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By Quimby Melton
On a day like yesterday, when
the cloudy, drizzly day keeps one
indoors, Good Evening likes no
thing better than to pick up some
book that tells of the history of
Georgia, browse through it, and
dig out facts that increase his
belief that not a single state
exceeds Georgia In the part
played in making this nation of
ours great.
The other day we mentioned
in this column that Griffin might
be called “A Railroad Town"
because it was the routing of a
railroad through this part of Ge
orgia by railroad president L. L.
Griffin, that marked the Birth
of Griffin. So as we read' “Geor
gia — A Pageant of Years”
jotted down mention of other
early Georgia railroads.
The first railroad In Georgia
was the Georgia Railroad and
was planned to run from Augus
ta to Eatonton; however the rou
te was changed so It would run
to Athens. Still later again It was
changed so that It ran from Au
gusta to what Is now Atlanta, by
way of Madison, Covington and
Stone Mountain. This railroad
was Incorporated In 1833.
The State owned railroad from ■
Atlanta to Qiattanooga had Its
birth in 1834 when the Legisla
ture appropriated money to build
a railroad that would connect :
with one being built from Sa- 1
vannah to Macon, “run through
Cherokee Country” and on to
what is now Chattanooga.
Incidentally, the period we stu
died is known as “The Golden
Age of Growth” and covers the
years 1835 to 1860.
It was during this period that
a Georgian, Thomas Butler King,
a wealthy St. Simons plantation
owner, who was elected to Con
gress, advocated the first trans
continental railroad. He served
Congress from 1839 to 1849, and
during that time made several
speeches in favor of a national
financed railroad from Bruns
wick, Ga. to San Diego, Calif.
it was during this Golden Age
that Georgia furnished a presi
dent for the Republic of Texas
— Mirabeau Lamar, who was
chief executive of that republic
from 1838 to 1841.
And It was also during that
age, In 1857, that the first elec
tric light was invented and test
ed as a practical means of light
ing a home. Dr. Alexander Me
ans, a professor and later presi
dent of Emory College, at Ox
ford, was the man who worked
out the theory and actually
made the first light bulb. Dr.
Means had a laboratory In the
basement of his home on t h e
main street In Oxford where he
conducted his experiments. Some
of the equipment of this labora
tory Is now on display at Emory
University In Atlanta.
And, speaking of Dr. Means
and his being a professor and
then president of Emory Col
lege, this Institution was found
ed in 1834 and Ignatius Few
was its first president.
It was also during this era, In
1839, that the Georgia Female
College, later to be known as
Wesleyan College, was estab
lished and became the first wo
man's college chartered to gr
ant a degree to women.
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Everytime we read Georgia
history we cannot help but have
pride in the fact that our paper,
The Griffin Dally News, Is one
of the oldest dally newspapers
in the state, nearing the day
when we will celebrate our 100th
birthday. But we are forced to
admit that long before this pa
per was established there were
dally and weekly newspapers.
Records show that as early as
i 827 -- 13 y ears before GrUfln
was born - there were sixteen
newspapers in Georgia. Listed
are Augusta with three, The
Courier The Constitutionalist,
and the Chronicle; Savannah
had two The Savannah Geo r ßian
and the Savannah Republican,
in Milledgeville were The Recor
der and the Georgia Jounml;ta
Ma con the Telegraph and The
Messenger; The Athenian was
S 3 The Darien Gazette in
X and The Observer in Mt.
Zion.
Special stamp
TOENSBERG, Norway (UPI)
- A special stamp will be issued
by the post office to honor
Toensberg, Norway’s oldest city,
when it celebraßs its I,looth
anniversary in 1971. The stamp
will show the city’s ancient seal,
dating back to the Middle Ages.
DAILY* NEWS
MIAMI — Hurricane Francelia
pitched gale force winds and ADlft Rc a N 11A
surging tides into the Gulf of *
Honduras today, menacing an
area where thousands of per- FRANCE LI A I
sons have lost their lives in the
fury of tropical storms during
the past half century.
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Francelia Aims
Fury At Honduras
MIAMI (UPI) —Hurricane
Francelia pitched gale force
winds and surging tides into the
Gulf of Honduras today, menac
ing an area where thousands of
persons have lost their lives in
the fury of tropical twisters
during the past half century.
The National Hurricane Cen
ter said the storm has swung to
the west and is expected to
slam into the coast between
Belize and Puerto Barrios with
winds of 90 miles an hour late
today.
“Interests from Chetumal to
Puerto Barrios should prepare '
for tides of 4 feet and up to 7
feet near the point where the
center enters land,” a weather
advisory said. “Gale force '
Georgia Death Toll
Far Below Expected
By United Press International
The state patrol today report
ed 21 traffic deaths in Georgia
over the Labor Day holiday, far
below the 36 it had predicted.
But the patrol said the toll
could increase as late reports
of accidents come in.
Jack Meadows, 33, of Esom
Hill was killed when his car
skidded into a ditch near Cedar
town Monday. Authorities said
he was thrown against an em
bankment and crushed by his
own car.
Rudolph Edgar Ferguson, 32,
of Atlanta died Sunday of in
juries received in a traffic ac
cident in South Fulton County.
Fifteen Georgians died In Sun
day accidents, including two
three-fatality smash-ups.
A two car crash late Sunday
on Georgia 99 just north of Da
rien took the lives of Louis P.
Evans, Inez King, 45, and Lou
Ann Jackson, 58, all of Town
send. The patrol said Evan’s
car, on the wrong side of the
highway, slammed into the car
occupied by the woman.
In the second three - fatality
accident, police have charged
the driver, James Doris Cook,
with three counts of manslaugh
ter. Killed were passengers
Hoyt F. Farmer, 28, of Dora
ville, James Edward Davis, 24,
of Cummings and James Sing
ley, 49, of Roswell. Police said
their car went out of control on
Coleman Road four miles north
of Atlanta and overturned.
Malissla Jewell, 42, of Winder
was hit by a car while crossing
U.S. 29 Sunday evening about
two miles north of Winder, said
the patrol.
Workshop Back
Seek Countv IV
leaders seeking to develop a
workshop for handicapped young
people today asked Spalding Co
unty Commissioners for $15,000
during the next two years to help
with construction.
Arthur Bolton of Spalding Co
unty who Is heading a fund rais
ing drive served as spokesman
for the group. He Is the Georgia
attorney general.
With him were Ralph Dough
erty of the Mental Health group
here, John Newton, a Dundee
Mill officer, and Gene Cook,
president of the Griffin Area
Chamber of Commerce. Fred
Driver of the state's Vocational
Rehabilitation program came in
an advisory capacity.
Bolton said the money would
not be needed until probably
June of next year. He said the
group would like for the county
to provide $7,500 next year and
the same amount the following
year.
Backers of the workshop are
seeking to raise $40,000 as the
Daily Since 1872
winds will begin over the Gulf
of Honduras around midday.”
At 9 a.m. Francelia was
about 30 miles north of the
island of Bahala and about 140
miles east southeast of Belize.
The storm was moving between
west and west southwest at 5 to .
10 miles an hour. ’
Highest winds were about 90 ,
m.p.h. near the center with ,
gales reaching 150 miles to the
north and 50 miles to the south. ,
Forecasters said winds should ,
exceed 100 miles an hour when
the storm plows into the coast.
Weathermen fear the storm’s 1
sudden change of direction may '
catch many Central Americans
off guard. ‘
A head-on collision north of
Roswell late Sunday killed
Shelia Mullinox, 17, of Alpha
retta and injured two others.
Sue Tootle, 20, of Glenville
died Sunday when she lost con- .
trol of her car within the city
limits of Reidsville and struck |
an embankment.
Roosevelt Green Jr., a pas
senger, died Sunday when 'his
car went out of control and
skidded into a culvert and over
turned near Sasser.
Troy Columbus Ingram, 69, .
the driver and his passenger
Howard H. Moore, 27, both of
Bogart died in a one-car acci
dent Sunday morning.
An accident north of Cuiledon
Sunday morning claimed the
life of Sandr Ralph Russell, 31, '
of Hogansville. The patrol said
his car went out of control and
overturned.
Dewey Henry, 69, of States
boro, was killed north of Metter
Sunday when his car collided
with another.
Samuel Finley Murphy Jr., 23,
of Augusta, died when his car
went down an embankment
west of Augusta Sunday and
overturned.
Traffic victims Saturday and
Friday included Colon White, 15,
of Thomson; William Lee Reyn
holds, 23, of Baxley; James El
mer Rains, 29, of Danville; and
a still unidentified pedestrian
who was struck by a car on
U. S. 20 south of Douglasville
Friday.
Also, a drowning in Lake Ra- ,
bun Saturday took the life of
South Habersham football coach ,
Gene Alexander.
local share tor getting the pro
gram started. They said state
and federal sources would pro
vide $140,000.
The Spalding Commissioners
asked if the City Commissioners
would participate. The city has
been approached and is recep
tive to the idea, Mr. Bolton
said. He said the city may have
to work out some legal problems
in order to participate.
Mr. Bolton said the county
would have no legal problems.
It could be handled through
an educational contract arran
gement, he said.
Mr. Dougherty said the work
shop would have a capacity of
80 students. They would be 16
and older. The workshop would
provide training for students
with physical, mental or emo
tional handicaps, be said. It
could be open by 1971.
Mr. Driver said the program
here would serve a 10-county
area.
Mr. Bolton said he didn't be-
GRIFFIN
Griffin, Ga.. 30223, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 1969
Evans’ Skipper,
DeckOfficerFace
Court ■ Martial
By PATRICK J. KILLEN
SUBIC BAY, Philippines
(UPl)—The U.S. Navy today
announced charges of ne
gligence and dereliction of duty
against the skipper and deck
officer of the destroyer Frank
E. Evans for their part in the
collision that killed 74 of their
shipmates.
The Australian aircraft car
rier Melbourne sliced the Evans
in two June 3 during maneuvers
in the South China Sea.
A Navy announcement said
the court-martial of Cmdr.
Albert S. McLemore, 40, of
vAllejo, Calif., the Evans’
captain; and Lt. (j.g.) Ronald
C. Ramsey, 24, of Long Beach.
Calif., its officer of the deck at
tile time, would begin about
Sept. 10 at Subic Bay.
Charges Very Serious
“The charges against Cmdr.
McLemore and Lt. (j.g.)
Ramsey are obviously very
serious ones, and trial by
courts-martial is the proper
way of determining their guilt
or innocence,” the Navy said.
Conviction on the negligence
charges would mean two years
at hard labor, dismissal from
the Navy and forfeiture of all
pay and allowances. The
military court would determine
the penalty for dereliction of
'duty.
McLemore was asleep in his
cabin and Ramsey was in
charge of the ship when the
collision occurred before dawn.
The severed bow section of the
destroyer sank, killing 74 men.
A joint U.S.-Australian Board
of Inquiry found the Evans
primarily responsible for the
tragedy after a slx-week
Investigation in June and July.
The Australian navy absolved
the Melbourne skipper, Ctpt.
John P Stevenson, of guilt.
County Asked
For Combination
Zoning Rule
Real estate man Emmett Po
well today asked the Spalding
County Commissioners to amend
its zoning regulations to permit
houses to be constructed' in mo
bile home parks.
Present county regulations
do not cover such develop
ments.
The county planning and zon
ing board already has turned
down the request, the commiss
ioners noted. However, they ag
reed to study the matter.
Powell said D. P. Settle of
Jackson wants to develop a 20-
acre section between Camp Plrk
le and Cheatham road into a
combination house and mobile
home subdivision. Mr. Settle de
veloped the subdivision near the
First United Methodist Church
on Wesley drive.
Local Weather
ESTIMATED HIGH TODAY
84, low yesterday 69, high yes
terday 83, low yesterday 70,
sunrise tomorrow 7:13, sunset
tomorrow 8:03.
cers
loney
lleve the project could be suc
cessful without county money.
He said more than $10,500 had
been raised already toward a
goal of $37,000 to $40,000.
The Dundee Community Asso
ciation which made a gift of
$2,000 is the largest contributor
so far, Mr. Bolton said.
Hie county commissioners took
the request under advisement.
Underwater Show
MIAMI, Fla. (UPI) - Visitors
to Florida’s Rainbow Springs
can see 50 varieties of fish,
turtles and alligators from
underwater portholes of six
uniquely-designed boats.
Star of the show is a
20-pound largemouth bass
dubbed John L. Lewis. Rainbow
Springs, located on U.S. 41, off
1-75 at Ocala, is three miles
north of Dunnellon.
School Board
Hikes Taxes
a
’ Operating Rate
■HB Raised To 19 Mills
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’ JU President Richard (Nixon add-H ’ J’
1 gjfressed the National Governors ■
B Conference here late yesterday. ■
B President Nixon and Vice Pre-M
Bj«sident Spiro Agnew attended
■ the formal ball.
iNew Move Begun
‘ To Compel Mixing
W CRAIG A. PALMER
WASHINGTON (UPI) —The
1969-70 school year opens in
most communities of the nation
today with a new move .begun
by the Nixon administration to
compel integration in Southern
schools.
Health, Education and Wel
fare Secretary Robert H. Finch
Monday asked the Justice
Department to take immediate
k legal action against nine
p- Georgia .school districts. Finch
j said they had "cast aside the
t commitments they have made
r to provide equal education
opportunities” in their districts.
s He said the districts, which
_ he identified as Clinch County,
Coffee County, Dodge ftm-ity,
Emanuel County, Franklin
j County, Heard County, xtome
City, Telfair County and
Wheeler County, “had promised
long ago to Implement a
f desegregation plan this fall.”
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-Service Station
e
; Attendant
- Robbed
Police are investigating a knife
point robbery aft the Super Jet
■ Service Station on the North
- Expressway. The robbery occur
> red over the Labor Day week
-1 end.
Eugene Williams of Meansville,
" an attendant, told officers two
white men entered the station
early in the morning and slash
ed his clothing with a knife.
Williams told the officers that
the two men snatched $22 from
his hand and left in a late model
automobile.
Officers said Williams told
them the oar the men was driv
ing was green with a white top.
i The Country Parson
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i “Those of us who grew up
s fearing change are comfort
v able now that there is more
f change from day to day than
s there used to be from year to
year.”
Copyright 1%9, by Frank A. Clark
Vol. 96 No. 207
The secretary said the failure
to follow through was an
nounced just prior to the
opening of school this fall and
"violated the self-made com
mitment to the federal govern
ment.”
As a result Finch turned to
the Justice Department for
action saying the agency "has
at its disposal swift Judicial
recourse.” He also sent each of
the districts a telegram telling
them of the move and asking
them “to reconsider their
refusal to implement their
plans.”
Monday a HEW spokesman
said the two actions were not
inconsistent, even if it so
appeared on the surface. He
said the best interests of the
school children involved were
being served in each action.
The move seemed to oversha
dow the new school year which
finds more children enrolled
than ever .before: more spend
ing than ever before—and more
problems and challenges than
ever before.
But there are signs one of the
biggest problems which has
plagued the education process
for years is diminishing. The
National Education Association
reports its researchers indicate
there will not be a major
teacher shortage this year.
Capital Bureaucrats
Feared Drew Pearson
By WlLniaM R. BARRETT
WASHINGTON (U P I) —
Bureaucrats feared Drew Pear
son. They worried he would
unearth something in their
department for which they
rightly or wrongly would be
’ blamed.
Most of his readers liked him.
They considered his dally
Washington Merry-Go-Round a
journalistic crusade, and the
bigger the names Pearson
wrote about the better his
readers liked it.
Most of his fellow journalists
respected him. He was highly
controversial and his efforts
often drew harsh words from
his press cohorts, but they felt
generally h e accomplished
more good than bad.
Pearson, 71, died Monday of
a heart attack. His column will
be continued by his long-time
associate, Jack Anderson.
Funeral Services Private
Pearson was stricken at his
Potomac, Md., farm and died
shortly after noon at George
town University Hospital.
Funeral services will be
private but a memorial service
has been scheduled for 11 a.m.
EDT Thursday in the National
The Griffin-Spalding Board of
Education last night raised sc
hool operating taxes from 16.9
mills last year to 19 mills this
year. Bond levies will be the
same as last year.
The board last spring announ
ced that a tax hike for schools
would be necessary this fall.
They had delayed a final decis
ion until tax digest figures were
completed.
In addition to the 19 mills for
school operations, taxes for pay-
Attendance
May Be Lower
Than Year Ago
There is a good possibility the
Griffin-Spalding County School
System will have fewer students
this year than last.
The highest attendance last
- year was 9,350 students.
So far 9,159 students have re
ported to classes this year.
School officials expect to pick
up more students this week but
it will take 191 more to reach
last year’s peak attendance.
School opened here last Friday
with 8,720 students. Today’s at
tendance was 9.159. an increase
tenaance was an increase
of 439 students.
Safe Taken
In Burglary
Found
A safe taken from Morgan
Builders Supply Co. at North
Ninth and West Broad streets
over the Labor Day weekend
was found yesterday on Hunter
road in northeast Spalding Coun
ty.
Officers said the safe had been
peeled and money in it taken.
The safe was found by two fish
ermen.
The officers said the safe was
taken after a rain early yester
day morning. The burglary was
discovered later in the morning.
The safe contained an undeter
mined amount of cash, police
said.
Officers said the building was
entered through a door at the
northwest corner.
Officials of the company are
making a check of receipts and
deposits to determine the amount
of money the safe contained.
Police said the safe was about
three feet high.
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Drew Pearson
Cathedral. A family spokesman
said his remains would be
cremated and the ashes scat
tered over his farm.
In 1932, 34 years after he was
born Dec. 13, at Evanston, 111.,
Pearson joined with Col. Robert
S. Allen to Inaugurate the
candid and revealing column
which appeared in more than
600 newspapers across the
Inside Tip
Surrender .
Story On Page 10 J
ments on two bond Issues will
total 1.9 mills. This is the same
rate as last year.
The board last spring cited ris
ing operating costs and less fed
eral money as two factors in
calling for more school money
this year.
The school tax rates will be
forwarded to the Spalding Coun
ty Commissioners for Inclusion
in the total county tax rate.
Spalding Commissioners meet
ing this morning at the courthou
se said figures on which they
will base the total county rate
are not yet available. They ex
pect to set a tax rate when the
information is complete.
The commissioners indicated
that they expect the county tax
rate to be about the same as it
was last fall.
Soviet General
Says Peking May
Provoke War
MOSCOW (UPI)—A high-
ranking Soviet general said
today Communist China might
"provoke a war” with the
Soviet Union.
General of the Army Semyon
P. Ivanov said In the military
newspaper Red Star the Soviet
armed forces "are capable of
giving a worthy rebuff to
(Chinese) adventurists if they
provoke a war or violate Soviet
frontiers.”
Increasing numbers of Soviet
leaders recently have said
Chinese incursions into Soviet
territory would .be crushed, but
the phrase to "provoke a war”
appeared to be an escalation in
terms.
Ivanov said, "The Soviet
people are very much ag
grieved to see Maoists, who
usurped power and established
a military-bureaucratic regime
in the country. . .unfold a rabid
anti-Soviet campaign.
“The Chinese leaders, with
Mao at the head, are fanning
anti-Soviet hysteria, staging
serious provocations on the
Soviet-Chinese frontier, but
nothing will come out their
way. The Soviet armed forces
are capable of defending the
frontiers of our motherland.
They are capable of giving a
worthy rebuff to adventurists if
they provoke a war or violate
Soviet frontiers.”
nation and around the world. It
had an avid readership ranging
from presidents to taxi drivers.
President Harry S Truman
once called Pearson an 5.0.8.
and President Franklin D.
Roosevelt once was quoted as
calling him a chronic liar.
Result Os Columns
Both epithets were the result
of columns. Pearson wrote that
Truman’s military aide, Maj.
Gen. Harry Vaughan, allegedly
used his White House position
to his own advantage.
More recent presidents, if
they had any comment about
the journalist, did not make
them public.
Perason also had a weekly
radio and television show. His
zeal earned his respect, envy
and sometimes outright hate
from colleagues or others In the
newspaper profession, as well
as in broadcasting.
Pearson is survived by his
wife, Luvien Moore Abel
Pearson; a daughter, Mrs.
Ellen Cameron Pearson Arnold;
two sisters, Mrs. Barbara
Pearson Lange and Mrs. Ellen
Fogg, both of Philadelphia;
four grandchildren, and his first
wife, Countess Felicia Gizyca,
New Canaan, Conn.