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By Quimby Moltas
Monday Good Evening in
writing “Weekend Notes”, what
happened during the past week,
told of demonstrations held in
our city Saturday afternoon and
evening; and that while one
group was demonstrating at
City Hall another meeting was
being held across the street at
the Court House. This meeting,
arranged a month before, saw
state leaders of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows meeting
with Warren Lodge 20 to confer
an honor on a local citizen.
We wrote that one official of
the fraternal order commenting
on the demonstrations said, “If
the people who are demonstrat
ing had in their hearts the
things taught by our organiza
tion there would be no need for
any demonstrations.”
The more we think of this
statement the more we believe
he was right. Every fraternal
order to which Good Evening
belongs, and he belongs to
many, is founded on certain
basic truths and seeks to in
culcate its members with the
spirit of love, mercy, com
passion, concern, charity for all
mankind, and loyalty to the
Heavenly Father.
If such a spirit prevailed here
and elsewhere there would be
no need for any demonstrations
for their would be nothing about
which to demonstrate. Mass
meetings would be held to
praise God, to thank God; and
to Pray to God.
Griffin has long been known
as the home of a former Grand
Sire of the Sovereign Lodge of
Odd Fellows — the late Judge
Robert T. Daniel. It was during
his term as head of the great or
ganization that it made its
greatest strides and he is best
remembered for his fine leader
ship.
Warren Lodge is one of the
oldest 1.0.0. F. lodges in
Georgia. It was organized seven
years after the City of Griffin
was born.
In addition to having furnish
ed the Sovereign Lodge with a
Grand Sire, Warren Lodge has
had six of its members elected
Grand Master of the Grand
Lodge of Georgia. Five of these
have gone on, one, J. E. Stall
ings, remains and is most active
in the work of Odd Fellows.
Stallings is also a representa
tive from Georgia to the Sover
eign Lodge.
At one time Griffin was the
home of the State 1.0.0. F.
Children’s Home. This was
located on the site where the
Elks Chib now stands. The old
Children’s Home building was
destroyed by fire some years
ago. There are many men and
women now good citizens of our
state who grew up and were
educated at this 1.0.0. F. home.
Old folk, and Good Evening is
80, are apt to “give advice.”
We give this advice to our
readers.
If you belong to any Church or
to any Fraternal Organization
take an active interest in it.
Learn the basic principles on
which the Church and the order
are founded and put those prin
ciples at work in your heart.
Impossible?
Here’s the answer to this,
taken from the ritual of the
Church, greatest Fraternal Or
der the world has ever know,
“For with God nothing shall be
impossible.” (Luke 1:37; Also
Luke 18-27.)
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a- fellow who opposes it.”
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Colorful styles go hand-in-hand in Saigon. (UPI)
Stoner, Hargrett swap
charges over Griffin
SAVANNAH, Ga.(UPI) -Whi
te supremacist gubernatorial
candidate J. B. Stoner has vow
ed he will be in Griffin this
weekend and will “lead white
power marches” despite a plea
from opponent McKee Hargrett
not to campaign in such racially
troubled areas.
“Hargrett can go to hell,” was
Stoner’s reply to a telegram
Dr. Hargrett, a Jesup legislator
and a fellow gubernatorial can
didate in the Sept. 9 Democratic
primary.
In the telegram, Hargrett ask
ed Stoner to “immediately with
draw from campaigning” in
Griffin, adding that to go there
would be “irresponsible and in
flammatory.”
“Your presence or that of your
campaign workers ... endang
ers the citizens of Georgia, black
and white, most of whom are
politically innocent,” Hargrett
told'Stoner, a Savannah attorney
and national leader of the
States’ Rights Party.
“You are jeopardizing prop
erty and the lives of black and
white citizens in Griffin and do
ing a grave disservice to the
state of Georgia.”
A curfew was imposed in Grif
fin last Saturday night after pro
tests against hiring policies at
City stance:
wait and see
City officials took a “wait and
see” stance on the possibility of
a visit by J. B. Stoner to Griffin
this weekend.
“The city will cross that
bridge when it gets to it,” City
Manager Jack Langford said.
He was asked about what the
city might do if Mr. Stoner
came here this weekend as he
said he would do.
The City Commissioners an
nounced yesterday that they
would not issue any permits for
marches, rallies, demonstra
tions or anything that might
cause disorder. They said the no
permit policy applies to black
and white groups alike.
The commissioners said they
didn’t plan to change the policy
and would not meet with any
group to negotiate their stand
on the statement.
DAILY
Daily Since 1872
a supermarket led to interracial
scuffles.
Several white counter-pickets
at demonstrations in front of
the supermarket last Saturday
and Sunday carried posters say
ing “Stoner for Governor.”
Hargrett added in his tele
gram that he was campaigning
“onthe George Wallace—Ameri
can Party principles,” and that
“it is well known that 1...am
a non-integrationist.”
Stoner’s prompt reply to Har
grett was “I’m going back to
Griffin for an open-air rally...
Friday or Saturday night or
Griffmite
charged
with arson
Taylor Ellis, 23, of 211 West
Poplar street, has been arrested
by Griffin Police and charged
with arson in connection with a
fire at the Brown Co. on Kala
mazoo drive, early last night.
Police said he entered the
building by breaking a front
window. Fifty-five gallon drums
of inflammable liquids had been
turned over, poured over the
floor and set on fire.
Damage to the building and
its contents was minor.
The Griffin division of the
Brown Co., which manufactur
ed paper, has been closed since
the latter part of February. The
building was empty except for
some machinery and tools left
there.
Police said that Ellis took
several hundred dollars worth
of the tools which were recover
ed.
They said that the heat from
the fire set off extinguishers in
the building and also an alarm
which was connected with the
Griffin Fire Department. The
alarm sounded at 7:08 pin. ,
According to police, Ellis fled
from the building through a
rear door and dropped a .22
Ruger pistol he was carrying.
He was taken into custody later
at a local firm where he is em
ployed.
He was held at the City Jail
pending a commitment hearing.
GRIFFIN
Griffin, Georgia 30223 Tuesday, August 4,1970
both.”
“He (Hargrett) can stand with
the niggers if he wants to,”
Stoner said, “but I’m going to
stand with the white people.”
Stoner said the “black sav
ages caused the trouble” in
Griffin lastFridayand Saturday
night, adding that “apparently
the police there will let the nig
gers burn the city down.”
The police, he said, “imposed
the curfew on the white people
but not on niggers. We whites
are not going along with
anything like that.”
Stoner blamed the trouble in
Griffin on hiring practices at
“mills around there.” He said
the mills “have been firing
whites and hiring niggers... B
ecause they are a bunch of race
mixers.”
Bribery
case out
Indicatments against three
Henry County Commissioners,
who were charged with bribery,
have been dropped following the
refusal of the key witness to
testify.
The request that the charges
against the three be nol pressed
was made by District Attorney
Edward E. McGarity when he
learned that the key prosecution
witness, Allen Wayne King,
would invoke the Fifth Amend
ment.
The three commissioners, A.
W. Austin, chairman, J. S. Le
wis, and C. A. Phillips, were
indicated last December on
charges of bribing King Pipe
line Co., a firm operated by
Allen Wayne King.
District Attorney McGarity
said that he had received in
formation of King’s refusal to
testify by taking the Fifth
Amendment in a written state
ment released to the court.
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NEWS
Judge issues
city injunction
Hearing
Date set
Aug. 21
Judge Andrew Whalen, Jr. of
die Spalding County Superior
Court yesterday issued a
temporary injunction against
three groups, restraining them
from actions which might cause
trouble.
He set a hearing on the in
junction for Aug. 21 at 9 a.m. in
the Spalding County Court
house.
Griffin City Commissioners
Joe Dutton, Barron Cumming
and O. M. Snider, Jr. has asked
for the temporary injunction to
bolster their legal weapons
against possible clashes bet
ween the three groups.
Named in the petition were
Freddie Phillips, Henry Reid
and Ben Jackson as members of
the Black Unity Group of
Griffin; Thomas Ray Pate as a
member of Save Our Schools,
and Johnny Knowles as a mem
ber of the Ku Klux Klan.
Petition for the injunction was
drawn up by City Atty. Bob
Smalley and his law partner,
Jake
Judge Whalen signed it
yesterday and ordered sheriff’s
deputies to serve copies of the
order to those named in the
petition.
The petition said that on
numerous occasions in the past
several days these groups had
had confrontations involving
hundreds of people.
The prevention of altercations
between the groups was ac
complished only because of the
intervention of the police and
other law enforcement officers,
the petition said.
The groups congregated in
front of the city hall, the petition
said, and shouted and jeered at
one another.
In the course of these confron
tations and marches, windows
were broken out and smashed in
several automobiles, the peti
tion continued.
Judge Whalen’s order
restrained members of the
groups and their leaders from
assembling in any place in the
city for the purpose of inter
fering with lawful picketing.
The order restrains them from
using indecent, profane, vulgar
or provocative language on the
streets and other public places.
It restrains them from acting
in any violent or tumultuous
manner toward another, there
by placing property of any per
son in danger of being destroyed
or damaged.
The order restrains the
groups and their leaders from
causing, provoking or engaging
in any fight, brawl or riotous
conduct.
It orders them not to con
gregate with others in any pub
lic way so as to halt the flow of
vehicular or pedestrian traffic.
Will hold
parents
responsible
The Spalding Sheriff’s De
partment announced today that
if a child under 16 years of age is
apprehended operating a mini
bike with parental consent,
charges will be placed against
the parents.
Sheriff Dwayne Gilbert said
that the department has receiv
ed numerous complaints about
mini bikes, and especially those
operated by children under 16
who do not have a license.
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CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex. — A Corpus Christi resident looks over the damage caused by a tele
vision tower that fell into a parking lot, flattening a number of can. The tower was only a small
part of the damage caused by the passage of Hurricane Celia, packing 115 mph winds with gusts
even higher. Celia crossed over Corpus Christi late yesterday. (UPI)
County checks dumps
Spalding County’s three
commissioners agreed this
morning that there is a need for
some policing of county trash
dumps.
They said they might consider
the possibility of hiring one or
more deputies to police the
dumps.
Humphrey Wright of Dut
chman’s road complained to the
three commissioners this
morning at their monthly
meeting, about an illegal trash
dump on the road. Hugh
McLauren, Griffin real estate
man, joined in the compalint.
Wright said the dump had be
come a problem since the
Griffin Daily News published
stories about the body of a
murder victim being found at
the dump. He referred to the
body of Charles Vaughn which
was found in the area off Dutch
mans road.
Mobile
home park
planned
Spalding County has issued a
permit for development of a
mobile home park on the east
side of Musgrove road.
The project will cover 64.5
acres with a lake in the center.
Louis Goldstein and Arthur
Forrer will develop the park.
They said they would construct
it in units of 12 with a limit of 100
eventually.
Mr. Goldstein said the total
value of the park when complet
ed might reach SIOO,OOO. But he
could not say how much money
would be involved in the project
at first.
He said they plan to get to
work on the project immedia
tely.
Wright claimed since the
slaying, the area had grown in
use as a trash dump. He said it
was not an authorized county
trash dump.
Wright also complained about
the lack of patroling by county
law officers in the area.
Commissioners Z. L. Wilson,
Griffin police
oppose Lacey
The Fraternal Order of
Police, Griffin Chapter, has
taken issue with the law en
forcement committee of Mcln
tosh Trail over that group’s re
quest that the resignation of
Jerry Lacey be reconsidered.
“The Fraternal Order of
Police is in direct disagreement
with the proposed reinstate
ment of Mr. Lacey. It is our
feeling that his effectiveness
has been seriously impaired
and that the integrity and
ability of the man who fills this
position should be above ques
tion,” the Fraternal Order said
in a statement today.
It was issued on behalf of the
Fraternal Order by Glenn
Whidby, president.
The statement from Officer
Whidby said:
“This statement is in the form
of an open letter from the
Fraternal Order of Police,
Griffin Lodge No. 11, to the Citi
zens of Griffin and Spalding
County.
“On August 3,1970, local news
media published a resolution
passed by the Better Law
Enforcement Advisory Com
mittee of the Mclntosh Trail
Area Planning and Develop
ment Commission personally
endorsing Mr. Jerry Lacey, who
was formerly associated with
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See Page 2.
Jack Moss and David Elder said
that law enforcement was the
responsibility of the sheriff’s
office and they had no
jurisdiction over such affairs.
They agreed to visit the trash
dump this afternoon and look
into me overall need for policing
county designated dumps.
that organization, and calling
upon the Board of Directors to
reinstate Mr. Lacey.
“Although we are certain that
it was not that committee’s
intention to do so, we want to
make clear to the public that no
organization, committee or
individual is authorized to
speak on behalf of the Fraternal
Order of Police. More
specifically, the Fraternal Or
der of Police is in direct dis
agreement with the proposed
reinstatement of Mr. Lacey. It
is our feeling that his effective
ness has been seriously impair
ed and that the integrity and
ability of the man who fills this
position should be above ques
tion.
“It is not our intention to at
tack Mr. Lacey but rather to
correct the erroneous im
pression that all law enforce
ment agencies in this area en
dorse his reinstatement.
Lacey resigned as acting
director of the Mclntosh Trail
but agreed to stay, at the re
quest of Trail directors, as the
coordinator of law enforcement
until Sept. 1 to complete pro
jects on which he is working.
Lacey resigned following dis
closure of his purchase through
city of Griffin channels of an
automobile.