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EAKLY COUNTY NEWS, THURSDAY. APRIL 11.1968
EARLY COUNTY NEWS
Official Organ of Blakely and Early County
BLAKELY. GEORGIA 31723
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"He that liveth by the sword
shall die by the sword".
Thus it was with Martin Luther
King, Jr.
Probably no other person in
the history of this country has
caused more deaths in time of
peace than King caused by his
"non-violent” marches and dem
onstrations, which, 9 times out
of 10, brought violence, and by
the crime which afflicted this
nation because of King’s adop
tion and publication of the code
"disobey those laws which you
consider unjust”.
So, hundreds of people died by
contorming to the King code and
thousands more were the vic
tims of crime, or went to jail be
cause of their crimes.
This, then, is the man whom
the liberals of the nation are
almost deifying, and for whom
Lyndon B. Johnson declared a
national day of mourning.
And, they are putting on all
this show in spite of the fact
that any number of people, IN
CLUDING the United States De
partment of Justice and the
President of the United States,
are fully cognizant of the file on
King in the FBI records which
show him to be a Communist
sympathizer and a person who
had profaned his calling as a
minister of God.
What won’t they do in the
name of politics for the Negro
vote.
Last week around the Capitol
was one in which local political
affairs were all but forgotten.
First came President Johnson’s
speech on Sunday night, in
which he declared that he is not
a candidate for re-nomination
for President and will not ac
cept the nomination if offered
him. Hardly had the shock
waves on this subsided before
the King assassination came,
and nothing else has been talked
about. We consider these events
an excellent excuse for not
having much political gossip to
report this week.
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Though it is not required by
law, the State Democratic Ex
ecutive Committee will probably
meet and confirm the delegates
to tile Democratic National Con
vention chosen by Governor Mad
dox and Party Chairman James
Gray. This will be done because
the Executive Committee is of
ficially in control of the Party
and its approval of the delegates
will help prevent any other
group being recognized at the
National Convention. These del
egates are now in process of be
ing selected by Governor Mad-
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will include all segments of the
Democratic Party in Georgia,
particularly those who have con
tributed to Party affairs, both
financially and in service.
• •****
Travis Stewart, who recently
left Georgia to work nationally
for the Democratic National
Committee in seeking the re
nomination of Lyndon Johnson,
was first sent to Oregon to build
an organization for LBJ. He
labored mightily and finally
came up with nine Democratic
leaders to lead the fight. On Sun
day night, March 31, he invited
these nine to his hotel room to
hear the President’s TV address.
All were enthusiastic until the
words from LBJ that he was
withdrawing from the race.
Travis’ remark, which may go
down in political history, was:
“Well, boys, back to the drawing
board”.
**» * * *
William Burson, Director of
the State Dept, of Family and
Children’s Services, has visited
110 Georgia counties since he
took office on August 1. He hopes
to visit all 159 before his tirst
year is completed. Which makes
him the most traveled official in
state government.
* * • * * *
SCOOP: Gov. Maddox will sign
the state’s new criminal code
Wednesday, April 10. All mem
bers of the committee who were
several years in preparation of
this code will be in attendance.
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Three former speakers of the
Georgia House of Represenla
tivse, who were once bitter po
litical foes, have joined hands in
the promotion of George Wal
lace’s candidacy in ueorgia, i. e.
Roy V. Harris, Randall Evans
and Fred Hand.
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Eighth District Congfressman
Bill Stuckey has started a news
paper in his District. Called the
Bth District Progress, the 4 page
tabloid naturally exiolls the work
of Cong. Stuckey for his home
district. It is printed in Wash
ington, "not at taxpayers ex
pense”.
Confirming our disclosure of
several weeks ago that Mr.
Stuckey will not seek re-election
in 1970, but will seek the
Lieutenant - Governor's office,
word comes that Slate Senator
Roscoe Dean has hired a pub
licity man to build him up for
the Congressional campaign in
1970. Since he wouldn't have
much of a chance to beat Mr.
Stuckey this year, lie's obviously
waiting until Stuckey runs for
another office.
MARVIN
GRIFFIN
NOT JOHNSON
POPULARITY
Remer Tyson Atlanta Con
stitution Political Editor, does
an extensive niece last Thurs-
day on the
observ a t i o n
that people in
the South are
return i n g to
the political
camp of Pre
sident Lyn
don Johnson
since Senator
Robert Kennedy of New York
announced he would seek the
Democratic nomination for
President.
For purposes of clarity Re
mer should have stated many
of the returns to the Johnson
fold are temporary, and that
any time a fellow is given the
choice of having the hives or
leprosy, he will elect to take
the hives everytime.
The fact that the thought of
Bobby Kennedy has stirred up
some folks to help President
Johnson get the nomination a
gain does not mean they will
go down to the wire with the
President. On the contrary,
they do blame Lyndon John
son for failures in foreign, do
mestic and fiscal policies, and
for not being able to protect
life and private property in
the cities of the nation. Most
Americans believe the Pre
sident, by his vacillating prac
tices, has fostered a climate
for riots, rapes, arson and
other crimes, and that he is in
capable of protecting life and
property. Folks have come to
believe the President lacks
sincerity, and that is certainly
not a desirable trait, political
or otherwise.
All of the above was
written before President
Johnson announced he
would not be a candidate
for reelection. There is very
little change in the thinking
of the people since the an
nouncement. The mere
thought of that fellow Bob
by Kennedy getting elected
to the Presidency put folks
to talking favorably about
Lyndon Johnson Monday
morning. Folks who would
look the other way when
President Johnson’s name
was mentioned were out
bragging on him Monday
morning. The Johnson re
tirement put old "rooster
head” one step closer to the
White House, and that, in
itself, is enough to scare
the pants off a whirling
dervish.
WE NEED A GOOD
FACTUAL PAMPHLET
Not many days go by that
someone does not write this
Last year
443,000 GM owners
switched horses.
Source National projection of Michigan registrations for '67 model-year
Mustang helped make
it happen.
It happens with a zippy Six, "C" stripe, wheel
covers and moldings, pop-open gas cap. Or
add a V-8, wide-ovals, steel wheels, GT lamps!
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MUSTANG SPRINT
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FELDER & SON, INC - Court Square, Blakely Ga.
office and ask for information
about our city and county. A
number of these requests are
from school children who have
selected us for some phase of
research for the preparation
of a paper.
I write a short historical
sketch of the creation of De
catur County and the incor
poration of the City of Bain
bridge, and list some of our
present assets, but this is
really not sufficient. What we
need is a good historical pam
phlet with pictures and some
interesting highlights of what
our forebears did here. Our
present assets should be list
ed in a factual manner with
out exaggeration.
This would be a good pro
ject for some organization in
our city to take on. The
pamphlet or brochure need
not be expensive in either its
preparation or printing. Busi
ness firms and individuals
could buy the pamphlets on a
prorated basis, and the cost
would not be a burden on any
body.
The preparation of the his
torical background would be a
worthwhile project for the
High School Senior History
Class.
The other day, for example,
somebody called in and asked
the question: “When did the
first train come to our city?”
I had to confess I did not
know the date of the arrival
of the first steam train to
Bainbridge, and I also stated
that I did not believe anybody
else in town does unless it is
Mr. Frank Jones.
Mr. Frank is a Decatur Coun
ty historian, and when any
body is seeking information
on the county or some citizen
of the county, he or she mak
es a bee line to the residence
of Mr. Jones, or he will be
called on the telephone. The
usual statement is: “Ask Mr.
Frank, he’ll know”.
I HOPE AT AN
EARLY DATE
Mr. Jones, who wrote the
Pageant for our Centennial
Celebration in 1923, has been
working on a Decatur Coun
ty history for many years.
He has completed his work
and several days ago he told
me his manuscript had been
put in the hands of the print
er. At least he said, it was
ready for the printer, and that
a Tallahassee firm was look
ing it over at this time. This
is good news to me.
Mr. Frank is a scholar and
a painstaking researcher.
When he sets out to do a job,
he will keep after it until ac
curate and complete.
His history of Decatur Coun
ty will be a publication that
every family in the county
will look forward to having.
It is certainly a book we have
needed for several decades,
and its publication will serve
a fine purpose.
Gov. Uster M oddox
Reports^ thi People
It is with a great deal of
pride that I report to you that
Georgia industrial growth in
the first quarter of this year is
far greater than for the first
half of last year. Capital
investment for new and
expanded industries for
January. February and .March
of 1968 was .$130,019,618
and that compares with
594,304,100 for the first six
months of last year,
representing a gain of 38'7.
This March marks the ninth
consecutive month in which
the state has maintained an
average of SSO million per
month for new and expanded
industries, for a total of more
than $458 million, a gain of
more than $35 million over
any previous twelve month
period.
It is significant, of course,
that this tremendous upsurge
in our industrial growth
coincides with out program of
advertising, launched last July.
We have had a most effective
advertising campaign, utilizing
newspapers, magazines and
television. The results of this
advertising have been proved
to us in two ways, first by the
tremendous new growth in our
industrial area and through
national recognition of our
advertising program.
Even the impressive
advances we have been able to
make in the area of industrial
development do not tell the
full story. There are about
one third new or expanded
industries in the first part of
this year which have not
reported their figures, which
means that the total for
capital investment will
increase considerably
Last year was the second
year which saw 155 new firms
locating in our state, and 1968
looks like a real banner year,
with 95 new firms locating in
just the first quarter.
RAPID TRANSIT
I want to discuss briefly the
issue of rapid transit which is
of vital concern for
metropolitan Atlanta and for
all Georgia. As governor and as
a native Atlantan, I fully
recognize the importance and
essentia) need of our capital
city for a modern and efficient
rapid transit system. For as
Atlanta is progressive, so is
How can we tell how to
plan for the future unless we
are able to study carefully
what went on in Ihe past?
Without a good history book,
there is no record of the past.
Congratulations. Mr. Frank.
I sure want one of the books.
(leorgia.
The issue is a set of
amendments passed during the
recent session of the general
assembly designed to revamp
the 1965 rapid transit
legislation.
For several reasons. 1 am
deeply concerned about these
amendments. Officials of the
rapid transit authority have
not been able to assure the
taxpayers that it will not cost
over a billion dollars for
construction, planning, land
acquisition and engineering.
In addition, competitive
bidding can be eliminated
under the new amendments,
which I personally do not feel
is conducive to obtaining the
best possible interest rate and
then the best possible price for
the system. Also, there is no
idea of the cost of the fee for
engineering consultants, only
that it would be between 6'7
and 9C of the cost, which
could van the total cost up to
thirty million dollars.
I am disturbed that the
property owners will be the
ones to bear the cost of this
system when they, as a general
rule, will be the last to use it
Also, there is a possibility
of beginning the system and
then having to approach the
people again for additional
bonds, which they may or
may not approve, as happened
in San Francisco, which I
visited in an effort to learn
more about rapid transit
system financing and
problems.
These are j—a some of the
questions in my mind and I
invite your comment on the
subject.
I want to emphasize that I
am not opposed to rapid
transit, but I do want the
people to be aware of both
sides — the good as well as
the bad.
I have been very busy and
will continue to have a busy
schedule for the next week or
so, checking and signing
legislation into law.
Several people have asked
why I vetoed the bill requiring
potential candidates to share
the cost of verifying petition
signatures. My answer is
simply that it is an election
year and I do not believe so
short a notice is fair to
potential candidates nor to the
counties of the state which
would have borne so cost of
petition verification. Actually,
the bill provided that the
potential candidate pay five
cents per signature, which
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CIVIL DISORDER, which in recent years has literally taken
America bv storm, is in fact a steadily worsening phenomenon in
our country.
Starting with the sit-in syndrome about 8 years ago. we
have seen civil disorder take on many forms. It has run the
gamut all the way from would-be peaceful picketing and street
marches to revolt, insurrection, and bloody rioting.
We have seen hordes take to the streets to denounce their
own country and condemn American involvement in Viet Nam.
We have suffered flag burnings and anti-draft demonstrations.
The civil rights issue has been taken out of the Congress and
our courts of law. and put in the hands of mobs in the streets.
In short, civil disorder has virtually become the order of
the day. And worse yet. its proponents have almost abandoned
all pretense of staying within the bounds of peaceful assembly
and lawful dissent. In fact, experience has shown them that
the more lawless they are. the better their chances of getting what
they want.
II IS A SHAME and a disgrace that law and order have
I alien into such disrepute. We see taking place in our country a
rebellion against all authority, whether it emanates in the home,
the church, the school, or from legally-constituted government.
One aspect of this situation that is particularly shocking is
the fact that college students in many parts of the country have
gotten into the action ami turned their own campuses into
battlegrounds. One might well ask: who runs the colleges these
davs. students or the administration that is put there by the tax
pavers to deal in higher education ami not juvenile insurrection?
It has become almost commonplace five colleges to be dis
rupted by unruly students, ami in some instances to be totally
shut down by student-produced anarchy. And. in all too many
instances, instead of receiving the discipline that they deserve,
they arc rewarded by acquiescence on the part of their superiors.
THIS IS ESPECIALLY disturbing to me because young peo
ple today have more important things to do than take the law into
their own hands, ami add to the problem of growing disrespect
for established authority.
If they want to insure for themselves a future where the law
still rules this land, and not militant rabhlerousers. students
would do better to concentrate on their studies and then, if thev
still have the time ami energy left, to work to restore discipline
and order to our society.
would run to about $5,000,
and the remainder of some
$75,000 would have been
borne by the local county
government.
I will sign a like bill next
year.
PRAISE FOR ASSEMBLY
1 want to say that 1 am
deeply grateful for the long
hours of hard work of the
members of the general
assembly. The tireless efforts
of those dedicated
representatives of the people
deserve words of
commendation and praise
from all Georgians.
I hope you will support
those who are supporting our
program for a better Georgia,
and return to the general
assembly next year those who
Herman Talmadge
REPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES SENATE j
Early County
4-H'ers Compete
Ga. Cattle Show
The 21st Annual Georgia Cat
tle Show was. held at the South
eastern Fairgrounds in Atlanta,
March 31 - April 2nd.
During the show over 250 cal
ves were shown by 4-H and FFA
members throughout the state.
Early County was well repre
sented by Jean Singletary and
Bill Bush. Both received recog
nition and prize money in their
individual class.
are keeping faith with the
people of our great state.