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Its This Way
By Doyle Jones Jr.
Jest of the Week: FACTUAL REPORTER: The
first mate on a ship got drunk for the first time in his life. The
ship’s captain, a stern and rigid man, recorded in his log for
that day, “The first mate got drunk today.”
The mate protested against the entry, explaining that
if it remained in the log without further comment or
explanation it could ruin his career because it suggested that
drunkenness was not unusual for him, whereas he had never
been drunk before. The captain, however, was adamant,
stating that the log recorded the exact truth and therefore
must stand as written.
The next week it was the mate’s turn to write the
ship’s log. And on each day he wrote down these words, “The
captain was sober today.” The American Legion
Magazine, Dorothea Kent.
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THIS AND THAT ABOUT THESE AND THOSE
Perhaps the most significant development of last
week’s run-off was the staggering defeat suffered by Lester
Garfield Maddox, whose last hurrah came four years earlier
than he anticipated. His vote total was roughly at 40 percent
as compared to 60 by his opponent and Democratic winner,
George Busbee. Many Georgians have already forgotten that
even though Maddox served as governor, he was never
elected governor by the people. In the 1966 race against GOP
candidate Howard (Bo) Callaway neither he nor Callaway
received a firm majority and it was the General Assembly,
predominantly Democratic, that resolved the issue by
electing Maddox. Though perhaps Maddox was as ill qualified
to serve as governor as any chief executive in the state’s
history, his administration was by no means all bad. He
backed education to the hilt, his welfare program was
progressive and sound, some of his appointments were astute.
But he never let the voters forget that Lester Maddox was
honest, patriotic, moral and God-fearing, and he reminded
folks in such a manner that eventually it became repetitious
and abrasive. Political analysts saw the handwriting on the
wall when he only polled 35 percent of the votes in the first
primary. A whopping 65 percent voted against him and in the
run-off it was an insurmountable deficit. One thing can be
said of Lester without fear of contradiction. Georgia politics
will never be the same with his involuntary retirement. Peace
should reign on Capitol Hill. Now Lester can devote his entire
time to selling axe handles, Phooey shirts, and Maddox clocks
and get rich as Croesus. The state did Lester a favor and in
time he’ll appreciate and recognize it .... The surge of
premature cool air that invaded the South last Wednesday
and Thursday had folks dreaming of an early fall. Anew low
of 57 degrees was recorded in Atlanta last Wednesday and the
nippish air was generally received with much favor by
Jacksonians. In fact a football devotee took a deep quaff of the
autumnal air and quipped, “it smells like pigskin and bourbon
weather.” Which is a pretty good combination if one doesn’t
get too much of the latter and we don’t mean
weather .... We noted with much interest a story in
the McDonough paper that Frank J. Linch went to
McDonough 40 years ago last week to take over possession of
the McDonough Advertiser. A month later he purchased the
Henry County Weekly, merged the two and The Henry County
Weekly-Advertiser was born. Frank Linch was born and
reared at Flovilla and once worked on the staff of the Jackson
Progress-Argus, learning much of his vast knowledge of the
newspaper profession from my father, the late J. Doyle
Jones, Sr. Frank was one of my father’s favorites and I can
recall many of the always complimentary things he had to
say about his protege and fellow editor. We regret to report
that the health of Mr. Linch is very poor. He retired from
active association with the paper on December 31, 1969. Mr.
Linch’s son, Robert O. Linch, has edited the paper since
January 1, 1970 and has developed the paper into one of
Georgia’s outstanding weeklies. We trust Mr. Frank’s health
will improve and that Bobby continues his excellent
work .... The Methodist ladies of the Jackson United
Methodist Church had some good food for sale on the day of
the run-off on the courthouse lawn. We went over to get a
chicken salad sandwich, but they were all gone, so we settled
for some homemade vanilla ice cream and a piece of
chocolate cake that were “out of this world.” The word got
around and it was only about 1:30 that the ladies sold out and
closed up shop. But it (the food) was good while it
lasted .... On Saturday the population of Jackson will
be reduced by at least 100 as Georgia fans load up the jitney
for the first of five treks to Athenstown to watch the beloved
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THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
HE HAS TIME FOR EACH PERSON
A national magazine carried an article about
insurance-company executive Edward B. Rust. Rust related
an incident which happened while he was in an office
conference in Bloomington, Dlinois. Rust interrupted the
important meeting to answer a call from a customer of his
company who was in Houston.
Rust spoke with the customer, listened to the problem
he was having, and then was able to help the customer. Rust
said that when the conversation was ended, one of the people
in the office conference commented that an efficiency expert
would be appalled that he would interrupt an important
meeting in order to involve himself in the problems of one of
the company’s 20 million policyholders. He was told that an
efficiency expert would consider it an inefficient use of
executive time.
The reply Rust gave was this. “My response
was —and I deeply believe this that the day I refuse
calls from customers is the day I should resign, because that
is the day I will have begun to lose contact with the real world
in which we operate.”
As I read that story, I got to thinking about God.
Many times we doubt if God is interested in us personally and
in our personal problems. With more than a billion people on
the earth, it is hard to conceive of a God who would and could
be concerned about us personally.
However, this is precisely the message of the New
Testament. God does know each of us, even as a shepherd
knows his sheep. He is concerned about us, and our problems.
He is not a remote God, far off somewhere in His heaven
unconcerned about us. His presence sometimes surprises us
as much as it did Jacob. “Surely the Lord is in this place,”
said Jacob, “and I did not know it.”
He is as close as the air we breathe, more concerned
about us than perhaps we are about ourselves. The message
of the New Testament is that God cares. “God so loved the
world that He gave . . .” God is accessible to each of us.
He will even interrupt a council meeting with the angels in
order to listen and help with our problems!
A man by the name of Brewer Mattocks has written a
little poem which reminds us that God has not lost contact
with the real world in which we live.
The parish priest
Of Austerity,
Climbed up in a high church steeple
To be nearer God,
So that he might hand
His word down to His people.
And in sermon script
He daily wrote
What he thought was sent from heaven.
Jmd dropped this down
On people’s heads
Two times one day in seven.
In his age God said,
“Come down and die!”
And he cried from the steeple,
“Where art Thou, Lord?”
And the Lord replied,
“Down here among my people.”
That is where you will always find God. Among His
people. FIVE STAR
&IKJIIRRI
By Mrs. Cindy Brown
WINTER AND MONEY
The winter is coming!
Little cold snaps are becom
ing more frequent and the air
is crisp and invigorating.
Football games, county fairs
and schooltime are all here
and with them come new
clothes, school expenses, and
Christmas. Money, money,
money!
Sometimes I wonder how
we’ll all make it through the
chillier seasons, for each
week brings more expense
(and it seems to me) less
money. My small tribe jumps
clothes sizes the same way a
good beagle jumps rabbits
and they eat like a recently
found ship-wrecked crew.
Now, I’m not complaining
about their growth and
development just about
food costs’ growth and
development.
Take milk for instance. To
the best of my knowledge,
cows are not gold-plated, but
Bulldogs cavort between the hedges. Those who have been
counting the days until the Georgia opener, like the writer,
Frankie Hearn, Homer Williams, Ralph Carr, Jr., Jerry
McLaurin, and a few other of the faithful, have been in a state
of suspended animation the last few days. It seems Saturday
will never arrive. One gets fidgety playing the waiting-game.
I’ve had the car serviced three times this week, planned our
picnic with Martha no less than a half dozen times, laid out in
my mind’s eye several times the items to be
taken binoculars, stadium seats, card table (for the
picnic), rain gear, cushions, the jug, and the other items that
pop in mind at the last moment. But if all goes well, about 10
o’clock Saturday morning we’ll tuck Eld and Louise Copeland,
John and Georgia Schroeder and the two Joneses into our old
Caprice and away we’ll go, headed for the Classic city and
another Georgia opener, the Lord willing. Go get ’em, you
Hairy Dogs!
‘Whatsoever
Things'
By Donald E. Wildmon
at today’s prices they’ll soon
be wearing mink instead of
hair. Two gallons of “white
gold” a week, costs as much
as a cheap cut of roast.
Speaking of which, meat is
becoming a luxury item at
our house. We’ve eaten
enough chicken to have
earned our own roost and
enough fish to have grown
personalized fins. Hamburg
er helper has quit helping us
and soy meat stretchers just
aren’t stretching far enough.
Clothes? Well, I can
remember when bluejeans
for kids cost $1.50. Today,
jeans cost from 5 to 9 dollars;
the only reason I’ll pay that
for them is that with three
little boys, they’ll become
hand-me-downs in no time.
Although I’m not 100 percent
for the nudist colony in
Barnesville, I must say those
folks have the right idea. At
least they’ll save on double
knits and cleaning bills!
The next person I vote for
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER IS, 1574
Patterson
Commander
Of Legion
*
At a recent called meeting
of The American Legion,
Post 102, officers for the
ensuing year were installed
by Richard W. Watkins, Jr.
These include the follow
ing: W. A. Patterson,
Commander; Bob Riddle,
Vice Commander; Otho
Emory, 2nd Vice Command
er; Harold Grant, Adjutant;
Louis Freeman, Chaplain;
Banks Weaver, Finance
Officer; Berry Trimier,
Service Officer; Ralph Eb
erhardt and Asa O’Neal, Sgt.
at Arms; Frank Fountain,
Historian.
Next meeting will be at the
Youth Center, 7:30 p.m., on
Thursday, September 26th.
Newly elected officers are
requested to bring summa
ries of their jobs as currently
understood and questions for
clarification.
as president of the good old
USA will be the one who I
think can really cut prices.
How he does it could' matter
less to me, even if he has to
sell the White House and
pawn The Statue of Liberty.
Perhaps pawning the Statue
might be going a little too far,
but I would be willing to hock
the Senate building if need
be. How about you?
FALL IS HAPPENING
Rain is dropping from the
skyways
hear it softly kiss-the earth.
See the flowers bending over,
as they slumber through new
birth.
Trees are dealing out their
leaflets
like a dealer throwing cards.
Grass is greening, birds are
hopping
As evening happens in the
yards.
Fall is coming with its colors
Rain is showing it the way.
Soon we’ll open all our living
to an orange and gold array.
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From August endings to
autumn antics
lives will slowly travel o’er.
Bringing up a fresh tomor
row
Through summer’s misty
humid door.
FAT IS BEAUTIFUL
If anyone needs a list of
excuses as to why they don’t
diet, I have one already
made.
Why I Don’t
Diet
1. I just don’t have the will
power.
2. I feel better fat.
3. My husband (or wife) likes
me fat.
4. Fat is beautiful.
5. Fat people are happier.
6. I’ll have to buy new
clothes, and I can’t afford
them.
7. According to the doctor’s
scale, I’m not THAT much
overweight.
8. The summer vegetables
are too good.
9. Thanksgiving is near.
10. I can’t give up Christmas
goodies.
11. My fat’s inherited.
12. My 18 hour girdle takes
ten pounds off, anyway.
13. Dieting makes me weak
and if I exercise, I get
hungry.
14. And it’s nobody’s business
but mine!
Of course, I prefer excuses
1,3 and 5 for my own
personal use. However, you
might find others more to
your liking. Most people
prefer 7, 11, and 14; who
cares if they’re fat anyway?
Fat ain’t beautiful, but it sure
is easier! (Extra copies of
this list may be purchased
for one Brownie apiece.)
ANCIENT YORK
LODGE NO. 127
Regular Meeting Night*
Second Saturdays
Qualified Brethren
Invited
Stanley McCart, W. M.
Anbrey Harvey, Sec.
WORTHY ILLE. QA.
IT’S Tmr^EWTHEl^l
Guest Editorial
THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Reason Rules
The best candidate elected in Georgia’s primary
elections Tuesday was Reason.
Good, solid human reason prevailed in many races as
the Georgia voters demonstrated strongly that they want
qualified, intelligent, sensible, and reasonable officials to fill
political posts in the state.
And, in so doing, the voters turned down those
candidates who they considered to be less qualified, or too
demagogic, or too unwilling to work with others to better life
and conditions for all in Georgia.
In the governor’s race, the Democrats nominated
George Busbee, a man of ability, experience, energy, and
character, by giving him 60 percent of the vote over Lester
Maddox, a man who belongs to a less enlightened era.
For their nominee as lieutenant governor, the
Democrats chose Zell Miller, a man of merit who has
demonstrated his ability to serve progressively as a state
senator and in several top-level state government positions.
And on the Georgia Court of Appeals, the Democrats
nominated Thomas Marshall, a man greatly respected and
admired, to fill a judgeship of high trust and responsibility.
There were many other examples around the state
where the voters chose candidates of good will who promise to
be cooperative and forward-looking in their service to the
voters, and not divisive and unproductive and
backward-looking. There were, of course, some races where
good candidates lost and less desirable candidates
won —but everything can’t be perfect.
There was, for example, the Republicans’ choice of
Ronnie Thompson, firebrand mayor of Macon, as their
gubernatorial nomination, although his opponent, Harold
Dye, showed a much more knowledgeable grip of Georgia’s
problems and ways of alleviating them.
But that Republican mistake should be easily
corrected in November’s general election when the Georgia
voters show their reason again by electing George Busbee as
governor of Georgia.
In Wales, it’s believed that taking holly into the house before Christmas or leaving it up
after New Years is bad luck and leads to family quarrels.
NOTICE OF
PUBLIC HEARING
Notice hereby is given there will be a public hearing
at the Main Courtroom, Butts County Courthouse, Jack
son, Georgia at 7:30 o’clock p. m. on Monday, Sept. 16,
1974 upon proposals by owners of the following des
cribed properties that these petitioners be granted
Special Exceptions of locating Mobile Homes in Zoning
Classifications: A-R (Agricultural Residential.)
(1) 5 Acres located on Hwy. No. 16, 552 Militia
District, Butts County, Georgia. Owner and Applicant
of Land: Charles C. Mathis. Size of Mobile Home 12 x
65.
(2) 6 Acres located on Hwy. 87, 609 Militia Dis
trict, Butts County, Georgia. Land owned by R. L.
Brown. Applicant: Douglas Brown. Size of Mobile Home
12 x 60.
Public Hearing to be held by the Butts County
Board of Appeals.
The public is invited to the Public Hearing herein
above announced.
I would like to address this
to the three Butts County
Commissioners, Road De
partment, Police Depart
ment, Fire Department and
Sheriff’s Department.
1. When do the three
commissioners of Butts
County go out to see and meet
the people and see their
needs?
2. Why is it that the Road
Department takes a year to
get a contract signed to fix
Keys Ferry Road which has
been out all Summer long,
and they say they don’t take
a contract until 1975?
3. When does the Police
Department of the County
check out the dirt road
people live on them, too.
4. Regarding the Fire
Department in Butts County,
I would like to find out if the
Commission has helped the
Fire Department to check
out and see if they need any
help. The Sheriff’s Depart
ment I have seen sometimes;
the Police Department I have
never seen.
We, the people of Butts
County, receive more service
from the REA in Conyers,
Georgia than the Commis
sioners of Butts County or the
Southern Bell Telephone
Company in Butts County.
Thank you.
Tena Bedford
Arrow Point Rd.
Rt. 2, Jackson, Ga.
Lake Zone Z-35
