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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.