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decided they could not vote for
either man. Thus began the
write - in movement for Amall,
although it did not have the
open support of Amall.
The write - in movement suc
ceeded beyond its dreams. Af
■ ter the dust had settled on
the Nov. 8 election, Callaway
had a few more votes than
Maddox, but Amall had about
60,000. No one had more than
60 per cent of the vote as pro
vided by Georgia law.
Then begap a succession of
lawsuits that gave Georgians an
educa^on }n hot* to fleet * gov
ernor.
4 Conflict Anpfars
To begin with, there wss id
apparent conflict between the
state constitution and the new
state election code. The consti
tution, which took precedent,
said tpq legislature was to de
cide the conflict. The electiop
code pglled for a runoff.
The American Civil Liberties
Union filed suit asking for *
new election open to all com
ers. A group of attorneys close
ly associated with the Demo
crats for Callaway movement
asked *P r a runoff election be
tween Callgway and Maddox.
Atty. Gen. Arthur Bolton stood
as thp man In the middle do
fending three the Constituion.
a - Judge federal panel
ruled that the legislature could
not elect the governor but of
fered nq remedy. Bolton ap
pealed to the U.S. Supreme
Court.
The court, in a surprising 8-4
decision, ruled that the legisla
ture could indeed proceed with
the election.
Among the most chocked men
in Georgia were legislators- Al
though many of them bad'
damned the federal courts for
voiding the Georgia Constitu
tion, they did not want the task.
Almost immediately there was
such talk pf methods avoiding the voting job through
as “pres
ent” and preventing either npq
from gainiug a majority. There
was glso talk of calling a new
election. Bui
legislative leaders pushed
for a final decision on Jan- 10
at the appointed time, and it
seemed that the General As
sembly would have to meet the
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issue head on.
Various other lawsuits
cropped up after the Supreme
Court decision, including a chal
lenge to the whole election be
cause of alleged Irregularities,
but few observers gave them
any chance of success.
Although the state will p$oh*
ably have its governor on tittys,
the confused situation had at
least one major effect on the
state. Gov. Carl Sanders, faced
with the possibility of remain
ing in office beyond his term,
shaped the state of things to
come for the next two years by
drf*hng up his own biennial
budget lot the legislature.
Ibe goverpor - elect usually
handles tide |no,»t Important bill
soon after he is elected, but
Sanders was forced to fill in the
gap this year. Sanders also
plans to make as many as 100
appointments that normally
would h e made by the govern
or - elect or in cooperation with
him.
There were other tales of tri
umph and tragedy during 1966.
Atlanta Congressman Charles
Weltper shocked the state hy
Withdrawing as a candidate for
^election rather than honor his
party Ipyalty oath to support
Maddox.
The Bepuhlican party, which
iHMg hoped to win many legis- In
lative posts and Jpcai office*
* Callaway surge, dropped from
33 members of the Assembly to
39.
Highway Director Jim GlUls
survived yet another ip a long
line of political battles and was
reappointed slate highway di
rector. But earlier in the year,
the state Highway Board fired
guhs’ lopg time friend and as
sistant, Lonnie Pone, and **
piaeed him with Smory Parrish
a professional engineer.
there were Other races lp the
general election. Powerful Lt.
Pov- Peter Zack Geer lost to
House Speaker George T- Smith
in the race for lieutenant gov
ernor
But there was a surge for
legislative independence in both
‘ho House and the senate in
1866 and Smith barely managed
to retain his powers of commit
tee appointment in he Senate
after a two-month long power
struggle with forces led by Sen
Julian Webb of Donalsonville.
Cliffhanging Vote
Smith won a cliff hanging
vote ip an extraordinary spe
cial session of the Senate. The
Peipopratlc members of the
ffopse also held * special ses
sion and homod Qeorge l.
smith of 8wainsboro House
Speaker- In the past, the House
Speaker has been appointed by
the governor, although the
iiquse officially elected him.
Two oldtlmers met defeat In
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New Dorms At Deaf School
Under the auspicies pf tiff State Board of Education, Gpv. Carl, E. Sanders will dedicate two new dormitories
*t the Georgia School fog the Deaf in Cave Springs on 4*0- 4, et II e,m.
Robbers Strike t
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At Art v
LONDON (UPD —Thieves
staged history’s biggest art
rpbbery today, raiding the
historic Dulwich Art G»l}«ry in
suburban London of paintings—
including three Rembrandts—
valued at $4 3 mlMon.
Gallery officials said the
Dr. Gina To
Teach Bible
Study Here
Dr. Perry Ginn, pastor of the
First Baptist Church, Gaines
ville, Georgia, “Studies has been named
teacher of in Amos"
pest week at tpe First Baptist
Church. According to Rev. Alas
will ta(r Walker, pastor, sessions
be held each evening, Tues
da through Friday, from 7 to
g:30 p.m., in the Cheatham audi
torium- A daytime session will
be held from who 10 a m- to l} a.m.
for those cannot attend at
nlsht- A
graduate of the University
Theological pf Georgia and southern Baptist
Seminary, Dr. G|nn
has served in Gainesville al
most three years. Before coming
to Gainesville he was minister
In Tennessee and Kentucky. He
is * widely used Bible teacher
and preacher and participates
In the state and southwide deno
minational affairs.
Dawkins To Join
Ellis In Ppaetice
Dr. Pgul Dawkins, 39, will
join Dr. John Ellis in his chiro
practic Tuesday. qfflce In Griffin begin
ning He
will move here from Man
chester where he has had a prac
tice fqy nine years.
Dr. Dawkins u a member of
the Methodist Church and is
past tern Star. officer in the Order of Eas
the Democratic primary and
on? of them later died.
Zack Oravey, comptroller gen
eral for 16 years until 1863, lost
for the second time to Jimmy
Bentley. He entered a hospital
and died two months aftgr the
election.
Cleared of Charges
Sam Paldweil defeated long
time Labor Commissioner Ben
T. Huiet after a bitter cam
paign. Caldwell charged Huiet
with misuse of state funds and
of forcing his employes to cam
paign for him. Huiet was later
cleared of the charges.
Most Congressional races
were on a low key in 1866. Re
publicans won both Atlanta dis
tricts but lost ip the thrtd dis
trict which had bean held by
Callaway. They had a net gain
of one seat although the fourth
district seat in Atlanta is still
contested.
Republican Ben BlaekbOto
won by a few hundred votes,
but incqmhanl Democrat James
M *ckay challenged the election
on thp grounds that many ov
errates were pot counted «n the
Votoipatic machines.
Georgians remember 1945 for
its two - governor feud. The
year 1*66 will probably be re
membered as the year of no
governor.
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MODERN EQUIPMENT
in el ef the professions today, competence
depends upon modern facilities. Our pres
aat-dey equipment qualifies us ta render a
service *1 marked superiority.
Our sound business practices enable us fa
•arva every family ef a price ip keeping
evttb Ns plans.
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Slees, we serve FUNERAL' HOME
everywkere le
ffte settee.
thieves escaped with eight
masterpieces—three by B*m*
brandt, three by BUb«ns, one by
Elsheimer and one by Gerrard
Dou.
The thieves entered the fed
brick gallery, dating to the 17th
Century, through a panel lp an
unused door. They drilled holes
all around the outside panel,
officials said.
The gallery, situated In a
Dlckensonlan residential a»a
about seven miles south of
central London, Is one of the
oldest in Europe.
Vestiges of the 17th Century,
including lavish Georgian homer
and the last toll road lp greater
London, stand }n its shadow
The Dulwich collection Is one
of ‘he finest in Britain- It
Includes examples of the
Spanish, French and British
schools of painting as well as
the Dutch and Flemish works.
It is owned by Dulwich
College, an important English
public school.
Police Immediately alerted
Interpol—the international po
lice organisation—and clamped
a watch on all ports and
airfields.
Officials said the thieves
entered between the gellery sometime
4 p.jn. Friday and 8:45
a.m. today
Diabetes
Tests Given
On Tuesdays
Diahqtas soreening clinics are
being held e»ct» Tuesday at the
Orlffln-Spalding Department from County 8:3$ Health
a.m. to
noon and from 1 to % p.m.
Those people taking the test
are urged pot to eat or
drink anything for at least two
hours before the test.
Pegpie who drink excessive
amounts of water and urinate
frequently, Ufa easily, ere con
stantiy hungry, have cuts gpd
scratches that heal slowly gp d
people changed who frequently have their glasses
are possible
diabetics.
statistics show that i« out of
every 1,000 people ip the Uptted
states have diabetes end eight
pf these 16 are undetected dia
betics.
These statistics also show *
higher percentage for new dia*
betes in those peqpi* who are
overweight, relatives of known
diabetics, who are 30 years old
pf aver and women who have
had children weighing nine
pounds or more at birth.
Salvation Army
Watch Night Set
The Griffin salvation Army will
have a “Watch Night” program
and worship service tonight.
Beginning at 9 o’clock the mo
vie, "Like A Mighty Army," will
be shown. A prayer service will
begin at 11 p.m. will and the even
ing's program conclude af
ter the new year arrives at mid
night-
.
It is difficult f#r an Ameri
can to underhand the emo
tiongi proposition fervor UU aroused by a
to a cow-Yet
this is the cause of rietg in
where Indie. There, In millions a country
so many of
and people possible confront starvation, daily hunger
the
sacred cow history. is a centuries-old
ith To rid India
its hundreds of thousands
Pin idu, cattle Therefore, is unbelievable the to a
posgl of the government pro- to
sill cattle aroused riots, sent
Q-calJed "holy men'* on emo
tional tirades which ended in
burning of of buildings, the and limit- the
stopping ed transportation. already It’s diffi
cult for a Westerner to under
stand.
ought Yet, on to New consider Year’s Day we
our own
‘sacred cows." Once upon a
me our forefathers had a
mlted number of necessities.
iat we deem to be uaeas
* y has grown until we con
-ont |o realities iBdian as emotionally
as our brothers.
We know the problems of
traffic; we understand safety belts, the
need of using the and
we know danger of un*
•easoning things speed. We know
lose know the as surely need as Indi
JUS ef feed.
But speed and eur schedules
3 our sacred eows. We in
that nothing shall inter
rupt We our ewn plans.
hpslth knew the dangers to
arettes. ef air pollution or cig
from Reports come to us
and doctors government solemnly agencies tell
of th® dsl}y impairment to US
hearts lungs. We our
or cannot
sa
ernment cigarette? soft- and the idtti- gov
is required to
ate stringent lavs to clean up
Tax Collecting
Tops $2-Billion
Under Sanders
ATLANTA <UPI) — For the
first lima id history, tax col
lections hurdled by th* $3 bil
lion mar| under the four-year
administration of Gov. carl
Sander?.
State Revenue Commissioner
Hiram Undercofler revealed in
a year-end report that collec
tions totaled $2,106,674,416 dur
ing the four-year Sanders ad
ministration, an increase of 42
per cent over the previous all
time high.
Collections Jumped only 28
per cent under the term of Sand
ora' predecessor, Ernest Van
diver.
Under the Sanders admin
istration. there was a 3635 mil
lion increase, $16 million more
than we* collected during the
1866 calendar year.
The 1666 collections totaled
$614,737,303, a 10 per eent in
crease from the 1865 total ef
$564,839,107.
Undercofler said the increases
"reflect the continued and in
creasing prosperity we have en
joyed during the last four
years.”
All tax sources except estate
taxes increased during 1966. In
come taxes increased $11,653,
000 or 30 per cent and sales
taxes were up $68 million, a 6.1
per cent hike over 1965.
• • • a truly personal service
PITTMAN - RAWLS FUNERAL HOME
633 MERIWETHER STREET
JAMES W. RAWLS
FUNERAL DIRECTORS SINCE lift
227*2236 227-2236
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FINDING THE WAY
'Sacred Cows' Must Go
fly RALPH W. IOIW, D.D.
Newspaper Enterprise Aten.
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the air of our cities. All be
cause we have our sacred
cows.
We know the results of
prejudice generation and bigotry, for have in
our own we
witnessed some of the horri
ble costs of that kind of in
tolerance. We have net yet
been able to properly assess a
Dachau or an Auschwitz or
the really meaning take into our emotions Anne
of an
Frank.: adequately Yet before we are able
» write the stories
?/ *be these continuance miseries of we bigotries tolerate
*nd prejudices in our own
households. A11 of us have our
Hcred N cows, Yt#r *•
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•**>•*“ , Mg® if,the type
"rifer, time ef a new the start in life and
• tions. familiar resolu
Most «f them have bee*
I trite smilf and meaningless. indulgently Before
Indian brethren, at my
•grinst‘heir superstition er inveigh in
permitting ind cattle te people I to will starve
at sacred roam, look
It’s my own cows,
old place not time jus) to patch up the
or It’s rearrange
our "New prejudices. a time for
a riot before Year." the And before
you consider prospect,
your "sacred cows.
Barnard Named To
Highway Board
ATLANTA (UPI)—E- Douglas
Barnard, former executive sec
retary to Gpv. Carl E. Banders,
Friday was appointed by Sand
ers to the State Highway Board.
Barnard, an executive vice
president of Fuqua Industries in
Augusta, will succeed Qeprge
A Sancken Sr-. Qf Augusta and
will represent the 10th congres
sional district on the hoard.
Bancken. 76, resigned on doc
tor's adviep. Bernard will serve
two years to fill put Sancken’s
unexpired term.
MASS FOR CHINESE
VATICAN CITY (flPI) _
Pope Paul VI will officiate at a
mass Jan. 6 for Roman
Catholics qf Communist China,
it wap anneuned Wednesday.
The mass on Epiphany pay
also marks two important dates
In the history of Chinese
Catholicism—top 4Qtij anniversa
ry of the consecration of the
first Chinese bishops and the
20th anniversary qt the esta
blishment of the church hie
rarchy m that country.
TO VISIT VIETNAM
BONN (UPD —Dr. Martin
Niemoeller, a leader of the
World Council ef Churches,
leaves for North Vietnam
today with three other
churchmen on a two-week
Inspection trip at the invitation
of the Red Cross In Hanoi.
Niemoeller has already made
a similar visit to South
Vietnam.
Menu
The master menu for the Grif
fin-Spalding County School sys
tem for the week of January 3-6
is as follows:
TUESDAY — Chili con carne,
whole white potatoes, mixed
green salad, saltines, cake with
sauce, milk, butter.
Wednesday — Meat loaf,
rice and gravy, green beans, to
m»ta wedge, hot rolls, peach
half, milk, butter.
THURSDAY—Scrambled ham
slaw, burgers, bun, baked apple pie, beans, milk, cole
but
ter.
FRIDAY — Frlsd PMekeb, cr
eamed potatoes, buttered pegs,
hot roll, congested fruit, milk,
butter.
About Town
PILOT CBUB
The Griffin Pilot Club Will
hold their business meeting TUes- ’
day ft 6=« at Russell’s Re stau
rant.
Mrs. Flournoy
To Be Buried
Mrs. Mendy Rosella Futch Fl
ournoy of 369 West Vineyard
road died Friday morning at the
Griffln-Spalding County Hospi
tal.
She was born in Meriwether
County and had made h*r home
In Griffin for the past 25 years.
She was a member of the
Union Baptist Church.
Survivors include three daugh
ters, Mrs. Clara Watts, Mrs. Ka
te Helm*, and Mrs. Maude Mc
Clain, all of Griffin; three sons,
Walter Flournoy, Frank Flour
noy and Arthur Flournoy, all of
Griffin; 32 grandchildren: 93 gr
eat grandchildren; grandchild. one great gr
eat
Funeral services will be held
Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock
from the Union Baptist Church.
Die Rev. Deiton Collins, the
Rev. W. A. Ellenwood and the
Rev. Robert Allen will officiate.
Burial will be in the Union Bap
tist Church cemetery.
The body Will remain at Mc
Donald Chapel until carried to
the church to lie in state 30 min
utes prior to the funeral. Friends
may visit the family at the home
of Arthur Flournoy on the Jack
son road.
Mrs. Martin Of
Barnesville Dies
BARNESVILLE — Mrs. Mary
Elizabeth Martin, widow of Clau
de Cephus Martin, died at the
home of a son, George C- Mar
tin, 210 Atlanta street, Thurs
day afternoon.
Mrs. Martin was bora and
reared in the Royer community
of Spalding County. She had liv
ed in Barnesville most other
life.
She was a member of the First
Baptist Church, the Legion Aux
iliary, and believed to be the
oldest Gold Star Mother in La
mar County.
The American Legion Post
in Lamar County was named for
her son, Leon Martin, who died
In World War H.
Survivors include four daugh
ters, Mrs. H- B. Braswell and
Mrs. W. D. Waller of Thom***
ton, Mrs. R. R. Britt of Barnes
ville and Mrs. Claudle Mae
Chambers of Macon; three sons,
George C. Martin of Barnes
ville, E. Felton Martin and Jack
Martin of Daytona Beach, Fla.;
daughter-in-law, Mrs. John Ro
gers Martin of Atlanta; 35 gr
andchildren, 29 great grandchil
dren, 13 great great grandchild?
ren; a sister, Mrs. Inez Rawls
of Meansville; two half Sis
ters, Mrs. Georg? Jones and
Miss Mattie Lizzie Shivers, both
of Griffin; a half brother, Wil
son Shivers of Atlanta.
Funeral services were held
this afternoon at 8 o’clock from
the First Baptist Church in Bar*
nesviUe. Dr. Howard Etbington
and the Rev. Harry Smith offic
iated. Burial was in Greenwood
eemotory.
Haisten Funeral Heme of Bar
nesville was in charge.
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Smithgall
Expected To
Be Reappointed
ATLANTA (UPI) Capitol
sources said Friday that Gov.
Carl Sanders is prepared to re
appoint Charles A. Smithgall,
Gainesville newspaper and
broadcasting executive, to the
State Board of Regents.
Smithgall’s term expires Sun
day. He was appointed to the
post earlier this year.
The term of Roy V. Harris
also expires Sunday and Sand
ers reportedly wants to replace
the Augusta segregationist with
William Morris HI, an Augusta
newspaper publisher.
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