The Jackson progress-argus. (Jackson, Ga.) 1915-current, January 29, 1970, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextKacksnu llrngrtsa-Argus VOL. 97 —NO. 5 Judge Rules Remarks About McGarity Be Stricken From Presentments Portions of the Henry County Grand Jury Presentments, which were critical of Flint Circuit Dis trict Attorney Edward E. McGari ty, were ordered stricken from the presentments at a hearing be fore Flint Circuit Judge Hugh D. Sosebee on January 19th. The judge ordered portions of the general presentments of the October term Grand Jury ex punged and stricken from the presentments. Basis of this action was a ruling, on authority of appellate court decisions, that it is not proper for a Grand Jury to include in its general present ments charges of misconduct in office by a public official or statements impugning his charac ter, without a special present ment or indictment specifically charging him with a criminal of fense. No indictment or special pre sentment was made against Dis trict Attorney McGarity. Ordered stricken from the pre sentments by Judge Sosebee was the second paragraph on page seven of said general present ments which read as follows: “This Grand Jury wishes to make known to the citizens that a large number of indictments deliberately held by any District Attorney is a dangerous weapon in the hands of an unscrupulous civil servant.” The sixth paragraph on page 8 of said presentments reading as follows: Eecause of the following reas ons, we recommend that the pres ent District Attorney resign im mediately: “(1) Misleading this Grand Jury. “(2) Failure to properly advise the Grand Jury. “(3) Due to his close and per sonal relationship with the Com missioners, refusing to step aside and let an out-of-county prose cutor prosecute indicted County officials. “(4) Failing to properly carry out functions of the District At torney’s office by holding large numbers of indictments in three counties of his jurisdiction. “(5) Failing to prosecute known bootleggers and racket eers. “(6) Failing to cooperate with agents from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. “(7) Money owed to the Coun ty, as yet unpaid, consisting of hundreds of dollars in title reg istration fees carried through sev eral years.” 4-H Winners Stay & See Announced The winners of the 4-H Stay and See Georgia Contest were announced at 4-H meetings last week. The winners were David Cawthon Ist, Alvin Stewart 2nd, and Scott Hoard and Jerome Bridges tied for 3rd. Prizes were Ist place $15.00; 2nd place $10.00; and 3rd place $5. The 3rd place prize was di vided because of the tie. There were 14 entries in the contest. Winners were selected on the basis of points given for each activity. The 4-H’ers did ev erything from planting shrubs to helping move old cars. The contest was sponsored by the Stay and See Jackson and Butts County Committee of the Chamber of Commerce. SINGING AT MT. VERNON ON SATURDAY, JAN. 31. t A singing is scheduled at Mt. Vernon Baptist Church Saturday night, January 31st, with differ ent groups performing. Stringed instruments will be featured as well as congregational singing. The program will begin at 7 o’- clock. The public is invited to come and join in the fellowship of the evening. Fiery Crash Takes Life Fred Caldwell A fiery crash of a tractor trailer truck on 1-75 near Cal houn early Tuesday morning claimed the life of Walter Fred Caldwell, 59, of 630 Kay Street, Jackson, a veteran driver for Georgia Highway Express. According to information re ceived locally from a Calhoun mortuary, the accident occurred about 5 :20 o’clock Tuesday morn ing when the tractor-trailer truck, loaded with hair spray and driven by Mr. Caldwell, was enroute to Chattanooga, having left the At lanta terminal about 3:30 a. m. From evidence at the scene it is believed that another vehicle probably pulled into the path of Mr. Caldwell since skid marks of 50 to 75 feet delineated the path of the truck before it struck the bridge on New Town Road on I -75. According to a Calhoun funeral director, the truck burst into flames before those first on the scene could extricate Mr. Cald well from the cab. Several explo sions added impetus to the flames with the Gordon County Fire De partment and the Calhoun Fire Department requiring s e veral hours to extinguish the blaze. It was approximately 9 o’clock be fore the remains of Mr. Caldwell could be removed from the truck. Traffic was blocked on 1-75 for several hours due to the accident. Mr. Caldwell, one of the coun ty’s most widely known and pop ular residents, was born in Butts County, the son of Mr. Leonard Lacy Colwell and Mrs. Pearl Wea ver Colwell. He had been em ployed about 10 years by the Georgia Highway Express and was a valued employee of that firm. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Jackson. Funeral services were conduct ed Wednesday afternoon at three o’clock from the chapel of Hais ten Funeral Home with the Rev. Don Folsom, pastor, officiating. Interment was in Towaliga Bap tist Church Cemetery with Hais ten Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Mr. Caldwell is survived by his wife, Mrs. Sara Carter Caldwell; one daughter, Mrs. M. H. (Lola) Bradshaw, Jr., Rome; one son, Dr. Leslie Caldwell, Monticello; three grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. T. J. Harper, Mrs. Jack Rob ertson, Mrs. Lawrence Coleman, all of Griffin; four brothers, J. Robert Colwell, Atlanta; E. Pow ell Colwell, Abner H. Caldwell, and C. Dwayne Colwell, all of Griffin; one sister-in-law, Mrs. L. P. Colwell, Griffin; several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers were Charles Col well, Lamar Colwell, Harold Col well, Wallace Colwell, Winston Coleman, and Kenneth Harper. Brotherhood To Hear Missionary The public is invited to hear C. E. Ward, who served as Mis sionary to China, Monday night at 7:30 o’clock at Macedonia Baptist Church. The appearance of Mr. Ward was arranged by the Brotherhood of the Kimbell Bap tist Association with all churches taking part. Mr. Ward suffered imprison ment by the Communists when the area of China in which he was living was captured. It is expected that he will bring a great message out of his rich experience as a missionary and will highlight his talk with the use of pictures. A Dutch supper will be served at 7:30 p. m. by Tomlin’s Bar becue with the program to follow immediately. THURSDAY, JAN. 29, 1970 Sleet, Ice Reappeared On Friday The weather—principally bad —has been the big news maker this winter and it again made the headlines Friday morning when middle Georgia area residents awoke to find an unexpected and unforecast thin covering of sleet, snow and freezing rain which made driving extremely hazardous. A cold front had settled over the south Wednesday with tem peratures well below freezing. A wave condition developed over the Gulf, rapidly spreading clouds over the cold air, which action re sulted in several inches of snow in north Georgia, sleet and freez ing rain in most areas of middle Georgia and rain in southern Georgia. The icy conditions caused the closing of many school systems in central and north Georgia. However, a mode rating thermometer Friday after noon melted most of the slush locally with conditions greatly improved in the Jackson area by nightfall. Conditions north of Atlanta brought a virtual paralysis to all traffic with many of the roads being impassable and many closed by order of the Georgia State Patrol and local officers. A great number of traffic accidents were reported in Atlanta and Macon with conditions particularly dan gerous on bridges and overpasses. Many cars and trucks skidded to the side of the road where they had to be abandoned temporarily. Wrecker service and road service by garages and filling stations in metropolitan areas were over taxed with a delay of several hours in many instances. Footing was again treacherous for pedestrians with several per sons treated locally for falls and with another rash of falls and broken bones greeting bone spec ialists at Atlanta hospitals. The weekend brought a decided improvement in the weather with Monday being one of the balmiest days of the year. The wise, how ever, were not being deceived by the spring-like weather of Mon day for a quick glance at the cal endar shows that it’s still mid winter with much bad weather yet to come. Mills Lane Saluted As Top Banker Atlanta banker president Mills B. Lane is saluted as “perhaps the most imaginative and most colorful banker in the country” in a four-page article in the Feb ruary issue of The Reader’s Di gest, out this week. Author Irwin Ross says that in his 23 years as its president, Lane has built the Citizens and Southern Bank into “the largest bank in the South, with over $1.3 billion in deposits and 70 offices covering the state.” He’s also developed a firm rep utation as “an irrepressible zany, part missionary, part hardheaded businessman, who prefers to call himself a promoter rather than a banker,” the article says. He is “exuberance personified,” a de termined optimist whose standard greeting is, “It’s a wonderful world.” The article describes some of the “flamboyant gimmicks” Lane has used to call attention to bank projects: he once rolled into an officers’ meeting atop a toy auto mobile, for example, to emphasize the need for speed in a bank pro motion. Another time, to empha size teamwork, he and his chief aides appeared at a meeting in football uniforms. And he once had a group of men in hunters’ costumes shoot at a flashing bulls-eye to lead off a savings JACKSON, GEORGIA 30233 Hong Kong Is Beautiful City, Speaker Says Rev. Joseph A. Jimmerson, a missionary to Hong Kong, gave an entertaining talk on the Brit ish Crown Colony to members of the Jackson Business and Pro fessional Women’s Club at the January dinner meeting Monday night at the Jackson Clubhouse. The program was arranged by the Legislative Committee, Mrs. Jane Powell and Mrs. Helen Spencer, co-chairmen, with Mrs. Powell introducing the speaker. Mr. Jimmerson also showed professionally prepared films and stated that he had lived in Hong Kong eight years, terming it as one of the most beautiful cities and harbors in the world. He pointed out that over four mil lion people live in Hong and get food and water from the mainland. Over 98 percent of the four million people in Hong Kong are Chinese who live near the mouth of the South China River. Cotton is the principal industry with textiles hiring over one third of the population. There has been spectacular growth in the manufacture of electronic equip ment with nearly one-third of the population consisting of refugees. Mr. Jimmerson said that most of the schools are Chinese and that at night Hong Kong is a Crown Colony wearing a glitter ing light, a truly international city. He said we need Hong Kong as a window to look into China and that all of Chiria is not Com munist. Mr. Jimmerson stated that the goal of Communism is world domination and that over 50 mil lion people have been eliminated in China. It is important for peo ple in the United States to under stand, Mr. Jimmerson empha sized, that we face a generation of people who do not operate, think, nor believe like we do. The youth of China are brain-washed into believing there is no God. Many children are so brain washed that they will accuse their own parents of crimes against the state, knowing full well that they will be imprisoned or exe cuted. He said church buildings are used as factories, recreation centers, or torn down. No public church services are held inside of China with the meetings strict ly secret. The Bible is the main object the Communist are at tempting to destroy and the philosophy has succeeded in in stilling fear into the people. Mrs. Robert C. Edwards, B&- PW Club president, was absent and in Sylvan Grove Hospital suffering from injuries sustained in a fall at her home last week. In her absence, Miss Elizabeth McMichael presided and welcomed Mrs. Jimmerson, who accompa nied her husband; Mrs. Phyllis Ray, Mrs. Peggy Knowles, new est member; Mrs. Kathy Marsh, Mrs. Mary Ann Steverson, and Mrs. Robert Grier, recent new rpembers; T. H. Price and R. A. Allen. Miss McMichael called atten tion to the business meeting to be held Tuesday night, February 3rd, at the home of Mrs. S. L. Austin. Mrs. T. H. Price reported on the trip to Honolulu and urged members and friends to make reservations by March Ist. bond drive. But along with the gimmicks, says the Digest, Lane has pro vided “a quality of leadership and community identification unex celled among American banks.” He has helped spark community projects like the “Georgia Plan,” an effort to improve the living conditions of Georgia’s urban poor, most of them black. And he’s set up the Community De velopment Corporation, one goal of which is to lend equity capital to capable ghetto residents eager to go into business. Finally, in tharp contrast to banking tradi tion, he has plunged heartily into politics. The article quotes Lane’s self assessment: “I may be an eccen tric, but I’m no clown.” Jackson Kiwanians To Host District Banquet Feb. 3rd Wire Thieves Active In Four Areas Thieves are taking a heavy toll of copper wire from lines of the Snapping Shoals Electric Member ship Corporation in Henry, New ton, DeKalb, and Rockdale Coun ties, according to Ed Robinson, manager of the Snapping Shoals EMC in Covington. Mr. Robinson urges the coope ration of members of Snapping Shoals EMC in reporting any per son who is seen cutting copper wire and emphasizes that the per son or persons, if caught, may try to represent themselves as em ployees of the Co-op. However, Mr. Robinson said that all Co-op employees will be uniformed and will be driving a vehicle plainly marked. In the event the stealing of wire is observed, Mr. Robinson asks that the Co-Op be called col lect at 786-3484. If this number does not answer, persons are asked to call collect one of the following numbers: 786-7329; 786-3954; 786-6388; 786-3768. Orville Rooks Heads District Republicans James Orville Rooks, of Mc- Donough, formerly of Jackson, was elected district chairman of the Sixth District Executive Com mittee of the Republican Party of Georgia in Griffin on Jan uary 17 th. Mr. Rooks, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Rooks of Jackson, was the unanimous choice of committee members to fulfill the unexpired term of Roger W. Wilson of Ma con, who recently tendered his resignation from the position due to business demands upon his time. Mr. Rooks, Henry County Re publican Chairman for the past two years, is also a member of the State Executive Committee. Upon assuming the district chairman ship, he becomes responsible for coordinating the sixteen county conventions which will be held in March, as well as planning the party’s Sixth District Convention, scheduled for April 25th in Ma con. Gordon Hosts Band Festival On Saturday Barnesville —Gordon Military College will host the Georgia Stage Band Festival on Saturday, January 31, beginning at noon in Alumni Memorial Hall. All Georgia high school stage bands are eligible for judging and approximately twenty bands are expected for the festival. Bands will be divided into classes according to the school size. Each band will receive an award according to the rating re ceived. The bands scoring the highest number of points in judg ing in each classification will re ceive a sweepstakes trophy, and the best musicians from the bands will be selected as the all star band. The public is invited to the per formance. (g) Private School Plans Advance At Mass Meeting Plans for a private school were advanced Monday night at a wide ly attended mass meeting at the Group Camp at Indian Springs State Park with Mr. J. M. Mit chell, widely known Monroe County educator, telling the at tentive audience that there is a definite need for quality educa tion that can be offered by top flight private schools. The meeting was presided over by Harold Martin, Jackson busi nessman and member of the City Council. A Board of Trustees was elected at the meeting by those parents who signed applications to enroll their children in the September 1970 term of school. The trustees are Porter Cawthon, Harold Martin, Charles Carter, Jim Robertson, Randolph Long, Philip Bunch, Mrs. Sandra Moore, Hiram Franklin, Ennis O’Neal, Russell Cawthon, Steve Jones, Herbert Shapard, Mrs. Della Threatt, Mrs. Virginia Browning, Denny O’Neal. Mr. Mitchell served as an edu cator for 37 years before retir ing. He was persuaded to become the original headmaster of Mon roe Academy which he served for three years before retiring and when a vacancy in the office of school superintendent for Monroe County became available, he was again urged out of retirement to take the post he presently holds. The Board of Trustees were to meet Wednesday night to formu late plans. A member of the trustees said that anyone wishing to make application to enroll their chil dren in the Indian Springs Acad emy, the name chosen for the pri vate school, may obtain blanks at the two banks from Denny O’Neal and Henry L. Asbury. Any one desiring additional in formation should call or contact a member of the Board of Trus tees. Five Spared As Car Hits Ice on Bridge Five Butts County women en route to work in Forsyth Friday morning escaped death or possible critical injury when the auto mobile being driven by Mrs. R. H. Thaxton skidded on the ice covered Towaliga bridge, on Rt. 42, hitting the bridge four times before overturning at the far end of the bridge with none of the passengers seriously injured. Driving to work in Forsyth, in addition to Mrs. Thaxton, were Mrs. Myrtice Kitchens, Mrs. Hazel B. Castellaw, Mrs. Horace Wise and Mrs. Elmily Singley. Accord ing to Jerry Thaxton, son of Mrs. Thaxton, the car hit the bridge at least four times without miracu lously knocking down the rails and plunging into the icy Tow aliga River, in which event a great tragedy would have likely occurred. Keeping control of the car fis best she could Mrs. Thax ton steered it across the bridge where it overturned in a field at the edge of the bridge, shaking up all of the occupants who were rushed to Monroe County Hos pital in Forsyth. All were treated with Mrs. Kitchens being admit ted. Sleet and freezing rain fell in the middle Georgia area Thursday night and Friday morning which made the roads extremely hazard ous, especially all bridges and overpasses. $5.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE Jackson Kiwanians will roll out the red carpet for Georgia District Governor Mark A. Smith Jr., of Macon, as the local club plays host to the transplanted twelfth division at a banquet Tuesday, February 3rd, at seven o’clock at the Group Camp, In dian Springs State Park. Prior to this occasion Mrs. Smith will be guest of honor at a reception tendered by the ladies of the Jackson Club in the Civic Room of the C&S Bank of Jack son from 5:30 to 6:30 o’clock. At the same time division of ficers will assemble at the club house for a business meeting at which District Governor Smith will preside with Lt. Governor Frank Forehand of the Twelfth Division taking a prominent role. The program arranged by Lt. Gov. Forehand and President Denny O’Neal, is as follows: Call to order, Lt. Gov. Fore hand. America, led by Rev. David Black, Mrs. Florrie O’Neal, ac companist. Invocation, Flynt Langford, Immediate Past Lt. Gov., Twelfth Division. Dinner Recognitions, Rogers Starr, Past Lt. Gov., Twelfth Division. Special Music, Mr. and Mrs. Steve Jett. Introduction, Sandy Sanvidge, Secretary, Jackson Club. Welcome, Denny O’Neal, Presi dent. Introduction of Speaker, Frank Forehand. Speaker, Mark A. Smith Jr. Special Presentation, Ralph Carr, Jr., Vice President, Jack son Club. Pledge of Allegiance, Francis Holland, Vice President, Jackson Club. Adjourn About 140 Kiwanians and their ladies from clubs over the 12th Division are expected to attend. Farm Census Is Now Being Taken By Carl Brack In the last few weeks farmers in Butts County received a Cen sus report to be filled out and mailed to the Census bureau. Ev eryone who has not completed the report is encouraged to have the report in by February 15, 1970. ' This census helps people to un derstand agriculture and its prob lems. This is a must if agricul ture is to prosper. Decisions that will lead to improved programs and more action must be based on reliable facts. You as a farmer are the only one that can furnish these facts. If you need help in filling out the census report, please contact this office. Westbury Leaves For Africa Rev. S. J. Westbury of Jenkins burg leaves today for New York City for a two month’s visit to East Africa, arriving in Nairobi on Friday, January 30th. The widely traveled Assembly of God minister expects to re turn to the United States on March 27th and while gone will conduct three training classes for native pastors as well as dedicate a church in Nairobi. Among the other cities Mr. Westbury will visit are Mombas sa, Mbeya, Entebbe, and Kin shasa.