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EARLY COUNTY NEWS, THURSDAY, OCT. 16, 1969
EARLY COUNTY NEWS
Official Organ of Blakely and Early County
BLAKELY, GEORGIA 51723
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Jimmy Carter, the liberal
South Georgia agriculturist who
wants to be elected governor of
Georgia next year, has written
us a bitter protest of what we
said about him in this column
last week. He didn’t ask that we
give equal space to his answer
to our accusations, but to
be fair to him we are doing so.
We quoted the Augusta Herald
of Oct. 1 in their story that Car
ter expressed harsh criticism of
Governors Sanders and Maddox
in their handling of Democratic
Party affairs in this state. And
we concluded: "Not a single one
of the above statements made
by Mr. Carter is true”.
Here is Jimmy’s answer:
(1) “I said ‘the Party was in
debt’ and that Maddox and Bill
Trippe had now paid off the
Sanders debt and had a surplus.
The Heraid quoted Mr. Carter
as follows: "The Party is heav
ily in debt . .
(2) "In 1964 Sanders (not Mad
dox) was governor and did hand
pick the delegation”.
Carter is rignt tn correcting us
in our statement that Maddox
was governor in 1964. This was
a typographical error that we
didn’t catch in the proof. But,
insofar as the governor hand
picking the delegates to the
Democratic National Convention,
we still say Carter is mistaken.
We’ve been to 6 Conventions and
we’ve never seen a governor
choose all the delegates. He has
a few that he insists on appoint
ing, but, in general. Party lead
ers, politicians, statehouse of
ficials and various others have
a say-so in choosing most of the
delegates.
(3) "During the 1966 primary
the Party Chairman endorsed
Ar nail at his kick-off rally, and
working in Arnall’s headquar
ters were the National Commit
teeman, Committeewoman and
Travis Stewart (whose salary I
was helping to pay with my small
contributions to the Party.)”
Mr. Carter is correct that
those he named were for Arnall,
but a great majority of Party
leaders, particularly on the coun
ty level, were divided between
Carter, Maddox, and Gray. Mr.
Carter knows that this is true
because he had various women
Party leaders in his camp.
So, we still maintain that Mr.
Carter’s statements were not
true.
We quote the last paragraph of
Jimmy's letter to us as follows:
“I’m praying that God will for
give you for bearing false wit
ness. Do you need money this
badly?”
We don’t know what he means
by the last sentence. It is gen
eral knowledge tnat we do not
charge one penny to anyone for
this column, in lact, we’ve
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time to “help defray expenses’’,
and we have returned every
single check. If Mr. carter wants
proof, we’ll be glad to furnish it
to him.
Or perhaps he is insinuating
that we gel paid for writing fav
orably about some politician or
otner. Tms, also, is not true. We
have never taken a dime from
anybody for writing — or not
wriung — sometmng about them.
And we’U pay si,om) to anybody
who can prove otherwise.
“Politics on Parade’’ is writ
ten purely for our own enjoy
ment, and no individual — abso
lutely none — receives it without
maxing a personal request that
they be put on me mailing list.
Incidentally, if Mr. Carter wants
to keep current on what we write
about him, all he has to do is
ask to be put on the list.
* « * « * m
Curtis Atkinson, capable Negro
employee oi Senator Herman
Taimadge, has been visiting
county alter county in Georgia
investigating charges of umair
ness and discrimination in the
welfare and food surplus pro
grams. He reports to Talmadge
and, it is said, tne Senator has
straightened out many situa
tions.
Talmadge, incidentally, when
he returns to Georgia this Fall
will occupy newly-renovated of
fices in the Old Postoffice and
Federal Building on Forsyth St.
in Atlanta. For years, the Sena
tor has occupied a small suite
in the building owned by the in
surance company he founded, but
a steady increase in visitors this
year necessitates a move to
larger quarters.
******
If nothing else kills the new
state Constitution in the 1970
general election, it will be the
proposed abolishment of the Vet
erans Service Board. Veterans
all over the state will fight tooth
and toenail any move to do
away with their present set-up
which has proven so successful
in aiding Georgia’s ex-service
men and women.
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Jlyau/&y Jocks
When you make the switch to
those new fall clothes, you
should be sure your hair com
pletes the fashion picture. Sun
bleached, summer-weary hair
needs special conditioning.
After shampooing, mix a table
spoon of Extra Conditioning
Tame with a cup of warm water.
Pour slowly through hair, then
rinse with warm water.
MARVIN
GRIFFIN
NOTES ON NICE,
MONACO AND
SWITZERLAND
On leaving the Iberian
peninsula of Portugal and
Spain our party of seven took
to the air again at Madrid,
and put our wheels down at
Nice, the gold coast of the
French Riviera.
Nice is beautiful, and has
the atmosphere of Miami
Beach during the winter tour
ist season. Hotels and bistros
are geared to
extract the
tourist dollar
from the visi
tor, and the
Frenchmen at
Nice h a v ea
pellucid un
derstan ding
on how to
make Americans shell down
extra Francs for any and
every need. One can be a
guest in a luxury hotel, and
pay the toll, but if one needs
a taxi to make the departure
after payment of the bill, the
hotel cashier has no qualms
about calling the taxi, and
then saying in a normal voice:
"Please, one Franc, messieur”.
About 15 miles up the coast
from Nice is the principality
of Monaco, and a ride on the
train from Nice to Monaco is
fabulous. High hills run up
from the Mediterranean, and
while the train track follows
the coast and utilizes tunnels,
the highway winds around up
in the hills, and presents some
of the most resplendently
beatuiful scenery one will
ever see. One enjoys the trip
more on the train because the
highway is filled with thous
ands of small French com
pacts all bent on destroying
themselves at one swoop.
They reminded me of sugar
ants going to a picnic.
Monaco is entirely surround
ed by France except on the
sea side, and has been an in
dependent principality for
over 300 years. It has belong
ed to the House of Grimaldi
except during the French Re
volution. The Prince of Mona
co was an absolute ruler un
til 1911 when a new constitu
tion was promulgated.
Prince Ranier 111 is the pre
sent ruler of Monaco, and he
married our own motion pic
ture actress Grace Kelly.
THE MONEY IS
MINTED AT
MONTE CARLO
The principal import of
Monte Carlo is money, and
Prince Ranier "gets his take”
from the internationally fa
mous Casino there.
One of the deep-seated
traits of human nature is to
get something for nothing, and
folks flock to the Casino to
try their luck on the wheels
and the crap tables there. Suf
fice it to say, most of them
leave with glum appearances,
and with a tendency to talk
to themselves about how
stupid they were to throw
their money to the pigs and
holler “sooey".
In 1965 Prince Ranier got in
a row with Aristotle S.
Onassis over the way the Ca
sino should be run, and the
Prince was getting the worst
of the argument since the
Greek shipping magnate own
ed 52 per cent of the stock in
the Casino. However, the
government of Monaco step
ped in and bought the hold
ings of Onassis for $8,000,0000.
So you see, Princess Grace
still lives on the highest peak
in Monaco even though Onassis
has put Jackie on a pedestal
of lofty proportions.
The members of my party,
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Davis, Mr.
and Mrs. E. C. Allen and Dr.
and Mrs. Fred Lindsey, all of
Tallahassee, walked up the
mountain to check the palace
over, and to see if it was be
ing run to their satisfaction,
but my feet were already ach
ing, and I sent word by them
to tell Prince Paul and Prin
cess Grace that if they wanted
to see me, they would have
to send after me. Evidently,
they were not anxious to see
me, for I stayed in the town
and visited the shops and
stores. If you have never
seen a French butcher at
work, you have a surprise
coming. If Clyde Johnson and
his missus were in Monaco,
they would make a million
Francs in a year’s time.
It is a funny thing, but a
Frenchman has little time to
answer questions put to him
by a stranger. The way to get
him to talk is to go to the
bank and get one 100 Franc
note and a bunch of ten Franc
notes. Put the 100 Franc note
around the 10 Franc notes, and
UMM
OUR
FILES
25 Years Age
(From the issue of Oct. 19, 1944.)
WITH the Fifth Army, Italy —
Private First Class Relford Pet
erson, of Blakely, has been a
warded the Bronze Star posthu
mously for heroic achievement
in action while serving with the
34th "Red Bull” Division of the
Fifth Army front in Italy.
♦ ♦♦♦
WILLIAM FRANKLIN (Bill)
Williams, 58, well-known and
highly-esteemed Early countian,
died at his home three miles
west of the city early Friday
evening.
****
FUNERAL SERVICES were
held at the Blakely Baptist church
Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock
for Mrs. Alma Ruth Kelly Hart
ley, wife of James ("Jim”) Wil
son Hartley, who died in an Au
gusta hospital at 1:30 a.m. Sun
day.
****
THE FIRST gold star among the
26 stars in the service flag at
Colomokee appeared the past
week. It was placed there in
honor of Jack Tedder, son of
Mr- and Mrs. Bryant Tedder,
and a service to his memory'
was held at Colomokee church
last Sunday morning, October 15.
MORE than a hundred friends
and relatives gathered at the
home of Mr. J. K. Ritchie, on
Route 4, near Lucile, Sunday to
celebrate the 85th birthday of
this well-known old gentleman.
****
MR. AND MRS, Warren Henry’
Chandler celebrated their fiftieth
wedding anniversary very quietly’
Wednesday, October 18, 1944, at
their home four miles north of
town.
50 Years Ago
(From the issue of Oct- 16, 1919.)
AT NOON last Thursday, at
Albany, in the Methodist parson
age, Mrs. Mary C. Webb was
united in marriage to Lieutenant
Claude Haisten, Rev. Loy War
wick, the Methodist pastor, offi
ciating.
THE FRIENDS of Miss Thelma
Jackson regret to know that she
is seriously ill at her home on
Railroad avenue-
MRS. C. W. LAY was carried
to a Dothan hospital Monday for
an operation for appendicitis
***♦
MR, B. B. GODWIN is on the
sick list this week.
****
HENRY, the little son of Mr.
and Mrs. H. B. Buchannon, has
been quite ill for several days.
♦ ♦♦*
JUDGE C. C. LANE united two
couples in marriage the pa st week
-- Miss Bernice Wilkinson and
Mr. Charles Grice, of Dothan,
and Miss Martha Ard and Mr.
J. P. Marlow, of Hartford.
THERE IS a continued im
provement in the condition of
President W'ilson’s condition, and
it is hoped that he will soon be
‘‘on the job” again to answer
then pull out the roll where
he can see it. One view of the
“roll” and he will go to chat
tering like a popinjay at a
cherry frolic. A big roll is a
universal conversation piece
in any language. You look at
the fellow, and you can see
the wheels turning in his
head. He is figuring just how
much of it he will be able to
“do you out of”.
THE SWISS ARE
STABLE PEOPLE
Switzerland is a small coun
try, and one would say it has
its ups and downs. If all the
hills in Switzerland were
smoothed out, it would be as
large as Georgia, even though
it is actually only about a
fourth as big.
The people are friendly,
courteous, clever and indus
trious. The little nation is
clean, tidy and beautiful, and
even more remarkable is the
Swiss Confederation. One
might say there are three dis
tinct national entities. In
southern Switzerland near
Italy, the Swiss speak Italian.
In and around Geneva the
French language is spoken,
and in Zurich the folks con
verse in gutteral German.
I have heard all my life that
Switzerland has no navy, but
that is not so. The Swiss do
not have a fighting navy, but
there is definately a merchant
marine based at European
ports of call.
(Next week: The history of
central and western Europe is
the history of rivers.)
This Week
by
Tige’ Pickle
Hurricanes, I am told, are
named for women for a num
ber of reasons. They are tem
pestuous, temperamental, unpre
dictable, destructive when riled,
and become riled suddenly and for
no apparent reason at all.
Those who are Interested in
the early history of this 1 section
of the state, and how the people
dressed, what they did for a liv
ing, the customs observed, and
so on, ought to take the time
and visit our neighbors to the
north in Stewart County. The
Stewart County Historical Com
mission, composed mostly of a
hard-working, ambitious group of
Lumpkin ladies, have restored
the old Bedingfield Inn. This
once famous inn was built by a
wealthy doctor along about 1836.
The Lumpkin ladies have restor
ed this building and furnished it
with furniture and fixtu '.'S of
that era. It is located n/.t up
on the Lumpkin Courtho ise
Square. You'll find there to
greet you people like gracious
Mrs. Vickie Worthington who was
on duty the day I visited the Inn
this spring. The ladies have
apparently done a lot of research
on this historical building, and
how the business was conducted.
For instance, sleeping accom
modations for the night were
eight cents — an almost impos
sible figure when you consider
a single room in an Atlanta
motel today comes to anything
from $14.00 to $30.00 per day.
Os course in the old days, there
was no such thing as a room
and a bath — but rather a room
and a path.
In addition to the Bedingfield
Inn, a village for the 1850 era
is being established. This, when
completed, could become one of
Georgia’s prime tourist attrac
tions. On October 29 through
November 1 the “1850 Fair and
Bazaar and Attic Sale” will be
held in Lumpkin. This promises
to be an unusual event, and those
who are planning to attend need
not worry about a place to eat
as Lumpkin boasts, and rightly
so, one of the best eating places
in all of Georgia. It is June’s
Restuarant, and until you’ve par
ticipated in one of June’s famous
buffets, you’ve never really been
out to eat.
****
Our Bobcats take to the road
again this week end, playing Ken
dricks in Columbus on Saturday
night. Remember now. Not
Friday. Saturday night. And
just in case I am not there, I
want some of the readers of
this column to seek out Mrs.
Maude Grier Jones and tell her
my absence isn’t because I am
scared which she will probably
claim before you can explain.
Mrs. Jones, a most pleasant
person, called me on the phone
not long ago, and threatened all
kind of dire things were going
to happen to our Bobcats when
they played Kendricks. Mrs.
Jones, let me haisten to ex
plain, is a former resident of
Early County, and her parents
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Grier re
side in Bluffton. She has a
daughter at Kendricks, and al
some of the criticism being heap
ed upon his head by a few Repub
lican senators whose supply of
"hot air” seems to be endless.
75 Years Ago
(From the issue of Oct-18, 1894. )
MR. C. H. ROBINSON has re
cently purchased the house and lot
on Church street owned by Mr.
J. T. Lindsey.
MR. C. J. FAULK, of Dothan,
was in Blakely Saturday.
♦**♦
MAJOR T. F. JONES made a
trip to Atlanta this week.
****
MR, AND MRS, E. Hilton, of
the Station, were the guests of
Judge H. C./ Fryer last week.
****
MR. AND MRS. J. W. Sutlive
and Master Alston Simpson, of
Fort Gaines, were the guests of
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Morse Sun
day.
THE DEATH of Oliver Wendell
Holmes, the poet, occurred at
his home in Boston Sunday after
noon.
Annual Punt,
Pass and Kick
Contest Winners
The annual Punt, Pass and
Kick Contest was held in Blak
ely Saturday, October 11. Seven
ty-two local boys competed in
the contest.
The winners in their age group
were: Jeff Alexander - age 8;
Ben Merrill, Jr. - age 9; Billy
Cannon - age 10; David Kimbrell
- age 11; Claude Bell - age 12;
Mike Still - age 13. These
winners will go to Albany Sat
urday to compete at zone level.
The Punt, Pass and Kick Con
test is an annual event sponsored
by Felder & Son, Inc., the local
Ford dealer and conducted by
the Blakely Jaycees.
All in all, one of the secrets
to making a little girl either an
imp or an angel, say the autho
rities, is dressing her in clothes
that she knows she looks
attractive in and feels comfort-
able in—and if Mother knows
that these clothes are easy to
care for, she’ll feel as angelic as
her daughter!
though Mrs. Jones talked a bit
tough on the phone, I got the
idea that secretly she wouldn’t
be too disappointed if our noble
Bobcats upset those mean old
boys from Kendricks.
♦*♦*
The Braves didn’t^et far in
their quest for the baseball cham
pionship of the world. Those
Mets took the minimum time
(3 days) in eliminating them from
the race. But don't shed too
many tears for the Braves. Each
player is reported to have re
ceived $5,000.00 each for their
efforts — or maybe 1 should say
for showing up —for they didn't
seem to be putting out too much
effort.
*♦♦♦
The Felder Hardware people
(Red and Al, Hal Gleaton and
Bill Houston) deserve congratu
lations for the handsome and
commodious buildings and other
improvements made on Church
Street. A veritable eye-sore
has become one of the most at
tractive places in Blakely. You’ll
have to visit it to appreciate
the vast improvements. I wish
them well.
Don’t keep it where
it won’t grow.
Put it in a Savings Account.
IN THE FIRST STATE BANK
The Best Way To Get Ready For
"that rainy day.”
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One of the favorite targets of
the campus dissidents, both stu
dents and faculty members, is
the ROTC, or the Reserve Offi
cer's Training Corps.
* * •
The opposition usually focus
es on some vague dialogue
about militarism having no
place on the college curricu
lum. These arguments are diffi
cult to follow. Some of the op
posing faculty people charge
that training in military sci
ence should not get credit.
* ♦ »
But if this is a guideline,
that perhaps many courses for
credit should be thrown out
including physical education,
creative poetry writing, and
many others, usually taught by
the people who oppose ROTC.
* * *
Congressman Wright Patman
of Texas has released a hither
to overlooked, and very prac
tical consideration of the whole
question of ROTC.
* * *
He points out that although
only 5 per cent of the college
students complete the full four
year course in ROTC, the busi
ness and professional achieve
ments of these graduates is ex
traordinarily high.
* * *
He reports that not only are
146 generals in the army at the
present time ROTC graduates,
but also that 24 per cent of the
50 state governors, 15 per cent
of the ambassadors, and 10 per
cent of the members of Cong
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Schedule
Week of- October 12 - Lanier
” - October 19 - Clark
- October 26 - Ware
- November 2 - Horton
- November 9 - Quillian
- November 16 - Fields
- November 23 - Clark
- November 30 - Lanier
- December 7- Ware
- December 14 - Quillian
- December 21 - Horton
- December 28 - Fields
Radio Schedule
Week of- October 12 - Clark
- October 19 - King
- October 26 - Horton
- November 2 - Ware
- November 9 - Lee
- November 16 - Quillian
- November 23 - Swann
- November 30 - Mayhall
- December 7- Lanier
- December 14 - Fields
- December 21 - Ware
- December 28 - Clark
If a guinea hen discovers her
nest has been disturbed, she may
refuse to incubate the eggs in it.
AS HEARD
BY HEARD
The Hidden Story
ress are also graduates. And on
the more lucrative side, 28 per
cent of the key business execu
tives earning between SIOO,OOO
and $330,000 per year beneflt
ted from ROTC training.
* * *
This is quite an impressive
record when it is considered
that only 5 per cent of the col
lege graduates take the full
four years that is offered on
many campuses. Obviously,
there is a great deal of solid
educational value in the ROTC
program other than learning
how to shoot a rifle.
♦ ♦ ♦
And in fact, even for the un
dergraduates there are values.
Students who qualify for an
ROTC scholarship during their
junior and senior years receive
SSO per month while attending
school, $165 per month during
the six weeks summer training
camp, plus uniforms, books, tu
ition and laboratory fees paid.
* • *
In these days when there is
so much discussion of paying
the cost of a college education
for every Dick, Tom and Harry,
to study anything from amphet
amine to Zen-Buddhism, it ap
pears that ROTC offers a most
fair deal both to the young man
and his country. Thus it is hard
to understand why there is so
much noisy opposition to ROTC.
* * *
Perhaps the major reason is
that to qualify for ROTC,
young men must have a reason
able haircut.
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