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EARLY COUNTY NEWS, THURSDAY, JAN, 27, 1272
EARLY COUNTY NEWS
Official Organ of Blakely and Early County
BLAKELY, GEORGIA 31723
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Politics oAii Paradi
In his reorganization legis'a
lation, Governor Carter suf
fered the most devastating de
feat of any governor in recent
history. The Senate contributed
most to his humi.iation, but
the House did a part, a to. The
daily news media has said that
he lost only 45 sections out of
243, which, to the unitiated,
sounds like a victory.
But, the real story is that all
of those lost were the sections
that really did the reorganiz
ing. They were the guts of the
proposal, while those won were
trifling, in the main, and could
have been obtained through
regular legislation merely by
working them out with consti
tutional officers, department
heads and legislators.
Instead, the Governor cre
ated a great hullabaloo over
reorganization, spent $3,000,-
000 of tax money, and had un
to d hours of time wasted by
state employees. Besides bring
ing barrels of criticism on him
self and destroying a great part
of his political influence.
Now, he will try to recoup
all that he has lost through
regular bi'ls. But, there is
sma I chance of much success
in this, particularly in the Sen
ate, and, more particularly,
because of his ill-advised crit
icism of Senate President Pro-
Tem, Hugh Gillis.
At any rate, the sound drub
bing may teach the Governor
a litt'e bit about politics.
Heavens knows, he has a lot
to learn.
The many friends of the
veteran Frank Skrine, Assist
ant State Purchasing Agent,
regret to know that he suffer
ed a bad heart attack on Thurs
day of last week. When this
column was written, he was
resting fairly well in the hos
pital, but doctors couldn’t be
sure that he is out of the
woods, yet
In accordance with our pol
icy of every now and dien
paying tribute to an up-and
coming young man in Georgia
politics, we want to write a
few words about Hami'ton
Jordan, the Governor's Exec
utive Secretary. Hamilton was
a complete novice in po'itics
when he started with Carter,
and got off on the wrong foot
with some legislators and
others. In fact, the writer had
a few critical words to say
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However, it is said that a
smart man learns quickly, and
Mr. Jordan has done exactly
1 that. He has learned that he is
not quite the fount of all wis
dom and influence, and that
political opponents today may
be desirab'e bedfellows some
other time. So, we now believe
that Hamilton is showing a lot
on the ball and has a good fu
ture in Georgia politics if he
so desires. Os course, being
the grandson of the late ven
erab.e Hamilton McWhorter,
the best politician of his day
in the state, helps a lot, too.
Senator Frank Eldridge, of
Waycross, told us last Friday
that he will not be a candidate
for Congress in the Bth District
this year, but would, in his
words, “try to stay in the Sen
ate and help Bobby Rowan be
elected Lieutenant-Governor".
What won’t a politician do:
Senator David Gambred’s lat
est newsletter included a pic
ture of himself — supposedly
snowbound in Gainesville re
centy — helping push an auto.
The fallacy is that the pix
clearly shows the tires com
pletely free of snow. A smart
aide would have heaped a few
shovelfuls around the wheels
before taking the photo.
• •••••
Repr. Howard Atherton, of
Cobb County, has prepared a
bill for introduction in the
General Assembly which
would set up additional hos
pital authorities in any county
with a population of 100,000
or more (which includes
Cobb). Such an authority
would have all the rights and
privileges of present authori
ties. Obviously, this bill means
that a municipality could
create such an authority and
receive both federal and state
funds.
Some state politicians tell
us that the 10% which the
State Highway Dept, holds
back on contractors money un
til the job is complete is fig
ured by the contractor as
clear profit
• •••••
“The Red and Black”, stu
dent newspaper at the Univer
sity of Georgia, published an
editorial in their Jan. 13 issue
favoring the legalization of
marijuana.
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25 YEARS AGO
(from the issue of Jan. 30, 1947)
JACK WHITE, manager of last
year’s baseball team, has called
a meeting for Friday night at
8 o’clock at the city hail, for the
purpose of organizing a ball club
for Blakely.
BLAKELY’S first “dollar
day”, sponsored by the Blakely
Merchants Bureau of the Early
County Chambe r of Commerce,
was held here Tuesday and drew
a large number of shoppers, it
is reported by participating
merchants.
MR. AND MRS. E. W. Yarnell
have returned from San Diego,
Calif., and will be at home with
Mrs. R. E. Holloway. Mr. Yarn
ell has been released to inactive
duty in the Fleet Naval Reserve
after 21 years and 4 months of
active duty in the U. S. Navy.
MR. AND MRS. Siree McGowan
announce the marriage of their
only daughter, Marlene, to Em
mette Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs.
A. D. Smith of Hilton.
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Callahan
announce the engagement of their,
daughter, Miss Mildred Calla
han, of Damascus, to Jack
Settles, of Cuthbert, the mar
riage to take place February
2, at 2:00 p.m. at the Arlington
Baptist Church.
MRS. WARREN Hunt was hos
tess at a four-table bridge par
ty last Tuesday afternoon at her
home.
50 YEARS AGO
(from the issue of Jan. 26, 1922)
T. B. MCDOWELL, of Blak
ely, was elected County Com
missioner from the Northwest
ern District, and G. E. Pyle,
of Cedar Springs, from the South
western District, in Tuesday’s
special election.
PROF. J. C. Langston deliv
ered the address at the obser
vance of Robert E. Lee’s birth
day at the school auditorium
last Friday morning.
MR. W. O. BRYANT has re
turned to Homestead, Fla., after
a visit to Early county relatives.
MESSRS. T. G. Harvey and
E. H. Hayes were up from Jakin
Tuesday.
MISS PAULINE Livingston en
tertained a number of her young
friends with a rook party last
Friday afternoon.
MR. AND MRS. A. D. Frazier,
Mr. and Mrs. T. O. Whitchard,
Jr., and Miss Ouida Yarbrough
visited Dawson Tuesday.
75 YEARS AGO
(from the issue of Jan. 28, 1897)
THE FRAZZLED edge of a
blizzard has put the trimmings
on this section this week and
the weather has been “as cold
as a stepmother’s breath.”
MRS. J. S. PERRY and Miss
Annie Livingston visited Albany
last Saturday.
MESSRS. Andrew McDonald,
Tom Lee Beauchamp and Harter
King made a bicycle excursion
to Damascus last Sunday.
COL. W. A. Jordan was down
from Georgetown this week.
DR. J. H. Hand has an elec
tric light which he attaches to
his bicycle when he starts out
to make a call after dark.
MR. H. G. Smith, of the New
York Store, left Saturday for
Baltimore and New York.
MR. HENRY IVEY has pur
chased from Messrs. Fort &
Howard all that part of what
is known in local real estate
MODERN /B\
DRUGS h 4
CONTEMPORARY USE
ILLEGAL ABUSE Robert Campbell R. Ph
Robert Koch, a Prussian, born 1843, has been at
tributed to developing the first really successful methods
of segregating germs. He developed techniques for iso
lating microbes into specific groupings and is given
much credit for his isolation of the dreaded tubercle
bacillus. During hsi time of life, at least one death
in every seven was caused by tuberculosis.
Aside ... It is apparent that great men will attract
others, since the anti-toxin serum to combat diptheria
has been credited to the combined efforts of one of
Koch’s assistants along with one of Louis Paseurs aides .
Hall Drug Co., Inc.
Phone 723-3441
BACKBITING OTHERS
Clipped from Sunday’s (Jan. 23,
1972) The Dothan Eagle
There is a proverb to the
effect that if one can’t speak
well of the dead he should say
nothing.
The Rotarians have enlarged
on this philosophy to apply it
to the living as well as to the
dead. The result is what they
call their Four-Way Test:
first . . .Is it the truth?
second . . Is it fair to all
concerned?
third. . . Will it build good
will and better friendships?
four . . . Will it be bene
ficial to all concerned?
Why, indeed, do so many speak
ill of others? And why do they
restrict their remarks, com
ments and observations to that
which is uncomplimentary, dis
paraging or bad? Rare is the
person without some redeeming
qualities. As Edward Wallis Hoch
is credited with writing:
There is so much good in the
worst of us,
And so much bad in the best
of us.
That it hardly becomes any of
us
To talk about the rest of us.
Johann K. Lavater, the Swiss
theologian, once said:
OBITUARIES
Funeral Services
held for
Mrs. Peterson
Mrs. Nellie Ruth Cherry Pe
terson, 38, a resident of Tampa,
Florida, died in a hospital there
Friday following a short illness.
She was the wife of Lee Peter
son, of Tampa, and the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Cherry,
of Blakely. She was a native of
Cottonwood, Alabama, and a
risident of Blakely until three
years ago when the family moved
to Tampa.
Funeral services were held
Sunday afternoon in the chapel of
Manry-Jordan Funeral Hime, the
Rev. A. H. Lanier officiating.
Interment followed in the Blakely
cemetery. Pall bearers were
Buck Nobles, Arthur Brackins,
Derrell Swords, Clarence Sim
pson, Jr., Bobby Peterson and
Gus Evans.
Survivors, other than the wid
ower andparents, are three sons,
Rocky Lee, David Gerald, Joseph
Allen Peterson, 4 daughters,
Mrs. Angela Ruth Goodwin,
Charlotte, Donna Kay and
Melissa Peterson, all of Tampa;
two brothers, Early Franklin
Cherry, Blakely, Johnny Mack
Cherry, Tampa; 7 sisters, Mrs.
Eloise Nobles, Blakely, Mrs.
Elizabeth Knight, Marietta, Mrs.
Joan Swords, Athens,Mrs. Linda
Ivey, Atlanta, Mrs. Evelyn Simp
son, Arlington, Mrs. Debra Jean
Brackins, Colquitt, Miss Gloria
Ann Cherry, Blakely.
Warrick's attend
Otasco Spring
meeting, Atlanta
George Warrick, of the
OTASCO store here, just re
turned from Atlanta where heat
tended the annual Spring Meet
ing and Merchandise Show at
the Executive Park Hotel, Janu
ary 23 and 24.
Over 300 retailers . . owners,
wives and employees of inde
pendently owned OTASCO As
sociate Stores from six southern
states were present at the two
day event.
Attending with Mr. Warrick
were Mrs. Warrick, Al Warrick,
and Gerald Howard.
circles at New Oklahoma, ly
ing east of the Bainbridge road.
He will soon build on it and live
door-neighbor to Aunt Katie
Perryman.
Never tell evil of a man, if
you do not know it for a cer
tainty, and if do know it for a
certainty, then ask yourself:
“Why should I tell it?”
All of the foregoing makes life
more abundant, happier and
worthwhile. It represents man’s
thinking at its best. There is a
higher power, however, that re
quires it. One of the command
ments that God gave Moses for
transmission to humanity says
clearly: “Thous shait not bear
false witness against thy neigh
bor.” Unkind and biting remarks
about others inevitably run the
risk of being untrue.
The Psalmist said that the
person who shall abide in the
Lord’s tabernacle is “he that
walketh uprightly, and worketh
righteousness, speaketh the truth
in his heart. He that backbiteth
not with his tongue, nore doeth
evil to his neighbour, nor taketh
up a reproach against his
neighbour.”
Saint Paul spoke of people
who downgraded others in these
words: “And withal they learn
to be idle, wandering about from
house to house; and not only
idle, but tattlers also and busy
bodies, speaking things which
they ought not”.
Surely, this is away for one
to “lose his own soul”.
Mrs. Lewis
dies after
short illness
Mrs. Ina Mae Billings Lewis,
of Damascus, wife of Emory
Lloyd Lewis, died in a Dothan
hospital Saturday afternoon fol
lowing an illness of two weeks.
Mrs. Lewis was born in Early
county, the daughter of William
J. Billings and Cora Hardy Bill
ings, on August 20, 1894, and
spent her entire life here. She
was a member of the Damascus
Baptist Church.
Funeral services were held
Monday afternoon in the Damas
cus Church, the Rev. Billy Joe
Carter and the Rev. Joe Kelly
officiating. Interment was in the
Keaton cemetery, Manry-Jordan
Funeral Home in charge and the
following serving as pall bear
ers: Lynn Pullen, Joe Bryan,
Hal Haddock, Liston Radney,
W. E. McDowell and Leßoy Had
dock.
Survivors, in addition to the
widower, are two sons, E. L.
Billy Lewis, of Damascus, two
daughters, Mrs. Richard Hend
erson, Loganville, Ga., and Mrs.
George Lilly, DeLand, Florida.
Thompscn soys
Democratics as
Undemocratic
Georgia Fifth District Con
gressman Fletcher Thompson
today charged the National Dem
ocratic Party with being “hell
bent on preventing any true con
servative element from having a
voice in their convention next 1
July.”
Thompson’s comment was
prompted by official action taken
by the National Democratic
Headquarters in excluding Ala
bama Governor George Wallace
from being considered with other
Presidential candidates in the
assignment of space at the Dem
ocratic Convention in Miami to
be held in July.
Thompson, a Georgia Repub
lican, stated, “This is just an
other good example of how un
democratic the Democratic
Party really is. It is controlled
lock, stock and barrel by a
group of totalitarian liberals
who have no intention of ac
knowledging the fact that Wal
lace holds office as a Demo
crat in Alabama and that he has
entered the Florida primary,
and others, as a Democrat.
“In fact”, Thompson continued,
“the National Democratic Party
will only accept those Southern
Democratic governors who, deep
within their hearts are liberals,
but who present a false image
of conservatism to the voters.”
Thompson concluded, “It is
becoming more apparent that the
National Democratic Party is
controlled by left-wing liberals
Merchandise presentations
with seven screens and flashing
slides, dancing girls and foot
lights got the meeting off to.
a fas t start. New items for the
1972 spring season were pre- ,
sented by company officials and
merchandise managers.
Highlighting the two day event
was a banquet held Sunday even
ing where awards were presented
to associate personnel for out
standing achievements during
1971. Pins were presented to
those celebrating service anni
versaries, and the coveted
“Dealer of the Year” award was
announced.
Nancy Wilson
named Goodwill
Ambassadress
Nancy Wilson, popular singer
and actress, has been named
1972 Easter Seal Goodwill Am
bassadress.
•
As Goodwill Ambassadress,
Miss Wilson will play a leading
role in enlisting public support
for the Easter Seal Campaign
Appeal February 28 - April 2.
Miss Wilson has already fil
med television spots for the cam
paign and will continue to speak
for Easter Seals through her
many professional night club and
television appearance.
For several years Miss Wil-
SOWEGA
to hold
Intraining
New regulations of the State
Board of Education on required
training will affect education -
related personnel in Southwest
Georgia.
An initial survey, still in-com
plete, of the nineteen school sys
tems participating in the South
west Georgia Educational Ser
vices Center at Leary, indic
ates that it will be conducting
a 45-50 hour in-service train
ing program for approximately
350 auxiliary personnel in the
Second District.
“Replies from several sys
tems have not indicated the num
ber they have to be trained, but
when all nineteen of the school
systems report, the total will
reach approximately 450”,
according to Center Director
Boyd Israel. “Response has been
tremendous from the local
schools.”
The Center’s staff are invol
ved in extensive planning of
instruction for in-service activi
ties in thirteen areas of the
curriculum. This in-service
training program is required
under new regulations of the
State Board that all auxiliary
personnel, teacher aides and
para-professionals, receive 45
hours of approved training in
order to have licenses renewed
for the 1972-73 school year.
The Center is working with
Albany Junior College, Georgia
Southwestern College and An
drew College, in a special ar
rangement so that all personnel
taking the training may earn
five quarter hours of college
credit if the y elect to do so.
“Actual schedule of training
in each of the local systems
will be completed as soon as
all surveys are in,” Dr. Israel
stated.
and that the people of the South
will have to look toward the Re
publican Party for true leader
ship.”
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SLamanAmSE OF ■LAKELY
" You’re Always First at First State”
son has taken time out in each
city she visits to perform in
Ghetto Schools. Each perform
ance is followed by a down-to
earth talk on the value of Edu
cation and words of encourage
men t to those who have a rough
road ahead.
Miss Wilson’s concern for
people has no racial, class or
age barrier. Nor does her public
appeal. She is devoted to making
life better for all persons, parti
cularly those who have had mis
fortunes. Be it lack of education,
old age, poverty or crippling
Miss Wilson is their personal
ambassadress.
Following her television Pre
miere in “I Spy” several years
ago, Miss Wilson’s career has
moved toward acting. She re-
The first oil refinery was built to produce medicine, not
gasoline. It was established in 1855 by Dr. Samuel Kier, a
Pittsburgh druggist and inventer of a medicine called Kier's
Rock Oil.
Notes from the
Mayor’s Office
CaACA brought before Mayor'A
Court Monday, January 24, 1 972 :
Speeding 1
Tampering w/clty pn.opzn.ty 1
VIA orderly conduct 2
PeckleAA Driving 1
Public DrunkneAA ?
Total 6
Total FlneA £ Fon^zitunzA $120.00
BuAlneAA llcenAZA are duz.
Dead line Ia February 29,
City Tax. bookA are now open
^or returning your City TaxeA.
A good many people think It'a
not nzczAAany to return City
TaxeA, thlA Ia not true. It'a
very Important that you return
youn. City TaxeA zach year,
you do not make a City Tax n.z
tun.n, thz tax board dozA It ^or
you and a 10% penalty lA added.
Jimmy JameA haA the duty thlA
week and will take all emergency
callA pertaining to electrical
problemA a^ter working hourA .
Phone 723-4966.
City of Blakely
cently won recognition for her
touching performance as a Drug
addicted Musician in “Hawaii
Five-0”.
More than 380,000 persons re
ceived services from the Easter
Seal Society during 1971. The
society operates Rehabilitation
Centers in the 50 states, Wash
ington, D. C. and Puerto Rico.
These services are financed pri
marily by public contributions
made during the annual Easter
Seal Campaign.
Your Southwest Georgia Eas
ter Seal Society has provided
care and equipment to over 6,000
Georgians. A total of 31 counties
within Southwest Georgia are
served by the Division Office
located at 1906 Palmyra Road,
Albany, Georgia.