
this year, according to report of
state leaders. This is a large in
crease over the previous year and
shows how rapidly the organization
is growing in numbers and useful
nes. Georgia has always been a
leader in 4-H club work. This year
food and feed will have first con
sideration. The work of 4-H clubs
will be felt this year as Georgia ral
lies its forces for a supreme war ef
fort.
In addition to discussing ways and
means to finance operations and
carry on normal functions on a re
duced income, the county commis
sioners at their recent convention
flirted with politics. Politicians, real
and near, were much in evidence at
the convention.
Streamlined education will strut
its stuff this year. Commencement
in the colleges has been moved up
and as soon as one class is graduated
other classes will begin. It is hoped
*
that thoroughness and efficiency will
not be lost sight of in the shuffle.
There is a growing conviction that
laws against vagrancy and loafing
should be enforced to the strictest
limit. Honest, hard-working farm
ers are operating tractors at night
because of the scarcity of farm
labor. In the face of that situation
there are many who toil not and
have no visible means of support.
All such loafers should be rounded
up and put to work.
There may be a reason why Geor
gia should be rationed on gasoline
and permit Alabama and adjoining
states to have all they want, but it
does not appear on the suiface. Sev
eral months ago we were told that
if pipelines were built through Geor
gia all the gasoline troubles would
be at an end. This was done. Gas
oline rationing, it seems, should ap
ply to all states alike, the same as
sugar, tires, automobiles and other
commodities. There may be a nig
ner in the woodpile.
The United States is not asking
its people to give their money but
to lend their money to be repaid
with interest. That is what happens
when War Saving Stamps and Bonds
are bought. The investment is safe
and money thus saved now will come
in handy when the war is over.
Back up the boys at the front by
buying W’ar Savings Stamps and
Bonds. Buy all you can afford.
THE LAST STRAW
By VINCENT JONES
Harrisburg, Pa.—There is a mot
to up East that is heard quite fre
quently down South, but here it is
more than a motto; it is a watch
word of the times, it is a forerunner
of victory. The motto is “Keep ’em
Flying.”
Here in the huge Air Depot where
we work, you hear it often when
the warm sun brings the hot, sticky
sweat and the manner in which it
thwarts the resultant desire to lag
is something inspiring to see. At the
precise moment when one rolls a
handkerchief from his pocket to
wipe his sweat-covered brow or
pauses a second to rest his cramped
feet, one hears from his co-workers
the battle cry, “let’s keep ’em fly
ing.” There is no stoppage of work
here, 40 minutes for dinner and
most of the men and women back
inside of 30, 24 hours a day, 44
hours a week for each employee.
It is interesting to travel towards
the East at night and see the multi
tude of lights in the textile mills, the
machine shops, the steel mills, the
aircraft factories, the lights at the
iron and coal fields as man works
around the clock to extract these
precious metals. These lights are
truly the light of the world, the hope
of the world for survival of civiliza
tion and decency and freedom. So
long as these lights shine into the
night, then so long will man escape
the blackness and tyranny that would
engulf him under Nazi slavery.
These lights are evidence of the firm
resolution and determination of the
people all over the United States to
“Keep ’em Flying.”
In Washington, truly the capital
of the world, one can see lights
burning brightly even in daytime in
the Department of Labor building,
the War Department, the Interstate
Commerce building, the Internal
Revenue building and the many oth
er magnificent edifices that house
the workers and the executives who
are holding together free nations in
their fight for freedom. Here, in
the shadow of the great Washington
Monument, and in tre ever-present
memory of the great men who have
founded, moulded, sustained and
fought for our country, there is in
spiration for all. Here is the shrine
for all freedom lovers, here is the
city whose streets have felt the
touch of more great men than any
other city in the world, here is, at
the present time, the most important
city in the world.
Washington is the city beautiful.
Its parks, memorials, and statues are
Monument, and in the ever-present
duced. The Lincoln Memorial, the
Mall leading from the Monument to
the Capitol, the White House, the
Capitol itself, all are examples of
man’s best architectural achieve
ments.
“Keep ’em Flying,” then, is the
watchword. Its meaning was best
illustrated to me by a chief inspec
tor at the air depot who was berat
ing one of his underlings for passing
a faulty governor assembly. “Our
motto is ‘Keep ’em Flying,’ not keep
’em dying,” he said, “what if it were
your brother or even you yourself
flying that plane and this faulty
part allowed the bullets to cut the
propellor off instead of by-passing
it.” So the skilled mechanics, the
inspectors, the prop men are keeping
’em flying actually.
But you can do your part even
at home. It takes War Savings
Bonds and Stamps to build the
planes and supply the spare parts.
War soon will be costing us over
two billion dollars a month. Uncle
Sam wants you to invest 10% of
your salary in Bonds and Stamps.
Is 10% too high a price for victory?
“Keep ’em Flying.”
Chances are this will be the great
est year of honK -anning and pre
serving the state has known since
Civil War days. Families must save
their own food if they are to eat
without restrictions and a mass of
red tape.
Buy War Savings Stamps and
Bonds for Victory.
BUSINESS FOUNDATION
The bank is the foundation on which is built
the business of the nation as well as the business
of the community in which we live.
The functions of a bank in its relation to busi
ness are so numerous and interlocking that they
cannot be enumerated in this brief space.
Each man and woman should understand fully
the wide scope and usefulness of the bank, and how
closely interwoven it is with their success and
growth
Banks are the very life of business —which
makes the selection of your bank of vital importance
if you are to grow and prosper.
BUY WAR SAVING STAMPS AND BONDS
During the Summer Half Holiday Closing Period
this Bank Will close at 12 o’clock Each Wednesday.
JACKSON NATIONAL BANK
JACKSON, GEORGIA.
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
NO TIME FOR FOOLISHNESS
“I hope the war continues inde
finitely—we are making more mon
ey out of it, than we ever did out
of anything else we ever tried—and
we are all for it.”
A statement something like the
above was heard on a street car in
Atlanta recently, so the story goes.
A mother, who had suffered much,
heard the remark. She asked the
woman making it, if she would re
peat it—and out it came from the
same rattle - brain. The enraged
mother then went to work with vim
and vigor, speaking in this wise:
“I just wanted to make sure your
cruel, mercenary brain made you
say what I thought you said—so,
take that lick on your right cheek
for defaming the memory of my own
dear boy, lost at Pearl Harbor—and
take this and that on your left cheek
for that other son of mine who is
facing hell and death in the far-off
Pacific! And, if you don’t like the
way I am resenting your insults, just
call all the cops you want to.”
The woman with the wicked tongue
and cruel heart managed to gather
her wits quickly—and jumped off
the car at the first possible stop.
You may finish this editorial in
your own way. We’ve given you
the heart of the story!—Carters
ville News-Tribune.
LOOKING BACKWARD
THROUGH THE FILES
New* of 30 Years Ago
Winners in the county primary of
May 1 were: Oscar Underwood for
president; J. H. Mills for representa
tive; S. J. Foster for clerk; J. H.
Ham for ordinary *C. N. Mayfield
for treasurer; L. M. Crawford for
sheriff; Claud Bryant for tax col
lector; F. M. Hodges for tax recei
ver; J. M. Collins for surveyor; J.
W. Mangham for coroner.
W. E. H. Searcy Sr. was nomi
nated as state senator from the 26th
district.
Judge H. M. Fletcher brought
suit against the Southern Railway
for $15,000 for damages suffered
when he was hit by a train.
The Jackson Rifles were spending
the week in Macon doing guard duty
during the general reunion of Con
federate veterans.
The hoard of education sdught a
loan at 8 percent to pay county
teachers.
Judge C. L. Bartlett announced as
a candidate for re-election as con
gressman from the Sixth District.
New* of 25 Years Ago
Congress enacted a conscription
law.
An attempt to burn the Jackson
public school building Tuesday after
noon was frustrated when the fire
was detected and put out before any
damage was done.
The marriage of Miss Lucy Inez
Tompkins and James Horace O’Neal
THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1942
took place Wednesday.
A talk by Miss Joe Varner fea
tured the meeting of the DAR chap
ter Tuesday with Mrs. B. F. Wat
kins and Mrs. J. W. Jones as hos
tesses.
Col. J. T. Moore delivered the
Memorial Day address in Monticello.
Newi of 10 Year* Ago
Butts county was chosen as one
of the 147 counties in which the
Profitable Farming Contest would
be held.
Judge A. W. Cozart of Columbus
was booked as speaker at the meet
ing of the Flint Bar Association
May 13.
Four members of the family of
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Freeman residing
near Indian Springs were recovering
after eating calcium arsenate mixed
by mistake with meal.
Applications from 1932 crop loans
numbered 384 and the total applied
for was $47,000.
The marriage of Miss Nora Jones
of Hillsboro and James Donald Bank
ston of Jackson took place April 30.
The rationing of all products
seems to be just around the corner.
This will be an effective way of
making some people realize the
country is really at war and that
business as usual must be thrown
out the window until victory is won.
The wonder is not that there is
a scarcity of paper but any paper
at all, judging from the tremendous
amounts of publicity and propagan
da coming out of Washington and
other places. By far the best place
to save paper is in the government
printing office.
SHE IS WAITING
I used to know just how and where
My mother waited for me;
The town, the street, the low white
house,
The room where she would be.
I used to picture how the light
Would beam within her eyes
When I would fling the door ajar
And take her by surprise.
And now she has left the house she
loved;
I shall not find her there,
Though I go seeking through each
room
And down the hall and stair.
The universe is God’s wide house,
So vast no thought can dream
How high its shining rooftree stands
Or where its portals gleam.
And yet, somewhere within that
house
Men call infinity,
I know that still with happy heart
My mother waits for me!
—Anonymous.