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Progress is not free, and it is
not cheap, but with the
momentum our economy and
our services have at present, it
will cost much less to keep
moving forward than it would
to come to a halt and then
decide that Georgia needs to
advance.
I have submitted a budget
proposal to the Georgia
General
A sse mbly
which
would keep
Georgia
moving
ahead, and
which, at
the same
time, would
provide
desperately
needed funds for local
governments and their school
systems.
Most of you are probably
already aware that I have
asked for a one cent increase
in the general sales tax, and
that I have proposed that an
amount equal to one-half cent
of this tax be allocated to
counties and to county and
independent school systems
and that the other half-cent be
allocated to cities. It is my
proposal that the funds be
returned to counties and cities
on a per capita basis, and to
school systems on the basis of
average daily attendance.
This plan would allow all
Georgians (not just some of
them) to share in the progress
and prosperity of our great
State. It is a plan which takes
account of the needs of the
rural counties and the
metropolitan counties. It is a
plan which is fair to the little
towns and to the big cities. It
is a plan for all Georgians.
An alternate plan is now
being considered by some
members of the Georgia
General Assembly which
would help to solve the
financial problems of some
Georgia communities, but
would totally ignore a lot of
others.
Penal reform in Georgia
would remain a dream instead
of becoming a reality.
We would be unable to do
what must be done in Georgia
for those less fortunate than
we, who need proper mental
health care.
The outstanding position
we have gained in education
vou 1 d be seriously
jeopardized.
In lieu of the equitable
measure of a one-cent
state-wide sales tax to be
returned to local governments
and local school systems, this
special interest plan calls for a
local option payroll tax to be
imposed by “regional taxing
agencies”.
Now, if a community that
has already been left behind
because of inadequate
revenues wanted to get some
of the gravy from such a
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increased gloss.
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program, it just would not be
able to. If a community
doesn’t have any substantial
industries or businesses, what
payrolls could they tax?
Would it be the men already
working for inadequate
salaries in the local police and
fire departments?
I am aware that the big
cities and the industrialized
counties have severe revenue
problems. But, so do the rural
areas and the underdeveloped
cities and towns. And, these
problems are not separate
ones. They are closely linked
by the fact that people who
swell the populations of big
city ghettos do not just appear
out of the thin air. They come
from the depressed areas of
our State where there are no
jobs to keep them at home.
Nearly two years of work
has gone into a study of
Georgia’s tax structure and a
plan has been submitted to the
Georgia General Assembly
which will give this State real
tax revision. A plan has been
presented to the Legislature
which would eliminate much
of the regressivity in our
recent system of taxation.
Those who are now saying,
“Let’s just toss all this work
out the window because it
doesn’t serve our own special
interest”, are saying that the
Georgia Tax Study Revision
was a sham and a farce to
begin with. They are saying
that they didn’t want tax
revision, that what they really
wanted was more money for
particular groups of people
regardless of who it hurt.
The alternate plan being
submitted that of leaving out
totally the needs of Georgia’s
cities and counties would be
detrimental to 139 Georgia
counties, hundreds of our
cities and their schools, and
would provide additional
funds for only 20 counties
with no assurance of ad
valorem tax reduction in the
20 counties, but absolute
assurance that ad valorem tax
would be increased in 139
Georgia counties, their
cities- and for their school
systems. By failing to enact
the one-cent sales tax proposal
and returning this money to
local governments, the Georgia
property owner would
continue to be saddled with
additional tens of millions of
dollars in taxes which he just
cannot afford to pay.
The one-cent sales tax some
five years from now would
provide approximately 150
million dollars worth of relief
each year for the ad valorem
tax payer. This is a practical
plan, and it is a fair one. I urge
every citizen in this State who
is interested in seeing this
State as a whole move forward
to write, or call, or go see your
representatives and let them
know that you’re not willing
for some areas of this State to
progress at the expense of
others.
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weight - forged aluminum
wheels are being used in regu
lar railroad operations to
speed rapid transit passengers
to their destinations.
The aluminum wheels,
equipped with steel rims, are
expected to reduce total
weight of each transit car, re
sulting in less power required
to operate the cars and addi
tional cost savings.
A Puzzlement
We have been intrigued by a
medical puzzlement.
There is a disease that kills
more than 500 Georgians each
year, yet it is still regarded
by some people as "unmention
able. ' ’
We have no hesitation in men
tioning it. It is cancer of the
colon and rectum. This disease
strikes 73,000 Americans annu
ally.
A disease of this magnitude
cannot be kept under cover, par
ticularly when you consider that
ft is potentially highly curable.
The American Cancer Society
tells us that three out of four
persons who are stricken with
cancer of the colon and rectum
could be saved if the disease is
found early and properly treat
ed. Most deaths from cancer
of this site could be averted,
the ACS adds, if we included
in our yearly health examina
tion a proctoscopic examina
tion of the colon and rectum.
This is a small price to pay
for a precaution that could save
your life.
There was a time not long
ago when cancer was a whis
pered word. We know better
today. We know that public
awareness of cancer is largely
responsible for the fact that there
are more than 1,400,000 of us
alive today who have been cured
of cancer.
Cancer of the colon-rectum
has been called the "cancer
nobody talks about". This should
not be so. In the matter of
saving lives, nothing can be gain
ed by silence. A first step
in saving lives lost needlessly
to this cancer is to make people
conscious of it and then to move
them to act to protect themselves.
When the disease is detected
while it is still localized, and
properly treated, three out of
four patients can be saved. Best
protection is an annual checkup
including a proctoscopic ex
amination.
In a n adult the colon and rec
tum is a mucous-lined, tubular
structure about five feet in length. -
Its function is to collect and*
evacuate the body’s solid waste
materials.
The colon is often called the
large intestine or large bowel.
The rectum is the lowest part
of the bowel. It is six to eight
inches long, ending in the anus.
The cause of cancer of the colon
and rectum is not known. How
ever, small growths called polyps
which arise in the lining of the
colon and rectum are often pre—
cursors of cancer. Although
they are not cancer, some polyps
tend to become malignant as time
goes on. For this reason, they
should be removed or destroyed.
Polyps sometimes run in fami
lies. Persons with a familial
history of colon and rectum can
cer should be doubly sure to
have periodic examinations of
the lower intestinal tract.
DANGER SIGNALS - It is best
to detect polyps or cancer of the
rectum and colon before they
cause symptoms. Later the fol
lowing danger signals may mean
cancer: abdominal pain, changes
in bowel habits, blood in the
stool. If a danger signal per
sists for two weeks, consulta
tion with a physician is impera
tive. Special studies such as
X-rays may be Indicated.
DETECTION- About three
fourths of all colon and rectum
cancer may be detected by the
proctoscope. This is a slender
tube with a light that allows an
inspection of the inside of the
rectum and the lower part of
the colon. Medical authorities
are convinced that the procto
.scopic examination can save
EARLY COUNTY NEWS, THURSDAY, FEB. 20, 1969
FFA... an opportunity
for youth.
National
FFA Week
Feb.ls-22
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DEPT. OF HEW WILL
HOLD PUBLIC HEARING
Welfare recipients, state and
health officials and others will
testify at an all-day public hear
ing scheduled here by the Presi
dent’s Commission on Income
Maintenance.
The Atlanta hearing is the
eighth in a series of 20 being
held in various cities to gather
data on existing welfare and in
come maintenance programs and
propose reforms in the systems.
Mayor Ivan Allen is scheduled
to welcome the hearing opening
at 9:30 a.m. Friday, February
21, in the Central Presbyterian
Church.
Among those scheduled to pre
sent testimony at the hearing,
to be chaired by John M. Dalton,
former governor of Missouri,
will be William Burson, Direc
tor of the Georgia Department
of Family and Children Services:
Dr. J. F. Hackley, of the Ful
ton County Health Department:
J. W. Pinkston, executive direc
tor of Grady Memorial Hospi
tal; James Parham, executive
director of Economic Opportu
nity Atlanta: State Rep. Ben
Brown; Hammonds D. Hatch, di
rector of the Georgia Food dis
tribution program; Fred Brown,
principal of Butler Elementary
School; Albert Sampson, of the
Southern Christian Leadership
Conference, and Lonnie King,
president of the Atlanta Chap
ter, NAACP.
Other members of the Com
mission who will hear testimony
in Atlanta are Otto Eckstein,
professor of economics at Har
vard University, and former
member of the President’s Coun
cil of Economic advisers; and
Sherwood 0. Berg, dean of the
University of Minnesota’s Insti
tute of Agriculture.
Sherman Barge, team leader
for the Commission, said others
more lives from cancer than
any other step in the checkup.
TREATMENT - Surgical re
moval of the cancer is the stan
dard procedure. If it is a very
small cancer in a polyp, a simple
operation through the procto
scope may suffice. More ad
vanced cancers require exten
sive operations, and therefore,
it is desirable that treatment
be obtained early in the course
of the disease.
EDUCATION - A considerable
amount of material available on
cancer of the colon and rectum
may be obtained through Divi
sions of the American Cancer
Society.
Certain barriers in making
die proctoscopic examination
part of the annual health check
up can be expected. Discussion
of the colon and rectum is not
usually carried on in every-day
conversation. In a recent ex
cellent article the Ladies' Home
Journal described this form of
the disease as "The Cancer No
body Talks About." Since the
examination entails a certain
amount of inconvenience and re
quires close cooperation on the
part of the patient and the physi
cian, a long-range educational
program for both the public and
the profession is anticipated.
In its educational material the
American Cancar Society has
sought directness, clarity, and
hopefulness. Its film "Life
Story" tells a warm story of a
man cured of the disease by a
simple operation as a result of
its being found early by a proc
toscopic examination during a
routine health checkup. It shows
the location and function of the
colon and rectum, the nature of
cancer in this site, and the im
portance of early detection.
"Three Faces of Stanley" —
another ACS film -- gives an
interesting and amusing insight
into reasons many people don’t
seek proper and adequate exami
nations for this type cancer.
wishing to give testimony may
contact him at Paschal's Motor
Inn ( phone 577-3150).
The President’s Commission
on Income Maintenance was
created by order of President
Lyndon B. Johnson in January,
1968, with Ben W. Heineman, of
Chicago, as chairman. The group
consists of 22 of the nation s
leaders in industry, labor, uni
versities and government.
President Johnson asked the
Commission (l)to assess exist
ing welfare and related pro
grams; (2) to recommend im
provements wherever indicated;
(3) to examine alternative pro-
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Danny Westbrook, Patricia Bridges, and Larry Fussell peer
through a large red Valentine at the entrance of the elaborately
decorated dining hall of the First Baptist Church at the Youth
Valentine Banquet. All three took part on the program.
LEWIS LLEWELLYN
Is Great Society
Possible Now?
Is the Great Society dead
now that Lyndon Johnson has
moved off the center of the
stage?
Perhaps a better question
would be: Was the Great So
ciety, as propounded by LBJ,
ever a really attainable objec
tive? And a closely related
question: Is a Great Society
possible in this imperfect world?
A young Puerto Rican in New
York—one of six children in a
family which is now fatherless—
has his own idea about this.
“Real Great Society”
Without waiting for someone
to step in with massive financial
assistance, he set about, five
years ago, to create what he
calls “The Real Great Society.”
He and a few others—who
believed in helping themselves
and others with what resources
they had available—began to
assist elementary school chil
dren in their neighborhood with
reading and writing.
When people saw what these
high-school young people were
doing, they wanted to help them.
The Astor Foundation gave them
$15,000, then followed this with
two other grants of funds.
Now the young man, Angelo
Giordani, who is a senior in
college, is directing the opera
tion of a school for drop-outs,
where young people who have
dropped out of the regular
school system can study and
attain a high-school equivalency
diploma, fitting them for en
trance into college.
“I’m interested in all people,”
Giordani says. However, his
work has been primarily among
Beginner Cooks
Need 6 Wardrobe ’
Os Pots ’n’ Pans
NEW YORK (a) — Are you
a bride who has just begun
the role of homemaker but
can barely boil water?
The first thing you should
know is that you need the
proper pot to boil it in.
Few women have every kind
of utensil there is but the
novice homemaker seems
most afflicted by the wrong
pot at the wrong time syn
drome. As a beginner cook she
lacks the experience in choos
ing the utensil necessary for
each type of cooking.
Actually you should buy
cookware like you buy clothes.
You begin with a basic set, a
"wardrobe” of cookware that
takes care of most of your
needs
An important thing to Know
about cookware is that not
all of it performs the same
way. A cooking utensil must
conduct heat from the source
to the food. Different mate
rials conduct the heat in dif
ferent ways.
grams, however unconventional,
which would promise a construc
tive advance in meeting the in
come needs of all Americans;
(4) to examine major reforms
proposed in recent years, in
cluding several varieties of gua
ranteed minimum income; and
(5) to evaluate the costs and
benefits of these proposals in
terms of their effects, both on
the recipient and the economy.
The Commission has held
hearings in Florida, Louisiana,
Kentucky, Arkansas, Arizona,
New Mexico, and Colorado. Af
ter the February 21 hearing in
Atlanta, the fact-finding Com
mission is scheduled to visit
cities in Illinois, California,
Minnesota, lowa, West Virginia,
Pennsylvania, New Hampshire,
Massachusetts, Washington,
South Dakota, California, and New
York.
Puerto Ricans because, as he
puts it, “Where there’s a weak
segment of our society, we have
to build up that part of it first.”
“Love Thy Neighbor”
While Giordani calls his organ,
ization “The Real Great So
ciety,” it seems to be a mani
festation of the commandment,
“Thou shalt love thy neighbor
as thyself.”
While other dissatisfied young
people are shutting down great
institutions of learning with their
divisive and disruptive tactics,
here is a young man who is
putting into action the concern
for others which is the founda
tion stone of real progress.
When will we learn that, far
from being idealistic and un
realistic, Jesus’ principles are
the only sound basis for a really
great society?
When the Master was asked,
“Which is the great command
ment,” His reply was—you re
member—" Thou shalt love the
Lord thy God with all thy heart,
and with all thy soul, and with
all thy mind.”
“And,” He added, "the second
is like unto it, Thou shalt love
thy neighbor as thyself.”
When we have a Great So
ciety, it will be built on this
principle.
Massive hand-outs from the
public treasury will not do it.
Destructive attacks on our
system of higher education will
not do it.
Following the commandments
of the Master will bring about
the Great Society.
When will this be done? You
can start today to do your part.
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J. S. (Sammy) Jordan
Lester F. Davis, Vice resi
dent of the F. W. Woolworth 0.,
and General Manager of the
Woolco Department Store Di
vision has announced the appoint
ment of J. S. (Sammy) Jordan to
their New York office. Mr. Jor
dan is a 20 year veteran with
Woolworth’s andbegan his career
in Atlanta in 1949. Mr. Jordan
managed Woolworth Stores in
Virginia, North Carolina, and
Georgia until 1966, at which time
he was appointed General Mana
ger of the Woolco Department
Store in Sumter, South Carolina.
In September of 1966 Mr. Jor
dan was appointed General Mana
ger of Woolco’s 140,000 square
foot store in Nashville, Tenn.
He managed this store until his
recent promotion. Woolco Dept.
Stores now operate 65 stores
in the U.S.A. and 27 in Canada.
Woolco will open 30 additional
stores in the U.S.A. in 1969.
Mr. Jordan is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. R. L. Jordan of the
Lucille Community. Mr. Jor
dan and family will reside in
Warren Township, New Jersey.
Polio, TB and other diseases
modern medicine can prevent
or cure still kill or cripple
countless persons in doctor
poor nations. Contributions to
MEDICO, a service of CARE,
New York 10016, send medical
teams and supplies to help
treat patients and train local
personnel at hospitals in Latin
America, Asia and Africa.
A salute to the
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F.F.A.Week- Feb. 16-22
We congratulate this outstanding youth organization
which is building the farm leaders of tomorrow!
Rural America is changing. More and more land
is being taken out of cultivation. The population, with
its ever-increasing need for food and fiber — is ex
panding rapidly. The task of feeding the nation will
require new skills and techniques, which our Future
Farmers are learning today . . . and will continue
to learn as they study and practice the science of
agriculture.
As we look ahead, it is obvious that the farms of
the future will require a great deal of dependable,
low-cost electric power. We're proud of the part we
play, as electric cooperatives, in the progress of farm
ing and rural development . . . and we're planring
now to be ready for the years to cornel
(W Three Notch Electric
Membership Corp.
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7 Generations
Buried In Cedar
Springs Cemetery
There are seven generations
of the Jesse Brown descendants
buried in the Cedar Springs
cemetery. Jesse Brown was
born, 1759; died, 1803.
His daughter, Mary Polly
Brown( 1803-1892) married Joel
William Moseley; their son,
Jesse Brown Moseley (1821-
1878) was the father of Francis
Marion Moseley (1856-1956).
These four generations are
juried in the Cedar Springs
cemetery.
Francis Marion Moseley’s
daughters in Blakely are Mrs.
Charlie Dunning and Mrs. John
L. Underwood.
Fifth generation buried at Ce
dar Springs are Mrs. P. C.
Johnson and Mrs. J. M. Brox
son, daughters of Francis Marion
Moseley.
Sixth generation - Hiram John
son and La Rue Johnson.
Seventh generation - Rosaline
Johnson of Valdosta, Georgia,
daughter of Porter Johnson, Jr.
The Early County Historical
Society and Peter Early Chap
ter, DAR, are seeking to estab
lish family genealogies as well
as locations, dates and facts
about Early County's history.