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EARLY COUNTY NEWS, THURSDAY. FEB. 15, 1968
BLAKELY, GEORGIA 31723
Official Organ of Blakely and Early County
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As soon as Governor Maddox
announces the name of the per
son he will appoint to take Dr.
William Dyer’s place on the
State Board of Pardons and Pa
role — provided it’s someone the
Senate will confirm — the great
battle concerning this board will
be ended. Mr. Claxton is out.
Dr. Dyer is out, and Mrs. Gar
rett will be let alone. The reso
lution asking her to resign is
dead in both House and Senate,
to all intents and purposes.
Credit for the Senate resolu
tion getting a committee recom
mittal death can be given to
Mrs. Garrett’s stepson, Sims
Garrett, Jr., who has many
friends in the Senate. Our infor
mation has it that Mr. Garrett
had 34 votes sewed up to kill the
resolution against Mrs. Garrett
by noon Thursday, with the au
thor of the bill, Sen. Paul Broun
of Athens, having to be content
with 8 firm pledges to pass it.
And, in spite of press reports
that Mr. Garrett promised that
his stepmother would resign
soon, he didn’t do any such a
thing. He didn’t have to. Though,
to be perfectly frank, we have
no doubt that Mrs. Garrett will
retire before the year is out. But,
she’ll do so in her own sweet
time.
Some people are wondering if
Dr. Dyer violated the State’s
Honesty Law while on the Liter
ature Commission and selling to
the state. This law was passed
in the first legislative session of
Gov. Ernest Vandiver’s admin
istration, and was designed as a
kind of code for state employees.
Section two of this law specific
ally forbids any state employee,
and members of boards and
authorities, from selling any
goods to the state for pecuniary
gain, under penalty of a felony.
If Dr. Dyer is guilty of such,
then Gov. Madox has been ill
served by his advisors in their
not reminding him of the law.
For, as is freely admitted by
even the Governor's political
enemies, he would not under any
circumstances appoint a person
whom he did not think to be
fully trustworthy.
«•••••
Peter Zack Geer has been
asked to head up the George
Wallace campaign for President
in Georgia, and just might do
so.
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Phone 723-3151 Blakely, Ga.
There’s quite a hassle going on
among leading women Demo
crats in Georgia for the post of
Democratic National Committee
woman, who will be selected by
the delegates to the National
Convention in August. Among
them are: Mrs. Marjorie Thur
man, the incumbent; Mrs. Merle
Meacham, Vice-Chairman of the
State Party; Mrs. Carolyn Alex
ander, secretary in the Govern
or’s office; Mrs. Marguerite
Schott, long time Demo worker;
and Mrs. Anita Stovall, East
Point realtor.
And nobody's going to get us
out on a limb with a prediction
of whom the governor will
choose.
• •••••
Rumor says that friends of
Carl Sanders are conducting a
poll to see just how the former
governor would run in a race
against Lester Maddox for the
United States Senate (just in
case Senator Russell should re
tire), and also how Sanders
would run for governor against
various potential candidates. So
far, it is said, Sanders would be
pleased with the answers.
»•••••
Speaking of the Senate, we
hear that Congressman Bill
Stuckey, of the Sth District, is
interested in eventually becom
ing a United States Senator, but
NOT governor, as some have in
terpreted his ambitions.
• •***•
Bob Short, Gov. Maddox’s
press secretary, gets a substan
tial raise when he takes over his
new federal job; he’ll make
322,500 a year.
• •*•••
William Burson, Director of
the State Dept, of Family and
Children’s Services, is asking the
General Assembly to pass legis
lation to exempt Georgia from
having to meet requirements of
the federal work incentive pro
gram for welfare recipients, un
til July, 1969. The reason being
that his department doesn’t have
the 20% of the cost which the
law says it must put up.
• •••*•
Some idea of how George Wal
lace will run in the East may be
gotten next week when the pres
idential candidate makes three
speeches in Pennsylvania, and
hopes to draw overflow crowds.
• •••••
Senator and Mrs. Herman Tal
madge have moved from their
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25 Years Ago
(From the issue of Feb. 18, 194’’.)
S. G. Maddox and Oscar Whit
chard will head the drive to raise
funds for the Red Cross, Mrs.
R. C. Singletary, Sr., county
chairman, announced this week.
♦ ♦♦ ♦
FUNERAL SERVICES were
held Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock
for Sybil Ernestine Lane, young
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James
P. Lane, who died Tuesday morn
ing at an Augusta hospital, after
a long Illness.
♦ ♦♦ *
DEATH CLAIMED a beloved
Jakin lady on Wednesday of last
week, when Miss Maggie Kirk
land died at the home of her
sister, Mrs. G. M McDaniel, In
Jakin.
GEORGIA'S FAMOUS round
man of football, Coach Wally
Butts, who lifted Georgia from
gridiron oblivion to the heights of
the Rose Bowl In three short
years, honored Early County with
a visit over the week-end. Coach
Butts, together with assistant
Coach, "Ears" Whitworth, were
guests of Sid Howell at his coun
try home near Colomokee.
«**•
MR. AND MRS J. B. CHAM
BERS, of Hilton, celebrated with
a family reunion at the home of
their daughter, Mrs. C. E. Knigh
ton, at Hilton, on Sunday, Feb. 7.
EDWARD D. MORTON, of
Blakely, Is now enrolled as an
aviation cadet in the Army Air
Force Pre-Flight School for Pi
lots at Maxwell Field.
50 YEARS AGO
(From the issue of Feb. 14, 1918.)
MR. CHARLIE ROBERTS was
up from Cedar Springs Monday
arid paid us a pleasant pop call.
I Ie had with him a bunch of-broom
straws around which was wrapped
a wisp of corn shuck. It was an
old broach, used In the days be
fore and just after the War Be
tween the States for winding
thread from an old-fashioned
spinning wheel. His mother, •
Mrs. Mary Rolierts, now 88, sent
it to us as a curiosity to modern
youngsters.
♦ ♦♦♦
MR. AND MRS. Lewis B. Gay
have moved to the city and occupy
the A. L. Jones home on Church
street. Mr. Gay Is with the
lovely home in the northwest
section of Washington to an
apartment nearer the Capitol.
Betty says they just didn’t need
such a big house, with both boys
living in Georgia.
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•••*
UNCLE John Thompson, of Lu
cile, was plrouting around town
yesterday mingling with friends.
*•**
IN THE death of John L. Sul
livan, former prize fighter, the
ring loses one of Its greatest
pugilists and the world a pic
tureque figure. In his prime,
Sullivan was one of the greatest
fighters the arena has ever
known.
MR. T. ROOSEVELT has been
operated on for an abscess in the
head, and Is now pronounced out
of danger. Knew something ailed
the Colonel—but thought It was
the old-fashioned bellyache in
stead of the more serious rising
in the head.
• »»»
MR. R. R. McLENDON has
been busy lately burning off his
plney woods so as to afford
spring grazing for his herd of
140 cattle, which are looking
splendid In spite of the recent
hard winter.
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THE NEWS regrets to learn
of the death of Mr. Ashley Jerni
gan, the 16 year-old son of Mr.
Shelton Jernigan, which ocurred
last night at his father’s home
west of Blakely.
75 YEARS AGO
(From the issue of Feb. 16, 1897.)
MRS. DAN REGALL, of lola,
Fla., and Mrs. Wylie Alford,
of Colombia, Ala., visited friends
• here Wednesday.
*•••
COLS. R. H. Powell and A. G.
Powell and Mr. EX W. James
visited Arlington this week.
*•**
MR. FRANK PLATT and sis
ter, Miss Caladonia, visited In
Arlington last Sunday.
MR. W. L GEER Is now writ
ing insurance In Blakely.
CAPT. W. H. STUCKEY and
Mr. A. W. Irwin are attending
the State Agricultural Conven
tion In Augusta
REV. W. Su HORNE, of
Bluffton, has been appointed as
assistant to Rev. P. IL Crumpler
on the Blakely Methodist circuit.
Mr. Horne will supply at Hilton,
Pleasant Grove and Sardis.
They train us, supply us with quality
products and equipment, and back us
up with agronomic research, quality
control, distribution know-how, and
the integrity of a leader in fertilizers,
TULOMA Gas Products Company.
That's why you can be sure there’s
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just a local manager. A lot more. And
it’s there for one reason ... to serve
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planning on higher crop profits.
SELECTIVE SERVICE
NEWS
Q. How many deferments may
a person have ?
A. There is no limit to the
number that may be given, pro
vided each is adequately sup
ported by current evidence, which
will convince the Local Board
the deferment is in the national
health, safety, or interest-
Q. Is any expert advice a
vailable to the Selective Service
System regarding scientific per
sonnel ?
A. Each State has a Com
mittee on Engineering and Scien
tific Personnel available for
general advice or specific coun
sel on individual cases.
Q. If there is a shortage of
mathematic teachers in a city,
but a surplus in the State, how
is uniform classification within
the State possible?
A. It isn’t. That is why the
Congress has given broad autho
rity to local boards to meet the
problems of the localities they
represent-
Q. When I reported for physi
cal examination at the Armed
Forces Examining Station, I was
rejected for being ten pounds
overweight. lam not now over
weight. Am I expected to report
that change to my local board?
A. Yes, within ten days of the
date it is discovered that you are
no longer overweight.
Q. lam in jail for 90 days
and my 18th birthday is coming
up next week. How do I get
registered so I don’t get in some
more trouble ?
A. The superintendent of the
institution is probably a Selec
tive Service registrar and will
register you on the way out. If
not, register immediately after
your release and explain the de
lay to your local board in writ
ing.
Q. lam classified I-Y. Does
this mean 1 will be re-examined ?
A. You may or may not be
re-examined depending upon the
reasons you are not currently
qualified for military service-
When other registrants in your
age group with similar classifi
cation and circumstances are ex
amined, your local board will re
view your case.
Q. Can a person be deferred
from service for a traffic vio
lation on his record?
A. The question has nothing
to do with deferment The issue
is one of acceptance, not availa
bility, and is controlled by the
Department of Defense.
Q. Once a person has demon
strated and turned in his draft
card, then gets a change of heart,
what does he have to do in order
to be able to enlist?
A. The possession of a draft
card is not a requirement for
an enlistee, however, the failure
of a registrant to have in his
possession a Registration Certi
ficate and current Notice of Clas
sification is, of itself, a violation
of the law.
Q. Can a person who is
classified 1-Y try to enlist in
the National Guard?
A. Yes. It is possible he
may be found acceptable by the
National Guard; but not likely.
Q. If a registrant mails in
his registration card to National
Headquarters, would he be con-
FORESTRY UNIT
NEWS
Many pine trees, throughout
South Georgia, have been obser
ved recently with dying needles.
LeLand Moore, forest entomolo
gist, Georgia Forestry Commis
sion, Macon, stated that this con
dition is being primarily caused
by several fungus diseases of the
pine needles.
This condition or "needle
cast", Moore added, is most
severe on slash pine. Loblolly,
longleaf, pond and shortleaf pines
are also affected by the fungi.
The forest entomologist; point
ed out that needlecast gives a
tree a scorched appearance. The
infected needles turn brown from
the tip toward the base and fre
quently shed or break off Be
cause of the poor appearance of
infected trees, a close exami
nation should be made before
removing "dying" trees.
Moore emphasized that the
damage from needlecast seldom,
if ever, results in tree mortality-
The tree will later outgrow the
condition with the production of
new needles. No control mea
sures are recommended, Moore
added.
For assistance with Forestry
problems, contact your local
county forestry unit for the ser
vices of a management forester.
WE BELIEVE...
With much turmoil, the indivi
dual should stop to reflect upon
his privileges enjoyed by just
being an American. These privi
leges didn't just occur. Rural
people and common folks have
been in the vanguard of winning
freedoms. At least, if they are
to be preserved common folks
must preserve them-
Points from policy developed
by Farm Bureau members on
basic beliefs emphasize the feel
ing of rural people. Here are
some of the gems taken from that
policy which states "We, as
Farm Bureau members, believe:
In our Constitutional form of
government and its division of
powers.
In freedom of speech, press,
and peaceful assembly.
In separation of Church and
state and in the right of each in
dividual to worship according to
sidered delinquent by his local
board for not having it in his
possession?
A. Where he mails ( or
leaves) his Registration Certi
ficate is immaterial. The in
fraction of law is the conse
quence of not having it in his
possession. Whether he will be
processed as a delinquent de
pends upon many related cir
cumstances and is a decision
that will be made by his local
board.
b ail (j. she didn’t need it then. Now she is no longer young, the bloom
has gone from her cheek and she wants to be married again worse than anything she can
think of. “But you just try to find some words of wisdom on this subject,” she said morosely.
“Look around you at the magazines they’re publishing and see if you can find a word to tell
a nice women how to snag a nice man.”
She’s right. I took a look at
a batch of current magazines
and there was advice on how
to be gorgeous (addressed
mostly to 18-year-olds’s who
don’t need it), how to make
clothes, cakes, cupboards and
a place for oneself in civic
organizations. There are
pieces on the war in Vietnam,
illegitimacy at home, the
coming presidential cam
paign and the Asian flu. Noth
ing on how a 50-year-old wid
ow can capture herself a sec
ond husband.
Since my friend didn’t
really expect me to come
up with a surefire formula
I dropped my survey after
about 10 minutes and was
thinking about something
else when Mrs. Horace B.
Jernigan came through with a
recipe on the subject of keep
ing, rather than getting, hus
bands. I regret that it is going
to be useful only to success
ful husband-hunters but I of
fer it because it does illus
trate my friend’s contention
that in days of yore these
matters got a lot more atten-
Thank you, Miss Sibley. You are talking about us. But we have a different name. Now we
are the First State Bank of Blakely. Thank you for calling attention In your always readable
column to your vast audience the long period of service which this bank has been rendering
to the people of tills area- Organized In 1903, we will complete 65 years this fall. Thank you,
Miss Sibley, and to Mrs. Jernigan for bringing the matter to your attention.
e MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION
First State Bank
OF BLAKELY “ "
THE SENATE HAS spent considerable time debating a
so-called civil rights bill, H.R. 2516, that would set up a long
line of new federal crimes to apply to some people some of the
time, but not all people all the time.
The bill purports to prescribe penalties for certain acts of
violence or intimidation by one citizen against another. Os course,
it has been constitutional law for about 100 years that Congress
has no authority to legislate in the area of private wrongs com
mitted by one private citizen against another. Violations of the
law of this type, such as assault and murder, are strictly state
matters.
But aside from that, this bill has a built-in double standard
of justice and law enforcement, and we have already had too
much of that in recent years.
* * ♦
THIS BILL WOULD create a whole new code of vaguely
defined crimes that would not even come into play unless the
people involved were of different races, religions, or national
origins.
One set of circumstances might constitute a federal crime
and under other conditions not be a federal crime at all. For
example, two people could get into a fight at a ball game, as
often happens, and if there were a difference in race, religion, or
national origin, the federal law would come into play. If the
fighters were of the same race, or religion, or national origin, it
would be a state and local matter.
In the first place, I don’t believe we ought to have a
federal law concerning private wrongs that have historically been
a state responsibility. But if we were to have such a law, then it
should apply across the board to all people.
* ♦ *
THIS BILL IS AN obvious attempt to appeal to voters in
this, an election year. It is an affront to the Constitution and to
anyone's sense of justice and fair play.
It is time for the Congress to come down from a dream
world, to face reality, and to abide by the principles we have
learned from long experience. Our system of law demands that
all people under like circumstances be treated exactly alike.
It is absurd to have one set of laws for some people and
another set of law* for other people. And we don’t need an
army of federal policemen roaming the country to investigate
just about everything one person might do to another.
the dictates of his own con
science.
That self-government is a pre
cious heritage which can be pre
served only by active, intelligent
assumption of basic citizenship
responsibilities by all people.
In the American competitive
enterprise system, in which pro
perty is privately owned, private
ly managed, and operated for pro
fit and individual satisfaction, and
in which supply and demand are
the ultimate determinants of
market price.
That property rights cannot be
separated from human rights and
are essential to the preservation
of individual rights guaranteed
by the Constitution.
That efficiency of production
and maximum per capita produc
tion are,primary elements in de
termining standards of living
That the exercise of free will,
f Celestine Sibley the Atlanta constitution
I In 1907 Blakely Bank Offered
I Recipe on Keeping a Husband
A widow of my acquaintance remarked recently that when she was
* first married 30 years ago everybody had advice on how to catch a hus-
tion than they do today. Cath
erine Jernigan found the
recipe in an old cookbook that
was put out by the First Na
tional Bank of Blakely, Ga.,
in 1907.
The recipe treats a husband
as if he were a joint of beef
or a freshly caught fish or
something but maybe that is
not such a novel approach af
ter all. “A good many hus
bands are utterly spoiled by
mismanagement,” begins this
old recipe, “Some women go
about it as if their husbands
were bladders and blow them
up. Others keep them con
stantly in hot water. Others
let them freeze by their care
lessness and indifference.
Some keep them in a stew by
irritating ways and words,
others roast them. Some keep
them in a pickle all their
lives. It cannot be supposed
that any husband will be
tender and good, managed in
this way, but they are really
delicious when properly
treated.”
It goes on to advise wrap-
| Herman Talmadge
§
REPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES SENATE
Mrs. Richardson
Commissioned On
Governor's Staff
The many friends o t Mrs.
Edith Morse Richardson of Blak
ely and Atlanta will be pleased
to learn that she has been re
cently commissioned a Lieute
nant Colonel Aide de Camp on the
State of Georgia Governors’
Staff for her faith and untiring
efforts in upholding and en
lightening others of the principles
and traditions left us by our an
cestors, and held as a precious
heritage by all true Southerners.
rather than force, is consistent
with the maintenance of liberty.
“If people appreciate freedom
they must understand what they
believe.”
ping him m linen that is
“nicely washed and mended
with the required number of
buttons, strings, etc.” and tie
him “by a strong silk cord
called Comfort.”
“Make a clear, steady fire
out of love, neatness and
cheerfulness. Set him as near
this as seems to agree with
him. If he sputters and fizzes,
do not be anxious, some hus
bands do this till they are
quite done. Add a little sugar
in the form confectioners call
kisses, but no vinegar or
pepper, on any account. A lit
tle spice improves him but
must be used with judgment.”
You are warned not to stick
a husband with “any sharp
instrument” to see if he is
becoming tender and finally
you are promised that such
treatment produces a “very
relishable” husband who will
“keep as long as you want,
unless you become careless
and set him in too cold of a
place.”