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EARLY COUNTY NEWS, THURS., SEPT. 21, 1967
BLAKELY, GEORGIA 31723
Official Organ of Blakely and Early County
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Politics oAm Parade
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Loyal Georgians resent deeply
the slanderous article in the Oc
tober issue of Esquire Magazine
about Governor Maddox and
Mrs. Maddox. It’s bad enough
about the Governor, but for this
scurrilous publication to impugn
the character and culture of the
fine, sweet woman who is First
Lady of Georgia is flagrantly
criminal.
Many Georgians will miss see
ing this article, since Esquire has
a limited circulation in the state.
But, all who have read it agree
that it is the most vicious canard
ever published in a national mag
azine. For instance: It attributes
expressions to the Governor such
as ”S. 0. B.” and "hell”. And
everybody knows that Lester
Maddox uses NO profanity. It
even credits Mrs. Maddox with
saying “durn”, which, of course,
is only a slang expression, but
certainly has never come from
her mouth.
And the other expressions,
phrases, etc. attributed to the
First Lady sound worse than
might be used by the most ignor
ant Negro in slave days.
Obviously, the author of the ar
ticle came South purely to write
a derogatory story about the
Governor ®f Georgia, totally
‘ careless of the truth, and strictly
for the delight of the liberal
radicals of the North. We hope
he’ll come back one of these days
and taste the hospitality — not of
the Governor — but of one of
our worst jails in the most rural
county in the state.
Very probably, a libel suit for
several million dollars will be
filed by Governor and Mrs. Mad
dox. He's thinking about it, and
we urge that he do so.
Incidentally, George L. Smith,
Speaker of the House, has issued
a blistering statement 'resenting |
the article”. ।
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Two more names have cropped
up as potential candidates for
Comptroller-General in 1970, i. e., ।
Tommy Irwin, Executive Secrc- j
tary to the Governor, and Milton ।
Jones, Muscogee County legisla
tor.
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General Louis Truman, new i
head of the Dept, of Industry and (
Trade, has named retired Army <
Colonial Harold A. Dye as public 1
relations director for this state
agency.
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The appropriations committee ;
of the House of Representatives (
will begin meeting on the first |
Monday in November on the sup
plemental appropriations bill for j
the next session. They will con- j
vene two or three days a week, ।
Chairman Jimmy Floyd states.
Mr. Floyd says, also, that a con- ;
stitutional amendment will be in
troduced in the next session pro
viding for annual appropriations,
IWtag to
tai Mtoy?
Our nation’s future depends on strong, healthy
youngsters! We’re proud of the part we’ re
playing in keeping our young people in the best
of health.
See that your children have a medical check-up
before school starts and if the doctor prescribes
any medicine or vitamins, we will welcome the
opportunity to fill your prescription.
Hall Drug Company
Blakely Ft. Gaines
rather than biennial as now.
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Mark it down as a safe predic
tion that the 1968 General Assem
bly will repeal daylight saving
for Georgia, IF the federal law
permits this to be done. The peo
ple have been onto them.
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Insiders at the Capitol profess
to find it hard to understand why
Attorney-General Arthur Bolton
has subpoenaed the personal fi
nancial records of Pardons and
Parole Board Member J. W.
Claxton, since Mr. Claxton three
times sat down with Mr. Bolton
and offered to go over all his
records with the Attorney-Gen
eral. He just wouldn’t agree to
deal with some of the assistants
to Bolton, whom Claxton believes
have been persecuting him.
At any rate, Claxton filed a
motion in Fulton Superior Court
to quash the subpoena, which
motion will be heard Thursday,
Sept. 21. Incidentally, we’ll pre
dict that Mr. Claxton will receive
a favorable decision.
A keen politician pointed out
to us that if the Attorney-General
is allowed to subpoena personal
records of a state official, what
is to keep hua, froa^,subpoenaing
such records a 4eMstator or
anybody else’whti inignt'be ob
noxious to a state administration.
The idea would be to “go fish
ing”, knowing that something to
embarrass the legislator, or
whomever it was, in one way or
the other, would be bound to turn
up.
Another thing this politico
pointed out to us is that the sub
poena casts reflections on every
lawyer in the state who has ap
peared before Claxton seeking
parole or probation for a client,
and, also, on the judges who
have recommended probation
or remittal of sentence.
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Governor Maddox told us last
Friday that he is serious about
the ban on certain Atlanta news
men coming into his office, and
that the ban will stay on until
Atlanta Newspapers, Inc., United
Press-International, and WSB
Radio and TV apologize for pub
licizing erroneous statements at
tributed to Maddox at the
Southern Governors Conference
last week.
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Gov. Maddox is taking a party
of Georgia government officials
and state businessmen to Chi
cago on Sept. 21 to meet with
business executives from the
Mid-West. The idea is to promote
industry for Georgia, but the af
fair will be very informal, with
no speeches. Another such trip
wil be made to New York on Oct.
3.
One invited guest will be --
don’t faint — Atlanta Mayor Ivan
Allen.
FROMC?T“,
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25 Years Ago
(From the issue of Sept. 24,1942)
SIXTEEN ADDITIONAL Early
county Negroes left here Tuesday
to be inducted into military ser
vice.
The following are the names of
those who reported: Clayton Wes
ter Flowers, Jesse Tober Kegler,
Wilber Mosely, Fred Hollin, Ru
fus Lee, Washington Housley,
R. E. Gray, Bud Jackson, J. C.
Bell, Louis Anderson, Alton
Love, Sherman Williams, James
Pearson, J. B. Littlejoy, Elton
Bryant.
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ALEX THOMAS EUBANKS, 70,
died Sunday night at eleven
o’clock at his home near Bluf
fton, after an illness of several
months.
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THE MANY FRIENDS OF J. T.
Jordan will be pleased to learn
that he is now manager of Wea
vers' Food Market, a division
of T. K. Weaver and Company,
it was announced by Charles E.
Boyett, owner of the institution.
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808 BUSH, of this city, was
last week sworn in as a member
of the U. & Naval Reserve and is
now at home awaiting a call for
active duty. Mr. Bush will enter
the service as a first class petty
officer.
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W. G. (BILLIE) JONES, JR.,
left Monday for Macon, where
he enlisted in the U. S. Navy.
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Mrs. E. C. Bridges, of Don
alsonville, is now making her
home with her mother, Mrs. J. G
Loyless and is a member of the
Damascus school faculty. Mrs.
Bridges is the former Miss
Myrvis Lawrence and her hus
band is now in Australia with the
Army.
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Mr. and Mrs. Olin Seago
annqynce^ the birth of adai^gjiter
on Wednesday, .September .23.
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50 YEARS AGO
(From the issue of Sept. 20,1917)
A DEATH which saddened the
hearts of many occurred on Sat
urday morning, September 15,
when Mrs. Rebecca Keturah
Powell died at the home of her
son, Judge A. G. Powell, in At
lanta, after an illness of several
months. Mrs. Powell was in her
82nd year. She was a daughter
of the late Col- Joel W. Perry,
one of the pioneer settlers of
Early County, and the widow of
the late Col. Richard Holmes
Powell. Her remains were
brought to Blakely and interred
Sunday afternoon in the Blakely
cemetery.
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MR. WILLIAM PLATT, 67,
well-known citizen of Blakely,
died suddenly at his home on
Fort Gaines street about l;30
o’clock Thursday afternoon, Sep
tember 13.
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THE GINNER’S REPORT of
cotton ginned in Early County
up to September 1, 1917, shows
only 1593 bales, as against 4203
bales to the same date last year.
Titis shows how well the boll
weevil has been on the job this
year.
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MISS RUTH GEORGE WAS
stricken with appendicitis a few
days ago and was carried to
Bainbridge for an operation. She
is progressing favorably towards
recovery, friends are glad to
know.
MR. LANE COCHRAN returned
to Macon Monday to re-enter
Mercer University for another
year. Mr. Claude Whitchard went
up Sunday morning to resume his
studies at Mercer.
75 YEARS AGO
(From the issue of Sept. 22, 1892)
IN THE DEMOCRATIC pri
mary for Representative, Mr.
J. P. Lane defeated Mr. H. J %
Harris.
THE PEOPLE’S PARTY, by
delegates met in Blakely last
Tuesday. F. M. Pickle was
elected chairman and J. L. Horn
secretary. C. R. Narramore
was nominated as the party’s
candidate for Representative
from Early County.
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MESSRS. R. L. Howell, L. E.
Black, J. B. Chancy and D. D.
Strong went to the political speak
ing at Jakin last Friday night.
MESSRS C. H. Robinson and
A. G. Powell went over to Arling-'
ton on the train Wednesday. After
finishing their business, they
proceeded to walk home.
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JUDGF H. C. Fryer and Mr.
G. E. Chipstead left Monday for
Milledgeville to enter their
daughters , Misses Lillie and
Lena Fryer and Henrie Chipstead
at the Georgia Normal and In
dustrial College.
H.L. SLAPPY,USN,
COMPLETES BASIC
Seaman Recruit Harmon L.
Slappy, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. D. Slappy of Rt. 1, Blakely, Ga.
has been graduated from nine
weeks of Navy basic training at
the Naval Training Center here.
In the first weeks of his naval
service he studied military sub
jects and lived and worked under
conditions similar to those he
will encounter on his first ship
or at his first shore station.
In making the transition from
civilian life to Naval service, he
received instruction under vet
eran Navy petty officers. He
studied seamanship, as well as
survival techniques, military
drill and other subjects.
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EARL (Tlge) PICKLE
If you are a columnist and
you want to check the number of
readers, then make an error.
The answer will come forthwith,
last week I stated that Leßoy
White, the policeman, was prob
ably the No. 1 Papa Bobcat,
having furnished three boys to
play for Our Side. But, nay,
not true. The Number One Daddy
bobcat is Dr. James H. Crowdis,
who has five sons and all have
worn the Bobcat Blue and Gold.
In fact the two younger boys,
David and Johnny, now wear Bob
cat clothes, and Jimmy, Robert
and Richard have discarded
theirs byway of graduation. My
apologies to Doc Crowdis and
Mrs. Crowdis for such a grave
error. They didn’t call my
attention to it, but many loyal
Bobcat followers did. In look
ing back I remember that Coron
er Casey Jones had three boys
who played for the Bobcats—Sid,
Tom, and George, and the
youngest son, Guy, played first
string at the Cave Springs school.
In days by, Mr. W. L. Mose
ley, had four sons to play football
wearing the Bobcat insignia—
Hubert, William, Ben, and John
Moseley played at Blakely Hi. Our
present team has a unique dis
tinction with three sets of bro
thers, Tony and Steve Hammond,
Hoyle and Warren McLendon, and
David and Johnny Crowdis.
Congratulations are in order
for the Thompson Brothers, Flet
cher and Oree, the auto dealers,
for the improvements on North
Main Street which makes that
end of the city much more at
tractive. They bought two old
unattractive brick buildings sev
eral months ago, tore them down
and made a new-car parking lot.
Recently they purchased a house
and lot across the street, moved
the house away, and made a used
car parking lot, which is paved
and surrounded by a high wire
fence. While on such a subject,
let’s congratulate the mayor and
council for the improvements to
South Main. This street is being
widened and new street lights
will be installed.
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And here is a little verse
swiped from Jim White’s Ro
tary Club bulletin:
"He was a very cautious man
Who never romped or played.
He never smoked, he never drank,
Nor even kissed a maid.
And when he up and passed away
Insurance was denied.
For since he hadn’t ever lived,
They claimed he never died."
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Attractive Billie (Mrs. Thomas)
Harvey sends along this little
definition of patience: "It’s the
ability to idle your motor wnen
you feel like striping your gears”
Here is something that has
always puzded men. If you visit
the waiting room of any local
doctor, you will see it filled
with women waiting to consult
the doctor. Rarely do you ever
see a man. But on the other
hand when you visit the local
funeral homes, what do you see
lying there in that narrow bed.
Most of the time it is a man.
If this observation has a moral,
it is this: More men ought to
visit their doctor.
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This is a story by Pratt
Secrest. Rotary district gover
nor, and it comes to me byway
of Leo Aikman: "There was this
boy who had a very hard to please
mother, particularly when it
came to approving his girl
friends. Every time he took a
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girl to see his mother, she found
fault. The boy decided to find
one that she would approve. So
finally he found one who resembl
ed his mother in thought, action,
speech, mannerisms and physical
features. So he took her home.
And you know what happened. His
father didn't like her."
The best known of the many
health springs ih Georgia is
Warm Springs one of the
principal physiotherapy clinics
in the world.
He who sows his lawn shall
also reap the mowing.