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Page 4 - The Wiregrass Farmer, December 2,2015
Editorial & Opinion
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Admit it
Career Record: 15 Years, 145-51, .740 at major
schools
Bowl Record: 14 Bowls, 9-5, .643 at major
schools
This year, 9-3.
Even beat Georgia Tech.
And it still wasn’t enough. Mark Richt is no
longer the head football coach at the University of
Georgia. Fans who clamored for his firing are now
complaining about the way it was done.
It’s way past time to admit that college sports
are not about getting athletes and education. It’s
about winning games.
It’s about winning games no matter the cost to
the players.
It’s about finding a coach who will take a group
of young men (or women) and treat them like ma
chines.
It’s about putting fans in seats and Ws in the sea
son tally columns.
It’s about getting money out of fans and alumni.
The best way to do that is to win. The best way to
win is to have a coach who cares more about the
score than the players.
Richt wouldn’t do that. Neither would former
head coach Ray Goff who was also let go.
College sports fans want wins. They don’t want
a head coach who puts players ahead of scores.
In 1972, Gary Shaw wrote a book “Meat on the
Hoof’ about the way college football players were
treated at the University of Texas. He says the
players were treated like cattle. Darwin ruled the
gridiron.
That is what college football fans want. They
want coaches who look at football like it's war and
the player as special forces troops.
It’s time to admit it. If you wanted Mark Richt
fired, you don’t care about the young men on the
field. You never did. Likely you never will.
It’s about winning no matter the cost.
It’s time admit that if you didn’t hate Steve
Spurrier so much, he’d be your pick for coach.
Stepping Back In Time
Good things still happen in the USA
Former President Franklin
D. Roosevelt once said, “We
probably cannot keep the mil
itary in Europe more than a
year or two after the war.”
They are still there over 70
years later and our country has
over 900 military bases around
the world.
At one time the British
were called the bloody British
because they tried to run the
world. The United States had
to fight the British for its inde
pendence and after gaining its
independence the U.S. took
the place of the British.
Today our military is not
stationed around the world for
our freedom and to fight
against terrorism but they are
there to control the world’s re
sources. Sometime we do not
know who our real enemy is.
There seems to be worldwide
false religious power.
With over 900 military
bases the borders of our coun
try are still not secure but if
they were it would stop illegal
immigrants and many drugs
from coming into our country.
You can read about the false
religious power coming up
after the breakup of Pagan
Rome in Revelation 17:9
which tell about the seven
mountains with each one hav
ing a name.
The United States Supreme
Court that made the recent rul
ing about homosexual mar
riage came from a false
religious power. This ruling is
From Where
I Sit
illegal From Where I Sit be
cause the Supreme Court is not
suppose to make laws it is sup
pose to rule on what the U.S.
Constitution says. As you
know the high court is ap
pointed for a lifetime and my
opinion has always been that
the citizens of our nation
should have the right to vote
on the court members.
Attorney Karen Hudes
from the World Bank said that
funds from the Internal Rev
enue Service go each year to
the Vatican. U.S. Senator Rand
Paul is among the lawmakers
who have pointed out that U.S.
foreign policy schemes are
largely responsible for the rise
in ISIS.
U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Chairman General Martin
Dempsey admitted in a senate
hearing that President Barack
Obama’s supposed anti ISIS
coalition of Islamic dictators
have been funding ISIS. Head
lines in past issues of the New
American say, “ISIS the best
terror threat tax money can
buy.”
Mohammed Mustafa the
founder of Islam married
Khadija when he was 25 and
she was 40 and both she and
her cousin Waraquah were
Roman Catholics. There is
other information recorded in
the Library of Congress and
also in the Congressional
record.
The contents of this col
umn could make some of us
wonder why so many bad
things have happened in our
America over the past several
years but many good things
have happened also.
We Americans are far more
remarkable than we give our
selves credit for. We have been
so busy criticizing ourselves in
past years. We have done it all
but we do not want to take
credit for it.
If we opened the borders of
our country tomorrow many
would want to pour in here. If
we are as bad as some folks
say that we are why are for
eigners coming here legally.
People do not wish to come
to this country to be corrupted,
to be dumb or to be brutes.
They want to come to this
great nation because it is an ex
cellent place to live, work and
play and because our nation
offers freedom and many other
wonderful opportunities.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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1915- There will be a box
supper at Bethel School Friday
night. The proceeds will go to
ward buying new desks.
Ashburn Alderman City
election. The top three will
serve: W.A. Shingler, 144
votes; J.S. Shingler, 116; W.L.
Story, 91; and W.A. Murray, 89
votes. For members of the City
Board of Education, the top
three will serve: W.J. Turner,
125 votes; J.S. Shingler, 115;
W.A. Murray, 101; and J.F.
Jenkins, 91 votes.
1925- Prof. R. L. Todd of
Ashburn will hold an organiza
tional meeting to start a night
school at the Luke community.
A radio party will be held.
Fifty-nine pupils are already
participating at the night
school at Prosperity. Arith
metic, writing, and reading will
be taught.
There is a land boom in
Turner County and those with
land or houses to sell should let
the Wiregrass know.
1935- For Christmas shop
ping, the progressive manager
of Mitchell-Stewart Hardware
Company, Mr. O.P. Stewart,
said that he had spared neither
time nor money in putting in a
stock of Christmas goods, that
would be so large, so complete
in variety, so good in quality,
and so reasonable in price, that
it would be absolutely unnec
essary for anyone to go out of
town for their Christmas
wants.
Rev. J J. Davis, well-known
pioneer citizen of this county,
passed away Tuesday. He has
served as a Baptist minister for
40 years. He founded Oak
Grove, Rocky Mount, and
Vickers' Still churches. He was
among the group that founded
the Turner Baptist Association.
He was buried at Oak Grove.
Surviving are his sons Col. AJ.
Davis, Mr. John Dan Davis,
Mr. Bryant Davis, and Mr.
S.M. Davis of Colquitt. His
daughters are Mrs. W.H. Jeter,
Mrs. J.A. Goff, and Mrs. J.H.
Raines. Mr. Davis was 84
years old.
1945- "MISS REBECCA
Troy Flobbs
HIGH" Taking Vernette Pate's
hair, Nelle Reed's nose, Eulala
Morris ears, Jeanette
Whelchel's eyes, Bobbie Tay
lor's eyebrows, Marjory
Whelchel's eye lashes, Juanita
Haralson's complexion, Evelyn
Oliver's lips, Madelyon
Hulett's teeth, and combining
them with Lunelle Coker's
hands, Jessie Lee Adkinson's
fingers nails, Christine Morris'
legs, Mary Alice Mims feet,
Henry Etta Hobby's figure, you
begin to see the ideal girl. By
mixing the personality of
Glynette Story, the studious
ness of Lydia Story, the danc
ing ability of Virginia
Williford, the witty remarks of
Betty King, the disposition of
Carol Taylor, the good man
ners of Mary Frances Lane,
and the athletic ability of
Theresa Reed, you have what
the mass of the students con
sider as "MISS REBECCA
HIGH".
1955- Mr. B.K. Reeves,
born June 24, 1876, to Mr.
James Reeves and Mrs.
Frances Matthew Reeves of
Upson County, died November
22. He moved here in 1897. In
1900, he married Miss Susan
Ardella Paulk, a member of a
prominent pioneer family of
South Georgia. They had three
daughters and four sons. He
was a Christian gentleman and
always stood for what is right.
He was loved and respected by
all who knew him.
1965- Led by Assistant Po
lice Chief Billy Baggett of
Ashburn, and with the assis
tance of seven girls, Helen
Dupree, Louise Earnest, San
dra Hasty, Donna Wynn, Rob
bie Hancock, Carol Roberts,
and Amelia Fowler, conduct
ing roadblocks, a collection of
$594 was donated to the
WALB-TV telethon for Cere
bral Palsy.
The Georgia Power Com
pany has appointed Troy
Hobbs, a native of Worth
County, as the new manager
for the Ashburn office of the
power company. He succeeds
the late Jones Lanneau. Mr.
Hobbs has been with the power
company 11 years in various
capacities. He is married to the
former Martha McDonald of
Tifton. They have three chil
dren; Jeri Lynn, 10; Lori
Susan, 5; and Evan Troy, 1.
They have purchased a home
in Pine Hill in Ashburn.
Baker’s Dozen
Old time
rock & holes
The holes in the wall are di
rectly related to cold weather.
By directly, I mean there is a
chain of events that began
many years ago.
I blame Holly woood.
To explain - when cold
weather hits, I wear socks to
bed.
One evening I put on some
socks and began slipping
across the wood floors at Casa
d'Baker.
If you are my age, you im
mediately know what I was
thinking - Broken hips and
Bob Seger.
While I worried about Dr.
Jim Scott's scalpel, I also ran
and slipped my way to the
closet to find my collection of
8 track tapes to dig out Bob
Seger and “Old Time Rock and
Roll.” For you young people,
an 8 track is the height of
music fidelity; it blows CDs
and MP3s out of the water and
it is sooooooo convenient to
carry I have no idea why the
music industry abandoned this
format.
I have a working 8 track
player too. I shoved things out
of the way to get to it. I popped
the tape in and immediately
did my best Tom Cruise im
pression, except that my Joe
Boxers are black.
Now there's a mental image
that's gonna cause nightmares
in small children.
I forgot something.
Age plus added pounds
plus a lack of teenaged flexibil
ity plus a running start in slip
pery socks across a wood floor
equals an uncontrolled spinout.
Well, I never liked that china
pattern anyway. I also never re
ally liked that china cabinet.
I recovered for the first
chorus and slid my way back
across the floor where I hit the
little marble riser in the door
way between the dining room
and the kitchen. I grabbed the
door, which I eventually fixed.
Next, in a decision that
surely should put me in the
running for an International
Father of the Year award, I
said, "This is too cool. JESSE!
C'mere!"
Jesse poked his head
around the corner as I contin
ued to lip sync to "Old Time
Rock And Roll." I slid across
the room again. Well, I never
liked that particular chair ei
ther. Glad it’s gone.
"COOL DADDY! ME
DO!" he yelled. He stripped
down to socks and Fruit O The
Looms. He started lip syncing
and running. He locked his
legs and started a slide of his
own.
I probably should have told
him to stand straight up.
Well, I never liked that wall
anyway. I’d been meaning to
take it down.
A guided missile would
have been proud at the way
Jesse slammed into the wall
head first and got stuck. Being
the concerned, caring and Bob
Seger-Tom Cruise-Joe Boxer
influenced parent I am, I ran
toward him forgetting that I too
was still in very slippery socks.
I embedded myself next to
him. I have decided that if
newspaper column writing
ever doesn't work out, Jesse
and I will begin a demolition
company "Baker & Son Lip
Syncing Building Wreckers
Inc."
I turned my head to look at
him inside the wall.
"COOL DADDY!"
I had to agree.