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Jackson Progress-Argus
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J. D. JONES PUBLISHER
(1908-1955)
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Me, But. . .
BY BILL GARLAND
Western Civilization is facing
a crisis. Every moment it is en
gaged in spiritual am! political
warfare with communism. The
West may not pull through this
war alive.
Communism is on the move
attain in muny areas of the world.
The Russians are threatening
West Berlin and South Korea and
are infiltrating other portions of
Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
Khrushchev say* that our grand
children in America will grow up
under communism.
At first, it seems as if there is
no cause for alarm. The West is
almost equal with the communists
in military strength. We are not
too far behind them in the space
race. But where we nre really
losing out is in commitment to
our cause.
The communists really believe
in their way of life. They believe
it so much that they win many
others to it. In around 50 years,
over 900,000,000 people have fal
len under the sway of commu
nism?
Most Americans, on the other
hand, don’t believe strongly in
freedom. They are more concern
ed about happiness and money.
They don't care about spreading
their beliefs around the world be
cause in the last analysis they
don’t really have any. After all,
belief is measured by action, and
Americans do mighty little to
show that they believe in free
dom.
“But,” you object, “we do plen
ty to spread our way of life
around the world. We send much
food and clothing to foreign coun
tries. After all, when a person is
starving and poor, he wants some
thinp to eat, not a discourse on
freedom.’’
This may be right. But it is not
entirely right. Someone observed
many centuries ago that “man
does not live by bread alone.”
Russian women dig ditches and go
hungry. But tthey believe strong
ly in communism.
The struggle for world con
quest is almost a religious battle.
For that matter, it can be thought
of as a fight between Christianity
and communism. The West is try
ing to preserve itself and its
Christian heritage and Russia is
trying to overthrow both.
It reminds me of the early days
of Christianity when the then new
and vital religion overthrew the
decaying Roman Empire in what
Gibbon called “the triumph of
barbarism and religion.” Now
communism is the “new and vital
religion” and the West is the old
decaying empire.
Some may think that Christian
ity will come to the rescue of the
West But it is in about as bad
shape as the West is. As Nietzsche
observed during the last of the
19th century. God is dead. Not
only is He dead, but we have
killed Him. The churches of today
form His sepulcher.
For men do not live in America
as if God were alive. They don’t
try to convert the world to their
religion simply because they have
no religion in reality. A Christian
would be at a complete loss argu
ing with a communist.
The total picture is one of
silent gloom. Western Civilization
—and this includes America —is
like a patient with a cancer. It
may have 20 years, possibly 80,
J. Darden Watkins
Died Thursday in
Atlanta Hospital
Col. James Darden Watkins,
80, retired lawyer and Spanish
American War veteran, died last
Thursday at Veterans Hospital
No. 48 in Atlanta following a se
r;ou~ i'lne s of -hort duration.
Born in Butts county on April
8. 1875, he was the son of the
late Renjamin F. Watkins Sr. and
Mrs. Emn n Darden Watkins. En
listing as a young man in the U.
S. Army during the Spanish
American War, Col. Watkins
served with distinction and upon
the war’s conclusion affiliated
himself with the Roosevelt League
Camp No. fi, United Spanish War
Veterans, and for several years
served as national delegate from
Georgia to conventions held in
cities throughout the United
States which he usually attended.
An avid reader and student of
constitutional government, Col.
Watkins often shared his opinions
on matters of current interest by
means of letters to editors of this
area’s daily press. He was a mem
ber of the First Baptist Church.
Funeral services for Mr. Wat
kins were held Saturday after
noon at four o’clock at the First
Baptist Church with the Rev.
James Burleson, pastor of the
Pepperton Baptist Church, offi
ciating. Interment was in the
Jackson City Cemetery with Hais
ten Funeral Home i#i charge of
arrangements.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Nannie Hancock Watkins; one
brother, A. M. Watkins of At
lanta; three nieces, Mrs. E. D.
Allen and Mrs. Clyde Wright of
Atlanta, Mrs. B. B. Garland, of
Jackson; two nephews, Tom Wat
kins, Atlanta, and Ernest Wat
kins, Norfolk, Va.; several great
nieces and great nephews.
Pallbearers were James Payne,
P. 11. Weaver, Duvall Patrick,
Dr. Roy Goff, W. D. Pope Jr., and
John I. King.
Walter V. Scott,
Former Resident,
Dies in California
Mr. Walter V. Scott, Southern
Railway Agent in Jackson for
about 20 years until his retire
ment around 1948, died June 17th
in Los Angeles, Calif., Jackson
and Butts County friends regret
to learn.
A native of Georgia, Mr. Scott
had made his home the past sev
eral years with his daughter, Mrs.
Louise Knowles, in Los Angeles.
He had been in declining health
for several months.
Momorinl services for Mr. Scott
were held in Los Angeles at the
Utter McKinley Wilshire Chapel
June 19th with Dr. Oscar B. Jen
sen officiating. Funeral services
for Mr. Scott were held June 22nd
at Spring Hill in Atlanta with the
Rev. Dan Maxey officiating. In
terment was in Riverside Ceme
tery in Macon the same afternoon
at three o’clock with Masonic rites
at the grnvcside.
Survivors include three daugh
ters, Mrs. Mabel Wilson of At
lanta; Mrs. C. W. Cook and Mrs.
Louise Knowles, both of Los An
geles, Calif.; one son, Warren C.
Scott, Phoenix, Arizona; a niece,
Mrs. George Marsh, Jacksonville,
Fla.; five grandchildren.
CEDAR ROCK REVIVAL WILL
BEGIN SUNDAY EVENING
Revival services will begin Sun
day night, July 23rd, and extend
through Friday evening, July 28,
at the Cedar Rock Congregational
Methodist Church, with the Rev.
Charles Hartsfield as guest pas
tor.
Congregational singing will be
directed by local talent, although
arrangements are being made to
have a well known trio of Atlanta
for one of the services at 8 p. m.
nightly. The public is cordially in
vited.
or maybe even half a century left
to live.
For unless something happens
and happens soon to reverse the
present trends, we will all be com
pletely destroyed. Our only hope
is to develop genuine political and
religious enthusiasm and to
spread both in an eager mission
ary spirit. Yet, it is doubtful if
such a resurrection of the West
tould occur in time.
God is dead. America is dying.
Someone help us all!
Mrs. Buxton Was
Buried Friday at
Byromville Rites
Funeral services were held Fri
day, July 14, in Byromville for
Mrs. S. H. Buxton, the former
Miss Nannie B. Hammond of
Butts county, who died last Wed
nesday at the Riverside Hospital
in Montezuma.
Survivors include her husband,
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THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
S. H. Buxton, Byromville; one
daughter, Mrs. Richard B. Serg,
Hamburg, Germany; two sons,
Hammond Buxton and Haessler
Buxton, of Atlanta; one brother,
Tom J. Hammond, Ft. Wayne,
Ind.; a sister, Mrs. Jane Wilder,
Griffin; two grandchildren.
Among those from here attend
ing funeral services were Mr. and
Mrs. T. E. Robison Sr., Miss Flora
*Robison, Mr. Fred Hammond, Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Cooper, Miss
Lilia Watkins, and Mrs. Ezra
Reeves.
Sandy Creek Rites
Wednesday For
W. G. Lavender
Funeral services for Mr. Wil
liam Gibson Lavender, 84, retired
sawmiller of Butts county, who
died Monday afternoon at a pri
vate nursing home in the county,
were held Wednesday morning at
11 o’clock from Haisten’s Chapel
with the Rev. T. J. Thaxton offi-
ciating. Interment was in Sandy
Creek Cemetery with Haisten
Funeral Home in charge of ar
rangements.
A lifelong resident of Butts
county, Mr. Lavender was the son
of the late Robert G. Lavender
and Mrs. Elizabeth Wise Laven
der. He had been in failing
health for some time and his
death was not entirely unexpect
ed. He was a member of Union
Ridge Christian Church.
Survivors include several nieces
and nephews, among them Mrs.
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