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Editorials
The Lost Picture Show
Lost among the relics of
yesteryear and sorely missed by all
who patronized them consistently,
are the movie houses that dotted
the Georgia countryside, at least
one of which was to be found in
every county-seat town.
The small town theater
provided more than just mere
entertainment. It was the focal
point for the community’s social
life. There was something about
the smell of salted popcorn that set
tongues a wagging and the latest
gossip and news vied with the film
as the star attraction.
With almost religious fervor, the
crowd arrived about 15 minutes
before starting time to visit with
neighbors, inquire about the ailing,
swap crop talk and to give the
young boys and girls a chance to
giggle and snicker at each other.
The gathering had all of the
aspects of a family reunion, but for
the expectancy that the night was
soon to explode with the brightest
of Hollywood’s stars.
Ruby Keeler, A1 Jolson, Shirley
Temple, Humphrey Bogart, Ty
rone Power, Robert Taylor.
Edmund G. Robinson, Irene
The Senate Protects Our Sex
Thanks to a unanimous 88-to-0
vote of the United States Senate,
boys will still be permitted to be
boys and girls may still function as
girls without there being sex
discrimination.
The Senate was forced to act to
override an idiotic decision of some
bungling bureaucrat in the Health,
Education and Welfare department
who had ruled that father-son, and
mother-daughter functions were
sexually discriminatory.
Also prohibited by the foolish
folly ruling were all-boy chorale
groups in schools. The peculiar
brand of Washington nut who wrote
the ruling said that such groups
were basically discriminatory in
nature and must be opened to girl
singers as well.
A few more rulings such as that
one and those candidates who
promise to throw all the Washing
ton brief-carrying bureaucrats into
The Worst Kind of Inflation
Erosion of the nation’s top soil,
the six inches that saves us from
starvation, is a horrible thing to
see, but better soil conservation
practices, reforestation and new
cutivation methods have reduced
this once rapid erosion to a mere
trickle of its former self.
The erosion that hits, and kills,
us all, farmer, businessman, the
professional man or woman alike,
is the erosion of inflation.
Recent Republican admin
strations have done nothing, other
than give lip service to federal
budget-balancing. Any student of
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Dunne-they all waited in the dark
of the projection room to burst
forth onto the screen with all their
beauty and talent, music and
drama.
On Saturdays, there were the
likes of Bob Steele, Ken Maynard,
Buck Jones, or Hopalong Cassidy
to thrill the youngsters with their
daredevil riding and shooting and
no mother ever had a better built
in baby sitter for the 6-to-16 age
group on a Saturday afternoon.
But, for the most part, the
small town theater is gone now,
maybe never to return. The
drive-ins offer some diversion for
the mid-teens and adults. The little
ones, however, will never know the
thrill of walking to town on a warm
summer night, their pockets
jingling with ticket and popcorn
money.
The Lyric, the Princess, the
Dixie, the Town, and the other
various names by which Jackson
theaters were once known, are but
ghosts of the past. But their
memory lingers on, as do the stars
who brightened the night for the
audience with their sparkling
performances.
the Potomac might enjoy a sudden
burst of popularity.
In a more serious vein, the
ruling points out how easily the
laws and intent of Congress can be
misinterpreted or twisted to suit
the addled brain of some white
collar incompetent.
Already, there is a movement
afoot to have Congress review
periodically the legislation it has
passed to see how it has been
interpreted and applied in the
everyday operation of government
agencies.
Certainly, Congress needs and
should exercise such a review
authority. There is a real
possibility that the laws of the land
are not nearly so bad as the
interpretation placed on them by
those charged with their admini
stration.
economy, from sixth grade through
Harvard business school, knows
that deficit federal spending has
triggered and sustained the present
inflationary pace.
The stage seems set for
Democratic nominee Jimmy Car
ter to sell the American people that
he will not only balance the budget
but show how he will do it.
The American voting pubic is
ready to see the nation live within
its income. The candidate who can
best convince them he can bring
it about is likely to be the White
House occupant in January.
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1976
The Last
Straw
BY
VINCENT JONES
Perhaps in no other sphere
of human existence is there
such a disparity between the
haves and have nots as in the
realm of punishment, or
reward, for criminal activi
ties.
A maintenance man who
misplaced some tools and
lied to his boss would be
discharged post haste. A
president can appear on
television and lie to 50 million
Americans, resign, be par
doned, live a life of luxury on
a pension and be protected by
the secret service.
A bank teller who “bor
rowed” SSO and got caught
short would be fired on the
spot. A Congressman of the
United States can hire a sex
kitten, steal money from the
U. S. Treasury to pay his
mistress who performs no
service other than catering to
his whims resign and go
back to his people, embar
not imprisoned.
A black, or poor white, robs
a store of SIOO and pays for it
with three years in jail. A
bunch of two-bit politicians
can commit a burglary on
another political party’s
headquarters, be caught
indicted, and convicted and
write a book about it and
make a fortune.
A legislator can pad an
expense account, accept a
bribe, or commit a felonious
assault and get away with a
reprimand, A have not com
mitting any of the same
offenses would have received
ten years in jail and eternal
condemnation for such
wretched conduct.
Unfortunately, much of the
white collar crime in the
country that comes to the
public’s knowledge is per
formed in the political realm
and crosses the broad
spectrum of political beliefs,
Democrats, Republicans,
liberals or conservatives
alike.
The fishbowl atmosphere
that politicians are forced to
swim, or drown, in under the
constant scrutiny of the press
probably accounts for the
inordinately large numbers
of the political elite who
stumble over their own self
interest, or the lure of the
siren dollar sign.
But white collar crime is
not an exclusive province of
the office holder alone. The
corporate executives, both
junior and senior, too often
fail to exercise self-denial
and discipline for the
tantalizing taste of the
forbidden.
Small wonder, then, that
the Supreme Court once felt
that the death penalty was
not impartially and equitably
administered, when we can’t
even dole out lesser punish
ments in a fair and honest
manner.
In all honesty must come
the admission that we in the
United States have a double
standard of justice, one for
the white collar and another
totally different for the blue
collar worker.
A Watergate conspirator,
not the bandits themselves,
and a Butts County shop
lifter, are judged by separate
standards, with one set of
rules providing for much
more swift and severe
punishment.
The relatively light
punishments doled out to the
mighty must surely serve as
an inducement to the have
nols to try a life of crime,
since the dangers of impri
sonment appear extremely
slim.
But more important, and
more far reaching, is the
pervasive, erosive effect that
misconduct on the part of
public figures has on the
moral and spiritual life of the
average law-abiding Ameri
can.
Watching his public offi
cials, civic and business
leaders sink in the mire and
muck of their own miscon
duct, he is likely to become
disenchanted with the old
American dream which says
the talented should be
rewarded and respected.
We don’t need more laws,
but more justice in the
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News of 10 Years Ago
The City of Flovilla has
received a combination loan
and grant in the amount of
$166,500 from the Farmers
Home Administration to
furnish a water system to
serve Flovilla, Indian
Springs and the Camp
Ground.
Mrs. Gussie Cawthon, of
Jackson, has been awarded a
State Teacher’s scholarship
to Tift College.
The attic and second floor
of the central building at
Westbury Medical Care
Home, Inc., at Jenkinsburg
was damaged by fire Monday
morning. There were no
injuries.
John Wesley Cook, H. E.
Freeman and Timmy Kersey
were declared the grand
winners in Jackson Hard
ware Company’s fishing
contest.
Fayette County edged the
Red Devils 12-7 in the season
operner Friday night in
Fayetteville.
Deaths during the week:
Mrs. O. E. Smith, 85; Harold
McCart, 58.
News of 20 Years Ago
Mrs. Ben Haisten, chair
man of the Butts County
chapter, American Red
Cross, announced today that
P. H. Weaver, Jackson
insurance executive, will
head the 1957 Red Cross drive
in Butts County.
Three outstanding Butts
County athletes, Tony Grant,
Phillip Minton, and Carey
Dunn, have signed up for
three-vear hitches with the
United States Army.
Jackson High head football
coach Henry (Hank) Powers
feels his Red Devils will give
a good account of themselves
in the season opener next
week against Monticello.
Powers is beginning his first
year in Jackson, moving here
from Gray where he was
head football coach last year.
Dr. R. P. Harrison and
Vincent Jones spoke briefly
to their fellow Kiwanians
Tuesday night on the subject
of fluoridation of the City’s
water supply.
Mac Fletcher left Monday
for College Park where he
will enroll at Georgia
Military Academy and will
go out for football.
Deaths during the week:
Robert William Lamb, 73;
John William Wynn, 76.
News of 30 Year Ago
Gordon H. Thompson has
retired after a service of over
39 years to patrons of Route
Three, Jackson, and Clyde
Walker has been named as
acting carrier until the
position can be filled perm
anently.
The Butts County Commis
sioners deferred any action
on a referendum on the sale
of beer or the appointment of
county police, two matters
that have been recom
mended by a grand jury for
Commission action.
Butts County teachers at
an organizational meeting
have elected O. L. Parker,
president; Mrs. Albert Mad
dox, vice president, and Miss
Tommie Higgins as secre
lary.
Miss Lucy Jim Webb is
returning this fall to China,
where she has spent 22 years
in mission work. She has
been visiting her mother,
Mrs. T. H. Webb, sister, Mrs.
P. H. Weaver, and brother,
administration of the laws we
have, so that both the
powerful and the meek
should be fed from the same
spoon.
Candler Webb, in Jackson.
The T. & H. Motor Court,
located one mile north of
Jackson on Route 42, has
been sold by Paul Tyler to
Hugh M. Glidewell, of St.
Petersburg, Fla.
Deaths during the week:
Mrs. Martha Matilda Wash
ington, 67.
News of 40 Years Ago
Jenkinsburg and the com
munity are now enjoying
electric lights and power.
Lights were turned on for the
first time Saturday afternoon
and the customers are
delighted with the new
service.
Jackson businessmen are
organizing a Trade Expan
sion Campaign to be held
during October, November
and December. Cash and
merchandise in the amount
of SI,OOO will be distributed at
a series of 12 weekly
drawings.
The Butts County Com
munity Canning plant was
operated for the first time
this season on Monday, with
about 100 cans of corn and
pears being processed.
County Agent M. L. Powell is
in charge of the plant’s
operation.
The New Deal candidates,
Richard B. Russell, Jr., Ed
Rivers and Columbus
Roberts carried Butts County
convincingly for the offices of
It. S. Senator, Governor and
Agriculture Commissioner.
Defeated in the county for
those posts were Eugene
Talmadge. Charlie Red wine
and Tom Linder, respect
ively.
Miss Elise Barnes, who
leaves shortly for Bessie Tift
College where she will study
music, was honoree at a
lovely party given by Miss
Viola Slaughter.
News of 50 Years Ago
Cadet William Rogers
Woodward, class of 1930, U.
S Military Academy, has
been selected as a member of
the West Point plebe football
team.
Dr. A. F. White, of Flovilla,
recently received a check in
payment of a service
rendered 25 years previous
ly.
Two white convicts
escaped from the Butts
County chain gang Monday
morning, but were recap
'ured later the same after
noon.
A news story pointed out
that the American public
spent $700,000,000 to see
movies in 1925, or about six
dollars apiece.
Miss Ruby Lane left
Saturday for Concord where
she wll teach in the public
school.
Many guests at Indian
Springs hotels have been
victims of robberies of late.
Deaths during the week:
Robert C. Williams, 45; Pearl
C. Crane, 57.
rq AIONKY AR9I)
b J TAX TIIS
ODDS AGAINST
TAX AUDIT
The odds against having
your income tax return
audited? According to the
IRS annual report, in 1975
they were about 55 to 1 for
those with income under
$10,000; 40 to 1 for those in
the SIO,OOO-50,000 bracket;
8 to 1 for those above
$50,000.
The Arthritis Foundation
estimates that almost four
million Americans are need
lessly handicapped by arthri
tis because of failure to seek
proper threatment in time.
The Bicentennial Revolution
Against Arthritis is seeking
to assure good medical care
for all ar'hrilis victims
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By Mrs. Cindy Brown
Dear Son,
I watched you last night as
you lay sleeping, thumb in
mouth and dark hair tousled.
I listened to your sweet baby
sighs and I smiled when you
smiled, childishly in your
sleep. What were you
dreaming? Were the prover
bial sugarplums dancing or
was it the thought of your
new puppy that made you so
peaceful?
Oh, that I could for the rest
of my life know the innocent
happiness you are experienc
ing now. I am happy for you,
proud of you and yet a little
sad for you as you grow
older. It won’t be long now
before you’ll have your first
shiner, your first report card
and your first love. “First”
can be so beautiful; more of
us need to remember the
initial emotions of our own
firsts --both the bad ones and
the good ones.
You have been a good little
man, in spite of me; you have
had your stages, as all babies
do, though. I guess your
biting era was the worst: I
am sure your brothers will
never forget that one.
I can’t help but wonder
Weekly
Devotional
By Clarage Tucker, Pastor
Worthville Baptist Church
Jackson, Georgia
YOU CAN BE HAPPY
“He shall give thee the
desires of thine heart.”
Psalm 37:4. Do you have
everything your heart
desires? Why not? God wants
you to have it: It is possible.
A careful study of Psalm 37:
1-11 will unlock the blessed
truth that you can be happy.
If you as a Christian are not
content, there is a reason.
You either want the wrong
things or you want more than
God wants you to have.
What is happiness? I
remember a lady in the
hospital who was very ill. She
said, “If I could just be well
again, I would be the
happiest woman in the
world.” But there are many
healthy people who are not
happy.
I talked with a man who
had little money and his
family was in need. “If I just
had a little money to
purchase the necessities of
life. I'd be happy,” he said.
Bu 1 is money the secret of
happiness? Many of the
richest people are among the
most miserable.
How can you be happy?
The secret is in WHAT you
desire--it does not say He will
give you every “thing” you
desire, but he will give you
the desires of your heart.
First, realize God wants the
best for you and, second,
remember God deals with
the future. We usually think
only of the present. A selfish,
carnal, greedy, blind, self
centered heart might desire
something that would break
ruth at random
By Ruth Bryant
SONG OF COMMUTERS
From Jackson to Atlanta,
From Atlanta back to Jackson,
Commuters ride the bus!
The service is outstanding
The scenery is gorgeous
And the riders never fuss!
“We’re singing this commuter song
As buses roll along!
“Oh, we came from Jackson, Georgia,
With our tickets well in hand,
And we’re headed for Atlanta
Which is our promised land!
Friends and neighbors
Don’t you weep for me
For I’m going to Atlanta
Where my capitol, I’ll see !”
what you would think if you
knew the type of world in
which you are growing.
Would you consider it a
pleasure or a pain to be
alive? You are not confused;
you are not worried; you are
still innocent and protected.
Will I one day stand proud
ly when you graduate into the
world or will I weep inwardly
should you fail? It is so very
hard to imagine that your 30
pounds of chubby boyhood
will one day become mannish
and worldly.
I wish you many things:
happiness, peace, good
friends and good health. Most
of all, I wish you intelligence:
intelligence to deal sensibly
with your successes and your
failures.
And so it goes, young man.
I am certainly not the first
mother ever who watched
her little boy sleeping and I
am certain that I shall not be
the last. The day will
probably come when you will
stand watching and only then
will you fully realize the joy
and hope that an humble
parent holds for his own.
I love you, little man.
Mother
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your fellowship with Him,
and He cannot grant it. He
who “sees from the end and
the beginning” must say
“NO” to things that would
harm us. He does promise in
Psalm 84:11 that “no good
thing” will be withheld, but
if we are to be content we
must have the desires of our
heart.
HERE’S THE KEY! It
means that He will put into
your heart the desire for the
things that He wants you to
have, and remember, He
wants only the best for you.