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Editorials
Vote As You Please ,
But Please Vote
The State’s first presidential
preferential primary, and the
run-off special election for a
County Commission seat to be held
jointly next Tuesday, should hold
enough political interest to attract
a sizeable turn out of the
electorate.
It will be a battle of the sexes
for Post No. 3 on the County
Commission. Mac Collins and Mrs.
Walter J. Bennett both proved their
voter popularity in the April 13
special election and voters of the
county are fortunate indeed to have
a choice between two such widely
esteemed citizens.
The presidential preference
primary is unique to Georgia and,
for that reason, a sample ballot is
being reproduced elsewhere in this
paper.
Voters will have a wide choice
in naming their preference for
president. If they prefer either
President Ford or Ronald Reagan,
they can request a Republican
ballot and so vote their choice.
If they want to make their
choice from the Democratic ticket,
they may choose from 17 candi
dates, some of whom have already
retired from the race, but not
before the official party slate was
certified to the Secretary of State.
Chief among the Democratic
Crazee Days Make Sense
Beginning today, and to continue
on an every-other-week basis, is a
trade-at-home promotion entitled
Crazee Days sponsored by the
Butts County Chamber of Com
merce, Inc. and supported by a
large number of Butts County
merchants.
The title is indicative of the
intent. Local merchants are going
to offer Crazy bargains that will
make hometown shoppers look and
think hometown when they do their
An Ode to the Honeysuckle
Oh wild and ravenous devourer
of the best topsoil, oh creeper and
persistent invader of forbidden
places, how maligned art thou.
Feathered friends thou hast, for
their nestings thou entanglements
offer sanctuary and security. Were
it not for thy perfumed sweetness,
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contenders, of course, are Jimmy
Carter, George Wallace, Henry
Jackson and Morris Udall. Along
with their names will appear 13
other lesser lights, who are not
serious contenders for the presi
dency.
Voters are cautioned, however,
that a mere vote for any of the 17
does not complete their voting
responsibilities.
The most important column on
the May 4th ballot is that one
dealing with selection of delegates
to the national convention. A vote
for Carter, for instance, means
nothing unless you also vote for
Sixth District delegates pledged to
support his nomination at the
convention. The same would apply
to supporters of George Wallace as
well, as only Carter and Wallace
have delegates on the ballot.
Should you desire to vote for
Udall, or Jackson, or any of the
other 13 candidates, then your
preference would be voted at the
top of the ticket and you would vote
for unpledged delegates in the
lower portion.
Voters can’t complain there is
no choice in the presidential
preference primary. There seems
to be something for everyone on the
ballot.
Vote as you please, but please
vote on Tuesday.
shopping.
Later, the program may
include a weekly, or bi-weekly,
give-a-way drawing, with sufficient
prizes and hoopla to attract, and
hold, shoppers at home, much as
the old Appreciation Day program
did in the 1950’5.
In any event, we trust it is the
start of something big. And we
hope it is a program that will make
cents, as well as sense, for all
participating merchants.
thou octopi-like suckers would long
since have been uprooted from the
soil. But, on quiet April nights, you
exude a fragrance that man, with
his bottled aromas, has never
equalled. And so may you live on,
oh cursed and blessed vine,
half-hated and half-loved.
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
The Last
Straw
BY
VINCENT IONES
No one is dearer to an
editor’s heart than that
rare-but kind-soul who occa
sionally requests, “would
you please reprint that
editorials you wrote on such
and such?”
A recent request was for
one we did in December of
1955 on people preponderant
ly possessed with- the
possessive spirit and refer
red to in the article as
“junkards.” Here it is again:
“There ought to be a law
restricting the actions of
those people who are
habitual collectors of junk,
hereinafter referred to as
junkards, but if there were,
at least half of the joy of
living would be killed for
those people who do not eat,
sell, burn or give away —but
store their junk.
A junkard is like a
drunkard in that he is
intoxicated but, unlike the
drunkard, the junkard does
not consume his product. On
• the contrary, he saves it and
lets it consume him.
In spite of their saving
ways, junkards are not
necessarily misers. In fact
they are oftentimes very
generous and will offer you
the shirt off their back, so
long as you don’t ask for a
March, 1906 copy of Harper’s
magazine from the attic.
For the most part, junk
ards are of an easy-going
nature, but they will fight to
the end for their right to keep
some item that no one else
could possibly want and
which they themselves want
only to keep.
Christmas brings the su
preme crisis to the junkard.
For then, his living room
floor sprinkled with the
bounty of the season, he must
repair to the attic to make
room for more gifts that were
hand picked for the wrong
person.
In the process, sometimes
he must surrender valued
treasures that have been
tenderly arranged and re
arranged through the years
and to part with these old
friends tears at his heart
strings and he is suddenly
unhappy in the midst of a
happy season.
Merry, however, is that
Christmas marked by the
receipt of useful gifts that do
not result in an unnecessary
intrusion into his treasure
trove of jumbled jumbalaya.
There seems to be, alas, no
easy solution to the problem
of the junkard and how to
handle him or his pile of junk.
It looks now as if we will
have the junkard with us for
so long as people continue to
buy those things that find
their way into the quiet flow
of the attic life, rather than
serving some useful purpose
on the floor below.
To ride the world of
junkards, you must first rid
the world of people who make
foolish purchases. And, if you
did that, the nation’s eco
nomy would dry up over
night.
Long live the junkards. At
least we hope the few that
we know intimately live to a
ripe old age.”
IT’S A TOUGH LIFE
“I’ll run over and pick up
my unemployment check and
then go over to the University
and see what is holding up
my check on my Federal
Education Grant, and then
pick up our food stamps.
Meanwhile, you go over to
the Free VD Clinic and check
on your tests, then pick up
my new glasses at the Health
Center, then go to the
Welfare Department and try
to increase our eleigiblity
limit again.
Later we’ll meet at the Fed
building for the mass
demonstration against the
stinking, rotten establish
ment.” Exchange.
THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1976
A Stroll Dam
Memory Lane
News of 10 Years Ago
Don Montgomery has ac
cepted chairmanship of the
American Cancer Society’s
1966 crusade in Butts County.
John Robert Pulliam,
former mayor of Pepperton,
will be elected without
opposition to the newly
created Fifth Ward seat on
the Jackson Council.
The Henderson High
School Tiger band, led by
Andrew J. Buggs, Jr., has
tied for first place in Class A
competition.
County Agent B. B.
Campbell said that Mirex
fire ant bait will be given
away free of charge to Butts
County property owners who
want to rid their premises of
these pests.
Postmaster John P. Hunt
announced that postal
savings certificates will no
longer draw interest and that
holders of these securities
should redeem them on their
anniversary date.
Miss Linda Harrison,
bride-elect, was the honoree
at a linen shower given by
Mrs. Joe Timberlake 111 at
her Macon home.
News of 20 Years Ago
The controversial matter
of parking meters for the
City of Jackson may be
decided in May when a straw
vote will be held to determine
the public’s opinion on the
question.
Miss Ethryn Freeman,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Van Freeman, walked away
with top honors at the Butts
County Teen-Age Road-e-o,
sponsored by the Butts
County Jaycees.
Anew subdivision, the
Alta Vista, is being con
structed on the old Butts
County Fairground property
on South Oak Street by
James Buchanan and H.
Wayne Barnes.
The marriage of Miss
Judith Ann Smith of Conyers
and William Woodruff
Wright, Jr., of Jackson, was
solemnized Saturday at the
Church of the Good Shepherd
in Covington.
William Matthew Glass, 81,
died during the week.
News of 30 Years Ago
Members of the Larkin
Watson Chapter, Daughters
of the Confederacy, will pay
honor on Memorial Day to
James Stark Gregory, the
county’s only living Con
federate veteran.
The Jackson Manufacturing
turing Company, a garment
concern, is interviewing
applicants for jobs, accord
ing to C. H. Addison,
manager.
Both the new Elder Hotel
and the Foy Hotel at Indian
Letters
The Progress-Argus welcomes letters to the
editor and uses them promptly when space
permits.
There are a few simple ground rules that all
writers are asked to follow:
All letters must be signed and include the
writer’s address.
Letters should be as brief as possible, not
over one page typewritten or two pages when hand
written.
Letters concerning race or religion are not
acceptable. Neither are letters for or against
political candidates.
Where possible, letters critical of public
officials should include constructive suggestions
for improving the office.
Springs will open for the 1946
season on May 15th.
Butts county farmers, who
have contracted to grow 800
to 1,000 acres of pimiento
peppers for Pomona Pro
ducts Company, are now
busy transplanting their
plants.
Mrs. Joe Henry Hardy
reached under her setting
hen to see if her eggs had
hatched and found instead of
chicks five kittens. The
kittens were snug and warm
and seemed to be pleased
with the whole thing.
Barbara Jinks, winner of
shorthand in the Fourth
District literary meet, will
represent Jackson in the
state literary meet in Macon.
News of 40 Years Ago
Judge Ogden Persons, of
Forsyth, will deliver the
Memorial Day address in the
Butts County courthouse.
The only two surviving Con
federate veterans in the
county are R. Van Smith, of
Cork, and J. S. Gregory, of
Indian Spring.
Butts Countians have con
tributed over S6OO for the
relief of tornado victims in
Cordele and Gainesville.
The marriage of Miss
Mollie Watkins, of Jackson,
to Benjamin Byrd Garland,
of Atlanta, will be an event of
May third.
Appearing on WSB radio
were Jackson High music
and expression pupils of Mrs.
J. W. O’Neal and Mrs. L. M.
Spencer, including Margaret
Sams, Billy Redman, Irma
King, Virginia Etheridge,
Marjorie Etheridge, Foster
Leverett, Thomas Boone,
Roslyn Redman, Marion
Etheridge, Olga Hammond,
Vera Edwards and Jane
Sams.
News of 50 Years Ago
Judge E. J. Reagan, 72, of
McDonough, was killed in
stantly when his car was
struck at a rail crossing in
Milner.
The Jackson National
Bank is offering SSO to the
farmer growing the best
yield of corn on a five acre
plot.
Demand deposits at Butts
County banks showed Jack
son National Bank with
$142,000; The Jackson Bank
ing Cos. with $41,000; The
Bank of Flovilla with $45,000,
and The Farmers Bank at
Jenkinsburg with SII,OOO.
Miss Eva Mae Smith gave
her third grade pupils a
weiner roast and outing at
Watson’s pasture.
Carmichael Hardware Cos.
had a 2-quart galvanized ice
cream freezer for 98 cents.
Mrs. R. E. Thaxton, 66,
died at her home near Stark
during the week.
FWR3URRI
By Mrs. Cindy Brown
WEIGHT WATCHERS
AND ME
The telephone rings.
“Hello?”
“Mrs. Brown, this is your
doctor calling. I have the
results of your thyroid tests.”
“Yes, sir?” (I eagerly
await, positive he’s fixing to
tell me that I have extreme
glandular problems which
are the reason why I’m
“Pleasingly plump.”)
“Mrs. Brown,” he con
tinues, “have you ever
considered joining Weight
Watchers?”
I slam the phone down,
causing great pain to that
nasty old man’s ears.
After great soul-searching,
I decide the doc was right.
This time, THIS TIME, I
shall stick to my diet; this
time, THIS TIME, I shall
divide and conquer - after all,
my eighteen hour girdle has
been complaining lately. It’s
been clocking out after only
six hours. And that ain’t all: I
caught my bathroom scales
hiding in the clothes hamper
last week!
My diet-to-be arrived
through the mail, as pro
mised. Did it get lost? No.
Was it three days late? No.
For once, the old P. O. lives
up to its creed: “Through
rain or snow, dark of night
. . . . ” Bullturkey! And I
wish I had one, if there were
such a thing.
I feel like a little kid with a
paper to write on “How I
Spent My Summer Vaca
tion.” Only in this case, I’ll
I | ‘Whatsoever
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By Donald E. Wildmon
KEY ATTITUDES TO LIVING
Key attitudes to living. That is our subject. Here is one:
Learn to use your Christian faith as a resource for inner
strength. “. . .in quietness and confidence is your
strength” Isiah tells us.
You have available to you a reservoir of strength
sufficient to overcome every obstacle in life. Isn’t it strange
how we think that the one who shouts the loudest, prays the
loudest, preaches the loudest, even sings the loudest is the
one most filled with God’s Holy Spirit. Maybe you know about
the preacher who was exceptional fast and loud while
preaching. When the bishop asked him why he preached so
fast and loud, this was his reply: “What I lacks in lightning, I
makes up in thunder.”
If a person is loud and highly emotional in his Christian
testimony, we think he really has something. But if a person
stands and simply says rather quietly, “Thank you, God, for
saving a sinner like me,” we don’t think there is anything
spectacular about that, do we?
“In quietness and confidence is your strength.” The
strongest Christians I have known have not been those who
could preach and pray and sing and testify the loudest and the
longest, but rather those who very quietly went about their
task with a deep confidence in the eternal goodness of God.
Did you ever notice the quietness of Jesus? Never once
in the entire New Testament do we have any record that Jesus
ever shouted. See how quiet He was during the entire
crucifixion experience. Everyone was shouting—everyone
except Jesus—and He had very little to say. You can repeat
the entire words of Jesus spoken during the crucifixion
experience in less than five minutes. He was the only person
in the entire crucifixion ordeal who maintained his sanity and
poise. “In quietness and confidence is your strength ...”
How strange those words sound in our ears which are
accustomed to the loud shouting of our society. Even
television commercials are turned up louder than normal to
catch our attention.
They knocked Him down and He got up. They knocked
Him down again and he got up again. They scourge Him, and
still He is quiet. They hang Him on a cross, but He never
lashes out at them. He is forced to die the most humiliating
death Rome can devise. But He dies in full confidence that He
had followed God’s will as best He could. And He was willing
to risk His life in the hands of God. Through the entire
experience He had a deep, abiding confidence in God. “In
quietness and confidence is your strength.”
The faith you have in your heart, that faith in God,
should be a very valuable asset for you. It should give you
confidence and courage when life kicks you. It should help you
stand up and carry on, doing the best you can, regardless ot
what comes your way.
The trying periods of life will come to us all. None are
exempted from them. They are as much a part of living as the
air we breathe. But they need not destroy us, nor take purpose
out of life. Use your faith in God as a source for inner
strength. That is the reason it is there—to be used.
, Indeed, the Psalmist was right: “Thy word is a lamp to
my feet and a light to my path.” Make the Bible your friend
and you will find several key attitudes to living.
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be graded on what the scales
show.
Now, have you ever tried to
live on 1,000 calories a day?
Did you know that one itty
bitty little candy bar has
from 250 to 600 calories? And
mayonnaise, that frothy,
eggy delight, claims 100
“cals” PER TABLESPOON?
I have been on my diet for
two weeks now and I have
been suffering greatly,
thanks to my children. I was
kind enough to carry the little
dickenses to an Easter egg
hunt. What a mistake! Have
you ever seen a grown
woman, sneaking through
shrubbery on hand and knee,
in search of a 200 calorie
colored egg? Just when I had
found one of those delicious
candies. I was mauled by my
two sons. “Mother, Mother,
don’t eat that egg. Remem
ber your diet.”
Everyone heard them. I
felt like stomping on their
Easter baskets and stuffing
cellophane grass in each
little mouth.
As I onward go, however, I
know that I’ll survive. After
all, he who laughs last,
laughs best. (Or is it - he who
eats less, laughs less?)
CONGRATULATIONS
My congratualtions this
week are extended to Mr.
Billy Joe Smith. What other
husband and father could
endure an out-of-town shop
ping spree and in new shoes,
too. Congrats, Billy. And I
understand you fed the whole
crew, too!