Newspaper Page Text
EARLY COUNTY NEWS, THURS., APR. 23, 1970
EARLY COUNTY NEWS
Official Organ of Blakely and Early County
BLAKELY, GEORGIA 31723
' W. H. FLEMING PUBLISHER-EDITOR
' W. W. (BILLY) FLEMING BUSINESS MANAGER
PubUahed Every Thursday By the Early County News.
Entered at the Post Office in Blakely, Ga., as Second Class
matter under Act o( "March 3,18 TO.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
One Year-43.09 Six Montft-42.06
ADVERTISING RATES
All cards of thanks, memorials, resolutions and matters ot similar
nature are charged for at a minimum ot SI.OO for 50 words or less.
Other rates furnished upon application.
Classified Rate— 25 words or less 75c. Each additional word 3c
One time insertion.
-MEMBER
GEORGIA PRESS ASSOCIATION
NATIONAL PRESS ASSOCIATION
Politics oAn Parade
J/i/ yV M'Wamt
To the best of our knowledge,
this is an exclusive story. At
least, it was when we wrote it
last Friday.
Governor Maddox will open
• his headquarters on May 2 in
the Henry Grady Hote l in At
lanta from which he will wage
his campaign for Lieut.-Gov
cmor. Friends of Maddox from
all over Georgia will be invited
to come and hear the Governor
make his first campaign speech,
probably about 2:00 P.M.
Maddox’s campaign manager
will be his brother, Wesley, and
his sister, the irrepressible Mrs.
Joyce Kirk, wili again be office
manager.
The Governor will be restrict
ed in his campaigning for the
state's second highest office by
the fact that he will not neglect
his duties as the Chief Execu
tive, so that he shall be able to
devote no more than a third of
his time to the race. Whereas, in
his 1966 campaign for Gov
ernor, he spent 16 months trav
eling the state.
His principal campaign prom
ise will be the same as when he
J ran for governor: Honesty and
. Efficiency in office. He feels
* that the people who approve of
; this phase of his present admin
; istration — and that includes a
T great majority of Georgians —
’ will want to have the same type
J of operations in the Lieut.-
; Governor's office.
; Maddox says that he must
* rely on the good citizens of
j Georgia to elect him, and has
adopted as a campaign slogan:
‘ “A headquarters in every home
■ in Georgia".
He will spend as much time
' as possible traveling over the
> state, shaking hands with the
people. There will be few ac
tual speeches, but he will be
; present at the crowds drawn by
the gubernatorial candidates.
The Governor plans on more
; advertising, i. e., newspaper,
television, radio, etc., than in
- previous campaigns, but how
much will depend on the amount
► of money he can raise. The first
* meeting of his finance commit
tee was held last Friday after
■ noon.
Several politicians from South
Georgia whom we saw at the
- Capitol last week told us that in
their localities Maddox is run
ning quite a ways ahead of in
• cumbent Lt.-Gov. George T.
Smith.
******
Repr. Bobby Pafford, who's
running for Public Service Com
missioner, was at the Capitol
MANRY-JORDAN
FUNERAL HOME 1
o
Established 1937 :
o
313 S. Mail St. Phoao 723-4200
BLAKELY, GEORGIA
We Serve ;
Any Insurance Policy •
•
Agoat For
Uaitod Easily Life laseraico Co.
last week telling about his ex
periences in campaigning by
bus. He’s had some novel adven
tures, he says, but has found bus
passengers very friendly. Says
he’s been giving away about
1,000 cookbooks a day.
• •••**
The State Patrol is highly
praised in a letter received by
the governor’s office from the
manager of the Holiday Inn at
Covington. The letter was
prompted, the lady said, by the
fine behavior of Patrolmen who
stayed at the Inn during the civil
rights trouble in Covington re
cently. An example of her feel
ing was: "Without exception
they have been a group of the
finest people we have been priv
ileged to serve since we open
ed”.
She sent along a photo of the
Holiday Inn’s billboard which
featured in large letters: Wel
come, The Pride of Georgia,
Our State Patrol.
******
There is a possibility that
Carl Sanders will open his cam
paign for governor at States
boro, where he made his first
speech in 1962. The only draw
back to this location is the
problem of transportation from
all over the state.
******
Bill Burson, Director of the
State Dept, of Family and Child
rens Service, has raised more
money for free food for Geor
gians than anybody in the his
tory of the state. In the current
fiscal year, he secured $358,-
849 in federal grants, and for
the next fiscal year has been
promised $780,000 —a total of
$1,138,841.
******
Mell Traylor, a former aide
to Sen. Herman Talmadge, has
joined the campaign staff of Al
Hatcher, candidate for Comp
troller-General. His work is like
ly to be primarily with young
people, since he headed “Young
Georgians for Talmadge” in the
Senator’s 1968 race.
******
Militant Negroes from the
SCLC, which is headed by Ralph
Abernathy and Hosea Williams,
are wearing Jimmy Carter cam
paign buttons. Presumably, this
means that this civil “wrongs”
crowd will endorse Carter.
******
WHEN IT RAINS IT
POURS — Gov. Maddox re
ceived word last Friday that his
sister, who lives in Spartanburg,
S. C., had just had a cancer op
eration.
MARVIN
GRIFFIN
ONE OF THE MOST
AFFLUENT GROUPS
TO EVER VISIT CITY
The Red Carpet Tour, spon
sored by the Georgia Chamber of
Commerce, the Georgia
Department of Industry and
Trade, and the local Chamber of
Commerce
came into
Bainbridge on
schedule last
Thursday
morning, saw
our industrial
facilities and
potentials, vi
sited a little
in the city and wound up at the
Country Club for a quail and corn
beef luncheon.
There were 40 outstanding
American corporation executives
and about 40 outstanding
Georgians from all walks of life
on the Red Carpet entourage.
From what I could gather
everybody enjoyed the trip to
Bainbridge, and I had several to
tell me that the visit to our city
was the best “part of the trip”. In
any event, we enjoyed having
them, and never have so many
outstanding business men paid us
a visit at one and the same time
Local Chamber officials were
kind enough to ask me to say a
few words of welcome to the
group, and I was honored to do so.
I saw some old friends on the tour
that I had not seen in years, and
this made me feel mighty good.
Here is what I said to our
distinguished visitors, and I am
going to reprint my words of
welcome verbatim:
CHAIRMAN 808 THARPE,
PRESIDENT AL HOLLOWAY
AND DISTINGUISHED
MEMBERS OF THE GEORGIA
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE,
GENERAL TRUMAN AND
MEMBERS OF THE STATE
DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY
AND TRADE, FRIENDS AND
NEIGHBORS AND OUR MOST
DISTINGUISHED VISITORS OF
THE RED CARPET TOUR:
I was born on the banks of the
Flint River here in Bainbridge 62
years ago. (Which is a longer
time ago than I really care to
admit.), and since that time I can
recall that we have had a few
things to shake up the domestic
tranquility of Bainbridge and this
community.
I was elected Governor one*
time, and that shook us up, and I
got hell beat out of me for
Governor one time, and that
shook me up, to put it mildly.
We had a native Georgian who
went to Tallahassee, and became
a prominent jurist. He went to
school in Bainbridge, and
graduated from Bainbridge High
School in the class of 1937. He is a
member of a prominent pioneer
family in our community. He was
President Nixon’s nominee for
Associate Justice of the U. S.
Supreme Court. On yesterday,
the liberals in the U. S. Senate
beat down his confirmation by a
vote of 51 to 45, and that certainly
shook us up again.
I found out that I was a damn
“pore" political prognosticator,
and I am having to eat crow,
which, I might say, lies the
heaviest on my “belly” of any
meat I have had to swallow
lately, me being a Conservative,
and all that.
So far as I am concerned the U.
S. Senate is comprised of 45 wise
and good Conservatives, 3
travelers, one sick man, and 51
damn fools.
But, yesterday’s fight is one
thing, and todays promise is
more hopeful and rewarding.
The prospect of having so many
outstanding American business
men in our community at one and
the same time, has shaken up our
community for several weeks
I COLLIER
INSURANCE & REALTY
co ~
U**. f®®
1 Jr fmtoQUJL HOMa)WNER'S
FAMILY LIFE t HOSPITAL. .
i i' \ I v^Tl < /tia/t i]mj£jz
fiSA [ \ \ m IHSO&MCt £ REALTY SERVICE
If^S/ e£AL SALES PEHTALB
I Dial 72S &424
f r I 5« . H; \M ELA<LLY,CA.
, ;* _. _ ——«^^5SSSS!!!?^-7—— ...-ukii-—i
25 Years Ago
(From the issue of Apr. 26, 1945.)
THE NEW HOPE-CUBA gram
mar school, located 10 miles
south of Blakely on the Colquitt
Highway, together with all equip
ment and text books was com
pletely destroyed by fire early
Friday morning.
**♦♦
SGT. CHARLIE LEE LOYLESS
of this county, who first was
reported missing in action and
later a German prisoner of war,
has written his wife that he is
now back in France, having been
liberated by the Allied armies.
*♦•*
PFC. JOHN MOSELEY, Blak
ely, Marine and a veteran of
the bloody Iwo Jima campaign,
is currently at home spending
a 30 day furlough with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Moseley.
****
THE PIANO team of Haisten
& Oswald is obtaining for Blak
ely a lot of favorable publicity.
On Monday night of this week
Mrs. Ben Haisten and Virgil
Oswald played before the Brun
didge, Ala., Rotary Club mem
bers, who proved a most appre
ciative audience.
****
SHERIFF SID HOWELL re
turned to Blakely Tuesday from
Berkeley, Calif., withW. B. (Bill)
Brown, who escaped jail in 1936
while under conviction for the
murder of Ralph Honton, an iti
nerant herb doctor.
MR. AND MRS. Chester Mid
dleton of New Hope announce the
birth of a daughter, Friday, April
now.
We certainly want you to enjoy
your visit to Georgia, and to our
community, but let me say if
none of you ever settles here and
casts in his lot with us, your visit
will have been of inestimable
value to us.
Yards and grounds have been
cleaned up that have not seen a
rake in several years. Trash has
been pulled out of covert places
that the light of day has not
penetrated for decades. „
One native the other day raked
out from under his home, and
pulled out a box of old papers and
magazines in the process.
A hand-written old Spencerian
note fell out, and when he picked
it up and read it, it went as
follows: “To.. Lt. Zachary Taylor
Fort Scott - Flint River Southwest
Georgia Territory.
DUE TO ENDEMIC FEVER
CONDITIONS AT FORT SCOTT,
YOU WILL THIS DAY MOVE
YOUR COMMAND TO THE
EAST BANK OF THE FLINT
RIVER TO A POSITION FIVE
MILES DISTANT ON A HIGH
HILL TO BE KNOWN IN THE
FUTURE AS FORT RE
COVERY.
Signed..A. Jackson
Major General U. S.
Army Commanding
February 14, 1817’
This sort of thing is excellent
for our pride and morale. If you
will tell us you are thinking of
coming back again, we will have
a spotless community.
Seriously, we are honored to
have you in Georgia. We are
delighted that you included us on
your itenarary. We hope that
your visit here will prove
pleasant, worthwhile and
meaningful.
I will not regale you with a
pitch of our many advantages in
our community, but I will say
that if you like what you see here,
and would like to return, nobody
will throw any rocks at you. I
thank you.
20, the local hospital.
REV. AND MRS. L. C. Wim
berley, of Chauncy, Ga., announce
the birth of a daughter, Sandra
Gail, April 16, at Mcßae Hos
pital. Rev. Mr. Wimberley is
a former pastor of the Metho
dist Churches of the Blakely
circuit.
••••
MRS. JANET BEAN left Blak
ely Friday for Hollywood, Calif,
to resume work at MGM studios
and to see her husband, Major
Robert Bean, who has just re
turned from overseas. She had
been visiting her mother, Mrs.
Lyndia Mann.
****
THE ANNOUNCEMENT is
made by Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Everett Boyett, of Blakely, Ga.,
of the engagement of their dau
ghter, Margaret, to Lt. (j.g.)
William Franklin Arnold, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Arnold,
of Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
50 Years Ago
(From the issue of Apr. 22,1920.)
MITCHELL PALMER won the
plurality of county unit votes in
Georgia’s presidential primary
held Tuesday, according to latest
returns.
*•«*
MRS. ODOM, widow of the
late Mr. J. L. Odom, died at
her home In the western part
of the city Saturday morning.
*•••
MR. W. J. DAVIS, of Atlanta,
was a week end visitor in Blak
ely.
MISS RUTH STRICKLAND Is
the new postoffice clerk In the
local office, her appointment hav
ing recently been confirmed.
***•
MRS. C. T. ALEXANDER was
called to Doerun Wednesday on
account of the critical Illness
of her brother, Mr. L. E. Black,
Jr.
****
MR. COY C. TAYLOR, of Do
than, a former Blakely boy, spent
Tuesday in the city.
MRS. M. A. KENT, of Sampson,
Ala., Is visiting her daughter,
Mrs. J. E. Grubbs.
MESSRS. OMAR MOSELY and
T. G. Harvey, Jr., were up from
Jakin Wednesday.
**•*
EARL BEASLEY has accepted
a position in Marianna, Fla. and
is now at work in that city.
♦ ♦♦♦
MESSRS. W. T. HAMMACK
and Mitch Bell were here from
Sluffton yesterday.
75 Years Ago
(From the issue of Apr. 25, 1895.)
THE Chinese-Japanese war is
ended. Little Japan cleaned up
her big neighbor in fine style.
(Little did the editor on the
American people realize that
Japan was then setting out on a
world conquest.)
*•**
THE DEATH of Rev. Thomas
Muse at Coleman, Ga., is record
ed this week.
THE DEATH of Mr. Henry
Howard Is recorded this week.
**••
MR. D. W. JAMES went over
to Albany Wednesday.
MACK SMITH, Gus Fort and
Coble Barksdale made a trip to
Arlington on their bicycles last
Sunday.
*••*
MISSES LULA BIRD, Sallie
Strickland and Henrie Chipstead
visited Arlington last Sunday.
*•«*
THE SERENADING party that
went the rounds Tuesday night
met with exceptionally good
treatment, being given refresh
ments in the shape of cake,
candy and wine.
Letters to the
Editor
Cooperators and Friends:
On July 7, 1942, I arrived
in Blakely as temporary Soil
Conservationist for Early Coun
ty. In March 1970 1 received
a notice (which 1 knew was com
ing) stating "Retirement Man
datory April 30, 1970”. That
day is almost here.
There have been lots of change
In Early County farming during
those 28 years. I hope that some
good has been accomplished from
my efforts. I have enjoyed these
years very much.
Mr. W. B. Hobby, Soil Con
servation Technician, will still
be doing his work after I have
finished. He knows his work
well. See him at the County
Office Building or phone him at
723-3825.
Who or when someone will be
sent to fill my job I don’t know.
I just hope that he will enjoy
his work as 1 have.
Sincerely,
Chester Clardy
Soli Conservationist(almostpast)
Dear Hoyle:
I enjoy very much the pictures
and letters which you presently
are running about Blakely people
and doings of the past decades.
Wonder If Amelia, in her most
interesting way of writing, could
not come up with a story about
the fire fighting equipment, water
supply and the alarming tones of
the old steam fire whistle. I
remember when the council
bought four or five hose cars
and built little wooden buildings
to house them around the
SQUARE. The volunteers could
pull these carts all over town.
Many times you would see one
being pulled behind a Ford tour
ing car. Did you ever help
pull one to a fire ? Later cane
the first motorized fire wagon
which was housed In a leanto
at the west end of Fryer's stable.
This was a Ford equipped with
ladders, hose and a pump. Pete
used to call the fire dept., the
"foundation savers”.
Blakely once had a legal saloon.
Located where Peter’s Drug
Store was when it was adjacent
to Carl Hobb's livery stable lot.
Tom Reynolds operated a taxi
service, from Carl's place, using
a “Flanders” 4 cy touring car.
Regards to all,
Tom H. Underwood
Dear Mr. Fleming:
Though verbally throughout the
past two years, our members
have expressed appreciation of
the generous coverage you and
your staff have given our chap
ter - as a matter of record,
may we put it in writing?
We are all proud of our local
paper and especially impressed
by your interest In the various
NEED MORE
ROOM?
o t z
(. SARDINES \
SEE US FOR A
HOME IMPROVEMENT LOAN
YOUR DEPENDABLE HOME TOWN BANK |
member federal deposit .nsurance corporation
FDK Flrst State Bank
Mam »■>•* OF BLAKELY **•
"You’re Always First at First State”
This Week
by
e Tige’ Pickle
You can’t take It with you.
This we all know.
You won’t leave it here, either
If you have a long Illness be
fore you go.
****
Some of the lady organizations
in this country are getting all
agitated, demanding equality with
men. Stop it ladies before it Is
too late. What you’ll gain will
not be good as what you’re giving
up. How many of you ladies
will be willing to give your seat
on a bus to some worn, old tired
business man.
*•**
Judge Harold Carswell, re
jected for a seat on the United
States Supreme Court, has re
signed his judgeship and will run
for the United States Senate.
Senator Ted Kennedy was one
of his principal foes, and I hope
if Judge Carswell makes It to
Washington that he will ask Teddy
Boy what caused him to throw
Mary Jo off that Tallahatchee
bridge.
•*•*
By the liberal crowd’s stan
dards, Judge Carswell would not
have made a very good Supreme
Court Justice. He has never
written a book suggesting the de
sirability of a revolution against
the U. S government, headed a
foundation ruled by a gambling,
gangster crowd, or took unto
himself a child bride. Justice
Douglas has all these qualities
and he sits on the Court, and re
tired Justice Tom Clark had the
local organizations’ accomplish
ments. Our Chapter is but a
very small number of a group of
dedicated "daughters” whose
alms are "Patriotic, Educa
tional, and Historical”. The
state-wide recognition of our lo
cal press coverage for the past
two years has been most re
warding for our chapter mem
bers, and for me personally.
You have helped make the honor
of being Regent a pleasant one.
Many thanks I
Sincerely,
Jane L. Boyett, (Mrs. Chas.)
Regent,
Peter Early Chapter, DAR
unmitigated gall to tell a Meet
the Press audience Sinday that
this old man Is a great and
capable member of the Court.
No wonder tills country is in
the mess it is when supposedly
honorable men who hold high
places in government as has
former Justice Clark have the
audacity to defend such ugliness.
I am glad that Representative
Maston O'Neal has joined for
ces with about one hundred other
members of the House in an
attempt to throw the silly old
reprobate off the bench.,
*♦•♦
Let’s turn to something else.
My blood pressure has had it
for today. Let’s turn to some
thing more profound, something
Dr. Norman Vincent Peale had
to say recently:
"Charity has become a cliche.
But In its simplicity, it still
expresses the love and compas
sion that makes man something
apart from other creatures. Be
charitable with your time. If
someone needs you in a moment
of distress, be there. If some
one needs to talk over a pro
blem with you, listen. Be chari
table with your affections. Let
those you love know you love
them and that you care about
their happiness. Be charitable
with your understanding. Don't
let disagreements fester into re
sentments. Don't let anger re
place reasonableness. Be chari
table with your kindness,
courtesy and sense of humor.
An act of politeness, a smile,
a joke to be shared are often
all it takes.” — Quote Magazine
♦♦♦♦
A series of articles running
in The Albany Herald entitled
"1 Remember When” is proving
of wide interest The writer,
Dan Gibson, now in his 80’s,
a retired Albany postmaster, and
before his postoffice tenure, a
school teacher and reporter, is
dipping Into his remarkable
memory to tell how It was in
the old days. One I liked be
cause it pertained to an event
in Early County of sixty years
ago dealt with a sheriff’s elec
tion of 1910. This was the time
Sheriff Ed Black, known as Big
Ed, was opposed by son Little
Ed, for re-election. Hie pri
mary then was tantamount to
election, and the high vote get
ter won all the marbles. In the
same torrid race Jack Howell
ran for the same office, and he
defeated both the Blacks, and
established the Howell dynasty
in Early County which is still
alive today. Mr. Gibson, the
writer of the article, was a
school teacher at Jakin when
this hot election was held, and
he told it almost like I heard
the old timers tell it, except
that I always heard that the late
Sheriff Jack Howell didn’t exact
ly originate the idea of son op
posing father for the same of
fice, but he didn’t discourage it
either.