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EARLY COUNTY NEWS, THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1969
EARLY COUNTY NEWS
Official Organ of Blakely and Early County
BLAKELY, GEORGIA 31723
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Reports come to us that the
radical-liberal political group,
the "Democratic Forum”, which
started the challenge against the
Democratic Party of Georgia last
year, is now having some politi
cal pains of its own.
About the only two candidates
supported by the Forum in the
1968 elections, i.e., James Mack
ay and Charles Weltner, are said
to be furious with the Forum
chairman, E. T. Kehrer. It seems
that Weltner and Mackay had re
ceived a commitment from U. S.
Senator Ed Muskie to speak at a
dinner in Atlanta to help pay off
their campaign debts.
Then, Mr. Kehrer, a civil rights
official for a labor union, tried
to get Muskie to come speak to
a union meeting in Atlanta, but
found he was already spoken for
by Messrs. Mackay and Weltner.
Thereupon, Mr. Kehrer is sup
posed to have threatened that
labor would picket Senator Mus
kie if he came to Georgia for the
Weltner-Mackay dinner.
The latest word is that Muskie
is about to cancel the Atlanta
dinner speech, which has made
the two defeated candidates ex
tremely sore at Mr. Kehrer.
Mr. Kehrer has his troubles,
too. He hasn’t called a Forum
meeting in months and the word
is that he hasn’t done so because
he’s afraid the Julian Bond
crowd will throw him out of the
chairmanship if they ever get the
opportunity.
*♦♦ * ♦ t
The Georgia Municipal Associ
ation seems bent on revenge on
those members of the General
Assembly who failed to vote for
GMA proposals in the last ses
sion of the General Assembly.
They are sending out all over
the state to GMA friends the
voting record of each legislator.
And President Richard Ray says:
“It may become necessary to
carry our fight into the elections
coming up in 1970”.
******
State Senator Mike Padgett,
Augusta Independent, is a poten
tial candidate for Comptroller-
General in 1970. The big ques
tion seems to be whether to run
in the Democratic Primary or
on the American Independent
Party ticket. Our informant says
that Senator Padgett is in close
touch with Roy V. Harris on the
subject.
Also considering this race is
Esters M. Shiver, Atlanta insur
ance executive, who was a top
man in the State Insurance
Dept, when Zack D. Cravey was
Commissioner.
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Newspapers, Inc. have in the
works a feature article on the
good things which Governor
Maddox has done since becoming
Chief Executive. No date has
been set, yet, for publication.
******
Add to the list of potential
candidates for Lieut. - Governor
the name of State Senator Brooks
Pennington, of Madison. Some
say he’ll run for this office,
while others believe he will seek
the Agriculture Commissioner’s
post. However, the skeptical
question him running for any
thing, himself, except maybe for
his Senate seat, for it has been
presumed that he would again
manage the gubernatorial cam
paign of Jimmy Carter, for
whom he did such a fine job
three years ago.
******
Jimmy Bentley is now giving
out auto bumper stickers and
decals for glasses, etc., which
read; "Happiness Is A Republi
can Governor”. Mr. Bentley, in
cidentally, is said to have been
assured by Bo Callaway that he
(Callaway) won’t seek the GOP
nomination for governor himself
next year.
Incidentally, political insiders
say that Mr. Callaway will try
for his former job as Congress
man from the Third District in
1970.
******
Reports are that State Senator
Al Holloway, of Albany, is slated
to be the next President of the
Georgia State Chamber of Com
merce. They couldn’t get a better
man.
******
Last week we wrote that the
first order of business in any
special session of the legislature
might be an adjournment resolu
tion. Well, Representative Jimmy
"Hold The Line” Floyd told us
last Friday that this would
likely be what would happen.
Mr. Floyd was the leader in the
anti-tax fight of the last session,
and says he's raring to take on
the pro-tax boys anytime they
want another bout.
Incidentally, Floyd is bitter at
Dr. Franklin Shumake, President
of the Georgia Education Associ
ation, because of what Dr. Shu
make has been saying in speech
es about the General Assembly.
Mr. Floyd says quote him as fol
lows: "Dr. Shumake isn't quali
fied to speak for the teachers,
since he has never been a class
room teacher, himself”.
message is received, it institutes
a series of checks before actuat
ing a command. It then signals the
telemetry system that the message
was received or not received
properly.
MARVIH
GRIFFIN
COLLEGE PREXIES
MUST MAKE STAND
College prexies in the land
must make a stand against re
bellious students or quit.
The thing has come around
to the proposition that either
co 11 eg e ad
ministrators
run the insti
t u tio ns, or
they re si g n
and turn t h e
| j o b over to
someone who
will. From
recent events
on college campuses through
out the nation either consti
tuted authority prevails, or
the groups of rioting students
(in the minority) eventually
shut down the institution.
The President of San Fran
cisco State College refused to
abdicate or relinquish his au
thority, and he has the sit
uation in hand. The President
of Notre Dame University took
over immediately with a firm
hand, and there is no monkey
business on the campus at
South Bend. On the other
hand, administration control at
Columbia and Harvard has
been sloppy and without cour
age, and both institutions
have suffered irreparable
harm.
Much of the trouble stems
from the screwy attitude of
some faculty members in the
institutions under siege by
rioting students.
One local father stated to
me the other day that he was
extremely worried about his
daughter at a state university.
“We are proud of our daugh
ter”, he stated, “and we have
tried to indoctrinate her with
the things we believe to be
essential to living a healthy
and wholesome Christian life".
He stated that the thing that
worried him was the attitude
of one of her professors at the
state university. “This man”,
he said, “told the class”
“I do not see how you students
can sit here day after day
without demanding your
rights, and I do not want to
ever hear one of you say yes,
sir, or no sir. I had to say
yes, sir, and no, sir, when I
was in the armed services, and
I will never do so again.”
WHAT EFFECT WILL
IT HAVE ON OTHERS?
“I am not worried about
our daughter being taken in
or absorbing this kind of
bilge”, stated the concerned
father, “but what effect will
this kind of instruction have
on some of the others?"
Yes, I agree with this dis
turbed father, and what ef
fect will this kind of teach
ing have on those who are still
mentally immature? Really,
why are we taxpayers paying
a man of this character to in
struct our children?
In the first place, what
rights can a college student
demand? He is attending the
college or university at the
expense of either his parents
or the taxpayers of his state.
Parents can remove the finan
cial backing, and the foolish
ness will cease, or the state
can withdraw its funds and
suspend the unruly student.
In either case, the rioting and
rebellious student can b e
handled in a matter of min
utes, or at most, a few hours.
And while school authorities
are about the business of ex
pelling or suspending students
for cause, members of the fa
culty who are fighting consti
tutued authority should be
fired. Institutions receiving
tax funds belong to the people,
and not to the members of the
faculty or the students. The
policy in the future for both
faculty members and students
should be “toe the line, or get
out”. Nothing else will work.
Firm action may cause some
temporary disturbance. It may
mean closing the institution to
all for a few days until the
dissidents are either jailed or
chased off, but this action will
be like the lancing of a car
buncle. It will have to get
worse to get better.
Going back to that nuthead
professor who instructed his
students not to say “yes, sir",
or “no, sir”, I would like to
know who he is, and where he
came from?
I am inclined to think his
"bringing up" was neglected,
and he and his kind will never
make any inroads on the youth
of our state and section as
long as parents at home ac
cept their responsibilities.
For the benefit of those who
are always critical of any
thing done in the South, let
me repeat the admonition of
Brother Dave Gardner who
says “there are signs all over
the world in foreign countries
which read ‘YANKEE, GO
HOME’, but you have never
seen one yet which reads
“REBEL, GO HOME”.
This may be stretching the
thing a little, but frankly I
would not pass the time of
day with a college young’un
who says “yes” and “no” to
someone three times his or her
age.
ECONOMIC
PSYCHIATRIST
One of the most original
methods of collecting delin
quent accounts I have ever
heard about came to my at
tention the other morning by
the originator himself. I will
not call his name for fear I
might detract from the pro
ficiency of his operation.
“I send a statement or two
on the delinquent account”,
he said, “and if that fails to
get results, then I get me a
pink perfumed envelope, and
get my wife to address it to
the man of the house. The
envelope is also marked ‘per
sonal’, and this is the thing
that gets results.”
“Many wives”, he said, “will
never open a bill, but they
can't pass up a perfumed en
velope addressed in a lady’s
handwriting and marked per
sonal. I have been cussed out
three times during the past
week by wives, but I have al
so collected a number of past
due accounts”.
25 Years Ago
(From the issue of May 4, 1944.)
DR. LEONARD A. Stephens,
of Albany, who was in the city
the past week preaching in a
series of services at the Bap
tist Church, was the guest speak
er at last week’s meeting of the
Blakely Rotary Club, held Friday
at noon.
****
HENRY H. BUCHANNON, who
suffered serious injury ^some
where at sea more than a year
ago and has been recuperating
in a hospital back in the States,
has been discharged from the
Naval service and is now em
ployed with the Veterans Bureau
in Portland, Maine.
*♦**
WORD has been received by
Mrs. William D. Reeder, the
former Miss Winifred Davis, that
her husband, Lt. William D.
Reeder, has received the Dis
tinguished Flying Cross for ex
traordinary achievement while
serving as pilot of a B-17 plane
on a bombing mission over Ger
many on Feb. 22, 1944.
MR. W. H. FLEMING returned
to Brunswick Sunday, after
spending a week’s vacation with
relatives here-
****
MR. AND MRS, Robinson Mc-
Lendon and son, Bobby, Dr. C.R,
Barksdale and Mrs. Olin Seago
were visitors in Albany Monday.
*♦♦♦
MR. AND MRS, Floyd Amos,
of the Springfield community,
announce the birth of a son,
Floyd Leamon, on Monday, May
1, Holland’s Hospital.
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plan to move early this month
to Edison, where Mr. Lane has
purchased a drug store.
50 Years Ago
(From the issue of May 1, 1919.)
THE U, D, C. Chapter of Blak
ely served the Veterans of the
Civil War with an elaborate din
ner at the court house last Sat
urday, which was Southern
Memorial Day. The Veterans
who were honor guests were
Mr. J. E. Kenney, Mr. D. S.
Jernigan, Mr. R. W. Duke, Mr.
A. L. Jones, Mr. J. W, Mc-
Dowell, Mr. R. W. Nobles and
Mr. Andrew J. White-
****
MESSRS. 1. P. Belisle and
Murray Loyless were here from
Fort Gaines Monday.
♦♦**
LEW’IS STEIN came down from
Barnesville last week and spent
a few days with home folks.
*♦♦ ♦
MR. AND MRS. Carl Fryer
were called to Quincy, Fla.,
Tuesday by the death of Mrs.
Fryer’s brother, a young soldier
who had but recently returned
from France.
****
MRS. C. S. MIDDLETON has
gone down to Brunswick to visit
her daughter, Mrs. Chester Lo
back, for a few days.
****
MR. AND MRS. John D. Keith
are receiving congratulations on
the arrival of a 10-pound girl at
their home on April 28.
****
MASTER Willie Underwood
spent the week end in Albany
with his friend, Master Tom
Robinson.
****
CLAUD WHITCHARD, of Uncle
Sam’s Navy, is at home from
Parris Island hospital, recupe
rating from a recent operation
on his foot.
75 Years Ago
(From the issue of May 3, 1894.)
THE TWO livery stables in
Blakely are doing a thriving busi
ness.
****
MR. W. D. JONES, of Blakely,
and Miss Carrie Pittman, of
Coleman, were married in Cole
man on Thursday.
** *♦
REV. L. O. LEWIS, of Hilton,
preached at the Methodist church
in Blakely last Sunday night.
****
DR. P. H. KEATON, of Dam
ascus, and Miss Brum Speight
of Fort Gaines, were married
on Wednesday of last week.
♦*♦*
MR. & B. TIMMONS, of Ar
lington, was in town this week.
****
mr. j. w. McLendon, the
"sheep man", left Monday for
Miller county to spend some
time sheep shearing.
MR. W. E. FORT, now at Mer
cer University, has been select
ed as one of the junior speakers.
MR. W. p, ADAMS, a recent
citizen of Blakely, and Miss Nel
lie Sirmons were married on
Sunday last, J. D. Jones, J. P.,
performing the ceremony.
MR. B. R. DOSTOR, JR., is
back from the Jefferson Medical
College, Philadelphia, for the
summer.
****
THE BIG SAW’ MILL of Wil
lis, Cole & Cordray about 8
miles from Blakely was des
troyed by fire last Tuesday.
A PIED PIPER’S TOUR
OF GERMANY
You can see a fairy tale
come to life if you visit the
German town of Hamelin,
legendary home of the Pied
Piper.
Tourists can watch the
people of Hamelin make their
fatal mistake and refuse to
compensate the Pied Piper for
charming their “mice” right
into the Weser River.
Then watch the Piper fume
and fret and finally retaliate by
picking up his reed and en
chanting the children away
with his magic melodies until
only one small boy, unable to
keep up, remained.
The sketch, which is pre
sented every summer Sunday
complete with children,
“mice”, and the Piper, is a
living fairy tale you shouldn’t
miss. Especially since Hamelin
is so easily accessible by car,
and Lufthansa German Airlines
now offers a special Europa Car
Holiday package which in
cludes a rented Avis car with
635 free miles. The tour, which
is an extra-low priced $320,
also includes a roundtrip ticket
from New York to Amsterdam
and 20 nights’ accommoda
tions in centrally located
Brilon.
Frankfurt is close by and as
one of Germany’s oldest cities
well worth a visit. There, where
the emperors of the Holy
Roman Empire were crowned
and poet Goethe was born, you
can see the famous tower of
the St. Bartholomew Cathedral
which was built more than
1,000 years ago.
Traveling along the Rhine,
visitors can enjoy a merry va
cation viewing castles that are
centuries old in sunny and
scenic surroundings.
There will be something
new for you every day in
Germany, whether it’s a living
legend, melodious music, good
food, or enchanting country
sides. Why not see which you
like best?
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This Week
by
'Tige’ Pickle
Giving up smoking is not nearly
as difficult to endure as are
those people who have already
given up smoking.
♦ ♦♦*
The outcome of France’s Sun
day election and the dethrone
ment of President Ds Gaulle,
the arrogant French leader for
more than a decade, ought to be
a lesson to all who hold public
office, no matter how insignifi
cant. When an office holder
loses his humbleness and strays
too far from the people, he need
not be surprised when the voters
go in that little booth, close the
curtains, and start singing that
sad old country ballad "He’ll
Have To Go-”
When college students, black
and white, start arming them
selves, disrupting classes, chas
ing visitors off the campus, spit
ting on the law and hurling ob
scenities at everybody and then
not get punished by those in au
thority, then, ladies and gentle
men, I contend that he hand
writing is on the wau, and it
doesn’t take a Daniel to inter
pret the words.
Personal note to Mrs. George
Gee, Sr., a dear, sweet lady
in Hopkinsville, Kentucky: There
is a little bit of Old Kaintuck
growing in Southwest Georgia.
That maple tree you sent me
more than a year ago is grow
ing and flourishing and it as pretty
as it can be-
****
Another personal peeve, al
most as irritating as paper nap
kins, is the over-use of that
word "meaningful.’’ Nearly
every speaker will bore civic
clubs sometime during the de
liverance of his message of his
message with that work. And
besides, what in the heck does
meaningful mean.
****
1 have always heard that it
is the little things that count.
And so it is. Our board of
commissioners recently placed
hand-rails at the entrances to the
courthouse and painted the court
house dome, all at a very little
expense, and I have already heard
more good comments than
some of the board’s, present and
former, past big accomplish
ments.
*•**
And who was the kookie bird
who dreamed up the idea that
playing Dixie was a symbol of
slavery, and therefore offensive
to some people ? How silly can
you get. If that isn’t the most
colossal example of knit-picking,
then you name one.
♦ ♦♦♦
A mathetical formula for bet
ter living as submitted by one of
the readers: "SUBTRACT - ill
hearted feelings from your heart.
ADD lots of love, compassionate
and understanding for a start.
DIVIDE these things God made
possible for you to possess,
MULTIPLY all this to fill your
life with happiness.”
I MENTAL
HEALTH
MATTERS
General Practitioners
Can Spot
Mental Illness
You should be alert to the
fact that your family doctor,
like other general practitioners,
can spot emotional factors that
may lead to mental disorders
later on.
Alertness on the part of the
general physician and you can
be a major help in combating
mental illness.
General practitioners, or
“G.P.’s”, see far more patients
than psychiatrists or other
specialists. One out of every
seven adults who visits a “G.P.”
has a complaint that involves
mental illness factors.
These complaints are a clear
indication of emotional prob
lems. They include such very
common things as worry over
the heart and circulatory system
and over digestive troubles.
Such complaints can be fore
runners of more serious mental
illness.
Early case finding is crucial
to the successful treatment of
most mental illnesses. In many,
many cases, the family doctor
is in the best position to make
an early diagnosis and forestall
the development of a more seri
ous mental illness.
This is especially true with
alcholics, drug abusers, and
potential suicides.
Sixty five percent of all per
sons who commit suicide, we
know from studies following up
these tragedies, have visited a
physician within four months
before their death. If the physi
cian is alert to their troubles,
he can help suicidal persons.