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EARLY COUNTY NEWS, THURS., AUG. 17, 1972
EARLY COUNTY NEWS
Official Organ of Blakely and Early County
BLAKELY, GEORGIA 31723
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Marvin.
GRIFFIN
HE WON’T HELP;
HE WON’T HURT
Senator George McGovern,
Democratic presidential nomi
nee, had a very difficult time put
ting the collar on a vice presiden
tial candidate to run with him on
the General E
lection ticket.
It seemed for
a time he
would have to
get a court or
der to get a
running mate.
First, he had
the convention
nominate Sen. Thomas Eagleton
of Missouri, and the lid blew off
when it was revealed Senator
Eagleton had been to a "head
shrinker" for psychiatric treat
ment on three occasions.
Others were considered, and
the job was offered to Senator
Edmund Muskie of Maine, who
ran in the same spot with Hubert
Humphrey in 1968.
Muskie turned the invitation
down, and by this time the job
was getting “secondhand.” Most
of those importuned apparently
thought the job was too much of a
gamble. There Is very little de
mand for a vice president to
begin with, but there is zero
demand for a beat vice president.
Finally, Senator McGovern
went back to the family he
believes to be a charmer in
American politics. He couldn’t
get Teddy Kennedy to take the
job, so he persuaded Sargent
Shriver, Teddy’s brother-in-law,
to enlist in the cause.
Mr. Shriver sallied forth from
the Kennedy retreat at Hyannis
Port, Mass., to join the fray.
Mr. Shriver is a very attractive
person, but all of his past politics
consist of service by appoint
ment. In my opinion, he will
neither help nor hurt the race for
McGovern in November. The
entiie process of the Democratic
party has been a comedy of
errors. I believe the greatest
concern of the American people
in our government at this time is
the evident deterioration of con
fidence. We have faith in our in
stitutions, but have become ex
tremely doubtful of the leader
ship we are getting.
SHRIVER HAS ALWAYS
BEEN READY
Sargent Shriver naturally be
came interested tn politics when
he married one of the Kennedy
girls.
The late President John Ken
nedy appointed his brother-in-law
to head up the Peace Corps. After
the President was assassinated,
President Lyndon Johnson put
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Shriver at the head of the Office
of Economic Opportunity, and
ultimately appointed him Am
bassador to France. I have not
heard or read any criticism of
Shriver in the performance of the
duties entrusted to him.
The news media, working up
background on Shriver after he
was picked by McGovern, came
up with the information that
Shriver was a “Yale’’ man, and
while he was a student there he
organized the first Yale Cotillion
Dance. So that makes him a suit
able and acceptable candidate
for vice president? As the old
rustic preacher said about the
confession of one of his congrega
tion “I don’t believe I’d a told
that.”
I am a little sorry for Senator
Eagleton in all of this, and the
whole expose and detronement of
her husband must create con
siderable anxiety on the part of
Mrs. Eagleton and the family.
However, those who engage in
politics must be prepared for the
exhumation of closet skeletons. A
fellow can’t help being sick at one
time or another, but there is one
thing for sure, “if Senator
Eagleton survives the present
ordeal without going off his
rocker, the next time he runs for
public office it can be said with
authority he stood the acid test.”
It is proof positive that a man can
be mentally restored.
IT IS DOWN TO
TWO TO HILL
In Tuesday's voting David
Gambrell, U. S. Senator by ap
pointment, led the ticket, as was
expected, and coming up fast
from back in the crowd, was Sam
Nunn, the young Legislator from
Perry.
Sam had to come from prac
tically nothing in the crowd to
gain the secund slot over former
Governor Ernest Vandiver. I
would say that Sam Nunn’s cam
paign may have been slow in
starting, but he came up fast on
the outside. He appeared to
capture the imagination and en
thusiasm of Georgians who seem
to be tired of slogans and wom
out political cliches.
The runoff race should be a
hummer, and since folks do not
often help a candidate get half
way and then throw him out of the
wagon, I believe support and en
thusiasm will generate for Nunn
in Decatur County and in Georgia
in the runoff primary to be held
on August 29.
Some of the local races were
cliff-hangers. It appears that
Bobby Willis defeated incumbent
R. A. “Cheney” Griffin for
Representative of the newly
created 119th Legislative District
by two small, but substantial
votes, and “Cheney” stated that
“two was as good as ten thousand
as far as he was concerned.” In
^OURV
NIIS
25 YEARS AGO
(From the issue 0fAt«.21,1947)
THE FLINT RIVER League
pennant race became hotter this
week, when Blakely and Colquitt
tied for the lead, each with 14
victories and 11 defeats. Bain
bridge, bringing up the rear,
is only three and half games
behind the leaders.
THE OLD ARLES Hotel build
ing here has taken on a new
face. Recently, C. W. Frazier,
a retired railroad man, pur
chased the hotel property for
the purpose of establishing a
Railroad Business College.
MR. AND MRS. Philip Thom
pson, of Houston, Texas, are
the guests this week of Mr.
and Mrs. Luther Robinson.
MR. AND MRS. Jack Craw
ford announce the birth of a
daughter, Norma Carolyn,
Thursday, August 14, at Baxley’s
Clinic. Mrs. Crawford is the
former Miss Norma Ann Jones.
MR. AND MRS. Bert Puckett,
Mi^s Grace Hobbs, Mrs. Albert
Hammack, Mr. Lewis Fryer,
Jr., and Mr. Felix Barham, Jr.,
spent an enjoyable week end
down at Panama City Beach,
Fla.
MR. AND MRS. S.W. (Tommy)
Tompkins and children have
moved from Jacksonville to
Blakely to make their home.
They have purchased the J. E.
Widener residence on Church
street. Mr. Tompkins is the
Chevrolet and Oldsmobile dealer
in Blakely.
50 YEARS AGO
(From the Issue of Aug. 17,1922)
REV. SPENCER B. KING left
Monday for Jonesboro, where he
spent a day or two with his
family, going thence to Oosta
naula, in Floyd County, where
he will conduct a 10-day re
vival meeting.
MRS. ED CHANCY has as her
guests little Misses Emily Greg
ory, of Atlanta, and Elizabeth
Gay, of Perry, Ga.
MISS KATHERINE Louise
Whitlock and Mr. Hurley Clif
ton Jernigan were united in mar
riage at Arlington Sunday, Aug.
13, Rev. Paul Muse performing
the ceremony.
MRS. J. G. Standifer and child
ren have returned from a visit
to relatives in Macon.
MR. JOHN R. Jones, of Tupelo,
Miss., is spending some time
in the city with his father, Mr.
A. L. Jones, and other relatives.
MR. H. B. Ainsworth and son,
Heyward, have returned from
a visit to North Carolina.
ROBERT HARRIS left Sunday
for Atlanta to spend some time
with Mr. and Mrs. Stafford Sei
dell.
MRS. DON COLEMAN and
children, of Fort Gaines, are
spending several days here this
week with Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Coleman.
TAX RECEIVER John C.
Weaver was in town this week
wearing a broader smile than
usual. Inquiring as to the oc
casion thereof revealed that the
stork had paid his home a visit
on Aug. 4 and left a new baby
daughter. This makes a full
set of girls - six -for that
household, besides two boys
thrown in for good measure.
75 YEARS AGO
(From ti>e Issue of Aug. 19,1897)
MISS ELLA JONES is vis
iting in Americus.
the race for Judge of the State
Court, it appears that local at
torney, Bob Galpin, has unseated
Judge James Pace by five votes.
There is some talk of a contest in
this result, but officially, no
action has been taken.
MODERN A
DRUGS OS
CONTEMPORARY USE
ILLEGAL ABUSE Robert cwnpbonrwr- '
N. A. R. A.
We’ve come a long way since the days of the “snake
pit” treatment . Today, N. A. R. A. provides help
instead of imprisonment for many addicts, who have
been charged or convicted of a non-violent federal
offense. He must first agree to the terms as set
down and administered by the National Institute of Men
tal Health, U. S. Department of Health, Education
and Welfare and also by the Department of Justice.
More and more treatment facilities are cropping up
across the nation on a combined Federal and State
controlled basis. An addict, not charged, can be
commited voluntarily upon application to the Surgeon
General, by himself, or otherwise responsible realted
individuals. ..
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This Week
by
Tige* Pickle
The first round of the county
and state primary went off with
few surprises. The results,
both locally and state-wide, went
offf about as most people had
predicted. The final primary,
or the run-off as it is called,
is set for August 29, less than
two weeks away, and the results
of this one is the one that counts,
or it is in our county as De
mocratic nomination is tanta
mount to election. But in some
counties and in the state-wide
races, there are Republicians
to be reckoned with in November.
But in our own country the Aug.
29th fracas is the one that is
final. That is why it is most
important that every voter go
to the polls and cast a ballot.
Some wise man once said: “bad
officials are elected when good
people fail to vote.” So make
plans now to vote on August 29th.
Less than half the voters in Early
County made the decision last
Tuesday. All of us claim to
believe in the the majority
doing the ruling, but a minority
does the choosing. Be a good
citizen. Go to the polls on
August 29 and vote.
Leo Aikman, Atlanta Consti
tution good humor man, back
from an Indiana vacation must
DR. J. H. Hand visited Al
bany last Saturday.
Judge O. D. Oliver and child
ren visited Cuthert this week.
MISS EFFIE COLEMAN, of
Fort Gaines, is the guest of
Col. R. H. Powell’s family.
MISS REBECCA GRIST re
turned from Fort Gaines Sat
urday.
MRS. R. C. Smith and littte
son, Kenneth, returned Tuesday
from Madison, Fla.
MESSRS. G. L. COLLINS, W.
A. Bostwick and D. A. Carter
of Arlington, were here Tues
day.
MESSRS. GILL WILLIS, E.
L. Fryer, Tom Lee Beauchamp,
Marcine Chipstead, Mrs. J. L.
Willis and Miss Mary Land are
on a trip to Tybee.
MISS CARRIE GRIST, who has
been teaching at Covington, Ga.,
returned to Blakely last Sunday.
JUDGE A. G. Powell went to
Bainbridge Friday returning Sat
urday. He made the trip on
his bicycle.
MISS MARY ASHLEY High
tower is spending several days
with friends in Fort Gaines.
A PETITION FOR A school
trustee election in Bluffton was
published this week and signed
by J. E. Mansfield, Johnson Mc-
Lendson, V. M. King, G. M.
Bell, S. M. Strong, W. A. Coop
er, W. T. Hammack, S. C. Cul
breth, E. S. Jones, J. S. Mc-
Kenzie, W. J. H. Crawford, C.
P. Norton, W. R. Harrison, J.
S. Garrett, P. H. Thompson,
H. E. Harrisson, C. J. Rambo,
W. T. Green, T. J. Sanders,
A. P. Garrett, T. J. Whatley,
Jr., Mrs. A. L. Blocker, P. H.
Singleton, W. H. Harrison, J.S.
Haisten, W. F. Davis, D. G.
Rambo, C. A. Lee, D. Pittman,
J. M. McKenzie, T. J. Kennedy,
G. A. Bigbie, K. J. Todd, J.
J. Hayes, E. R. McClain, J. S.
Mills, J. J. Creel.
How much is owed U.S. ?
Congressman Dawson Mathis has joined with
other members of the House of Representatives
in sponsoring a Resolution calling upon the
Treasury Department to provide to the Congress
within 90 days an exact accounting of all the
money owed to the United States by foreign
governments.
Mathis said, "We as a people have been most
fortunate through our history to have been able
to help other nations less fortunate than we, but
the time has come for some of these nations to
recognize that they have an obligation to pay
Ai Opei Letter
to Goverior
Jinny Carter
Dear Jimmy:
A* the late WUI Roger* would
say, all I know about it is what
I read in the papers, and on
Friday, August 11, the Atlanta
Constitution quoted you as
saying: “You were critical of
Sam Nunn for endoresements
from Lt. Governor Lester Mad
dox, former Governor Marvin
Griffin and other political
figures, and said the endorse
ments make the voters suspect
that the candidate has obligations
of the political figures who are
endorsing him."
Now, Jimmy, if you made this
statement, you have a short me
mory indeed. You made three
trips to see me in my office in
Bainbridge when you were run
ning for Governor in 1970, and
on each trip you asked me for
my support and my help. On
the third trip you asked me
for my endorsement, and stated
you would leave it to my judg
ment as to the most propitious
time to make a public statement
in your behalf. I told you 1 was
addressing the Atlanta Press
Club on September 2, and would
do it then. You said, “that will
be great.”
I gave you my support. I
asked you for nothing, and you
have never offered me anything.
So there is no argument on that
score.
I gave you the endorsement
in goog faith, and many Georg
ians. toldme J>y telephone and
lettek they thought my support
did you a lot of good in your
race.
You also assured me you were
conservative in your views, and
that you were favorable to Gov-
have come home refreshed and
feeling his oats as he cautions
in a Monday column, the sub
stance of which is, “don’t make
love to a lady banker, she might
be a teller.’’
***
Well, then, try this one:
“Don’t make love to a young
girl in West Virginia, she might
be a miner.”
And if a pun is the lowest
form of honor, as some claim,
then Leo and I could end up on
Death Row.
***
The three candidates, two
Democrats and a Republican, who
are seeking the United States
Senate seat, formerly held by
Richard B. Russell, all seem
to be able, capable, honorable
men. All are lawyers which
isn’t necessarily an asset in my
book. Not since Walter George,
the great one, was in Washington
has South Georgia had a senator.
Sam Nunn is from Houston
county, which is South Georgia.
Whether Nunn or David Gambrell
wins the Democratic nomination,
Fletcher Thompson must be
reckoned with in November,
which is no easy reckoning, as
Mr. Thompson has strong
support all over Georgia, and he,
too, would make a good senator.
He seems to speak and share
the views of the average Geor
gian more than either of the
other two candidates.
Call F MAT! 9AIM I
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BLAKELY, GEORGIA
error George Wallace of Ala.
You have flunked the test on both
of these counts, and now, after
you stole my confidence from
me, you state that “no matter
how popular a political figure
might be, I think it acts adversely
to the candidate himself.”
I do not condemn you for
appointing Senator David Gam
brell to the unexpired term of
the late Senator Richard B.
Russell in the U.S. Senate. As
Governor, you have that author
ity, but I would like to refresh
your memory on another count.
Immediately following the
pasaing of Senator Russell, the
Atlanta Constitution called upon
you to appoint a Georgian to the
office who “would be a little
more than a seat-warmer in the
world’s greatest debating so
ciety.” They called for a big
man. They called for a man
who would take up the work of
Senator Russell for the people
of Georgia.
Well, you appointed Senator
Gambrell to the job, and in so
doing, you met at least half the
request. Your appointee has
warmed the seat only part time
•inco he has missed over half
the votes in the Senate this year.
’rhe other half of his time,
which he has spent in the Senate,
he has utilized the vote time
after time with Senators Mc-
Govern, Eagleton, Proxmire,
Teddy Kennedy, Muskie and
Church et. ai. and against the
vote of our Senior Senator,
Herman Talmadge. Your ap
pointee has a liberal voting re
cord approaching that of
Candidate McGovern. Frankly,
I am not supporting him because
I cannot stomach the company
he keeps as our Senator.
I have endorsed a number of
candidates for high office in my
time, and I am not ashamed to
be identified with any of them,
with perhaps one exception.
1 have endorsed James Gray
of Albany for Governor, Lester
Maddox for Governor, Jimmy
Carter for Governor, George
Wallace for President of the
United States, and I now endorse
Sam Nunn for the Senate in the
present race. You are sup-
"All that is necessary for
the forces of evil to win in
the world is for enough good
men to do nothing. ” - Burke
You con do something.
Go to the polls
on August 29th
and VOTE.
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back the money owed to the United States. These
funds were loans, not gifts.
The Resolution further directs the Treasury
Department to inform the Congress as to which
countries currently stand in default in their
payments and what measures the Department
intends to take to collect these past-due debts —
including $lB billion from World War I.
The Congressman added, “I find it in
conceivable that no one in the Federal Govern
ment even knows how much money is owed to the
United States.”
porting Gambrell under the
cover, and a Governor ha* a lot
of cover. Why haven’t you en
dorsed him publicly?
I am just one Georgian, but
I am not going to give my vote
or my voice to compounding the
continuance of the me** going
on in Washington. At least,
Nunn promises to try to stop
some of it. lam
Gambrell is liberal and Nunn
is conservative, and that is the
reason I am going to vote for
Nunn and against McGovern.
What are you going to do?
Cordially yours,
S/ Marvin Griffin
NOTES FROM THE
MAYOR’S OFFICE
CaAeA brought begone Mayon'A
Count Mondag, AuguAt 14, 1972:
Pubtic PnunkneAA 4
Dnunk 6 OiAondenty 1
Speeding 1
Pniving W/0 LicenAe 2
ViAobey an O^icen 1
ReckteAA Pniving-
PiAondenty Conduct 2
PineA 6 Fon^eituneA $360.00.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Ai o^
Septemben 1, the City oj Btakety
witt not honon any punchaAeA ob
tained without a punchaAe onden.
BHIa being submitted ^on pay
ment muAt be accompanied with
punchaAe onden on the punchaAe
onden numben muAt be wnitten on
the invoice.
Jimmy JameA haA the duty thiA
week and witt take ait emengency
cattA pentainzng to etectnicat
pnobtemA a^ten wonking hounA.
Phone 723-4966.
CITY OF BLAKELY
Letter to the Editor
Dear Hoyle,
I am including a check for
renewal of my Early County
News.
Just want you to know it’s
a great paper - also want you to
know all the fellows, formally
of Blakely, think so too.
The best of luck to you always.
Sincerely.
May me Avi.ett
Ostriches have only two toes
on each foot and lay three
pound egg*.