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Jackson Progress-Argus
J. D. JONES PUBLISHER
(1908-1955)
DOYLE JONES JR- Editor
and Publiiher
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the Pott Office at Jackton, Ca.
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IT’S THIS WAY
BY DOYLE JONES JR.
Jest of the Week: “Pardon
me,” said the stranger to the old
fellow sitting on the steps of the
general store. “Are you a resident
here?”
“Yep,” answered the old man.
“Been here almost 50 years."
“Well, you ought to be able to
help me, then,” said the stranger,
going on to ask: “Is there a crim
inal lawyer in this town?”
“Well,” said the old man
thoughtfully, “we're pretty sure
there is, but we haven’t been able
to prove it.”—Ties.
Did you know this about your
County? Butts County, created in
1825 as the 64th county, was
named for Samuel D. Butts, hero
of the War of 1812. It ranks
145th in size with an area of 185
square miles.
Georgians, with grim resolve
and dedication, appear destined
to write anew high in highway
slaughter during 1963. Last week
traffic fatalities were running 34
ahead of the corresponding period
one year ago. At this pace it is
considered a virtual cinch that
the state will exceed the record
death toll of 1,138 in 1956.
We Georgians are perverse
people. It is an immutable law
that one cannot have his cake and
eat it too. Yet we rocket our
high powered autos down the
highways at speeds properly re
served for race tracks, disdain
ing and flaunting laws of safety
and common sense as well, killing,
maiming and destroying property
in callous disregard for our own
lives and those of fellow motor
ists.
One must pay a price for sane,
sober, cautious driving. Speed
must be sacrificed, for speed is
the great killer, the common de
nominator in far too many ghast
ly accidents. And to drive well,
one must forego alcohol. Not all
accidents involve drunken drivers,
but drinking plays an undeniably
important role in highway trage
dies as alcohol befogged minds
cannot respond to the split second
decisions that so frequently rep
resent the margin between safety
and disaster.
Other factors are cited and in
clude more vehicles, poor condi
tion of the state’s highway sys
tem, etc., but traffic experts are
quick to add that speeding and
disregard of laws are the chief
causes of accidents.
We are about to set a record
that Georgia does not want! Let
us resolve to put safety first and
help reduce our state’s mounting
highway death toll.
We call attention to two arti
cles in this week’s paper. One is
the financial statement of the
City of Jackson, published for
the first time in a long number
of years. It shows our city to be
operating under a sound fiscal
policy, yet keeping pace with
committments, financial and ser
vice-wise, to a growing city. This
report should be studied and an
alyzed by every citizen and ques
tions, if any, directed to the pro
per authorities. We wish to com
mend Mayor C. B. Brown Jr. and
Councilmen W. O. Ball, John L.
Coleman, C. M. Daniel Jr. and
Bill Sasser for making this state
ment public, affording their con
stituents an opportunity to see
how their town is operated.
We would also call your at
tention to the statement made in
Washington last week by Georgia
Senator Richard B. Russell on the
civil rights proposals made by
President John F. Kennedy and
expected to be introduced in Con
gress during this week. A letter
Guest Editorial
THE BRUNSWICK NEWS
THE ‘CIVIL RIGHTS’ BILL
The News commends Gov. Carl Sanders and Sen
ator Richard B. Russell for their forthright comment
on the President’s drastic civil rights legislation
which he intends to send to Congress next week.
Among other things, the bill would require deseg
regation of private businesses through the interstate
commerce clause of the Constitution.
Gov. Sanders declared: “I see
no necessity for any new laws
such as those proposed by the
President to Congress. We should
turn to God and not to Congress
for a solution.”
In referring to the proposed
legislation, Sen. Russell said he
and other senators are “very bit
terly opposed to legislation that
would further impinge on the
right of private property in this
country.”
The Atlanta Journal which, we
are pleased to note, does not al
ways agree with its sister news
paper, the Atlanta Constitution,
has the following to say about the
new civil rights proposals:
Southern senators predictably
are cool to the administration’s
new civil right proposals and
threaten a filibuster.
Why not? These proposals were
thrown at the country in a hurry
after a brief but intensive build
up in the best Madison Avenue
fashion. There is more cynicism
behind them than glorious ideal
ism.
The country should not be
to Sen Russell, Sen. Herman Tal
madge and to members of our
Congressional delegation would do
much to strengthen their hand
and morale in the bitter struggle
soon to erupt in our nation’s leg
islative halls.
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panicked by these proposals, in
cluding the “or else” threat of
street rioting. If there is trouble,
it can be blamed on the feeling
by the trouble-makers that they
are a special class beyond the law.
This is not a pretty situation.
Nor are the circumstances which
brought it about entirely credita
ble.
Here is a time, if ever there
was one, for making haste slowly.
Here are some proposals which
should be talked out, until the
country understands all their im
plications.
MRS. MOULDER, BUTTS
NATIVE, DIED FRIDAY
Mrs. Rosa Smith Moulder, of
Spalding County, widow of Mr.
William Early Moulder, died Fri
day afternoon in Augusta while
on a visit to her daughter.
Mrs. Moulder was born in
Butts County and lived in the
Midway Community in Spalding
County. She was a member of the
Midway Methodist Church
Funeral services were conduc
ted Sunday at two o'clock from
the Pittman-Rawls Chapel with
Rev. Wallace Z. Wiggins officia
ting. Interment was in Oak Hill
Cemetery. No survivors from
Jackson or Butts County were
listed.
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS. JACKSON. GEORGIA
Wilson Heath
Buried Friday
At Pepperton
Funeral services for Mr. Jar
rell Wilson Heath, 52, were held
Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock
from the Church of the Nazarene
in Griffin with the pastor, Rqv.
Lyle Parker, officiating. Inter
ment was in the Pepperton Ceme
tery in Jackson with Haisten
Funeral Home of Jackson in
charge of arrangements.
Mr. Heath died at his home
on the Griffin highway late Wed
nesday night. He was employed
by Pepperton Cotton Mills for the
past 20 years and was a member
of the Nazarene Church. He
was the son of the late Mr. Wil
liam Dawson Heath and Mrs. Ef
fie Kitchens Heath, both of Butts
County.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Elizabeth Patterson Heath; four
daughters, Mrs. Rachael Spires,
Mcßae; Misses Erma, Mary Nelle
and Karen Heath, all of Jackson;
three sons, EOl Charles Heath,
U. S. Navy, Port Huenena, Calif.;
J. W. Heath Jr. and Van Heath,
both of Jackson; three sisters,
Mrs. Eloise Gilbert, Mrs. Bessie
Gilbert and Mrs. Sarah Davis, all
of Jackson; two brothers, Levie
Heath and T. C. Heath, both of
Jackson; four grandchildren and
several nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers were Marion Park
er, Robert Strawn, Jack Long, R.
M. King, Jack Worley, W. L.
Jones, Houston Morgan.
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“Minimum Freight Rates” Legislation Will Do This, Too!
TEIL CONGRESS TO PASS IT!
Don’t let anybody kid you the American people
will save a lot of money when the “Minimum
Rates” legislation now before Congress is passed.
Fair competition will bring many of today’s need
lessly high freight charges down fast. Lower
freight charges mean lower prices for you.
Southern Railway’s lowered freight rates on grain
moving into the South recently effective after
22 months of frustrating, costly-to-you delay
prove this is true.
We are now moving five-car multiple shipments
of grain from Cincinnati, Ohio, to Macon, Ga., in
our 100-ton “Big John” cars for a price of only
$1,894.72 instead of $5,289.27 the old price. The
savings: a whopping $3,394.55 on this one ship
ment! That’s just an example. There are many
more like it. You profit and we profit. Everybody
benefits.
Let’s look at some frying-pan facts. Food will
cost less. A state department of agriculture esti
mates the savings from lower grain freight rates
to be: 1 on a dozen eggs, 1* a pound on chickens.
Other agricultural economists back this up and
point to equally significant savings on beef, milk,
pork, bread and many other market-basket items.
STARK
MRS. HOPE McCLURE
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jinks and
Tommy of Decatur, Mr. and Mrs.
Ila Welch and Miss Andy Welch
of Forsyth, Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Standard and Tony were dinner
guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs.
V. L. Jinks.
Mrs. Ansley Jordan and daugh
ters, Patricia and Anita, of Cairo,
spent a few days last week with
her parents, Rev. and Mrs. T. H.
Wilder.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Pearson
and children, Jerry, Debbie, and
Dennis, of Warrenton, Va., ar
rived Wednesday for a visit with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Morgan. Mr. Pearson returned
home Monday while his family
will enjoy a visit of two weeks
here with her parents and other
relatives.
Miss Rolann Smith of Gaines
ville is spending some time with
her grandmother, Mrs. Gladys O.
Smith ,and other relatives.
The friends of Mrs. Fred Cook
regret that she was admitted to
Sylvan Grove Hospital Sunday
for observation and treatment,
and hope she will soon be able to
return home.
Rev. T. H. Wilder, who was
called to conduct funeral services
of a friend near Sylvester, Satur
day, was accompanied by Mrs.
Wilder who visited an aunt hos
pitalized at Omega.
Mr. and Mrs. James M. Owens
and son, David, of Forest Park
visited Stark relatives Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Bennie Cook and
Miss Fleetie Cook spent Saturday
in Griffin.
Little Jeff Nolan, who has been
quite sick at Eggleston Hospital
for a week with pneumonia, is im
proving and is expected home
during the week.
LET THE PROGRESS-ARGUS
GIVE AN ESTIMATE ON YOUR
PRINTING NEEDS. QUALITY
PRINTING AT LOWEST POS
SIBLE PRICES.
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You know that you should not travel with
more cash than you can afford to lose. When
you take your next trip . . . visit us for the
travelers checks you will need.
Jackson National Bank
Such savings are fine, as far as they go —but
they don’t go far enough. The public that’s you
could be saving a lot more. Grain is only one
of hundreds of bulk and agricultural products on
which railroads can’t lower freight charges with
out facing long delays, as in our grain case. Or,
all too often, our request to lower rates is flatly
refused. Out-of-date regulation of railroads is
responsible for this, and it is costing you and all
other consumers of America billions of dollars
each year. You pay the freight when you buy
anything.
What’s the answer? Do your part to have Con
gress pass the “Minimum Rates” bills as they are
now written. This will mean reduced freight rates
and save you money. It is in your interest. Help
get it passed. Tell your Senators to vote for S. 1061.
Tell your Congressman to vote for H.R. 4700. Do
it today.
PREStOENT
SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM
WASHINGTON, D. C. SOUTHERN SERVES THE SOUTH _UL
THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1963
329 HEAD LIVESTOCK SOLD
AT MIDDLE GA. JUNE 12
Middle Georgia Wednesday,
June 12, had a run of 269 head
of cattle and 60 hogs.
Hogs topped $16.50.
Heavy calves $25.50.
Stockers $30.50.
Beef cows $16.75.
Bulls $19.25.
Springers $200.00.