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ifacfesmr progress- Argus Volume 103 Number 34 C c ° ' -,J .... fe fcjf..rf J M** 4 * ~^^^^^^ ) ’ ,^‘ jl i' K ‘' * ** %f T -J* ' fife. * ■ JK BH^. Hl|j|. i p ►^te^*'-, i§; tx s ■ % STATE COMPETITORS - These four Jackson High 4-H Club members, winners in District competition, are representing the Central 4-H District at the Georgia 4-H Congress being held in Atlanta this week. If successful Camp Meeting Closes Sunday With Crowds, Interest High Despite a water shortage that was more troublesome than critical, the 1976 convocation of the Indian Springs Camp Meeting, adjourned Sunday, was de clared one of the most successful in the 86 year history of the evangelistic services. The City of Flovilla’s water supply, which is fed by four artesian wells, ran low as it usually does during the camp meeting period when de mand for water increases drastically. With an impressive array of leading evangelists as guest ministers, attendance at all of the meetings was good and record numbers turned out for some of the more popular speakers, according to Frank G. Harris, of Cartersville, presi dent of the Indian Springs Holiness Camp Ground. Heading the list of evange lists for this year’s meeting were Dr. Dennis Kinlaw, Wilmore, Ky.; Rev. Billy Key, Tifton, Ga., and Lt. Col. Andy Miller, Salvation Army, Chicago, Illinois. Special observances at this year’s session included a Healing Dav, a Thanksgiving Day service, a Missionary Program for the Oriental Missionary Society or World Gospel Mission, and Butts County Recognition Day. President Harris express ed his appreciation to the people of Butts County for their continued support of the Camp Meeting program, not only for this year, but for the 86 years of its existence. JOE, THE HOBO, SEZ: l|4 jL Horsepower is a force that only horses know how to use intelligently. Recount Began Tuesday On House Race Bill Jones, loser by 87 votes in the race for State Representative in the Gen eral Assembly, 78th District, announced Thursday that he will request a recounting of the ballots by the Secretary of State. Since the post is considered a state office, any request for recount has to be made to the Secretary of State’s office. Jones said he would person ally deliver his petition for a recount on Thursday after noon. The young Jackson lawyer, businessman and County School Superintendent, car ried two of the three counties in the August 10th primary. His opponent, J.R. Smith, of Barnesville, a veteran member of the Georgia House, carried his home county of Lamar by suffic ient margin to insure the 87-vote lead. Secretary of State Ben Fortson has ordered a recount of the ballots cast in Butts, Lamar and Pike counties in the Bill Jones--J. R. Smith race for the 78th District seat in the Georgia General Assembly. Butts County Probate Judge Luther J. Washington said that his office will begin the recount Tuesday morn ing. He also reported that he had received information that the recounting in Lamar and Pike Counties would not begin until Tuesday evening about 6 p.m. At the time the Progress- Argus went to press, the final tabulation had not been made and the eventual outcome of the race was still in doubt. Jones Smith Butts Cos. 2,242 1,157 Lamar Cos. 918 2,133 Pike Cos. 971 928 Total 4,131 4,218 JOHN E. BONO WINS mcdonough j.p. race Former Jackson resident John E. Bond, a long-term Justice of Peace in the McDonough District, has won re-election in the August 10 primary. Bond polled 1,074 votes to 529 for his opponent. Rufus Stewart. there, they will compete in the National 4-H Congress in Chicago later this year. Shown, from left to right, are Lee Duffey. Bobby Pinckney, Ricky Long and Greg O’Neal. - Photograph by Ben Parrish. Cong. Flynt Takes Easy Primary Win Sixth District Congress man John J. Flynt, Jr., riding a tidal wave of votes, swept to an impressive victory in the Democratic primary of August 10th, and will face Republican Newt Gingrich, a West Georgia College professor, in the November 2nd. general elec tion. Congressman Flynt car ried 13 of the 14 counties he represents, losing only Clay ton County to favorite son David Brown Shows Well At Future Masters David Brown, son of Mr and Mrs. Joe Brown of Jackson, acquited himself well in the Future Masters Tournament held last week in Dothan, Ala. Out of over 700 entries, David was one of 224 to qualify for the tournament play. The tournament was open to boys in the 10-to-18 year age group and entries were received from 40 states. Going into the final day’s play, David was in good position, 12th in the large field, but a 79 on the last day put him well back into the top 30 finishers. Gay McMiehael, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank McMiehael, entered the tournament but did not qualify for the finals. Mr. and Mrs Joe Brown watched the play last Friday and Saturday over the beautiful, championship course Jackson, Georgia 30233, Thursday, August 19, 1976 Frank Bailey by about 2,500 votes. Complete, but unofficial vote tallies, show the Congressman with 49,352 votes, Frank Bailey with 26.485, Gerald Churchill with 3.823 and Bill Doll with 6,080. Butts County did even better than the District in giving the Congressman 64.8 percent of its votes. Through out the District, Flvnt had 57.6 percent of the total vote. Counties comprising the Sixth Congressional District include Butts, Carroll, Clay ton. Coweta, Douglas, Fayet te, S. Fulton, Haralson. Heard. Henry, Jasper, La mar. Pike and Spalding. Payroll Checks Stolen From Local Company M. J. Sears, controller of Fashion Pillow's, reports that 40 checks were stolen from the company’s payroll de partment over the weekend. He described the checks as being on the Mclntosh State Bank of Jackson, blue in color, and bearing the numbers 24020 to 24059. The company does not use a signature stamp and all checks were signed by an officer of the company. Sears warned Jackson and area merchants to be on the lookout for Fashion Pillows’ checks with the above serial numbers, SOCIAL SECURITY REP. IN JACKSON THURSDAY The Griffin Social Security office sends a representative to the Butts County Court house every Thursday be tween the hours ot 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Record Vote Recorded; Seven Run-Offs Remain Butts County voters went to the polls Tuesday, August 10th, in record number to choose from 24 candidates for seven contested offices, to nominate four incumbents without opposition to another term, and to vote on several state and district contests, some of which were hotly contested. When the last of a record 4.016 ballots had been counted (representing 69.3 percent of the registered voters), all seven of the contested races were left undecided, pending the Tues day, August 31st, run-off primary. Named without opposition to another term of office were David P. Ridgeway, Sr.. Clerk of Superior Court; Billy Sutton, Treasurer; Thomas A. Carmichael, Jr.. Surveyor; John A. Sherrell. Coroner, and Terry Kitchens, Justice of Peace for the Jackson District. Facing run-offs will be Gene Blue, 1,223, against John H. Moore. 1,077, for Probate Judge; Billy Lever - ette. 1.634, versus Barney L. Wilder. 1.510, for Sheriff; J M. L. Comer, 1.862. will face Lee Roy O’Neal, 1,204 for School Superintendent; Ricky Beauchamp, 1,590. will oppose Mrs. Mary Will Hearn. 1,452, for Tax Commissioner; Mac Collins, 1.432, will be opposed by Mrs. Roxilu K. Bohrer, 1.118. for County Commissioner Post No. 1; E. D. Briscoe, 1.537, and D. W. (Dave) Bailey, 1,286. will contest for County Com misioner Post No. 2, and Dr. William C. Mitchell. Jr., 1111. and George N. Martin. Jr., 979. will vie for County- Commissioner Post No. 3. Bill Jones defeated J. R. Smith about two-to-one in the race for the House Seat from the 78th District, but had his lead overcome in Lamar County and seeming ly lost the race by 87 votes, although a recount of the ballots will be made. Franklin Freeman carried the County decisively over District Attorney Byron Smith but lost the four county race by about 1,400 votes. Sixth District Congrksman John J. Flynt. Jr. swept to an overwhelming victory in Butts County-, recording about 65 percent of the vote over his three opponents. His 2.347 vote total ranked him second only to Georgia Court of Appeals winner George T. Smith, 2,419 votes, as the most popular vote getter in the County. Ford Spinks carried the County easily in his bid for re-election to the Georgia Public Service Commission, with Jack Nichols a distant second. John McGarity edged out Ray Tucker by 10 votes in the County for the 73rd District House Seat, although Tucker overcame the lead in Henry- County. to go into the run-off as the leader. There was only one Republican vote cast in the County in Tuesday’s pri mary. and that was in the Jackson District. This lonely voter cast a vote for Newt Gingrich, the West Georgia College professor, who will face Jack Flynt in the November general election for the Sixth District Con gressional seat. Gingrich w as the only name appearing on the Republican ballot. Complete, official returns Official Results | | August 10th S . J 1 j H | K X J Mm 2 Primary M ? e H “ § PROBATE JUDGE GENE BLUE 50 8 79 25 820 72 51 52 1223 J DAWSON BRYANT 46 17 5 34 18 475 22 59 25 701 JOHN H. MOORE 44 43 7 70 26 739 18 80 50 1077 MALCOLM R. SMITH 35 48 14 125 23 428 35 53 43 802 SHERIFF BILLY LEVERETTE 86 72 21 172 41 1024 90 58 70 1634 HUGH C. POLK 50 13 10 50 22 517 20 77 32 791 BARNEY L. WILDER 65 54 3 98 31 1028 41 120 70 1510 SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT J M. L. COMER 122 101 14 157 54 1142 88 105 79 1862 JO ANN MANLEY 28 21 7 77 17 4% 43 70 30 789 LEE ROY O’NEAL 46 17 13 69 23 883 20 77 56 1204 TAX COMMISSIONER RICKY BEAUCHAMP 78 63 16 103 44 1052 56 105 73 1590 MRS WALTER J BENNETT 43 44 16 96 20 537 25 36 24 841 MARY WILL HEARN 80 32 2 110 30 947 67 110 74 1452 COMMISSIONER POST NO. 1 MRS ROXILU BOHRER 47 42 25 144 39 655 48 56 62 1118 MAC COLLINS 66 56 4 103 20 966 64 96 57 1432 ROY R HENDERSON 33 8 0 7 4 164 3 16 10 245 BAILEY WOODWARD 52 31 5 56 30 638 32 71 41 956 COMMISSIONER POST NO. 2 D. W. (DAVE) BAILEY 49 54 13 154 40 828 27 55 66 1286 E D. BRISCOE 1®) ‘1 14 96 40 925 101 107 74 1537 J. K. (RED) GODWIN 42 12 7 61 13 743 21 83 30 1012 COMMISSIONER POST NO. 3 JOE HARRIS 67 23 8 58 21 436 62 37 18 730 VAN KERSEY 27 20 7 57 30 601 24 148 28 942 GEORGE N. MARTIN. JR. 31 54 6 82 28 679 22 19 58 979 WILLIAM C. MITCHELL. JR. 74 42 12 94 15 721 42 46 65 1111 REPRESENTATIVE. 78TH DIST. BILL JONES 125 79 21 172 63 1579 102 0 101 2242 J R SMITH 67 58 12 116 30 771 47 0 56 1157 DISTRICT ATTORNEY W FRANKLIN FREEMAN 1 28 104 22 183 53 1428 101 135 99 2253 E. BYRON SMITH 65 35 10 109 37 935 46 100 68 1405 CONGRESS 6TH DIST. (DEM.) FRANK BAILEY 40 26 10 76 27 612 36 67 42 936 GERALD LAV ERNE CHURCHILL g 10 12 0 55 2 3 2 81 BILL DOLL 11 11 3 17 7 173 17 7 8 254 JOHN J. FLYNT. JR. 136 96 20 171 57 i494 93 167 113 2347 COURT OF APPEALS JACK DORSEY 54 38 8 85 29 708 46 84 40 1092 GEORGE T. SMITH 132 95 24 180 63 1564 94 148 119 2419 PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION GEORGE ADDISON 15 9 5 32 13 172 27 28 9 310 GENE HUBER 17 13 7 29 4 217 20 14 11 332 DL. INMAN 11 7 1 9 3 117 3 15 3 169 JACK P (NIX) NICHOLS 25 27 3 39 17 333 26 31 15 516 FORD B SPINKS 100 82 1-* H® 48 1187 88 U 8 1 88 I®l 2 JESSE WILLIAMS 16 3 2 26 4 193 4 20 275 REPRESENTATIVE 73RD DIST. LEWIS HURD 15 31 46 45 108 3 156 JOHN McGARITY 46 97 3 146 RAY M.TUCKER CONGRESS BTII DIST tREP.) NEWT GINGRICH , $6.24 Per Year In Advance of the Butts County primary, as submitted by Probate Judge Luther J. Washington to Secretary of State Ben Fortson, are as follows: