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EARLY COUNTY NEWS, THURSDAY, OCT. 30, 1969
EARLY COUNTY NEWS
Official Organ of Blakely and Early County
BLAKELY, GEORGIA 31723
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Come January, Sam Massell,
a Jewish citizen, and Maynard
Jackson, a Negro citizen, will be
Mayor and Vice-Mayor, respec
tively, of the City of Atlanta.
And the Exodus from the Cap
ital City will be greater than
man hath seen since the Hebrews
left Egypt.
We wrote a column at least a
year ago in which we predicted
that the Negroes and the liberals
would take over Atlanta and the
conservatives would move to the
surrounding counties. Frankly,
we didn’t think it would be this
soon, but we hadn’t counted on
Ivan Allen, Jr. displaying such
political amateurism that he
would expedite the take-over by
some four years.
When Mayor Allen made his
dramatic call that Massell pull
out of the race, even the neo
phites in Georgia politics knew
that he had handed the city’s top
job to Massell on a silver plat
ter. Allen says that he conferred
with several of his friends on his
statement and that they con
curred with him making it. If
this is true, then all we can say
is that they are just as much
amateurs as is Allen, or else they
wanted Massell to win. We
strongly suspect that the latter is
true.
All Georgians should be con
cerned deeply with what is im
pending in Atlanta, for the econ
omy of the state depends a great
deal on the Capital City and
when the better people leave the
town, then Georgia as a whole
has suffered a heavy blow. But,
it's coming and here’s how it will
happen.
When Massell and Jackson
take over, the minority groups
and the liberals will immediately
begin demanding benefits and
services far beyond the city’s
ability to provide, under the
present tax structure, and within
the framework of responsible
government. But, Massell and
Jackson are going to have to go
along. They have been the ben
eficiaries of the rewards — or
punishments — which the Ne
groes and the liberals can hand
out with their bloc voting, so
who blames politicians for going
along with those who can keep
them in office, or throw them
out.
And don't think that the Board
cf Aidermen will raise a re
straining hand. They, too, are
politicians and want to be re
elected. So they’ll acquiesce.
The stage is set, then, for a
heavy tax increase. This won’t
be in the form of ad valorem
taxes, for this would hit the Ne
groes and the liberals as hard as
the white middle and upper class.
These new taxes will be aimed
directly at the business structure
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of the city, perhaps in the form
of payroll taxes or hotel room
occupancy or, perhaps, even on
bank deposits. The only power
that can stop this is the Georgia
legislature and even they are
not likely to be able to do so af
ter reapportionment following the
1970 census.
The new school board, will, of
course, follow the dictates of the
minorities and bussing will be
instituted all over the city.
The police department will be
completely reorganized. Scores
of police officers will be suspend
ed on charges of police brutality,
and then whether they are fired
or resign, they will be replaced
with black policemen. So, crime,
graft and intimidation of business
will be the order of the day.
By the time Massell is elected
to a second term, Atlanta will
have lost a large majority of its
most capable white citizens,
PLUS many businesses which
will flee to Cobb or Gwinnett or
Clayton counties. (We didn’t
mention Jackson in a second
term; by the time the first is
over we have an idea that he
will be seeking state office.)
Also, — and this is a “plus”
as far as Fulton County outside
Atlanta, and surrounding coun
ties are concerned — annexation
of any area to Atlanta is a dead
issue. For, obviously, the Mas
sell-Jackson political machine
won’t even consider taking in
white areas which could only di
lute their political power.
Frankly, we don’t blame the
Negroes one bit. They have
"sucked the hind tit’’ for so long
that it is perfectly natural for
them to want the spoils of politi
cal power. We don’t even blame
Massell and Jackson; they’re
politicians who want high office
and will do nearly anything in
their power to keep it. Which is
“the way” of politicians. Maybe
it’s “the way” of all of us in
whatever field of endeavor we
happen to be.
No, the blame should be
placed on Ivan Allen, Atlanta
Newspapers, the Atlanta Cham
ber of Commerce and those
other members of the Atlanta
power structure who have given
in over the past eight years to
unreasonable demands of Ne
groes and liberals — all for the
sake of their votes. Allen, par
ticularly, is to be blamed, for he
is a rank hypocrite. He was born
a segregationist, practiced seg
regation all his He until he be
came Mayor, and continued to
believe in the principle while
giving lip service to integration.
He and his power friends have
sacrificed a great city on the al
tar of political expediency, and
the middle class, both white and
black, who form the backbone of
MARVIN
GRIFFIN
SWISS TRAINS
RUN ON TIME
LEAVING GENEVA: Our
party departed Geneva by
train for Zu
rich, and I
was most en
thusiast i c a
bout this train
trip. I had
heard so
much about
the Swiss
countr y s i d e
through the mountains, and I
knew it would be beautiful.
It was.
On several occasions folks
talked about the accuracy of
Swiss and German train sche
dules, and that if one did not
wish to be left at the station,
one had better be in the seat
before the time of departure.
Information on the trains
was most accurate. If the time
of departure of a train was
posted for 14:30 (or 2:30 p. m.
in America), a little bell would
ring, and off the train would
go. All the doors to the coach
es closed automatically, and if
you were on the outside
“fiddling” around, and your
baggage was already on the
coach, the baggage made the
trip, and you would have to
catch a later train.
Swiss trains are clean and
comfortable. The one from
Geneva to Zurich was electric,
and despite the grades and
tunnels, the engineer threw
the “cob away”, and moved
on down the track.
It is slightly over 200 miles
from Geneva to Zurich, and
the trip was of four hours
duration.
We left Geneva and moved
around the north side of Lake
Geneva to Lausanne, and on
up the river valleys through
Romont, Fribourg, Bern, Burg
dorf, Langenthal, Olten, Brugg,
into Zurich.
The train trip was one con
tinuous panorama of green
hills and valleys. Every Swiss
farm home and every chalet
was beautified with flowers.
Every home, even those along
the tracks, had flowers in pro
fusion. The pastures were dot
ted with Jerseys, Guernseys,
Frisian and Swiss milk cows,
and flocks of sheep. There
were also some beautiful
horses. Most homes had bells
on, or near, the roofs. I could
just smell Gruyere cheese, and
I was in a hurry to get to
Zurich.
THE NEUTRALITY
OF SWITZERLAND
On arrival at Zurich, and
for 75 miles south of there,
folks can be heard chattering
away in gutteral German.
Most of the station designa
tions are written in French
and German. I could read a
smattering of French, but I
had to point to what I wanted
in German.
The folks are most hospit
able, and it just occurred to
me why Switzerland has been
able to remain neutral in all
the world's worst wars.
The Swiss have an inde
pendent spirit, but with peo
ple of Italian descent in the
south. French in the middle
and German in the north, there
is just one answer as to why
Switzerland has not become
embroiled in the devastating
conflicts which have beset
the other nations of Europe,
and that one word is “kin
folks”. If the Swiss took sides,
they would be fighting with
each other in their own nation.
The Swiss in the Grisons
speak a dialect Romansch,
but not too many Swiss un
derstand it.
The Swiss are gregarious,
and like to talk. Every hotel
in Zurich has sidewalk tables
and chairs in front of it. Peo
ple come by flocks at noon,
and late in the afternoon to
sit, sip and talk. Some sip
wine and some sip beer, and
some sip chocolate drinks, but
folks of German extraction
are descendants of that my
thical King, Gambrinus, who is
said to be the inventor of
beer, and I saw some of the
largest beer mugs I have ever
seen in my life. One young
man had a beer mug which
held at least two quarts of
beer, and I watched him un
til he called for a refill.
The food is great, and Swit
zerland is no place for a fel
low on a diet. Zurich is a city
of nearly half a million, and
responsible government, will suf
fer.
We have only one suggestion
to the Georgia General Assem
bly. Which is: Move the Capitol
to a rural area.
has some wonderful shops.
Wearing apparel for winter is
real heavy, and the styles are
about the same as in our
country. Many ladies wear 10
inch boots and four inch dress
es. It is most interesting to
see a lady with her hair done
up in the latest mode, wearing
long ear rings, wearing a mini
skirt or dress, and pedaling to
either work or an engagement
on a bicycle.
ON TO STUTTGART
BY TRAIN
After seeing the sights of
Zurich, we boarded a train at
7:00 a. m. for Stuttgart. (Stutt
gart comes from the German
“studfarm,” and was so named,
so ’tis said, from a farm of an
old German Baron who had
such a farm).
We reached Schaffhausen,
saw the Rhine falls, and enter
ed Germany at Singen. The
Germans put on diesels, and
we lost our electric powered
engines. However, that did not
impair the operation of the
train. It started on schedule
and arrived on schedule.
Stuttgart is a city of per
haps 700,000, and while it is
heavy in industry, grapevines
cover the hills around the city.
It is a beautiful old city, and
the railroad station and other
old buildings were not notice
ably damaged from the heavy
bombing of World War 11.
Just across the wide street
from the Railroad Station is
the old Schlossgarten Hotel, a
magnificent structure built on
the castle site of the old Kings
of Wurtemburg.
The hotel accomodations
were most elegant, and this
was the first time I ever slept
on a bed which had no top
sheet, but had a feather com
forter as thick as a light mat
tress for cover.
The shops and the factories
of Stuttgart were busy and,
and business activity was
most noticeable. After looking
the city over I became con
vinced Western Germany did
not need any more American
Foreign Aid. In fact, we could
use a little from these people.
My nephew, Bruce Davis, of
Tallahassee, bought a 600
series Mercedes from the Mer
cedes-Benz factory at Stutt
gart several months ago, and
our party went out to Sindel
fingen, the site of the Merce
des assembly plant, to see him
take delivery of the automo
bile. Sindelfingen is about 15
miles from Stuttgart, and is
just off the Autobahn going
north to Heidelberg.
In our party were Mr. and
Mrs. Davis, Mr. and Mrs. E.
C. Allen, and Dr. and Mrs.
Fred Lindsey, all of Tallahas
see.
Stuttgart is on the River
Neckar, and this river runs
north to Heidelberg. The high
cliffs along the river were
sites for Schlosses, or castles,
and the old barons built many
of them. Some are in ruins,
but many of them have been
preserved.
Roman Legions came up the
river valleys shortly after the
birth of Christ, and from a
bout the 1,000 A. D. castle
building by barons became
fashionable.
MERCEDES-BENZ,
A GERMAN PRIDE
The assembly plant for Mer
cedes-Benz is at Sindelfingen,
but the engines and chassis
are made at Stuttgart. Also, at
Stuttgart, one can visit the
Mercades-Benz Museum. This
is very interesting.
Mr. Daimler and Mr. Benz
lived in separte cities in Ger
many, and did not know each
other. Both invented internal
combustion engines at the
same time. In the beginning,
each had factories, but event
ually they merged. About this
time a stranger agreed to sell
36 cars for them provided they
would name the models after
his daughter, "Mercedes”. This
they did, and they liked it so
well they kept the name “Mer
cedes”.
I had my picture made
standing beside the'Mercedes
which was owned by the late
President Paul Von Hinden
burg, and the one used by the
late Chancellor Konrad Ade
nauer. I also looked into the
Mercedes which was used by
the late Kaiser Wilhelm 11,
while he was in exile in Hol
land..
The Mercedes of William
Hohenzollern had a partition
separating the front and back
seat, and driving for old "Wil
lie Ho” must have been a gas
for the chauffeur. The instru
ment panel had a series of
signals controlled from the
rear seat by buttons. These
were “turn right, turn left,
faster, slower, back up, stop,
and go home”. Kaiser Bill
gave no instructions. He just
FROM
OUR
FILES
25 YEARS AGO
(From the issue of Nov. 2, 1944.)
AS THE TIME approaches for
the centennial of Magnolia Lodge,
reports from all nearby lodges
and from the distinguished guests
invited are that there will be a
large attendance
EARLY COUNTY grown sat
suma oranges of an excellent
quality were presented to The
News Saturday by H. J. Cosby,
of Route No- 4.
DEPARTMENT of Commerce
figures released this week by
W. R. Pullen, special agent, show
that 6,874 bales of cotton were
ginned in Early county prior to
October 18 as compared with
9,110 bales to the same date
in 1943.
A DELEGATION of Blakely
citizens, headed by Mayor S. G.
Maddox, attended a district meet
ing of the State Industrial Plan
ning Board held in Albany Wed
nesday afternoon. The purpose
of the meeting was to discuss
plans to establish post-war se
curity. Those attending the meet
ing were the Mayor, Oscar Whit
chard. C. E. Boyett, J. IX Rogers,
Jr., Earl ’‘Tige” Pickle, J. Ed
Chancy, John Holman, H, A. Fel
der and J. F. Reid.
J. H. WHITEHURST, of this
city, was quite painfully injured
the past Saturday when he re
ceived a broken left leg and other
injuries as the result of being
struck by an automobile as he
started across the street near
the railroad.
♦♦ ♦ *
MR, AND MRS. M.W. Balkcom
returned home Saturday from a
several days’ visit with Lt. and
Mrs. Edward Balkcom, at Alex
andria, La.
♦ ♦ ♦*
FRIENDS will be interested to
learn of the marriage of Miss
Rosa Hobbs, of Blakely, to Mr.
Bob Houston, also of Blakely,
which took place Wednesday
evening, October 25th, at the
First Baptist Church in Colquitt.
The ceremony was performed by
the Reverend J. A. Duren.
50 YEARS AGO
(From the issue of Oct. 30, 1919.)
REV. J. A. DUMAS, pastor of
the Blakely Baptist church for the
past five years, resigned last
Sunday to accept the pastorate
of the Reynolds Baptist Church.
** ♦♦
MISS Mary Ella Roberts, of
Dawson is in Blakely on a visit
to her sister, Mrs- Foy Haynes.
MISS EUNICE TALLEY spent
last Sunday in Arlington, a guest
of Miss Mary Addis Mims.
** ♦ ♦
LEWIE STEIN is at home from
Gordon Institute to spend fair
week.
♦♦♦*
MR. T. R. SMITH and two sons,
Frank and T. R., of Quincy, Fla.,
spent last Sunday in the city with
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Fryer.
75 YEARS AGO
(From the issue of Nov. 1, 1894.)
WORK ’ HAS been started on
Dr. L. C. Strong's new brick
store.
*♦♦♦
THERE ARE more hogs in
Blakely--we'H add, four-legged
hogs, lest a mistake arise—
than any town of its size in the
universe. The town hog is a
privileged character. (Well, that
much is changed, but we still
have too many street-roaming
dogs.)
CAPTAIN W. IL STUCKEY is
beginning the erection of a com
modious residence on the lot
where his gin burned.
MR, Warren CHANDLERand
Miss May Powers were married
on October 18.
♦ ♦♦♦
DR. W. B. STANDIFER went
up to Macon Monday.
DR. L. C. STRONG spent Sun
day in Arlington.
♦ ♦ ♦♦
MIL. GILL WILLIS was over
to Albany Monday.
♦♦ ♦ ♦
HON. W. C. SHEFFIELD and
daughter, Miss Ida, of Cedar
Springs, visited Blakely Wed
nesday.
♦ ♦♦ ♦
HON. J. M, GRIGGS has been
unanimously re-elected Judge of
the Pataula circuit.
pushed buttons.
(Next week: A vistit to his
toric old Heidelberg. Hippies
and all.
This Week
by
r Tige’ Pickle
Mia Farrow, the actress, ex
wife of Frank Sinatra, the singer,
has announced that she is going
to have a baby sired by Andre
Previn who is married but not
to Mia Farrow, and they might
just get married if Mrs. Previn
has no serious objections. Now
what are you people who main
tain that the world isn’t up-side
down going to say. It use to be
the other way around. Marri
age first, babies second.
****
Senator Ted Kennedy has put
in his two cents worth question
ing Judge Haynsworth’s fitness to
serve on the Supreme Court. Any
man who would run off and leave
a girl to drown in an automobile
submerged in a river, thinking
more of his personal and politi
cal life than the life of a girl,
should be ashamed to doubt even
Jack The Ripper's character,
not to mention that of a federal
district judge-
I guess the good old days were
best after all. Remember when
a calomel tablet and a couple of
aspirins would solve most of
the world’s ailments.
****
Another fallacy, which people
have come to speak of as the
truth, is this old business about
“life beginning at 40.”
****
“Dear 'Tige', writes Mrs.
Cleve Porter (former Glyndell
Thompson) of Hayama, Japan,
"the enclosed article appeared
in our publication The Sea Hawk,
here in Yokosuka. Cleve and I
enjoyed reading it and regained
the true meaning of our Pledge
of Allegiance. Having recently
read and devoured the excellent
article by Dawson Mathis (in the
Early County News) we thought
you would enjoy this, also,”
The article which Glyndell so
thoughtfully sent me follows be
low. It is an excerpt from the
Red Skelton Hour of January
14, 1969.
“I remember this one teacher.
To me, he was the greatest
teacher, a real sage of my time.
He had such wisdom. We were
all reciting the Pledge of Alle
giance, and he walked over. Mr.
Lasswell was his name . . -he
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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The financial leaders of the
western governments are work
ing on what is known as the
International Monetary Fund.
* * *
While anything pertaining to
high finance often zooms into
an esoteric atmosphere, what is
done in the next few weeks
could have a long lasting im
pact on every business, both
large and small.
* * *
Basically, the problem is that
the world is money short.
♦ ♦ ♦
In the era of the World War
II days, it was agreed at an
economic conference in Bret ton
Woods that the United States,
would in effect, become the
banker to the world. It was
agreed that the dollar would be
the recognized currency, and in
turn the U.S. leaders at that
time promised to hold the
value of gold at $35 per ounce,
thus promising away the sover
eign right of any nation.
* *• *
These discussions were all
predicated on the fact that the
U.S. had a stable currency in a
world torn by war. backed by
a substantial gold reserve.
What was left out of the dis
cussions was securing a prom
ise that the U.S. government
would pursue fiscal sanity.
* * *
But in the past few years,
the moment of truth came to all
the western world. Not only
have government policies re
sulted in the depreciation of
the dollar, but the U.S. gold re
serves are gone. In fact, if for
eign held dollars w'ere all sen'
through for cashing into gold,
the U.S. could not pay off.
(c) National Federation of Independent Businc
said, 'l've been listening to you
boys and girls recite the Pledge
of Allegiance all semester and
it seems as though it is becom
ing monotonous to you. If I
may, may I recite it and try
to explain to you the meaning
of each word;
T — me, an individual, a
committee of one-
‘PLEDGE — dedicate all of
my worldly goods to give with
out self-pity.
'ALLEGIANCE — my love and
devotion.
'TO THE FLAG — our stan
dard, Old Glory, a symbol of
freedom. Wherever she waves,
there is respect because your
loyalty has given her a dignity
that shouts freedom is every
body's job.
'OF THE UNITED — that
means we all have to come to
gether.
'STATES — individual com
munites that have united into 48
great states — 48 individual
communities with pride and dig
nity and purpose, all divided
by imaginary boundaries, yet
united to a common purpose,
and that’s love of country.
Probably the only reason for
eign dollar holdings have not
been cashed in is the realiza
tion that the pound, franc, lira,
et al, might not fare so well,
either, if the dollar was thus
brought down.
♦ * *
And just as the housewife
finds that her dollars do not
buy the amount of bacon as
formerly, in world trade the
present dollar is not big enough
to finance the volume of trade
needed to meet the demands of
a burgeoning world population.
* * *
So now the idea is basically
one whereby the world will do
without money, and instead,
world trade will be financed by
an elaborate systems of lOU’s.
Complex and intricate arrange
ments are being devised where
by each nation will have the
right, when short of cash, to
turn over what amounts to
promissory notes, with the
amount of lOU's each nation
can sign determined by a cen
tral group decision.
* * *
There is a reasonable
assumption that for a time this
funny money will work, just
as the results of the Bretton
Woods conference worked for
a while. But what comes next?
Does the spirit of Louis XV
who once said, when faced with
a French financial chaos, “Aft
er us the deluge” now dominate
the entire western world? Such
an arrangement will probably
give the American government
lime to get its financial house
in order. If it fails to do so
during this monetary breathing
period, the end result will
probably be global chaos.
ICSR
'OF AMERICA. AND TO THE
REPUBLIC —a state in which
sovereign power is invested in
representatives chosen by the
people to govern. And govern
ment is the people and it’s from
the people to the people.
'FOR WHICH IT STANDS —
ONE NATION — meaning, so
blessed by God.
‘INDIVISIBLE — incapable of
being divided.
'WITH LIBERTY — which is
freedom and the right of power
to live one’s own life without
threats or fear of some sort of
retaliation.
'AND JUSTICE — the princi
ple or quality of dealing fairly
with others.
'FOR ALL — which means
it’s as much your country as it
is mine.’
"Since I was a small boy,
two states have been added to
our country and two words have
been added to the Pledge of Al
legiance — 'under God’.
"Wouldn’t it be a pity if some
one said, "That’s a prayer’ and
that would be eliminated from
schools, too?’’