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Jackson Progress-Argus
J. D. JONES PUBLISHER
(1908-1955)
DOYLE JONES JR. - Editor
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IT’S THIS WAY
BY DOYLE JONES, JR.
Jest of the Week: Three men
in a small boat were fishing far
out on the bay when a sudden
storm blew up. Realizing that
the boat was in danger of cap
sizing, and that it was impossible
to get to shore, the first man
said: “I think we’d better start
praying.”
“I don’t know how,” said the
second.
“Me neither,” admitted the
third.
“Well,” said the first, “I was
standing outside a church once
and heard them praying inside, so
I’ll give it a try.”
Between claps of thunder and
over the sounds of the wind and
waves could be heard: “B 14, I 6,
N 27 . . . Bingo!”—Ties.
“When Khrushchev said he
would bury us, this man was
crazy like a fox. We have the
shovel. We are burying ourselves.
If Krushchev has any brains he
will just do a Rip Van Winkle
and let us do the rest. We are
not fighting communism. We are
promoting it by political spend
ing.”—Henry J. Taylor.
There can be little doubt
that President Kennedy is in seri
ous trouble in the South. Disen
chantment has set in over admini
stration policies, part icularly
civil “rights,” with Democrats
casting calculated and meaningful
glances at Republican Barry Gold
water. Letters of criticism, many
bitter, have engulfed Southern
senators and representatives in a
veritable deluge of protests over
the president’s latest rights pro
posals.
Sen. Herman Talmadge, noted
for his political acumen and un
usual sensitivity for the public’s
pulse, has said that Kennedy can
count not a single Southern state
in the Democratic fold in 1964.
This is true. However, the South
has pulled the Democratic party’s
chestnuts out of the fire on so
many occasions, that it has be
come an ingrained habit and old
hat. Most loyal Democrats would
like to stay in the party, but are
not willing to remain at the cost
of “peace at any price."
But where to go? Those Demo
crats who forsake the party of
their fathers will undoubtedly
support the Republican nominee
unless it is Rockefeller. Swapping:
Kennedy for Rockefeller would
be like the pot calling the kettle
black. Goldwater, a true conserv
ative, or a moderate GOP candi
date would receive strong support
in the South, perhaps carrying
states traditionally Democratic,
including Georgia.
The old talk of splinter groups,
third parties, etc. is a waste of
breath. A third major party to
gain prominence and acceptance
could not originate in the South
for obvious reasons. It would be
saddled with the Dixiecrat label
and would die aborning.
Yes, the honeymoon is over!
Perhaps Southern Democrats are
at long last tiring of their role
as stepchild. There may not be
many logical places to go, but at
least we can play hard to get.
CARD OF THANKS
I wish to thank all of our
friends for the cards, flowers,
visits and phone calls while I was
in the Griffin-Spalding Hospital.
Especially do I want to thank the
friends and loved ones who pro
vided transportation to and from
the hospital so my wife could
stay with me. May God bless you
one and all.—Levie Heath.
Guest Editorial
THOMASTON TIMES
FINAL SUGGESTION
ON PRAYER RULING
The Supreme Court ruled this week against prayer
in the public schools.
Since the ruling the politicians have been right
eously indignant about it.
The curb-stone commentators have crucified the
Supreme Court justices about it.
Newspaper reporters have written countless
thousands of words about it. Editors have editorial
ized on it.
Members of the clergy have had their say on it.
Television networks quickly threw together
“news specials” to give us a video report.
The mother of the child who carried the case to
the Supreme Court has been heard from and she has
spouted her views on the subject.
Now, since the dust has settled, suppose we all pray
about it in the privacy of our home and places of
worship, of course.
What else can we really do?
BUTTS COUNTY
SOIL NEWS
BY JAMES E. PAYNE
Soil Conservation Service
The rains that began to fall
on Sunday, June 16, were badly
needed by our local farmers. It
had been some three weeks since
the last good rain. Most of rain
that fell during the lengthly wet
spell for this time of the year
was moderate in intensity except
for one or two instances.
On Wednesday, June 19, Jack
son and part of the county ex
perienced very heavy rains which
caused damage in the ways of
washing and flooding. Roads,
bridges, and other structures as
well as farm land were endanger
ed and damaged by this heavy
rain. This should bring to mind
and call our attention to the need
of better protection during these
heavy rains.
Small watershed projects have
come to mean protecting, manag
ing, improving, and developing
the water and related land re
sources of a watershed through a
project-type undertaking. A mul
tiple purpose small watershed pro
ject is an effective means for
rural and urban communities to
deal with land use and water
problems.
Since the enactment of the
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is readily available, with a
minimum of red tape, for
your particular needs.
Loans for crops, equip
ment, appliances, farm im
provements, livestock, har
vests, etc., are designed to
give the farmer the maxi
mum benefit with a mini
mum of cost. Remember,
P-C.A. loans "save you
money while they make
you money."
Let a F.CA. loan up grad o
your farm operation.
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Watershed Protection and Flood
Prevention Act communities have
shown that they can halt un
checked erosion and excessive
water runoff on rural land, stop
destructive floods, improve drain
age conditions on agricultural
landg, supply water for growing
municipal needs, attract new in
dustries, and provide develop
ments for recreation. Many fea
tures may be included in a small
watershed project depending
upon what the affected people
want.
The landowners on the local
Yellow Water creek have organ
ized an association and requested
for assistance in planning and ap
plying a project on this stream
that runs through the county.
Other local people should bank
this group and see that this pro
ject is pushed and carried out as
soon as possible. It could mean a
great deal to the City and land
owners concerned. We will dis
cuss the possible benefits later.
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JACKSON, GEORGIA
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS. JACKSON. GEORGIA
Looking
Backward
Through The Files
Newt of 10 Years Ago
Governor Herman Talmadge
dedicated the new, spacious club
house at West Butts Community
Tuesday evening with the stirring
challenge that “it is time to re
evaluate the nation’s foreign
policy and ask for equal sacri
fice from our allies in the United
Nations.
At its meeting June 4, the Ex
change Club of Jackson elected
George Ridgeway for the ensuing
term. He succeeds John Hunt who
served the past year.
The matter of storage space
for the grain crop is becoming a
pressing one, not only in Butts
County but throughout the middle
Georgia territory as farmers are
completing what is concluded to
be the best grain crop in the
memory of the oldest inhabitants.
Jimmy Caldwell, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Homer Caldwell of Jackson,
and a student at the Officer’s
Candidate School at Lackland
AFB, San Antonio, Texas will re
ceive his bars at graduation ex
ercises next week.
New* of 20 Year* Ago
Dr. B. F. Akin, 74 years of age,
dean of Butts County physicians
and widely known and beloved
leader, died at his home Saturday
afternoon about 6 o’clock as a
result of a heart attack.
Marriages During The Week:
Miss Dorothy Ann O’Neal, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Horace
O’Neal of Jackson, to Carl Bon
nyman Waldrop of Atlanta, on
June 12 at the home of the
bride’s parents on North Mulber
ry Street; Miss Elise Barnes,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. G.
Barnes of Jackson, to S/Sgt.
Joseph A. Sudderth of Norcross,
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Allen Sud
derth, in the chapel of the First
Baptist Church of Jackson; Miss
Etwoile Coleman, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. H. Y. Coleman to
PFC John W. Berry of Corbin,
Ky. on June 8 in Corbin.
Announcement is made this
week of a deal closed several
weeks age of the purchase by Al
dine and Maurice Carmichael,
sons of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Car
michael, of the R. N. Etheridge
Seed Store. Possession will be
taken July 1, the announcement
stated.
News of 30 Year* Ago
Atlanta, Ga.—The state high
way department, the capitol, and
certain other state property were
by Governor Eugene Talmadge
placed under martial law Monday
and civil suits growing out of his
lengthy budget controversy with
the highway board were transfer
red to military courts.
Citizens of Jenkinsburg are
preparing for an elaborate Fourth
of July program which will take
the form of a homecoming and
barbecue. Hon. J. Threat Moore,
well known attorney and former
pupil of the Jenkinsburg School,
will make the principal address
of the day.
The interest of a wide circle of
friends throughout Butts County
and Georgia is centered in the
marriage of Miss Frances Louise
Woodward and Mr. Marvin Bry
ant Farrar of Jenkinsburg, which
was solemnized at the St. Johns
Methodist parsonage, Atlanta,
July 17, at high noon by Rev.
E. C. Wilson, pastor of St. Johns
Methodist Church.
New* of 40 Year* Ago
The General Assembly of Geor
gia will convene in annual session
in Atlanta next Wednesday, June
27. Honorable J. L. Lyons will
represent Butts County in the
lower house while C. D. Redwine,
of Fayetteville, is senator from
the 26th District.
Farmers of Butts County are
now shipping beans to the Con
tinental Packing Company, of
Macon, the first shipment going
several days ago. Tuesday morn
ing about 200 hampers were ship-,,
ped. The season will continue for
several days, depending a good
deal on the weather.
The Georgia convention of the
Children of the Confederacy of
will be held in Jackson June 26,
27, 28. The meeting will bring to
the city many promnient citizens
from over the state and a pro
gram of exceptional interest has
been arranged. In cooperation
with the Eliza LaSuer Hendrick
Chapter, Children of the Confed
eracy, the Larkin D. Watson
Chapter, UDC, will act as host to
the convention. Delegates will be
entertained in the homes of the
citizens of Jackson.
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PERSONAL
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Thrasher
of Clarkesville were recent guests
of the L. R. Dodson family. Mrs.
Thrasher remained for several
days to be with her father, Mr.
Dodson, who was confined to the
Sylvan Grove Hospital.
Mrs. J. C. McClendon of Locust
Grove was guest of Mrs. Norma
Evans and family several days
last week.
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Smith of
Covington, accompanied by their
guests, Mr. and Mrs. C. D. An
derson of Canton, were visitors
to Jackson the past Friday.
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PERSONAL
Billy Turner of Furman Uni
versity, Greenville, S. C., came
home recently for a short week
end visit while his grandfather,
Mr. L. R. Dodson, was confined to
Sylvan Grove Hospital.
Mrs. Sara Howard and Mrs. Lil
lie Gregory of Burlington, N. C.
visited the past three weeks with
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Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Pope of
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