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Jackson Progress-Argus
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i. D. JONES PUBLISHER
(1908-1955)
VINCENT JONES Publisher
DOYLE JONES JR Editor
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IT’S THIS WAY
By DOYLEf JONES JR.
There are many beauty spots in
Georgia, but to the Camellia fancier,
pro, amateur or just plain garden va
riety, heaven must surely begin and
end at Dave Strother’s Massee Lane
Farms north of Marshallville.
The amazing chronicle of this Cam
ellia Eden began with a storm, an up
rooted tree, the first Camellia plant
ed and now an empire of beauty,
probably unexcelled in the South.
Visitors are always welcome, except
those who pull blooms and cut scions,
as a bold sign proclaims, “these are
never welcome”. Thousands visit Mr.
Strother’s gardens on weekends dur
ing the flowering season, usually
from December until March, and so
great are the throngs at the season’s
height that special details of High
way Patrolmen are used to handle
traffic.
It goes without saying that the
philanthropic gesture of Mr. Strother
in allowing his gardens open to the
public the year round without charge
has done more to inspire neophyte
Camellia growers- than any other
known factor. After one visit, the
Camellia bug usually bites strong and
hard, and is as virulent as an un
named virus.
Drive down some Sunday after
noon. Though the peak * season is j
gone, it still isn’t too late for a vista
of beauty.
How’s this for an eye opener? Of
slightly more than S7OO raised here
in the March of Dimes drive, Butts
county Negroes contributed $408.10,
or more than two dollars for every
dollar donated by white citizens. Un
usual? Not in the least. In years
past, all drives considered, the Neg
ores have consistently given more
proportionately than the whites. We
commend them for this wonderful
example of civic generosity, and
must confess to a feeling of shame
that the white folks of the county
fell down on the job. The race bigots
up North would have a hard time
making political capital of such sterl
ing citizenship as displayed by the
Negro population of Butts county.
The boys at the capitol had their
fun, if fun it was. Little did it mat
ter to them that Georgia was held
before the nation’s eyes with scorn
and ridicule. Little did it matter that
the very act they passed was worth
less than the paper the bill was print
ed on. They went judge hunting,
and in all candor let it be said that
they aimed at the top. These legis
lators voted to impeach the United
States Supreme Court. Foolhardy?
Foolish? Yes, but if that’s the way
they felt and voted. I’m glad they
got it out of their system. At least
it should serve as a warning that the
South will not sit supinely by and
see our freedom whittled away with
out raising a hand or a dissenting
voice.
The so called TV late shows derive
their name not so much from the
hour but rather from the age of the
movie, usually of such vintage that
youngsters never saw them and old
sters are hard put to recall.
The Last Straw
By VINCENT JONES
The recently-adjourned 40-day
session of the General Assembly bore
a marked similarity in both accom
plishments and devices to other re
cent sessions of the Legislature.
In some issues, the passage of
which the Administration considered
imperative, the solons asserted an
independence that was refreshing,
and although the end result was not
always pleasing to those in power,
the means most often used by their
legislative lackeys were consistently
intemperate and revolting.
This generalization can be applied
more specifically to those lesser
lights who followed the able leader
ship of floor leader Peyton Hawes
in the Senate and House Speaker
Colbert Hawkins.
The policy of demanding those
legislators who demonstrate qualities
of independence is an old one. But
never before in the state’s history
has circumstance made it so simple
and easy to accomplish as at the pre
sent time.
Before, when a man’s character
was assailed or his motives question
ed, there was no peg to which his
hide could be hung. Now, unfortun
ately, there is.
Now, when legislator dares speak
out against a measure advocated by
the administration, he is immediate
ly saddled with the tag, “nigger,
lover.”
Not in so many words, of course.
But the insinuation, the intimation is
there in easily-understood language,
so that the non-thinking members of
his electorate can grasp them, and
chew them with gusto and the relish
that added exaggerations gives, until
finally their mistrust of their fellow
countian is carried through to his
inevitable defeat in the next election.
, Character assassination is but a
means to the desired end of political
; defeat. Irresponsible attacts and
bald-faced lies hurled on the legisla
tive floors have a way, via the print
ed word, of attracting attention in
Jackson, or Hahira or Clayton. It is
easier, and requires less thought, to
believe the first and worst attack on
a person’s character.
A series of Supreme Court rulings
against segregation has changed the
tag the independent legislator must
bear for his crime of representing
his people to the very best of his
ability.
During the 1951-‘52 session when
Members of Georgia’s Fourth Es
tate mourn the loss of one of our
matriarchs last week in the death of
Mrs. Edna Cain Daniel of the Quit
man Free Press. Perhaps our state’s
best known newspaperwoman in the
Weekly field over the past two dec
ades, she was a columist and writer
of great ability and much fame.
Widely read in the Atlanta Journal
and The New York World, she leaves
a rich heritage for those who follow
in her footsteps. Mrs. Dainel will be
sorely missed in her city and county,
where she was always in the fore
front of every progressive advance
ment for her section. Her loss is ir
reparable and we are all the poorer
for her passing.
Very often the difference between
notoriety and fame depends on who
caught you doing what with whom.
What a catastrophe to the music
world if Marianne were to tire of
sifting sand, the banana boat ever
reached port, and Elvis learned to
love tenderly!
It is not often that we twice rec
ommend a movie in these columns,
but we are glad to break precedent
in the controversial, oft-banned and
much condemned “Baby Doll,” which
plays at the Jackson Drive-In March
3. 4-5-6. It is a picture of such high
entertainment value and of superb
acting, that most reviewers are prone
to let the individual judge for him
self as to its moral tone. It is a
tongue-in-cheek satire that most will
find delightful. Some may be offend
ed at the frank and often coarse
dialogue. Immoral? You must decide
yourself.
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS. JACKSON, GEORGIA
we were privileged to serve our
three-county area in the State Sen
ate, w e were attacked as a “pink”,
“do-gooder” and “progress blocker”
on the few occasions when we could
not conscientiously go along with the
program of the then Governor Her
man Talmadge.
These attacks were not made by
the Governor himself but by some of
his legislative leaders who wouldn’t
have recognized Joe Stalin if he
walked in the room but were per
fectly willing to call a fellow legis
lator, and indirectly the people he
represented, a “pink”.
You don’t call a legislator a "pink”
or a “nigger lover” without indirect
ly accusing a majority of the voters
in his county of being Communists
and Negro lovers. Any scurrilous at
tack against a legislator’s integrity
or motives is an attack against his
people and should be so construed.
Occasionally, you read of fights
breaking out in the Georgia legisla
ture or in the halls of Congress. A
cocky and careless majority, scornful
and scared of the voices of the min
ority, almost without exception will
goad the few until their tempers
burst into open flame. The small
wonder is that the flame burns as
infrequently as it does.
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