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EARLY COUNTY NEWS, THURSDAY, JAN. 9, 1969
EARLY COUNTY NEWS
Official Organ of Blakely and Early County
BLAKELY, GEORGIA 31723
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The Georgia General Assembly
convenes next Monday, Jan. 13,
for its 1969 session with the us
ual prospects for turmoil and
confusion. Sometimes, one won
ders how they ever get anything
done for the benefit of the peo
ple, but one way or the other
they get through, and most of
the time pass some pretty good
legislation.
As everybody knows, Speaker
George L. Smith will be re
elected to his post as top man in
the House, and it has already
been decided that Senator Hugh
Gillis will be President Pro-Tern
of the Senate, second man to the
Lieut.-Governor who is elected
by the people. Other officers of
both chambers will be about the
same as last year, being elected
without opposition.
Apparently, Governor Maddox
will have more administration
legislation than in the two ses
sions preceding this one, with
the primary bills his leaders will
introduce dealing with state rev
enue measures. Also, various
other members of the Assembly
will present their own tax pro
posals, and the controversy will
wax fast and furious. However,
the smartest Capitol observers
still believe that no tax bill will
be passed in the regular session,
but that a special session will be
called and the Assembly will
wind up passing a one cent addi
tion to the sales tax, plus a 1.5 c
increase in the gasoline tax.
If this is the end result of the
legislative session, insofar as
new taxes are concerned, the
new sales tax money is expected
to go primarily to cities and
counties, with perhaps 25% of it
to education. However, every
department in state government
has submitted budgets asking for
many, many millions of dollars
in additional funds for their use.
This is particularly true of
Welfare, Health and the Univer
sity System. And the sums asked
by even the small departments
add up to astronomical figures.
You can bet your bottom dollar
that these department heads and
their friends, both in the Assem
bly and out, will be doing their
best to secure a goodly portion
of any new money to be raised.
In fact, it is almost unrealistic
to think that the legislature will
pass a tax program which will
benefit only the cities, counties
and the highway department. An
awful lot of pressure can be put
on Representatives and Senators
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by the folks at home who would
stand to benefit the most from
increased welfare payments,
more health and Medicaid serv
ices, veterans benefits, etc. etc.
Os course, these people are not
too well organized, if at all,
while those who will fight a gen
eral tax increase, such as Cham
bers of Commerce and business
people in general, can be ex
pected to keep close contact with
legislators.
When we say that "these peo
ple" are not too well organized,
we except the veterans groups,
which are some of the most pow
erful organizations in the state
and nation. We would guess that
the State Dept, of Veterans Serv
ice will receive just about 100%
of what it desires.
There will be at least a thous
and other bills and resolutions
dealing with legislation other
than taxation. Most, of course,
will be local bills, affecting only
one county or district, but even
these take a certain amount of
time and create a certain
amount of controversy.
One bill to be introduced will
deal with consumer credit, and
will produce a lot of talk, though
some form of it will be passed
in the end. A joint House-Senate
Committee was appointed by the
1968 Assembly to study the Uni
form Credit Code, and to make
a report by the end of 1968. This
committee, chaired by Senator
Culver Kidd of Milledgeville,
held a total of five public hear
ings during October, November
and December, and on Dec. 19
decided by a vote of 9 to 2 to
introduce a bill which would set
up a Uniform Consumer Credit
Code for Georgia. The contents
of the bill will determine
whether it will be fought by loan
companies, department stores
and others to whom the credit
issue and how much interest can
be charged is very important.
The 1970 political campaigns,
particularly thinking of the gov
ernor’s race, won’t play as big
a part in this session as it will in
the next. But, it will still have its
effect, so those who might won
der about the “whys and where
fores” of certain legislation
should look behind the scenes
and see which potential candid
ate stands to benefit if such and
such a law is passed.
At any rate, the Capitol will
be a very interesting place to
visit until about the middle of
March.
MARVIN
GRIFFIN
HAPPINESS FOR
PUEBLO FAMILIES
North Korean Communists
played Santa Claus to the
families of the 82 officers and
men of the U. S. S. Pueblo,
who had been incarcerated in
the jails of that fourth-rate
country for eleven months.
It is difficult to understand
working s of
the oriental
mind, but re
gard less of
that, the fact
remains, the
men have
been freed,
and their
freedom is
the finest Christmas gift the
families of these men could
receive.
Every American is glad they
were liberated, but it does go
against the grain to learn of
the inhumane treatment these
American Navy men suffered
at the hands of these beastly
little pirates.
Liberal appeasers and con
secrated members of the left
winger establishment who call
themselves Americans, were
quick to criticize our nation
for violating international wa
ters, but Commander Lloyd M.
Bucher said at no time was
the Pueblo closer than 13 mil
es from North Korean terri
tory.
Bucher was a victim of
solitary confinement most of
the 11 months, and the re
mainder of the ship’s com
pany were subjected to brutal
beatings. Some of this savage
treatment came only a few
days before the men were lib
erated.
In order to effectuate the
liberation, it was necessary for
our government to make an
apology to North Korea. In
this apology we admitted vio
lating the limits Korean ter
ritorial waters. As soon as the
men were conducted to safety,
the apology and the admission
of guilt were repudiated.
NATIONAL PRIDE
AT STAKE
All this is very good since
our men are free, but there is
a matter of national pride-to
be discussed. For fear some *
pinheaded son of Balaam’s
might try to smite me as he
threatened to do to his talk
ing ass, I will say I am not a
radical. I am not a warmonger.
I am not what Ralph McGill,
and other mewling leftwing
ers, call a super patriot. I am
just an average Georgia Crack
er who is proud of his co,untry,
and am not pleased when we
have to suffer indignities from
a fourth-rate power because
we are afraid we will offend
a bullying big brother Com
munist nation.
We had to confess to a lie
to get our men back, and the
North Kireans kept the Pueblo
as a prize. We have our men,
and they have the ship.
I tell you what I would like
to see. The Battleship New
Jersey is operating in South
east Asian waters, and it
would not take her too long
to drop off the coast of North
Korea. With her tiers of 16
inch guns the New Jersey
could make mincemeat out of
the Pueblo in a matter of sec
onds. If we did not violate in
ternational law, North Korea
has no right to the ship. It
should be sent to the bottom
of the sea as a matter of na
tional pride.
WE FIGURED IN
A PARALLEL CASE
When William Bainbridge
ran the Philadelphia aground
in the harbor of Tripoli, the
Barbary pirates captured the
ship. It was a matter of na
tional pride with Admiral Pre
ble. He sent Stephrr Decatur
and a crew under cover of
darkness to board the Phila
delphia, and gave explicit or
ders to destory her.
Stephen Decatur and his
men threw the pirates over
board, and set a dozen fires on
the Philadelphia. She burned,
blew up and sank. The ship
was denied to the pirates, and
our young nation maintained
hci honor. I well know this
thing of honor is “old hat” to
the appeasers and apologizers
for our county, but the New
Jersey could restore some na
tional pride in just a few min
utes.
Was our government, and
our leaders, during the time of
Bainbridge and Decatur too
warlike? Were these men who
believed in national pride ra
dicals? I do not think so. And
here is a question I would
like to ask the bleeding hearts
of liberal persuasion: ‘Were
the 10 million people in Ameri-
FROM!
OUR
FILES
25 Years Ago
(From the ^sue of Jan. 13,194 i.)
SUCCUMBING to an illness of
ten days, Mr. Joseph Freeman,
80, well-known and highly
esteemed citizen of Early County,
died last Friday.
RAYMOND COOK SINGLE
TARY, 56, prominent business
man and civic leader of Blakely,
died suddenly at his home on
Cuthbert street at 7:20 o’clock
last Thursday night, January 6.
THE JANUARY term of Early
superior court will be convened
by Judge C. W, Worrill on next
Monday, January 17. Grand Jur
ors are: C. D. Duke, Sr., A. L.
Jones, F. B. Melton, Cecil Wal
ler, J. B. Jones (Jakin), R. O.
Lewis, J. C, Balkcom, S, G.
Maddox, Oscar Powell, B. O.
Merritt, T. F, Daniels, W. P.
Smith, J. W. Grimes, Curtis
Dinning, W, T. Clearman, S. A.
Wright, H. J. Middleton, C. S.
Middleton, Oscar Whitchard, H.
B, Ainsworth, Sr., L. A. Minter,
J. E. Evans, J. B. Still, Sr., H.
E. Minter, K. J. Hodges, S, B.
Blackshear, N. E. Evans, Robert
Hall, W. L Cooper, C. H. Lo
back, E. C. Moseley, H. C. Fryer,
Barney Wynne, H. H. Davenport,
J. C. Loyless, Jr., S. T. Lane,
Willie J. Hammack, Lewis Jones,
J.R. George, Abe Berman, C. L.
Tabb, C. W. Pullen, B. A. Gar
rett, H. A. Walton, J. G, Craft,
William Cox, J. H. Duce.
MRS. MAVIS RASH, 28, wife of
Mr. Clifton Rash, died at her
home in Eufaula, Ala., on last
Saturday, after a brief illness.
Mrs. Rash was a native of Early
county and was the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Houston.
*♦**
J. FRANK GILBERT, for
twelve years County Treasurer,
announced this week that he will
not be a candidate for re-election.
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J 1 *
•"MRS. RALPH HOBBS, JR., and
young daughter arrived Wednes
day from Nashville, Tenn., to
spend several days here with
Mrs. Hobbs' mother, Mrs. Ben
Haisten.
**•*
OF INTEREST to friends
throughout southwest Georgia and
Florida is the announcement of
the marriage of Miss Betty Davis
Yates, of Jacksonville, to First
Class Petty Officer Jesse Guy
Collins, U. S. Navy, which oc
curred December 15 at the home
of the bride's uncle. Rev, Wil
liam L Mills.
50 Years Ago
(From the issue of Jan. 19,1919.)
ALL OLD OFFICERS were re
elected for 1919 at a meeting
of the city council Tuesday
night. They are: Clerk, W. W.
Fleming: superintendent of
streets, C. D,Bryant; superin
tendent water, lights, ice and cold
storage plant, E. R. Adams; ice
& cold storage manager, J, J.
McLendon- sexton, M. B. Mur
kerson.
MR. JOHNNIE HUGHES is re
ca who voted for George Wal
lace the only Ame ri
cans who believed we should
have gone into North Korea
after our men and property?
I know that is not the case,
but the liberal pundits write
as if only the Wallace support
ers wanted to free the men of
the Pueblo. If that were so,
then all I can say is we have
some 60 million other sorry
Americans living in the land
of the free and the home of
the brave.
We have too many in our
uatioa who believe we should
coddle the Communists a t
every turn in the road. We
have entirely too many a
mong us who are foolish en
ough to believe the Russian
Communists are mellowing to
ward Ameria.
I am not one to look for
Communists under my bed
every night, Russian Com
munists that is, but then, I
don’t have to do that be
cause I know we have many
Americans who are doing
Ivan’s work for him in this
country better than he can
do it himself.
I would still like to see the
Pueblo at the bottom of the
sea.
FIGHT CANCER
WITH A
CHECKUP AND
A CHECK
AMERICAN
CANCER
SOCIETY
ceiving the glad hand from his
friends, having returned to Blak
ely to make his home after a
month’s service with Uncle Sam.
♦ ♦♦♦
MR. J. D. FUDGE has bought
the Alexander and Company stock
of groceries and has a bargain
talk in this issue of The News.
♦ ♦♦♦
MAX COBB, son of Mr. and
Mrs. M.C. Cobb, was carried to
Atlanta last week for an appendix
operation, and friends of the
family are glad to know that his
condition is favorable.
MR. MURRAY BRUNSON has
bought the house on River street
which has been occupied by Mrs.
Belle Wilson and family for seve
ral years, and Mr. A. J. Ham
mack has bought the house on
Arlington street until recently
occupied by Mr. Jesse D. Smith.
JUDGE L M. RAMBO went
over to Arlington Tuesday night
on professional business.
A MARRIAGE of interest to
their many friends is that of
Mrs. Bernice Hammack-Gay and
Mr. Roy E. Alexander, which oc
curred last Friday night, Judge
Charlie C. Lane performing the
ceremony.
75 Years Ago
(From the issue of Jan. 11, 1894.)
A MAN with his monkey and
hand organ "took in” the town
last Saturday, much to the de
light of the little folks.
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THE CITY COUNCIL, at its
meeting last night, elected Mr.
J. C. Chancy, marshal; Mr.W.H.
Alexander, clerk and Mr. J. T,
Freeman, treasurer.
****
AT THE town election held last
Saturday the following ticket was
elected for the present year:
Mayor, W, A. Jordan; Council
men, G. D. Oliver, G. E. Chip
stead, R. W. Davis, J. H. Hand
and J. W. Strickland.
*♦**
SHERIFF J. T. MCALLISTER,
of Clay county, was in town last
week.
MR. G. E. CHIPSTEAD has
returned from a visit to Colum
bus.
MR. J. L BROOKS was up
from Cedar Springs this week.
ASSETS
Loans & Discounts $2,455,362.35
U. S. Gov’t Bonds 1,137,536.23
Other Bonds 444,579.07
Other Assets 1,090.01
Capital Stock —Bank Building 115,000.00
Furniture & Fixtures 30,286.75
Overdrafts 12,175.85
Cash & due from Banks 1,080,385.32
Total Assets 5,276,415.63
Library News
Public libraries in Georgia
are happy to announce a new
service, portable recorders to
be used exclusively by blind and
otherwise physically handicapp
ed readers. These tape record
ers have been purchased by the
Library for the Blind and Physi
cally Handicapped, a unit of the
Georgia Department of Edu
cation, and are place in the public
• libraries in the state.
De Sota Trail Regional Library'
has received one of these tape
recorders and a supply' of tape.
Tills means that excerpts from
encyclopedias, dictionaries, and
other reference books, back is
sues of magazines and news
papers, pamphlets, and clippings
in the vertical file collections
can be read onto tape and the
tape taken out of the library.
Anyone who is a reader with
the Library' for the Blind and
Physically Handicapped can send
a friend or relative to one of these
public libraries whenever the
library is open and the record
er and tape will be available
for use. This is a free ser
vice, but it is expected that
tape used will be replaced or
returned by the reader.
Although the librarian will be
glad to help in location of ma
terials, the library staff cannot
take time from other duties to do
the recording. Thus, the reader
must provide a volunteer reader,
a relative or friend. Music
records and concerts cannot be
recorded at the library (most
music records can be borrowed).
It is not expected that entire
books will be recorded nor books
which can be borrowed from the
library. Also, the tape recorder
cannot be removed from the
library, thus each reader must
have his own recorder at home.
Talking books, that is, books
on records, and Braille are a
vailable for the handicapped. A
record player, free of charge,
will be sent to the patron who
qualifies for this program. Re
member that total blindness is not
a requisite. Talking books are
excellent and a wide variety in
choice of titles is available. The
handicapped include anyone who
is unable to turn pages of a book.
This is a wonderful library ser
vice that Georgians need to know
about and to take advantage of.
New Veterans
Have Free VA '
Dental Care
Veterans being discharged
from military service are
now entitled to receive VA den
tal care without having to furnish
proof of their condition being con
nected with military service,
State Veterans Service Director
Pete Wheeler announced today.
The eligible ex-service men
and women have only 6 months
following discharge in which to
apply for the one-time complete
care without showing proof by
military records.
Veterans who can prove by
their records that their dental
condition originated or was ag
gravated during military service
have up to one year after release
from service to apply for the
treatment.
The treatment is granted for a
one-time basis only and not for
any continuing periods.
Mr. Wheeler said the care
can be given at any one of three
VA dental clinics in Georgia,
located in Atlanta, Augusta and
CONDENSED STATEMENT OF CONDITION
BANK OF EARLY — BLAKELY, GA.
AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS DECEMBER 31, 1968
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
THE BANK OF FRIENDLY SERVICE
Complete and Modern Banking Facilities
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Report^ People
ATLANTA (PRN) - In the
dawn of the New Year, I want
to extend to all Georgians my
sincere best wishes for a happy
and prosperous 1969. I also
want to urge all Georgians to
increase their interest in state
government. I want to take
this opportunity to discuss our
method and approach to
governing this great state.
The
Maddox
Ad minis
tration
actively
promo tes
the prin
cip 1 e s
which come
from the
Bible. The
prayer
service each morning in the
Governor’s Office is not only a
source of strength, but a
symbol of our trust.
The laws of God underlie
all our decisions and our
programs.
Honesty, efficiency and
morality in government are
promoted and required.
And it is with a feeling of
gratitude to God and deep
appreciation to the
considerate leadership of our
General Assembly that we
have come to the close of
almost two years of
unparalleled achievement.
In less than two years, our
State has attained its best
position for qualified teachers.
Expressways are opening
faster than ever before.
Cities and counties are
receiving more aid from State
government than ever before.
Programs in mental health
and penal reform have been
the most progressive ever
inauguarated in Georgia in
recent years.
The economic picture has
never been so bright, and our
A tightwad went into a gift
shop to find an inexpensive
Christmas gift for a friend, but
he found everything very expen
sive—except for a vase whiehhad
been, bro kerL. He purchased, it
for practically nothing and'' asked
the store to sent it. He wanted
the friend to think it was broken
in transit.
A week later, he received a
thank you note. It read, ’’Many
thanks for the vase. It was nice
of you to wrap each piece sepa
rately.”
Proverbs are short sentences
based on long experience.
Dublin. Veterans may have their
private dentists perform the
treatment but only with prior
VA approval.
The only eligibility require
ments for receiving VA dental
care are that a veteran serve
on active duty for six months
or longer, be discharged under
honorable conditions and file for
treatment within the alloted time
period.
Information and assistance on
veterans’ benefits are available
from the nearest field office of
the Georgia Department of Vete
rans Service located at the Blak
ely courthouse. Its manager is
Tom M' 1 ’•’a n.
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock $150,000-00
Surplus 150,000.00
Undivided Profits 60,122.60
Reserves 40,877.80
Unearned Interest 40,255.14
De P osi ts 4,835,160.09
Total Liabilities 5,276,415.63
industrial growth has never
been better.
But we cannot say that we
are satisfied. There is much,
much more that needs to be
done. We will not settle for
average. And so, as the servant
of the people of Georgia, I
would offer this resolution.
I resolve to do more for
Georgia and Georgians in 1969
through the cooperation of
I the people and the help of
God.
! As the New Year appears, I
would like to see new hope
j given to the children and
} adults who occupy our state
! mental institutions whose
I minds are sick and confused.
I would like to offer more
efficient rehabilitation, more
decent living conditions and
more compassionate treatment
for those in our prisons and
other such institutions, and
give them a vision of a better
tomorrow.
I would like to boost the
resources of our cities and
counties and help give them
the necessary provisions which
would give new stay-at-home
job opportunities for our
citizens who live in areas
which have been neglected by
state government for so many
years.
It is my hope that in 1969
we will do more to expand our
tourist program, increase our
industrial potential, move our
segment of the interstate
highway system into the last
stages of completion, and
open the door of educational
opportunity for our young
people equal to the best in the
nation, as we proceed to new
heights of progress and
fulfillment.
I ask you to resolve to help
in these plans for a stronger,
freer, healthier and more
prosperous Georgia.
Dean's List
Charlotte McLendon, a senior
at the University of Georgia, was
on the "Dean’s List for the fall
quarter in the School of Elemen
tary Education, her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Hoyle McLendon have
been notified by the dean of the
University.
Dean Harold T. Johnson an
nounces the Dean’s List for Geor
gia Southwestern College for the
- fall quarter 1968.
Courtney Houston, a graduate
of Early County High School is
one of the students receiving
this recognition for outstanding
scholastic achievement.
Card Os Thanks
I wish to thank all my friends
and relatives for the visits,
cards, flowers and gifts sent me
while I was in the hospital. Also
I thank Dr. Crowdis and the entire
staff at Early Memorial Hospital
for their kindness. May God bless
each of you.
Mrs. Erie Hall