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EARLY COUNTY NEWS, THURSDAY, OCT. 23, 1969
EARLY COUNTY NEWS
Official Organ of Blakely and Early County
BLAKELY, GEORGIA 31723
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About six weeks ago, this col
umn reported that Maynard
Jackson and two other Atlanta
Negroes had received a $16,000
grant from the Model Cities Pro
gram of the City of Atlanta,
which is funded by the OEO. The
grant was approved on Sept. 3.
We added the remark that “may
be this is away to pay Jack
son’s campaign expenses for
Vice-Mayor".
Lo and behold, perhaps we
spoke more truthful words than
we thought. In the Oct. 12 edi
tion of the Atlanta Journal and
Constitution, Bruce Galphin, the
liberal ex-reporter for the Con
stitution, had a long article
about Jackson’s victory. In this
story he said: “His (Jackson’s)
limited resources were concen
trated primarily on organization.
Finally, a single donation of
$16,000 made it possible for him
to buy some TV time”.
The question is: Was this
$16,000 “donation” the money
that Jackson and his colleagues
received to do Community Re
sources Development work? We
never heard — in over 30 years
of political experience —of any
local candidate receiving a
$16,000 donation. The most any
body has ever given a candidate
for even a statehouse office, so
far as we know, was SIO,OOO. In
cidentally, it’s against the law
for a corporation to make politi
cal contributions.
If the $16,000 was OEO money,
and Jackson spent it for cam
paign expenses, he very clearly
violated the law. We’re not mak
ing the accusation, but the truth
can be discovered if the District
Attorney of Fulton County or the
Attorney-General of Georgia will
make an investigation. We here
by call it to their attention. Also,
to Mr. Bill Burson, State OEO
Director, and to Atlanta Mayor
Ivan Allen, Jr.
But, don't hold your breath un
til Atlanta Newspapers, Inc.
start an investigation. Jackson is
too much their fair haired boy.
Speaking of these newspapers,
we wonder why they picked up
cur story about Julian Bond’s
OEO grant, but didn’t say a word
about the disclosure we made of
two grants to Gerald Horton, a
white man, which totaled more
than Bond's. Maybe these two
papers can be tarred with the
same brush of racism of which
they are always accusing Gov
ernor Maddox.
**•«*•
State Senator Oliver Bateman
has announced that he definitely
will be a candidate for Governor
next year in the GOP primary.
Mr. Bateman will please forgive
us, but we don’t think he’ll run.
For the very simple reason that
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surely someone will tell him that
the Nixon administration, in
cluding Bo Callaway, is com
mitted wholeheartedly to giving
Jimmy Bentley this nomination.
The agreement was reached
when Nixon came to Georgia
during his campaign at a meet
ing at the Regency Hotel in At
lanta — which we dutifully re
ported the next week. Senator
Bateman would be going up
against unsurmountable odds.
******
State Repr. McKee Hargrett,
of Wayne County, who says that
he will run for governor next
year, has started issuing a week
ly column entitled “Dr. McKee
Hargrett says . . .” If published
in enough papers, this will prove
an effective piece of campaign
literature. Credit Bill Williams of
the Glynn County Reporter with
the idea.
• ••*«*
At the Second District Legisla
tive Conference held in Tifton
Thursday night of last week, to
which both Maddox and Sanders
were invited, Sanders took down
the house with the remark as he
started to speak :“Mr. Chair
man, I am certainly glad that
you served roast beef tonight,
not chicken or fish”. Maddox
joined in the laughter. Inci
dentally, both the Governor and
the former Governor were cor
dial as could be to each other.
******
We wrote last week that the
proposed abolishment of a con
stitutional Veterans Service
Board in the new State Consti
tution would bring about a ter
rific amount of opposition from
veterans. Well, Quimby Melton,
Sr., the grand old man of the
Grfffin Daily News, picked up
the item and devoted an entire
front page column to it. He is
bitterly opposed to the abolish
ment of this Board and pledged
himself to fight it all over the
state. Mr. Melton, incidentally,
was the first chairman of the
board many years ago and holds
it dear to his heart.
******
Governor Maddox may be ser
ious about going back into the
chicken business when he leaves
the Governor’s office. He has had
an advertising agency prepare
layouts and designs on “Lester’s
Pickrick Chicken”, and has them
laid out in his office. Some peo
ple may not admit that Maddox
is a good governor, but they sho'
can't disparage his abilities as a
businessman.
We wrote several weeks ago
that we hoped the Governor
doesn’t crack down on the mini
skirts in his office. Well, he
hasn’t; they look better than
ever.
MARVIN
GRIFFIN
NOTES ON
SWITZERLAND
GENEVA . . Switzerland is a
beautiful country of moun
tains, lakes, rivers, watches,
cameras, cows, goats, choco
late and cheese, the cows and
goats furnishing the chocolate
and cheese.
On arrival in Geneva I saw
at least a mil
-1 i o n watches
a n d a t least
a half million
cameras. The
win do w s of
every store in
Gene v a are
full of these
two items. It
would appear that no respect
able Swiss merchant would be
caught without a selection of
Swiss watches and cameras.
The identifying symbol of
Geneva is a mammoth water
jet in Lake Leman, or Lake
Geneva, in the heart of the
city. This big water fountain
reaches a height of 470 feet,
which is the highest in Europe.
It is fed from lake water and
uses 132 U. S. gallons per
minute. At its base or source
the speed of the water is 125
mph and the two motors to
power the jet stream total
1,360 horse power. The water
fountain runs all the time ex
cept when the wind exceeds
fifteen knots. It is then turned
off to prevent the water from
being blown into the buildings
on the lake shore.
Our party took a Sunday af
ternoon boat trip for two hours
on Lake Leman, but only
covered 20 or 25 miles. Lake
Leman is 50 miles long, 9
miles wide and 1000 feet deep
in most spots. The Rhone
River breaks out of the Swiss
Alps, flows into the east end
of Lake Leman, and then flows
out the west side through
France, and on south to the
Mediterranean Sea.
The busy Rhine River also
has its source in the Swiss
Alps, and it flows into Lake
Constance, and out in a west
erly direction. The Rhine has
some beautiful falls at Schaff
hausen near the German bord
er, and is a fast-flowing
mountain stream until it
reaches Basil where some
canal projects slow it down.
The Rhine flows north from
Basil, and is the main
thoroughfare for barge and
passenger traffic for Switzer
land, Germany, France and
Holland. The Rhine empties
into the North Sea near Rot
terdam. It is said by reliable
authority that more tonnage is
handled at Rotterdam than at
any other port in the world.
I can now appreciate how
Germans feel when the bands
play “The Watch On The
Rhine”. The big industrial
cities of Frankfurt on the
Main, Dusseldorf. Koblentz.
Cologne, and other cities in the
Ruhr, would not exist as great
cities if the Rhine did not
serve them. Also Rotterdam
and Amsterdam (by canals)
owe their commercial af
fulence to the River Rhine.
SOME HISTORIC
SPOTS ALONG
LAKE GENEVA
Back to Geneva, and some
historic spots along the shore
of Lake Leman.
Up the hillside of Cologny
one can see the Diodati villa
where Lord Byron stayed in
1816, and below it, on the lake
side, the poet Shelley lived.
Bellerive Manor, which in
the middle ages was one of the
residences of the Dukes of
Savoie, is visible. Today it
belongs to Prince Sadrudin
Aga Kahn, United Nations
High Commissioner for Re
fugees.
On the other side of the
Lake is the small town of
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Versoix, and behind it are the
shining peaks of Mont Blanc.
On the Lake side is the villa
known as “Barakat”, where
the Aga Kahn died in 1958.
Close to the Lake is the love
ly home built in 1723 by the
French architect, Francois
Blondel, where the famous
Geneva physicist-naturalist
Horace Benedict de Saussure
lived. It was this house that
served as the residence of
President Dwight Eisenhower
during the 1955 “Big Four”
Conference held in Geneva.
The Swiss say President Eisen
hower’s family originated in
Switzerland (Eisenhoffer).
Further along on the hill
side is the manor of the Baron
Maurice de Rothschild, which
was bequeathed to the City of
Geneva. One can also see the
house where Empress Jose
phine, the first wife of Na
poleon 1, lived. This must
have been after old “Nap” put
her down.
On a hill in the distance re
poses the United Nations
Palace. The lake trip was
most beautiful, and a fellow
can look back in history sev
eral hundred years.
We did not see the Prison
of Chillon as that is located on
the east end of Lake Geneva,
and came with the six hour
boat trip, but 1 understand
the prison was built in the
lake between the 9th and 13th
centurie^ and was the prison
where Francois Bonnivard
was incarcerated The prison
was made famous by the poem
written by Lord Byron, and
is now used as a museum.
Lake,Leman is full of ducks,
geese and swans. One big old
goose decided he wanted to
become airborne on the ap
proach of the sight-seeing boat.
He got up enough speed to
try to take off, and his flat
feet were plop-plopping on
top of the water. This went on
for perhaps 50 yards when it
seemed his gas had about run
out. He quit running and went
“dead in the water”.
This fat goose looked as if
he would make somebody a
fine meal, but I doubt if the
Swiss shoot anything on the
lake. The national dish of
Switzerland is a steak prepa
ration called “Fondue”.
I will tell you about this
“Fondue”. Our party of six
from Tallahassee, and your
humble servant from Georgia,
drilled into a basement case in
Geneva on Saturday night, and
most of us ordered “Fondue”.
The impedimenta for cook
ing “Fondue” calls for two
long slim forks per person.
These forks are about 12 to 15
inches in length, and have only
two prongs.
Next in order of importance
is a copper or aluminum pot,
which sits on three legs a
bove an alcoholic heating
unit. The pot holds grease,
perhaps olive oil or wesson
oil, to a depth of perhaps a
couple of inches.
Each diner has a divided
plate. In the small compart
ments are separate potions of
salt, pepper, paprika, grated
onion or garlic, and grated
parsley. In the large com
partment of the plate is a
copious potion of cheese sauce
garnished with “seasonings”.
The waiter will then bring
out several plates of good raw
steak which have been cut into
bite-size pieces of about one
inch.
Each individual diner spears
a piece of steak on his fork
and puts steak on the fork in
to the pot. The steak will siz
zle and smoke and cook. It
takes about a half minute to
cook the steak medium rare.
The piece of cooked steak is
then dipped into the season
ings on the plate, and by that
time, it is cool enough to eat.
Our party had a big time on
the “Fondue”. I went on the
trip with Mr. and Mrs. Bruce
Davis, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Al
len, and Dr. and Mrs. Fred
Lindsey, all of Tallahassee.
This Week
by
r Tige’ Pickle
The big city of Atlanta has
been experiencing election pains
for several weeks now. There
seems to be quite a difference
in opinion as to whom will suc
ceed Ivan Allen as mayor. As
this is written the returns are
not in, but from where I sit
at a distance, the winner will
be the loser, for surely the new
mayor is inheriting a headache,
not the economy size but the
giant size- While under Mayor
Allen the city has grown and the
economy is good, but in other
ways, it appears to me from
my occasional visits, the city
has deteriorated. Atlanta, un
iter Allen, has boasted of its
“new freedom’ 1 , and thereby has
attracted nuts, cranks, freaks,
and seasoned law breakers in
general. 1 know Mr. Allen is
not all to blame because the in
terpretation of the laws by the
Supreme Court make it impos
sible to do anything about it,
but I believe if His Honor had
put out the word that anybody
is welcome in Atlanta as long
as he or she behaves, but other
wise, back from whence he or
she came, or else view our city
from Police Chief Jenkins’ metal
motel, there wouldn’t be so many
lawless, long-haired, dirty
people now residing in Fulton
County.
I have been wanting to hear a
football coach talk back to the
howling alumni for a long time.
The famous Bear Bryanthas done
just that.
The Bear has been turning
out football teams which win
conferences, and even national
championships, since John Henry
laid the rail, and now the “loyal”
Alabama fans, who heretofore
have claimed that he could walk
on water and fly without wings
Old Doc said he did not be
lieve he wanted any of the
“Fondue”, and ordered a sir
loin steak instead. At this
point, I would like to make
the observation that some
times one must take what
doctors say with a grain of
salt. Dr. Fred ate up his sir
loin, and then got to dunking
his wife’s steak into the Fon
due pot. He said he just want
ed to taste it to see what it
was like, but I do not believe
a fellow has to eat half his
wife’s meal to be able to tell
what something tastes like.
This “Fondue” with some
good red wine from the Mo
selle River country is a most
enticing and entertaining dish,
and there is one thing about
it. Yo.u won’t eat too fast, and
frequent sips of the wine will
aid the digestion. At least,
that is the good side of the
argument to take.
(Next week). A train trip
from Geneva to Zurich
PUBLISHER’S NOTE: Mrs.
Kath erine C. Wimberley
and Mrs. R. L. Rich, Sr.,
returned last Sunday from
a three weeks tour of Italy,
Switzerland, Monaco,
France, England and Ire
land, and I am going to get
with them and compare
notes. I am sure the ladies
did not go everywhere I
went, and by the same
token, I did not visit every
where they went. We can
swap stories and put to
gether a Gulliver's Trav
elogue.
FROM
OUR W®,
FILES
25 YEARS AGO
(From the issue of Oct. 26, 1944.)
SECOND LIEUTENANT Philip
H. Spence, 24, son of Mr. and Mrs.
A, C. Spence, Blakely, Georgia,
has been awarded the Air Medal
for meritorious achievement in
aerial combat against the enemy.
♦♦♦♦
FUNERAL SERVICES were
held last Wednesday afternoon at
3:30 o’clock at the home of Mrs.
J. & Haisten, in Bluffton, for
Doris Haisten, 14, who died in
Miami on Monday, following a
protracted illness.
♦♦♦♦
RAYMOND HARRIS. well
known native citizen of this county
and for the past several weeks
employed in the local Suwannee
Store, has been named manager
of that store to succeed Luther
Fleming, who goes to Bonifay,
Fla., to manage a store there-
♦♦♦♦
USAF in C.-8.-L — The Or
der of the Purple Heart has been
are screaming like magpies be
cause the University of Alabama
has lost two games. Nobody can
win them all - not even Bear
Bryant. But there was a time
when 1 thought he might. But the
Bear didn’t -take the howling.
He says his critics can take a
wild leap up a galloping goose.
A man who earned his name by
wrestling a bear, and has earned
a reputed million dollars can talk
like that. Go get ’em, Bear.
♦»♦*
When you consider that the
motely crew who Is opposing
Judge Haynsworth’s nomination
to the Supreme Court is the same
group which organized the Viet
Nam moratorium, then one comes
to think much more of the former
and a lot less of the latter.
♦ ♦♦♦
Certainly the year 1969 will
become known as The Incredible
Year. The U. & put a man on the
moon, and the New York Mets
won the World Series. Two im
possibilities have become reali
ties-
****
Here is one which has been
in the moth ball bag of jokes
so long that it may sound new.
A mini-skirted lady stood on the
street corner, rain coming down,
with her rain coat pulled up
over her head. Said a male
pedestrian, a lover of nature’s
handiwork, "Lady, you’ve got
your raincoat up too high, your
legs are getting wet. ’ ’
“I know what I’m doing”, she
answered, "this hat I’ve got on
is brand new. My legs are 40
years old."
Don’t keep it where
it won’t grow.
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OF BLAKELY
awarded to Staff Sergeant Wil
liam Carter Davis for wounds
received in action against the
Japanese army in northern Bur
ma on June 3, 1944.
****
FRIENDS will be interested to
learn of the marriage of Heywood
Ainsworth, Jr., son of Mr- H. B.
Ainsworth of this city, to Miss
Charlotte Joiner, of Macon and
Atlanta. The wedding was solem
nized in Atlanta Tuesday.
****
MR. aNd MRS, Sam Jones,
of Atlanta, announce the birth
of a son, Donald Lane, Emory
Hospital. Mrs. Jones is the
former Miss Maggie Lane-
****
MR. AND MRS. Woodrow
Brownlee announce the’ birth of
a daughter, Linda Carol, Sunday,
October 15.
50 YEARS AGO
(From the issue ofOct. 23,1919.)
REV. J. AJ. DUMAS has re
ceived a call to serve the Bap
tist church at Reynolds, Ga.,
and has the matter under con
sideration.
****
COL. N. L STAPLETON, of
Colquitt, was among Tuesday’s
visitors to Blakely.
****
LITTLE Miss Ellen Hobbs, of
Albany, is spending this week in
Blakely as the guest of Miss
Helen Chipstead.
****
MR. J. O. JACKSON left Tues
day for Brunswick to spend some
time with his daughter, Mrs. C.W.
Batson.
****
MR. J. E. MARTIN was over
from Arlington Tuesday.
****
MRS. C. M. BAGGS was hos
tess to the Blakely Study Club
Wednesday afternoon.
♦***
MR. AND MRS. G. G. Spillers,
of Tulsa, Okla., are spending
some time with relatives in Early
county.
75 YEARS AGO
(From the issue ofOct. 25,1894.)
MR. J. C. CHANCY has ginned
over 900 bales of cotton this
season.
****
THE continued low price of
cotton is crushing the farmers
and when the farmers are crush
ed, every business feels it.
***♦
THE PRICE of cotton is lower
than it has been any year since
1843. The price reached in
1847 was 5 to 8 cents. The day
of high priced cotton is past.
(The editor did not live to see
it reach 40 cents in 1919.)
ON LAST Thursday at Sow
hatchee, Mr. William O. Las
siter and Miss Lillie Weaver
were married. Also at the same
Gory Edwards
serving aboard
USS Coral Sea
Seaman Apprentice Gary C.
Edwards, USN, son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. C. Edwards of Jakin,
Ga-, is serving aboard the at
tack aircraft carrier USS Coral
Sea undergoing an Operational
Readiness Inspection near Pearl
Harbor.
The 973-foot carrier is con
ducting a series of simulated
combat exercises to determine
the battle capability of its air
craft and technical facilities
prior to its fifth consecutive
cruise to the Western Pacific.
When not actually engaged in
combat operations, the crew of
4300 men will have the oppor
tunity to visit such Western Pa
cific ports as Japan, Singapore,
Hong Kong and the Republic of
the Philippines.
Fort Gaines Man
Gets 50 Year
Pin From Masons
FORT GAINES, Ga.—Henry
Grady McKemie of Darley
Lodge No. 17 of Free and Act
cepted Masons, was recently
presented with a 50-year service
pin and apron by Lonzo Pope,
Second Grand Steward of the
Grand Lodge of Georgia, and
a certificate for his 50 years
of membership in the Masonic
fraternity.
Participating in the program
were Dr. Jack Standifer, Past
Grand Master of the Grand
Lodge of Georgia, W. Bernard
King, Worshipful Master of
Darley Lodge No. 17, O. H.
King, Illustrious Grand
Steward, Grand Council of
Georgia and Malcolm Gray of
Darley Lodge No. 17 who acted
as Master of Ceremonies.
The program was sponsored
by Darley Lodge No. 17 of Fort
Gaines and a meal was served
by the Order of Eastern Star
Chapter 502 of Fort Gaines.
Carl Childs, John Shaw
Engram, Rufus D. Williams,
Marvin L. Williams, and
Leonard D. Plowden were
presented with 25-year service
pins by Lonzo Pope for their
25 consecutive years as Masons.
time and place, Mr. Lewis C.
Weaver and Miss Lena Lassi
ter were married.
****
MRS. W. A BECKHAM and
Mrs. Somers Beauchamp, of Ar
lington, were guests the past
week of Mrs. W. Q Cook.
****
MR, E. P. BUSH was over
from Shorterville, Ala., this
week.
MACKIE SMITH went over to
Columbia last Sunday on his bi
cycle-