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Jackson Progress-Argus
Published Every Thursday
J. D. JONES PUBLISHER
(1908-1955)
DOYLE JONES JR. Editor
and Pttblisher
Entered as second-class matter at
the Post Office at Jackson, Ca.
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IT’S THIS WAY
BY DOYLE JONES, JR.
lest of the Week: The only
people who listen to both sides
of a family argument are those
who live next door.—Ties.
Walter Harrison, head of the
Georgia Electric Membership
Corporation and co-editor of The
Millen News, is one of Georgia’s
most respected citizens. When he
speaks he is usually listened to
and his advice weighed carefully.
Talking before the 34th Geor
gia Press Institute in Athens Fri
day, he hurled a challenge to the
state’s rural newspaper editors
“to do something about the de
clining population” in 96 of Geor
gia’s 159 counties. He warned
the rural press that “it is later
than you think . . . it’s time to
go home and take stock.” Mr.
Harrison pointed out that it is up
to the rural press to see that
Georgia’s agricultural economy is
not overlooked. “The basis of
most industry in this state still
stems from agriculture,” he said.
Harrison told the editors that
they have the responsibility of
pointing out to their communities
the various ways in which the
goverment can aid rural econ
omy.
Unfortunately, Butts was one
of the counties showing a decline
in population. In the ten year
span from 1960 to 1960, the
county showed a population loss
of 167, from a figure of 9,079 in
1960 to 8,922 in 1960. Few would
count this a nosedive. Actually,
though losing residents, Butts
moved upward from 107th to
102nd in the state’s population
derby.
There is no doubt in ( the
writer’s mind that if a census
were taken today the county
would show a healthy increase,
far offsetting the 167 loss of the
last decade. Butts county is be
ginning to move forward at an
accelerated pace, and can pay its
own way in the state’s scheme of
things.
Politicians, if nothing else, are
intemperate realists. Dealing with
fiscal affairs gt the various levels
of government, they are usually
prone to use the dollar as a
criteria. We are not astute an
analyst to prophesy the fate of
Georgia’s many, many counties
who not only cannot pay their
own way, but are actually a drain
on the state's economy. If a coun
ty cannot ‘justify its existence
as a solvent unit of a soverign
state, then the politicians, realists
to the core, may take a longer,
more analytical look at those
counties who, unable to support
themselves, have become para
sites of the state.
It is high time the smaller
counties of Georgia bestirred
themselves. We have grown soft
on the spoon feeding of federal
and state handouts. We must
throw off the shroud of self pity
and begin to do for ourselves.
Indeed, as Mr. Harrrison
warned, it is later than we think.
Our buttons are near bursting
with pride at the feat of Marine
Lt, Col. John Glenn. As America’s
and the free world’s first man in
orbit, he helped narrow the gap in
the race for mastery of space
with Russia.
It was an epoch making flight,
watched by million on television
and followed by other millions
the world over by radio. His name
will be emblazoned across his
tory’s pages with other pioneers
of flight as Wilbur and Orville
Wright, Charles A. Lindbergh,
and Admiral Richard E. Byrd.
It was a tentative, groping
venture, fraught with all the un-
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•Courtesy National Cartoonists Soclaty
The Red Cross is perhaps the one symbol most
recognized and most welcomed by all mankind.
In every part of town, in every section of the
nation, in every comer of the world, the Red Cross
stands for neighborly help wherever there is human
need.
To disaster sufferers—the family burned out next
door, Texans made homeless by Hurricane Clara,
Burmese destituted by the nation’s worst floods in
a quarter-century—the Red Cross means shelter,
food, clothing, medical and nursing care, and help
in returning to their predisaster way of life.
To American men and women
in uniform, whether serving half
way around the globe or newly
arrived in training camps, with
personal or family troubles com
pounded by separation, the Red
Cross means helpful counsel and,
in emergencies, rapid communica
tion and financial assistance.
To surgery patients or the
chronically ill Red Cross means
life-giving whole blood and its
disease-fighting components
gamma globulin, serum albumin
and fibrinogen.
To the traffic accident victim
down the block or the innocent
bystander wounded in the fight
ing in the Congo or some other
Cold War “hot spot,” the Red
Cross means prompt aid that may
spell the difference between life
and death. With increased inter
national tensions and greater
awareness of the need for some
one in every American family to
be skilled in first aid and home
nursing, Red Cross chapters are
certainties of a toddler’s first
step. But it was the forerunner
of greater space conquest. Man is
earthbound no longer.
W. L. CAPEL
P. O. BOX 380
Griffin, Ga.
PHONE 2413
stepping up their health and
safety training programs.
Whether you are a banker, a
baker or a sideshow barker,
whether you are in the center of
the city, on a suburban street or
a super highway, the chances are
you will benefit from a Red Cross
service sometime during the com
ing year.
The Red Cross is able to give
this help only because of the con
tinued support by the American
people, either during its annual
campaigns ’ for members and
funds in March, traditionally de
signed as Red Cross Month by
the president of the United
States, or through United Ap
peals in the fall.
This March, using the theme
“When You Give . . . We Can
Help,” the Butts County Chapter
is campaigning for all of the
funds it needs to help carry out
Red Cross programs locally, na
tionally and internationally. The
quota is SI7BO.
We Americans can be proud of
the opportunity we have each
year to enable the Red Cross to
continue to be the world-wide
symbol of man’s abiding concern
for all his brothers.
There is no finer way of bespeaking your pride of
family name than by an eloquent and eternal, marble
or granite Clark Memorial,
Call your Clark representative for complete
information. Get the best. It costs no more!
CLARK
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THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS. JACKSON, GEORGIA
MENTAL HEALTH
OUTLOOK IMPROVING
By Mr*. Kathleen Pinckney
Butt* Viaiting Teacher
Good mental health is a subject
which is being discussed more
freely and with more understand
ing. As Butts county visiting
teacher I am concerned not only
with the absentee—the empty
school desk—but also with those
who when present are not accom
plishing or can’t adjust to the
school situation.
Recently Dr. Jackson W. Land
ham of Griffin talked to the
B&PW Club concerning our in
creasing problems in the mental
health field. It is Dr. Landham’s
thinking that our greatest hope
lies in the prevention of trouble.
It is with our children of pre
school and primary age that we
must instil! feelings which lead to
a stable, happy adolescence and
adulthood. Parents, knowingly or
unconsciously influence greatly
their child’s reactions to school,
his teachers, his lessons, his play
mates, to the world in general.
This poem, author unknown,
given by Dr. Landham is full of
meaning for all of us.
CHILDREN LEARN WHAT
THEY LIVE
If a child lives with criticism,
he learns to condemn.
If a child lives with hostility,
he learns to fight.
If a child lives with fear, he
learns to be apprehensive.
If a child lives with pity, he
learns to be sorry for himself.
If a child lives with jeal
ousy, he learns to feel guilty.
If a child lives with encourage
ment, he learns to be confident.
If a child lives with tolerance,
he learns to be patient.
If a child lives with praise, he
learns to be appreciative.
If a child lives with acceptance,
he learns to love.
If a child lives with approval,
he learns to like himself.
If a child lives with recogni
tion, he learns to have goals.
If a child lives with fairness,
he learns what justice is.
If a child lives with honesty,
he learns what truth is.
If a child lives with security,
he learns to have faith in himself.
If a child lives with friendli
ness, he learns that the world is
a nice place.
VALUE OF 1961 CROPS
Cotton was the highest valued
crop in Georgia in 1961 with a
value of $93,316,000. Other top
crops in the order of their value
were tobacco, $83,838,000; corn,
$76,986,000, and peanuts, $61,-
498,000, according to the Georgia
Crop Reporting Service.
FARM LOANS
For All Needs Of
FARM-HOME-FAMILY
CAPITAL ITEMS
Such As
DAIRY COWS, EQUIPMENT
BUILDINGS, ETC.
ON TERMS UP TO
SEVEN YEARS
FLINT RIVER P.C.A.
OFFICES IN
Jonesboro - Thomaston
Owned and Operated By
Local Farmers Since 1933
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Schedule
March 7-21, 9:30, Pettigrew
store, Towaliga community; 10:-
15, Killingsworth Rest Home,
Flovilla; 10:30, Flovilla Post Of
fice; 11, Smith home, Flovilla;
12, Iron Springs Club House;
12:30, Lloyd Shoals; 1:167 Pic
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1:30, Four Points, Morris store;
1:45, Cook’s home; 2:20, Pat
rick’s store, Griffin Road.
March 8-12, 10, Jer.kinsburg
Post Office; 12, Worthville,
White’s store; 12:45, Wilson
home.
March 23, 9, Jackson Gram
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Many rural areas today are mere shadows of
the past. Farmers, under-employed, abandon the
land . . . move to the fast-crowding cities. Young
people, facing a bleak future, likewise leave their
homes in search of a life in the cities . . . cities
in which the growing population is clearly creat
ing serious problems of health, welfare, and
economics. And the local Main Street suffers as
rural customers move away!
An answer?
One answer is to re-vitalize the depressed
rural area . . . make jobs for the under-employed
. . . develop to the utmost the opportunities which
are often waiting for some inquiring mind to
seek them out.
Let’s take stock . . . get enthused! Let’s tell
the world what we have to offer. Let’s work to
gether for a better, brighter future for us all!
CENTRAL GEORGIA
ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP
CORPORATION
COMMUNITY OWNED • COMMUNITY BURT
• COMMUNITY BUILDER
THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1962