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By Quimby Melton
There are many dates that are
stamped on the memory of all.
Some of those dates are of hap
py events, some are anniversar
ies of sorrow.
One of the dates on Good
Evening’s calendar of memories
is Sept. 10, 1919.
For it was on that date, 49 ye
ars ago today that he and his
Mary were married at the
home of her parents in Ameri
cus. This began many years of
happiness and mutual sorrow;
happiness, success and joys we
shared; sorrows that came and
because of her unlimited faith
this man was able to accept.
Five times in six years follow
ing our marriage moved from
town to town, from job to job,
and in 1925 we moved to Griffin.
It was then that our happiest ye
ars began, happy years that also
marked our greatest mutual sor
rows. It was her strength, he r
love, her understanding that
kept Good Evening from being
discouraged; it was her example
and her love that made us even
at times when the sense of frus
tration threatened to prevail,
that gave us strength to keep on
trying.
Nearly two years ago “My
Mary’’ answered the call and
went to make her home In hea
ven. The fact that she awaits us
there keeps our hope and faith
alive.
Sept. 10, 1919 is a most impor
tant date in our memory; a date
we’ll never forget. Pardon us for
publicly recalling this date.
Everyone, whether he admits
it or not, has a code or philoso
phy of life by which he more
or less lives Sometimes this is
changed, sometimes Just slight
ly, sometimes completely, as it
dawns on one that he w r as born
for a purpose.
Very few of us take the time to
put down our philosophy in writ
ing; preferring to use generali
ties such as “Live and Let Live’’
or "I practice the Golden
Rule.’’
Then there are those who
are more specific saying “First
seek the kingdom of God”; or
point to the first two command
ments as their guide, or philoso
phy if one cares to call this rule
such.
What is philosophy?
Voltaire, the skeptic, gave a
pretty good definition when he
wrote “The discovery of what is
true, and the practice of that
which is good, are the two most
important objects of philosophy.”
At the Sunday morning service
at the church to which Good
Evening belongs, our pastor, Dr.
Delma Hagood, gave a fine de
finition of his personal philoso
phy of life.
He lead up to the statement of
his philosophy by saying:
“To be able to care for oursel
ves through the journey of life,
we must all prepare ourselves
Spiritually. It is from our inner
Spiritual Reserves that we must
draw our strength in the emer
gency hours of life. To do this
we must all build up a strong
personal Spiritual Reserve.
“My owm personal philosophy
of a satisfying Faith has been
met in a three-fold dimension;
First, A Faith that is fit to live
by; Second, A Purpose fit to live
for; and Third, A Self fit to live
with.”
That statement was an inspira
tion to Good Evening, and we
pass it on to our readers.
DUTIFUL DOGS
LONDON (UPD—There were
so many burglars at a service
station in North London that the
owners decided to get two large
dogs to fend off intruders.
Monday the staff showed up for
work—and couldn’t get in for
gas pump keys because the
dogs barred their way.
Attendant Norman Phillips
said: “We didn’t sell any gas at
all. But it’s good to know the
dogs are so reliable.”
Country Parson
“I’d rather co-sign a note
for a man of character than
for a man of wealth.”
Separate Vote List
Ordered In Albany
ALBANY, Ga. (UPD—Dough
erty County Republicans won a
court decision to obtain sepa
rate voting lists for the first
GOP statewide primary Wednes
day.
Superior Court Judge Asa D.
Kelley Monday ruled that Coun
ty Registrar Louise Pait must
furnish both Republicans and
Democrats with voters lists for
polling places in the county.
Mrs. Pait had asked the judge
for “clarification” following an
interpretation last week by Sec
retary of State Ben Fortson Jr.
that only one list was to be pro
vided for each polling place.
A hearing w r as held after two
Albany attorneys filed a petition
for injunction against the regis
trar in the name of local Re
publicans.
“Fair play demands that the
lists be furnished both parties,”
Kelley said.
“I would say this only applies
in that judge’s area,” Fortson
said in Atlanta, noting that the
State Election Board had not
been notified of any suit having
to do with the code.
He said that the law specified
that there be “one electors” list
for each polling place” and that
the primaries were being held
in the same locations.
• State Republican Chairman
Chairman G. Paul Jones Jr. of
Macon hailed Kelley’s decision
as a "gratifying” precedent that
"will insure that the Republican
Party W'ill be treated fairly in
the conduct of our primary on
Wednesday.”
"I have also advised that any
registrars withholding the neces
sary voting lists from the Re
publican Party will be guilty of
contempt of court,” Jones said.
“I assume that we will have no
difficulty in obtaining the lists
as a result of this ruling.”
The GOP decided to hold its
first statewide primary this
Plainclothes Agents
To Watch Voting
ATL ANT A (UPI) — Twelve
plainclothes agents of the Geor
gia Bureau of Investigation and
25 uniformed state patrol offi
cers have been ordered to
watch at the polls Wednesday,
in seven counties.
Gov. Lester Maddox said he
ordered the men out to protect
against threats of racial vio
lence and attempts to ply the
electorate with liquor in the un
identified counties.
“The police chief in one area
said they are trying to inject
the racial thing in some cam
paigns, and they’re sending
truckloads of liquor around,”
Maddox said.
The two-party primary elec
tion will see Negro candidates
seeking several offices, includ
ing the U. S Senate.
•‘The governor has talked to
me about some rather danger
ous locations,” Public Safety
Director R. H. Burson said
Monday after the governor’s an
nouncement.
“I prefer not to say personal
ly where these locations are, but
he has directed that we put suf
ficient plainclothesmen and
troopers in the immediate area
to preserve peace and order.”
He said the plainclothesmen
would take posts inside court
houses and other voting places,
and that the troopers would pa
trol in cars nearby.
Maddox also said he had
asked Revenue Commissioner
Peyton Hawes to transfer some
agents to prevent their ‘‘getting
involved in politics,” claiming
that ‘‘a number of state em
ployes” are illegally campaign
ing for various candidates.
State Lawmen
To Patrol Pike
On Election Day
Sheriff J. Astor Riggins has
been assured by an officer of the
Georgia State Patrol that plenty
of plain clothes lawmen in un
marked cars and uniformed pat
rolmen in marked cars will pat
rol Pike County Wednesday dur
ing the Democratic and Repub
lican primaries.
Sheriff Riggins asked for the
assistance as a preventive mea
sure.
The sheriff urged all voters tn
Pike County to turn out on elec
tion day and vote.
DAILY NEWS
Daily Since 1872
year after both State Sen. Jack
Sells of Atlanta and former
Fulton County party chairman
Earl Patton decided to run
against Democrat Herman Tal
madge for the U. S. Senate.
SCLC Leaders
Arrested In
Garbage Strike
ATLANTA (UPD—About 30
striking garbage men and civil
rights workers, including four
top leaders of the Southern
Christian Leadership Confer
ence, were arrested today as
they tried to stop city garbage
trucks from leaving a substa
tion.
Demonstrators and police
joked and laughed with each
other as the Negroes were
hauled to paddy wagons. They
were charged with disorderly
conduct and blocking a drive
way, and bond was set at $25
each.
Those arrested included the
Rev. Ralph Abernathy, SCLC
president, and the Revs. A. D.
King, Andrew Young and Hosea
Williams.
Police said the demonstrators
seemed intent on being arrest
ed.
The demonstrators attempted
to block the trucks by lying
down in the driveway in front
of the Hill Street substation.
When they refused to move, po
lice began carrying them to
jail.
Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen had
met earlier with Abernathy and
the Rev. Sam Williams, head of
the Community Relations Com
mission, in an effort to resolve
the strike.
Sheriff Riggins
Leads Raid On
Moonshine Stills
Sheriff J. Astor Riggins along
with state and federal revenue
agents this morning raided and
destroyed two 1,000 moonshine
stills in Pike County.
Two men were arrested and
1,800 gallons of mash and 50 gal
lons of non-tax paid whisky were
destroyed.
The arrested men are Griffini
tes. They were identified as Le
roy McPherson of Rehoboth road
and Leamon Hood of Boyd’s
Row.
They were charged with poss
essing and manufacturing non
tax paid whisky.
The stills were located four
miles south of Zebulon off U. S.
Highway 19.
In addition to Sheriff Riggins,
lawmen who participated in the
raid were federal agents David
Greer and Tommy Stokes and
state revenue agents Bobby lin
es and J. C. Gregory.
Conference
Under Way At
Campground
Nine states are being represen
ted this week at the Congrega
tional Holiness Church’s gener
al conference, at the Pirkle Me
morial Campgrounds.
The Rev. Terry Crews is gen
eral superintendent of the con
ference and has headquarters in
Griffin. The conference began
this morning at 10 a.m. and will
continue through Friday.
Special services will be held
each evening and the public is
invited. Tonight, the young peo
ple will be in charge of servic
es. Foreign missions night will
be observed Wednesday evening
and home missions will be held
at the Thursday night service.
Special guest speakers will be at
each service which begins at
7:30 p.m.
Dedication ceremonies are
planned for Wednesday after
noon at 2 p.m. for the recently
built superintendent’s home.
This is the first building comple
ted in the newly established
headquarters in Griffin.
GRIFFIN
Griffin, Ga. r 30223, Tuesday, September 10,1968
15,230 People Eligible
To Vote Wednesday
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Here’s How It Is In
Atlanta Garbage Strike
(Editor's Note: James Stewart
of the Griffin Daily News staff
went to Atlanta this morning to
see what life in the capital city
is like during the garbage strike.
This is his report.)
By JAMES STEWART
ATLANTA — A fog settled
over the city, light rain fell occa
sionally, a cool breeze was blow
ing and everything appeared to
be normal, except for uncollec
ted garbage on the edges of the
streets.
This is how Atlanta appeared
this morning as workers drove
to their jobs in the downtown
area.
Most of the residential areas of
the city were clear of garbage
and the streets were clean. How
ever, in the business and indus
trial areas, garbage piles of en
ormous size were mounting.
In some of the residential ar
eas, especially southwest Atlan
ta, it appeared that trash had
been put on the side of the street
deliberately.
One Atlanta policeman, who
was asked for directions to a sc
hool, said: “Either we don’t
have as much trash as we think
we do or the people are hiding
it.”
Containers for trash in the
downtown area with “Help Keep
Our City Clean” posted on the
side of them were either full or
running over.
Some of the plastic containers
for garbage distributed to resi-
Young Murder Victim
Identified; Suspect Held
ATLANTA (UPD—A 24-year
old Atlanta man was held today
in connection with the beating
death of his 15-year-old room
mate, found dead in a wooded
area near Atlanta International
Raceway.
Authorities said John Joseph
Christy was picked up after the
dead youth was identified as his
roommate, Patrick Alexander
Lynch.
Lynch’s brother told authori
ties the two roommates were ar
guing about a television set
when he last saw them Thurs
day night. He said he stopped
by their apartment later and
was told his brother was visit
ing a girl friend and would
spend the night elsewhere.
The youth’s body was found
Saturday about a half mile off
dents through the city’s fire sta
tions were seen piled, along with
business trash, on this city’s fa
med Peachtree street.
Most of the city’s shopping cen
ters appeared to be clean. An
exceptional amount of trash was
piled on streets in front of liquor
and beer stores. Some service
stations had oil cans and boxes
piled in front.
Trash piles were seen burning
in some of the suburban areas,
north and west, of the downtown
area. There were small piles
near residences.
The trash smelled in some of
the downtown areas, especially
around restaurants and the sm
all snack bars. Outside the down
town area, the smell had not sp
read from the garbage, yet.
Os nine of the city’s school vis
ited, none of the emergency
pick-ups were seen. However,
some of the trucks were seen on
the streets. They were escorted
by motorcycle policemen.
Many of the piles of trash in
front of beer stores in southwest
Atlanta had been scattered. It
appeared that there was much
more trash than there really was
Most of the trash in the down
town area was in the city’s wire
basket containers or in boxes.
Some of it was stacked beside
the containers and boxes. Trash
at the back of businesses had
been stacked neatly against
walls in alleys.
Some of the loose paper had
blown from the containers in the
U.S. 41. Officers said he had
been killed the day before with
an unknown instrument.
Christy was identified as a
newsroom employe of the Atlan
ta Journal.
Weather:
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN
AREA — Partial clearing to
night, becoming mostly fair and
not quite so warm.
LOCAL WEATHER — Maxi
mum today 85, minimum today
63, maximum Monday 84 mini
mum Monday 65. Sunrise Wed
nesday 7:21 a.m., sunset Wed
nesday 7:52 p.m.
Vol. 95 No. 216
downtown area and had littered
the streets.
No trash had been stacked on
the street on the capital square.
However, not far from the capi
tal in the business area there
were large piles of trash. Some
of the trash was in paper bags.
It appeared to have been left at
the downtown piles by residents
who brought it from home.
A trash container at one of the
schools had been overfilled and
trash surrounded it. A police
men had directed a reporter
there telling him that it was an
emergency trash pick-up point.
Much of what appeared to be
trash on streets in the residen
tial areas was piles of leaves and
limbs that had been placed there
for pickup. Some of the piles of
leaves had trash on them or un
der the leaves.
Several people were seen
sweeping up loose paper that had
blown from piles of trash. Some
were putting the paper in boxes
and others were throwing it back
on the piles of trash.
The areas around the large of
fice buildings downtown were
exceptionally clean. It appeared
as if trash pick-ups had been
normal around them.
Where To Vote
Voting precincts in elections Wednesday will
be as follows:
City precincts:
1— Salvation Army
2— City Hall Fire Station
3— Rural-Urban Center Spalding Courthouse
4— Welfare Building (Old Hospital)
5— Stuckey Building, Experiment Station
6— Orrs Courthouse
7— National Guard Armory.
County voting places:
Cabin at Ringgold Courthouse
Orrs District at Orrs Courthouse
Akin at Orchard Hill Courthouse
Mt. Zion at Zetella Courthouse
Union at Union Courthouse on Highway 92
Africa at Pomona Courthouse
Line Creek at Line Creek Courthouse
Experiment at Stuckey Building, Experiment
Station
East Griffin at East Griffin Courthouse.
First Two Party
Election In Years
A total of 15,230 people are re
gistered and eligible to vote In
the two primaries and school bo
ard election to be held Wednes
day in Griffin and Spalding Co
unty.
For the first time in modem
history, a Republican primary
will be held in addition to the De
mocratic primary. Both party
organizations in the county have
offered slates of candidates this
year.
Voting will begin at 7 a.m. and
end at 7 p.m.
The city of Griffin will be div
ided into seven voting precincts.
This is the addition of one pre
cinct over the number in pre
vious elections. A precinct has
been added at the National Gu
ard Headquarters.
Other city and county precincts
and voting places will remain
the same.
Any voter who is not sure of
where he should vote may che
ck with the Department of Regis
trars in the Spalding County
Courthouse.
O. M. Snider, Sr., of the board
said that all voters who were af
fected by precinct changes were
notified of their new voting pl
ace. However, anyone with any
doubts as to where he should
vote may check with the depart
ment.
The board mailed out 185 ab
sentee ballots and most of them
had been returned today, Mr.
Snider said.
Secretary of State Ben Fortson
reconfirmed in a telegram to the
local board today that only one
voter registration list would be
issued to each voting precinct.
This confirmed earlier instruc
tions he had mailed to voting of
ficials.
In Griffin and Spalding County
at each voting precinct, a Repub
lican and a Democrat together
will check off names of voters
as they come to vote.
Voters will be told to go to ei
ther the Democratic ballot ta
ble or the Republican balot ta
ble to cast their primary vote.
But they will be told they can
vote in only one of the two pri
maries.
Voters will vote separately in
a Griffin-Spalding County School
Board election.
A feature that is different in
casting ballots this year is one
that requires voters to place a
check mark beside the name of
the candidate for whom they
wish to vote.
In previous years, voters have
been instructed to mark out or
erase the candidates for whom
they did not wish to vote.
Election officials here have
cautioned voters to mark their
ballots properly so they will be
counted.
Election officials also pointed
out that in cases where candida-
tes have no opposition, a voter
must place a check mark by the
candidate’s name in order to
vote for him. If ao check mark
is placed by the names of unop
posed candidates, the ballot will
not be counted as a vote for him,
officials explained.
These instructions this year are
different from those in previous
elections and election officials
have cautioned voters to be ca
reful to mark their ballots pro
perly.
Cotton Mill
Workers Pay
Lowest In Textile
ATLANTA (UP)—Workers in
Southern cotton mills averaged
$7.53 less per week than syn
thetic textile mill production
workers in June, the U. S. De
partment of Labor said.
The department said Monday
the average wage of the cotton
mill production worker was
$87.95 a week, while workers in
synthetic textile mills averaged
$95.48.
Cotton mill workers averaged
$2.14 per hour, synthetics mill
workers averaged $2.17 and
wool mill workers averaged
$2.16, the department said.
The report noted that the cot
ton mill workers’ average was
about $4 per week above near
poverty levels for urban dwell
ers according to federal stand
ards.
Maddox Predicts
13-16 Percent
Vote For Jackson
ATLANTA (UPD—Gov. Les
ter Maddox today predicted
Negro candidate Maynard Jack
son would get 13 to 16 per cent
of the White vote against Sen.
Herman Talmadge in the race
for the U. S. Senae
Maddox, who was high in his
praise of Jackson, said he still
thought Talmadge would win
with 58 to 62 per cent of the
vote.
Maddox said Jackson was
“running a good strong race.
He’s not a deadhead. He’s a
live wire and he’s working hard.
"No one can play down his
candidacy and ignore it.”
Maddox predicted a turnout of
about 800,000, and urged the vot
ers to go to the polls to make
the number higher.
“There’s not as much interest
in it as there should be,” he
said. "People complain about
politics, but that’s as far as
they go.”
Maddox predicted the Repub
lican primary would draw
50,000 to 75,000 voters, which he
said he considered a light turn
out.
Pike Board
Holds Session
On Boycott
The Pike County Board of Ed
ucation continued into a special
session this afternoon at the
Zebulon Courthouse. The meet
ing was called to deal with a boy
cott at East Pike Elementary Sc
hool.
The boycott was called last
week when a White principal was
employed at the predominately
Negro school to replace the Ne
gro principal who resigned short
ly before school opened. The
White principal resigned Mon
day.
The school board held a session
with those protesting the board’s
action this morning.
Supt. Harold Daniel said the
board which recessed for lunch
did not have any comment to
make at that time.