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Art is beautiful; it makes
you forget about the horrible
things in the world.
Progress-Argus
Honor Roll
New & Renewal
Subscriptions Of
The Past Few Days
Butts County DFCS, Jack
son
J. R. Biles, Atlanta
L. M. Spencer, Jackson
Mrs. Fred Caldwell, Jack
son
William R. Yell, Jackson
Mrs. Catherine Norris,
Jackson
W. L. Collins, Jackson
Mrs. David Gray, Jackson
Mrs. Carl T. Eidson,
Jackson
Ardella Ward, Jackson
Mrs. Obie Watkins, Jack
son
Mrs. W. H. Moncrief,
Flovilla
W. H. Moncrief, Upper
Marlboro, Md.
Mrs. Virgil Holman,
Macon
S. A. Washington, Jackson
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March is Art Month; how do you feel about art?
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When art is here you have
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SOME THOUGHTS ON PEACE OF MIND
Peace of mind. That is a subject nearly everyone is
interested in. And it is a timeless subject, also. Back in 1946 a
book by that title appeared on the newsstands and in the
bookstores and hit the bestseller list. Interest in the subject is
no less today than it was then.
Ours is an age filled with tension and trouble, conflict
and complications, problems and irritations. Peace of mind is
something which looks attractive to each of us. Our society is
in search of that which Henry Ward Beecher, the preacher at
Plymouth Church, had. In his story one Sunday morning he
found several letters. He opened one and found that it
contained the single word “fool”. Dr. Beecher entered his
pulpit and told of the letter. In a very serious tone he spoke to
his congregation. “I have received many letters in my
lifetime in which a man forgot to sign name. But this is the
first one which came to me signed and the man forgot to write
the letter.”
We need to examine again this thing we call peace of
mind. In doing so perhaps we will better understand what it is
and what it is not, and hopefully, be better prepared to secure
it.
One thing we must say is that peace of mind isn’t
absence of conflict or problems. I have a friend who called me
recently and said she had problems. I listened to her and then
told her that I knew a place where there were a thousand
people who didn’t have a single problem. “Yea, I know,” she
said, “they are in the cemetery.” And she was right about
that. The only people I know’ who don’t have conflict
and problems are those who are dead—literally or
figuratively. Maybe you have heard about the man who had
problems and went to see his doctor. “Doc,” said the patient,
“I have problems. I have a wife, four kids, an expensive
home in the country, three new cars, a swimming pool, a boat,
two pets, and an expensive wardrobe.” “Sounds to me like
you don’t have problems, you have it made,” said the doctor.
“Yea, Doc, but you don’t understand. I only make $95 a
week!”
Peace of mind isn’t absence of conflict or problems.
Many times we think it is. Some of us feel like the man who
went to see the doctor and carried his wife along. The doctor
told the man’s wife: “Your husband must have rest and quiet.
Cheese Eaters
Americans like their cheese.
We consumed nearly three
billion pounds of it last year.
Per capita consumption was
14.5 pounds, up nearly one
per cent from the year
before.
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
‘Whatsoever
Things’
By Donald E. Wildmon
"When you need information about
your electric bill...we’re ready to help.”
Richard L. Holmes, Columbus,
accountant
His job: efficient service
With more than a million cus
tomers to serve all over the state,
a lot of Georgia Power people
stay busy answering questions on
the phone or person-to-person.
When Columbus customers have
questions, Richard Holmes is one
of our people who can supply
the answers.
Whether it’s checking a bill,
explaining how to read your own
meter or providing tips for con
serving energy, Richard is ready
to help. He especially encourages
efficient use of energy, to aid
customers in getting the most
value for their money. Folders on
using energy wisely in your home
also are available at all Georgia
Power offices, and specialized in
formation can be provided for
business and industry.
Throughout our company,
people like Richard Holmes are
working to serve you efficiently
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DALE EARNHART
Art makes me feel very
good deep, deep inside.
I am going to prescribe these sleeping pills.” “Thank vou.
doctor,” replied the wife. “When do I give them to him?”
“Oh,” said the doctor, “I don’t mean to give them to him. I
want you to take them.” “Peace of mind isn’t the absence of
conflict from life,” read a magazine article, “but the ability
to cope with it.”
Some people dream of an island far removed from the
cares of the world, a Robinson Crusoe type of existence. But if
I remember correctly, Robinson Crusoe was a lonely person.
So by withdrawing from life you may solve one problem only
to create a deeper one. I remember an old hermit that lived
not far from the roadside in my youth. I would see his wood
hut each time I passed down that road. The first time I saw his
hut I asked my father about it. He told me the man had
withdrawn from life.
Jesus was tempted to do this, to follow the path of
withdrawal. On the Mount of Transfiguration, where a
mountain-top experience had taken place, Peter asked Him to
stay put. Peter even offered to build a house for Jesus if He
would stay on the mountain—apart from the world of conflict
and problems. But Jesus would not do it. What Christ calls us
to is not withdrawal from the world. No where does He even
give a hint of that. But what He calls us to is involvement in
the world. And if we are to find peace of mind it will have to be
in the midst of the cares of daily living.
Do you remember Aesop’s fable about the man
carrying sticks? He got to thinking about all his troubles.
“Life is too hard,” he thought. He threw down his sticks. “I
cannot bear it any longer. If only Death would come and take
me.” Death heard his request and appeared before him. “I
heard you call me, sir. What can I do for you?” Startled, the
man looked at Death and stuttered: “Please, sir, could you
help me put this bundle of sticks back on my shoulder?”
Peace of mind is i’t the absence of conflict and
problems. Only death is that. And a mistake we make is
thinking that peace of mind would endow us with the capacity
to live our whole life without ever being perturbed or
concerned. If we had that capacity, we wouldn’t have peace of
mind but apathy—the trait of not caring.
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THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1976
Progress-Argus
Honor Roll
Hew Sl Renewal
Subscriptions Of
The Put Few Days
Mrs. Fred P. Cook,
Jackson
Mrs. O. A. Thomas,
Jackson
C. Lamar Long, Jackson
Mrs. Lois White, Jackson
Jack L. Puckett, Jackson
ANNUAL STATEMENT
FARMERS COOPERATIVE FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
DECEMBER 31st, 1975
Ledger Assets as of December 31,1975 $93,496.96
Total Receipts 1975 17,343.85
110,840.81
Disbursements:
Fire losses $1,556.81
Agents Commissions 1,068.00
Salaries, Officers,
Attorneys 540.00
Licenses, supplies, Etc. 299 87 3,464.68
$107,376.13
Qualified Assets $86,500.00
Cash on hand 20,164.51
Accrued interest 711.62
$107,376.13
Prepared by BENNETT TAX SERVICE
INDIAN SPRINGS, GEORGIA 30231
J. M. McMICHAEL, President
E. H. COOK, Agent
11. G. HARRIS, Secretary-Treasurer
Applications Solicited
for
Butts County
Tax Assessor
The Butts County Board of Commissioners are receving applications for
Tax Assessor. Applications will be received until noon March 24, 1976.
Qualifications for Tax Assessor according to Section 92-6905 of the Georgia
Code annotated is as follows:
(a) No person shall serve as tax assessor who is less than 25 years of age
or more than 72 years of age.
< b) No person shall serve as tax assessor who fails to make his residence
within the county within six months after taking the oath of office as tax
assessor.
(c) No person shall be appointed tax assessor who does not hold a high
school diploma or its equ!/alent: Provided, however, that a person who has
held an equivalent responsible position of employment for a period of five
years shall not be required to meet the high school education requirement.
The Revenue Commission is hereby authorized to specify by regulation the
types of employment qualifying as equivalent responsible positions of
employment under the terms of this Chapter.
(and) No person shall serve as tax assessor who does not have at least one
year of experience in appraisal related work: Provided, however, that the
successful completion of 40 hours of approved appraisal courses as herinafter
provided taken either prior to appointment or within one year after
appointment may be substituted for this experience requirement.
(e) No person shall serve as tax assessor unless he successfully completes
an assessor examination to be administered by the State Revenue
Commission or unless he successfully completes at least 40 hours of approved
appraisal courses as hereinafter provided.
(f) No person shall serve as tax assessor unless he successfully completes
at least 40 hours of approved appraisal courses as hereinafter provided during
each two years of his tenure as assessor.
Provided, however, that the requirements of subsections (a) through (f)
of this section shall not be applicable to those assessors who have been
properly appointed and who are serving at the effective date of this Chapter
until such time as their current appointment shall expire.
(g) For the purposes of this Chapter, approved appraisal courses shall be
courses of instruction covering the basic principles of appraisal and assessing
of all classes and types of property including instruction in the fundamental of
Georgia law covering the appraisal and assessing of property for ad valorem
tax purposes as prescribed and designated by the State Revenue
Commissioner. The State Revenue Commissioner shall develop and
administer such courses of instruction designed to qualify applicants or tax
assessors under the terms of this Chapter and he is hereby authorized to
contract with any professional appraisal organization or firm or institution of
higher education in this State to provide the necessary courses of instruction
or anv pari thereof.
Please submit your application to the Board of Commissioners together
with any other qualifications that you feel would be beneficial to Butts County
should you be appointed as Tax Assessor.
This 12th day of March, 1976.
Mrs. Joy Wells, Jackson
T. Mullis, Jackson
Wesley E. Cook, Jackson
Miss Fredna Hilley, Flo
villa
J. Lee Andrews, New Port
Rickey, Fla.
Miss Dorothy Thomas,
Cochran
Hardeman Furniture Cos.,
Decatur
Helen Robison, Decatur,
Ala.
Mr. & Mrs. Chuck Mc-
Crackin, Jackson
T. O. Bell, Jackson
Mrs. Francis Cook, Jack
son
Mrs. Frank Coleman,
Griffin
Thomas F. Jordon, Jack
son
American Mills, Jackson
Major E. A. Jackson,
Poquson, Va.
Exie Randlen, Indian
Springs
Ellis Head, Jackson
Mrs. Henry Latham,
Covington