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IfS THIS WAY
BY DOYLE JONES JR.
Jest of the Week: Little Margaret, just home from church, asked
her father when their new baby would talk.
“Not for about two years,” he said. “Tiny babies can’t talk.”
“Oh, yes they can,” said Margaret. “The Bible says so. Our
teacher read us the story of Jacob, and it said Jacob cursed the day
he was born.”—Ties.
• • •
ALL HAIL THE SEC CHAMPS
When Georgia posted its 17th point on Cliff Hare’s scoreboard
under leaden and murky skies Saturday at Auburn, most observers
realized that the Georgia football team had reached its avowed am
bition of becoming champions of the powerful Southeastern Con
ference for 1968. Though there was a half yet to play, the gallant
Dogs of Dooley had wrapped up the conference title, almost certain
coaching honors for Vince and a bid to the Sugar Bowl, which for
mal announcement wus made Monday at noon.
The Bullodgs, dedicated and determined, never faltered in their
steadfast promise made themselves in the spring to fly the 1968
SEC pennant over Sanford Stadium. With a game remaining against
arch rival Georgia Tech on November 30th in Athens, Georgia has
ties with Tennessee and Houston and victories over Clemson, South
Carolina, Mississippi, Vanderbilt, Florida, Kentucky and Auburn.
Georgians of all football persuasions are proud of the Bulldogs
and congratulate them on their great effort after being selected
to finish sixth in the SEC race in pre-season polls. It was a great
season and a Sugar Bowl trip is the culmination of a fight against
odds that has seldom been matched in the SEC. All hail the champs!
• • •
GOODBYE TO 1-75 TRAFFIC
The link on 1-75 between Forsyth and McDonough was officially
opened Monday, November 18th. We say officially because many
motorists had been using it more extensively during the last month
or so. The changeover of the traffic flow will be greeted with mixed
emotions here.
The Griffin Daily News said in a feature story Sunday that a
State Highway Department official estimated that the opening of
the new portion of 1-75 would mean an average of 5,000 cars per
day less through Griffin. We have heard no official estimate of the
traffic dropoff here, but it would seem to me that it certainly should
be at or above the 3,500 daily average. On many occasions during the
summer and at peak holiday periods, including most weekends, we
have seen traffic backed up from the traffic lights in Jackson to well
below Avondale Mills.
Quite naturally those who will miss the cars most will be service
stations, eating establishments, and the specialty shops that dot the
highways so prominently these days. Of course, there were other
stores that felt the great influx of the tourists since they were
channeled over US 23 the last two years or so. Drug stores and super
markets got a share of the tourist dollars, as did the quick service
type stores. But in the main the pinch will be felt most keenly by
the service stations, restaurants, cafes and road side eating places.
But all is not lost, for if we had a dozen expressways close to us
there are always those who wish to travel a more leisurely and safer
route and they will be coming through Jackson in ever increasing
numbers. There is also talk that 87 will be made a four lane in the
near future. This alone will keep cars from Macon and southward
coming through our city and county. It won’t be long before the
silver lining will show through.
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Guest Editorial
THE MACON TELEGRAPH
PUBLIC SHOULD LET VIEW
ON TAX HIKE BE KNOWN
The legislators who will be called upon by Gov.
Lester Maddox and the state tax revision commission
to raise your taxes next year need instructions now.
The lawmakers, particularly those just elected for
the first time, have their eyes and ears open. They
want to know the public’s feeling about the tax pro
posals.
The pre-legislative forum being held in Macon is
one of the places the individual can let his views be
known. Taxes will be the main topic as Lt. Gov.
George T. Smith and House Majority Whip Charles
M. Jones Jr., a leader on the tax revision study com
mission, speak and answer questions at the 12:30 p.
m. luncheon at the S & S Cafeteria on Walnut Street.
Our own feeling is that the
public is in no mood to have ad
ditional taxes heaped on. No case
has been made to justify adding
more than S2OO million in taxes,
as Gov. Maddox wants to do, or
even approximately sllO million
as the commission is expected to
recommend.
It is true the urban areas, such
as Macon, are strapped for money
to provide adequate services for
rapidly expanding populations.
But the needs of the cities should
not be used as an excuse for
slipping through a tax hike for
state, rather than local, benefit.
A local option sales tax is not
the perfect answer either. Cities
with the special local tax would
be at a disadvantage in competi
tion with neighbor cities.
Probably the best approach
would be a state-wide tax with
the money returned to cities on
a per capita basis, assuming that
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Notice of Public Hearing
Before Jackson-Butts
Cos. Planning Commission
This is notice of a public hearing to be held
on Monday, December 2, 1968, at 7:00 p. m.,
at the Community Room of Jackson National
Bank, upon a proposal to add to “Article VII,
USE PROVISIONS, Section 71. R-l Low-
Density Residential District” anew sub-section
to be numbered 71.14 as follows: “Professional
Pharmacies (Apothecaries), limited to profes
sional pharmaceutical services and products
only.” The foregoing amendment being pro
posed as an amendment to “A Plan For The
Development of The City of Jackson, Georgia.”
This the 14th day of November, 1968.
Jackson-Butts County
Planning Commission
a tax increase is found to be
justified.
Quite clearly, property is bear
ing about all the tax load it can
stand. An increase in gasoline
tax, as proposed by one legisla
tor, is hardly the answer.
The best path is not easy to
see because of the barricades
erected by special interest
groups.
Now is the time for the aver
age citizen to be heard. Legis
lative minds are being made up.
Once the General Assembly
meets in January, the decision
likely will already have been
made.
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‘Whatsoever Things’
BY DONALD E. WILDMON
t Cancer is a dreaded disease. Millions of dol
lars are being spent in research trying to find
a cure for cancer. Much progress has been made,
but there is still a long way to go before it is
conquered. But in their research, scientists have
turned up some vital information.
One of the things that has been established
by the researchers is that there is a definite re
lation between smoking and lung cancer. The
relationship is so alarming that all packs of cigarettes now bear a
warning note and many organizations are spending a lot of money
trying to persuade people not to smoke or to quit if they do.
One of the most famous people involved in this battle to curb
the growing death rate is a fellow by the name of William Talman.
I doubt if you know him by that name, however. You probably know
him better as Hamilton Burger. He was the prosecutor who always
lost on the Perry Mason Show on television. Despite all his trying
he could never slip a case by Perry Mason (Raymond Burr.)
William Talman has a spot now
on television on which he urges
people to refrain from smoking.
In the spot Talman introduces
his wife and three children. After
introducing them he goes on to
say that he didn’t really mind
losing all those battles to Perry
Mason. Then he says that he is
in a battle which he wants to
win, which he doesn’t want to
lose. He says that if he loses it,
it will mean losing “jny wife and
those kids you’ve just met.”
The battle Talman is speaking
of was his battle with lung can
cer. For Talman smoked three
packs of cigarettes a- day through
out his adult life. He goes on to
give some advice on smoking.
“Take my advice about smoking
and losing from someone who’s
been doing both for years. If
you haven’t smoked, don’t start.
If you do smoke, quit. Don’t be
a loser.”
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conditions, paid holidays, paid vacation, insurance
and retirement plan, and many other company ben
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Contact the Personnel Office in PERSON at
Plant Camellia, Monday through Friday, between
the hours of 8 A. M. and 4 P. M. and on Saturday
between the hours of 8 A. M. and 11 A. M.
Plant Camellia is located on Highway 87 be
tween Jackson, Ga. and Macon, Ga., 1 mile South
of Juliette, Ga.
An Equal Opportunity Employer
I can remember when I started
smoking. I did it because it made
me “big.” I can still remember
how sick I was when I finished
puffing my way through that
first smoke. But I did it because
I wanted to be big.
Smoking never did do anything
for me except cost me money.
I started when I was 18. I quit
when I was 23. It was about the
third time to quit, but I stayed
quit that time. The reason I had
not stayed quit before was that
I didn’t have the will-power to
do so. That’s the real reason any
person doesn’t quit. They haven’t
got the will-power. Or, if you
wish to state it another way,
they haven’t got the intestinal
fortitude.
William Talman? He lost his
battle. At the age of 53 he died
of lung cancer. Light them up,
smokers. The graveyard isn’t full,
yet.
THURSDAY, NOV. 21, 196 g
PERSONAL
Mrs. David R. Black and i nfam
daughter, Dawna Deanne We
weekend guests in Rocking
North Carolina, of Mrs. Black
sister, Mrs. A. W. Parris J
Mr. Parris. ’
Mr. and Mrs. El Peacock of n
lanta visited with Mr. and Mr'
W. H. Maddox Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. R. E . McCrary
and children of Augusta visited
with their parents, Mr. and Mrs
W. O. Ball, over the weekend.
Scott Coleman, presently em
Miss Suzi Fletcher, Miss Kiki
Carmichael and Mrs. Gene M
Drake will spend the Thanksgiv.
ing holidays in Chicago, Illinois
as the guests of Mrs. Drake’s sis
ter, Mrs. David Faulkner, Mr.
Faulkner and children, David Jr
Mary and Jeff. They will make ’
the trip via jet.
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