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IT’S THIS WAY
BY DOYLE JONES JR.
Jest of the Week:
NOW WE KNOW WHERE DAD STANDS
A little six-year-old boy had been given instructions in the use of
the electric toothbrush in the bathroom of his home, and he
immediately began to take a big interest in the tooth-brushing
activities of everyone in the family. After a couple of weeks of
observation, he went to his mother one day and asked: “I see you
and Sis using our electric toothbrush, but how come Daddy never
uses it when it has four brushes?”
“Because,” replied his mother, “we need that fourth brush for
polishing the silverware.” - Dan Bennett, The American Legion
Magazine.
THIS AND THAT ABOUT THESE AND THOSE
Sometimes my faith in humanity is shaken to the very core. On
other occasions I can view humanity’s progress with a less
jaundiced eye. The pronouncement by the Georgia Department of
Public Safety places me in a despondent mood. There were 29
persons killed on Georgia roads during the 102-hour Thanksgiving
holiday period. Not a single victim, according to careful
investigation, was wearing his seat belt. They were sitting on them,
not under them. At least half the lives lost could have been saved,
the report intimates, had they been using this life-saving device.
Why were they not? We can only blame it on abysmal ignorance,
appalling indifference, and just plain “don’t give a damn.” The
seat belt gives a person involved in an accident a fighting chance
for survival with its proper use. There is practically none without it
as the Thanksgiving statistics so grimly reveal Macon’s Mayor
Ronnie Thompson and Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter are at it again,
this time over enforcement and interpretation of Macon’s “blue
laws.” We have no idea why Macon has been singled out as
Georgia’s whipping boy. There can be little doubt that other towns
and cities are guilty of the same breach of blue laws that are true in
Macon. If the Sunday closing is to be enforced it should be done on a
state-wide basis with uniform compliance and with no exceptions.
What’s sauce for the Macon store as pertains to blue laws should be
the same for the store in Dalton, Valdosta or Griffin. There are
certain businesses, professional people, and occupations that can
take no holiday on Sunday. Crime and fire take no holiday, so
policemen and firemen are needed. People get sick on Sunday,
have accidents on Sunday so the use of doctors, pharmacists,
ambulance service, hospital technicians, nurses, etc. are vitally
needed. People have to travel on Sunday, thus the need for gas and
open service stations. I think what bugs the pro-blue law advocates
is this, for example: A man’s wife is taken ill; he calls his doctor or
he sees her and gives him a prescription. He takes it to his favorite
drug store and has it filled. No argument to this point. But while in
the drug store, he decides it would be nice to take his wife a box of
candy, and purchases it. Now the rhubarb begins. He needed the
prescription but in the minds of many the candy is superfluous,
certainly not a necessity. Or a person pulls into a service station
and orders the tank filled. Hot, tired and thirsty, he stops by the
vending machine for a soft drink. Again the argument. The gas was
a necessity, the drink was not. A state law should be enacted that
would override local considerations and the statue should be rigidly
enforced. If not, let all who wish stay open Ido not know how
many of you have ever literally nursed a sick pet back to health, but
it is a harrowing and nerve-racking experience. During
Thanksgiving of ’7l our Frisky, the newest addition to the Jones
cats, ate something caustic that seared his stomach and his tongue
so that he could not eat. About half grown at this time, Frisky was a
prodigious eater and when we observed him feeling poorly on the
Wednesday before Thanksgiving, I took him to Dr. Fielding
Lindsey in Griffin. A quick examination disclosed the trouble, with
Dr. Lindsey holding little hope for his recovery. For five straight
mornings I drove Frisky over to Griffin where he would be
administered two shots each morning and fluids to keep him from
becoming dehydrated. We’d get up early, eat breakfast and drive to
Griffin to be there by 7:45 to catch Dr. Lindsey at his office. He told
us at the outset that if Frisky was to be saved it would be by good
nursing and making him eat whether he wanted to or not. He could
not eat solids, his tongue was too sore, nor would his stomach retain
them, so we had to go to liquids. Fielding said to force feed him as
best we could every two hours or so day and night. For 96 hours, a
solid four days, Martha and I caught fitful catnaps between
feedings. We were using a mixture of milk, egg, sugar and were
feeding him with a large eye dropper. We would literally make him
swallow. I hit upon the idea of asking Fielding if a little liquor in his
concoction would be of benefit and he assured me that it would. I
don’t think quantity was discussed, so I poured about a teaspoon of
bourbon in his milk and soon we had a drunk cat as well as a sick
one. Sunday morning after Thanksgiving about 2 a.m. Frisky ate
his first food in almost a week and great was the rejoicing. He was
piwt weak and unsteady on his spindly legs, but in about a week
THE JACKSON FROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, CEORCIA
Guest Editorial
THE MOULTRIE OBSERVER
Make Washington Safe,
Whatever The Cost
If the voters want to vent their anger over an issue which needs
attention, let them fire telegrams and letters to their congressmen
and anybody else they know in Washington to protest the lack of
unity in making the nation’s capital safe.
We have been shocked in recent days to read news reports which
question the attempt to curb crime.
One news analysis notes a “costly war on crime-but was it worth
it?”
Another report questions the accuracy of statistics showing
progress is being made by the beefed-up Washington, D. C., police
force in its anit-crime war.
It would seem, from the tone of such dispatches, that people are
“taking sides.” Could it be due to party politics and prejudices
stemming from party operations?
There can be no divided opinion if Washington is to be made a
safe city. And if we cannot find ways and means of making
Washington the most crime-free, cleanest and safest city in the
United States, we had better give the country back to the Inidans. It
is a national disgrace that Washington has been rated among cities
with the highest crime rate in the U. S. No national administration
nor the Congress can escape a measure of responsibility for such a
situation.
President Richard Nixon promised an all-out fight on crime in
Washington four years ago when he was campaigning for his first
term in office. Since that time the police force in Washington has
been beefed-up, it has been given considerably more equipment,
and the cost per year of the anit-crime war in Washington has gone
from $39.9 million to SBS million for next year.
Critics are alleging that the statistics on crime are being juggled
to make it appear the crime rate in Washington is down when “in
reality” it is not. Others are questioning if the reduction as reported
“is worth the price.”
We believe that crime must be drastically reduced in Washington
at any cost. It is our nation’s capital-the center of our government,
our lawmaking, and our law enforcement. For a nation to be stable
and for the people to have confidence in their government, the
capital must be honest, free, and safe. The capital conduct must set
an example for the entire country.
We challenge every member of Congress and the administration
to join with law enforcement in establishing a guarantee that
Washington will be the most crime-free city in the world-whatever
the cost. If such a status cannot be achieved, then nothing we have
anywhere in American will remain secure for long.
Nat Thurman
Has Bibb
Scholarship
MACON. . . .Mr. Nathaniel
Hiurman, 111, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Nathaniel Thurman, 11,
150 Hancock Street, Jackson,
Georgia, has been awarded a
scholarship through The Bibb
Foundation, Macon, Georgia.
Hie Bibb Foundation was
established this year and is
designed to assist employees
and children of employees of
The Bibb Company who wish to
further their education.
Nathaniel is enrolled at West
Georgia College and plans to
attend graduate school follow
ing his four years of secondary
education. He was graduated
from Jackson High School in
1972 where he received a
certificate of scholastic
achievement and participated
in football, track, tennis, and
was captain of the basketball
team.
His mother, Mrs. Alma
Huffman, has been employed
with Bibb’s Plant Camellia for
three years in the Sewing
Department. Mr. Thurman is
employed with the Atlanta
Army Depot and the family
includes five other children.
The Bibb Company recog
nizes the necessity for educa
tion supported by business and
industry. It is our endeavor
through the Bibb Foundation to
meet the challenge of the future
by providing today’s youth with
the necessary tools to fulfill the
responsibilities of tomorrow.
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Of The Past Few Days
Nathaniel Clark, Jackson
Mrs. Sammy Webb, Jackson
W. H. Gordon, Jackson
cat we have, full of mischievousness and devilment, but a crowd
pleaser if ever there was one. We missed the Tech-Georgia
freshman game last Thanksgiving, because of him but did drive up
for the varsity game that night to see the Bulldogs miraculous
finish. If every cat has nine lives, then Frisky is living on a
fraction, for he was about a goner until we’d decided that if nursing
would give him a chance, he’d certainly have it. Frisky weighs
about 13-14 pounds and is a handsome cat, but last year at this time
he was literally skin and bones. It was quite an experience and one
Miss Slaughter
Was Buried
Here Sunday
Miss Fannie Slaughter, 93, of
607 East Third Street, member
of a prominent Jackson family,
died at Westbury Medical Care
Home in Jenkinsburg about
noon on Friday, December Ist.
She had been in failing health
for a long period of time and had
been a patient at Westbury for
several years.
Born April 30, 1879, she was
the daughter of the late Mr. I. J.
Slaughter of Jasper County and
Mrs. Susie Saunders Slaughter
of Butts County. Miss Slaughter
was a life long resident of Butts
County and a member of the
Jackson United Methodist
Church.
Graveside services were held
Sunday afternoon at the
Jackson City Cemetery at two
o’clock with Rev. Donald Gray,
pastor of the Jackson United
Methodist Church, officiating.
Haisten Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Miss Slaughter is survived by
a sister, Miss Viola Staley
Slaughter, one of Georgia’s
better known teachers of music,
of Jackson; one great niece and
one great nephew.
Pallbearers at Miss
Slaughter’s funeral were
Charles Harper, J. W. O’Neal,
Sr., W. O. Ball, Doyle Jones, Jr.,
Vincent S. Jones, Fred Morgan
and Carroll Harper.
Mrs. W. W. Wright, Jackson
Janis Alexander, Griffin
B. R. Hay, Jackson
Mrs. Charles Barbee, Flovilla
Dr.F.M. Holston, Lima, Peru
Mrs. J. L. Bailey, Lawrence
ville
Mrs. W. W. Johnson, La-
Grange
Bethel Salter, Thomaston
Mrs. Larry Markham, Lake
wood, Ohio
H. C. McGuire, Atlanta
THURSDAY, DEC. 7, 1972
‘Whatsoever Things’
BY DONALD E. WILD MON
THE MAN WHO CHANGED
, THE MAIL ORDER BUSINESS
K' % I picked up a mail order catalogue the
other day and placed an order. It was a
a simple process, and it never entered into my
jNSglf | mind that I would not get what I had
4 ordered. For all of the reputable mail order
houses today have guarantees that the
UA merchandise will be as described or it can
be returned for full credit. Time was when
that wasn’t true.
Back before 1872 if you placed an order from a catalogue, your
chances of getting what you ordered, merchandise as described in
the catalogue, were slim. For up till then chicanery, deception and
outrageous fraud were more the rule than strict ethical dealing.
But in 1872 a man, who later was to become famous because of
the mail order business, published his first catalogue. It was a
one-pager with 163 items listed. That man, and his catalogue, were
to change the course of the mail order business.
By 1875 he had increased his catalogue to 72 pages, and the 1875
catalogue carried in it an
ironclad commitment to his
customers. That policy, which
still stands, read like this: “We
guarantee all of our goods—if
any of them are not satisfactory
after due inspection, we will
take them back, pay all
expenses, and refund the money
paid for them.” Later that man
included “not satisfactory” to
include even a whim.
The pledge, now common
place was unheard of in those
days. And it wasn’t long till his
competition joined in line. They
were dismayed by the move,
and felt certain disaster would
result from it, but they had no
choice. One man did what he
believed right and best. The
others had to join in or get out.
Why is it, not only in business
but in other areas as well, that
we are afraid to do that which
we know is right and best? Why
is it that we accept politics, and
other institutions, as crooked
and deceitful? Why do we think
we have to do that which is
wrong simply because everyone
else does it or because it has
always been done?
A man who goes against
tradition and does what is right
can expect opposition. It is
bound to come. But the odds are
on his side that in the long haul
his method of honesty will prove
successful.
I can recall an incident when
the Galilean went into the
Temple and upset the tables of
the money changers. What had
begun as a good service had,
over a period of years, become
one filled with graft and
corruption. He dared to be
different, He would not fall into
line with dishonesty. And before
long that system He attacked
disappeared.
A person doesn’t have to be
dishonest simply because it is
the accepted way. Every person
can do what he knows to be
right. It may not be easy and he
may not be accepted by his
peers-but he will be right. And
being right is worth far more
than being accepted.
Today the mail order business
is a multi-billion-dollar-a-year
concern. And it continues to
grow about eight per cent each
year.
The man who changed the
mail order business into one of
respectability and honesty was
Aaron Montgomery Ward. His
company still does business
today. - Five Star.
NOTICE
Of interest to natives of
middle Georgia, Civil War
buffs, U.D.C. and history
students in general is the
recently published book; THE
EXPERIENCES OF ERAS
MUS H. JORDAN during the
Civil War with a Biography of
His Life by H. J. Powell. Hie
Siege of Atlanta; Escape from
Capture; Sherman’s March to
the Sea through Jasper County,
Ga.; Yankee Foraging Squad’s
Visit To Jordan’s Home; A
Yankee Officer’s and a Private
Account of Their Transit
Through Jasper County; Mil
ledgeville and Gordon; Skir
mish at Ball’s Ferry; Siege of
Savannah; Capture at Macon;
His Business and Political Life.
Paperback, 54 pages, four
photos, map. $3.25 plus Ga.
sales tax. Obtainable at
Kathryn’s Flowers, Monticello,
Ga. or by mail from Harvey J.
Powell, Monticello, Georgia
31064. Please add 25 cents
mailing charges.
12-7-2tc
PERSONAL
Forming a congenial group
going to Athens Saturday for the
Tech-Georgia game were Mr.
and Mrs. Freddie Dodson, Mr.
and Mrs. Bennie Fletcher and
Dr. and Mrs. Bailey Crockarell.
Mr. and Mrs. E. M. McCord
motored to Athens Saturday to
attend the Georgia-Tech game
at Sanford Field.
Miss Elizabeth McMichael
and Mrs. V. H. Ham attended
the Georgia-Tech game Satur
day afternoon in Athens.
Mr. and Mrs. M. W.
Carmichael, Mr. and Mrs. E. D.
Brisoce and Mr. and Mrs. Lou
Moelchert were among those
from Jackson attending the
Tech-Georgia game Saturday at
Sanford Field. Douglas Briscoe,
student at West Georgia
College, joined the group in
Athens.
Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Robison,
Jr. motored to Athens to attend
the Georgia-Georgia Tech game
Saturday afternoon.
Among those from Jackson
attending the Georgia-Tech
game Saturday at Sanford Field
in Athens were Mr. and Mrs.
Homer Williams.
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Mr. and Mrs. Ed Deaver,
accompanied by Mr. and Mrs.
David Mitchell of Valdosta,
attended the Georgia-Georgia
Tech game Saturday afternoon
in Athens.
Mr. and Mrs. William Mack
Davis went over to Athens
Saturday for the Georgia-Tech
game on Sanford Field.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Allen of
Bainbridge will spend the
weekend with Mr. and Mrs.
Mike Allen.
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A.F.B. Hospital at Lackland on
January 3rd for eye surgery on
January 4th.
