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Jackson Progress-Argus
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THE LAST STRAW
By VINCENT JONES
O ' late there has been quite a
ruckus about the proposed comple
tion of the memorial atop Stone
Mountain, now that it seems possible
that the big rock might become a
state park and just what form the
finished memorial should take, if it
is finished at all.
t
Most of the row was agitated by
n newspaper columnist who suggested
that alongside the unfinished figures
of the Confederacy already carved
from the mountain’s rough face,
there should be placed the giants of
the Union, Lincoln, Grant and Sher
man, in order that the granite bould
er might reflect a united rather than
a sectional light on the upturned
faces of its onlookers.
The opportunity is great for the
South to prepare and preserve a
memorial that will immortalize the
heroes of both the Union and the
Confederacy and perpetuate for all
times the principles and the truths
which led both sides to a terrible
war.
It is up to the South, always gal
lant and sympathetic to a fault, to
emblazon on imperishable- granite
those ideals and those principles
which led brother to fight brother.
Certainly, it has not been done to
date. There are monuments above
the Mason-Dixon line today Which
speak of the Civil War as a “South
ern insurrection” and go on to prate
about the “foolish folly of the
South.”
Is it folly to follow principles to
the death? Or is it more folly to
triumph over ah adversary and never
understand and appreciate those mo
tives which led him to fight in the
first place?
There ip a crying need for the
truth about the War Between the
States, The South owes it to the na
tion’s fallen heroes of that war, both
those of the Blue and the Gray, to
present for all time ahd for all men
to see the truth about that bitter
struggle.
There is a place alongside Stone
Mountain’s bountiful bosom for Lee,
Jackson, Davis and the ideals for
which they fought. There is also a
place there for Grant, Sherman and
Lincoln and the ideals for which they
fought.
And there is a lesson there, too,
that ideals and principles should
never be so precious or inviolate that
a compromise cannot be worked out
with fellow Christians.
There is need in a nation now
united for the truth about a war
that almost left it divided. Stone
Mountain's memorial can meet that
challenge by perpetuating the mem
ory of all Civil War heroes and sta
ting in impartial and understandable
terms the principles for which they
died.
Sectionalism is a yolk about the
neck of those who perpetuate it. The
South found that out last summer
when it offered the best qualified
candidate for the Presidency only
to have him branded as a “sectional
candidate.
Looking Backward
Through The Files
New* of 30 Year* Ago
The Jackson Kiwanis club adopted
a slogan as part of a farm program,
“The cow, sow and hen keep steady
cash coming in.”
Business men considered proposi
tion to locate a branch of Winder
overall factory in Jackson.
Major Joel B. Mallet of Atlanta
was chosen Memorial Day speaker.
Miss Kathryn Carter won the UDC
medal for essay on Jefferson Davis.
M. M. Parks Jr. was reelected
principal of Jackson High school.
New* of 20 Year* Ago
W. M. Bond was elected head of
Alexius Commandery of Knights
Templar.
Cotton advanced $2.50 a bale un
der new Roosevelt administration.
Butts county teachers attended
GEA meet in Savannah.
Mrs. W. B. Thompson, Mrs. Ida
Hendrick, Mrs. J. H. McKibben, Mrs.
L. H. Hurt, Mrs. J. A. Middlebrooks,
Mrs. J. K. Sitton, Mrs. W. F. Laven
der were hostesses at UDC meeting.
A large group attended fourth dis
trict literary and athletic meeting in
Barnesville Thursday and Friday.
New* of 10 Year* Ago
Miss Velma Hulsey of White coun
ty was named home demonstration
agent to succeed Mrs. Frank Phillips,
resigned.
Mrs. G. I. Watkins, 88, died at her
home at Indian Springs Thursday.
Rev. W. M. Wise was named as
speaker on Memorial Day.
Jackson High school held Victory
Corps program.
Senior class of Jackson High school
had 90 percent average in spelling.
In service: Wilma Greer, USNR,
was stationed at Bedford Springs,
Pa.; Howard B. Whitaker was located
in Washington, D. C.; Emory Waits
Was stationed at a camp in Virginia;
Nesbit Moss and Billy Lockhart com
pleted a course at Tallahassee and
I Pensacola and were transferred to
Camp Crowder, Mo. for further
[training; Auxiliary Trevelu Whitaker
was WAAC at Fort Myers, Va. and
Lieut. Hazel Whitaker was stationed
at Camp Livington, La.; Miss Jewel
Piles reported to Hunter College for
training in WAVES and her sister,
Miss Frances Biles, was serving in
WAAC.
THINNING TREES
A thinning operation should re
move the trees that are defective,
crooked, forked, badly damaged by
ice or wind, fire scarred and injured
by disease or insects. Foresters for
the Agricultural Extension Service
of the University of Georgia say
that trees of low quality species
should also' be removed.
A good dairy cow, well fed, should
produce 5,000 pounds of milk a year
according to livestock specialists for
the Agricultural Extension Service,
University of Georgia.
Feed good dry roughage before
turning cows into clover to prevent
bloat according to dairymen for the
Agricultural Extension Service of the
University of Georgia.
Livestock specialists for the Agri
cultural Extension Service, Universi
ty of Georgia say that the bulk of
Georgia’s market hogs come from
grade herds.
There is a need for all Southern
ers to treasure the great legacies of
courage, loyalty and principle left
them by such heroes as Robert E.
Lee and Jefferson Davis.
The followers of the Union feel
the same ties of compassion for their
heroes. But why not submerge our
sectional feelings, place all of our
great on one huge memorial and thus
fling at the nation’s youth, the stir
ring challenge, why? Thus, led by
tolerance and sympathy for anoth
er's cause ,our youth can best solve
and prevent in the future thosfc ten
sions and misunderstandings that led
to a useless war.
THE JACKSON PROGRESS* ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
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Dixie Attractions
Stewart Granger, James Mason
and Deborah Kerr, three of Holly
wood’s best, have top roles in Thurs
day and Friday’s hit, “The Prisoner
of Zenda.” It is a colorful and spec
tacular presentation of the popular
old romance about a commoner who
masqueraded as a king. The techni
color is lovely in many scenes of
courtly pageantry.
Audie Murphy, World War II hero,
Susan Cabot and Paul Kelly are the
stars Saturday in “Gunsmoke,”
another top Western technicolor hit
for those who love their action fast
and furious.
Monday and Tuesday brings Rob
ert Ryan, Anthony Quinn and Mala
Powers in “City Beneath the Sea,”
a melodrama of an illicit attempt to
recover a million dollars in gold from
a sunken £hip. Photographed in color
on the island of Jamaica, the film
shows much of “the most beautiful
island in the world.” There is plenty
of action and adventure and the act
ing is superior.
Anew kind of “whodunit” formu
la will be at the Dixie Wednesday
when Linda Darnell and Gary Mer
rill star in “Night Without Sleep.”
The audience, instead of trying to
guess the identity of the killer, joins
with a potential murderer on a search
to discover whether or not he did kill
and, if so, whom. Good music, attrac
tive sets and lovely clothes keep this
melodrama from being too weighty.
An all-star cast of Esther Williams,
Victor Mature and Walter Pidgeon
are featured Thursday and Friday in
“Million Dollar Mermaid.” It is the
moving story of a little lame girl
who through constant swimming not
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JACKSON, GEORGIA
TYPE IRRIGATION
Several factors influence the selec
tion of the type of irrigation system
best suited to meet existing condi
tions. Engineers for the Agricultural
Extension Service, University of
Georgia, say that these include the
topography of the land, type of soil,
THURSDAY, APRIL, 16, 1953
depth of topsoil, quantity
available, type of crop, distance J
water Supply to land to be irrig
labor available, and attlmde o{ J
grower. '
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SHOW STARTS AT 7 ;00
Show Every Sunday Night
SATURDAY, APRIL l 8
Hills of Utah
Gene Autry
Also
Yank in Indo-China
John Archer
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SUN., MON., APRIL 19-20
Rainbow ’Round
My Shoulder
Frankie Laine and Billy Daniels
Technicolor
tues., wed., April 21-22
Union Station
William Holden, Barry Fitzgerald
THURS., FRL, APRIL 23-24
Belles on Their Toes
Jeanne Crain, Myrna Loy
Technicolor