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Newspaper
Jackson Progress Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1939
Page
2
Georgia farmers push for a sunshine special as picnic season and all day singing season approach. Rural electrification gains attention alongside erosion control. Cartersville post office announces 24 hour service, a right direction in these times. Much of Georgia contends with boll weevil blues and hopes for more fences pastures and livestock.
The Macon chamber of commerce sponsored a motorcade to Georgia state parks. A booklet on state recreational facilities will be shown.
A long column surveys political rhetoric around General Moseley and Dies committee testimony, warns of domestic propaganda, and discusses state topics from driver licensing deadlines to welfare and livestock market outlooks. It notes Culpepper on sales tax, Route 16 work, and Georgia agriculture growth amid evolving welfare reforms.
Georgia Senate follows with similar action as the legislature debates the Brunswick and Sea Island Testing in the General Assembly. The ramblings and vigorous fight over farm pests and the weevil are expected to continue for months.
There is urgent need for common sense in Georgia schools. Some facilities run with six to ten teachers per grade and small enrollments. Consolidating grades and employing one teacher for multiple grades could cut costs. Taxpayers will demand changes once facts are known. Further economies through consolidating school systems are urged to end ongoing deficits.
Worth county outlines concerns over cattle fever affecting markets and spring stock outlook. Georgia’s cattle sector anticipates higher profits as investment and state dollars aim to boost prosperity and steady supply through the season.
A fervent column laments nine weekend highway murders in Georgia and denounces excessive speed. It argues speed is the primary killer, calls for drastic measures from mandatory limits to nationwide Highway Patrol reform, then shifts to criticizing Tuesday’s costly Georgia election and calls for accountability to taxpayers.
An argument labels Americans as irresponsible spendthrifts based on eight years of rising public debt, with a July 1 1940 projection of 44 458 000 000 while 16 000 000 000 in 1982 is cited. The piece then lists county tax purposes from Attorney General Ellis Arnall, including funding for courts, jails, roads, education, welfare, and public health among recognized duties and streamlined sanctions.
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