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IT’S THIS WAY
BY DOYLE JONES JR.
Jest of the Week: The jest of this week comes all the way from
Savannah thanks to my Rood friend, John W. Thurston, a former
Jacksonian and a neighbor. Thanks, John, and for the invitation to
go fishing or shrimping. You’ve got a date the next time we’re in
Savannah!
The jest is as follows: A construction crew was remodeling a
Catholic hospital with business at the hospital going on as usual.
The contruction crew was all through the hospital and had a habit
of cursing and indulging in profanity when things didn’t go just
right. The nurses and patients went to the Mother Superior and
asked her to talk to the job superintendent about the crew’s lan
guage. She made her complaint. The superintendent told her that
the crews were rough and ready, not minding to call a spade a
spade. The Mother Superior quickly retorted that they did not. They
call it a “damn shovel.”
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THIS AND THAT ABOUT THESE AND THOSE
Atlanta Journal columnist Phil Garne r managed to stir up quite
a bit of indignation in his article in Monday’s paper, January 4th,
entitled "They Don’t Say Nothin’.” It was the old, old story of a
city writer taking a dig at his country cousins. Local people were
enraged, over the trooper’s recital of finding a white girl parked
in a car in the arms of : “big, old bush nigger.” That had no
relevancy to the story of a dead hippie who was slain and dumped
in the county. It was something better unsaid and people of both
races resent the implications. Those who might wish to respond
are reminded that Letters to the Editor will be printed provided
they are signed, and are not malicious or libelous. One must remem
ber that Mr. Garner had the right to tailor the article as he saw
fit whether we like it or not. We’ll be glad to hear from you . . .
It’s good' to see Frank Barnes back on his job at C&S looking fit
and recovering remarkably from surgery during which a stubborn
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kidney stone had to be removed via the scalpel. Frank says his
doctor stated you “can drink all the booze you want, chase all the
wild women, smoke all the cigarettes and eat anything, providing
you go easy on the milk.” What a doctor! By the way, Frank, who
was he? All George Walker tells me is to “lose weight, keep on your
diet, and drink sparingly.” . . . Butts County citizens benefitted im
measurably from a decision made jointly last week by the Butts
County Commissioners and the City of Jackson to operate a sanitary
land fill at the county dump off Brownlee Road. City officials agreed
to pay the county SSOO per month to operate the land fill. Burning
at the dump is now halted, good news to the county as a whole and
particularly to those citizens who reside near by. Garbage and refuse
will now be dumped into a giant trench and covered periodically.
With 100 acres in the dump to be utilized, it should last awhile and
solve one problem that becomes increasingly critical each year as the
population increases and garbage woes mount . . . Dr. Henry T.
Malone is an outstanding Georgian, an educator of note, an author
of wide renown, a speaker and punster par excellence and a civic
leader, particularly in Kiwanis, of great stature. He is a past gover
nor of the Georgia Division of Kiwanis International and his appear
ances here are always looked forward to with interest. His visit
of last Tuesday night was no exception and he inspired Kiwanians
with a challenging address on “Kiwanis Power.’’ . . . We flirted
with disaster Friday but escaped an ice and snow storm by a few
degrees. A Gulf low moved across the Southeast Thursday night
and Friday and began with sleet as it crossed North Georgia. The
mercury at that time was about 31 Or 32 degrees. But after mid
night Thursday it rose to 35 or 36 degrees in Atlanta thereby les
sening immeasurably the danger of a major ice and snow storm.
In extreme North Georgia, however, they were less fortunate and
reports Friday that some roads were extremely hazardous and
perhaps will have to be officially closed later in the day. We have
had snow flurries in Jackson twice, on Christmas night and on De
cember 30th when the Peach Bowl games and the snow and rain ar
rived about simultaneously. We had occasion to drive to Monroe
on Dec. 31st and areas north of Mansfield had much evidence of
snow on the ground, cars, houses and trees. It snowed here briskly
for a short time but there was too much rain and too high temper
. atures for it to stick. The sleet in Atlanta Thursday night reminded
of the wild trip Martha and I made to Atlanta aboard the Nancy
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Guest Editorial
THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
NARROWING THE ROAD
The Georgia law says you must park 12 feet from
the center line of a highway. Allowing absolutely
no margin for error, 12-foot mobile homes can
squeeze between your parked car and the center
line.
Now an effort is underway in the Legislature to
allow 14-foot mobile homes to be towed down the
highways. That would mean they would have to
hang two feet over the center line to pass a legally
parked car.
It also would mean death on
the highways.
It must not pass.
Allowing wider mobile homes
is as dangerous as permitting 65-
foot double bottom trailers on the
highways. That also is being pro
posed. It also must be stopped.
The idea that the state high
ways were designed for the con
venience of small segments of in
dustry must not be allowed to
flourish. If it does, the ordinary
driver is going to be crowded right
off the roads —sometimes to his
death at a bridge abutment or a
hazardous parking lane.
It is clear that these segments
of industry are not concerned
with the problems of the ordinary
driver. They don’t care, frankly,
what happens to the man in his
family car. They argue that “the
other Southern states” are go
ing to increase their tolerances
and that we should follow suit.
That same argument is going on
in every other state at the same
time.
The Legislature can stop the
foolishness, however. All it has
to do is kill the dangerous bills
at the first opportunity.
Hanks about a year ago on a snowy, sleety afternoon when con
ditions became so bad in Atlanta that most of the stores closed
early. We had trouble walking back to the Terminal Station and then
getting home once we arrived in Griffin with our ca r completely
iced over. We borrowed a dinner knife from another passenger and
opened enough of a “peep hole” to allow vision to drive home at a
snail’s pace. About half of Griffin was without electricity, a prostrate
and helpless victim of the storm’s fury. A Yankee friend said today
(Friday) in commenting on the weather that two inches of snow
paralyzes Atlanta and said that Southerners do not know how to
drive in snow and we are inclined to agree. He says we tend to
drive too fast and speed is the one thing you dpn’t need on snowy
roads. Perhaps he shouldn’t have been so critical because this far
south we have snow so seldom we don’t have the opportunities to
perfect our driving techniques. But according to Jim Davidson and
his Cleveland cronies we’re going to get those snows yet. These
mountaineers are seldom wrong on their prognosticating so we’re
going along with them.
WHAT TO GROW?
It shouldn’t be too hard to de
cide which vegetables to grow in
your garden this year. Simply
grow the ones your family likes.
Try new crops on a limited ba
sis only. If the wife and kids
like ’em, you can plant more
next year. But important as likes
and dislikes are, Extension spe
cialists remind us that a well-bal
anced diet should be kept in mind
too when planning our gardens.
Butts County
VFW Post 5374
Regular Meeting Nights
THIRD FRIDAY
in each month.
Youth Center 7:30
TROY H. NORSWORTHY
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DANIEL FORD SALES
Jackson, Ga.
Phone 775-7872
PERSONAL
Attending the Governor’s In
augural Ball at the Regency Hy
att House Tuesday evening were
Miss Kay Pinckney of Agnes
Scott and her escort, Mr. Walter
Cooksey of the University of
Georgia, Dr. R. H. Pinckney and
Miss Ellen Pinckney. Attending
at the Sheraton Biltmore were
Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Adams, Miss
Anne Adams and Mr. and Mrs.
Everett Briscoe.
Mrs. Robert Pinckney will at
tend a meeting of the nominating
committee of the Pine Valley
Girl Scout Council in Griffin this
week. Mrs. Lynville Whitby is
also a member of the Board of
Directors.
Mrs. Vance Ray and Andy will
spend Friday and Saturday in
Durham, North Carolina.
Carlton T. Williams entered
Macon Hospital last Sunday for
observation and treat men t,
friends will be interested to learn.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Couch, Mar
gie, Mark and Lizzie of Macon,
Mrs. Marguerite Cook, Ronnie
and Delores spent Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Taylor, Sr.
Notice To Tax Payers
Of Butts County
If you have had no change in your property
in 1970 you are not required to make a tax re
turn. Your exemption will be given and no pen
alty charged. However, if you have bought,
sold, added or improved or have inventory,
farm machinery or any farm animals you are
required to make a tax return. A 10% penalty
will be charged if these are not returned in per
son or by mail by April 1, 1971.
Those taxpayers 65 years of age or older with
an income of husband and wife combined that
does not exceed $4,000 a year are eligible for an
additional $2,000 exemption. These taxpayers
must make yearly returns.
All Tax Returns are audited by your County
Tax Assessors.
t
Mrs. Ed Carmichael
Tax Receiver, Butts County
‘Whatsoever Things'
BY DONALD E. WILDMON
I, DO, TOO, QUEENIE
Some time ago the story of Queenie Williams
y I appeared in the paper. Queenie was 105 years old
at t he time. While most folks consider Queenie
jl poor, Queenie doesn’t think of herself in that
Queenie was born on a plantation near Green
wood, Mississippi, and grew up chopping cotton.
She married and had eight children. But her husband and children
are all dead now. She was living in a bedroom-kitchen shack. The
rain leaked through her roof, and once she felt the snow blowing
in on her head before she stopped the crack with newspapers.
What does Queenie do with herself? “I sing and sew, I sit
around readin’ my Bible and cryin’ and prayin’.” But Queenie can
laugh, too. She laughs even when she talks about crying.
Queenie made it to the third
grade, and can read pretty good.
“I’ve read the print near-bout
off my old Bible,” she said. She
sits at home in her big, lumpy
chair with newspapers stuffed un
der it, focuses her eyes under the
yellow glare of the naked light
on the ceiling, and speaks of the
War on Poverty. “I wish they’d
declare that war on me. Man
came out here the other day and
said, ‘Queenie, I think they ought
to send you to the poorhouse.’
I said, ‘Man, where do you think
I am right now?’ ”
Queenie’s only income is a s7l
cheek she gets each month from
the government. Where does she
get the rest of her help? “The
rest of my help comes from the
Lord,” she said. She said she had
seen better days. Once she had
been rated an excellent enough
cook for the then political boss
of Memphis—Ed Crump. Now,
however, there’s not much to
cook. He r only meal the day she
was interviewed was an Irish po
tato.
Stole Her Crutch
“Yes, sir. I guess I’m poor all
right. I need a mattress bad as
a dead man needs a coffin.”
Queenie said somebody stole her
crutch. “But the Bible says we’ll
always have poor folks. They
were arguin’ about that when
Jesus was born.”
I guess most folks would clas
sify Queenie as poor. And, in one
manner of speaking, she is quite
poor. For her material riches just
do not exist. But in another man
ner of speaking—higher than the
first—Queenie isn’t poor at all.
Fact about the business is that
she is richer than many of the
“rich” folks.
She made it plain she is not en
vious of the rich. “All the rich
people got when they’re dead is
a fine casket. I got myself and
Jesus,” she said. Then Queenie
looked up at the big picture of
Jesus on the cracked wall. “May
be,” she said, “maybe some of
the rich folks got Jesus, too. I
hope so.”
I do, too, Queenie. I do, too.
—FIVE STAR
PERSONAL
Mrs. John B. Cooper of Deca
tur spent several days last week
with Mrs. Douglas Glass.
Mrs. Bloomer Bevil of Living
Center in Griffin spent Sunday
with her daughter, Mrs. G. N.
Etheredge, Sr., Mr. Etheredge
and Miss Ginnilu Etheredge.
CONSOLIDATED REPORT OF CONDITION OF
Mclntosh State Bank
OF JACKSON IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA AND DOMESTIC
SUBSIDIARIES AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS
ON DECEMBER 31, 1970.
ASSETS
Cash and due from banks (including $85,139.93
unposted debits) . $ 674,430.70
U. S. Treasury securities 361,620.42
Securities of other U. S. Government agencies
and corporations J 459,937.50
Obligations of States and political subdivisions 202,424.25
Federal funds sold and securities purchased under
agreement to resell 100,000.00
Other loans 3,220,305.96
Bank premises, furniture and fixtures, and other
assets representing bank premises 1 92,429.20
Other assets 17,598.22
TOTAL ASSETS $5,128,746.25
LIABILITIES
Demand deposits of individuals, partnerships, and
corporations $1,364,174.39
Time and savings deposits of individuals, partnerships,
and corporations 2,422,689.27
Deposits of United States Government 137,091.08
Deposits of States and political subdivisions 288,363.84
Certified and officers’ checks, etc. 34,943.39
TOTAL DEPOSITS .....$4,247,261.97
(a) Total demand deposits $1,567,838.63
(b) Total time and savings deposits ....$2,679,423.34
Othe r liabilities 393,870.76
TOTAL LIABILITIES . $4,641,132.73
RESERVES ON LOANS AND SECURITIES
Reserve for bad debt losses on loans (set up pursuant
to Internal Revenue Service rulings) 45,793.81
TOTAL RESERVES ON LOANS AND
CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
Equity capital, total $ 441,819.71
Common stock—total par value 250,000.00
(No. shares authorized 25,000)
(No. shares outstanding 25,000)
Surplus 100,000.00
Undivided profits 91,819.71
TOTAL CAPITAL ACCOUNTS $ 441,819.71
TOTAL LIABILITIES, RESERVES, AND
CAPITAL ACCOUNTS $5,128,746.25
MEMORANDA
Average of total deposits for the 15 calendar days
ending with call date $4,046,333.07
Average of total loans for the 15 calendar days
ending with call date $3,297,483.92
I, Joe B. Taylor, Exec. Vice Pres, of th e above-named bank,
do solemnly affirm that this report of condition is true and correct,
to the best of my knowledge and belief.
JOE B. TAYLOR
Correct—Attest:
H. Wayne Barnes, E. M. McCord, L. C. Webb, Directors
State of Georgia, County of Butts, ss:
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 11th day of January, 1971.
and I hereby certify that I am not an officer or director of this bank.
MARTHA C. PULLIAM, Notary Public.
My Commission expires April 5, 1974.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1971
PERSONAL
Rufus Adams will attend the
meeting of the Community Credit
Board to be held in Kansas City
on Wednesday and Thursday.
The friends of Mrs. David Garr
of California, Md. will be inter
ested to know that she spent sev
eral days last week in the Navy
hospital. She is at home now and
continues to improve.
Friends of Nesbit Moss will re
gret to learn h e was admitted to
the Macon Hospital, being carried
there Sunday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Ector Cawtho,i
of Hapeville visited relatives in
Butts County Sunday.
Mrs. H. H. Caldwell and Mrs.
G. G. Wallace spent last week
with Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Caldwell
in Hampton.
CARD OF THANKS
I wish to express my deep ap
preciation for the many, many
kindnesses shown me while I was
a patient at Emory University
Hospital and since returning
home. The prayers, beautiful
flowers, cards, visits, phone calls,
and gifts meant more to me than
you will ever know. I shall always
b e grateful fo r your kindness and
thoughtfulness. May God bless
each of you.—John P. Hunt.
