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Editorials
Womens Lib Gets a Lift
The Women’s Lib movement in
Butts County, which appears to be
both well organized and vocal,
received a big shot in the arm
Tuesday with the election of Mrs.
Walter J. Bennett to the Butts
County Commission.
As the first woman to ever hold
a seat on the County Commission,
Mrs. Bennett won not only an
election but a spot in the political
history books as well.
Senate Bill 1 Is
Affront to Justice
There is presently in the U.S.
Senate Judiciary Committee, and
on the desks of every Senate
member, a monstrous 753-page
document officially entitled
“Criminal Justice Reform Act of
1975.” It is commonly referred to
as Senate Bill l(S-l).
It has been called by its critics,
and there are many both within and
without the legal profession, the
greatest threat to human rights
since the Declaration of Indepen
dence was signed.
Here are some of the chief
provisions of the bill. Read them
and see how many you agree, or
disagree, with and if you find many
of them intolerable, perhaps you
should write Senators Nunn or
Talmadge to that effect.
Among other things, Senate
Bill 1 would:
Under the Official Secrets Act
provided in the bill withhold
virtually all information on foreign
affairs, military operations and
domestic policy decisions. Dis
closure of this information would
be criminalized, with penalties
ranging from 3 years to death.
Public dissenters could be prime
victims of this section.
No dissent would be allowed
during “wartime.” War, under the
terms of the bill, may be declared
or undeclared. Political candidates
of the opposite persuasion, as well
as street dissenters, could be
punished for voicing opposition to
government policies regarding use
of American troops.
Free-lance government snooD-
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.
She brings to an office whose
problems seem to be primarily
fiscal, an expertise in accounting
procedures, tax matters and
money management that should
prove invaluable in helping the
County move forward.
We congratulate her on her
instant success in the political
arena and wish for her a lengthy
tenure of dedicated service to the
citizens of our County.
ing would be encouraged by
providing that wire-tapping could
be done without a court order and
that material secured without a
search warrant would be admis
sible as evidence in court.
Federal officials would have
broad authority to perform
criminal acts if they believe they
have the authority to do so.
A citizen could be taken to
court for any act which could
possibly, “at some future time”—
which is undefined and unlimited—
create opposition to the govern
ment. The rights of open discussion
and debate are to be withdrawn
under this threat and to be created
would be an environment ripe for
the formation of a police state.
If these provisions hit home,
just think how they could have been
applied in the pre-Watergate era to
those who would dare “interfere”
with the workings of government.
The bill itself calls to mind the
old story about the alcoholic who
for years had resisted the
pleadings of a friend to give up the
juice and who, one night, had
wandered onto some fresh cement
on the sidewalk where he was
forced to spend the night.
The next morning his friend
passed by as he was being chiseled
out of the cement and inquired:
“Well, what do you think of
drink now?”
The alcoholic, his mind still
befogged but his wit still sharp,
replied:
“Well, it’s all right in the
abstract, but it’s heck in the
concrete.”
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THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, CEORGIA THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1976
The Last
Straw
BY
VINCENT IONES
None of us are immune to
the temptation to overly
criticize the American free
enterprise system. All of us
have had gadgets that didn’t
gadget, televisions without
pictures, autos without gas
kets and other annoying,
petty frustrations that we
attribute to mass production
techniques and a capitalistic
society more interested in
capital than quality.
But think of the millions of
times that everything has
worked right, so many in fact
that we take the con
veniences of modern living
with a grain of salt.
Maybe this article by Bill
Vaughn in the Kansas City
Star can shame us into a
more appreciative attitude:
“From what I read I get
the feeling that I am some
sort of marked man, set
aside for a particular
alienation from the main
stream of American life. The
trouble, briefly, is that things
work for me. Generally
speaking. My telephone calls
go through. Plumbers are
available and are nice guys
and charge what seems to me
to be reasonable amounts.
T V. repairmen let me off the
hook for about a tenth of what
the scarifying experiences of
friends lead me to expect. If
minor appliances go wrong,
the company honors the
warranty.
“Airlines don’t lose my
baggage. Planes I’m on
never circle the field for
hours before diverting to
Montreal. Even though
Ralph Nader says the
chances are slim I seem to
encounter doctors who have
been to medical school and
paid attention. All this is
happening right here in
Twentieth Century America
where I’m constantly being
told, nothing works right,
where carpenters don’t make
house calls and the consumer
is subjected to a constant
Chinese water torture of rude
clerks and bad craftsman
ship. It’s an eerie feeling, I
tell you. Why me? You feel
left out of things.
“Suppose I am in a lively
group where the bright
chatter consists of swapping
horror stories about how
much it costs to get the
furnace fixed and suspicious
that more has been done than
was necessary. Everyone
chips in with his experiences
along those lines. What can I
contribute? The guy came
and looked at the furnace,
kicked it a couple of times,
put in a $1.25 valve and said
he thought she was good for a
few more years. I can’t talk
about that. It’s un-American.
“You meet somebody and
even before he starts
complaining about his new
refrigerator he wants to tell
you about the lemon of a car
he bought, with the transmis
sion falling out in the dealer’s
driveway and they wouldn’t
do anything about it. That’s
interesting. I buy medium
priced cars and they run
pretty well. What problems
they have are usually traced
to something I have done,
such as hitting the garage
door.
“I even get along with
computers. This is the
ultimate blasphemy against
the No. 1 essential of the
American Credo, which is
that if a computer can
possibly foul something up, it
will. Computers keep my
bank account straighter than
I ever did, they even refund
me money I have overpaid in
stores. They seldom send me
more than two copies of the
same paper.
“I tell you I would welcome
it if a few things went wrong,
if a few artisans were surly
or tried to gyp me. I would
welcome it (up to about
$37.00 worth) as a sign that I
was at least sharing the
experiences which every
body else says they are
undergoing. Of course I
would hate to think that the
industrial-commerical com
plex was saving me up for a
really big catastrophe.”
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A Stroll Down
Memory Lane
News of 10 Years Ago
Two new City buildings
were dedicated to Mrs. W. H.
(Jane) Mallet, retired long
time City clerk, and J. H.
(Howard) Rooks, for their
long and faithful service to
the City of Jackson.
A freak accident claimed
the life of Grady James of
Jenkinsburg when, distract
ed by a pet dog, he ran into an
oak tree at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Childs.
Although suffering only
superficial cuts, his liver was
ruptured by the steering
wheel.
Three-year old Shelly
Hamlin escaped death mira
culously when a five-pound
rock, thrown 100 feet by a
power mower, struck her on
the back of the head.
Joseph H. Sims, of Athens,
charged and acquitted along
with a fellow Ku Klux
Klansman for the murder of
Col. Lemuel Penn of Wash
ington on a north Georgia
highway in 1964, surrendered
meekly to Butts County
Sheriff J. D. (Bud) Pope.
Sims was sought for shooting
his wife in Athens.
Three Jackson girls,
Misses Linda Mangham,
Carole Bond and Kathy Jones
were injured recently in a
one-car accident on the
Watkins Park and Pool road.
News of 20 Years Ago
Bennie Fletcher, son of Mr.
and Mrs. C. D. Fletcher of
Jenkinsburg, with a four
year average of 96 has been
named valedictorian of the
1956 Jackson High gradua
ting class. Miss Peggy
Patrick, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. T. T. Patrick, with a
95.63 average, was named
salutatorian.
Butts county will get 5.167
miles of grading and paving
on the Jenkinsburg-Stark
Road.
Cedar Rock Congrega
tional Methodist Church will
celebrate its centennial anni
versary this month.
At the Town Theater, Judy
Garland in The Wizard of Oz.
Deaths during the week:
Mrs. H. M. Young, 32; Mrs.
Paul Letson, 58, and Mrs.
Mable, Kelton, 61.
News of 30 Years Ago
Miss Miriam Evans,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Paul J. Evans, and a
freshman at Mercer Univer
sity, is a member of the
school’s A-Capella choir.
J. R. Carmichael has been
named supervisor of stores
and purchases for the
Georgia Power Company.
The annual Junior-Senior
reception will be held May 10
at the Foy Hotel in Indian
Springs.
Mrs. Albert Thrasher en
tertained twenty teen-age
girls at a delightful breakfast
Sunday moring in compli
ment to her daughter,
Carmie, whose thirteenth
birthday it was.
Mrs. Kate Valentino, 79,
who resided alone on Indian
Springs Street, was found
dead at the dining table
Saturday night when neigh
bors saw a light burning
about 11 o’clock and made an
investigation.
News of 40 Years Ago
H. F. Goldstein, of Griffin,
announces he will open a
department store in the old
Jackson Mercantile building
on May 9.
The Butts County Chamber
of Commerce is off to a good
start, with over 100 members
already signed up for the
$2.00 annual dues.
Mrs. Max Redman and
Mrs. Nelle Major entertained
a group of friends at a wiener
roast at Indian Springs.
At the Princess Theater,
“Tale of Two Cities” with
Ronald Coleman, and
“Rocky Rhodes” with Buck
Jones.
A District Young People’s
Rally will be held Sunday at
the Jackson Presbyterian
Church. Assiting with the
program are:
Ushers, Bob Carmichael,
Vincent Jones, Woodward
Lavender, Compton Blanken
ship; pages, Victor Car
michael, Jr., Lovett Fletc
her, and Bob Watkins.
The Jackson Garden Club
was giving a Flower Show at
the Hawkes Library with
Mrs. S. B. Kinard and Mrs.
G. D. Head in charge.
News of 50 Years Ago
County Agent H. G. Wiley
has enrolled 136 farm youths
in the six agricultural clubs
in the county. The clubs are
Poultry, Corn, Pig, Calf,
Cotton and Pepper.
The badly mangled body of
C. H. Maddux, 40, of Atlanta,
was found beside the Sou
thern Railway tracks at Cork
Saturday morning. It was
assumed that Maddux fell off
the train and that the cars
passed over his body.
W. T. Burke was named
assistant policeman in Jack
son to succeed B. R.
McClendon, resigned.
Miss Adelaide Land was
delightfully surprised by her
schoolmates Saturday on her
twelfth birthday.
The engagement of Corrie
Elizabeth Foster to W. J.
Saunders was announced.
Mrs. W. D. Crawford, 63,
died during the week.
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RESOLUTION
Whereas Councilman Malcolm Smith has served faithfully
and well for 15 months on the City Council of
The City of Flovilla, Georgia, and
Whereas Under his direction anew police officer has been
appointed and the Police Department improved and
Whereas Under his direction the fire department has procured
new safety equipment and an additional fire truck,
and
Whereas His willingness to use his abilities and his
personal resources has been to the benefit of all
citizens of Flovilla and
Whereas His honesty and integrity have set an example for
all fellow council members and citizens to follow,
Therefore Be it Resolved
That the Mayor and Council of the City of Flovilla
express our profound gratitude to Malcolm Smith
for his service to this community, and
Be it Further Resolved
That the good wishes of the Mayor and Council be
expressed to Malcolm Smith for success in his new
endeavor.
This Bth day of April, 1976.
nbImUFRI
By Mrs. Cindy Brown
“Open wide, please.”
Those three words strike
terror in my chicken heart. I
absolutely, undoubtedly, un
questionably hate going to
the dentist. And my dentist
(God bless him) absolutely,
undoubtedly, unquestionably
hates seeing me walk
through his door as much as I
hate doing it. My dentist is a
very brave man. He’s one of
the few “mouth docs” in the
world who can drill teeth
with the patient jumping like
a slinky!
Why, once my dentist even
asked if I were scared of him.
Personally, I thought that a
foolish question. Of course I
was terrified. Wasn’t every
one?
And you know what? The
older I get, the worse my
dentineneurosis becomes.
The last checkup I sustained
was an exercise in “Here We
Go ‘Round the Examination
Room.” I must be getting
slower he caught me
somewhere between the
chair and the drill. I broke
out in a cold sweat; my teeth
started chattering; my knee
caps rubbed together so hard
that my hose were torn to
shreds.
Donnie and Bart just
cannot understand why their
Mother is so scared. I guess
they are just not old enough
yet (or smart enough) to
appreciate the seriousness of
the situation. I actually had a
dream the other night about
my June 1 appointment. I
dreamed that when I got to
the building wherein the
chamber of torture is
Here is a belated welcome
back to Jackson. Also
congratulations for the edi
torials in this week’s paper. I
agree wholeheartedly with
“Angry voters” and “brave
ry” and shed some tears over
“to Mother”; all were superb
and show you are getting
back into the swing of things.
But we should be starting
another revolution in this
country, I mean an inclina
tion to want to ban or censor
everything that we feel is
“foreign” or “wrong” for the
USA or its citizens.
Now nobody ever gets into
more dangerous ground than
when he tries to decide what
is ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ for
anybody to hear or read. I
was shocked by Mrs. Dawson
Bryant’s letter taking people
to task for wanting to know
about Yoga and T.M. I am
one of only about 3 percent of
the U. S. population (I
understand) who buys and
reads books and I consider
the 12 or more I have on the
above sujects to be nothing
more than mind expanders
(and that is why I read, to
located, an earthquake
began to shake the ground
and a deep voice said “Open
wide, please.” At that point
the ground opened up and
swallowed the whole (pre
mises), dentist and all. My
husband awakened to my
applause.
THE LITTLE CHURCH
Far from town on a little hill,
stands
a building, mute and still.
It seems to wait for the holy
day
when the people come to
sing and pray.
The grass surrounds the
God-home white,
souls arrive and folks are
right.
The old oaks are whispering
in soft to the wind
Above all those pleasures
found within.
And through this natural
scenario of
pine, honeysuckle and
Glory O
My memories lay waiting in
wondrous
peace of all the greatness,
in this the least.
r
CONGRATULATIONS
My congratulations this
week are extended to Mr.
Grady Head, employee of
Jackson’s A&P store. I have
yet to see him when he’s not
smiling and courteous. It is
so pleasant to know that
someone can be like that in
this day and time.
expand my mind!)
In Mrs. Bryant’s anxiety
that youth would be “indoc
trinated” with these sub
jects, she neglected to
mention that there are
graduates from high schools
and colleges, too, who can not
read and write and THEY
could not be “indoctrinated”
with anything. This is the
pathetic truth about some of
our youth and, to me, is
more serious than WHAT
we read.
Let freedom ring! From
Sea to shinin’ Sea! Let us
hear or read anything. Let us
make up our own minds
about whether we should
practice what we hear or
read.
This is true freedom when
we don’t have censorship!
Censorship of anything!
Could this be the tenet for a
new revolution in this
country?
Foster Leverrett
120 Forrest Ave.
Jackson, Ga. 30233
May 6,1976