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Editorials
Is a County Manager
the Answer?
Is Butts County ready for a
county manager-commission form
of government?
We believe it is.
For the first time, the County’s
budget for fiscal year 1976 crept
over the $1,000,000 mark. Just
barely, but it made it.
In any small county, that’s big
business.
What other million dollar
enterprise do you know of in Butts,
or any county, that compensates its
top three executives at the
munificent rate of $3,000 each per
annum?
The truth of the matter is that
the county has outgrown its
government.
In years past, a single
commissioner or three could
handle on a part-time basis the
essential ingredients of the job
which were, in the early days, road
scraping, bridge repairing and vote
seeking.
Now, the Commissioners must
contend with state and federal
brief-case bearers, the environ-
Money Soothes, Never
Solves Problems
One of the more frightening
aspects of today’s overly-permis
sive society is the lack of discipline
in the public schools of the nation.
Every conceivable crime,
according to the experts studying
the situation, is being committed in
the classrooms, hallways, locker
rooms and rest rooms of the big red
schoolhouses. Drug use is rampant
and students are more concerned
with the stoned present than with
the stone age.
Now enters the federal
government and says that some
thing must be done about this
disregard of authority.
This, of course, means throw
ing our tax money at the problem.
The federal government never
When the Genie
Speaks , Listen
Editors are notoriously poor
soothsayers. More often than not
they are prophets without honor, in
their own or a foreign country.
But the genie spoke the other
night. And when the genie speaks,
we listen. And the genie said
Jimmy Carter and Gov. Jerry
Brown of California would head the
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mentalists, computer program
mers, federal-aid applications and
a thousand and one other
complications that cry out for a
well-trained administrator.
The County needs an admini
strative aide, schooled in all the
technicalities of county govern
ment and management to institute
programs of cost controls, person
nel management, accounting pro
cedures and centralized purcha
sing the savings from which
would pay the salary costs many
times over.
This is no advocacy for
scrapping the County Commission
form of government. The three
commissioners are essential if
the people are to retain some voice
in the government, for it is through
them that the conscience and will
of the people could be made known
to the professional who is on the
firing line applying the problem
solving techniques.
A county manager-commission
form of government? Its time has
come.
heard of a problem that money
couldn’t solve and never discover
ed one that it would. Its 600 billion
dollar debt will attest to that.
Unfortunately, money won’t
provide the long range answer.
School children have a habit of
behaving in school in about the
same manner they behave at
home.
Establishing better child
parent relationships and im
proving the quality of the child’s
home life would seem to be the
logical approach. And you don’t do
that with money. But with love.
And love the federal government
doesn’t understand, because it is
free.
Democratic ticket.
And, after she spoke, we
thought of the possibilities, either
these two bright young stars of
tomorrow or Humphrey, or
Jackson, or Udall, or Kennedy, or
Wallace.
And we thanked the genie for
what she had said. And we hoped
she was right.
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
The Last
Straw
BY
VINCENT JONES
(Editor’s note: Occa
sionally, a kind reader will
ask, “Do you remember that
column you wrote on blah,
blah?” Usually, we don’t but
we promise to reproduce if it
can be located. Today’s
column from the Aug. 30,1956
issue fits that category.
Another request is for the one
on “junkards” which we will
reprint in the near future. In
the meantime, thanks for
your reading time and
remember, it takes only one
request to get a reproduc
tion).
Since that magnificient
declaration of state’s rights
—the Southern Manifesto
broke like a thunderclap
over the American scene, the
editorial writer who hasn’t
produced a similiar docu
ment has often felt the rains
of invective dashing against
his windowpane.
Being caught in this day
and age without a manifesto
is like a hotdog being
caught without a bun.
With tongue in cheek, we
solemnly proclaim our A to Z
Manifesto to be composed of
truth, nonsense, prejudice,
superstition, bunk and pure
buffoonery. Anyway, here we
go, from A to Z.
That Adam started
something that only the atom
can stop.
That Bathing Suits make
both women and men look
good.
That Catnip is good for
cats but catnaps should be
reserved for humans.
That Debt is a trap into
which citizens follow their
government’s lead.
That Eve is the only
woman who never reminded
her husband of the rich and
handsome man she could
have married.
That Father Time is the
only male who never waited
on a woman. &
That Girls are confused
creatures who scream at
mice and yet go riding with
wolves.
That Home is the place
where the old folks are
stranded while Junior has the
car.
That Income Tax is a fine
paid for good business
practices.
That Juvenile Delin
quents are children acting
like their parents.
That Kings very often
deserve to be crowned.
That Lawyers will fight
to your last cent to prove
they’re right.
That Marriage is an
institution a girl enters when
the wolves get further and
further from her door.
That Noah was the first
poker player to bet on a pair.
That Optimists are dumb
clucks who don’t know what’s
going to happen to them.
That Preachers alone
have mastered the art of
keeping a woman quiet for an
hour.
That Quartets usually
contain at least three people
who think the other can’t
sing.
That Romance is a
sentiment that leads to
marriage and ends in a
settlement.
That Slacks, especially
on women, are very seldom
slack enough.
That Trouble begins for a
man after he catches the girl,
not while he’s chasing her.
That Utopia is a land
where every man has a dog
but no dog has a bark.
That Virtue is a quality
more often admired than
followed.
That Weathermen are
the only people with whom
the weather never agrees.
That X-Ray subjects are
mere shadows of their
former selves.
That Youth is the ideal
all women should cling to,
but not while he’s driving the
car.
That Zippers that won’t
work leave you outdone
instead of undone.
THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1976
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Memory Lane
News of 10 Years Ago
William Leverett, of Daniel
Ford Sales, will be honored
for an outstanding sales
performance during 1965 at a
Marriott Motor Hotel ban
quet this Saturday.
Mrs. Charles F. Sibley,
president of the Butts County
PTA and active civic worker,
has been named chairman of
the Butts County Power Use
Committee of the Central
Georgia EMC.
On the 12th grade Honor
Roll at Jackson High School
were Ginnilu Etheredge,
Mark Goodwin, Darlene
Bunn and Linda Maddox.
A supplementary stocking
of 233 white bass, averaging
nearly two pounds apiece,
was made in early March
into Jackson Lake.
Deaths during the week:
Mrs. Maude Eunice Mc-
Whorter Yarbrough, 74, of
Flovilla; Lee Roy Dodson, 87,
of Route 1, Flovilla; Charles
Theodore Adams, 51, of
Jackson; Mrs. Elmer Smith,
48, Route 1, Jackson, and
Mrs. George M. Duncan, of
Atlanta.
News of 20 Years Ago
Miss Carol Mask of
Flovilla has been awarded a
nursing scholarship to Geor
gia Baptist Hospital by the
American Legion Forty and
Eight, Voiture No. 1326,
which comprises Butts,
Spalding and Upson
Counties.
Attending the Georgia Beta
Club convention in Atlanta
from Jackson High School
were Jane McMichaei, presi
dent; Jan Raven, Jackie
O’Neal, Marilyn May and
Ann Raven.
Mrs. Tempy Crawford
Walker has been named
Henderson High School’s
“Teacher of the Year.”
Corporal and Mrs. Harvey
H. Duffey of San Antonio,
Texas, announce the birth of
a son, Randy Lee Duffey on
March 9.
Mr. and Mrs. N. A.
Knowles of Forest Park
announce the birth of a
daughter, Sandra Elaine, on
March 12.
News of 30 Years Ago
Jackson High’s girls, win
ner of the Fourth District
Class “B” tournament, lost
43-23 to the Morganton team
from Fannin County in the
state tourney in Macon.
Commissioners P. A.
Smith, E. D. Patrick and E.
P. Colwell; J. S. Ball, tax
collector; R. E. Evans and
Fred Hammond, tax equali
zers, and A. F. Taylor,
county commission clerk,
attended a tax meeting in
Macon aimed at the equaliza
tion of tax values.
Sgt. J. Duvall Patrick, who
served four months with the
American Postal Unit on
Okinawa, returned home
after being discharged last
week.
Scott Coleman, first grade
student in Jackson, has an
entry in the student art
exhibition at the University
of Georgia.
Capt. and Mrs. James
Harry Ridgeway are now
residing at Jackson, Route 4.
Capt. Ridgeway served for
over five years in the armed
forces before his discharge in
October, 1945.
J. Matthew Holifield, 78,
former Butts County resi
dent, died at his home in
Forsyth.
News of 40 Years Ago
Snow fell for several hours
here Tuesday morning.
There has been more snow
this winter than before in the
memory of the oldest
inhabitant. Snow has fallen
on 10 different occasions this
winter.
Coming home from
G.S.C.W. for spring holidays
this week are Misses Johnsie
Settle, Helen Howell,
Frances McMichaei, Hilda
Whitaker, Helen Law, Cola
Pope and Mary Redman.
Home from the University
of Georgia for Spring
holidays are Miss Sara
Slaton, Bert Carmichael, Jr.,
Charles Redman, Jr., Park
Newman, Doyle Jones, Jr.,
Robert and Billy Mays, Billy
Childs.
At the Princess Theater,
“Broadway Melody of 1936”
with Jack Benny, Eleanor
Powell and Robert Taylor.
Deaths during the week:
Mrs. M. S. Maddox of
Jackson and Mrs. R. C.
Gardner, 81, of Flovilla.
News of 50 Years Ago
The peach crop of Georgia
suffered heavy damage by
the severe freeze of Saturday
night and Sunday morning.
Estimates run as high as 40
to 60 per cent.
Fire Monday afternoon
destroyed the barn of J. L.
Barnes, near Stark, and
killed four mules. Will
Mayfield, colored tenant on
the farm, lost three head of
hogs in the fire. The building
and all feed stuffs was a total
loss.
For the fifth year, Prof. R.
I. Knox has been named
superintendent of the Jack
son public school.
S. S. Copeland has opened a
wholesale grocery in the
building on Covington Street
formerly used for storage of
sweet potatoes.
Miss Cynthia Caroline
King, 14, of Atlanta died
Tuesday at the home of O. S.
Wood. She suffered from
bronchial pneumonia and
was stricken while on a visit
here.
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Editorials
Cities Deserve Details
Before Rates Boosted
Georgia Power’s move to boost
the price of electricity to
city-owned systems by almost 34
per cent has the mayors of these 50
communities in a fighting mood.
The power company has asked
the Federal Power Commission to
grant a $25.9 million wholesale rate
increase that would be applied to
the cities which buy electricity and
resell it to retail customers.
Included in the list are Ft. Valley,
Forsyth, Sandersville, Jackson,
Barnesville and Monticello.
Mayor Truitt of Forsyth said
Georgia Power would have a tough
time trying to justify a rate
increase. Ft. Valley’s Mayor
Rheeling sees the request as an
attempt by the power company to
deliver the “knock-out” punch to
city-operated utilities that will “set
This agency wishes to
extend congratulations to
you upon your acceptance of
the Editorship of the Jackson
Progress-Argus.
We feel that your multi
experiences along with being
a native Butts Countian,
understanding the mores and
needs of the area, will place
you in a unique position to
provide strong leadership
and creativity in your new
role.
Already, we are realizing
positive changes in format;
such as an editorial section
and prioritizing of news
articles.
If this Community Action
Agency can be of service in
your efforts to help move our
county forward, let us know.
Best wishes and welcome
back.
Sincerely yours,
Edluie Darnelius Walker
Executive Director
Piedmont Area Community
Action Agency (PACAA)
How many miles to the
heart of a child?
A famous Kurt Weill song
raises that question. On April
3rd Butts County will answer
it. 700 young people, middle
aged people and even senior
citizens plan to walk as far as
necessary to save a child
otherwise lost in a Mexican
slum, a Vietnamese hovel, a
pocket of Appalachian po
verty.
Tony Norsworthy (5 year
old) already has his spon
sors. Track star Ralph Jones
is going to run the entire 20
miles. Also walking again
this year will be Girden Cook
(67 years of age) and Mildred
Norworthy (66). Glen (walka
mile) Mixon plans to do just
that, in a wheelchair.
Only one thing is lacking
and it’s vital, as the route,
the checkpoints, cooperating
oranizations, entertainment,
refreshments, volunteer
workers, list of walkers and
weather report for Butts
County’s scheduled walk to
the heart of a child have all
been finalized.
Vital but missing today are
enough doners to back the
walkers. A donor is an angel
of the pocketbook who
sponsors walkers by pledging
to contribute a set amount for
each mile the walkers hike. I
The most a walker can cover
is 20 miles. The least a
sponsor pledges is 10 cent a
mile. The most a sponsor
pledges is up to the sponsor.
The sky is the limit for an
angel.
All angels please call Walk
headquarters and pledge to
sponsor some walkers. Some
children who have signed up
to walk here won’t be able to
if we don’t get sponsors
before April 3rd. If they don’t
walk, other children needing
medical care or surgery
won’t get it.
How many miles to the
heart of a child? Find out.
Sponsor Walkers Now
Frank Forehand
Walk Chairman
Butts Cos. Walk for Mankind
the pattern for doomsday as far as
city utilities are concerned.”
Rheeling also maintains that his
city is buying power and reselling it
cheaper than Georgia Power can
sell it directly to the residents of
that city.
Several of the mayors com
plained that profits the city
systems realize would be reduced
and most— if not all —of the rate
hike would have to be passed along
to the customer. If so, this would be
a hefty one-shot bite for anybody’s
pocketbook.
Maybe the power company can
justify a 34 per cent increase. We
don’t know. The next move should
lay it all on the line for the citizens
in the communities to be affected.
The Macon Telegraph, Saturday,
March 6, 1976
I have always labored
under the impression that my
father, the late Captain W. F.
Smith, was the editor and
publisher of the first paper
published in Butts County,
“The Indian Springs Echo.”
From 1870 to 1899, he was
associated with several
newspapers, “The Indian
Springs Echo”, “The Head
light”, “Butts County
Argus,” “Middle Georgia
Argus” and in 1899 he
published the “Headlight
Homeseeker.”
I know at one time my
father and Mr. Edge worked
together, possibly Mr. Edge
as editor and father as
publisher.
At one time, father and his
brother, S. J. Smith, were
co-editors. Father and Mr. G.
H. Cornwell were co-editors
of “The Highlight” with
father and S. J. Smith as
co-publishers.
Jewell Smith
Manchester, Ga.
(Editor’s Note: The best
documented research of this
newspaper’s staff, and
others, indicates the first
newspaper published in Butts
County was the Indian
Springs Echo in April, 1873.
Harmon M. Edge was listed
as editor and John Dumble,
associate editor. It could
have been possible that W. F.
Smith, who in 1877 was listed
as editor of the Indian
Springs Echo, was pubisher
of this paper in 1873.)
Honeybees Help
Some garden crops must
have honeybees’ help for
pollination and setting fruit.
They are known as the
“cucurbits” and include
cucumbers, squash, water
melons, and cantaloupes.
Safe Food Tip
How often do you clean
cutting boards and counter
tops? Extension home econo
mists say they should be
cleaned with soap and hot
water both before and after
they are used for raw meat
and poultry.
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