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EARLY-COUNTY NEW'S, THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1970
EARLY COUNTY NEWS
Official Organ of Blakely and Early County
BLAKELY, GEORGIA 31723
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Politics o|ii Parade
MW
Os chief political interest
around the Capitol last week
was the resignation of John
Frankum from the State Su
preme Court, and the announce
ment by Gov. Maddox that he
would appoint Revenue Com
missioner Peyton Hawes to the
position.
After Constitution Political
Editor Bill Shipp broke the
story in Friday morning’s paper,
it was generally conceded by
Capitol politicos that the Gov
ernor would name Mr. Hawes
to the job, since Maddox stated
at the time of a similar appoint
ment in 1969 that he hoped to
name Hawes to the Court before
he left office.
Everybody agrees, even Mad
dox's enemies, that Mr. Hawes
is an excellent choice. This is
true from the standpoints of his
integrity, his ability and his
overall reputation in the state's
legal and business circles.
A newsman asked the Gov
ernor in his office last Friday
if he had offered the appoint
ment to Lt.-Governor George
T. Smith, who is said to be will
ing to give his eye teeth for a
place on the Court. The insinua
tion was that Maddox, who is a
candidate for Lt.-Governor in
the coming Democratic Pri
mary, could make “political
hay” by getting Smith out of this
race. Maddox’s answer put the
questioner to shame. It was:
“No, 1 did not offer the job to
Mr. Smith, for I will not put my
own political fortunes ahead of
the best interest of Georgia’s
judicial system".
Appointed to succeed Mr.
Hawes was John Blackmon,
presently Deputy Commissioner
of Revenue. This appointment,
also, deserves wide commenda
tion.
* * * * • »
Reports from Washington are
that a great deal of pressure is
being put on President Nixon
to bring him to Georgia this
Spring to dedicate the Stone
Mountain Memorial. Our in
formant says that Nixon will
probably come. If he does, the
Republican Party of Georgia
will get a great “shot in the
arm”.
• * * • • *
Toward the close of the last
session of the legislature, we
wrote that Bill Lanier would re
sign soon as President of the
Georgia Farm Bureau, prepara
tory to announcing his candid
acy for State Commissioner of
Agriculture. Last week, Mr.
Lanier did resign his job, so look
for the political announcement
— — — — — — —— • »U. JU. M. M M M X_ '
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shortly. This will be a slam
bang battle between Lanier and
incumbent Tommy Irvin, with
Lanier concentrating on the
South Georgia farm vote, and
Irvin putting most of his ener
gies into North Georgia and the
consumer vote. In our opinion,
this race is going to develop into
the hottest one of the entire
Democratic primary.
• * * * * «
Two legislative candidate an
nouncements made recently are
of particular interest. State Sen
ator Bob Andrews, of Gaines
ville, who had been rumored as
a possible candidate for a State
house office, wrote us that he
will seek re-election to his Sen
ate post.
And in deep South Georgia,
Grover C. Patten, of Adel, who
publishes five weekly newspap
ers, is running for the House
post from the 63 rd District,
where Repr. Billy Fallin is not
seeking re-election. Mr. Patten
is making his first bid for elec
tive office, and is an odds-on
favorite to win.
* * « * • *
A prominent Brunswick bus
inessman, who served in the
General Assembly 6 or 7 years
ago, has announced that he will
seek his old seat this year. He
is Joe Isenberg, head of a shoe
chain and long a Glynn County
civic leader. Mr. Isenberg is
seeking the seat being vacated
by Repr. Reid Harris.
* * * * * *
A radical-liberal member of
Congress has announced the be
ginning of an effort to pass a
Resolution for the issuance of a
United States gold medallion in
honor of the late Martin Luther
King, Jr., at a cost of about
$3,000. Then, bronze replicas
would be struck off, to be sold
by the various civil rights organ
izations as a money raising
scheme.
We hereby go on record as
being bitterly opposed to the
spending of one dime of tax
money to eulogize the memory
of the biggest traitor to this na
t tion since the days of Benedict
Arnold. We hope sincerely that
every member of the Georgia
delegation in the Congress will
fight this resolution tooth and
. nail.
• • 0 * • ♦
Governor Lester Maddox's
■ candidacy for Lieutenant - Gov
■ ernor in this year’s Democratic
f primary is gaining ground every
day throughout the state. We’ve
talked to people from all sec
t tions of Georgia, and they tell
MARVIN
GRIFFIN
GREAT JERUSHA;..WHO
SAID MEDIOCRE?
The bleeding hearts of the
liberal establishment are still
snapping at the heels of U. S.
Circuit Judge G. Harold Car
swell, the Tallahassee jurist who
was nominated
by President
Nixon to mem
bership on the
Supreme
Court, and who
now awaits
cons irma-i
tion by the U.
S. Senate.
Union labor leaders and
militant minorities, who are
opposed to Judge Carswell
simply because he was bom in
Georgia and lives in Florida,
have worn out the usual left
winger cliches of “racial bias”
and a “lack of sensitivity”, and
have come up with a charge of
“mediocrity”.
I do not know who this
classification is supposed to
confuse, but the charge is both
ludicrous and ridiculous on its
face. I suppose the Harvard boys
thought up this charge. I have
watched these fellows down
through the years and most of the
Harvard Law School graduates
feel that no man should be per
mitted to practice law unless he
is a graduate of Harvard Law
School. They evidently have
about the same ideas concerning
membership on the U. S.
Supreme Court.
In my opinion the “mediocrity”
charge has about as much chance
of sticking as a glob of boiled okra
mixed with “goose grease”, but
just for the sake of argument, let
us look at the composition of the
U. S. Supreme Court today. What
about the morality and the ability
of Mr. Justice William Douglas?
Does this man’s presence on the
court enhance the prestige of the
body? What about former Justice
Abe Fortas, who resigned from
the court under fire last sum
mer?
Who would have the gall and
the audacity to charge that Judge
Carswell’s membership on the
Court would reduce its prestige?
What prestige, I ask?
Perhaps Judge Carswell does
not possess the legal talent or the
judicial ability of a Cardoza or a
Holmes, but he is head and
shoulders over some who serve
on the court at this time.
MEDIOCRE IS NOT
A DIRTY WORD
There is nothing degrading
about the classification of
mediocre. Most of us in the world
today are medidcre. Geniuses are
few and far between.
Concerning mediocrity, one J.
Hamilton wrote many years ago:
“Perservering mediocrity is
much more respectable, and
unspeakably more useful than
talented inconstancy.”
Liberal news hawks have
pounced upon a few juicy tidbits
of criticism from Judge Car
swell’s colleagues on the Fifth
Circuit Court of Appeals, but
most recognize the green and
jaundiced spectre of envy. Most
of us remember the admonition
of the old French philosopher,
Rochefoucauld, who said many
years ago: “Minds of moderate
caliber ordinarily condemn
everything which is beyond their
range.”
us without exception that Mad
dox is very, very strong in theii
counties.
The same holds true for Carl
Sanders for Governor. In fact,
the conclusion of nearly every
major political observer we
mow is that Sanders and Mad
lox are both a cinch for the
■'♦ate's two highest positions.
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25 Years Ago
(From the issue of April 5,1945.)
FREEDOM which he gained
for himself by escaping from the
Early county jail in January,
1936, came to an end for W. B.
(Bill) Brown in Berkeley, Calif.,
WE STRIKE OUT
ONE MORE TIME
When President Richard Nixon
took office most Americans
believed that a cleaning out of the
State Department would bring
common sense to our foreign
relations. Evidently, there are
too many Kennedy and Johnson
appointees still doing business in
the State Department. Proof of
this statement can be found in the
recent bumble of Secretary of
State William P. Rogers when he
ordered the closing of the U. S.
Consulate in the African nation of
Rhodesia.
Very little will be said or
written about this high-handed
piece of action on the part of our
State Department, but by our
short-sightedness, we have
chibbed one of our few friends left
in Africa.
Rhodesia declared her in
dependence from England in
1965, and the Labor government
of England felt it was without
power to force Rhodesia to
remain in the Commonwealth.
Despite the fact that England had
granted independence to
everything she owned in Africa
prior to the Rhodesian
declaration of independence, she
asked the United Nations to
impose economic sanctions on
Rhodesia, and called on the U. S.
to join with her in punishing this
emerging nation.
We joined England, and despite
the fact the Rhodesian strike for
independence from England was
very similar to our declaration of
independence from the mother
country in 1776, we stopped
trading with this little country.
Secretary Rogers holds that “we
continue to regard Great Britain
as the lawful sovereign in
Rhodesia”. How stupid can our.
leaders get?
Rhodesia is working and
prospering, and she dues not sell
us her chrome. She sells it to
Russia, and Russia sells it to us at
a big profit. England leads us on
a snipe hunt, and we smile and
today, and all the time England is
shipping supplies to North
Vietnam to be used to kill our
young men fighting there.
The United States recognizes
Nigeria, though its forces killed
or starved to death more than one
million Ibo tribesmen. We
recognize the revolutionary
government of Libya, which is
forcing the U. S. Air Force to
evacuate the vital Wheelus Air
Base. We recognize Kenya, a
dictator’s paradise, where the
government is in the process of
killing off or imprisoning all
Indian citizens. The U. S.
recognizes Zambia, and this
country is busy taking over all
foreign-owned industry. Our
government recognizes Tan
zania, and this nation has close
political ties with Communist
Chinese.
Just the other day the
emerging nations of Africa lined
up with the Arab Republics
against Israel. If anybody has
ever been a better friend to the
African countries than Israel, I
do not know who it is.
Rhodesia will make it, and it is
to our shame that we try to
persecute the people of this new
Republic.
Something stinks in our State
Department. It is not Denmark,
but Rhodesia.
the past week, following his ar
rest by law enforcement officers
there. Sheriff Sid Howell announ
ced Monday. The Sheriff left
Blakely Tuesday to bring Brown
back to Early county where he
is under conviction for the mur
der of Ralph Honton, an itine
rant Indian herb doctor. Brown
was convicted at the October,
1935, term of Early Superior
Court, and was given a life sen
tence.
FUNERAL SERVICES for Jo
seph Henry Tedder, 23, who was
killed In an automobile accident
near Ashville, N.C., on March
26, were held Friday afternoon
at 3 o’clock at the Colomokee
Baptist Church, with the Rev.
Charles A. Allen officiating.
CHARLES E. DEAL, for
merly of Blakely, but for the
past several years a resident
of Atlanta, died in that city Sun
day morning at 8:30 o'clock fol
lowing a brief illness.
•••*
AT A MEETING of the Mayor
and City Council, held Tuesday
afternoon, J. J. Chiles, of Char
leston, S. C„ was named sup
erintendent of the city's utility
plants.
15th AAF IN ITALY — First
Lieutenant Philip H. Spence, 24,
son of Mr. and Mrs. A. C.
Spence, Blakely, Ga., has join
ed the Half Hundred Club by
flying his fiftieth combat mis
sion against German-held ter
gets.
*«««
CORPORAL HAMP CLARK, of
Mellvllle, N. J., Is spending seve
ral days here with his mother,
Mrs. A. H. Clarke.
50 Years Ago
(From the issue of April 1,1920.)
JUDGE W. C. WORRILL and
Solicitor B. T. Castellow will
be down Monday to open the
April term of Early Superior
Court.
•*»♦
FRIENDS of the bride will
learn with interest that Miss
Vera Jernigan, of Atlanta, dau
ghter of Mr. D. B. Jernigan, of
Blakely, was married to Mr.
D, E. Wilson, of Atlanta, on
March 20th.
*♦*♦
MISSES Anne and Marie Boy
ett, students at Wesleyan Col
lege, are spending this week
with the family of Mr. C. E.
Boyett. '’" ’ ’
*•*•
MRS. J. B. STANDIFER and
two children are visiting home
folks In Macon this week.
*•*•
Messrs. Robert H. Stuckey and
Holt Darden are athome from the
University of Georgia to spend
a few days.
«*•*
MR. AND MRS, J. E. Martin,
of Arlington, spent a few days
here this week with friends.
*•*♦
MR. O. B. HOBBS, of Mont
gomery, spent several days here
this week visiting relatives and
attending to business matters.
*****
MR. AND MRS. J. L. JAY,
of Arlington, spent several days
here this week visiting their son,
Mr. Wister Jay.
75 Years Ago
(From the issue of April 4,1895.)
THE STRAW HAT has made its
appearance, but we had another
breath of winter this week.
*•**
THE TOWN COW has lived
high this week. The number of
farmers’ buggies and wagons she
has robbed is legend.
*♦♦♦
THE DEATH of Mrs. Polly
Wiley, widow of the late Jacob
Wiley, is recorded this week.
••**
SHERIFF W. C. BYNUM, of
Cuthbert, was in Blakely Monday.
*»*»
MR. T. J. HOWELL is now a
citizen of Blakely.
*♦*♦
Letter to the
Editor
Dear Mr. Hoyle,
My stack of "Early County
News” copies is growing fast;
each of the last several weeks
have been too good to discard.
I, like Roy Newton said in his
letter about himself, have tho
roughly enjoyed the pictures.
I have a correction or two to
make about the article concern
ing my Grandfather Anthony Hut
chins. He was born in 1832,
so could not have built the old
home in 1830. His father came
from Bainbridge. The latter's
home was some three hundred
yards west of die house occup
ied by my grandfather. It sat
some three hundred feet south
about three hundred yards from
the commisary and warehouse,
which was a rather large build
ing atop the slope from the river.
Most of the lumber that went into
the construction of the house now
occupied by Mrs. William Clay
ton Jordan on Fort Gaines Street
came from my great grand
• father’s house. Uncle Will Hu
tchins tore the house down some
where about the year 1910-1014.
Another error: Mrs. Walter
C. Jordan, Ralph Hutchins and I
were all grandchildren of the
Anthony whose house was pic
tured. My brother, Russell,
and Mike and Mary Sollie were
the other grandchildren. These
have been gone for several years.
1 was very interested In the pic
ture of the sixth grade, which
Roy mentioned. I became a
member of that class in the fall
of 1916 with Miss Clyde Wo
mack, now Mrs. Holland Moore,
as homeroom teacher. Mr. Paul
R. Anderson was principal at the
time. Os the thirty of us In the
eighth grade that fall, nine grad
uated in 1920. They were Doro
thy Alexander Norton, Cordelia
Buchannon Atkinson, Inez Brown
(?), Annalene Felder Nelson, Cyl
lene Hayes Dunn, Sybil Middle
ton Fleming, Donald Seale Brid
ges, Robert Kendrick Womack
■and Vinson Hutchins Sitlive.
DR. W. H. ALEXANDER and
Dr. C. S. Middleton have both
graduated from the Atlanta Med
ical College. Dr. Alexander
will locate in Blakely and Dr.
Middleton in Hilton.
**•*
EARLY superior court con
vened last Monday morning with
Judge B. B. Bower of the Al
bany circuit, presiding. Hon.
H. C. Sheffield was representing
the state. Among the visiting
attorneys were Judge W. a Kid
doo, Col. W. C. Worrlll and
Hon. J. B. Bussey, of Cuthbert;
Col. J. D. Rambo and Col. Cla
rence Wilson, of Fort Gaines;
Judge W. T. Jones and Col.
J. D. Pope, of Albany; Col. W.
H. Hammond, of Thomasville;
Col. A. L. Hawes, of Bainbridge;
and Col. C. C. Bush, of Col
quitt.
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1 REPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES SENATE
a® - * ®
MORE THAN A YEAR AGO I announced my support of
appropriate legislation to lower the voting age to 18.1 am still very
much in support of this principle.
Young adults between 18 and 20 make up about five per cent
of the total population. They are employed and pay their taxes.
Nearly a million young men serve in the Armed Forces. Young
men and women are given more responsibilities in our society and
they are one of the best informed and most potent forces in
America. They should have the right to vote.
Eighteen-year-olds have had the vote in Georgia since 1943
Young Georgians have discharged this responsibility with maturity.
1 think all the state has benefited from the increased interest and
activity in civic affairs by these young men and women.
* * *
A MAJORITY OF THE SENATE, more than enough to insure
its adoption, cosponsored a proposed amendment to the Constitu
tion to lower the voting age to 18. Under prescribed and proper
Constitutional procedure the amendment, upon adoption by the
Congress, would be submitted to the states for ratification.
This puts the issue before the states, for their approval or dis
approval. where it belongs. This is the proper method for securing
desired changes in basic Constitutional law.
Yet, the Senate, in acting on the Voting Rights Act, amended
that bill to reduce the voting age to 18 through the simple process
of legislation. Thus, the Senate in its haste voted to do by statute
what should be done by Constitutional amendment.
In so doing, the Senate rode roughshod over long-standing and
undisputed Constitutional principle. The Constitution, in four
separate places, makes it clear that the Congress cannot set quali
fications for voters. This has always been and still is a right
reserved for the states.
* * *
I OPPOSED THAT AMENDMENT not because I am against
voting at 18. I favor that, but I do oppose taking such liberties
with the Constitution. Unfortunately, when one refers to the
Constitution today many members of the Senate and many people
seem to think it is some reactionary anachronism that ought to
be ignored.
I do not count myself in that movement. And neither do I
believe that the end justifies the means in this case.
.
Seven of the nine are living
after fifty years. I think that
is a rather unusual situation.
Since I wrote to you last,
Vinson and family have return
ed to Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia
for another four years under
the United Methodist Mission
Board. Vinson completed his
required subjects for a PhD in
Anthropology at the University
of Pittsburgh and will complete
his dissertation on the mission
field. Vinson, ID, 15, and Su
san, 12, are attending an Ameri
can school in Singapore, several
hundred miles from Sibu. They
live in die Methodist-Lutheran
Hostel, operated by missionaries
for children of missionaries of
all denominations of SLE. Asia.
They are in school so r three
months and at home for two
weeks. Vins Is quite a sports
man. He attended an athletic
meet in Kuala Lumpar in Jan
uary and was in Bangkok for a
week this month, a member of
his school’s soccer team (Vins
Is Vinson, III).
Jane is now employed in the
laboratory of University Hos
pital, Birmingham. She felt that
she needed to catch up on some
of the new methods before re
turning to the mission field.
I am enclosing a check for
renewal of my subscription; I
cannot afford to miss an issue.
The Historical Society is doing
a great job for the ones of us
who are interested in this kind
of history.
I shall soon be 70 years of
age, but work harder than 1
have ever worked and tho
roughly enjoy it. Ruth and I
take time to visit the elderly
in the community and the county
nursing home and feel that both
the physical work and knowing
that we are helping those less
fortunate than we are is very
good medicine.
Sincerly yours,
Vinson H. Sutlive, Sr.
Box 312
Thorsby, Ala., 35171