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J. D. JONES PUBLISHER
(1908-1955)
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It's This Way
By Doyle Jones Jr.
Jest of the Week: “Bertram,” asked the teacher, “who
signed the Declaration of Independence?”
“How the heck do I know,” replied Bertram.
Asa result of the classroom uproar that followed, the
teacher demanded to see the boy’s father. When the father
showed up, the teacher told him, “When I asked Bertram who
signed the Declaration of Independence, he became very
impertinent and said, ‘How the heck do I know.’ ”
The boy’s father returned to Bertram and said, “Son, if
you signed that doggone thing you better admit it.”
THIS AND THAT ABOUT THESE AND THOSE
This is no time to push the panic button but persons in
West Butts should be acutely aware their dogs should be
penned for the next few weeks. A second rabid coon was
discovered on Buttrill Road well under two miles from the
city limits. The first rabid coon was found in Towaliga district
in late May. Ten dogs, nine belonging to one family, had to be
destroyed because they had fought with and killed the rabies
infected raccoon on Buttrill Road. The colored owner of the
dogs was unable financially to have his dogs vaccinated and
since quite likely the coon had bitten one or more, all the dogs
had to be killed as a precautionary measure. Dr. William
Mitchell, vet, and William E. Essich, sanitarian, urge that all
families in the immediate vicinity of the two locations of the
dead coons to confine their dogs and have them vaccinated for
rabies at the earliest possible moment. If the ourbreak of
raboes were to spread here, them more stringent measures
would have to be adopted such as the destruction of all dogs
not vaccinated, strays or otherwise. A word to the wise should
be sufficient .... For the second time in recent years both
departments of the University of Georgia and Georgia Tech
have bowed to the Gods of Gold —the TV networks—and will
play their traditional Saturday after Thanksgiving game on
Thanksgiving night at Grant Field before a national audience.
Although most of us understand the motivation behind it, I am
sorry to see college football so subservient to the networks.
Collegiate football is kind of like a kept woman, when the
sugar daddy calls the tune and foots the bills, she jumps
through the hoop. Thanksgiving night is no time for night
football, even in the South. The weather is either cold or just
plain frigid, often mixed with rain, sleet or snow, with most
fans huddled in miserable groups, more interested in warmth
and survial than football. Of course, at 125 to 150 thousand per
team one can’t blame Vince or Pepper for the great
experimentation whether the fans concur or not. E Pluribus
Unum rules the world! .... Gov. George Busbee
appointed the Hon. Sam Whitmire of Barnesville as the
second judge for the Flint Judicial Circuit. Mr. Whitmire is
presently juvenile judge of the same circuit. He is an able,
experienced attorney and his appointment meets with
general favor over the circuit. We congratulate Mr. Whitmire
on his appointment .... We applaud the firm impartiality
and fairness of Judge Hugh D. Sosebee in his handling of the
drug cases in Monroe County. The defendants were from all
walks of life, white and black, some from top echelon families
of Forsyth. He meted out the sentences with a firm and
fairness that clearly demonstrated that he is no respecter of
persons and there is no dual code in his courts. We applaud
also the juries which had the often odious task of finding the
children of friends and neighbors guilty of the drug related
charges. By the action of the juries it proved the community
wished to do something about the drug peril and Judge
Sosebee backed them to the hilt. We call your attention on this
page to a Letter To the Editor from a Jackson citizen. We feel
the opinion expressed by this prominent Jacksonian is shared
by the great majority of our citizens here, though not openly
expressed as he chose to do. Certainly our hearts go out in
sympathy to the parents and families of these principally
teenagers who were caught in this drug web. But if the prison
sentences will enable them to break the drug habit, perhaps it
might even be counted as a blessing in disguise. I wish I could
honestly say I feel other young drug users in Monroe County
would profit from this traumatic episode for those
apprehended, but I have serious doubts. But to Judge Sosebee
and the Monroe County jury who tried to do something about
the ever growning drug menace, I say “Thank You” for a job
well done. I just hope a Butts County jury will exhibit as much
backbone and guts when the occasion arises here as it surely
will. We already know what Judge Sosebee will do.
A Siberian hunter has been known to express his belief that
captured sables could hear what was said of them as far off
as Moscow.
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THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
THE TRAIL OF A HORSE THIEF
A man in the old west was being tried for stealing a
horse. You need to remember, now, that stealing a horse in
the old west was a very grave and serious offense. A person
could be hung if found guilty of such a deed.
It so happened that the man was accused of stealing a
horse from another man in that town whom no one liked. The
man whose horse had been stolen had always made it a point
to get the best of any person with whom he had any dealings.
He had never tried to do anything good for anyone other than
himself. Consequently, the man whose horse had been stolen
didn’t have a single friend in the entire town.
The case was tried and presented to the jury. The
evidence against the accused man was pretty strong. After
about thirty minutes of deliberation, the jury returned to the
court chambers. “Gentlemen of the jury, have you reached a
verdict?” the judge asked. The chairman of the jury stood up.
“Yes, we have, your honor,” he replied. “What is your
verdict?” inquired the judge. There were a few moments of
silence and then the chairman spoke. “We find the defendant
not guilty if he will return the horse.”
After the judge had silenced the laughter in the
courtroom, he admondished the jury. “I cannot accept that
verdict. You will have to retire until you reach another
verdict,” said the judge. The jury went back into their room
to deliberate toward another verdict.
Now no member of the jury had any particular liking
for the man whose horse had been stolen. At one time or
another he had gotten the best of each of them. About an hour
passed before the jury could reach another verdict. They
re-entered the courtroom. They took their place in the jury
box and the courtroom grew silent.
“Gentlemen of the jury,” began the judge, “have you
reached a verdict?” The chairman of the jury stood up. “Yes
we have, your honor,” he replied. “What is your verdict?”
asked the judge.
The courtroom was totally silent. You could have heard
a pin drop. Everyone eagerly awaited the verdict. The
chairman read the decision reached by the twelve good men,
tried and true. “We find the defendant not guilty, and he can
keep the horse!”. The courtroom burst into laughter!
Well, I guess the moral of the story is that it pays to be
interested in people other than yourself. If you spend your life
trying to take advantage of others, never caring about them
in any way except what you can get from them or what they
can do for you, you will end up a loser—like the man who lost
his horse.
If you desire a friend, then you had better be a friend. If
you desire for other people to help you, then you had better
help other people. If you desire justice at the hands of others,
then you had better practice justice toward them.
Regardless of what you may think, the old Bibical
admonition is true. We do reap what we sow.
Jenkinsburg News
By Mrs. T. H. Price
Mrs. J. W. Watkins Jr. of
Decatur was Saturday
luncheon guest of Mr. and
Mrs. J. O. Minter. Visitors in
the afternoon were Mrs. J. H.
Pope of Worthville and Mr.
and Mrs. Bernard O’Neal of
Largo, Fla.
Friday spend the day
guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. A.
Allen were Mr. and Mrs. Sam
Posey of Stone Mountain,
Master David Edwards of
Douglasville and Kim Ed
wards of Carrollton spent
several days with Mr. and
Mrs. Allen and they went
down to Douglas, Ga. and on
to Jacksonville Beach, Fla.
for a few days.
Mrs. Sarah Lynn Blanken
ship had the misfortune of
cutting her hand severely
several days ago and had to
go to hospital for surgery on
a tendon in her hand. We
wish for her a speedy
recovery and full use of her
hand.
Father’s Day dinner guests
of Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Price
were Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Price, Jeff and Phillip of
Lake Spivey, Jonesboro,
Miss Shirley Price of Atlanta
and Miss Agnes Price of
Forsyth.
Enjoying a family get
together Sunday with Mr.
M. W. Childs were his
children Mrs. Wilton Childs
and family of Decatur, Mrs.
Miriam Dobbs and Kim of
Rome, Mrs. Katherine Jones
and family of Atlanta, Miss
Sara Martha Childs and Miss
Lucille Brookshaw of At
lanta, and Mrs. Betty Jane
Sarfaty of Decatur.
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley
Harris of Cartersville were
Wednesday night supper
guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. G.
Harris. Sunday dinner guests
were Mr. and Mrs. Leonard
Hoard and Lynn of Stock
bridge, Mrs. Janice Harris,
Susan and John of Decatur,
Mr. and Mrs. William Harris
‘Whatsoever
Things’
By Donald E. Wildmon
of McDonough, and Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Harris, Lee Ann and
Emily Joe of Jenkinsburg.
Miss June Farrar of
Clarkston was weekend guest
of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
M. B. Farrar.
Mr. R. A. Allen returned
several days ago from a two
week’s visit with his daugh
ter, Mrs. Brenda Scott and
husband, of Denver, Colo.
Mr. and Mrs. Scott have been
transferred and are moving
to Phoenix, Ariz. Mr. Allen
went on to Colorado Springs
to visit his son, Mr. Marshall
Allen and Mrs. Allen and
Steve, Mr. Marshall Allen
returned to Georgia with
him.
Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Hooten
were Thursday night supper
guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Travis and family in
Griffin. Sunday night supper
guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Hooten were Mr. and Mrs.
Jim Graybeal of Decatur.
Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Sims
spent a long weekend visiting
several relatives in Nash
ville.
Mr. and Mrs. Jas. L.
Cooper were Sunday night
dinner guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Cooper of Marietta,
at The Moon Raker.
Those enjoying dinner
together Friday night at
Falls View Restaurant were
Mr. and Mrs. T. T. Patrick.
Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Harris
and Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Price.
Mr. and Mrs. Pierce Power
were weekend guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Lewis Bean and
family of Norcross. Other
guests were Mr. and Mrs.
James Power and family of
Concord, Tenn.
Shopping in Covington last
Thursday were Mrs. Pierce
Power, Mrs. Grace Crum
and Sheila and Mrs. Bertha
Jennings. Then in the
afternoon Mrs. Power and
Mrs. Jennings visited friends
at St. Joseph Hospital in
c -jcttm IpUm cS tifa/ j
I would like to commend
Judge Hugh D. Sosebee for
his integrity and for the
candor with which he faced
squarely a most unpleasant
situation. I have long
admired and respected this
man for his honesty and just
dealings. Now these
qualtities are known facts to
all!
For the youth involved and
their parents, I’m deeply
sorry and grieved that this
nightmare happened. They
will be better for it if they
remember that it is not the
problem that counts -but how
one faces the problem.
I certainly hope that the
youth and parents of Butts
County will profit by this
experience.
Dick Pope
Weekly
Devotional
BY REV. DON L. FOLSOM
PASTOR, FIRST BAPTIST
CHURCH
ON ATTITUDES
“What makes the dif
ference between ball clubs?”
The two professionals to
whom the sportscaster shot
the question knew what he
wanted. He expected them to
compare the winning football
team from which they had
been released to the losing
team they had joined. The
two players looked at each
other knowingly and one
responded, “Attitude.”
“Attitude?”
“What I mean is that some
teams just have a winning
spirit.”
“And win a lot of ball
games.” A smile of agree
ment spread across the face
of the second player.
“What about your new
team?” The questioner
brought his questions into
sharper focus, and turned
directly into the eye of the
television camera, and
answered his own question.
“These men will not say so
directly, but the greatest
contribution they bring may
n6t be in better passing,
running and blocking. Their
gift to their new teammates
will be the winning spirit.
Since they have brought that
with them, who knows now
what we’ll see their team
accomplish.
Attitude makes the dif
ference in a church, a
community or any organiza
tion as well as a ball team.
We need to develop a winning
habit.
An organized church must
develop an outreach attitude.
We must reach outside the
walls of the church building
Atlanta.
Dr. and Mrs. William
Whitaker, Kim, Frank and
Gregg of Miami have been
visiting Mr. and Mrs. James
Whitaker and Jim for several
days. They have gone on for a
visit with other relatives and
will return for a further visit
with Mr. and Mrs. Whitaker
next weekend before return
ing to Miami. Mr. and Mrs.
Ansley Brown and Cathy of
Smyrna joined the family
group for dinner on Father’s
Day.
Dr. and Mrs. T. E.
Whitesides, Billy, Lisa, Ed
win and John of Atlanta were
Saturday night dinner guests
of Mr. and Mrs. T. T.
Patrick, while enroute home
from a week’s stay at Jekyll
Island.
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TODD AND BAKER ATTEND TIFTON WORKSHOP
Phillip Todd, left, and Wesley Baker attended the fourteenth Annual Natural
Resources Conservation Workshop at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in
Tifton last week, according to announcement made by H. D. Garrison, District
Conservationist, Soil Conservation Service, Griffin.
The scholarship was sponsored by Citizens and Southern Bank of Jackson
and the Mclntosh State Bank in cooperation with the Towaliga Soil and Water
Conservation District.
This workshop is conducted annually by the Georgia Chapter of the Soil
Conservation Society of America and the Georgia Association of Soil and Water
Conservation Districts.
Phillip is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Marion Todd and Wesley is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Neal Baker.
Costume Ball
To Kick Off
Celebration
A costume ball will be held
on June 28th, 1975 from 9 p.m.
to 1 a.m. at the Jackson
National Guard Armory in
conjunction with the Sesqui
centennial Celebration. The
music for the costume ball
will be furnished by “The
Conspiracy.”
Cash prizes will be award
ed for the best costume in
both the male and female
categories: SSO first prize,
$25 second prize and sls third
prize in each category.
Judges will base their
decisions largely on the
originality of the costume.
No one is required to wear
costumes.
Admission to the ball will
be by ticket only. The supply
of tickets is small. The price
of admission is sls per couple
or $lO per person. Tickets are
on sale at the C&S Bank of
Jackson and Mclntosh State
Bank.
The ball will kick-off the
official Butts County Sesqui
centennial Celebration.
to help people. It must have
an attitude of reaching and
developing and providing
opportunities for growth to
the individual. A program of
outreach to people is the
result of an outreach at
titude.
JENKINSBURG GARDEN
CLUB HAD
PROGRAM ON ROSES
The setting for the Jenkins
burg Garden Club was the
lovely home of Mrs. Carolyn
Cook on June 10th.
Twelve members and three
visitors were present.
Mrs. Flora Price, vice
president, presided over the
meeting in the absence of the
president, Mrs. Louise
Farrar.
An inspiring devotional
was given by Mrs. Lucile
Fletcher on David’s Psalm
and its interpretation.
Mrs. Price welcomed the
visitors, Mrs. Charlotte Wea
ver, Mrs. Susan Parham and
Mrs. Elena Carter of
Jackson.
Avery interesting and
informative program was
presented by Mesdames
Weaver and Carter on “How
ATTENTION
Jackson Christian
Academy
Announces 1975-76 Registration
OPEN JUNE 16, 1975
Grades 1 Through 12 Register Now
Tuition, Registration, Pace Material
Maximum Cost $500.00 Year - Ist Child
2nd Child $450.00
3rd Child $400.00
4th Child $350.00
Kindergarten & Day Care Depends
Upon Number Registrations
Interested Contact: Phone
J. Dawson Bryant, Jackson 775-7305
T. W. Cleveland, Henry Cos. 957-4877
Elbert Seabolt, Henry Cos. 957-5221
G. R. Woodall, Jackson 775-7688
to Grow Roses and the
Arrangement of Roses.” The
three arrangements were
beautifully done by Mrs.
Carter.
After the program, the
visitors and members of the
club proceeded to the lovely
dining room where an
assortment of sandwiches,
nuts, cookies, cakes, fruit
salads, and punch were
served.
PERSONAL
Mrs. Mickey Braswell and
son, Scott, of Hattiesburg,
Miss., were recent guests of
Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Powell.
Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Powell
of Jackson, their daughter,
Mrs. Mickey Braswell, and
son, Scott Braswell, of
Hattiesburg, Miss., spent the
past weekend with relatives
and friends at Hartwell Lake.
