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By Quimby Melton
Tomorrow Is Georgia’s birth
day.
The charter for the Colony of
Georgia was granted by English
King George II on June 9, 1732.
General James Edward Ogleth
orpe brought the first settlers to
Georgia and landed at Yama
craw, near what is now Savan
nah, Feb. 12, 1733, and Georgia
W’as born.
The charter which was gran
ted included all lands between
what is now South Car
olina and Tennessee on the nor
th, and Florida to the south, and
ran from the Atlantic Ocean to
the Mississippi River. (Alabama
and Mississippi, were later car
ved from the original grant.)
Georgia became a state on
Jan. 2, 1788, when she ratified
the Constitution, the fourth Col
ony to do so. The fourth star in
the American Flag represents
Georgia.
The charter for the Colony of
Georgia was issued largely be
cause the British government
considered it wise to have a
“buffer colony’’ between the Car
olinas and Florida, held by the
Spanish who often sent ma
ruading gangs north. The Col
ony of Georgia played its part
as a “buffer”; not only did Ge
orgia repel the invading Spanish
but finally whipped them and
the Spanish finally abandoned
the peninsular of Florida.
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When General Oglethorpe land
ed at Yamacraw, land granted
the colony of Georgia was a
vast forest, extending as far
west as the Mississippi River.
Its inhabitants were Indians of
the Creek and Cherokee nations.
Griffin and this part of the col
ony played an important part in
the early history of our state.
Nearby Indian Springs was a
gathering point for Indians. The
mineral waters there were con
sidered of great healing power.
One of the main routes from
the western part of the colony
to Indian Springs was the Mc-
Intosh Trail, which ran a few
miles north of what is now the
center of the City of Griffin. Mc-
Intosh Trail was named for
William Mclntosh, a half-breed
Indian chief of the Lower Creek
Indians.
But Mclntosh lost favor with
the Indians. He was “too friend
ly” with the “paleface” and was
slain at his home in Carroll
County by Indians who came
from the Upper Creek nation,
who lived across the Chattahoo
chee River that is now at places
the boundry between Georgia
and Alabama.
Mclntosh was considered a
traitor because he influenced
other Lower Creek Indians to
sign two treaties with the white
man; one giving up most of the
lands east of Indian Springs, the
second giving up the Springs
and much territory to the
north and west. This set the pat
tern for the final exile of the
Indians from all Georgia.
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Alberta Kinard Hicks, who
lives in Monticello, has written
a short but most interesting his
tory of Indian Springs. Reading
it, one gets the impression that
it was an Indian “orator” from
the Alabama Creeks, who best
described the way the Creeks
finally felt about Mclntosh, their
half-breed chief. His name was
Hopoethleyoholo. Alberta Hicks
writes that one day he made a
short speech at Indian Springs
and said:
“Brothers the Great Spirit has
met here with his painted child
ren of the woods and their pale
faced brethren. I see his gold
en locks in the sunbeams; he
fans the warrior’s face with his
wings and whispers sweet music
in the winds; the beetle joins his
hymn and the mocking bird his
song. You are charmed! Broth
ers, you have been deceived! A
snake has been coiled in the
shade and you are running into
his open mouth, deceived by the
double-tongue of the paleface
chief (Mclntosh), and drunk with
the firewater of the paleface.
Brothers, the hunting grounds
of our fathers have been stolen
by our chief and sold out to the
paleface. Whose gold is in his
pouch? Brothers our grounds
are gone and the plow of the
paleface will soon turn up t h e
bones of our fathers. Brothers
are you tame? Will you sub
mit? Hopoethleyoholo says no!
As for you double-tongued sn
ake (Mclntosh) who I see throu
gh the window of the paleface,
before manv moons e z’a i
ed your own blood shall wash
cut the memory of this hated tr
eaty. Brothers I have spoken.”
House Demos Favor
Home Rule Tax Plan
B MARGIE RASMUSSEN
ATLANTA (UPI) — House
Democrats, handing Speaker
George L. Smith his worst re
ception since they began elect
ing him, have given a shaky
56-45 vote of approval to a
home rule tax policy to phase
out state grants to communi
ties.
And in the Senate, Democrats
Monday agreed even more re
luctantly to form a party cau
cus despite opposition from
forces backing President pro
tern Hugh Gillis.
The home rule tag “philos
ophy”, joint product of House
and Senate leaders, won condi
tional approval from the House
Republican Caucus. The minor
ity party, which overcame in
itial reported opposition and
voted strongly for the policy,
proposed that home rule include
the right to levy local option
sales taxes.
The GOP agreed that state
grants to cities and counties
should be phased out, but added
the grants ought to be strictly
per capita in the meantime and
united against a proposal to
lower the local share of educa
tion costs from 18 to 10 per
cent.
House Administrative Floor
Leader Tom Murphy branded
as “morally wrong” the Demo
crats’ closed-door consideration
of the tax policy statement and
said “We’re usurping the au-
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The Rev. and Mrs. Fisher and children, Cameron, 7; Brent, 10; and Kaylyn,
5, all packed for trip.
Griffin Family Leaves
For Thailand Mission
The Rev. and Mrs. Maury Fis
her, both natives Griffin, and
their three childrdren today be
gan the first leg of their trip to
Thailand where they will be
come missionaries.
The Griffin family left Atlanta
airport by jet today to fly to San
Francisco. There they will board
an ocean liner for a three-week
voyage to Hong Kong. From that
international port, they will fly
to Bangkok to begin training for
the mission field.
After a two-year training per
iod in language and Thailand
culture at Bangkok, the Griffin
family will be assigned to sm
all villages ip the country to de
evangelism work and build Bap
tist Churches.
“We have been considering
DAILY
Daily Since 1872
thority of the House committees
and the House itself.”
The proposal, drawn by Smith
the Democratic policy commit
tee, and some Senate leaders,
passed after three hours of de
bate.
The vote prompted an un
characteristic attack on the
Georgia Municipal Association
from Smith. “The 45 votes as
far as I could observe were all
that the GMA could muster for
the sales tax in the Georgia
House,” he said.
The GMA supports Gov.
Lester Maddox’s proposed pen
ny increase in the state sales
tax to be rebated to communi
ties, a measure House leaders
directly opposed with the home
rule policy.
The Democratic caucus de
feated an attempt to add local
option sales taxes to the policy
by a 31-54 vote and made only
one change—striking the words
“we should oppose” grants to
communities and substituting
"It is not in the best interest of
maintaining a sound fiscal posi
tion in this state” to expand
the grants.
Senate Democrats quarreled
for an hour over party organiza
tion and how to do it. The vote
was 25-22 to form a caucus, and
then the senators voted down
efforts to elect officers immedi
ately and chose instead to have
a committee appointed by Lt.
Gov. George T. Smith draft
some type of missionary work
for some time,” the Rev. Fish
er said. He said he had reached
the point of making a decision
because of his age.
The 32-year-old minister point
ed out that the age of 35 is the
deadline for entering the foreign
mission service.
The Rev. Fisher grew up in the
Griffin First Baptist Church. His
wife, the former Ann Andrews,
grew up in the East Griffin Bap
tist Church. They were “cam
pus sweethearts” at Griffin High
School where both were out
standing students.
The Rev. Fisher was band
major for the senior band and
active in the school’s music
program.
GRIFFIN
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Tuesday, February 11, 1969
bylaws prior to the elections.
State Democratic party direc
tor Joe Sports, who sat in on
the Senate proceedings, said he
was “stunned” by the whole
thing. “They want us to organ
ize the party — they can’s even
organize the Senate,” he said.
Backers of Albany Sen. Al
Holloway and Canton Sen. Jack
Fincher — the announced candi
dates for majority leaders—both
claimed votes enough to win
had the elections been held
then.
Griffin Sen. Robert Smalley
said it was “patently absurd”
to have a majority leader with
no majority backing him and
added, “We have become more
occupied with the illusion of
power than the reality of
power. There is a reality of
power, but we've lost it.”
Holloway charg ed several
senators voted against the cau
cus “under the influence of
power politics” and said it was
time for the in-fighting Senate
to close ranks.
Weather:
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN
AREA — Rather cold again to
night. Wednesday fair and cool
er.
LOCAL WEATHER — Esti
mated high today 53, low today
37, high Monday 56, low Monday
27. Sunrise Wednesday 7:27 a.m.,
sunset Wednesday 6:23 p.m.
He graduated from Baylor Un
iversity in 1960 and from South
ern Baptist Seminary in Louis
ville, Ky., in 1965. The Fisher fa
mily has served pastorates in
Borden, Ind., Shelbyville, Ky.,
and at Sweetwater Baptist Chur
ch, North Augusta, S.C.
The Fishers will be mission
aries under the Southern Bap
tist Convention’s Bozrd of Mis
sions.
After they have learned the
language and something of the
culture of the Thailand people,
their primary concern will be
evangelism.
They sail for Hong Kong from
San Francisco, Feb. 13 and are
scheduled to arrive in Bangkok
March 8.
NEWS
Tax Solons Stress
‘Local’ Revenue
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DSA Winner
Griffin Recreation Department Director Grady Mc-
Calmon (1) was presented the Jaycees Distinguished
Service Award Monday night. It was presented by
Buddy Irvine, president. A bosses night program also
was held.
Hardened Criminals
Run Reidsville,
Rolton Report Says
$25,000
Recipe
ATLANTA (UPD—Mrs. Edna
M. Holmgren, deputy village
clerk at Eden Prairie, Minn.,
was announced today as win
ner of the $25,000 first prize in
the annual bake-off sponsored
by a flour company.
Her recipe for “magic marsh
mallow crescent puffs” follows;
Ingredients: >4 cup of sugar,
1 teaspoon cinnamon, 2 8 oz.
cans Pillsbury refrigerated
quick crescent dinner rolls, 16
large marshmallows, ’A cup
melted butter or margarine, ’A
cup chopped nuts if desired.
Icing: y 2 cup powdered sugar,
2 or 3 teaspoons milk, y 2 tea
spoon vanilla.
Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees.
Combine sugar and cinnamon.
Separate 2 cans crescent dough
into 16 triangles. Dip a marsh
mallow in melted butter, then
in sugar - cinnamon mixture.
Place marshmallow on wide
end of triangle. Fold corners
over marshmallow and roll
toward point, completely cover
ing marshmallow and squeezing
edges of dough to seal. Dip
point-side in butter and place
buttered side down in greased
deep muffin pans. Repeat with
remaining marshmallows.
Place pan on cookie sheet
during baking. Bake at 375 de
grees for 10 to 15 minutes or
until golden brown. Immediate
ly remove from pans and driz
zle with icing. Sprinkle with
nuts; serve warm.
Icing: Combine ingredients,
blend until smooth.
Country Parson
“Members are unhappy if the
preacher fails to show up when
they want him—or shows up
when they don’t.”
Copyright 1969, by Frink A. Clirk
Vol. 96 No. 35
ATLANTA (UPI) — A report
from the state attorney general
describes the state prison at
Reidsville as an institution run
by 30 or 40 hardened criminals
where use of drugs, gambling
and imbibing of alcohol are
common.
The report was released Mon
day by Atty. Gen. Arthur Bol
ton. It was drawn up for Gov.
Lester Maddox and the State
Board of Corrections.
The report quotes correctional
officers in reaching its conclu
sions.
“A vast number of correc
tional officers feel that as a
result of the housemen program
the inmates are actually run
ning the prison and the admin
istration has, to some degree,
lost control,” the report said.
“They also stated that if the
30 or 40 most hardened crim
inals could be separated from
the general prison population,
prison officials would be back
in control of the prison.”
“Housemen” were described
as convicts in charge of the
cleaning and order of dormi
tories.
Bolton’s report said that use
of drugs, gambling and the
imbibing of an alcoholic bever
age called “buck” were com
mon inside the prison walls.
It also said it was common
knowledge that the housemen,
selected for the jobs by prison
officials, are involved “in all
kinds of trading and trafficking,
including the sale or location of
beds, sale of job assignments,
protection and many other
things including gambling.”
“It is common knowledge
that usually the most hardened
and most feared criminals are
selected to be housemen since
they can control the other in
mates,” the report said.
Bolton singled out the house
men as the main source of drug
distribution inside the prison.
He said no one denies that use
of drugs in the prison and that
it was the unanimous xconclu
sion of almost everyone inter
viewed that the drugs were
brought in either by correction
al officers or prison employes,
through the visiting room or
prison hospital or by trusties.
However, Bolton said his in
gestigators found no sizable
amount of hard narcotics such
as morphine, heroin, cocaine or
marijuana. Most drugs turned
up were barbiturates.
‘Massive’ Hikes
Come Under Fire
By BILL KNIGHT
ATLANTA — Three Georgia
legislators in key decision
making positions on taxes today
reiterated their porposals to
open new sources of revenue for
cities and counties. They indica
ted they had firmed up their op
position to Gov. Lester Maddox's
“massive” tax increase propo
sals.
The three leaders spoke at the
final Chamber of Commerce
“Egges and Issues” breakfast
to several hundred businessmen
and legislators.
The speakers were: Rep. Jam
es H. (Sloppy) Floyd, chairman
of the House Appropriations
Committee; Rep. Quimby Mel
ton Jr., chairman of the House
Ways and Means Committee;
and Sen. Lamar Plunkett, chair
man of the Senate Appropria
tions Committee.
Sporting a large lapel button
stating “Hold The Line,” Rep.
Floyd of Trion, Ga., in his open
ing statement said the state
could operate under the present
appropriations bill, cut expenses
in some areas, and run without
a tax increase.
He took a whack at the tax
proposal by Dr. James Papke,
tax expert, declaring that hi s
recommendations for Georgia
were about the same as those
he had made in lowa and South
Dakota where he had made tax
studies.
“Put them all together and
they are about the same if you
change a few figures,” Floyd
said. He said the study had tur
ned out to be a tax increase pro
posal instead of a tax revision
study.
“If you ran your business like
the state, you would be bank
rupt in one minute or the board
May 2 Target Date
For City Rond Vote
City officials have set May
2 as the target date for a vote
on a $1,960,000 bond issue for
sewterage improvements and
two new fire stations.
No final decision has been
made on this date and the pro
posal has not been put on first
reading, a city official said to
day. Preliminary legal require
ments for tlie vote date have not
been met yet.
Hie city has a bonding capa
city of $1,963,129 left and the
proposed issue will take most of
that.
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Steve Dial, a Griffin High guard, was presented the
coveted Christian Athlete Award Monday night by
the First Baptist Church Brotherhood. Dial was chos*
en for the award by his teammates*
of directors would relieve you,”
Floyd said, scoffing at the idea
of increasing taxes when there
is enough income already to
meet expenses.
Rep. Melton of Griffin, the
next legislator to make his open
ing statement, said revenue was
not a state problem but a local
one. He has advocated opening
new sources of revenue to cit
ies and counties rather than
adding a one percent sales tax
to be handed out to them in the
form of additional grants.
When Georgia passed the sal
es tax in 1951, it pre-empted lo
cal governments from most oth
er revenue except ad valorem
taxes, Rep. Melton said.
He saw three solutions to the
problem: continuing grants to
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Shepherd
Found
Innocent
William Shepherd of Kathryn
road was found innocent of a
charge of involuntary manslau
ghter this morning i n Spalding
County Superior Court.
The charge stemmed from an
accident in which Wayne Rich
ard Crane, 10, was hit and kill
ed by a car on Kathryn road
last December.
The trial took up most of Mon
day’s court session.
The jury received the case this
morning and returned a verdict
of innocent.
Jim Owen and John Goddard
represented Mr. Shepherd.
A total of $1,735,000 of the is
sue would be used for sewerage
improvement and $225,00 would
be marked for two fire stations,
one in the northern section of the
city and another in the southern
part and other services.
This proposal anticpates a fe
deral grant of $707,000 based
on 30 percent of some of the it
ems in the bond proposal, a city
spokesman said.
An ordinance proposing the
bond issue is not on the city
commission’s meeting agenda
for tonight.