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By Quimby Melton
“The Gospel Versus Vested
Interests” is the title of the In
ternational Sunday School les
■ eon this week. Background Sc
ripture is Acts 19:21 through
20:38.
The Memory Selection is, “No
man can serve two masters; for
either he will hate the one, and
love the other; or else he will
hold to the one, and despise the
other. Ye cannot serve God
and mammon.” (Matthew 6:24.)
This lesson should make all
confessing Christians examine
their lives and determine if they
truly put first things first; “Seek
first the kingdom of God and
His righteousness” and strive to
please God rather than men.
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This lesson tells the story of
Demetrius, a leader of the sil
versmiths in the city of Ephe
. sus, leading what could be call
ied a demonstration in his at
tempt to drive Paul out of the
city and stop his evangelistic
campaign which had won many
Ephesians to become Christians.
It is easy to see that while De
metrius claimed to be an avid
follower of the goddess “Diana”
what he was more interested in
was the money he made from
the sale of small statues of the
goddess. Demetrius wasn’t near-
I ly as devoted to the goddess as
; he was to the money he made
i by the sale of the small statues,
i The worship of Diana was “good
for business” so he whipped the
crowd into a frenzy by proclaim
ing and giving them as a “slo
gan” “Great is Diana of the Ep
hesians”. One time, according
to a legend, which the people be
lieved, an “image fell from Ju
; piter." The story said this was
; the image which the silversmiths
copied in their statues of Diana
and which they sold “with great
gain.”
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It is interesting to note that
even that far back “slogans”
were used to rally folk. A well
phased slogan that catches the
public imigination can create
more emotion and interest than
long orations on the part of a
skilled propagandist — and pro
pagandist are we all, for we
all want to get our idea over to
others.
Remember “Taxation Without
Representation”, the slogan of
early Americans? And “Uncle
Sam Wants You” the slogan un
der the poster of the old gentle
man used to stimulate enlist
ments in the Army? “He Kept
Us Out of the War” was a big
help to Woodrow Wilson in his
second campaign; and more re
cently there have been the slo
gans “The New Frontier” and
“The Great Society.”
But all slogans have not been
connected with political or sales
campaigns; for there have been
such slogans as “The World for
Christ in This Generation;” and
some years ago, alarmed at the
commercial attitude of many at
Christmas the slogan "Keep
Christ in Christmas” was coin
ed.
It would be interesting some
day for someone with the time
to study and write an article on
just how big a part slogans have
played in the lives of men. But
that is not the purpose of this
comment on the Sunday School
lesson.
What we would like to stress
Is that one should not be too se
vere in criticizing Demetrius un
less they are quite positive they
are not guilty of the very same
fault — considering everything,
even one’s religious life from
this viewpoint — is it good for
business? What will it cost me
in money, ’n prestige, in popu
larity?
The memory Selection for this
lesson could have easily been
“What will it profit a man if he
gain the whole world and lose
his soul.”
Many today are interested in
Investments, in security, and
one cannot blame anyone for this
interest. But the greatest invest
ment any can make is to “lay
up treasures in heaven ...”
(Matt. 6:20) and the greatest
security one can be certain of is
found in the promises of Jesus
Christ to those who will accept
Him as their personal savior.
WRONG PLACE
SAN ANTONIO, Tex. (UPD—
Indian boys from the Camp
Gary Job Corps center did a
rain dance for parched San
Antonio Friday.
They were in the wrong place
at the wrong time. San Antonio
remained hot and dry, but it
rained in Seguin, 32 miles east.
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Whopper
Wyatt Allen of Route Four, North Hill street exten
sion, grew this pumpkin or squash—he did not know
which it was—in his garden. It weighs 52 pounds and
is 34 inches long.
Griffin Roadblock End Os Trail
Man Spills Story About
Coast-To-Coast Spree
“I’m tired of living this kind
of life,” started a questioning
session at the Griffin Police De
partment Thursday that was to
solve crimes from Carson City,
Nev. to Detroit, Mich., to Fort
Lauderdale, Fla.
Lawrence Eugene Eiswerth,
24, of Detroit and Fort Lauder
dale, Fla. told Griffin officers
of crimes he had committed
over the last six months in what
started out as a routine ques
tioning session by Det. Ronnie
Irvin and GBI Agent Billy Dar
sey.
ARRESTED
Eiswerth was -arrested Wed
nesday night by officers Ches
ter Miller, Ben Jackson, Billy
Pitts and Herman Parker,
and charged with driving with
out a license. The officers set
up a roadblock at Sixth and Tay
lor streets.
A check on the 1965 Corvette
he was driving showed it was
stolen from a car lot in Fort
Lauderdale.
Griffin officers were tipped off
by a Barnesville service station
operator who noticed the switch
wires of the car had been pull
ed out of the ignition and strai
ght wired.
STORY
The suspect unfolded his story
like this to police:
Eiswerth abandoned a 1965
Chevrolet in Fort Lauderdale
when he stole the Corvette. The
Chevrolet had been stolen in Do
than, Ala. There he abandoned
a 1958 Ford pickup ' truck he
had stolen in Memphis, Tenn.
All of the vehicles were stolen
from used car lots.
He stole a Mississippi tag
from a 1955 Ford in Millington,
Tenn., and changed it from one
vehicle to the other as he mo
ved from city to city.
Eiswerth told the officers he
worked around Memphis for
about a week before stealing the
1958 pick-up truck.
CAMERA SHOP
He told the officers he stole
more than $2,500 in merchan
dise from a camera shop in the
Gateway Shopping Center in Fort
Lauderdale. He sawed bars
from the window of the shop to
enter and leave with the camera
and other photographic equip
ment.
At Dania, Fla., which is bet
ween Fort Lauderdale and Hol
lywood, Fla., he entered a hou
se and stole a television, which
he sold in Hollywood, Fla.
FLIM FLAM
He was operating a Anderson
Advertising Co., which was a
slim-slam type of operation that
had netted more than $5,000, the
investigators said. He used the
names John T. Wilson and Har
old Virgil in the operation.
The officers said Eiswerth
told them of taking checks from
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Daily Since 1872 Griffin, Ga., 30223, Friday, August 18,1967 Vol. 95 No. 194
a Chinese restaurant in Carson
City, Nev., and forging the name
Leland S. Martin. The checks
were made out from S4O to SBO
each. An amount of the checks
had not been established this
morning.
CREDIT CARD
Officers said Eiswerth was us
ing a stolen Pure Oil Credit
Card to purchase gasoline, oil
and tires. They said he had run
up a bill of between $2,000 and
$3,000 on the car.
Eiswerth told the officers he
stole $150,000 in jewels from a
jewelry store on the East Side
of Detroit in 1963. He said he
sold the jewels for $12,000 to dif
ferent “fences” in Detroit. He
said he entered the jewelry store
by fastening a chain to bars on
a window and pulling them off
Social Security Measure
Fight Shapes Over Rules On
Welfare For Unwed Mothers
By MICHAEL L. POSNER
WASHINGTON (UPD — The
Johnson Administration was
marshaling its forces today to
fight for elimination of the
tough new welfare restrictions
on unwed mothers Included in a
sweeping Social Security bill
passed by the house.
Senate Finance Committee
(See Tables Page Two)
hearings open next week on the
measure the main thrust of
which would be to provide a 12.5
per cent across-the-board in
crease in monthly benefits for
some 23 million men and
women on Social Security.
The House, on a roll call vote
of 415 to 3, approved the 204-
page bill Thursday just as it
came from the Ways & Means
Committee. Only Reps. James
B. Utt, R-Calif., Charles E.
Bennett, D-Fla., and Jack
Brinkley, D-Ga., were recorded
in opposition.
There were indications today
that Senate Finance Committee
members would be receptive to
a request from Secretary John
W. Gardner of the Health,
Education and Welfare Depart
ment (HEW) that the welfare
restrictions be eased or dropped
entirely from the bill.
Unfair To Children
The new rules, aimed prima
rily at training unwed mothers
for jobs and getting them off
GRIFFIN
Maddox Takes Over In
Jackson County Probe
1-75 Contract
In Henry Set
For September
ATLANTA — Major work on
Interstates 75 and 95 is ready to
bet let in September if federal
aid apportionments are made
by the end of next week, the
State Highway Board learned
today.
The work includes the next-to
last link of 1-75 between Atlan
ta and Macon, and the deadline
of next week is a special excep
tion to the three weeks of ad
vertising normally required on
Interstate projects.
Road Design Engineer J ohn
M. Wilkerson told the board at
its regular meeting that inter
ested contractors already have
preliminary plans on the 1-75
work in Henry County and an
other two miles of dredging on
1-95 near the coast.
Emory Parrish, Executive As
sistant to Highway Director Jim
with his car.
CHECKS OUT
Officers were checking on the
jewel theft this morning. Checks
Thursday with officers in Fort
Lauderdale, Dania, and Carson
City showed officers were look
ing for Eiswerth for the crimes
he had described to the officers.
The investigators said Eiswer
th was in prison from 1960 to
1963 for armed robbery. They
said he had served time since
then for auto theft.
When arrested Wednesday ni
ght, he gave officers the name
John C. Willett and an address
of 923 North East 18th avenue,
Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Officers had charged Eis
werth with driving without a li
cense. He was turned over to
FBI agents this morning and
was expected to be arraigned
before a U.S. Commissioner in
Atlanta.
relief rolls, drew no opposition
in the House, although Gardner
attacked them as being unfair
to poor children.
Roy Wilkins executive direc
tor of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People (NAACP), wired speaker
John W. McCormack Thursday
that the proposed restrictions
would be considered by Negroes
“a punitive action against
children of the poor, many of
whom are Negro.”
He said that the nation was
“spending more in one hour for
military action abroad than the
amount allegedly saved by
cutting off aid to these
children.”
Otherwise, the bill, which was
backed by both parties in the
house, calls for a minimum
monthly Social Security benefit
of SSO, compared to the current
$44. It would also increase from
$1,500 to $1,680 the amount a
retired person can earn annual
ly and still draw all his Social
Security benefits.
To pay for the increases, the
current maximum $290.40 in
payroll taxes a worker pays
annually would jump to $448.40
by 1987. There would be a slight
increase in the tax rate at first,
but the amount of a worker’s
Income subject to taxation
would increase by SI,OOO to
$7,600. The contributions would
be matched penny-for-penny by
employers.
L. Gillis, reported that almost
all of the Department’s federal
aid interstate money for this fis
cal year has been obligated. He
said a recent report by the Fe
deral Highway Administration
showed Georgia was fourth in
the nation in the percentage of
these funds used.
Ex-Griffinite’s
Husband Killed
In Viet Fighting
THOMASTON, Ga. (UPD —
The Marine Corps notified Mrs.
T. M. McClure Thursday that
her husband, Cpl. T. M. Mc-
Clure, was killed in Vietnam
Wednesday, the day before his
28th birthday. He died in fight-
Cpl. McClure was married to
Jo Ann Cato, formerly of Grif
fin. She is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. James Cato who mo
ved to Thomaston from Griffin
about a year ago.
Mrs. McClure and her daugh
ter, 2, had been making their
heme with Mr. and Mrs. Cato
at Thomaston.
Country Parson
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“The impossible is what we
work toward accomplishing
tomorrow.”
“A Watv of Life"
Rep. Wilbur D. Mills D-Ark.,
chairman of the Ways & Means
Committee and floor manager
of the measure, drew thunde
rous applause Thursday when
he told the House that unwed
mothers were making “away
of life” out of living off welfare
and that Congress should no
longer tolerate the rising
illegitimacy rate.
‘‘We’re rough in this bill,” he
said, his voice rising to a shout
at times. ‘‘We intend to be
rough in this bill . . . but we are
not inhuman.”
Over the past 10 years, the
Aid to Dependent Children
(ADC) program, which is by far
the largest federal welfare
program, has increased from
646,000 families with 2.4 million
children to 1.2 million families
with nearly 5 million children,
he said.
The child welfare restrictions
are intended to get jobs for
unwed mothers and to stop the
practice of fathers leaving
home so mothers can qualify
for welfare payments.
Through this measure, the
committee hoped to remove
400,000 children from the
welfare rolls by 1972.
Rep. John W. Byrnes, Wis.,
senior Republican on Ways &
Means said the welfare restric
tions meant ‘‘moving away
from the government handout
concept.”
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What’s It?
See Picture On Page Three.
Youth Crusade
Has Work Week
Young people in the Griffarea
who will participate in the Grea
ter Griffin Youth Crusade will
round out a second “work week”
this week. The week was held
to raise money to help finance
the program.
The crusade will be held Aug.
28-Sept. 2 with worship services
to be held in the First Baptist
Church.
All Protestant churches In this
area have been invited to par
ticipate and most of them will,
according to officials coordina
ting the program.
Gerry Craft who heads a You
th International Association out
of Ft. Worth, Texas, will be the
guest speaker.
He is a former professional
football player with the Cleve
land Browns.
Several committees which have
been at work for weeks on the
program have high hopes for a
successful crusade.
An office to serve as headquar
ters for the city-county wide cru
sade has been set up at the Fir
st Baptist Church.
Emily Brisendine is general
chairman.
The young people planning the
crusade expect to have the
sanctuary filled each evening
at workship services. Several
other special services daily have
been planned in connection with
the program.
Young people have stressed
the fact that they want adults
to attend the meetings also.
They want the project to be a
spiritual experience for young
people as well as adults.
During the work week, young
people have done odd jobs to
help finance the program they
have cut grass, washed cars and
done a good many other jobs.
Man Arrested
In Check Theft
A White man is in city jail to
day on charges of larceny of five
payroll checks from Thomaston
Mills.
Police officers said William
Vernon Harles of 619 East Chap
pell street, Griffin, was arrested
Thursday after Thomaston Mills
notified the police department of
the theft.
Officers said officials at the
mill told them a couple of em
ployes had come into the mill
office to pick up their payroll
checks early. The theft was dis
covered after they left.
Georgia Eyes
Car Blast Probe
At Daytona
GREENVILLE, S. C. (UPD —
A Greenville detective was in
Daytona Beach, Fla., today
searching for a man wanted in
connection with the dynamiting
of the car of an auto salvage
yard operator last year.
Lt. James D. Bigham has a
warrant charging C. Whitner
(Whit) Landreth, formerly of
Anderson, S. C., and now of
Daytona Beach, with conspiracy
to kill R. Martin Page of Green
ville Feb. 4, 1966.
Page, 46, escaped death when
a charge of four sticks of dyna
mite in the engine compartment
of his car was detonated as he
attempted to start his auto.
Agents from the Georgia Bu
reau of Investigation had been
investigating the incident in
connection with the recent dyn
amiting of a car in Jefferson,
Ga., that killed Solicitor. Floyd
Hoard.
Mental Health
Hospitals Planned
ATLANTA (UPD—The State
Board of Health designated Al
bany, Gainesville and Macon as
sites for Georgia regional men
tal hospitals during its meeting
Thursday.
The Albany hospital was
scheduled for completion in 1973
and target dates are 1974 for
Gainesville and 1975 for Macon.
The announcement was made
by Dr. P. K. Dixon, chairman
of the board.
Police began checking the peo
ple and stopped one of them as
he reported for work Thursday
afternoon. He told officers he
had cashed his check at a ser
vice station.
A search, howeyer, revealed
his check was in his billfold.
Officers said a check with the
service station showed that Har
less had forged one of the sto
len checks there.
All five of the stolen checks
were recovered by officers.
Harless is being held on char
ges of larceny of the payroll
checks and forgery.
Tells About
Reports On
‘Rotten Things’
By MARCIA RASMUSSEN
JEFFERSON, Ga. (UPD —
Gov. Lester Maddox comes
here today to personally as
sume command of the investi
gation into the dynamite
assassination of Solicitor Floyd
G. (Fuzzy) Hoard.
Maddox called a meeting of
top state officials and agents of
the Georgia Bureau of Investi
gation for 3 p.m. High on the
agenda will be a discussion of
the future of Jackson County
Sheriff L. G. Perry, whom Mad
dox wants to fire.
The GBI removed Perry from
the investigation because he
layed three months in carrying
out a court order to padlock
two illegal liquor operations
raided by Hoard, who launched
a highly effective crackdown on
bootleggers and auto thieves
during nearly three years in of
fice.
Agents said Perry also kept
some of the liquor confiscated
in raids last May, rather than
turning it over to the State Rev
enue Department as required
by law.
Maddox said a GBI report on
Hoard’s death contained more a
bout Perry than about crime in
the area.
"We have a lot of reports on
things that have taken place
rotten things,” Maddox said.
"I think this is going to take
some action on the state level.”
Hoard was killed Aug. 7 when
he turned on the ignition of his
car, detonating more than six
sticks of dynamite hidden be
neath the hood of the vehicle.
Maddox told newsmen in
Moultrie Thursday night that
his understanding was that a
county grand jury presentment
of charges against a sheriff is
necessary before such an of
ficer can be removed.
The final decision would rest
with the governor after a hear
ing, Maddox added.
Published reports quoted Per
ry as saying, “I am somewhat
shocked about the attitude some
members of the GBI have tak
en, and the statements they
have made about their future
course in the investigation of
the death of Fuzzy Hoard.
"The people of Jackson Coun
ty know that he and I were
close friends, and further, our
offices worked in harmony.” He
charged the GBl’s statements
were “politically motivated”
and the result of a local move
to put him out of office.
He said he could account for
all confiscated liquor "except
that which was taken by GBI
agents and other agents of the
state of Georgia” and that he
only recently received authoriz
ation to close up the liquor op
erations.
As the GBI continued its
probe into Hoard’s murder by
conferring with officials in
South Carolina and Virginia on
similar bombing incidents there,
Maddox announced a campaign
to increase the reward money
posted in the case to $15,000.
The governor said he planned
to take Atty. Gen. Arthur Bol
ton, Revenue Commissioner
Peyton Hawes and Public Safe
ty Director R. H. Burson to the
meeting, along with GBI offi
cials, and probably would have
an announcement about Perry
afterwards.
Maddox s action marked the
first time in 14 years a Georgia
governor has tried to depose a
sheriff. In 1953, Gov. Herman
Talmadge attempted to remove
Liberty County Sheriff Paul
Sikes for alleged failure to en
force liquor laws. Sikes was too
ill to appear at a hearing.
Weather:
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN
AREA — Variable cloudiness
and warm tonight and Saturday
with widely scattered showers
or thundershowers Saturday af
ternoon and evening.
LOCAL WEATHER — High
today 87, low today 67, high
Thursday 87, low Thursday 67;
rainfall .32 of an inch; sunrise
Saturday 7:05, sunset Saturday
8:24.