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BICENTENNIAL EXPRESS The American Heritage Bicentennial Train steamed through Butts County recently
making two historic trips to Macon from Atlanta. The railed nostaliga was a treat for youngsters as well as old timers to behold
stopping on both trips at the property of Charlie Moore just south of Jenkinsburg so that her passengers might stretch their legs
and take pictures. Photo by Jerry McLaurin.
Alabama Auto Crash Kills
Three From Indian Springs
Three Indian Springs resi
dents were killed instantly
Friday afternoon in a
grinding, head-on collision of
two private automobiles on
Alabama State Hwy. 109,
about 5 miles south of
Dothan.
Pronounced dead on arri
val at the Southeast General
Hospital in Dothan were
Hoke Moss, 69, his wife, Mrs.
Lynda Moss, 30, and her
daughter, Lisa Holloway, 10,
of Indian Springs.
The male driver and sole
occupant of the other car
involved was listed in critical
condition at the same Dothan
hospital over the weekend,
and is not expected to
recover.
No details are available as
Taxpayers Association Girds
For Lengthy Court Battle
Local members of Taxpay
ers Protective Association
took the initiative this week
in their battle to correct what
they call an illegal 1975
county tax digest.
They distributed to their
members a news letter in
which they pointed out that
Judge Hugh Sosebee is
expected to rule on March
24th, or shortly thereafter, on
whether some 200 county
taxpayers can join together
in attacking the preparation
of the digest in the appeal of
E. H. Cook which has been
filed in the Court. Judge
Sosebee has called on the
county tax assessors to show
cause why the appeal should
not be allowed and heard.
Attorneys for Mr. Cook have
pointed out that the Board of
Equalizers promised to send
a copy of their ruling to Mr.
Cook’s attorney after the
hearing in November, but
that when they ruled on his
case in December, no copy
was sent to the attorney and
he did not know of the ruling
in time to file an appeal in the
Court.
Also Judge Sosebee has
scheduled a hearing on that
date to determine whether
the appeals to the 1975 county
tax digest will be tried in
Butts County or whether it
will be tried in another
county. The association’s
attorneys say that with over
200 people appealing their
assessments it may be
impossible to select a jury
to the probable cause of the
accident, which occurred at
12:20 p.m. CST and was
investigated by the Alabama
State Patrol.
Sherrell’s Ambulance Ser
vice returned the bodies of
the deceased to Butts County
on Saturday morning.
A triple funeral service for
the victims was held Monday
afternoon at 3 o’clock from
the chapel of Sherrell
Funeral Home, with the Rev.
A. L. Price, of Jackson, and
Rev. James Goodwin, of
Atlanta, officiating. Inter
ment was in Sandy Creek
Cemetery.
Hoke Moss was born Dec.
15, 1906 in Butts County, the
son of the late James David
Moss and the late Annie
not related to these people;
and that all the jurors will be
affected by the verdict they
render since they receive
county services from taxes,
and their children receive
benefits from educational
taxes collected in the county.
Their verdict would also
affect their own tax liability,
it is pointed out.
In a meeting with their
attorneys, the association’s
directors were told that the
Georgia Supreme Court
decision in the Butts County
case did not hold that the
local Superior Court judge
was wrong in ruling that the
digest was illegal if their
complaint was borne out by
their evidence. “The Court
only ruled that Judge
Sosebee could not rule on the
digest until the Board of
Equalizers had considered
it,” the committee was told.
In an advertisement ap
pearing elsewhere in the
newspaper, the association is
announcing to the public that
they are continuing their
court actions to secure relief
from the 1975 taxes, in
cluding appeals to the United
State Supreme Court, the
pursuit of the 1975 Board of
Equalizers appeals, and
ulans to require the 1976
digest to be prepared in a
legal manner.
The committee urges all
property owners to file a 1976
tax return before April Ist so
that they can change the high
values placed on their
Gipson Moss.
He is survived by two
brothers, Otis Moss of Indian
Springs and R. L. Moss,
Forsyth; one sister, Mrs.
Ruby Lou Patrick, Atlanta,
several nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Lynda Moss was born
Sept. 5, 1945 in Jackson
County, Georgia, a daughter
of the late Fred A Mealor and
the former Lurleen Cochran.
Survivors include her
mother, Mrs. Lurleen Turn
er, of Atlanta; step-father,
Hugh Turner, of Atlanta;
three sisters, Mrs. Glynn
Weaver, Flowery Branch,
Mrs. Curtis Satterfield, At
lanta, and Mrs. Craig
Loveless, Atlanta; several
nieces and nephews.
property by the tax asses
sors, and urges them to join
the association’s purposes.
David Terrell
Named To
Who's Who
David Terrell of Valdosta,
a senior at Campbell College,
has been named to the 1975-76
edition of Who’s Who Among
Students in American Uni
versities and Colleges.
The honor is conferred
annually upon outstanding
student leaders from ap
proximately 1,000 colleges
and universities in the United
States.
In selecting candidates,
campus nomination commit
tees are instructed to choose
Georgia 30233, Thursday, March 11, 1976
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Miss Lisa Holloway was
born April 16, 1965 in Fulton
County. She was the daugh
ter of the late Frank
Holloway and the late Mrs.
Lynda Moss. She is survived
by her grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Hugh Turner of
Atlanta, several aunts,
uncles and cousins.
Pallbearers were Jackie
Martin, W. G. Gilbert, Jr.,
Larry Woodruff, Marvin
Pike, Jimmy Moss, David
Floyd, Wimp Floyd, Asa
Maddox, Norbert Gilbert,
Riley Johnson, Skeeter Mon
crief, Kyle McMichael, Wil
liam Parker, W. A. Cook, J.
D. Long, Pope Moncrief,
Curtis Gilbert and Frank
McMichael.
students whose academic
standing, service to the
community, leadership in
extracurricular activities,
and future potential are
decidedly above average.
At Campbell (a North
Carolina Baptist sponsored
senior college of 1,720
students, thirty miles south
of Raleigh), Terrell, a
President’s List student, is a
member of Phi Eta Sigma
(honor society) and Phi
Beta Lambda (business
club). He is a business
major.
A chief warrant officer in
the U. S. Army, his twelve
years of service have
included duty at Army
Security Agency Headquar
ters, Virginia; The Penta
gon; NATO Headquarters,
Brussells, Belgium; Viet
nam; Ft. McPherson, Geor
gia; and Thailand.
Terrell is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. John T. Terrell of
Jenkinsburg.
Special Commissioner Election
Is Set For Tuesday, April 13
A special election to fill the
unexpired term of Butts
County Commissioner Bobby
Taylor, who recently resign
ed. has been set for Tuesday,
April 13, according to
Probate Judge Luther J.
Washiftgton who will super
vise the election.
Judge Washington said
Friday that he will issue the
call for the special election
on March 11th.
Large Power Rate Hike
May Hit Jackson in May
City of Jackson electric
customers face a potential
sharp increase in their
electric bills in May,
probably 25 percent or more,
and there is nothing anyone
can do about it except
complain.
The increase was triggered
by a $25.9 million rate
increase the Georgia Power
Cos. is seeking from the
Federal Power Commission
from its 50 wholesale
municipal customers.
Jackson is one of Georgia
Power’s wholesale cities that
buys electric power from the
utility and resells it to the
eventual user.
Jackson Mayor C. B.
Georgia and Butts County To Hold
First Presidential Primary May 4
Baseball
Softball
Sign Ups
Sign up procedures have
been announced for Pee Wee
Baseball 6 and 7 year old
boys, Ty Cobb Baseball 8
through 10 year old boys.
Little League Baseball 9
through 12 year old boys,
Junior League Softball 9
through 12 year old girls,
Senior League Softball l3
through 17 year old girls and
Babe Ruth Baseball l3
through 15 year old boys.
August 1 will be used to
determine a players league
age.
If interested in playing in
one of these leagues this
year, a player must do the
following to be eligible.
1. Have a parent or
guardian sign him-her up at
the Van Deventer Center on
one of the following dates:
Saturday, March 13 9:00
a.m. until 5:00 p.m.; Mon
day, March 15 through
Friday, March 19 s:oop.m.
until 8:00 p.m.; Saturday,
March 20 9:00 a.m. until
5:00 p.m. Sign-up forms will
not be given out to take
home.
2. Boys signing up for Little
League for the first time in
Butts County are required to
try out at James H. Wallace
Memorial Park which is
located on the Monticello
highway. Try outs will be
held on March 20, at 2:00
p.m. and on March 27, at 2:00
p.m. If it rains on one of those
days try outs will be held on
Monday, March 29, at 5:00
p.m.
3. The following fees have
been established by the
leagues: Pee Wee 55.00
per boy; Ty Cobb 57.50 for
the first boy in the family and
$5.00 for each additional boy
in the family ; Little League
SIO.OO for the first boy in
the family and $5.00 for each
Candidates may begin
qualifying on March 11 and
will have until Monday,
March 29 at 4 p.m. to pay the
entrance fee and qualify
formally for the vacant post
on the Board of Commission
ers.
In the event a run-off is
necessary to determine the
winner, it will be held three
weeks after the special
Brown, Jr., decried the
proposed increase and called
it “a serious blow to the fight
against inflation that will
work a real hardship on those
least able to pay. But there is
absolutely nothing we can do,
no action we can take to
forestall or fight the increase
until the Federal Power
Commission sets a hearing in
the case.”
City Councilman Roy Goff,
chairman of the electric
committee, echoed the
Mayor’s words and added,
“We will make every
attempt to hold the increased
cost to the consumer to the
minimum level, but if our
wholesale rates are going up
additional boy in the family;
Girls Softball 55.00 for the
first girl in each family and
$3.00 for each additional girl
in each family; and Babe
Ruth SIO.OO for the first
boy in each family and $5.00
for each additional boy in
each family.
Boys registering for Little
League are required to bring
a copy of their birth
certificate. No Little League
player will be registered
without a copy of his birth
certificate.
Insurance may be pur
chased for Pee Wee and
Softball players for $3.50
each on the day of sign up.
Little League and Babe Ruth
players are insured auto
matically; others may pur
chase insurance individually.
Kiwanis
Kapers
March 13
The Jackson Kiwanis
Club's third annual Kiwanis
Kapers is scheduled to be
held Saturday, March 13, at
7:30p.m. at the Jackson High
School Auditorium. The
talent show for the youth of
Butts County is co-sponsored
this year by the Jackson
Kiwanis Club and the
Jackson Theatre Guild.
Talented young people will
compete for recognition and
trophies according to their
ages. The groups will be
broken down into three age
categories: 1-6 grade, 7-9
grade and 10-12 grade.
The senior division winner
will be eligible for competing
at the district and state
levels. Tryouts will be held
Saturday. February 28. at the
Van Deventer Youth Center
at 2:00 p.m.
Tickets for the event are
available from any Key Club
member at a cost of 50 cents
each.
election on Tuesday. May 4,
which is the same date as the
presidential preferential
primary. Judge Washington
said.
Within the framework of
state law-, the election
schedule was worked out so
that the run-off, if required,
could be held the same day as
the preferential primary for
economy purposes, the Judge
pointed out.
$6.18 Per Year In Advance
34 percent, the customer will
have to absorb at least 25
percent, or more, of our
increased cost.”
The Federal Power Com
mission may permit that
rate increase to go into effect
on April 1, or they may
decide to delay if for a few
months.
The policy of the Federal
Power Commission in pre
vious cases has been to allow
utilities to put increased
rates into effect under bond
and schedule hearings on the
application before making a
final ruling.
Georgia Power is seeking a
rate of return of 11.01 percent
on its wholesale municipal
New poltical ground will be
broken in Butts County on
Tuesday, May 4, when the
County holds its first presi
dential preferential primary.
This will be the first
primary in Georgia history' in
which voters will be given an
opportunity to express their
preference for the presiden
tial candidates.
According to Probate
Judge Luther Washington,
the presidential candidates
whose names have been
selected by the presidential
candidate selection commit
tee to appear on the May 4th
ballot include:
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Ahern. Frank
Bavh. Birch
Bentsen, Lloyd
Bona. Frank
Byrd. Robert
Carter. Jimmy
Church. Frank
Eisenman, Abram
Harris. Fred
Jackson. Henry
Kelleher, Robert
McCormack. Ellen
Roden, George
Shapp. Milton
Shriver. Sargent
L'dall. Morris
Wallace. George
REPUBLICAN PARTY
Ford. Gerald
Reagan. Ronald
Several of the Democratic
hopefuls have fallen by the
wayside and perhaps further
attrition will occur before the
acutual primary date.
Purpose of the presidential
preferential primary is to
determine how the state’s
delegates to the Democratic
NOTICE
The Progress-Argus staff is
making plans to publish a
star-studded. All-American issue
on July Ist in honor of the nation’s
200th birthday on July 4, 1776. It
will be the largest issue of any
newspaper ever printed in Butts
County. Included will be historical
items, feature stories, old pictures
of early days in the County, and
reproductions from the first
newspapers. Those having pictures
of churches schools, buildings,
persons taken between the years
1875-1925 are asked to submit them
for use. Copies of this keepsake
edition will be made available to
regular subscribers at no extra
cost.
revenues, which now earn
the utility about 5.56 percent.
Electric cooperatives
which buy their energy from
the Power Company have
also been given warning that
the Power Company will seek
the same rate of return from
them.
Georgia’s 50 wholesale
electric cities serve approxi
mately 450,000 customers.
These cities, along with the
electric cooperatives, ac
count for about 20 percent of
the utility’s sales.
Not affected by the Power
Company’s proposed rate
increase are the utility’s one
million retail customers who
are billed direct by Georgia
Power.
and Republican national
conventions w’ill cast their
votes for party nominees for
the office of president and
vice-president. Previously,
delegates to such conven
tions had been uninstructed,
with freedom to cast their
vote for the candidate of their
choice.
Two Cities Get
Receipts From
Georgia Power
Checks for $9,063 were
delivered February 27, 1976
to the Cities of Jenkinsburg
and Jackson by G. K. Brown,
district manager. Georgia
Power Company.
These checks represent a
percentage of the gross
receipts received in 1975 by
the Company from the sale of
electric power to residential,
commercial and industrial
customers in the two cities.
The payment is made
under the Municipal Partner
ship Plan. It is in addition to
the Company's property
taxes, which on a statewide
basis last year totaled over
$31,000,000.
The Company’s total tax
bill for 1975 was $178,200,000.
This does not include the
sales tax the Company
collects from its customers
for the State of Georgia, nor
does it include the sales tax
the Company pays on
materials used in its opera
tion.