Newspaper Page Text
EARLY COUNTY NEWS, THURSDAY, MAY 14, 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
Publtahed Every Thursday By the Early County News.
Entered at the Post Office in Blakely, Ga., as Second Class
matter under Act of-March 3,1878.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
One Year-33.09 Six Montft—s2-0«
ADVERTISING RATES
All cards of thanks, memorials, resolutions and matters of similar
nature are charged for at a minimum of 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
K ft ff al
bn in fuo ffl/LrTiiVfP mKi
Fix /aA
Georgians all over the state are
bitterly opposed to the student
demonstrations which are tear
ing this country apart. This in
cludes a great majority of young
people, too, but the Communist
students leading the demonstra
tions have gulled a few other
wise decent kids into believing
that they are rendering a great
service to America by opposing
United States efforts in South
east Asia to prevent Communism
from taking over that entire part
of the world.
The students, otherwise inno
cent, who have been misled by
the militants on Georgia cam
puses, fail to see the damage
they are doing to our democratic
way of life. The best thing that
could happen to them is for their
parents to take them to the
woodshed and administer an old 1
fashioned licking.
Many people laughed at Gov
ernor Maddox for declaring
that Communists are active on
our college campuses. He very
properly considers the SDS
■: crowd as believers in that ideo
£ logy, even though they may not
carry a Red card.
More than a year ago we
asked a high official with the
Board of Regents why they
didn't kick the SDS members
out of the University of Geor
gia. His answer was that they
couldn't do it without a good
reason, that the Regents would
be hauled into federal court
and made to let the SDS back
in school. Well, they have a good
reason now, for the demonstra
tions on the Athens campus, led
by about 30 SDS’ers, destroyed
state property and were other
wise disorderly. If the Regents
don’t kick them out now, the
Regents should resign in a body,
for they will no longer have the
confidence of Georgians.
On the matter of the Kent
University students who were
killed by National Guardsmen
while trying to stone the Guards
men to death, we feel that these
students received just what they
deserved. We have yet to find a
single person who doesn’t agree
with that judgment, though, ad
mitted’y, we haven’t talked to
the SDS or to any Communists,
♦♦ • ♦
Here’s a letter sent last week
to Dr. Noah Langdale, President
of Georgia State University, by
a student who resented the
school being closed on Friday.
We wish every student through
out the state who was barred
from continuing his studies that
day would write a similar letter.
This student wrote as follows:
^LajLftJUUUUUUUUULfiJUUUUUUUULfiJULJLJLftJLAJL^
i MANRY-JORDAN
i FUNERAL HOME
0 £
Established 1957 B
: Lucile Rd. Pbwe 723-4200 E
; »
: BLAKELY, GEORGIA E
o We Serve :
» o
lAny Insurance Policy :
Ageof for
Uiitod Fcaily Life lisorooco Co.
LA A a » 8 gJUUUULfiJLa JLCJIJ>-g» ft A 9JLS fl fl fl Aft fl ft ft ftJULfI-fl-ft-fIJU *
Dear Dr. Langdale:
As I am a student who attends
Georgia State to receive an edu
cation, I consider it outrageous
that I have been denied one day’s
education. Abo, since I have
to work to support a family and
pay tuition costs, I am upset
that I am not getting the full
benefit of my financial invest
ment
I, therefore, respectfully re
quest that you instruct the Con
troller to refund me one day’s
tuition costa. I estimate that I
am due $3.52.
Sincerely, C. John Humphrey
** * *
Speaker of the House George
L. Smith is enthusiastic about
the benefits which will accrue to
the state when the General As
sembly becomes computerized,
part of which will be accom
plished by the 1970 session and
the balance by 1971. His des
cription of just what this com
puter can do to speed up legis
lative action, and save the tax
payers' money, makes sound
common sense, and if even half
of what he envisions is accom
plished, it will be the best money
the legislature ever spent when
a committee visited several states
to see how computers really
worked.
«* * *
Repr. Charlie Jones is slated
to announce on May 18 that he
will be a candidate for Lieut.-
Governor in this year’s Demo
cratic primary. And Repr. Mac
Barber will tell on the 16th if he
will make a statewide race or
not.
♦♦ * •
Governor and Mrs. Maddox
will be honor guests on May 22
at a cookout given by Lee Ar
rendale and Clyde Dixon at the
Arrendale cottage on Lake Bur
ton. Many state officials and
other political figures have been
invited.
** • *
The Women"s Democratic
Conference held in Atlanta on
May 1-2 was a distinct flop.
Very few ladies showed up —
must to the chagrin of several
candidates who had opened hos
pitality suites at the Dinkier.
•• * *
We understand that Mrs.
Merle Meacham has resigned as
a Vice-Chairman of the Demo
cratic Party of Georgia, and that
Mrs. Edna Kendrick, of Colum
bus, who was Democratic Na
tional Committeewoman under
Gov. Marvin Griffin, is being
suggested as Mrs. Meacham's
successor.
MARVIN
GRIFFIN
CHANGE THE LAW,
AND NOT BELLY-ACHE
The holocaust in Vietnam has
demanded a monumental toll of
America in lives and money, and
our people generally are sorely
concerned about the outcome
there. In fact, the Vietnam
conflict is the most unpopular
undertaking of
anything on
the American
scene today.
P r e s i
dent Nixon has
promised a
drastic reduc-i
tion in troop
strength!
in Vietnam, and that is most
encouraging to the majority of
our people—of course, there are
some who would never be pleased
unless we grovel at the feet of
Chinese Communists and
dishoner the memories of nearly
40,000 American men who have
given their lives on the bat
tlefields in Southeast Asia.
The latest discouraging factor
is the trouble in Cambodia, and
liberals are tearing their hair
because of our probable in
volvement there. The trouble is
not new. The roots of the debacle
in Southeast Asia stems from our
fundamental laws. We are
fighting a war in Vietnam which
was not declared by the
Congress. American men are
dying and being maimed on the
battlefields in order to carry out a
treaty commitment, which was
signed by the President and
approved by the U. S. Senate.
Article 1, Section 8, Paragraph
11 gives Congress the right “to
declare war, grant letters of
marque and reprisal, and make
rules concerning captures on
land and water.’’
But in Article 11, Section 2,
Paragraph 2, The President
“shall have the power by and
with the advice and consent of the
Senate to make treaties provided
two-thirds of the Senators present
concur”, and right there is where
we opened Pandora’s box, and let
out a multitude of woes.
The late President Dwight
Eisenhower committed us in
Southeast Asia in the Tonkin Gulf
Resolution, and the United States
Senate approved the treaty by
nearly a unanimous vote, and
that was the beginning of the
slaughter of Americans in
Vietnam.
I do not believe Americans
should be made to fight in any
war that the Congress did not
formally and officially declare.
Undeclared wars are un
popular and have a tendency to
drag on for decades, and it is
difficult to sell Americans on
patrotism.
Let’s change the law, and take
away from the President and the
U. S. Senate the power to commit
American men to battle.
ONCE DECLARED,
GO FOR BROKE
Once the Congress has
declared war, the whole country
should gird itself for war, and lick
the enemy as quickly as possible.
When, and if, the Congress
declares war, then all the pinks
and the punks, and the hippies
and the yippies, and the rich
man’s sons, and the pooi» man’s
sons, and the college anti-war
demonstrators will have to come
when Uncle Sam calls. The
citizen will pitch in, and be
required to sacrifice to supply the
men with guns, implements of
war and food and clothing, and
the war machine will move to
victory, for who can withstand
the productivity of America for
long? What nation can stand
against a country whose
production lines puts out more
than ten million automobiles and
(^COLLIER
/ INSURANCE & REALTY \
/ CO. I
\ A r MWMOBILIL HOMEOW^'S 1
\ FAMILY UFt t HOSPITAL . A
/ Z\ L <o&cer ■; WCM CMJEJZ Ei
/ l \\M A£c*fPL£Te II^OR/tMLE < REALTY SERVICE \
/ gEAL ESWTE QAl£S> k rentals V
ynWMSH !® /
I OfAL 7ZS 0424 I
t । 5/r J 9 J M tILAKeCYfCi^* 1 ।
? ... ■■■■>._, ■ ■■.:
A
r" ■■■
FROM
FILES
25 Years Ago
(From the issue ofMay 17, 1945.)
FOURTEEN girls and nine boys
who comprise the graduating
class of the Blakely-Union school
will be entertained by the Blakely
Rotary Club Friday night, as
commencement exercises get un
der way.
Graduation exercises will take
' place on Friday night, May 25,
at die Blakely Methodist Church,
and the following are the mem
bers of the senior class as an
nounced by Supt. D V. Spencer:
Bernell Patterson, Elinor
Sammons, Faye Goocher, Juanita
Tedder, Miles O’Nell McDowell,
Jospehine Harrell, Wilhelmina
Spence, Ladyne Rogers, Ruby Lee
Brown, Anne Herring, Evelyn
Temples, Kate Moseley, Tommy
Fulton, Eugenia Pipkin, Hoyt
Middleton, Bobby Fleming, Billy
Livingston, Roy Pritchard, Knox
Tabb, Elzy Hartley, Jr., Sidney
Strickland, Charles Shlerllng,
Jr., Rufus Johnson.
•***
trucks in one year’s time?
Once the Congress has
declared war the eagle can
scream, and Old Glory will be the
symbol of American unity. Any
dissidents who then demonstrate
to give aid and comfort to the
enemy can be kicked in the pants
so hard their hip pockets will
serve as ear muffs, come winter.
IT WAS A POOR
MEMORIAL GESTURE
Last Sunday was Confederate
Memorial Day, and Monday was
a state holiday.
The day was set aside by the
General Assembly of Georgia,
and a number of states of the
Confederacy, to pay tribute to the
courage, the spirit, the sacrifice
and the honor of the heroes in
gray, who fought and then lived
in the most trying times of
American history.
For seven or eight decades the
26th of April was marked with
Memorial Day programs.
Patriotic speeches were heard
throughout the Southland on that
day. Most of us remember when a
Memorial Day program was held
every year in the Decatur County
Court House, or in the park, and
the speaking program was
followed by a march of all school
children carrying flowers to Oak
City Cemetery to place on the
graves of Confederate veterans.
► These graves were marked with
i the Cross of St. Andrew.
i Only the senior citizens of
Bainbridge observe Confederate
> Memorial Day, and that is done
> by the members of the local
; chapter of the United Daughters
of the Confederacy. Few public
schools pause to honor the
Confederacy.
One grade of a Thomasville
public school had a Memorial
i program last Monday on Channel
-6, Television Station. This
program was really an insult to
the memory of the men in gray. It
i would have been better not to
i have put on a program at all.
i Some weak-kneed members of
i the teaching gentry refused to let
i the children sing “Dixie”. This is
■ an exercise in chicken feathers.
• How can we expect our children
> to have any respect for the
customs, traditions and mores of
great forbears if we do not give
' them something to start a chill in
[ their backbones. And a brass
• band playing “Dixie” will put a
I chill down a Georgian’s back
■ bone. If it does not do so, the
[ subject is dead already.
Imagine a Confederate
I Memorial Day program, and
I Dixie prohibited. Nuts.
THE Blakely Lions Club held
its regular meeting Tuesday at
the Woman’s Club, with Lion
C. C. Lane presiding.
••••
MR. RAYE ODUM, 64, former
resident of Blakely, died at his
home in Augusta Tuesday morn
ing, presumably from a heart
attack.
••••
DR. FRANK M. SETZLER, na
tionally known archaeologist and
curator of the Smithsonian In
stitution department of anthro
pology, was the guest speaker
at last week's meeting of the
Blakely Rotary Club, held Fri
day at noon.
FRIENDS will be interested
in the announcement of the mar
riage of Miss Judith Rambo to
James H. Clssell, Jr., the mar
riage having taken place at the
First Presbyterian church, At
lanta, April 29.
WHILE Dr. F. M. Setzler was
in Blakely the past week making
a survey of Indian Mounds, he
was entertained by Mr. S. G.
Maddox at a dinner party at
his home on Wedneday night.
Others who shared the honors
with Dr. Setzler were C. A.
Collier, vice president of the
Georgia Power Company, E. L.
HUI, of the Department of State
Parks, and Miss Annette Mc-
Lean, State Museum Curator.
Other guests included C. E. Gre
gory, Atlanta Journal columnist,
A. H. Gray, Oscar Whitchard,
”Tlge” Pickle, Dr. W. H. Wall,
C. E. Boyett, Bill Boyett, Sid
Howell, R. C. Job, J. D. Roger,
Jr., and J. E. Chancy.
50 Years Ago
(From the issue ofMay 13, 1920.)
LITTLE Miss Dorothy Balk
com will go over to Dothan to
morrow to spend the week end
with her friend, little Miss Ca
therine Sherman.
MRS. F. C. LEE is spending
this week in Morgan with her
mother, Mrs. 1. W. Griffin, who
is very ill.
*»•*
MRS. J. N. DIX and children,
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. T. S.
Toole, left last week for their
home In Chattanooga, Tenn., af
ter a pleasant visit here.
MISS LUCY JACKSON and Mr.
Mack Strickland were united In
marriage Monday afternoon at
6:30 o'clock, the Rev. H. C.
Jones performing the ceremony
at the Methodist parsonage.
•**«
MR. F. J. GREEN, the photo
grapher, left yesterday for Man
chester, Ga. His wifie and chil
dren will join him later.
**•*
MISS MERLE HOWELL and
Mr. Ben Haisten, two popular
Blakely young people, were mar
ried on Saturday night, May 8,
in Bluffton, Rev. H. M. Melton,
of Arlington, performing the
ceremony.
MRS. SAM STEIN returned
Tuesday from a visit to rela
tives in Groveton, Texas.
75 Years Ago
(From the Issue ofMay 16,1895.)
UNCLE TOM WlLLlAMSvisit
ed Fort Gaines last week.
**•*
A SMALL serenading party
went the rounds Tuesday night
and dispensed entrancing music
at the homes of those they ad
mire.
MRS. W. B. STANDIFER and
daughter, Rebe, are visiting re
latives in Atlanta and Marietta.
COL. A. J. SINGLETARY has
returned from a trip to New Or
leans.
**•*
DR. L. C. STRONG and little
Flewellyn and Chevis, visited
Fred Hand Jr. Throws Hat In
Ring For Congressional Seat
Pelham, Georgia May 5,1970
Fred Hand, Jr., Pelham at
torney and businessman, today
announced his candidacy for the
Second Congressional District
post in the September Primary.
Hand spoke of his deep con
cern for the health of Congress
man O’Neal in his announce
ment. Hand said, “I sincerely
regretted to learn that Con
gressman O’Neal’s health will
not permit him to remain In
office. He has given of himself
during his term of office in un
selfish and dedicated leader
ship to the people of the Second
Congressional District.”
When O'Neal resigned as So
licitor of the Albany Circuit to
run for Congress, Hand suc
ceeded him as Solicitor and
served in that capacity until
last Fall.
Hand stated that he had not
hastily decided to run for this
important office, but that the de
cision had been made after
thoughtful consideration and
after many friends from all
walks of life had given him
great encouragement. Hand
said, "I then gave long and
prayerful deliberation and de
cided to make this race for
Congress.”
"I feel my close association
since graduation from law
school with businessmen, far
mers, and professional people
of the Second District gives me
the background to represent the
needs of all the people of our
District. I believe that these
associations will give me an in
sight Into the problems which
will arise, and I will be better
qualified to represent all the
people of the District. I will
have the further advantage of
youth which will allow me to
gain seniority.”
A native of Pelham, Hand is
the son of the late Voncile
Parker Hand of Decatur Co
unty, and Fred B. Hand, Pelham
businessman and farmer who
served eight years as Speaker
and six years as Speaker Pro
Tern of the Georgia House of
Representatives. He received
his degree in business adminis
tration from the University of
Georgia In 1957, and in Dec
ember 1958 he completed his
LLB degree there at the School
of Law, where he served on the
Honor Court. He is a member of
Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity.
In 1958 Hand was admitted to
the Georgia Bar and for five
years he resided in Albany and
Savannah this week.
THE union picnic of the Sun
day Schools of Blakely was held
at the Ransone Grove last Fri
day. It proved to be a pleasing
success.
THE ANNUAL BROOM & MOP I
SALE BY THE BLAKELY LIONS
CLUB IS NOW IN PROGRESS. I
THE PROCEEDS GO FOR THE
PURCHASE OF EYE GLASSES
FOR UNDER-PRIVILEGED
I CHILDREN.
I THIS IS A RUBIK SERVICE ADVERTISEMENT BY: I
I YOUR DEFENDABLE HOME TOWN BANK I
MEMBER FEDERAL. DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION
I FDK! First State Bank I
Stu |S^I " riuiwS OF 81 -AKELY
I "You're Always First at First State” I
K
4
■F'. '■ k '
I i 1
practiced law there. Since 1964
he was practiced law in Pelham
and has been engaged In various
other business Interests. He Is
a member of the American Bar
Association, the State Bar of
Georgia, the South Georgia Jud
icial Circuit Bar Association,
and the Mitchell County Bar
Association. He has served as
secretary-treasurer of the for
mer Albany Judicial Circuit Bar
Association. He currently is
serving on the Executive Coun
cil of the Younger Lawyers’
Section of the State Bar of
Georgia representing the Se
cond Congressional District.
He has been City Attorney
of Pelham since 1965, has
served on the legislative com-
MrsJrenc
Hudson, 80,
dies April 7
Mrs. Irene Grubbs Hudson, 80,
widow of Reuben O. Hudson, a
native of Early County died
_Thursday, April 7 in die iocai
hospital following an illness of
three weeks.
She was the daughter of B.
Frank Grubbs and Mary Jane
Wright Grubbs and was born
April 13, 1890, and had spent
most of her life in Early County.
She was a member of the Hilton
Methodist Church where funeral
services were held Saturday af
ternoon, the Rev. Ronald Clark
officiating. Burial was in the
Sowhatchee cemetery, Manry-
Jordan Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements. Pall bearers
were M. A. Odom, Collis Odom,
Jessie Holley, Bill Knighton,
Charlie Knighton, C. L. Grubbs.
Survivors are one son, G. R.
mittee of the Pelham Chamber
of Commerce, and is a past
treasurer of the Pelham Rotary
Club In which he is an active
member.
He is a member of the ad
ministrative board of Hand Me
morial United Methodist Church
which he actively supports and
was a member of the special
parsonage building committee
which led in the successful con
struction of the new building in
1966. Since 1964 he has been a
member of the board of trustees
of Magnolia Manor, the South
Georgia Methodist Home at
Americus.
He is married to the former
Miriam Flynt, a native of Ar
lington in Calhoun County who
has served the past two years
as president of the Second Dis
trict, Georgia Federation of
Women’s Clubs. They are the
parents of two children, Fred
erick, 111, and Miriam Eliza
beth.
Moses Freeman,
85, dies May 8
Cuthbert Hosp.
Funeral services for Moses
Swann Freeman, 85, were held
Sunday afternoon at graveside
in East View cemetery with the
Rev. V. L. Daughtery and the
Rev. Jack Hayes officiating.
Mr. Freeman, a native of Early
County, died early Friday night
at Patterson Hospital following
a lengthy illness. He was the son
of the late Moses S. and Gertrude
Swann Freeman, born June 1,
1884. Mr. Freeman was a mem
ber of the Cuthbert United Me
thodist Church. He was a Mason
and a retired lumberman and had
made his home in Cuthbert for the
last 28 years.
Survivors include his wife,
Gretha Grimsley Freeman, Cuth
bert; one daughter, Mrs. Henry
Branon, Cuthbert; two sons,
Moses S. Freeman, Cuthbert and
E. M. Freeman, Memphis, Tenn.;
5 grandchildren and 3 great
grandchildren.
Lunsford Funeral Home was in
charge of the arrangements.
Hudson, West Palm Beach, Fla.;
a daughter, Mrs. R. H. Moring,
Lake Park, Fla.; one brother and
one sister, G. C. Grubbs and Mrs.
Mary G. Knighton, both of Hil
ton.
Read the EARLY COUNTYNEWS