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IfS THIS WAY
BY DOYLE JONES JR.
Jest of the Week: Winston Churchill, possibly the world’s great
est talker, was unquestionably its worst listener. In the House of
Commons, one time, while listening to a member of the opposition,
he began to shake his head and got more attention than the speaker.
The speaker, unable to control himself, aimed a forefinger at
Churchill, shouting, “I wish to remind the Right Honorable friend
that I am only expressing my own opinion.”
Impishily looking up, Churchill answered, “And I wish to re
mind the speaker that I am only shaking my own head.”
• • •
THIS AND THAT ABOUT THESE AND THOSE
News concerning the airport site in Henry County continues to
look good. Several Atlanta councilmen, including the chairman of
the Aviation Committee, have gone on record as favoring the south
ern site. Pilots and the airlines are said to be overwhelmingly in
favor of the airport being located south of Atlanta. Geography,
topography, economics and meterology give the Henry County site a
clear-cut decision. Larry Gridley and Dale McLaren of the Mclntosh
Trail Area Planning and Development Commission expect the an
nouncement of the airport’s location to be made about Thanksgiving.
If so, it will be the biggest turkey ever to land in the laps of Henry,
Butts and Spalding Counties. Whut a bird! . . . Congratulations to
B. B. Campbell on being named Butts County Farmer of the Year
in Conservation. B. B. served as county agent here for over 21 years
and gave unstintingly of himself to further the cause of agriculture
and d-H Club work locally. The award could not have been made
to a farmer more deserving of it . . . The Homecoming parade of
Jackson High School was the nicest and largest ever staged here by
the school. It was perhaps the first time that real floats were used
and most displayed originality and ingenuity. The fine Henderson
band is a real eye catcher and again proved that it is one of the
better bands in the state. The Jackson Band is making progress under
Miss Nancy Long and is improving at every appearance. Altogether
the parade was excellent . . . Most Georgians followed the Atlanta
mayor's race with avid interest. One would judge from a vantage
point in Butts County that Mayor Ivan Allen committed a colossal
blunder when he asked Vice-Mayor Sam Massell to withdraw. It
seemed that Rodney Cook had it in the bag until this high-handed
faux pas created sympathy for the assuiled Massell and gave him the
momentum needed to win. It will be interesting to see how Atlanta
fares the next four years under a liberal Jew mayor and a liberal
Negro vice-mayor. The exodus from Fulton County may rival that
of the Israelites as they fled Egyptian bondage . . . Don’t forget the
General Election for the City of Jackson on November sth. Three
nominees for Council seats will be elected at that time. It is im
portant that YOU vote . . . The deer season opens Saturday. Butts
County, boasting some of the best hunting in the entire state, will
be literally overrun with hunters. Already over the state several
reports have come in of fatalities when some hunter, eager and in
experienced, mistook humans for deer with tragic results. In the
past several years there have been hunters killed in Butts, Jasper
and Jones Counties. It behooves all hunters to exercise the utmost
caution. A human life for a deer is a poor swap indeed. Be careful
und see your target clearly and distinctly before you pull the trig
ger . . . There are three games Saturday in the Southeastern Con
ference that the football world will be watching. One will be in Ath
ens when the third ranked Tennessee Yols bring their undefeated
record between the hedges against Georgia. Indications point to a
low .-coring, defensive battle with the breaks deciding it. Both teams
are dominated by great defenses. The Bulldog offense is too sporadic
on most occasions, yet at times can be hotter than a feverish fox
in a forest fire. A Georgia victory would put the Bulldogs back in
contention for the SEC title which they hold. Another game of equal
importance is the encounter in Jackson, Mississippi, between the
thrice defeated Rebels of Ole Miss and the undefeated Li>U Tigers.
If the liebs win, as many expect, it will further complicate the
complex race. The third do-or-die battle is in Cliff Hare Stadium
in Auburn where the undefeated Gators invade to take on the smart
ing Plainsmen, mad and revengeful after a one point loss to LSU
■ Saturday. Florida has never won on Auburn's field and many believe
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THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
Guest Editorial
GRIFFIN DAILY NEWS
IS SPALDING KEEPING PACE?
Is Spalding County keeping up with the growth
of Georgia?
The current issue of “Georgia County Govern
ment” magazine contains several pages of population
statistics based on Georgia Department of Public
Health records. They list estimated populations as of
July, 1968.
Total population of Georgia was placed at 4,414,-
200 which was a growth of 569,268. This was a 1.7
annual average percent increase.
The estimate for Spalding County was 39,900
which was a growth of 4,482 over 1960. Of the total
estimate 29,800 were White and 10,100 Nonwhite.
Spalding’s average annual percentage increase was
1.5 percent. This is 0.2 percent less than the state
average.
Among the 159 counties of the
state, 45 grew faster than Spald
ing. One county, Jeff Davis, had
exactly the same percentage in
crease as we had, 1.5, so we
shared 46th and 47th place with
it. Therefore 112 Georgia coun
ties either grew slower than we
did, held the same population as
they had in 1960, or lost.
Generally, the closer the coun
ties are to large cities, the faster
they grew. Clayton County was
the fastest growing. in Georgia
with an average annual increase
of 6.7 percent. Also it was one
of the 12 fastest growing in the
United States. Its 1960 popula
tion was 46,127 which grew to an
estimated 78,900.
Other counties in this area of
the state include Henry, 4.4 per
cent, from 17,619 to 25,100; Fay
ette, 2.2 percent, from 8,195 to
9,800; Butts, 1.8 percent, from
8,971 to 10,400; Coweta, 1.3 per
cent from 28,885 to 32,200; Pike,
0.9 pecent, from 7,134 to 7,700;
Lamar, 0.9 percent (same per
centage as Pike), from 10,228 to
11,000; Upson, 0.6 percent, from
23,976 to 25,000, and Meriweth
er, 0.3 percent, from 19,751 to
20,300.
Fulton County’s average an
nual growth was estimated at 1.2
percent, from 533,697 to 608,-
600.
Consistently, the counties
nearest the large metropolitan
areas showed the fastest growth.
Baldwin (near Macon) had 3.6
percent. Chattahoochee, near Co
lumbus, had 4.6. Near Atlanta,
Cobb had 5.2, DeKalb 4.8, Doug
las 4.4, Forsyth 3.1, Rockdale
6.2.
Columbia, near Augusta, had a
6.1 percent average annual per
centage increase, Effingham near
Savannah 3, Jones near Macon
this jinx will still hold true when the smoke of battle has cleared.
It will take a Georgia, Mississippi and Auburn win to vault the Bull
dogs back into contention. Actually, Georgia has the hardest row to
hoe. Tickets for the Tennessese game are selling at $35 and SSO
in Athens with the demand far exceeding the supply. There’ll be a
lot of trestle sitters in Athens Saturday and I don’t blame ’em.
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3.9, Murray near Chattanooga
3.6 and Whitfield also near Chat
tanooga, 3.2. Houston County had
4.3. It is near Macon but also is
the home of Warner Robins Air
Force Base.
Based on these estimates,
Spalding is growing not quite as
fast as the state average but
faster than 112 other counties in
Georgia. And it appears obvious
that as Atlanta spreads further
into Clayton and Henry Counties
and begins to spread more into
Spalding, then Spalding will move
up in population at a brisker
pace.
The question then is, will we
be ready for this rapid growth
with countywide water, county
wide fire protection and other
facilities? We are not ready now.
PERSONAL
Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Cook visi
ted Mr. and Mrs. Richard Cook
and Charisse of Douglasville Sat
urday.
Douglas Briscoe and Donald
Cook represented Jackson High
School at the 1969 Youth Confer
ence on Smoking and Health Fri
day and Saturday at the Shera
ton-Biltmore Hotel in Atlanta.
They also attended the Georgia-
Kentucky homecoming game in
Athens Saturday afternoon.
Miss Dixie Elliott of Macon
spent the weekend with Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Elliott a*id family.
Mr. and Mrs. E. M. McCord
will be among those from Jackson
going over to Athens Saturday
for the Georgia-Tennessee game.
Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Robison Sr.
and grandchildren, Tom, Janet,
and Charlie Robison, will go over
to Athens Saturday for the Geor
gia-Tennessee game at Sanford
Stadium.
‘Whatsoever Things’
BY DONALD E. WILDMON
DISCIPLINE—WHAT IT DOES
Back more than a hundred years ago a father
gave his son sufficient money with which to
attend college until he earned his diploma. The
father told his son that this was all the money
he was to have, said that if the son spent it wisely
it would be more thaif enough for him to graduate
from college.
The young boy took the money and went off
s'® , f £ ’W
to school. At the end of the first year he returned home and told
his father that he had spent all the money and needed more in order
to return to school. To the young man’s surprise his father refused
to give him another penny. He told him that he had already given
him plenty of money to go to college on and that there would not
be another penny forthcoming.
Sink Or Swim
Stunned, the boy found that
all the props had been removed
from beneath him. While living
it up in his freshman year he nev
er thought that his father would
refuse to give him more money.
His father had it and he was go
ing to have a good time on it.
But now the money was gone.
He had to sink or swim totally
on his own merits.
There are many who would cri
ticize the father for his action.
In today’s modern society there
are those who would claim that
the father’s action would destroy
the boy’s personality, and that he
should continue to support the
boy no matter what the boy did.
Other folks would defend the
boy’s right to more money on
educational grounds, that the boy
had a right to “seek his own edu
cation as he saw fit.”
I guess, for a large number of
folks today, the father’s action is
totally wrong. They send their
kids off to school and continue
to supply the funds no matter
what junior does or what grades
he makes. They blame the teach
ers if junior flunks a course and
blame the “establishment” if he
gets caught breaking the rules.
“Junior isn’t wrong,” they cry,
“but the rules are.” The rules
be changed to protect
junior.
Responsible People
Divinely implanted in each per
son is a desire to be a responsible
person. We are made that way.
Sometimes it is necessary to face
the worse—even a Cross—in
order to bring out the best. Some
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how I have an idea that the young
boy’s father took a signal from a
Higher Power. For our Creator
tells us there are certain laws
we are to live by, and if we break
them then we must be prepared
to pay the penalty. Often, as we
have to pay the penalty, we be
come responsible citizens in His
world.
The young boy went back to
school moneyless, worked his way
through, graduated at the head of
the class, studied law, was elected
Governor of the state of New
York, and became the Secretary
of State during the Civil War. He
was later responsible for the pur
chase of some land which many
dubbed “Seward’s Folly.” Today
the folly is known as Alaska.
The young boy’s name was Wil
liam Seward. His father’s disci
pline saved him from a possible
life of wastefulness.
Maybe discipline isn’t so bad
after aII.—FIVE STAR FEA
TURES.
NOTICE OF
GENERAL ELECTION
To the Qualified Voters of the City of Jack
son, Georgia;
Notice is hereby given that an election will
be held in said city on the first Wednesday in
November, 1969, November sth, in accordance
with the general laws and regulations for elec
ting the officers of said municipality.
This notice is given in accordance with the
requirements of the Georgia Municipal Election
Code, and all of the qualified voters of said
municipality will be eligible to vote in said
election.
C. B. Brown, Jr., Mayor
ATTEST: M. L. POWELL, CLERK
THURSDAY, OCTOB ER
STARK
MRS. HOPE McClure
Mr. Willis M. l ure *
with Mr. Guy Reward
officials of Mclonough p "
Equipment Cos. cf McD
spent the weekend deen s ° Bh ’
ing off the coast of Florida
The many Stark f r ie nH =
Mrs. Carrie Lou Harper qJ 1
regret to learn oi her
heart attack a, her h„„„ J
Donongh. We at.ee, el s , sl
a speedy recovery.
Mr. and Mrs. James M. (Roe ,
Owens who have recently moved
from Forest Park to their subur
ban home at Morrcv, visited rri
atives here Saturday
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Bradley
spent last week vacationing and
fishing off the Florida coast and
reported a wonderful time, but
not too many fish.
Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Leverette
from the Mt. Vernon Community
visited Mrs. Flora Leverette and
family Sunday. Mrs. Leverette is
convalescing from a serious back
condition.
The many friends of R ev . an d
Mrs. T. J. Thaxton sympathize
with them in the death of his
sister, Miss Sallie Thaxton, who
passed away in Griffin last week
and was buried at Macedonia
Church Cemetery.
The Young Peoples Choir, led
by Mr. Tom King, of Conyers,
together with the Macedonia
Young Peoples Choir, made the
young people’s revival at Mace
donia Baptist Church last week
one of the most enjoyable and im
pressive of all times.
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