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EARLY COUNTY NEWS, THURSDAY, AUG. 7,1969
EARLY COUNTY NEWS
Official Organ of Blakely and Early County
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It will undoubtedly, be an
nounced to the daily news media
before this column is in print,
but as of last Friday, we are
the first to report that Governor
Lester Maddox has extended an
invitation to all Governors, U. S.
Senators and Representatives,
State School Superintendents,
State School Boards and chair
men of local boards from the
slates of Georgia, Texas, Louis
iana, Alabama, Mississippi,
Florida, Tennessee, Virginia,
South Carolina and North Caro
lina to meet in Atlanta on Satur
day, August 16, to discuss “re
tention of federal aid and re
moval of federal control of edu
cation”.
he has told them that the
meeting is called on a Saurday
so that no conflict of Congres
sional or Stale duties can inter
fere with their attendance, and
that he hopes their interest in
the subject will make them lay
aside other duties and be pres
ent.
The Governor didn't say so,
but he obviously expects this
select group of public servants
to follow the suggestion, and, if
they don’t come, have to answer
to their people why they didn't.
If this meeting results in some
type of concerted action against
federal guidelines on the schools,
it will be the first time such a
large group has coordinated
their efforts since the famous
Southern Manifesto of about 13
years ago when 80 Southern Con
gressmen and Senators signed a
paper declaring their unequivo
cal oppositon to racial integra
tion.
Also, if Maddox is able to
bring this off it will clearly es
tablish him as the leader of
those who are more concerned
with quality education for child
ren, rather than seeking racial
balance.
*** * * *
The three year old daughter
of Jack Thomas, publicity aide
to Governor Maddox, was struck
by a car early last week, and,
as of this writing, was still in a
coma, and considered critical.
The sympathy of all is with Jack
and Mrs. Thomas.
•** * * •
Henry Neal, Executive Secre
tary of the Board of Regents,
vacationed last week at Jekyll
Island, and ran into the dis
tinguished Frank Twitty a
couple of times. Frank, who
served for 18 years in the Geor
gia House and was Floor Leader
for several governors, retired a
few years ago when he came
down with cancer. Now, how
ever, according to Henry, the
Mitchell County attorney looks
like a million dollars and says
that he has definitely licked the
malignancy. Many, many Geor-
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Recently, we wrote about the
conflict between Georgia Repub
licans as to whether or not to
seek candidates for all offices in
next year’s election, or just to
concentrate on Governor and Lt.-
Governor. At a convention in
Macon two weeks ago, Republi
can women voted almost unan
imously that the GOP concern
itself only with the two top races.
There is a possibility, though,
that there will be a candidate of
the Party for Comptroller-Gen
eral.
******
Speaking of Republicans, we
hear that Georgia GOP National
Committeewoman Mrs. Florence
Cauble will be replaced eventual
ly by Mrs. Barbara Proctor, wife
of a prominent Newnan phy
sician and surgeon.
*** * * *
Concerning the recent High
way Dept, investigation which
resulted in the firing of an en
gineer in Southeast Gerogia,
State Senaor Roscoe Dean, of
Jesup, issued the following state
ment: “It is refreshing to note
that perhaps the eyesight of the
Attorney-General of Georgia has
evidently greatly improved.
Three years ago when I called
for an investigation of the High
way Dept, many such alleged
irregularities as have been
uncovered recently, existed then.
At that time, the same Attorney-
General called my request for
an investigation a wild goose
chase. The Governor of Georgia
is to be commended for a re
sponsible investigation".
******
Atlanta Negroes Julian Bond
and Ben Brown, both of them
prominent in civil rights dis
orders, the Democratic National
Convention fiasco, and anti-
Vietnam propaganda, have
formed a public relations firm,
presumably to seek lush ac
counts from those who feel the
need of their favor, influence, or
what have you. Maybe they'll be
as successful as State Senator
Leßoy Johnson in “bringing
home the bucks”.
******
Standing outside the Capitol
recently. Governor Maddox was
approached by a well dressed
Negro man who, very respect
fully, said: “Governor, you’ve
done more for Negroes than any
governor we ever had. in spite of
what they say about you. But,
we don’t want you to run for
governor again; you ought to be
President. And more Negroes
than you realize would vote for
you for the job”.
Several Atlanta newsmen were
present, but we didn't see or
hear anything about this in the
daily news media.
MARVIN
GRIFFIN
AND THE RAINS
CAME DOWN
The big rains we have been
getting lately came too late to
save most of the corn crop,
but we are grateful just the
same. Os course, it would have
been fine if we could have
divided up the water fall, and
spread some of it out in June
and the first of July, but then
none of us are officers in the
celestial water department.
Speaking of the big rain we
had one day last week, one of
my friends
from the At
tapulgus com
munity said
“it rained so
hard at his
place that it
rained a tub
full, and h i s
tub was un-
der the shelter and upside
down at that”. I did not tell
that one. He did, and it
sounds like some of the rains
we used to have when I was a
boy on West Street.
I asked my grandson the
other day if he wanted a dime
to go to the store and buy
some Zuzu crackers? He
looked puzzled, and then he
said he had never heard of
Zuzu crackers. Come to think
of it, I have not seen any
crackers of that name lately,
and that made me wonder
what happened to Bon Ami
and Old Dutch Cleanser?
WHO KNOWS WHAT
WILL COME OUT
OF IT?
Astronauts Neil Armstrong,
Buzz Aldrin and Mike Collins
came back to earth on
schedule, and Apollo 11 is now
a part of history, and a great
big part at that.
I do not profess to have the
gift of prophecy, but I believe
the scientific data, the samples
and the other information ob
tained by the Astronauts of
Apollo 11 will prove beneficial
to mankind.
The scientific achievements
of man have shrunk the earth
during the past 40 years from
a matter of months and years
to days and hours, and it is
reasonable to believe space
scientists will do the same
thing to the universe.
Instead of moon samples
polluting the earth, it may be
that materials taken from the
crust of the moon will aid us
our fight against earthly di
seases. In other words, germs
from the moon may be fatal
to some of the germs which
cripple and kill man on earth.
This kind of discourse is way
over my head, but these things
are both possible and prob
able now.
Just take a for instance:
Suppose bacteria taken from
powdery moon samples prov
ed deadly to chiggers and red
bugs in South Georgia? The
eradication of such things
would be worth all the money
spent and trouble the Astro
nauts went to on the trip to
the moon.
Some strange bugs were
found in the clothes of Astro
nauts Armstrong and Aldrin,
but space center doctors at
Houston state there is no
cause for alarm. The bugs
have been classified as ‘‘Luna
tics.'.’
In any event, this thing is
traveling too fast for me at
my age.
Science fiction has put the
young fry way ahead of us. If
your son or grandson says he
wants to be a T.O.M.C.A.T.
when he grows up, don’t be
too alarmed or upset. He
doesn’t mean he aspires to be
a sport with the ladies. He
wants to be a Tactical Opera
tions Master Counter-intelli
gence Assault Team.
THE MARKET IS
GOING OUT THE
BOTTOM
The way the stock market is
acting these days has folks
with a little dab of money
to invest running around in
circles. One day last week,
the market went up a few
points, and financial experts
wrote that the market went
“up with the moon shot”. The
next day the Astronauts were
still “going it” to the moon,
and the market fell again.
The market shields more
mystery today than does the
moon. Man has found out a
bout the moon, but there is
no accounting for what the
market will do when the ex
changes open in the moring.
Some of the reasons the ex
perts give for a rise and fall
in the market would make a
dog laugh.
I am reminded of a jingle I
RtOM^
OUR
FILES
25 Years Ago
(From the issue of Aug. 10, 1944.)
JESSIE J. BALDWIN, 49, died
Saturday night at his home in the
Colomokee community.
****
For exemplary conduct in com
bat, Sgt. Robert Anglin, of Blak
ely, has been presented the
Army’s newest award for infan
trymen, the combat infantryman
badge.
♦♦♦♦
THE FOLLOWING Jurors have
been drawn to serve atthe August
term, 1944, of the city court of
Blakely, to be convened on Mon
day, August 24:
C. E. Knighton, Johnnie Lee
White, W. L Daniels, C. P. Jen
kins, C. F. Tolar, C. E. Tho
mas, B. O. Merritt, Oscar Whit
chard, Marvin Belisle, C. A.
Love, E. C. McDowell, Ernest
Sessions, J. W. Grimes, E. A.
Land, D. E. Martin, J. S. Farr,
B. B. Tedder, John Harper, J.W.
Williams, R. D. Hodges, J. M.
Middleton, Bennett Smith, D, G.
Lisenby, W. C. Jordan, C. S,
Houston, Roy Hartley, C. C. Can
non, B. J. Turner, John F. Wil
liams, W. M. Carter, R. E.
Mills, L. B. Perry, Jobie Temp
les, T. W. Reese, J. L. Clink
scales, D. F. King, O. H. King,
Jr., T. H. Owen, R. C. Howell,
Shelly Simmons, H. J. Middleton,
R. W. Woolf, O. F. Thompson,
H. L. Martin, A. H. McKinnon,
Idus Davis, W. T, Hudson, B. B.
Godwin, H. H. Reeves, C. E.
Boyett, Rusk Howard, Sevola
Jones, Barney Wynne, G. M.
Lane, R. D. Grist, Clarence Har
per, Herman Smith, H. T.
Billings, G. S. Blackshear, J. B.
Duke.
****
FOLLOWING a few days illness
after an apoplectic stroke, James
Hiram Barron, 77, died at his
home in this county Sunday at
6:30 p.m.
♦♦♦♦
HENRY CLEVELAND En
finger, 58, of near Hilton died
Sunday night about 9 o’clock.
Mr. Enfinger was ill only a
few hours and died of a heart
attack.
*♦**
TECHNICIAN fifth grade Ritt
Watson returned to Blakely Wed
nesday mobning following two
and one-half years service over
seas.
*♦**
THE MARRIAGE of Miss Ethel
Virginia Collins to W. Vincent
Willis, of Early county, was sole
mnized at the home of Mr. J. W.
Dennis, Arlington, Ga., on Thurs
day, August 3. The marriage
vows were read by Rev. Charles
Allen in the presence of a few
members of the families-
50 Years Ago
(From the issue of.July3l, 1919.)
MISSES ANNIE MAE and
Minnie Murdock, of Dothan, are
spending a few days in the city
with the family of their brother,
Mr. J. B. Murdock.
♦ * ♦♦
MR. SAM STEIN, who was
taken ill while in New York
buying goods, has recovered suf
ficiently to be able to return
home, coming in Wednesday
evening.
*♦♦♦
MIL WILL JONES, who has
been with the Arlington Courier
for the past several years, is now
a member of the Early County
News force.
* * ♦♦
A BABY GIRL arrived at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Camp
on Sunday, August 3-
MISS WILLIE MOSELY has
returned to her home in Jakin,
after spending a few days in
Blakely with friends.
*** *
MESSRS Grady Holman and
R. C. Singletary were elected
to succeed themselves as coun
cilmen and Mr. C. D, Bryant
to succeed himself as marshal
in Tuesday's city election. For
the first time in a quarter of a
century perhaps there was no
opposing ticket in the field.
♦ ♦ ♦*
DAVID MeGAHEE, who has
just recently returned from
overseas, was mingling with
friends in the city Monday.
♦ *♦♦
heard when I was a boy, and
it may throw some light on
market activity:
“Way down yonder,
A great way off,
A jaybird died
With the whoopping cough,
He whooped, and he whoop
ed
and he didn’t stop,
Until he whooped his
Head and his tail right off”.
And the stock market fell
three points.
THERE ARE GROWING indications that the Congress will
remain in session this year until late November, or possibly even
into December. In fact, nearly year-long sessions have become the
rule rather than the exception.
I have long questioned this practice. I doubt the wisdom of
requiring members of Congress to stay in Washington for a full
11 or 12 months. I know it is not necessary. This is particularly
true of a year like this one.
Legislative work could of course be speeded up, in committee
and on the floor. This would result in sizeable savings of both time
and money. But equally important. I believe Senators and Repre
sentatives ought to be able to leave the confines of official Wash
ington and return to their constituencies for at least a reasonable
portion of the vear. Government, even at the national level, should
remain as close to the people as possible. This after all is the
essence of a representative democracy.
* * *
ASIDE FROM APPROPRIATIONS to fund the operation of
the government, there are several important issues facing the
Congress this year, such as steps to curb inflation, the surtax, tax
reform, the anti-ballistic missile system controversy, education,
job training, and self-help programs for the needy.
All these demand our attention. They are vital to the well
being of all Americans and to the security of our nation. These
are high priority items on the legislative agenda, but I fail to see
why they should consume a whole year.
And beyond these issues. I for one do not believe that this is
the time for new and expensive ventures in the legislative field.
* * *
THE CONGRESS AND THE ADMINISTRATION are being
accused in some quarters of inaction. However, in my judgment,
this is in keeping with the mood of the public at the present time.
I do not believe a majority of the people want to see the Con
gress or the new administration rush pell mell into a vast array of
far-reaching programs that will cost more money at a time when
oppressive taxation and inflation already plague the nation.
The people want and need more time to sit back and take stock,
to reassess and evaluate. The same is true of the Congress. We
would do well to complete the business at hand and adjourn for
the year as early as possible.
fti^***
Free Licenses
Popular Benefit
For Veterans
One of the most popular
benefits of the 24,000 Geor
gians being separated from
military service each year is
the free honorary Georgia
drivers license, State Veterans
Director Pete Wheeler said
toda£
This popularity is due to
the fact that licenses and
driving go hand-in-hand and
driving is one of the first
needs a new veteran has after
returning to civilian life, Mr.
Wheeler said.
Nearly all veterans now
being separated are eligible
for the free lifetime licenses
by virtue of the fact they are
CLARENCE LEE, who has been
serving in the U. S. Army for
several months, has been mus
tered out of service and is now
in Blakely on a visit to his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. V.
Lee.
****
MR. D. C. ANGLIN, of Blak
ely, and Miss Mamie Vickers,
of Newton, Ala., were married
at the home of the bride on
Thursday, July 31.
**♦*
BASCOM DUBOSE has return
ed from Camp Lee, Va., where
he attended a six weeks’ train
ing camp of the R. O. T. C.
75 Years Ago
(From the issue of Aug. 9, 1894.)
MARSHAL CHANCY has put
the streets of Blakely in pretty’
fair condition and the appearance
of the town is greatly improved.
LIBERTY HILL and Racket
ville baseball teams played at
Cuba last Saturday. Liberty
Hill won, 28-12.
*♦ ♦ ♦
MR. HENRY IVEY visited Al
bany Wednesday.
MISS CARRIE GRIST is visiting
in Fort Gaines this week.
♦ ♦♦♦
MRS. WILLIE C. MAYS and
little daughter, of Madison, Fla.,
are the guests of Mrs. R. C.
Smith.
*♦**
MR. IDUS JAY was down to
Hilton Station this week.
*♦* *
MR. AND MRS. T. L. Rogers,
o f Buena Vista, and Mrs. will
W allace, of Americus, are guests
of Mrs. E. A. Fryer.
♦ ♦*♦
DR. S. A. CRUMB LEY, who
has been visiting his sister, Mrs.
T. D. Ellis, has returned to
his home in Georgetown.
♦♦♦♦
MR. E. PAULK, of Etale county,
Ala., is visiting Messrs. D. W.
and E. T. Jones.
MISSES Connie, .Annie and Min
nie Hilton, of the Station, were
guests of Misses Lena and Lil
lian Fryer last week.
Herman Talmadge
REPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES SENATE g
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Vietnam War veterans. How
ever other veterans must have
had active duty service in the
Spanish American War, World
Wars I and 11 and the Korean
War, while proof of actual
participation in the Lebanon,
Berlin and Vietnam Conflicts
is necessary to establish eligi
bility.
The first and foremost re
quirement for eligibility for
the free license is that a veter
an must have been a resident
of Georgia at the time of
entry into service and a legal
resident at the time of appli
cation for the license.
Mr. Wheeler said the law
governing the free licenses
also leaves the way open for
the benefit to go to veterans
of any future war or conflict.
The first step in receiving
the license is establishing eli
gibility which must be done
at any office of the Georgia
Department of Veterans Ser-
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LEWIS LLEWELLYN
Greatest Week
In History
“This is the greatest weel^ in
the history of the world since
the Creation,” President Nixon
told Astronauts Armstrong, Ald
rin, and Collins, as he welcomed
them back to earth after their
epic round-trip voyage to the
moon.
Certainly the feat of the three
intrepid adventurers, backed by
the technological resources of
the National Aeronautical and
Space Administration, dwarfed
the achievements of many pre
vious explorers.
For the first time in history,
man had planted his feet on the
surface of an extraterrestrial
body.
Thus the way has been opened
for future exploration of other
planets. Perhaps Mars will be
first, then Venus, then . . . who
knows where this may lead us?
Some Disagree
But there are some who would
not agree with the president’s
designation of "the greatest
week.”
One who would certainly dis
agree that the week of’ the
moon-trip was “the greatest”
would be Sen. Edward Kennedy
—for that was the week in
which Mary Jo Kopechne died
of drowning in the senator's
car, overturned in Poucha Pond
on Chappaquiddick Island.
Also—Evangelist Billy Gra
ham has expressed disagree
ment with the president, saying
that several other weeks would
have to be given consideration
as contenders for the title of
“greatest week.”
Without detracting in any way
from the significance of the
moon-landing, which even Cairo
Radio-not usually given to
TRACING FASHION
TRENDS
What’s the liberated look?
It’s the newest fashion trend
among pace-setting young fe
males who want the breezy
freedom of a man’s clothing
without surrendering their fe
mininity.
It’s a look in sportswear
that says women are
“sympatico” with his kicky
bellbottoms and versatile vests,
but they still want men to
vice. Then the veteran can go
to any license examiner of
the Georgia Department of
Public Safety and receive his
license at no cost. If he
desires his photograph on the
license, there is a fifty-cent
charge.
Surviving spouses of veter
ans who died in service or of
service-connected causes are
eligible for the free licenses
under the same regulations as
veterans so long as they re
main unmarried.
More information is availa
ble from the nearest field
office of the Georgia Depart
ment of Veterans Service.
praising Americans—hailed as
“the greatest human achieve
ment ever,” one would have to
agree that sober second thought
might cause us to consider some
other weeks as being even more
important to the welfare of
mankind.
Other Great Weeks
Consider, for instance, the
week in which Christ was bom.
That was an occasion when
One Whose home was in the
heavens came to this earth. It
was the time when God showed
us that His love for us was such
that He wanted to express it in
the only way in which we could
understand it—by sending His
Son to become a man, like us,
so that He could tell us of God’s
love.
Then, think of the week of the
crucifixion and the resurrection
of the Lord. Certainly, no week
can compare with that in its
importance for the ultimate des
tiny of those who put their faith
and trust in the Savior.
Some of us might also want
to nominate other times for the
title of “the greatest” — es
pecially if we were thinking in
terms of personal experience,
rather than world-wide signi
ficance.
Sir James Young Simpson, the
Edinburgh physician who dis
covered that choloroform could
be used as an anesthetic, was
once asked, “Which of all your
discoveries do you consider the
most valuable?”
"To me,” he replied, “the
most valuable discovery I have
every made was when I dis
covered myself a sinner, and
that Jesus Christ was my
Savior.”
truly “wear the pants.”
The new ‘ Spirit of the
male” image, whiclms popular
aS
' % Hi
among young thinking females
of all ages, nas been featured
by such forward-thinking com
panies as Four Corners, manu
facturers of young women’s
sportswear.
Four Corners, which has
been particularly successful in
keeping its pulse in beat with
today’s youth, claims it has
maintained close contact with
its audience by working in con
cert with a firm that serves the
fashion industry by researching
behavioral patterns and social
attitudes.
Says Four Corner President,
Milton Rattet, “Finding out
what the customer wants isn’t
enough today. We want to
know why she wants it, and
who she wants to be both
today and tomorrow.”