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IT’S THIS WAY
BY DOYLE JONES JR. V "
Jest of the Week: Census Taker: How many in your family.and
what are their politics?
Woman: Five! I’m Republican, the old man's a Democrat, the
kid’s wet, the cow’s dry and the cat’s a free loader.
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THIS AND THAT ABOUT THESE AND THOSE
We appreciate the complimentary remarks by several readers ,
concerning my article in last week’s paper on the late Sen. Richard j
B. Russell. It was easy to write of such a man. We shall not see his 1
likes again. Sen. Russell towered above his senate colleagues like
the Matterhorn above the Kansas plains. Several plans are afoot
to honor this great Georgian, notably a stature on the Capitol
grounds in Atlanta and a library at the University of Georgia that
would house his papers and memorabilia . .We are amazed at the
energy and industry of Rev. S. J. Westbury. Presently he is away
on a trip to Africa, the eighth he has made, where the church of
which he is a member and which he represents so ably is engaged
in missionary and building programs of a substantial nature. Despite
these overseas activities he finds time to successfully manage two
of Georgia’s largest nursing homes at Jenkinsburg and Conyers.
And when he’s at home he’s always busy. Of course, in his son, Jim
Westbury, he has excellent help in managing the nursing homes.
God has blessed this man and he seemingly enjoys helping Him spread
His kingdom . . . We appreciate the nice letter we had last week
from Bill and Carolyn Hammond Francis from frigid Ossining, New
York expressing sympathy at the death of Beau. We still have not
found the occasion to write Beau’s obituary but it should be forth
coming soon . . . We had a strange experience on a recent fog
shrouded Saturday night that goes to prove that one never knows
what he’ll find in and on the highways—dead or alive. We had re
turned Jack and Martha Caldwell and son, Mike, home and were
enroute home ourselves when I noticed a white object huddled in
the dead center of the road near the Green Acres Trailer Park on
the Barnesville Road. The fog was thick and heavy, my low beam
lights were on, and to make matters worse 1 was meeting a car and
there were two behind. My first thought was that it was a white
cat or dog and that perhaps it had been struck and was lying frozen
with fear on the center line. 1 asked Martha if she had seen it and
she said “no.” I also realized the animal was not dead as it was
in an upright position. Not being able to stop then 1 had to drive all
the way lo Barnes Lumber Cos. before 1 could turn around to go
back and lift whatever it was out of the road. When I came abreast
of it, there was no traffic. You can imagine my surprise when I
opened the door, expec.ing to see a cat or dog, and lo and behold
there was a monstrous sized white and black rabbit hugging the
center line and too far gone with justifiable fear to move. 1 picked
it up and put it on the floorboard under my feet and drove home
with i,. Arriving there 1 put it in a box and started a process of
thawing it out- the temperature was in the mid-forties. Before we
went to bed that night, it was beginning to move a little and en
joyed a piece or two of lettuce. By morning it, 1 don’t know whether
it is a he or she, had regained its normal rabbit habits and 1 am
afraid it believes it has found a home. No so. We’re looking after
it but that rabbit has got to go. We advertised it and hope that
the owner, someone who probably lives in the area of the trailer park,
will claim it. We’ve also had several offers to give it a home and if
the owner doesn’t appear soon, Brer Rabbit is going to do his hippity
hopping somewhere else than at the Jones domicile, this unknown
fugitive from the briar patch has an appetite like a horse, drinks
water like a man about to perish from thirst, but to his credit has
a lovable disposition, or at least as far as 1 know, but my knowl
edge about rabbits other than the wild cottontails is extremely
limited. After a few more days we’re in the market for anew home
for Brer Rabbit . . . We regret to see Rev. T. L. Moody leave the
Second Baptist Church for a pastorate in Macon. He had been
here since July and had become one of my favorite personalities.
Good luck, preacher . . . Buttrill Road has been dubbed by many
as “Millionaire Road,” figuratively if not literally, because of the
three handsome and expensive homes. Frank Barnes was first to
break the ice. He was followed soon afterwards by Hugh Glidewell.
It was left for David (Deebie) Deraney to build the piece de resist
ance, his home being one of Jackson’s premier showplaces. Now these
linest Editorial
THE LAVONIA TIMES
BY DEWEY F. HOLLAND
A WORD OF CAUTION
A lot is being said these days about Federal aid
to states, or the returning of Federal Funds to the
states to use, govern, and disburse as they see fit,
which all sounds real good on the surface, BUT, it
all doesn’t show on the surface.
As it now stands, we in several of the Southern
states have it made and don’t know it. Here’s why;
The state of Georgia receives in Federal Funds by
way of various grants, subsidy, pensions, aid, etc.,
approximately 150 per cent of the total contributions
to the Federal treasury by all tax payers in Georgia.
In other words, for every SIOO.OO that goes into the
Federal treasury from Georgia, we receive approxi
mately $150.00 in return. Now we don’t have to be
real smart to figure that out. Yes, we are spunging on
the richer more affluent states. They get back
only a paid of their contributions to the Federal Gov
ernment, we get all ours back plus half that much
again.
The old saying “burners can’t be choosers” is cer
tainly true here, but we had better keep quiet and
hope they keep playing Santa Claus to us. True, we
might do a better job of using it if we here in Georgia
had complete control over it when it comes back into
the state, but I doubt if we would be that much more
efficient.
Let’s face it. If this legislation
passes, the amount of funds re
turned to each state would be a
percentage of the amount paid
into the Federal treasury by each
state which would mean a drastic
cutback for us, and a tremendous
boost to the richer states up
North and out West.
If you have any influence in
Congress, better start now trying
to calm the waters, lest we rock
the boat. In fact, we could sink.
I like the slogan used by one of
our large TV stations preceding
their newscast. It says, “An in
formed citizen is a better citi
zen.”
This is indeed true. We so
often push for changes that
sound good, but when the facts
are known, we find sometimes
too late, that we were all wrong.
I am very much concerned
that this same thing can happen
right here in our own state with
the “aid to cities and counties”
that is being kicked around. I
have heard proposals that sales
tax be increased by 1 per cent
are being joined by Mac Collins who has a beautiful home well under
way. The architecture and style of all the homes are different so
that Buttrill Road is really becoming the town’s showcase. However,
one or two of the homeowners suggest that “Millionaire Road’’ is
atrociously unappropriate and that instead it should be dubbed
“Mortgage Row.” . . . The Falcons eschew a “name” playe r like the
Indians did smallpox. As usual, the Falcon “brain trust” drafted
player after player from obscure schools that have never been heard
of in this section and that’s true both of the school and the player.
We trust these unknowns will work out fo r Coach Van Brocklin but
we’re adopting that old Missouri adage, “you’ll have to show me.”
About the only positive thing the Falcons have done la ely is raise
the price of tickets for the ’7l season and that may be the only
profit (no pun intended, Joe) they’ll show.
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and that % of that increase be
returned to the counties and
cities. Now, here again that
sounds real good and fai r on the
surface, but how about small
business areas where lots of peo
ple live, yet the bulk of their buy
ing is done in another county.
This could be especially bad on
us here in Franklin County with
so many of our citizens contin
uously going out of town and
county to shop and buy. As I
have said many times, it is those
other communities they are help
ing, not their home community.
This is bad but true, and on a
proposal like I mentioned above,
could be disastrous to us, and be
a hardship in some of the smaller
counties over the state.
Don’t misunderstand me. I
would like to see our counties
and municipalities get some more
help from the state, but it is my
opinion it must be on a per
capita basis as it is now set up,
using the same formula, but hope
fully with a substantial increase.
1 ‘Whatsoever Things’
BY DONALD E. WILDMON
A YOUNG BOY—BUT A BIG MAN
f Emmanuel Dannan didn’t live very long. But
he lived well what few years he did live. He was
without parents when he was four years old,
and was placed in the Milwaukee Poor House.
He spent his next three years in that institution.
Then Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Norton adopted Em
manuel. The Nortons also adopted a girl at the
same time they adopted Emmanel, two years older
than he. The two went to live wi.h the Nortons on th e farm in Mar
quette County.
Would Not Tell A Lie
Emmanuel had been living with the Nortons for about a year
when Mr. Norton, whom he called “Pa”, told the lad of eight to tell
a lie about something. The young boy answered back: “Pa, I don’t
lie.” Steadfastly refusing to tell the lie that his adopted parent
wanted told, Norton took Emmanuel and tied his wrists to a rafter
until only his toes touched the floor. For the next two hours Norton
flogged the boy wnh switches while the lad kept refusing to tell the
lie. When the lad was at last let down, he turned to Norton and said:
“Pa, I’m so cold.” That night, the older girl later testified in court,
Emmanuel Dannan died at the age of eight. He died believing it
wrong to tell a lie.
Children shame us at times.
Their beauty sometimes brings
to light the ugliness of some of
us adults. Studying human na
ture, one is not surprised that
the Carpenter took a little child,
set him in the midst of the crowd,
and told them that to enter the
Kingdom of Heaven they would
have to become like that child.
I have been shamed and hum
bled many times by the honest
humility of children. We adults
have many prejudices and hatreds
which we have ingrained in us
over a period of many years.
Children are free of this. I heard
a fellow say once that the races
should be separated among the
little children because “they
didn’t know the difference.”
Like the song says, you have
to be taught to hate.
Ou r World Needs Them
Maybe one day adults will go
on believing some of those great
doctrines which they believed as
children—freedom, brotherhood,
justice, love, helpfulness, kind
ness, appreciation, and all the
others. Our world needs therrt,
needs them far more than it
needs more of the hatred and
selfishness and ugliness of many
of our adults.
One of the best investments
we as adults can make in life
is the shaping of a young mind
toward that which is true in life.
Those parents and teachers and
friends who spend their time
teaching a child to love and ap
preciate and be grateful do far
more in preventing the destruc
tion of the world than all the
ruling bodies in the world.
Emmanuel Dannan was a great
man, even if he was just eight
years old. He stayed true to the
highest he knew. A fund was be
gun to erect a monument to the
boy who would not tell a lie
after he died. A total of $1,099
was given, but the treasurer took
every penny of it. That was in
1851. In 1954, 103 years later,
funds were given and a monu
ment was erected in Emmanuel
Dannan’s honor.
The Nazarene once said: “Hap
py are those who suffer persecu
tion because they do what God
requires: the Kingdom of heaven
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belongs to them!” I believe I
know where Emmanuel lives now.
In that Place which belongs to
him.—FIVE STAR
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank our neigh
bors, friends, and relatives for
the food, telephone calls, beauti
ful flowers and every expression
of love and words of comfort ex
tended us in the loss of our loved
one. May God bless each and
everyone is our prayer. The
family of Mrs. Gladys O. Smith.
THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE
THE
Bible con
tains 3,566,480
letters, 810,697
words, 31,175, ver
ses, 1,189 chapters,
and 66 books. The
longest chapter is the
119th Psalm; the shortest
and middle chapter the 117th
Psalm. The middle verse is
the Bth of the 118th Psalm. The
longest name in the Bth chapter
of Isaiah. The word and occurs
46627 times; the word Lord 1855 times.
The 37th chapter of Isaiah and the
19th chapter of 2d book of Kings are
alike. Longest verse is the 9th of the Bth
chapter of Esther; shortest verse is the 35th
of the fifth chapter of John. In the 21st verse
of the 7th chapter of Ezra is the alphabet.
The finest piece of reading is the 26th
chapter of Acts. The name of God
is not mentioned
in the
book
of Esther. It
CONTAINS KNOWLEDGE,
WISDOM, HOLINESS AND LOVE.
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THURSDAY, FEB. 4, 1971
Mrs. Inman Smith
Passes After
Short Illness
Mrs. Laura Gladys O’Neal
Smith, 73, of Route 1, Jackson,
widely known matron of the
Stark community, died at the
Griffin-Spalding County Hospital
Friday morning, January 29th, at
1:40 o’clock after being a pa
tient there for about two weeks.
Mrs. Smith was born in Butts
County on July 31st, 1897 to the
la e Mr. Luthe r T. O’Neal and
Mrs. Vivia McMichael O’Neal.
She was the widow of Mr. Inman
C. Smith and was a member of
the Stark United Methodist
Church.
I
Funeral services were conduc
ted Saturday afternoon at three
o’clock at Stark United Methodist
Church with Rev. Francis Ford,
pastor, officiating. Interment
was in the church yard cemetery
with Haisten Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements.
Survivors include a daughter,
Mrs. Fred Cook of Jackson; two
sons, Rowland C. Smith of Gaines
ville and Warren F. Smith of
Jackson; a sister, Mrs. Emerson
McMichael of Jackson; three
brothers, George O’Neal of De
catur, Perry O’Neal and Chester
O’Neal, both of Jackson; 11
grandchildren; one great grand
child.
Pallbearers were Herman Caw
thon, Harold McMichael, Ray
mond Waites, Wesley Leverette,
Richard Pulliam and Leon Cook.
