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Jackson Progress-Argus
J. D. JONES PUBLISHER
(1908-1955)
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IT’S THIS WAY
BY DOYLE JONES. JR.
Jest of the Week: While other
shoppers looked on, the grocery
store owner devoted all of his
attention to one customer; filling
the needs of her shopping list
with great haste, carefully bag
ging her purchases and even rush
ing to hold the door for her when
she left.
“You really gave her the first
class treatment,” a stranger com
mented, thinking that the woman
must be a local celebrity.
“Yep,” replied the shopkeeper,
“she’s one of our early settlers."
“She didn’t look a day over
35 to me,” said the stranger.
“Don’t know how old she is,”
answered the grocer. “But I do
know that she always settles her
bill right on the first of the
month.”—Ties.
Jackson and Butts County have
had several distinguished grad
uates from the United States Mili
tary Academy at West Point and
the United States Naval Academy
at Annapolis who have continued
their military careers, rising to
rank of prominence and positions
of trust and responsibility in their
branch of service.
A random list without search
ing the files would include Wil
liam Rogers Woodward, Henry M.
Fletcher, Benjamin Stuart Head,
Alton H. Coleman, Robin Daugh
try, M. E. Wade Jr., Edgar Allen
Jackson is a graduate of the
United State Air Force Academy
at Colorado Springs.
One of the above, William
Rogers Woodward, has risen to
the rank of a general officer, re
tiring a few years ago as a briga
dier. He is now Civil Defense di
rector for Atlanta and Fulton
County and is doing a brilliant
job with a minimum of public
support and interest.
All this leads to the fact that
in T. A. Nutt Jr., Jackson is well
on the road to furnishing the
United States Navy her first ad
miral. “Junior,” as he is known to
his age and generation, was re
cently promoted to the rank of
Captain. When he is promoted
next, and it won’t be long with
his record, Captain Nutt will be
a bona fide admiral. As far as
we are able to ascertain, as the
grand jury is wont to say, Butts
County has never before had an
admiral. Shortly after World War
11, Charles S. Bailey closed out a
brilliant and distinguished record
with the Navy as a captain.
Captain Nutt is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. T. A. Nutt Sr., one of
the city’s most highly esteemed
couples. We all join in congratu
lations to their Navy son and trust
it won’t be long before we’ll have
the pleasure of addressing him as
“Admiral Nutt.”
The Jackson High Red Devils
open their ‘66 football campaign
Friday night against the Fayette
Cos. Tigers in Fayetteville in a
non-region tilt. Carl Peaster, aft
er an absence of several years,
has returned to Jackson to take
over the head coaching post. It is
reported that the spirit of the
Devils is excellent, their morale
high. A winning effort Friday
could send the Devils winging to
their best season in several years.
A large crowd is expected on
hand from Butts County to boost
the Red and Black to their initial
victory. Go get ’em, Devils!
Memo to Mayor and Council:
If you deem it possible within
the near future to erect a signal
light at the intersection of West
Third Street and McDonough
Road-Cemetery Street, the motor
ing public of this entire section
will rise up and call you blessed.
Guest Editorial
THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE
‘DEAR DIXIE:’
Can you possibly find it in your heart to accept
our sincere apology?
When there was race rioting in Little Rock, Ar
kansas, we were convinced that the cause was cal
lousness. Our public officials and our press in Chic
ago insisted that the only reason for Negro restive
ness were your segregated schools and your stub
born governor. We in Chicago with integrated
schools and a very liberal governor are now writh
ing in agony of race rioting. And we seek to set our
house in order, we hope your headlines will be
kinder to us than ours were to you.
And w’hen a Mississippi Negro boy was found
drowned, we in Chicago called this the inevitable
result of a white supremacy tradition. Now a Negro
girl, 14, and pregnant, has been shot to death on the
front porch of her home in Chicago—and we are
confused and ashamed and frightened.
What are we doing wrong that
has made eight square miles of
our city a battleground? Help
us, if you can find it in your
hurt heart to help.
And Alabama, when your state
police were photographed subdu
ing rioters with night sticks
Chicago’s bold face front pages
condemned you for indefensible
brutality. Now Illinois State Po
lice have reached to armored cars
and cracking skulls and shooting
to kill.
Your governor has alleged that
‘Communists are fomenting this
strife.’ We scoffed.
Now 13 Negroes on Chicago’s
West side have been charged with
plotting treason. We are sweep
ing admittedly Communist liter
ature from our littered streets.
Forgive us for not knowing
what we were talking about.
Georgia: When you were pho
tographed in the act of turning
back crowds of marching children
—we could not control ourselves.
The very idea, the Chicago press
editorialized, that youngsters
should be considered a menace
sufficient to justify the use of
tear gas!
Now, in our own asphalt jungle,
we have seen Negro youngsters
of 9, 10, 11 advance on police
with drawn guns or broken bot
tles—screaming, “Kill Whitey!”
And we used gas and clubs and
dogs and guns and God forgive
us, what else could we do! Can
you, Georgia, forgive us too?
We tried the patience we had
preached. Honest, we did. We
tried so desperately that seven
policemen were shot the other
In the opinion of the writer, who
uses this route often enroute
home, there is not a more danger
ous intersection in the city. It has
been the scene of several minor
accidents over the years and only
by the kind hand of Providence
have we been spared a fatality at
the site. A traffic light there
would do much to alleviate the
flow of traffic by those using
Cemetery Street and McDonough
Road to either enter Third Street
or to negotiate the intersection
safely.
MEGAPHONES
Get ready for the games!
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Jackson Red Devils and
Henderson Tigers.
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night, two of them through the
back. So, in the end, we resorted
to methods more brutal than
yours. But, don’t you see, we had
to! . . .
Dear Dixie, perhaps we have
not yet learned fully to appre
ciate what you have been trying
to do to effect evolution without
revolution —but for whatever be
lated comfort it may be, from our
glass house we will not be throw
ing any more stones at you . . .
for a while!
HOW MANY TREES?
How many pine seedlings
should be planted per acre? Ex
tension foresters at the Univer
sity of Georgia suggest from 600
to 700. This would accommodate
a spacing of eight by eight feet,
or six by twelve feet. The forest
ers pointed out that poorer land
requires fewer seedlings. More
productive land can support more
trees.
ZACK CRAVEY
How can the present Comptroller General—lnsurance
Commissioner afford to pay for ads such as the $100,000.00,
SIXTEEN PAGE supplement in Georgia’s Sunday news
papers of August 22nd? That same evening on WSB’s
“OPEN MIKE” program he declared he had to live on his
salary and was grateful for the raise he got on entering
office.
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THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
On The Farm
Production Front
BY CARL BRACK
County Agent
Now that September is here,
the items of interest are cool
season grasses and small grain.
This week’s topic will be tempo
rary grazing mixtures, perman
ent pastures, and lawn grasses.
Temporary Grazing Mixture*
A good mixture for winter
grazing is oats or rye, annual rye
grass, and crimson clover. You
should plant three bushels of
oats, 20 pounds ryegrass, and 20
pounds of crimson clover. The
oats should be treated, and the
clover should be inoculated be
fore planting.
The fertilizer requirements
should be met as called for on
the soil test report. If no soil
test is taken, apply 400 to 600
pounds of 6-12-12. If the area has
a record of low potash, use 5-10-
15. Top dress with 80-100
pounds of nitrogen.
Permanent Pastures
A combination of tall fescue
and clover makes a good cool
season grazing. On lowland or
fertile upland, Dallis grass may
be added for summer grazing.
Plant 15 pounds of fescue and
20 pounds of crimson clover on
a well prepared seed bed. Fer
tilization should be the same as
discussed on temporary mixtures.
Fall Planted Lawn Grasse*
Tall fescue is the most com
monly planted cool season lawn
grass. It is a permanent lawn
grass that is green during the
cool season. It does well in
shaded or sunny areas. It does
tend to turn brown during hot
and extreme cold weather.
A seed bed should be prepared
prior to planting, working into
it 25 to 40 pounds of 6-12-12
or 5-10-15 fertilizer per 1,000
square feet. A soil test will give
the exact amount of lime and
fertilizer. Plant not less than 10
pounds of seed per 1,000 square
feet. Roll the area and water
thoroughly. The watering is very
important to the establishment
of fescue. The seed bed should
not be allowed to dry out until
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plants are well established.
A nitrogen top-dressing should
be applied every four to six
weeks during the growing season
to keep a desirable green color.
Some people with bermuda or
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ARE YOU AFRAID
TO WALK ALONE
AT NIGHT?
Are women afraid to walk alone without feeling a rising sense
of panic?
Are mothers afraid to play with their children in a public park
without fear of molestation or worse?
Are the policemen assigned to protect you unable to make a
legal arrest without being mobbed and robbed of their prisoners*
or suspended from the force without pay?
Would you believe that the armed services recruiting station
> was mobbed recently by anti-Viet Nam “DEMONstrators”?
You CAN believe it because these fears are justified in this
State. These things are happening here. And worse.
There is one man—just one man—in the race for Governor
who will prevent or squelch these evil acts. He is JAMES GRAY,
james GRAY
FOR GOVERNOR
other summer grasses like to have
a green lawn during the winter,
so they overseed with ryegrass.
It should be planted at a rate
of five to 10 pounds per 1,000
square feet. Be sure to keep it
DANIEL FORD SALES, INC.
JACKSON, GEORGIA
who calmly but ever so firmly
promises you ... “When lam
Governor, if I have to get
tough—WE ARE GOING TO
HAVE LAW AND ORDER
IN GEORGIA”.
Insure your protection and
peace by voting September 14
for JAMES CRAY.
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THURSDAY, SEPT, l, 196 e
cut to allow light and air to get
to the permanent sod or damage
will result. For additional i n f or .
mation on a green winter la Wn
for your place, contact my o f.
fice.
You’re ahead all
the way at youl
Ford Dealer’s