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EARLY COUNTY NEWS. THURSDAY, JAN. 22, 1970
EARLY COUNTY NEWS
Official Organ of Blakely and Early County
BLAKELY, GEORGIA 31723
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The controversy last week in
the House of Representatives,
as it began consideration of the
proposed new State Constitu
tion, bears out our prediction
that this document has no
chance of passing the Genera,
Assembly unless it is changed
drastically from the form ap
proved by the Judiciary Com
mittee. The House has barely
gotten through the Bill of
Rights, and already there are
major changes.
Also, as we predicted, many
powerful groups are at the Cap
itol fighting the document. For
instance, last Friday the Justices
of the Peace of the state were
there in full force in opposition.
Led by the President of the JP
Association, Judge William L.
Brogdon, of Marietta, the Jus
tices were buttonholing legisla
tor after legislator, and, appar
ently, making a lot of progress.
Also making their voice
heard were representatives of or
ganized labor. The Atlanta,
Georgia Labor Council AFL
CIO has sent out a statewide
press release in opposition to
the new Constitution, and has
written the General Assembly
stating its position. Quoting a
part of their letter to legislators:
“After attending a meeting at
the Governor’s Mansion and
reading a draft of the proposed
constitution, the labor leaders of
the Atlanta area met and decid
ed to pursue a vigorous course
against the passage of the docu
ment as now written”.
*******
William Burson, Director of
the State Dept, of Family and
Childrens Service, will push the
bill in the General Assembly
making stepfathers support their
step children in the same man
ner as a natural father. Mr. Bur
son says passage of this bill will
reduce the Aid to Families of
Dependent Children rolls, which
he expects to go up 45 % in the
next fiscal year.
The bill was reported favor
ably by a Senate committee, but
Senator Bob Smalley, of Grif
fin, objected so vociferous’y
that it was sent back to commit
tee for further study. Sen.
Smalley and other lawyers in
the Senate say that the bill
would interfere with inheritance
laws. Burson has suggested that
the Senate amend the bill to
avoid such a possibility, but they
haven’t taken his advice.
******
Some weeks ago, we wrote
some unso’icited advice to Gov
ernor Maddox that he seek the
Lieut.-Governor's post in this
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year’s elections. Well, the Gov
ernor, in spite of public state
ments that he has no thought of
this race, has been talking to a
few key people, and we are of
the opinion that there is a better
than 90% chance that he will
run for this office if his court
case to be allowed to succeed
himself as governor fails.
******
When Hal Suit, WSB-TV
news editor, announced that he
might run for governor this year
the fur really flew among Cox
Broadcasting bigwigs. A flock of
their lawyers descended on At
lanta to survey the situation.
Their chief concern was the at
titude of Senator Richard B.
Russell who recently made a 3
to 4 hour TV commentary
scheduled to run simultaneously
in Georgia and Washington, D.
C. in the Spring. Mr. Suit is the
narrator on this film, but, ob
viously, it can’t be shown now,
particularly since Suit is on
leave from WSB-TV. Nobody
can say right now what the Sen
ator will do about the whole
mess.
******
Fulton County State Senator
Jack Hardy told us last week
that he will make no announce
ment while the legislature is in
session of his political plans
this year, but that he will posi
tively run for Comptroller-
General and make the an
nouncement after the Assembly
adjourns. Senator Hardy is ex
tremely well thought of in the
state’s most populous area, so he
shouldn't be underestimated.
***** »
The daily press of the state
has had very little to say about
the fact that for the first time in
history Georgia counties are
100% in compliance with the
state program of food for hun
gry people. Every single county
either provides surplus food or
food stamps. Congratulations to
Bill Burson who almost single
handedly has achieved this
worthwhile goal. But, why no
accolades from the liberal
press?
******
Apropos the efforts of Atlanta
hoi polloi Northside residents
to prevent school integration, a
genteel little lady at the Capitol
remarked: "When the buzzards
come home to roost”. She was
gently reminding us of the big
hullabaloo these same people
raised some years ago in favor
of integration when it was only
going to affect poorer whites on
the Southside.
MARVIN
GRIFFIN
THE ORACLE’S FEET
ARE A LITTLE POTTY
Dean Rusk, Rhodes Scholar,
and Secretary of State under
Presidents John Kennedy and
Lyndon John
son for eight
years, and
now the oc
cupant of the
Sibley Ch a i r
; of Interna-
ti o n a 1 Law
and Politics
I at the Uni ver-
sity of Georgia, made his
maiden speech at Valdosta
last week before civic leaders
in that South Georgia city.
The controversial law head
of dubious ability delivered of
himself a phillipic when he ac
cused the Nixon administra
tion of turning this nation in
the direction of isolationism.
In making the charge he must
have forgot his gaiters have
worn thin, and his potty feet
are showing through.
The charge of this liberal is
not substantiated when one
considers it was his guiding
hand that led to the bloody
fiasco at the Bay of Pigs. He
was at the helm of state when
more than half million Ameri
can combat troops were sent
12 thousand miles to South
east Asia, many of them to die
from a commitment made by
our government.
If by staying out of bloody
“grass fire wars” in every cor
ner of the world, fought for
political purposes, he means
we are engaging in isolation
ism, then he is eminently cor
rect. It ill behooves Dean Rusk
to criticize the present admini
stration for trying to clean up
a mess which was engineered
by Kennedy, Johnson, Rusk
et al.
I see by the papers where
the Vice President of our
country, Spiro Agnew, told an
audience at Bangkok that “the
United States would continue
to be a power in the Pacific,
and would not engage in a
hasty withdrawal of troops in
that area. Most of Dean Rusk’s
former liberal admirers are
clamoring for “immediate
withdrawal of troops in Viet
nam at any cost”.
The former Secretary of
State pursued a policy of ex
pediency when he was at the
helm, and we had such a
flexible foreign policy that not
even our friends knew what
it was.
PEOPLE ARE NOT
MAD AT ENEMY
In order for a nation to
wage successful war against a
common enemy, the people of
the nation must be mad at
the enemy, and must present a
united front to destroy the
enemy and bring the war to
a close. The trouble with the
present war in Vietnam is the
folks of America are not mad
enough at the Communists and
the forces of the Viet Cong.
They are mad, all right, but
much of the anger is directed
against each other.
American families furnish
ing the sons to fight in Viet
nam, and suffering the heart
break of the loss of a son in
combat there, are plenty mad
with those who have blund
ered at high levels of govern
ment. They want peace in
Vietnam, but they do not want
a dishonorable peace as advo
cated by peaceniks and anti
war demonstrators. They want
the deaths of their sons in
Vietnam to mean something.
They are certainly right.
On the other hand, the cam
pus crowd of anti-war de
monstrators are mostly look
ing for away out of serving
their country. The Black Pan
thers, and other militant hate
organizations are following a
fixed plan to weaken and de-
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25 Years Ago
(From the issue of Jan. 25,1945.)
FRIENDS will be interested to
learn that Lieut, (j.g.) John D.
Rabon, son of Mr. and Mrs. John
R, Rabon, has recently been a
warded the bronze star metal.
***♦
O. F. THOMPSON announces
that Bill Grimsley, who has re
cently been honorably discharged
from the armed forces, is again
with the Thompson Service Sta
tion and Garage, following nearly
three years of active duty in
Sicily, Italy and North Africa.
MRS. J. H. WILLIAMS, JR.,
was named chairman of the Early
County Red Cross Chapter at a
meeting held this week following
the resignation of J. Emory Hous
ton, who served as chairman for
the past year.
****
MR. William Caiaphas Hay
announces the engagement of his
daughter, Edith, to Walter R.
Fleming, U.S.N.R., of Morelandu
and Dublin, the marriage to take
place February 4.
*»**
OF INTEREST Is the announce
ment made today by Mr. and Mrs.
Rufus King of the marriage of
their daughter, Alfrieda, to Mack
Jarrett, which was solemlnlzed
Sunday, January 21, at the Metho
dist parsonage at 3;30 p.m. by
the Rev. J. Alton Davis.
50 YEARS AGO
(From the issue of Jan. 22, 1920.)
A LARGE CROWD of friends
attended the funeral of T. J.
stroy the country.
As one rustic observer stat
ed, “we should never have
been in this war, we should
have stood in bed”. That view
is probably correct also, but
we are in the war, and it is
evident our people are not
united against the common
enemy. If America desired to,
we could finish the war in
Vietnam in six months.
WHY DON’T WE
WANT TO WIN?
Sending American soldiers to
Vietnam to fight to honor a
treaty commitment without a
declaration of war by the
Congress is wrong in principle.
When Congress declares
war, the manpower and the in
dustry of our nation are gird
ed and organized for war.
Everybody is on the same
footing.
When a state of war exists
in America the only dissenters
are found behind barbed wire
enclosures, and traitors are
not handled with kid gloves.
A man who refuses to serve
in the military forces is label
ed a “slacker”, and is summari
ly handled. His friends and
neighbors ostracize him in the
community. Citizens would do
bodily harm to the person who
desecrated the flag, and any
so-called American carrying
or displaying the flag of the
enemy would welcome a pri
son to escape the wrath of the
citizenry.
War is a serious as well as
a dirty thing, and should never
be engaged in to honor treaty
commitments. Only the Con
gress should sound the bugle
to send America into combat.
Not included in this piece,
but certainly of interest to
commentators and people in
general, is the announcement
that the three most popular
men in America today are
President Richard Nixon,
Evangelist Billy Graham and
Vice President Spiro Agnew,
and in that order.
That noise you just heard on
television was not a tube, but
Cronkite and Severeid, who
just “busted” their gussets.
Lanier, of Damascus, former
resident of Blakely, whose death
was noted In last week's Issue
of The News. He was 58 years
of age.
****
THE BIRTHDAY of General
Robert E. Lee was appropriate
ly observed in Blakely and all
over the South on Monday.
«***
MR. W. M. Johnson, of Grady
county, has sold his home and
tract of land in this city of Dr.
S. P. Holland for a considera
tion of $5,000, It Is announced
by Mr. L. C. Hobbs, son-in-law
of Mr. Johnson, who completed
the deal for Mr. Johnson.
****
MRS. W. O. Hilton of Sow
hatchee, sister of Mr. T. K.
Weaver, of this city, died at her
home Monday night.
**♦»
MR. J. A. HIGHTOWER, Miss
Ella Webb and Mrs. Helda Bai
ley, of Damascus, were visitors
in the city Wednesday.
•***
JUDGE W. C. WORRILL, of
Cuthbert, spent Friday in the
city transacting business and
mingling with his friends.
MISS DORA SMITH and Mr.
Robert Strickland, an Alabama
couple, were united in marriage
by Judge C. C. Lane on Jan
uary 16.
75 YEARS AGO
(From the Issue of Jan. 24, 1895.)
MR. J. C. LEE and Miss Car
rie Folsom were married at the
home of the bride’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Folsom, last
Thursday.
THE death of Mrs. E. K. Spence
of near Hilton is recorded this
week. She was 75 years old.
*•**
MR. W. J. ROBERTS, of Ar
lington, was in Blakely Wednes
day.
****
MRS. E. HILTON and daugh
ter, Miss Annie, of Hilton, went
to Cuthbert Tuesday, where Miss
Annie will enter Andrew College.
****
MR. J. W. CALLAHAN, of
Cedar Springs, was a visitor
to Blakely Wednesday.
****
JUDGE Z. L. FRYER and Mrs.
Charlotte Welles of Barnesville,
and Mrs. Amelia Christian, of
Griffin, are the guests In the home
of Judge H. C. FTyer.
****
MR. ROBERT MARTIN, of
Shellman, is now a citizen of
Blakely. He will be with the Blak
ely Variety Works.
♦***
“OLD JOHN,” Mr. W. C.
Cook’s buggy horse, got gay Sun
day morning when he was turned
into the pasture and in taking
several turns around the pasture
ran onto the horns of “Romeo,”
a Jersey bull. “Old John” ain’t
so spry this week.
HERE'S HOW
PEACHTREE
WAS NAMED
The Creek Indians recog
nized Atlanta’s geographical
advantages. Long before
whites could legally settle in
the area that is now Atlanta,
Indian trails hundreds of
miles long converged here
from a half dozen directions.
On the east bank of the
Chattahoochee River, a few
miles from Atlanta’s down
town financial center known
as Five Points, stood the big
Indian town of “Standing
Peachtree.” This is the source
of the name of Atlanta’s most
famous street, Peachtree
Street, not the fruit tree by
that name.
What can you do to offset the
increasing tax cost on your idle
land? Foresters with the Co
operative Extension Service sug
gest that you plant this idle land
to trees. It’s a proven solution
to this situation.
****
This Week
by
r Tige’ Pickle
7^
I label as pure foolishness
the idea to permit 18-year olds
to serve in the Georgia Legisla
ture. I’ll admit that some of
them could do as good job as
some we already have, but this
isn’t the way to improve this body.
1 am not so sure, as I once
was, that permitting them the
privileges of the ballot is a good
thing. A ballot in the hands of
the Irresponsible is about as
dangerous as turning the hydro
gen bomb over to a mad man.
Everybody, and I mean every
body, ought to have some quali
fications before placing his or
her name on the voting list.
*•**
Add my name to the fast grow
ing list of people who believe
that Dean Rusk can't make any
contributions to the University
of Georgia. The former Secre
tary of State under Kennedy and
Johnson must need a job mighty
badly or he would not accept the
job under such circumstances,
and if I were he 1 would go where
more appreciated.
*♦♦*
That millionaire hippie, heir
to a 25 million dollar fortune,
who says he is going to give It
all away, is also a guitar pick
er. I saw and heard him play
on television the other night,
and if he is going to depend on
this ability to feed and clothe
himself and hi s wife, I would
suggest that he not give all that
money away.
****
Some citizens above the Ma
son and Dixon line claim that
the trouble with us Southerners
is that we won’t or can’t for
get the Civil War. We can’t.
You Yankees won’t let us.
****
I’m not so sure that educa
tion is as Important as we have
been told. Most of today’s trou
bles originated first in the minds
of the highly educated.
****
How about a nice round of
applause for Alto and George
Warrick. These two gentlemen,
father and son, (and don’t forget
grandsons. Al and Bill) have re
cently purchased the former Mc-
Kinney building on South Main
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The Impossible Dream
The controversy stirred up
over the quality of TV news
coverage is undoubtedly based
on some validity. But the solu
tion to the problem perhaps
falls into the category that is
described by the French with
the bon mot “There are some
problems for which there are
no solutions.”
♦ * ♦
Perhaps if sometime in the
future robots are perfected to
serve as TV newscasters, the
problem could be solved.
• * *
First of all, it perhaps is well
to recognize that TV is part
news, part show business. It
is hard to imagine that any
newscaster with the perfect
poker face, and with a mono
tone delivery, could ever at
tract an audience.
* * *
Thus, if the newscaster
makes the wrong facial ex
pression, gives an added in
flection to a particular phrase,
or line, or displays a nervous
tic, or even wears a certain
necktie, there is bound to be
viewers who claim that he is
slanting the news.
* * *
Thus, any idea that the pre
sentation of news over TV can
achieve perfect objectivity is
the impossible dream.
* * *
There also appears to be one
great fallacy in all this dis
cussion of TV newscasting.
That is the premise that the
reach of TV is so great that it
has become the dominant
source of information.
* * *
This does not jibe with the
tremendous buildup in the
huge combined circulation ot
@ National Federation of Independent Busine
Street, remodeled and renovat
ed it completely, and have mov
ed their Economy Auto Store to
this location. They have trans
formed this old building into one
of the prettiest in town, and have
greatly improved the South Main
business district. I wish them
well.
****
From away out in Houston,
Texas, comes the good word
that our fellow citizen, W, J.
Collier, of the Colomokee Com
munity, is improving following
major heart surgery at St. Luke’s
Episcopal Hospital. W. J. Col
lier is one of Early County’s
finest citizens, and I rejoice
along with his many other friends
that he is doing so well. It will
be good to see him back in Blak
ely.
Deaths by Fire
NEW YORK—Every 43 min
utes fire claims a life, says the
Insurance Information Insti
tute. Os the 12,200 persons who
died in fires in 1968, about one
third were children.
the nation’s newspapers. And
it is quite significant that the
increase in newspaper circula
tion has practically all taken
place since television.
♦ * *
Obviously, millions of people
are not buying newspapers to
wrap packages in. Therefore,
more people than ever are
reading the news as it is pre
sented in cold type without
the benefit of the conscious,
or unconscious histrionics that
are a part of TV newscasting.
* * *
What is more important,
practically every newspaper
runs features, columns and
other material giving all sides
of an issue, not to mention cov
ering the news in much greater
depth than is possible on TV.
* * *
Os course there are critics of
newspaper coverage. In one of
the last public addresses he '
ever made the late William
Allen White of Emporia, Kan
sas explained to a group of
newspaper publishers, why, de
spite the fact that the over
whelming majority of the pa
pers were editorially opposed
to Franklin D. Roosevelt, he
kept getting back into the
White House. The answer, he
felt was quite simple.
* * *
Although editorially the
newspapers opposed FDR, they
never kept him off the front
pages, nor his wife, nor his
children, nor even his little
dog Fala.
* * *
It is quite possible that those
who say American judgments
are shaped by TV are guilty
of selling short the public in
telligence.
e«s
Annie Wimbush
promoted early
to pay rate E'2
Ft. McClellan, Ala. —Annie
C. Wimbush, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Randolph Wimbush,
Route 2, Blakely, Ga., was pro
moted to private pay grade E-2
upon completion of basic train
ing at the Women’s Army Corps
Center, Ft. McClellan, Ala., Etec.
12.
During the eight weeks of train
ing, she received instruction in
Army history and traditions, ad
ministrative procedures, mili
tary justice, first aid and field
training.
The promotion was awarded
two months earlier than is cus
tomary under the Army policy
providing incentive for outstand
ing trainees. The promotion
was based on her military bear
ing, leadership potential and
scores attained during the train
ing.