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Jest of the Week: A farmer’s mule once kicked his
mother-in-law to death. A tremendous crowd turned out for the
funeral, all men, curiously enough. The minister during the course
of the obsequies, commented: “This old lady must certainly have
been very popular, when one looks about and observes the large
number of people who have left their work to come to her funeral.”
“They’re not here for the funeral,” observed one of those
who had come.
“They’re here to buy the mule.”
THIS AND THAT ABOUT THESE AND THOSE
My good friend, RobertO. (Bob) Linch, editor of The Weekly
Advertiser, McDonough, had a cracking good editorial in last’s
week’s paper entitled “Stop The Dumping.” We are reprinting it
on this page and I hope most readers will take the time to read it.
Butts County certainly needs some teeth in its dumping laws. If
this serious problem is not solved within the next few years, we
(our county) may literally be inundated with trash and
litter .... We are in receipt of a letter from Lamar H.
Thaxton, an old JHS classmate from faraway Los Angeles, stating
that he will be flying back to Jackson around Thanksgiving for a
vacation that will extend into the first two weeks of December and
that he is looking forward to seeing many friends he didn’t get to
see when here last year. We hope Lamar’s proposed trip home has
been duly noted by his many friends and that we have an
opportunity to see him. Please drop by the office, Mun ....
One could look at Lawrence Morgan and know instinctively he was
a fighter-the set of his jaw, the sometime stem look in his eyes,
the grim determination with which he met everyday problems,
and finally the grim and eventually yielding struggle with death.
After all Lawrence was a Marine and a good one and he was well
indoctrinated in the esprit de corps of this great fighting
organization. Lawrence lost his fight for life on November Bth, but
not before death had to pull out all the stops to still the life and
breath of this courageous man. It was my pleasure to serve with
him as a member of the Butts County Hospital Authority, he
coming on the board in 1963. It is regrettable that too often we fail
to recognize publicly the great contributions of some people until
their retirement, disability, or death. Such may be the case with
Lawrence Morgan. I soon began to realize the strength of
character, the qualities of leadership and his vast service to his
community that was hidden beneath his unassuming exterior and
belied by his frail body. His talent and dedication were
monumental. A favorite line of mine from Tennyson’s “Ulysses”
appears particularly appropriate oi Lawrence, “. . . made weak
by time and fate, but strong in will to strive, to seek, to find, and
not to yield.” Like the Apostle Paul he fought the good fight, he
kept the faith. Such a man is not replaced. The line simply
regroups and we carry on as best we can . . . .It is good to
see Jesse Outlar’s smiling face peer once again from his column
on the Constitution’s sport pages. The sports editor of the Atlanta
paper was critically wounded in the summer by a gunman who
shot him in the abdomen at Atlanta Stadium following a Falcon
exhibition game. He was hospitalized for more than a month while
friends from over the nation literally deluged his bedroom with
cards, prayers, calls and visits (after he was able to have
company). His first column after his wounding was Wednesday,
November 14th, and we are enjoying his articles again. We are
thankful his recovery is complete .... One of the real
pleasures of Christmas is printing the letters to Santa from the
children of the community. Thirty, forty and fifty years ago before
children became so sophisticated and Christmas so blase, almost
every child in the county, often through the help of parents and
teachers, penned a letter to Old Saint Nick and looked forward
eagerly to its publication in the Progress-Argus. Nowadays only a
few write, but as always we are glad to carry the letters without
charge and only wish that more children put their faith in Santa
Claus and would inform him of their heart’s desires . . . .
Those who will not venture far from their hearths Thanksgiving,
and those who are sports-minded, will have a television bill of fare
that should titillate the most jaded grid appetite. One can eat his
turkey, dressing and the trimmings today by watching the
Washington Redskins and the Detroit Lions tangle at 12:15. If
college football is their metier, then they can watch Notre Dame
rout the Air Force at 1:15. If still not sated, the tube will provide
another goody at 3:30 when the Dolphins and the Cowboys collide
in a crucial game and big attraction. The climax for many will
come when Alabama and LSU tangle in Baton Rouge at 6:30 p.m.
Thanksgiving night. If you have a venturesome foot, you might
like to drive to Atlanta in the afternoon for the annual
Tech-Georgia frosh classic which this year pits two unbeaten
teams, the Baby Jackets sporting a gaudy 5-0-0 record while the
Bull pups are close behind with an equally impressive 4-0-0 mark.
It should be a dilly. We’ll listen to it on the radio and stay close to
the fireside .... Knowledgeable sports writers in Atlanta
and over the South write that Tech’s chances for re-admission to
the SEC are extinct as the dodo bird. It would take a 7-3 vote of the
SEC school presidents when they meet December 2-3 in
THE JACKSON PROGRESS*ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
Guest Editorial
THE WEEKLY-ADVERTISER
Stop The Dumping
It is time that teeth were put in existing laws prohibiting
dumping in Henry County.
The county has provided a dump free of charge to all but
commercial haulers and the towns have made places available to
leave refuse. And yet, numbers of people persist in unloading large
bags of trash on roadsides and in secluded places.
Strict enforcement of laws with accompanying fines and
penalties is always a harsh solution and one to be utilized only as a
last resort. It now seems that imposition of penalties as the last
resort is the solution.
There are stretches of roadside, usually shielded from view,
literally converted to dumps. Flippen Road at Stockbridge is a
case in point as are the numbers of others, distinctly visible from
the air. The unsightly dumps are inexcusable.
The mood of the citizenry of Henry County demands
something be done. Those leaving behind the refuse have adopted
a “well, so what’’ attitude, and perhaps stiff fines are required to
get their attention in a manner not easily forgotten. Sadly, when
severe fines are imposed, the word gets around.
Judge Hugh D. Sosebee has levied several fines of $250
during the past year. The law permits a maximum of one thousand
dollars and one year, which is possibly too harsh. Maybe there is
something in between.
Comprehensive plans for handling solid waste are being
prepared in Henry County with long range objectives. Asa first
step the county provides a dump free of charge to all but
commercial haulers five and one-half days each week. The dump
is located at the County Department of Transportation offices and
shop on Highway 81 west of McDonough.
Sheriff Jimmy Glass has stated he will rigidly enforce the
anti-dumping laws and already some arrests are being made.
For the time, however, most penalties have resulted in
contacting violators and requiring them to come and pick up the
trash. This is a good enough solution, but apparently is not a
deterrent.
More and more people with more and more solid waste are
coming this way and Henry County needs to strictly enforce
anti-littering and anti-dumping laws. This is where we live and we
want to keep it nice.
ROL.
MAIL EAI^LY
Birmingham for expansion of the conference and the votes simply
aren’t there. There is still much bitterness over Tech’s
high-handed defection from the conference in 1964 which wounds
time have not healed. Even Bear Bryant’s presence in the Tech
corner will not be enough to offset the hurt of former years.
Perhaps Tech should look elsewhere, maybe the ACC where
Tech’s academics and grid scheduling might be more compatible.
Over the last several years Tech has met SEC foes 17 times and
won only three games. One can readily see where they might be
“more at home” in the ACC, certainly a much easier league than
the SEC, generally considered one of the nation’s toughest.
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A C&S CHARGE CARD
CAN HELP A LOT AT CHRISTMAS.
K ‘Whatsoever
Things’
By Donald E. Wildmon
ON CAMELS AND GNATS
I read a story not long ago about a lady by the name of
Jennie Grossinger. The article said that she was the founder and
owner of Grossinger’s, a 1200-acre world-famous resort in the
Catskills. The article told of a special problem she had in the 1940’s
when the big name entertainment she hired was beginning to draw
a large non-Jewish trade. The resort had never presented
entertainment on Friday night, the eve of Jewish Sabbath.
Mrs. Grossinger consulted a Talmudic scholar, who told her
that Sabbath-eve entertainment would be permissible as long as
the resort was not owned by a member of the Jewish faith at the
time.
So, the article stated, every Friday she would solemnly
present the deed to Grossinger’s-worth about S2O million-to Hans
Behrens, a long-time non-Jewish employee. Behrens would then
buy it for one dollar and become the “owner” until Saturday night.
On Saturday night Mrs. Grossinger would buy the place back.
Reading that story reminded me of Herod the Great, the
ruler in Palestine at the time of the birth of Christ. Herod was not a
Jew, but for political convenience he had adopted the Jewish
religion. He was trying to win the favor of the people he ruled who
were Jews.
Herod was a stickler for Jewish law. He consistently refused
to eat any pork because it was against Jewish law. But Herod had
no qualms about killing his wife, his brother-in-law, and three of
his sons. His actions led his Caesar, Augustus, to comment that he
would rather be Herod’s pig than Herod’s son!
It is a sad commentary when one’s religion becomes so
legalistic that it misses the spirit. The Christian religion, as taught
by the Founder, is not one concerned with a legalistic approach but
a spiritual one.
He even told a parable one day, the last half of which we
have conveniently forgotten. You recall the part of the parable
dealing with the prodigal son. But do you remember the last part
of the parable--the part concerning the elder son.
It was the elder son who stayed home and did all the chores.
He never wasted his father’s money. He did what he was supposed
to do. He did it when he was supposed to do it. But he did it all in the
wrong spirit. He gained little joy from it, missed completely what
his father had tried to teach him.
I guess there is a way to get around every rule in the
Christian religion, if a person is smart enough to do so. But there is
no way to get around the spirit of the religion.
You can deed your property over one day a week if you wish.
Or you can avoid eating pork. But my question is why even bother
with religion at all if this is your approach? If your religion is a
burden instead of a joy, then you have missed the point of it.
In any religion, you may be able to stay legalistic clean
while getting spiritually dirty. Even in this day it is possible to
swallow a camel and get choked on a gnat. - FIVE STAR.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Harris,
Michael and Jeffery of Nor
cross are guests during the
Thanksgiving holidays of their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herman
H. Harris.
Visiting with Mr. and Mrs.
Tyrus Grant, Gail and Iris
Saturday night were Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph Faulkner of
Warner Robins.
Lonnie Hadwin visited Sun
day with Mark Smith.
The Citizens and Southern Bank of Jackson
THURSDAY, NOV. 22, 1973
PERSONAL
Mrs. B O. Williamson, along
with Tami and Cami Hadwin,
visited Sunday afternoon with
Mr. and Mrs. K. K. Williams
and Keith.
Friends of C. T. Whiten
regret to learn he was admitted
Monday morning to the
Griffin-Spalding County Hospi
tal.
A. J. Welch Jr., McDonough
attorney, was a visitor to
Jackson Monday afternoon.
ISHeI . | Herman Talmadge]
HEARINGS WERE RECENTLY HELD by Senator Harry
F. Byrd, Chairman of the Subcommittee on International
Finance and Resources, on the subject of foreign indebted
ness to the United States. Since World War II the United
States has not sought repayment of over SSO billion in loans
to foreign countries.
I’m very glad to see renewed interest in re-evaluating this
country’s position with regard to foreign indebtedness to the
United States. Economic conditions in the United States which
include soaring inflation, the high rate of unemployment, the
dollar twice devalued and the unfavorable balance of trade
deficits should force us to reconsider our policy toward nations
of the world who owe us large sums of money.
Following every war that the United States has been ac
tively engaged in, we have found it to be our duty to rebuild
the economies of our allies as well as our enemies.
Now that these nations have established themselves as
leaders in world trade and are reaping the benefits of a pros
perous economy, we find that the United States has been left
out in the cold, with a slipping and sliding economy. Now is
the time to seek reimbursement for some of the monies handed
out.
* * * Oh
NO LONGER CAN WE still seek to protect the rest of the
world from military aggression, and similarly no longer can
we try to protect the world from economic instability. , u
Moreover, many of the nations that we have aided since
World War II have achieved economic stability and are pros
pering at the expense of the United States. Congress should
act to re-consider its role in over-seeing the reporting,
and re-scheduling of these foreign debts. Realistically, we must
start competing with the other nations of the world rather tharf
to continue to engage in philanthropic activities.
* * *
The United States must first and foremost look out for its.
own interest. We are fast approaching the 500 billion dollar
mark in the national debt.
Twice in this century the United States has attempted $9 .
make the world safe for democracy and twice we have in
curred huge accounts receivable. The United States continues ;
to pile up balance of payments and trade deficits while our'
post-world war generosity goes unrewarded.
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(not prepared or printed at government expense)
PERSONAL
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Godsey
entertained at a dinner
Tuesday for Mr. Verner
Godsey of Bushland, Texas and
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Godsey of
Abilene, Texas. Others present
were Mrs. Clarence Godsey,
Mrs. Albert Hencley, Mr.
Elsworth McMichael of Augus
ta and Mr. and Mrs. Lewis
Freeman.
Mr. and Mrs. Asa O’Neal
attended the 70th wedding
anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. A.
J. Upchurch at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. J. S. Lewis, and
Mr. Lewis near McDonough on
November 18th.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Harris t
have been enjoying the
Thanksgiving season in Largo,
Florida where they are visiting
Mrs. Harris’ brother, P. E:
Kelly, and Mrs. Kelly. While
away they have also visited
Clearwater, Indian Rocks
Beach and Sebring, Fla. and
are enjoying the golfing,
bowling, shopping and other
recreational activities.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cole
man, of Griffin, and Mrs. A. H.
Coleman left Tuesday to spend
Thanksgiving holidays with Lt.
Col. Alton H. Coleman and
family in Newport News,
Virginia.