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J. D. JONES PUBLISHER
(1908-1955)
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Published every Thursday at Jackson, Georgia 30233,
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IT’S THIS WAY
BY DOYLE JONES JR.
Jest of the Week: Uncle Jed (from Tennessee) came to town
for the first time in over 16 years. While rubber-necking down
one of the back streets he saw a sign on a plumbing shop window.
“Cast Iron Sinks.” lie looked at it for awhile, then mumbled to
himself. “Well, any dang fool knows that!”
• • •
UNITE FOR THE UNITED WAY
There are few short cuts to success, but in the eyes of many
the United Appeal Fund Drive is one. The campaign seeks to unify
all the numerous fund solicitations for various agencies into one
concerted drive with the hope that enough money can be raised to
circumvent each drive being held separately as formerly. It has
worked well in other communities and on paper it looks like a win
ner here.
The United Appeal Fund Drive began in the county October
Ist. It hopefully will be concluded successfully by October 31st. It
has the endorsement of every major civic club and organization in
the county, it would appear that it also has the favor of the business
community and most certainly of industry. In fact, a large segment
of funds will come from workers in the county’s various plants who
will contribute via payroll deductions.
If the drive fails then undoubtedly each organization will again
solicit funds individually in campaigns that run interminably from
January to December with the same workers, the same contributors,
the same sterotyped approach evoking the same tired, trite, small
checks.
The United Appeal Fund Drive is bold and challenging. It says
in effect, let’s get this fund collecting chore done with one fell
swoop. The budget of $15,000 takes into consideration every agency.
Funds collected will be apportioned among those participating
agencies according to the estimated needs of each agency.
We feel the drive deserves the support of every citizen. The
drive here is being conducted simultaneously with others over the
nation, coinciding with the one in Atlanta. And by the way, if
Atlanta can raise almost seven million dollars for theirs, and they
will, we in Jackson and Butts County certainly should be able to
raise $15,000 —if each of us does his part.
OUR CITY AS OTHERS SEE IT
Anonymous letters usually end in the editor’s nearest waste
basket. But this one was different. It at least contained constructive
criticism.
The letter is from a Jacksonian now living in Atlanta. He
requests that it not be published but 1 will take the liberty of using
certain excerpts to make an editorial point.
His letter begins, "This is not written for publication but with
the hopes you will write an editorial on "Fall Clean-Up.”
Continuing he wrote, “Jackson is a lovely town but the court
house lawn needs better care. The most beautiful house in town
years ago is now in need of paint so badly that it depicts a dying
community. There are many other unattractive sights a visitor
On the plus side, he mentions the “nice little cafe across from
notices ...”
the Confederate monument provides excellent food and is very attrac
tive inside.” He says that “Maurice Moore’s store (Etheridge-Smith
Cos.) carries shoes that fit my feet better than any found in Atlanta.
Maybe this is because 1 bought the few l had, as a boy, there.”
Looking into the future, the former resident wrote, “1 realize
it is easy to criticize, but Jackson has a great future with Metro
politan Atlanta expanding in all directions. Jackson should polish
and shine before it gets behind.” But in a more sobering vein,
he cautions that “1 am afraid Jackson has lost some of its pride.”
The very nice and most revealing letter is closed with, “Not
signed because you might think 1 am ashamed of my home town.”
This writer does not believe you are ashamed of your home
town. If that were so the letter would never have been penned in
the first place. 1 feel rather that we owe our anonymous writer a
debt of thanks for a view of our city through the eyes of an out
sider, albeit not an impartial one. The immortal Scotch poet Robert
Burns never penned truer lines than when he wrote that the greatest
gift is to see ourselves as others see us. Jackson is a lovely city, but
we do have our rough spots that need touching up. Sometimes we
are too close to the forest to see the trees. Thank you for the letter!
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Guest Editorial
THE INDIANAPOLIS (IND.) STAR
BY FRANK H. CRANE
PRESS FREEDOM: IT DOES
NOT BELONG TO NEWSPAPERS
Since John Peter Zenger more than two centuries
ago won his fight to establish the point that the truth
is not libel, newspapers and newspaper people have
jeen battling for the freedom of the press.
We in the profession guard that freedom so zeal
ously and yet so much as a matter of course that there
is an inclination to regard freedom of the press as
something which belongs to the newspapers and is
for their special benefit.
Not so.
Freedom of the press is the priceless heritage of
those who read. Otherwise it would be meaningless
to those who write and publish.
Censorship does not prevent
the publication of newspapers. It
only prevents them from being
instruments of truth.
When the Inter-American Press
Association was designating a
Freedom of the Press Day a while
ago its president, Julio de Mes
quita Filho, of O Estado in San
Paulo, made a statement which
was vividly to the point.
“This is a date which actually
should be exhalted more by the
readers than by journalists,” he
said, “more by public opinion
than by the newspapers repre
senting it, because freedom of the
press is the fundamental liberty
of the civilization we belong to
and the one which marks the
transformation of the vassal into
citizen and makes him a free
man in a democratic nation.”
That may seem to be laying
it on just a little heavy. Free
dom of the press cannot all by
itself transform a vassal into a
free man, or a tyranny into a
democratic nation. But a free
man cannot long remain free nor
a democratic nation remain demo
cratic without a free press.
It is to the readers—to free
people—that a free press is vital.
The people who work in journal
ism usually can learn the truth
of what is going on, whether they
can publish it or not. But they
cannot pass the truth on to the
people without freedom of the
press.
The people are the great losers
when the press is not free. Cen
sorship is frustrating to journal
ists. But it forges chains of op
pression for the people. News
papers are only suppressed by
tyranny. People are enslaved by
it.
Newspapers will continue to
STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP
Statement of Ownership, Man
agement, and Circulation re
quired by Act of Congress of
October 23, 1962; Section 4369,
Title 39, United States Code, of
the Jackson Progress-Argus, pub
lished weekly at Jackson, Ga., for
October 1968.
State of Georgia, County of
Butts.
Doyle Jones Jr., who having
been duly sworn according to
law, deposes and says that he is
the owner of the Jackson
Progress-Argus and that the fol
lowing is, to the best of his
knowledge and belief, a true
statement of the ownership,
management, circulation, etc. of
the aforesaid publication for the
date shown in above caption, re
quired by the Act of October 23.
1962, Section 4369, Title 39.
United States Code, printed on
I the reverse of this form to-wit:
That the names and addresses
of the publisher, editor and man
aging editor are:
Publisher. Editor and Manag
ing Editor. Doyle Jones Jr., and
owner is Doyle Jones. Jr.
That the known bondholders,
mortgagees and other security
holders owning or holding 1 per
cent or more of total amount of
bonds, mortgages or other se
curities are: None.
That the average number of
i copies of each issue of this pub
lication sold or distributed
through the mails or otherwise,
to paid subscribers during the
twelve months preceding the date
shown above was 2113.
DOYLE JONES. JR.
Editor-Publisher
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fight when necessary—as they
have fought before—to preserve
freedom of the press. But free
dom of the press is more than the
life-blood of free newspapers—
it is the life-blood of free Amer
ica.
CARD OF THANKS
It is with sincere appreciation
that we express our thanks to all
the wonderful friends who ex
tended their sympathy in so many
ways at the time of death of our
loved one. For the cards, food,
flowers, and other kind remem
brances we are especially appre
ciative. We also wish to thank
those who were so attentive dur
ing her illness. A special thanks
to Dr. Newman and the staff of
Sylvan Grove Hospital. The
Family of Mrs. Jennie Singley.
PERSONAL
Mr. and Mrs. J. Avon Gaston
returned last week from a two
week’s visit with Mr. and Mrs.
Harold McGee, Hal and Molly,
at High Point, North Carolina,
and with Mr. and Mrs. James E.
Morris in Spencer, North Caro
lina.
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Mr. and Mrs. Guy Bearden of
Savannah came up last Wednes
day for funeral services for Mr.
Max Polk. They returned to Sa
vannah Thursday afternoon.
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‘Whatsoever Things’
BY DONALD E. WILDMON
We Americans are stupid people. We won’t
admit it openly, but when one looks at the facts
just the facts—there isn’t any other conclusion one
can come to. For we put our emphasis on some
minor thing and ignore completely a major sub
ject.
I have before me a news release. The head
lines are very small and the whole story doesn’t
cover more than two column inches. I didn’t
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find it on the front page of the paper, either. It was over in the
middle of the paper. The headlines read: “DRUNK DRIVING TOLL.”
The item went on to say that drunken driving results in 25,000
traffic deaths each year according to the Department of Transpor
tation. The report went on to say that alcohol is the largest single
factor in highway deaths. It also stated that police records prove
that drinking figures in about 80,000 accidents annually.
After reading that I went back
through my files and found a
couple of others news items con
cerning this problem. One was
dated about a year earlier. It said
that “excessive drinking is in
volved in nearly half of the 53,-
000 highway deaths each year,
according to a government sur
vey.” Dr. William Haddon Jr.,
director of the National Highway
Safety Agency, told UPI that the
“evidence is very clear that as
far as most fatal accidents are
concerned, the most common fac
tor is excessive drinking.” And,
said Haddon, “Almost a flat 70%
of single car fatal accidents in
such places as California, New
York, and various other major
cities, involve substantially ele
vated blood alcohol levels and at
least half of them meet any
body’s liberal definition of intoxi
cation.”
Now, with that in mind, look
at where we put the emphasis. I
turn on my radio and the man
says for me “not to leave my
keys in my car” so that I won’t
cause a “good boy to go bad.”
I pick up my paper and it tells
me the same thing. I change sta
tions on the radio and a girl
sings that if I’m out of a cer
tain kind of beer then I’m out
of beer. I pick up my newspaper
again and look at the ads and
it tells me that their whiskey is
the kind I should drink over the
holiday weekend.
At least we have begun to tell
people what smoking can do to
them. How is it that we have so
carefully avoided telling them of
the results of alcohol? And why
is it that we tell a person to take
his key with him to keep a “good”
boy from going bad and fail to
ask that man to keep from put
ting his key in the ignition after
drinking?
Why bother wasting space on
this subject? Don’t I know those
who are on the opposite side have
more money and power than I
do? Well, I said I found two
news items in my files. The other
one was less than a column inch.
It said Johnny, his last name
isn’t too important, age 9, was
struck and killed by a car while
riding his bike home from school.
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6. In event of a tie, the prize will be equally divided
among the contestants tieing.
7. Winners will receive their prize at The Progress-
Argus office after 10 a. m. Tuesdays, at which time
the winner’s names will be posted in the windows of
the sponsoring firms and announced in the paper.
8. No employees and their families of four sponsors and
newspaper are eligible.
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PERSONAL
Friends will be interested t,
know that Mrs. I. M. Wil SOn
now living in Atlanta with v“
son, Mr. Van Wilson, and W
Miss Priscilla Cook vijj*
Hazlehurst over the weekend
Mrs. J. W. Carter and Mbs
Gail Carter were the dinner
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Wl
hams and Melissa in
Sunday. ° nyers
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Wheeler
of Jasper spent the weekend vi si
ting with Mrs. Laßue Turner and
Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Dodson
Leon Cook, student at Georgia
Tech, spent the weekend at home
with his parents, Mr. and Mr.
Fred Cook and Nita.
Mr. and Mrs. David Crouse of
Wilmore, Ky. spent Monday night
and Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs
L. C. Webb.
Mrs. Laßue Turner was admit
ted to Jasper Memorial Hospital
in Monticello over the weekend
for several days treatment
friends will be interested to
know.
It said the driver was arrested
for drunken driving. At least
we don’t have to worry about
Johnny going bad because we
left our key in the car.
We Americans are stupid peo
ple.—FlVE STAR FEATURES
This is the ninth of 12 hymns based on
the Apostles Creed, written by Samuel
Stone, a curate of the Church of Eng
land. This hymn was inspired by the
phrase in the Creed affirming belief
in the Holy Church. The music was
composed by S. S. Wesley, grandson
of the Methodist hymnist, Charles
Wesley. Archbishop Temple humorous
ly complained it was sung wherever
he went. >
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