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EARLY COUNTY NEWS, THURSDAY, JUNE 20
EARLY COUNTY NEWS
Official Organ of Blakely and Early County
BLAKELY, GEORGIA 31723
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Politics oAh Parade
ft & ff m
A great many people have
been wondering why Atlanta Ne
gro attorney Maynard Jackson
has qualified against United
States Senator Herman E. Tal
madge, when, very obviously, he
has no chance of winning. Also,
the Senator has been on friendly
relations with Negro leaders in
Georgia for several years, and
they wouldn’t want to jeopardize
this relationship in a hopeless
cause. Os course, if they thought
Jackson could win, they’d turn
on Talmadge, or any other white
man, in a minute.
We’re not privy to Jackson's
thinking, but our idea of why he
is running is that he hopes to
secure a sizeable Negro vote
and, thereby, establish himself
as one of the leaders to be dealt
with in the Negro communty.
However, if this is what he be
lieves, we think he’ll be disap
pointed. For the reason that in
cumbent leaders of the Negroes
in this state don't want anyone
breaking into their playhouse,
and will likely work undercover
against Jackson. Therefore, we
would predict that Talmadge will
get about half of the Negro vote.
As for the two Republicans
who are fighting each other to
see who'll oppose Herman in the
general election, they had better
saved their money.
*•*•••
Seems like everybody around
Governor Maddox’s office has a
kind heart. Last Friday, an auto
containing a man and his 11 year
old son crashed into a Capitol
Hill parking lot entrance station.
The attendant was hurt, and the
man was taken to jail drunk.
This left the son stranded.
Seems that the father had picked
up the boy from his divorced
wife in Belton, N. C. and brought
him to Atlanta to see his grand
mother. But, the grandmother
is in the hospital and couldn’t
keep the boy.
So, Mrs. Eleanor Owens, the
Governor’s personal secretary,
brought the boy to the Execu
tive offices and then raised the
money to send him home to his
mother. She sent him to the bus
station, after contacting Travel
ers’ Aid to request them to look
after him on the trip. Then, she
wrote a letter “To Whom It May
Concern’’ for the kid to carry
with him, explaining the circum
stances. So, the young man left
happy and Mrs. Owens could add
another star to her crown.
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Billy Carter, brother of former
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gubernatorial candidate Jimmy
Carter, is a candidate for the
County School Board in Sumter
County, with the active support
of Jimmy. The result on Sept. 11
may serve as an indication of
brother Jimmy's popularity, who,
if political pundits are to be be
lieved, is a certain candidate for
governor in 1970 if Carl Sanders
isn’t in the race.
There is, incidentally, an aw
ful lot of talk in Sumter County
about the ultra-liberal attitudes of
Jimmy and his entire family, in
cluding a cousin and his wife,
who migrated to Cordele. To be
perfectly fair, however, Jimmy
denies his liberal leanings, and
has written us two letters reit
erating that he is a conservative.
• *•••*
Wonder how many people real
iez that Lyndon Johnson can get
a first hand, day-to-day report
on everything the presidential
candidates are doing from the
Secret Service men asigned to
protect them. Perhaps, though,
the only one he would be really
interested in is George Wallace.
******
M. H. Doyle, longtime and
capable assistant director of the
State Prison Commission in
charge of finance, is retiring in
July, and his place will be taken
by James H. Thompkins, who
has been in the State Auditor’s
office.
While on the subject of prisons,
we might express the personal
hope that Gov. Maddox will
keep Acting Director Bob Carter
permanently on the job. Nobody
in the state has his experience
in this work.
******
William L. Norton, Jr., Gaines
ville attorney who is a candidate
for Judge of the State Court of
Appeals against over-80 George
Whitman, Sr., has been on a tour
of the state in the interest of his
candidacy. Reports coming to us
from various lawyers say that
he has very strong support from
attorneys throughout Georgia.
The principal complaints against
Judge Whitman are that he is
too old, too slow in writing de
cisions, and already eligible for
a high retirement pay. Folks say
he should get out and leave the
job for a younger, more vigorous
man.
Norton, incidentally, has strong
veterans support. He is the only
man to be awarded a life mem
bership in Gainesville Post 7
American Legion.
MARVIN
GRIFFIN
A BIRD IN
THE HAND
The assassination of Senator
Kennedy of New York was a
cold premeditated murder.
Si r h a n Sir
han, a fanati
cal Arab, was
caught in the
act. He is “the
bird in the
han d”, and
there is no
need for tom
es of maud-
lin sentimentality about the
killing of a public figure
who was in life a most con
troversial subject.
Sirhan Sirhan killed Senator
Robert Kennedy. Some col
umnists say Sirhan hated
Jews, Negroes, rich folks and
Americans. He was an alien,
and as such was living in a
nation he despised. Who is to
blame for his hatred?
There is no need for mass
hysteria. There is no cause
for indictment of all Ameri
cans. There is no need for self
incrimination. Sirhan Sirhan
was no part of the main
stream of American life. Sir
han was an Arab nut.
In discussing the untimely
death of Senator Kennedy,
there is no need for the silly
“guk” of the Ralph McGills,
who like to write about “what
happened in Alabama or Mis
sissippi four or five years ago”.
Let the law proceed with
Sirhan Sirhan. Let him be
given a fair trial, and upon
a finding of guilt, let us pro
ceed with him to the gas cham
ber of California. That is, un
less the U. S. Supreme Court
has knocked out the death
penalty for murderers and as
sassins.
In 1932 the late Franklin D.
Roosevelt had been elected,
but he had not taken office.
He paid a visit to Miami,
Florida, and Anton Cermak,
one of his friends and the
Mayor of Chicago, accompa
nied him to the Gold Coast
city. A fanatic by the name of
Zangara tried to assassinate
Roosevelt. He shot at the pre
sident-elect, but missed him,
and killed the Mayor of Chi
cago.
The Florida Circuit Court at
Miami tried Zangara, found
him guilty and sentenced him
to death by electrocution. The
sentence was carried out.
There may be others impli
cated in the Kennedy murder.
If there are others, let them
be ferreted out and punished.
The assassination of Presi
dent John F. Kennedy at Dal
las in 1963 is still clouded in
mystery to millions of Ameri
cans. The assassination of
Martin Luther King may soon
be cleared up if someone does
not kill Earl Ray before he
can be brought back to this
nation for trial. No mere white
man, “filled ’with hate”, would
have been as resourceful as
Ray, and no man engaged in
a life of crime for profit,
would commit a senseless mur
der for no gain. Ray was paid,
but by whom?
But, the slaying of Senator
Robert Kennedy can be clear
ed up to the satisfaction of the
American people. Justice can
be rendered.
IS THERE A
PATTERN?
The killing of these public
figures, senseless and brutal,
and the violence of others com
mitted against our society are
blots on our American way of
life.
Many of our people have
come to believe that these
dastardly acts have been com
mi 11 e d to get legislation
through the Congress. Presi
dent John F. Kennedy was as
sassinated, and the civil rights
act of 1964 was passed. Mrs.
Viola Liusso was killed, and
another rights act was passed
immediately by the Congress.
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25 Years Ago
(From the issue of June 24, 1943.)
A MEMBER of the News staff
was the recipient of a luscious
watermelon Monday, a gift from
Mr T, A. Clark Early County
farmer living five miles east of
the city on the Damascus raod.
Mr Clark reports that he has
been eating watermelons since
June 13.
*•**
AT last week’s meeting of the
Blakely Rotary Club, held Fri
day at noon over Lay’s Case,
definite plans were announced
for observance of the Club’s
seventeenth birthday at this
week’s meeting, which, it was
announced, will be held at the
This year an assassin struck
down Martin Luther King, and
Congressmen ran from the
King funeral in Atlanta to
Washington to pass the public
housing bill. The casket of
Senator Robert Kennedy had
not been loaded on the plane
to take the body of the Senator
back to New York when Pre
sident Johnson called upon the
Congress to pass the gun law.
It has been done.
I do not subscribe to this
theory in toto, but I wonder,
like other Amerians, if there
is some truth in it. This is the
modus operandi of the Com
munists, and whether they
have anything to do with the
murders or not, I agree with
Congressman O’Neal, who says
“this is certainly the way the
Communists want it”.
WHAT’S WRONG WITH
STATES RIGHTS
I was invited to address the
Texas State Convention of the
American Independent Party
at Forth Worth last Saturday.
The Texas law requires a state
convention as a prerequisite
to getting the party name on
the ballot in the General Elec
tion.
All political speeches were
called off during the period of
mourning for Senator Ken
nedy, and I think that was
certainly the thing to do. The
convention had to be held to
comply with the law, but no
speeches were made. I did not
go-
Now, along comes Ralph Mc-
Gill, Publisher of the Atlanta
Constitution, and he opines as
follows: “George Wallace, a
shrewd man decided to call
off his scheduled journey to
the New England states to
preach his prejudiced doc
trine of states rights—the op
posite of what Robert Ken
nedy of Massachusetts believ
be and promoted”.
According to McGill, states
rights, and a belief in them, is
something evil.
For Mr. McGill’s edification
George Wallace is not the first
American to believe in states
rights. The founding fathers—
those who drew the blueprint
for this great Republic, were
firm believers in states rights.
This great government was
conceived as a union of states,
and the fact that we have let
it become a bureaucratic hier
archy, is cause for deep shame.
I will not be a hypocrite. I
despise the way Robert Ken
nedy met his death. I hope the
fanatical coward who took his
life pays his debt to society,
but I did not believe in the
political philosophy of Sena
tor Kennedy while he lived.
I think it would have been a
catastrophe if he had lived
and been elected. I do not be
lieve in this kind of political
philosophy after he is dead.
I am sorry for his family.
Too many violent deaths have
occurred in this one family.
There is too much violence in
this nation. Let’s stamp it out,
and now.
clubhouse building of the Wo
man’s Club in Woodlawn Park
WE ARE JUST as perplexed
as you are—but here is what
happened here last Friday after
noon during a heavy downpour
of rain. Apparently from the sky
a catfish, about six inches long,
fell to the pavement in front of
Mr. Sam George’s establishment.
Mr Jim Widener, who was stand
ing in front of this place saw the
fish floundering in the street,
walked over and picked it up.
It was placed in a basin of water
and scores of people came by to
view the phenomenon. Later it
was released in a stream of
water, still alive and apparently
no worse off from its unusual
ordeal.
****
MRS, WILLIS ETHEL ELLIS,
47, widow of Jim Ellis, died at
her home in Jakin last Thurs
day night at 9;30 She was ill
only three days prior to her death
****
LT. A. J. SINGLETARY, of
Marfa, Texas, is here on a visit
to his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
R. C. Singletary.
♦***
CAPT. and Mrs. Robert V.
Walton announce the birth of
a daughter, Edna May, Friday,
June 18, Thomasville, Georgia.
Mrs. Walton, whose husband is
now in the overseas service,
is the former Miss May Ains
worth.
MAJOR and Mrs. Edgar Tiner
and children, of Washington,
D.G., are in Early County this
week visiting their parents. Mrs.
Tiner and children will remain
here for several weeks with Mr
and Mrs. J. H. Whitehurst while
Major Tiner attends an officers’
school at Fort Leavenworth
50 Years Ago
(From the issue of June 20, 1918 )
MR. AND .MRS, GG LANE
and baby boys, Mr. Lester George
and Mr. LJ. George went to Doe
ran Sunday via the Ford Line.
♦ ***
MR. AND MR Si Fred H. Brooks
announce the birth of a son, Wil
liam Wright Brooks, at their
home, Friday, June 14.
IT IS announced in this issue
of The News that the Ball-Ains
worth Company, hardware mer
chants, have bought the James
building.
****
MR. CARL HOBBS has resign
ed his position as marshal of
Blakely and accepted a position
as traveling representative of a
well-known company. He left
yesterday to take up his work in
.Alabama.
****
MR. HORTON HOBBS came up
from Alachua, Fla., yesterday to
spend a few days with home folks
and to accompany Mrs Hobbs and
babies back to the Land of
Flowers.
♦ ***
NINETEEN white registrants
will be called for entrainment
for Camp (Jordon next Wednes
day ■ They will be selected
from the following list: Ernest
W, Edwards, Amos J. Reese,
James E. Stewart,, Ashton F.
Johnson, Edward J. Everett, Her
schel Fudge, Rutherford Harris,
James W. Rabun, John H.
Rhymes, Thomas E. Lane, John
H. Williams, Lester E. George,
Charlie H. Bowen, William Bat
son, Arthur D. Preston, Harvey
D. McLendon, Alvin H. Ritchie,
James Rizer Tindol, Joe Wil
liams, Osa Driver, Joe Tom
Reese, Smiley Williams, Frank
McCormick, Jeff .Alex Davis,
Glynn W. Temples, Walter
A. Sheffield, Charley E. Rish,
William Irwin Bates, Julian O.
Lane, George Clark Tedder,
Charlie R, Jones, Lonny King
75 Years Ago
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Hospital people have only one
function: to help the patient.
More than anyone else, the nurse
symbolizes hospital care But
she is not alone. The hospital
staff includes many specialists
who help the patient directly.
The patient sees them as a team
caring for him.
First of all, the nurse her
self has become many people
The old image of tender loving
care remains, but she also is
a medical executive, a staff
supervisor, a coordinator, and a
highly trained professional.
Working with her are licensed
practical nurses (LPNs), nursing
Aides and orderlies, ward clerks
and secretaries In addition,
there are many therapists
occupational therapists, physical
therapists, inhalation therapists,
recreation therapists. And in
the extended care facilities,
there are speech therapists.
Radiologic technicians, labora
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medical social workers Did you
realize that there are sixty-six
(66) different skills performed
every day in a modern general
hospital ? Not many people rea
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different people, but some per
sons perform many skills.
From time to time —if you
are interested- —I'd like to intro
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people to you- When you come
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But you may be certain they know
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MR. E. L. FRYER is remodel -
ing his storehouse on Cuthbert
Street.
****
MR. GEO. E. CHIPSTEAD is
having his residence newly paint
ed.
THE World’s Fair is in pro
gress at Chicago and drawing
large crowds.
*♦**
NR. JOHN D. JONES, for the
past 12 months operator of the
Western Union office here, has
been transferred to Williams
burg. Miss Lena Fryer now has
charge of the local office.
*♦**
MR. W. H. ALEXANDER left
Monday for Atlanta to accept
a position as a drug salesman.
*♦**
MR. FRANK S. JONES has
returned from the University of
(ieorgia, Athens, for the sum
mer
THE Blakely Sunday School
Association met at the Blakely
Academy last week to reorganize
Rev. P. H. Crumpler was elected
president. Prof W H. Kilpatrick,
vice president, and Col. W. A.
Jordan, secretary and treasurer
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ATLANTA (PRN) - It is a
sad time indeed for Americans
as we reflect upon another
tragedy---the shooting of
Senator Robert Kennedy as he
waged a campaign for
nomination for president.
While we fear immediately a
conspiracy, coming as it does
on the heels of the
assassination of President
Kennedy and the murder of
of our society.
This crime, like so many
others, does reflect the trend
of disregard for law and order,
the lack of respect for
authority, lack of faith in our
system of justice. This horrible
act of shooting down a man
exercising his Constitutional
right of free speech in
expressing his own views may
well be the fruit borne from
the attitudes of those in high
places, holding responsible
public office and other
segments of our society,
including some elements of
our own free press, in urging
and encouraging the doctrine
of civil disobedience.
The influence of public
figures is tremendous and all
of us need to carefully
re-evaluate the philosophies
these leaders espouse.
The story of the crucifixion
of Jesus is recalled. A large
multitude chose as its hero a
man who represented violence
and lawlessness. They cried for
the release of Barabbas, while
Jesus went on the cross.
They rejected the Prince of
Peace but accepted the one
who stood for all that is wild,
war-like, base and rotten in
human nature.
But those who accepted
Christ and followed him
became part of a movement
which has brought salvation to
untold millions.
This is a Christian nation. It
is so because our forefathers
believed in Christ, not
Barabbas. And these beliefs
became the very heart of our
Constitution and our
Declaration of Independence.
Our country is in mortal
danger today because too
many have once again cried
out for Barabbas and all the
savagery he represents. They
bow before this beast,
represented today in
disobedience of law and order,
disrespect for authority, which
all too often are but the
prelude to violence and rioting
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and mob rule. And the
influence of those crimes
filters down to the frustrated,
the demented and the twisted
minds which in turn create
their own self-satisfying
violence, all too often in the
form of harm to other
persons.
It is witnessed in some of
the cringing leadership in our
nation which, with an attitude
of indulgence, makes excuses
for law breakers and
insurrectionists and condemns
strong police action to protect
the lives and property of our
citizens in the wake of civil
warfare which sweeps the
land.
This Barabbas philosophy
stands out in the actions of
the leftists and the socialists
who have made a political
football out of poverty,
human rights and civil
disobedience but look the
other way while radicals bring
anarchy to our midst.
Recently the highly
respected FBI Director J.
Edgar Hoover said that the
Students for Democratic
Society, the group responsible
for the virtual collapse of
Columbia University in New
York in April, is “infiltrated
by Communist party
members” and has “seized
every opportunity to foment
discord among the youth of
this country.”
He called the group’s action
“a new type of subversive,”
calling it a very great danger.
History proves to us that a
disorderly society cannot
survive. Every society which
has become lawless has
become lifeless. The ever
increasing eruptions of rioting
in our country reveal to us
that things are out of control.
Is there any doubt, honestly,
that the rapid spread of
lawlessness has come about as
a result of planned and
organized mass disrespect and
defiance of constituted
authority?
Those who operate under
the banner of peaceful civil
disobedience are promoting a
fraud. It is neither peaceful
nor civil-it is criminal
disobedience.
And the cost comes high.
It is our individual
freedom.
The seeds of civil
disobedience have been sown
and we now are reaping the
harvest in riots---open
defiance- and wanton gunning
down of public figures.
The first responsibility of a
citizen is to obey the law.
The first responsibility of
government is to protect the
lives and property of citizens.
And the first responsibility
of our leaders is to recognize
those facts and then
hopefully, lead us in a revival
of both.
Dr. Martin
Luther
King Jr., we
hope that is
but the
work of a
crazed
individual
and surely
does not
reflect the
t raditions
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