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Early County Nems
BLAKELY, GEORGIA
Official Organ of Blakely and Early County
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Political analysts will be de
bating for months the ‘“‘whys"
and “wherefores” of last week's
runoff election, and how Lester
Maddox and George T. Smith
won the Governor's and Lt.-
Governor's races, respectively.
Mr. Maddox's victory is not
hard to understand, in the light
of Georgia's conservatism, but
how Mr. Smith. a moderate
liberal, beat the arch conserva
tive Peter Zack Geer at the same
time is hard to figure. The only
answer, of course — and it is
borne out by the vote count —
is that (1) Atlanta Newspapers,
Inc. did a terribly effective
hatchet job on Geer, and (2) the
Lt.-Governor didn't get the Negro
vole he received in the first race,
for instance in Chatham and
Richmond counties.
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Some leaders in the Arnall
camp are blaming the Republi
cans for their man's defeat. Ob
viously, a lot of mad Democrats,
who planned on voting for Bo
Callaway, cast their ballots for
Maddox, thinking that he would
be the casiest for Callaway to
beat, but the real Republicans in
Georgia seem to have voted for
®Arnall. Witness the North Geor
®gia countics Arnall carried, in
“which a great majority of the
only real Republicans in the
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state reside. If there had been
an organ'zed effort on the part of
the GOP to promote Maddox,
then we could certainly expect
Fannin, Union and Towns coun
ties to have gone for Maddox,
which they didn't. We don't buy
this theory for Arnall's defeat.
Other so-called experts say
that the Arnall campaign was
sadly lacking in vote-getting
technique, and that the candid
ate, himself, lost votes by his
egotistical manner of speaking.
A portion of this may be true,
but not to any great extent. The
campaign machinery was no bet
ter and no worse than many
other successful campaigns run
in this state. As for Mr. Arnall's
so-called egotism, it wasn't ex
actly that. He was just confi
dent of victory — particularly
before the primary — and
couldn’t help showing it. If he
hadn't shown this air of confi
dence, he probably wouldn't even
have been in the runover.
Other various and sundry
reasons are put forward as to
why certain segments of the vote
were lost, but all reasons put to
gether don't outweigh the simple
truth that Ellis Arnall lost be
cause the people of Georgia
wanted to .register. a protest
against the federal government'’s
position on race relations, such
as the guidelines, and Ellis Ar
nall had declared himself a
national Democrat, and, theoret
ically, a supporter of these fed
eral policies. As Bob Cohn, Capi
tol Bureau Chief of the Morris
newsprpers, said in a WSB radio
program a few davs hefore the
election, “‘race is the issue, has
been the issue all along, and will
continue to be”. How right he
was,
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Now comes the question of
whether Mr. Maddox can defeat
Mr. Callaway. Before last Wed
nesday, most people said he
couldn't possibly do so. It's a
different story today. A lot of
people are saying that he can
and will, for the following reas
ons:
The people who gave Maddox
the nomination were primarily
mad Democrats. If Arnall had
been nominated, they would have
voted for Callaway. But, they
voted for Lester as an act of de
fiance against the federal gov
ernment, and, in a manner of
speaking, they are now the Dem
ocratic Party of Georgia. So,
they will vote for Maddox in the
general election, as Democrats.
They had much rather remain
in the party of their fathers than
go traipsing off with the mis
trusted Republicans, and now
that they can continue their de
fiance of LBJ with Maddox as
their leader, they have no reason
to vote for 80.
Add to these voters the num
ber of Arnall supporters who are
loyal Democrats and will take
their loyalty even into the Mad
dox camp, one readily sees that
Mr. Callaway's fortunes have de
clined considerably in the last
few days.
Mr. Callaway, of course, will
wind up with the Negro vote.
That is, with the ones who vote.
But, if they don’'t go to the polls
any better for him than they did
for Ellis Arnall, their value
won't come anywhere near ap
proximating the Democrats Cal
laway has now lost.
Mr. Callaway is extremely
vuincrable on many issues, not
the least of which are his votes
in Congress against the common
man. Also reacting against him
is the beiief of so many that he
1s seeking the governorship only
as a stepping stone to the Vice-
President nomination on the Re
publican ticket in 1968. In fact,
the rumor is widely prevaient
that Richard Nixon has promised
Bo this spot if he (Nixon) is
nominated for President. Giving
credence to the rumor is the
statement attributed to Bo in
his Congress race in 1964 that he
wouldn’t use the job to further
his aspirations for any other of
fice. Which, if he actually said
this, was highly hypocritical, as
borne out by his gubernatorial
candidacy today.
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Georgia's leading Democratic
politicians, including Governor
Sanders, have a high stake in
keeping the Republicans from
taking over the state govern
ment, and it is hard to see how
they can do anything but put
forth their best efforts to elect
Mr. Maddox.
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25 Years Ago
(From Issue of Oct. 16, 1941)
JAMES B. Murdock, Jr.. has
been named Red Cross Call Chair
man for the annual Early Coun
ty drive to raise funds for the
Red Cross, Mrs. R. C. Singletary,
Sr., announced this week.
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BLAKELY'S fighting Bobcats
finaly hit their stride here last
Friday night and defeated a light
but scrapping Fort Gaines sextet
by the score of 28-0.
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FIVE Early county young men
left Blakely Tuesday by bus for
Fort McPherson, Atlanta, where
they will be inducted into the
army for military training. They
were: Otis Hall, Horace Houston,
Wilton (Red) Morgan, Foy Wil
liams and Byron Barfoot.
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BLAKELY experienced the first
“touch of fall" last Saturday and
Sunday, when the temperature,
previously running above 90,
aroped to 51 degrees Saturday
and was again down to 52 on Sun
day.
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CENSUS report shows that 9,738
bales of cotton were ginned in
Early County from the crop of
IMI prior to October Ist, with
8,614 bales for the crops of 1940,
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MISS Eudine Hamm, of Blake
ly and James L. Smith of Blake
ly and Albany, took their many
friends by surprise Saturday af
ternoon, October 4th, by getting
married. They were married on
the bride's mother's wedding an
niversary by Ordinary D. C. Mor
gan, at his home, in the presence
of a few close friends.
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MR. AND MRS. J. C. McClain,
of Blakely, announce the engage
ment of their daughter, Nellie
Geneva, to Mr. Clyde Vaster Kar
riker, of Kannapolis, North Caro
lina, the marriage to take place
EARLY COUNTY NEWS, BLAKELY, GA., THURS., OCT. 6, 196
October 18,
50 Years Ago
(From Issue of Oct. 12, 1916)
MR. H. J. Hobbs is up from
Alachua, Fla., on a short visit
to home folks. Mrs. Hobbs and
the baby have been visiting here
for some time,
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MESSRS. E. L. Fryer, Jr., L. B;
Fryer and Bill Odum “Forded” it
up to Atlanta Sunday on a busi
ness trip, returning yesterday.
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UNCLE Nathan Metts, of Da
mascus, sent us a subscription
to the Sews this wek. He enjoys
the distinction of being perhaps
the oldest citizen of Early Coun
ty. He is 85 years of age and
“as spry as a Kkitten.”
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PRESIDENT Fryer, of the
Early County Fair, informs us
that he has closed a deal with
an aviator to attend the Early
County Fair and make six flights
during fair week.
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A PISTOL BATTLE at Newton
county seat of Baker County,
last Friday afternoon resulted in
the death of S. J. Bush, 50 and
Lorelle Etheridge, 35, and the
arrest of Bush's son,, Jim Bush,
25, as a participant in the double
tragedy. The shooting grew out
of a whiskey court case.
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STREET Supt. Jesse McLendon
has been wrestling with fever
for several days this week and
looks a little off in condition as
a consequence.
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THE prettiest specimen of su
gar cane we have seen this fall
was brought to the News office
yesterday by Mr. Roy Sanders.
The stalk was eight feet tall and
the green cane variety. |
75 Years Ago
(From Issue of Oct. 15, 1891)
REV. Thos. Muse preached at
the Baptist Church last Monday
night.
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MR. Thos. S. Chandler and Miss
Rosa Powers were married on
October Bth, Rev. R. F. Evans of
ficiating.
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MR. James Fort is attending
school at Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
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MESSRS. E. T. James, Durward
Harriss, and Charlie Faulk visit
ed Arlington Sunday.
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MR. W. W. Fleming left Sun
day for Americus where he will
be engaged in the Times-Record
er office.
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BLAKELY Cotton quotations:
Good middling, 81/8c; strict mid
dling, B%c; strick low middling,
73/8¢; low middling, 71/B¢.
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EARL (Tige) PICKLE
Primary Fost Mortem.
Well, by gosh, the man
was right!
This IS Maddox Country.
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Politics do make strange
bedffellows, but in Ala
bama they say it backwords
since the present governor
is a man and the next gov
ernor is a woman, any they
are married to each other.
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Ten days aéo everybody
was sayin%v“ o Bo”. Now
it is “Bo Who” and “Love
Lester.”
And, last time anybody
saw Ellis Arnall, he was
headed up Nawth. He’s
really got something to talk
about now.
And the race for lieuten
ant governor everybody de
cided to let George do it,
and sure enough George
dood it.
Peter Zack departed with
the bitter words that he is
still the lieutenant gover
nor for the white folks, and
"HERMAN TALMADGE
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THE RULES of the Senate |
provide for extended debate in |
order that matters of great na- |
tional importance can be given |
careful consideration and close}
and sometimes lengthy exami- |
nation. :
This protection is embodiedi
in Rule 22 of the Senate. Over
the years, it W G
has proven to $ h
be an effec- | S G 4
tive safeguard = gFia ¥
against ram- . SEE @IS
ming through =
legislation that oSN AE |
is contrary to .Y
the best inter- T
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people of America. =
Of course, there are members
of the Senate who denounce‘
Rule 22 and claim that it is |
undemocratic and an obstruc
tion to the enactment of leg-i
islation. They usually get the|
loudest and the most active
whenever they don't get what’
they want in the way of a bill*
or resolution. They contend
that Rule 22 should be thrown
aside and that an unrestrained
majority should be able to run
over the opposition at will.
The fact is, Rule 22—which
requires a two-thirds vote to
shut off debate on an issue—
has served our nation well on
many occasions. Whenever the
Senate so desired, it has never
prevented legislative action. Iti
has proven its worth many
times, and it did so again re- |
cently on the so-called Civil |
Rights Act of 1966. ]
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EXTENDED DEBATE on this |
bill provides an excellent ex-\
ample of thwarting legislation
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went down to the school
house to pray.
Ivan Allen, the bige:ity
mayor, got mad, too. ms
Lester is an old enemy, and
he can’t bear to think of
going over to the Capitol to
ask gmv. Maddox to call out
the National Guards to stop
people over in the South
west section from throwing
those non-violent bricks.
He even quit eating fried
chicken because it is Les
ter's favorite food.
Oh well, maybe the elec
tion didn’t turn out to, suit
you either. So take com
fort in this old proverb:
“this, too, shall pass away.”
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Then you heard about the
man who bragged about
walking five miles to
school, according to the Ok
lahoma Journal. Now he
complains about walking
five miles to work. His kids
have got the car and gone
to school.
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WORLD, TAKE MY SON
BY THE HAND
My son starts to school
tomorrow.
It’s all going to be strange
and new for him for a while
and I wish you would sort
of treat him gently.
You see, up to now, he’s
been king of the roost.
He’s been boss of the
backyard. I have always
been around to repair his
wounds, and I've always
been handy to soothe his
that was faultily drawn, to
tally unwarranted, and uncon
stitutional in many respects.
Moreover, the bill reeked of
political expediency.
However, in this instance,
Rule 22 worked to protect the
public interest against rash ac
tion. Certainly, it was not in
the public interest to destroy
property rights as the so-called
open housing section proposed
to do. Nor was it in the public
interest to greatly expand the
police power of the federal gov
ernment and make the Attorney
General a virtual czar over the
real and fancied civil rights of
every citizen of America. Nor
can it be ‘said to be in the public
interest’ to creaté special laws
for special citizens at the ex
pense of the rights of every
one. And there was not a single
federal district judge in the
country who wanted to see our
jury system weakened the way
this bill would have done.
In short, the bill was with
out merit. The people of the
country realized this as did
the Senate, and it was cast
aside.
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AS EXPECTED, great cries
went up against Rule 22, and
notice was served that the rule
will be attacked when the next
session of Congress convenes
in January.
As in the past, I will con
tinue to oppose any attempt to
weaken freedom of debate in
the Senate which, in the final
analysis, is a threat to our very
form of government.
W&.’Z‘-—f
feelings.
But now . . . things are
going to be different.
This morning he's going
to walk down the front
steps, wave his hands, and
start on his freat advénture
that probably will include
wars and tragedy and sor
row.
To live his life in the
world he has to live in, will
require faith and love and
courage.
So €Vorld, I wish you
would sort of take him bK
his youni hand and teac
him the things he will have
to know,
Teach him . . . but gently,
if you can.
He will have to learn, I
know, that all men are not
just, that all men are not
true. .
Teach him that for every
scoundrel, there is a hero,
and for every crooked poli
tician there is a dedicated
leader. Teach him that for
every enemy, there is a
friend. ;
Let him learn early that
the bullies are the easiest
people to lick. Teach him
the wonders of books. Give:
him quiet time to ponder
the eternal mystery of
birds in the sky, bees in the
sun, and flowers on a green
hill.
Teach him that is is far
more honorable to fail than
to cheat. Teach him to have
faith in his own ideas, ev
en if everyone tells him
they are wrong.
Try to give my son the
strength not to follow the
crowd when everyone else
is getting on the bandwag
on. Teach him to listen to
all men, but to filter all he
hears on a screen of truth
and to take only the good
that comes through.
Teach him to sell his
brawn and brains to the
highest bidder, by never to
put a price tag on his heart
and soul.
Teach him to close his
ears to a howling mob, and
to stand and fight if he
thinks he’s right.
Teach him gently, World,
but don’t coddle him, be
cause only the test of fire
makes fine steel.
This is a big order, World,
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Managers Of Ga.
Parks Come In
For High Praise
Atlanta, — (GPS) State Parks.
Director Horace G. Caldwell,
who has been widely hailed for
the job he has done in improv
ing the state parks system un
der the Sanders Administration,
has always operated on the the
ory that a state park is no bet
ter than its superintendent. And
he has never failed to praise his
superintendents when the occas
ion warrants it.
But he's not the only one who
thinks the park superintendents
are ‘‘tops’. Similar praise comes
park visitors who sent cards and
letters to the Atlanta general of
fice. And they are not just from
nearby localities but from as
far away places as Maine,
Michigan, Oregon, California,
Texas, and Canada.
Every park visitor is given a
postpaid card on which to list
any suggestions for park im
provements. The card is not left
with the superintendent but is
mailed to the Atlanta general of
fice by the visitor after he has
had time to reflect on his stay
at the park.
Surprisingly, a large percentage
of the cards received contain no
criticism or suggestions, but ra
ther complimentary remarks a
bout the courtesy and helpfulness
of the park superintendent. Com
menting on this Director Cald
well said:
“We can attract visitors to our
parks through use of the various
news media, but we can't keep
them were if they are not made
to feel welcome and wanted, and
treated with courtesy. The su
perintendents create the atmos
phere of the parks and are,
therefore, one of the most im
portant aspects of our public
relations program. Georgia can
be proud of the men who operate
her parks—l certainly am.”
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