Newspaper Page Text
THURSDAY, NOV. 5, 1970
Cjfmr P. Al. Jli+te,
BY DOYLE JONES, JR.
For the millions who watched the Georgia-South Carolina game
n television Saturday they ought to mail a refund to ABC Sports
..; : ,ee they got more than their money’s worth. For those who watched
in person, all over 40 should have their heart checked soon by
their personal doctor. Not many can stand two games in a row and
the prospects for a repeat in the Georgia-Florida game Saturday
in the Gator Bowl are excellent. It was probably the most sensational
game played in the Southeast in the last 10 years and the hero of
the day and Georgia’s great victory was an unsung third string
quarterback, Paul Gilbert. Gilbert was an All-American prepster
at Athens High and a star on the frosh team, but injuries laid him
low until he sank in obscurity on the Bulldog bench. His moment
of truth came Saturday when Mike Cavan had his neck about
wrenched off by a vicious tackle. With James Ray on the sideline
with his leg in a cast, it was Gilbert as the last resort. How he re
sponded made gridiron history, bringing the Bulldogs from a 21-3
deficit to a more respectable half time margin of 28-18. For one
game at least Paul Gilbert was an All-American and those who wit
nessed his amazing and inspired performance will never forget it.
Georgia was the eventual winner by a score of 52-34 that left 58,000
fans limp as the proverbial dish rag.
This is the time of the year that teams are being wooed by the
various bowls and as usual the SEC ranks high. You can bet Grand
ma’s egg money that Auburn, Ole Miss, LSU and Tennessee will go
abowling with Georgia and Alabama accorded a chance at smaller
bowls. Tech is rated an outside chance but with Notre Dame and
Georgia ahead caution must be observed else the Techsters might end
7-4, conceding the win over Navy this week.
This is probably one of the best Jackson teams in recent years
and with two games remaining, the Red Devils should take Lamar
County here Friday night and then be prepared to seriously chal
lenge Russell in the season’s finale. Billy Glidewell and Bruce Hicks
are good enough to attract the attention of college scouts and there
are others who could make the grade at a prep school before step
ping onto the scene of major college ball. We understand that Georgia
is cold to Bruce because of his size. A Jackson High coach said that
they were told in Athens that the Bulldogs “never touch a boy
under 6 feet.” Bruce is 5’7” and weighs 165. If Tech can be in
terested in him, the Jackets might sign a potential Brent Cunning
ham, as Bruce possesses many of the physical attributes of the fine
Eatonton athlete.
Football prognosticating is becoming more hazardous each week.
With four weeks remaining of college play there are only a smat
tering of undefeated and untied teams and more will bite the dust
before the season is concluded. With its weak schedule, Ohio State
should finish undefeated. Texas has to get by Arkansas on Decem
ber sth on national TV and Notre Dame must evade LSU and South
ern Cal on successive Saturdays, a big order for any team. Teams
are becoming so balanced that Podunk may upset Super U on any
given Saturday so that every game is a coach’s nightmare.
This week we point the Fickle Finger at:
JACKSON over LAMAR COUNTY —The Red Devils want to
end their home season on a winning note and should be too much
to handle for the hard luck Lamar Countians.
TECH over NAVY—The Middies are feeble this year. Bud Car
son and Cos. should win handily but of such are upsets made.
GEORGIA over FLORIDA—-The Gators have surrendered more
points than any team in the SEC and with the Bulldog’s offense im
proving they may be able to take advantage of the Gator’s gene
rosity. Georgia is our pick in a wide open game.
LSU over ALABAMA —The Tide is improving but the Tiger
defense should be the difference.
DUKE over WAKE FOREST—The Blue Devils are in the run
ning for ACC honors and should rebound to take the Deacons.
MISSISSIPPI over HOUSTON—The Rebs had a week off to
prepare for the Cougars so look for Archie to be hotter than a
feverish fox in a forest fire.
KENTUCKY over VANDY —The Wildcats have too much of
fensive power for the Commodores to stifle. It should be close,
however, and watch it.
MISSOURI over OKLAHOMA —The Tigers of Dan Devine have
waxed hot and cold. They were cold last week so maybe they 11 boil
against the Sooners.
NORTHWESTERN over MINNESOTA —The Evanston entry has
their best team in recent years so we look for the Wildcats to win
by a whisker.
TEXAS TECH over TCU —Trying to forecast a SWC brawl is
like looking for the needle in the haystack, but we’re calling a hunch
on the Red Raiders.
PERSONAL
Recent guests of Mr. and Mrs.
R- C. Riley were Mr. and Mrs.
C. D. Riley of Decatur, Mrs. Mat
tie Smith of McDonough, Mr.
and Mrs. Phil Henley of Locust
Grove and Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Edwards of Kennesaw.
Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Carmich
ael, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ridgeway
and Martin Ridgeway attended
the Tech-Duke game Saturday in
Durham, North Carolina.
Friends of Mrs. Helen Holsom
baek regret to learn that she con
tinues ill in the Floyd County
Hospital in Rome.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Williams
of Indian Springs attended the
Georgia-South Carolina game in
Athens Saturday afternoon.
PERSONAL
Mr. and Mrs. Julius Spoon of
Indian Springs spent Saturday in
Madison at the apartment of Mr.
and Mrs. James Moore while Mr.
and Mrs. Moore, Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Schwamlein Sr. of Forsyth
and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Schwam
lein Jr. of Canton attended the
Georgia-South Carolina Home
coming game in Athens Saturday.
Following the game they returned
to Madison where the Spoons
joined them to motor to Canton
for the weekend with Mr. asd
Mrs. Schwamlein Jr. Sunday they
toured the mountains in North
Georgia, also going to Helen mak
ing a leaf tour.
Mrs. Frank Payne of Louisville,
Ky. spent the weekend with her
sister, Mrs. A. V. Maddox, and
Mr. Maddox.
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS. JACKSON, GEORGIA
(ascs
HEWS
JAPAN—FIRST BILLION
DOLLAR OFF-SHARE
CUSTOMER FOR U. S.
FARMERS
Georgia residents are well
aware that U. S.- Japanese trade
is extensive, Ross P. Bowen,
Chairman of the Georgia Agricul
tural Stabilization and Conserva
tion (ASC) Committee, comment
ed recently.
“Almost everyone recognizes
that Americans are important
customers for Japanese goods. I
wonder how many of us realize
that the Japanese are major cus
tomers for American goods, es
pecially for American farm com
modities.
“In fact, Japan imports more
U. S. Agricultural products than
any other country in the world—
a record sl.l billion worth during
the 1970 fiscal year,” Bowen said.
He pointed out that feed
grains, soybeans, wheat, cotton,
and tobacco are important farm
crops in Georgia and that ex
ports of these farm products to
Japan have gone up dramatically
in recent years.
More than six million tons of
feed grains were shipped to Japan
last fiscal year—just about one
third of U. S. feed grain exports.
Soybean exports to Japan had a
$251 million value, and wheat ex
ports $136 million. Japan is our
best cotton customer, taking one
fourth of its cotton from the U.
S. and Japan brought SSO mil
lion worth of tobacco from the
U. S. during the last fiscal year.
The ASC committee chairman
reported that Secretary of Ag
riculture Clifford M. Hardin at a
luncheon sponsored by the Na
tional Grain and Feed Associ
ation, Washington, D. C., Septem
ber 15, 1970, took note of the
American-Japanese trade story,
calling it unprecedented.
Secretary Hardin also said:
“The Japanese economy has
paralleled that nation’s growth in
trade. Is the years between 1960
and 1965, Japanese shipments in
world trade more than doubled.
By 1969, they had almost doub
led again, reaching sl6 billion.
Shipments to the United States
increased in those nine years by
more than four times—s 4.9 bil
lion.
“The Japanese householder’s
disposable income has more than
tripled since 1960. His demand
for meat, milk, and eggs— a good
‘horseback’ measure of consumer
prosperity has increased by
more than four times in 15 years.
“He is diversifying his eating
habits as his income goes up.
For example, per person con
sumption of wheat flour in this
traditionally rice-eating society
has increased by 30 percent in a
decade and a half.
“Ten years ago, Japan’s agri
cultural imports from the U. S.
were $440 million. In the fiscal
year just past, they were more
than twice as great—nearly sl.l
billion.
“But the agricultural exports
are only one aspect of a bene
ficial trading relationship that
can be summarized very simply:
In terms of total exports, the
United States is Japan’s best cus
tomer, and Japan is the United
States’ best off-shore customer.
“As you might expect, two
thirds of U. S. shipments to Ja
pan last year were raw materials,
mineral fuels, and foodstuffs,
while 90 percent of Japan’s ship
ments to the U. S. were manu
factured goods.
This is the basis of beneficial
world trade—an exchange of
goods based primarily on produc
tion efficiency.
It is this principle that led Ja
pan to look to efficient producers
on the broad farmlands for the
feed grains needed to satisfy its
people’s rising demand for live
stock products.
“Asa result, imported feed
grains have triggered a rapid ex
pansion of Japanese livestock
production. This has brought
Japanese consumers more meat
and poultry at better prices; it
has opened opportunities for Jap
anese farmers for new and prof
itable livestock enterprises; it
has meant an important and ex
panding feed grain market for
world agriculture.
“Almost the whole range of
U. S. farm commodities finds Ja
Traffic Wrecks
Kill People On
Wholesale Plan
ATLANTA, (GPS) Traffic
accidents are responsible for
killing people on Georgia’s high
ways and streets on wholesale
terms.
Proof of this is found in a
State Patrol statistical report re
leased by Col. R. H. Burson, di
rector of the Georgia Department
of Public Safety.
For example, multiple-death
accidents, (wrecks in which two
or more persons are killed in a
single accident) claimed the lives
of 389 persons in 158 such ac
cidents during the first nine
months of 1970.
This represents 29 per cent of
Georgia’s traffic death toll dur
ing the 9-month period when 1,-
344 fatalities were recorded as
the result of auto-truck accidents.
The worst multiple-death type
accident claimed the lives
of nine persons. In another single
accident of this type six persons
were killed.
The scoreboard of other multi
fatal accidents reads like this:
Four accidents caused the
death of five persons in each mis
hap—a total of 20 fatalities.
In 12 crashes, four individuals
lost their lives in each—a total
of 48.
In 26 other accidents, three
deaths resulted in each—a total
of 78.
There were 114 accidents in
which two persons had their lives
snuffed out in each—a total of
228.
This violent type of traffic
accident that liquidates two or
more persons in a single crash is
largely responsible for Georgia’s
high traffic death toll, in the
opinion of state public safety of
ficials.
“This is wholesale slaughter of
human lives and there is absolute
ly no justification for it,” de
clared Col. Burson. “Speeding,
which results in head-on collis
ions, running off the road and
other explosive crashes, is a lead
ing cause of these tragic acci
dents.
“One of the saddest aspects of
this situation is the fact that
many of these people involved
are the innocent victims of a rash
act on the part of a thoughtless,
foolhardy driver. Until the indi
vidual driver—every one of them
—makes up his mind to obey our
traffic laws, and to drive care
fully and sensibly at all times,
these needless killings will con
tinue.
“We of th e State Patrol, work
ing day and night, will continue
to do everything within our pow
er and resources to reverse this
trend. But, in the final analysis,
it is squarely up to the drivers
themselves to put a stop to it
—and do it immediately.”
Progress-Argus
Honor Roll
New and Renewal Subscription*
Of The Past Few Days
E. L. Pittman, West Palm
Beach, Fla.
L. C. Tribble, Jackson
Ed Craig, Flovilla
Mrs. M. G. Finney, Jackson
Mrs. Randall Macon, Louisville,
Ky.
pan a leading customer.
“Japan wants, needs, and can
afford these products, and the
U. S. can supply them in any
system of international trade in
which price, quality, and avail
ability are the primary factors.
In a world of competition, ex
port expansion means salesman
ship and service as well as price,
quality and availability. The pro
ducers and marketers of the ma
jor U. S. agricultural products
have understood this, and they
support some 68 private trade or
ganizations formed to develop
markets overseas in cooperation
with the Department of Agricul
ture. This is, of course, a mutual
effort—with many strong Jap
anese organizations bringing to it
their special knowledge, their
special abilities.”
In closing, Agriculture Secre
tory Hardin gave special recog
nition to the trade organizations
for the three commodities which
last year accounted for two-thirds
of total U. S. agricultural ex
ports to Japan—feed grains,
soybeans, and wheat.
Famous "Dummy"
"Should auld acquaintance be forgot and ne'er brought to mind". Flovilla and
Indian Springs Railroad 1887-1915.
This photograph of the famous “Dummy” of the Flovilla and Indian Springs
Railroad was brought to the paper by Mr. M. L. Hodges Sr. We are indebted to him
for this courtesy. We are reproducing it in the certain hope that it will stir many
fond memories of the years when the “Dummy” ran from Flovilla to Indian Springs
and carried thousands of passengers the short distance from the main line of the
Southern Railroad to the famous spa and health resort. When time permits we
hope to do a featui’e story on the famed train and railroad.
Consumer
Debt $1,420
Locally
(Specinal to the Progre-Argu)
NEW YORK, Oct. 24—-To
what extent are Butts County
residents making use of the in
stallment credit available to
them?
How much does the average
local family owe on purchases of
cars, dishwashers, clothes dryers,
hi-fi sets, furniture and other
articles?
More than it did a year ago,
according to the latest figures.
That has been the normal pat
tern. However, the increase in the
debt load was less than in most
other years.
A principal reason is that, lo
cally and in most other parts of
the country, consumers appear to
have been budgeting themselves
rather carefully, cutting down
somewhat on their expenditures
for non-essential goods and ser
vices.
At the same time, they have
been paying their installment
debt at a faster clip than usual.
Because of this self-control on
the part of most consumers and
because of steadily rising in
comes, credit men feel that the
public has the situation well in
hand and has not over-extended
itself.
In Butts County, installment
debt at midyear came to an esti
mated $1,420 per family, based
upon average earnings and ex-
MEET THE RED DEVILS
EUGENE MYRICK
Eugene Myrick, 190 lb.
junior end, is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Myrick.
Eugene played tackle at
Henderson last year. This
year the coaches believed
Eugene to have the speed
and hands to be a good end.
He is big enough to block
down on a tackle and fast
enough to get open on his
pass pattern.
Eugene is one of the fast
est linemen we have and he
blocks well.
Eugene sees some defen
sive action. He plays a
tough defensive end; how
ever, he is sound for of
fense.
Eugene is only a jun
ior and will return next fall.
He is having a fine season
this year. With experience,
he should be a better play
er.. He should also be big
ger and stronger.
The coaches believe Eu
gene will be one of the
finest linemen returning
next season.
PERSONAL
Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Robison
Jr., Mrs. Wright Hicks and Seab
Maddox attended the Atlanta-
Chicago game Sunday afternoon
in Atlanta.
penditures locally and upon na
tional debt studies.
That is the overall average.
Some families owe considerably
more than this and others owe
little or nothing.
For the local population as a
whole, installment debt totaled
approximately $3,345,000 at the
end of the fiscal year, it is esti
mated.
This takes into account loans
for automobiles purchases, credit
for the purchase of other con
sumer Roods, personal loans and
loans for home repair and mod
ernization. Not included are
mortßaße debt, charße accounts
and single payment loans,
Accordinß to the national
studies, made by the Federal Re
serve Board, the University of
Michißan’s Survey Research Cen
ter and others, amonß all families
hat have installment debt, the
averaße umount owed is $1,540
per family.
It adds up to $08.7 billion na
tionally, as compared with $93.1
billion the year before.
Thus, of every $6 of income
that Americans have left after
paying their taxes, about $1
must go to pay their installment
debt.
In Butts County, it amounts
to $llB per month per family,
on average.
JEFF ENGLISH
Jeff English, 150 lb. half
back, is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Lamar English.
Jeff is one of our fine
young running backs. He is
a strong runner with decep
tive speed. He is not only a
good runner, but a good
blocker.
Jeff is a fine defensive
player also. He plays de
fensive halfback and rover
back. At roverback, Jeff
must play contain on sweeps
and also drop back for pass
protection. He is a big part
of the best pass defense
we’ve had at Jackson High.
Jeff’s real value to the
team is shown when he lines
up as punter. He is sporting
a 40 plus punting average.
This is the best punting
average we’ve had at Jack
son in many years.
Jeff is an all around ath
lete. He participates in
track and he helped the
baseball team win the sub
region.
PARRISH DRUG CO.
Heavy Rains
Break Drought
Last Week
To Bulldog fans, Theron Sapp,
the Macon Mauler, is known as
the “drought breaker” for his
touchdown on Grant Field in
1957 that ended a Georgia fam
ine that' extended over eight
years.
Many Butts Countians will no
doubt consider the moderate to
heavy rain of Thursday, October
29th, as the “drought breaker”
that broke the back of a dry
spell in this section that extended
from mid August until the sub
stantial rains of last week.
Rains were general over the
southeast, precipitated by a cold
front that moved through the
Georgia area very slowly from
Wednesday to Friday night. Ma
con received more than 5.37 in
ches of rain in a 24 hour period
that brought local flooding. Rain
fall in the Butts County area was
less than that but still fell in
moderate amounts. The rain
gauge at Lloyd Shoals showed
2.29 inches of rainfall in a 24
hour period while the gauge of T.
T. Patrick registered 2% inches
and one at the home of Charles
N. Brownlee on the Brownlee
Road indicated 2 inches of rain.
The heaviest rainfall was in the
Flovilla-Indian Springs area with
Spencer Johnson at Indian
Springs reporting 3V* inches on
his gauge.
JOE TYUS
Joe Tyus, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Rufus Tyus of Jack
son, is a 155 lb. junior de
fensive end and wears num
ber 73.
This is the first year that
Joe has played very much
football.
Joe has been a starting
defensive end for the last
five ball games and has
been most outstanding. His
teammates have nicknamed
him “Snake” because of
his quickness. After the
third bail game during prac
tice we noticed that no one
could block “Snake,” so we
decided to give him a try in
the ball game. The first
night he made eight indi
vidual tackles and he has
been a regular starter since.
Last week in the Rock
dale County game, he inter
cepted a pass after being
deflected by Calvin White
and ran for a 51 yard
touchdown. Joe was very
alert on this play and is
typical of the way he plays
his end position.