The Jackson progress-argus. (Jackson, Ga.) 1915-current, April 20, 1972, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextSarksmt PrngrßSS-^trqus J. D. JONES PUBLISHER DOYLE JONES JR. ..Editor and Publisher Published every Thursday at 129 South Mulberry Street, Jtckion, Georgia 30233. Second Class Postage paid at Jack son, Georgia 30233. Address notice of undeliverable copies and other corre spondence to The Jackson Progress-Argus, P. 0. Box 249, Jackson, Georgia 30233. MEMBER TELEPHONE 775-3107 fkj/A If NML OFFICIAL ORGAN PlewwpMper BUTTS COUNTY AND Association - Founded 1885 CITY OF JACKSON Subscription Rates in Advance. Tax Included: One Year $5.00 School Year i $4.00 Six Months $2.75 Single Copy 10c IT’S THIS WAY BY DOYLE JONES JR. Jest of the Week: Visitor: “Is it expensive keeping your nephew in college?” Aunt: “Well, language runs pretty high. In the first month I sent him $l5 for English, $2O for Latin and $125 for Scotch.” Parents these days divide their worries between how their daugh ters will turn out and when they turn in. • ••••• THIS AND THAT ABOUT THESE AND THOSE The tragic gasoline fire and explosions at Doraville two weeks ago brings to mind the similar type fire that destroyed the Standard Oil plant of Settle and Robison on a torrid and very dry Saturday after noon, September 19th, 1931. The fire in Jackson, the city’s most disastrous with the possible exception of the conflagration that guttted the Commercial Building almost two decades earlier, claimed the life of W. H. Smith, truck driver for the local oil firm. The event remains vivid in my mind as if it had occurred only yesterday. I had just taken a bath and dressed and was on the back porch of our house on Indian Springs Street, preparing to walk to town to listen to a broadcast of the Mercer-Erskine game over Carmichael Drug Store’s old Atwater-Kent radio, one of the first radio sets in Jackson. I remember the first explosion and the cries of Mr. Smith, at least two, as he was engulfed' in the holocaust. The fire raged for several hours, completely destroying Gilmore Lumber Company, three Negro dwellings, and threatened the entire section of the city. The football game was forgotten and I remember Vincent, Daddy and I taking the garden hose onto the roof to wet down the shingles. It was a fearful and awesome sight with black columns of smoke rising to such heights that the fire could be seen from Forsyth. The lai-ge upright tank exploded with a swoosh that sent a ball of yellowish-orange flame over and beyond the Dr. R. A. Franklin home in the general direction of the present school and the old “track.” A Jackson matron, only recently married, and noted for her beauty and athletic ability, she was a basketball star in a neighboring town, dove through a wire fence back of our garden, surrendering a part of her panties and a piece of flesh to the sharp barbs. Late in the afternoon a thunderstorm and drenching rain helped weary fire fighters contain the blaze and cooled off the smouldering debris so that the remains of Mr. Smith could be removed. The rain also broke the drought and heat wave at the same time. The fire constituted perhaps the greatest four hour threat in the city’s history and it was miraculous that only one life was unfortunately lost. We can sym pathize with those in Doraville who lost lives, two were killed, and property, three homes were burned and several injured. A gasoline fire of such magnitude is a frightening experience, one hopefully we will never again have to face in Jackson . . . My good friend Rogers Woodward, in his letter to the editor, raises a legitimate gripe that more and more property owners are having to face, namely, what to do to and how to control the dumping of garbage, trash, discarded appliances, and what have you, on property that generally does not belong to the dumper, creating unsightly, unsanitary, and festering sores on the whole community. This problem of promis cuous dumping has mushroomed alarmingly within the past 10-20 years and seems to defy solution. Despite ordinances, statutes, and appeals by landowners, such as the one made by Gen. Wood ward, the practice continues to accelerate. An overworked and understaffed sheriff’s department can hardly be expected to cope satisfactorily with dumping. Perhaps if those seen dumping, and they are seen and known, were reported by neighbors or property owners, indicted, tried and convicted with a stiff sentence meted, it might have a salient effect on dumpsters. I do not have an answer to your plight, Rogers, and I doubt that an editorial however bril liant and forceful would have much effect on those committed to a program of desecrating our landscape. Perhaps four or five county dumps, strategically located, might help alleviate the condition by providing a place that people might legitimately dump their trash rather than doing it nefarously by the roadside. I dunno ... It was bound to happen! In Social Circle there are a pair of white bull dogs, metal or stone, flanking a walk in front of a white house on the left driving in the direction of Athens. Because of the fact that Martha is an Athenian and Georgia football we make these trips to Athens via Social Circle bout a dozen times a year or more. We - • />.- . n/.&SK 4uest Editorial GRIFFIN DAILY NEWS WELCOME TO THE BEASTS Pretty soon now the lions and elephants and chimpanzees and all kinds of other jungle animals will be on display at Lion Country Safari in nearby Henry County. We believe that this will be one of the greatest tourist attractions in Georgia, which al ready has become quite a tourist state. The thousands of people who pour in to see the lions and elephants and each other will pour thousands of dollars into the economy of the state, and into this part of the state in particular. Stone Mountain and Six Flags are not far from here. Lion Coun try is even closer. It will be a big boost, and we can hardly wait to see it ourselves. . In the meantime, a deer jump ed to the side of the road and out of sight right near home as we caught it in the car headlights the other night. The fish will really get to biting at High Falls and at Jackson Lake just as soon as the water warms up a bit more. Rabbits are jumping around in the pasture behind the house and crimson cardinals are adding vivid patches of color to the hedgerows. Oh, this part of Georgia is a great place to live. So, welcome lions, and ele phants, and chimpanzees. And welcome, too, you tourists. CARD OF THANKS With a grateful heart I take this opportunity to express my deepest appreciation to friends and relatives who remembered m e with prayers, cards, flowers, visits and other kind deeds during my stay at the hospital and since returning home. Each and every act meant so much to me and I shall always remember your kindness.—James Pitts. READ THE WANT-ADS! have noted the bulldogs for years and admired them. Last Sunday when I met Martha in Social Circle, anew dimension had been added. The dogs had been identified. Someone had stenciled beneath the statues in bold red letters “Dooley’s Dogs.” It was bound to happen. Why not sooner is the only mystery . , . We don’t have to look at the calendar or Mother Nature to know that Spring and warm weather has arrived. We can always tell when we note in the Personal columns that Mrs. Ruby (C. M.) Compton has arrived. Miss Ruby” has a built in weather vane and radar in her system so that when cold weather arrives in the Fall, usually about Novem ber, she leaves Jackson to spend the Winter with son, Sam, in Ft. Myers, Fla. and doesn’t make her reappearance until the last cold spell is over, usually in April. She also visits with son, Milton, in Fairfield, Ala. She came home last week and since she’s one of my favorites I’m doubly glad she’s back. For it means no more cold weather plus the fact that we’ll probably have her until the chill winds of November send her scurrying southward again. REiLfssvnrcs [_TOP_BARGAINS IN USED CAR^ 1964 Falcon, Runs Real Good 1966 Mustang V-8, Straight Shift, Nice 1968 Camara, 3 Spd. Trans., Extra Nice 1969 Ford Fairlane 500, 2 Dr. Hardtop, Nice 1963 Impala 2 Dr. Hardtop, Extra Good 1967 Oldsmobile Delta 88, Fully Equipped, Real Nice 1968 Oldsmobile Delta 88, Fully Equipped, Extra Nice 1969 Caprice 4 Dr. Hardtop, Fully Equipped, Extra Nice 1967 Pontiac Grand Prix Convertible, Extra Clean 1970 Oldsmobile Delta 88, Fully Equipped, Extra Nice i ABW CHEVROLET C<Tl / Chevrolet / ’ 1 -dMriH EAST THIRD ST. PHONE 7757893 JACKSON, GA. THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA Progress-Argus Honor Roll New and Renewal Subscriptions Of The Past Few Days SPG Gordon G. Flynt, Ft. Sill, Okla. Mrs. M. D. Anderson, Long Beach, Calif. Mrs. G. T. Harkness, Jackson Mrs. Frank Rosser, Jackson Miss Nellie Singley, Jackson A. E. Barton, Jackson Rev. Bill Thomas, Forest Park Mrs. Bailey Woodward, Jack son H. G. Harris, Jenkinsburg Mrs. Sandra Butterworth, Jack son J. A. Nutt, Jackson Mrs. Harmon Edwards, Jack son CARD OF THANKS The family of Eben C. Jen nings wishes to thank everyone for their kindness, cards, flowers, food and for John Sherrell’s prompt ambulance service. Also many thanks to the entire staff at Sylvan throve Hospital during the illness shd at time of death of my beloved husband. May God bless you all.—L. Bertha Jen nings. ‘Whatsoever Things' BY DONALD E. WILD MON \ 1 TWO QUALITIES NEEDED IN LIVING £ The Carpenter from Nazareth had about Him some very definite human qualities, for the very gjVplßkLgpM,; simple reason that He was very definitely human. Two these qualities stand out. With them life ' s exc ’ t * n S- Without them, life can hardly be worth the effort of living. • Saw Some Good H The first quality which the Galilean had, and which we need, is that in every bad situation He saw some good. Things must never get so dark that we cannot see the light needed for living. It was a bad situation that Christ saw the tax-collector Mat thew in. But Jesus saw the good in Matthew the man. It was a bad situation when Peter ran out on his Lord. But Jesus saw the good in Peter—even the faithfulness and steadfastness. Jesus even nick named him The Rock! The cross was a bad situation—man’s highest contempt of God. But Jesus saw the good which would come from it. The second quality of Jesus which you and I need is this— ir. every problem He saw a posi bility. In every problem He faced, Jesus sought and found some possibility through which He could bring honor to His Father. Faced with the problem of travel ing through Samaria—a county avoided by the Jews—He used the occasion for the possibility of revealing who He was to a sin ful Samaritan woman at Jacob’s well. Faced with the problem of worried disciples on the Sea of Galilee in a storm, He found a possibility to show the power and concern of God. The secret here is that we strive to be like Christ. In every bad situation we need to look for the good. If we look for the good we will find it. If we look for the bad, or look to find fault, we will find that. Thoro Harris once wrote: “Look for the beautiful, seek to find the true.” No person can honestly call himself a follower of the Galilean who continually looks for only what is wrong. Jesus was a posi tivist who believed in the power, and the goodness, and the con cern of God. He believed in a God who could and would help in every situation. See Possibilities We also need to look for the possibilities in every problem. John Wesley, with the church doors of England closed to him, turned reluctantly to preaching in the open air. It opened a whole new exciting and extremely rewarding way of life to him. There is an old saying which con tains much truth: “Every ad versity hides a possibility.” We can actually turn bad prob lems into good possibilities. “Pil grim’s Progress” was written in Bedford jail where John Bunyan was a prisoner because he preached for religious toleration and freedom. “Many men owe the grandeur of their lives to their tremendous difficulties.” wrote the famous preacher Charles Spurgeon. Occasionally, when our vision is blurred by problems, we cannot see sights which at other times are so clear. When this happens, we need more than ever to re member that the oyster turns into pearl the sand which annoys it. In every bad situation, look for the good. In every problem, seek the possibility. If you will do these things they will help you live life and love it. FIVE STAR Saddle Club To Hold First Show The Ocmulgee Saddle Club will hold its first horse show of the season on Sunday, April 23rd, at one o’clock. This show will be sanctioned by the Georgia West ern Horse Show Association and promises many fine horses and riders from all over the south east. The show will feature 24 events. The concession stand will serve barbecued chicken, hamburgers, hot dogs and cold drinks. The show arena is located on High Falls Road between State Highways 16 and 36. Admission is free and the public is cordially invited to attend. We light up one out of every four Georgians. They are people who live in areas where they couldn’t get electricity from any other source. So they formed consumer-owned electric utilities —41 of them—that maintain over 7 7,000 miles of lines—enough to go three times around the earth —to bring dependable electric power to 80% of the area of Georgia. That’s doing a big job, and we think you ought to know about it. Because if we don’t light you up, we probably do light up someone you know or love. So remember who we are. J|||S§ mmmd: Central Georgia M'wm'wS'x £ i ec t r jc Membership Corporation THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1972 Letters To The Editor Thank you for the recent col umn entitled: Easter Offers Re newed Hope. Your article was a skilled diag nosis of the number one disease today—Sin. Your prognosis of this disease was also on target— Spreading. You also gave the process of cure —The Acceptance of the Risen Christ. Keep telling it as it is. Bill Thomas. Pastor Calvary Baptist Church Forest Park, Ga. I do not understand why peo ple dump their garbage, trash, oil cans (evidently from a filling station) and worn out furniture, on a small IV2 acre triangle of our land between the Jenkinsburg Road and Griffin Road. They know the land does not belong to them and it makes an unsightly mess near the public road. On Sunday after church at Fel lowship we observed someone had dumped more trash and even a washing machine bearing the number, 87-150-2307-TEMP MASTER. This in spite of the fact trees had been felled to pre vent entry and exit to the tri angle. From simple evidence such as letters and other identifying marks, a detective can identify some persons involved. Frankly, I do not want to track them down, but would appreciate it very much if they would re move their rubbish and discon tinue the practice. The Bible tells us’ to turn the other cheek and that I have now done. I would like to be very gentle with the people in Butts County be cause my relatives have lived there since early 1800. With your brilliant mind, I hope you will write an editorial on this subject and plead for their cooperation. William Rogers Woodward Atlanta, Ga.