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3arfesan Trngrsss-^rgtxs J. D. Jones Publisher (1908-1955 Doyle Jones Jr. Editor and Publisher (1955-1975) MRS. MARTHA G. JONES PUBLISHER VINCENT JONES EDITOR Published every Thursday at 129 South Mulberry Street, Jackson, Georgia 30233 by The Progress-Argus Printing Cos., Inc. Second Class Postage paid at Jackson, Georgia 30233. Address notice of undeliverable copies and other correspondence to The Jackson Progress-Argus, P.O. Box 249, Jackson, Georgia 30233. gINAL NEWSPAPER ltn tmM lt NNA SUSTAINING ® MEMBER — 1975 Li One Year $6.24 School Year $5.20 Editorials The Gap Widens Again The second of the three Great Debates between President Gerald Ford and Democratic challenger Jimmy Carter was certainly greater than the first. And, unlike the first, this round definitely went to the contender. The President stumped his toe when he made the statement, and even stuck with it under questioning from a member of the news panel, that Eastern Europe was not presently under Com munist domination. This certainly must have been welcome news to residents of Poland, Yugoslavia, Hungary and other nations living under the threat of the Russian sword. Jimmy Carter was more poised in his TV demeanor, his answers more direct, his prepara tion more thorough and, in some of his rambling passages about the idealism this country needs, he sounded for the world like a reincarnation of John F. Kennedy. Even his questioners seemed to be won over by the brilliance of some of his answers and their early hostility was dropped in favor of a more civil interrogation. With almost three full weeks left until the election, there is still time for some more Carter boo-boos, but he now seems to have National Newspaper Week This is National Newspaper Week and why not? We have a National Pickled Pigs Feet Week, a National Prune Juice Week, and a National Speak-To-Your Neighbor Week. So why not one for the press, which naturally has to create and publicize its own, as there is no one else to do the job for it. Seriously, though, that great author of freedom, Thomas Jefferson, once said that he would prefer to live in a nation without a government rather than one without newspapers. Strong words from a man who was not even a newspaper carrier as a boy. Hopefully, the newspapers of this land do still serve as the voice of freedom and the guardian of liberty. Your newspaper helps to keep you free. Free to keep informed about the things essential to your job, your special life, your home and your family welfare. Free to keep informed on all things which you must know to participate in the progress of your Words To Live By The 6 most important words: I admit I made a mistake. The 5 most important words: You did a good job. The 4 most important words: What is your opinion? The 3most important words: If t Advance Subscription Rates, Tax Included: TELEPHONE 775-3107 OFFICIAL ORGAN „ _ BUTTS COUNTY AND CITY OF JACKSON Six Months $3.91 Single Copy 15c regained his confidence, and his more aggressive manner left the President’s TV presence shaken. Long ago, when people all across the nation were asking, “Jimmy, Who?” we went way out on a limb and forecast him as the leader of the Democratic ticket, with Gov. Jerry Brown, of California, as his running mate. Now, we predict the gap has closed as much as it ever will and a peek into the crystal ball reveals Jimmy Carter as the next president by a margin of from six-to-eight percentage points. The President simply has too much against him. Watergate, the economy, the heavy Democratic margin in Congress, in state houses and city halls, his blunders in the TV debates and his reluctance to admit them, even when his questioners and the TV audience know his facts are not right. He comes across as a good, honest man, trying to do a good job, and deserves the loyalty and support of his adherents. But he lacks the charisma of Carter and if Carter turns it on in the third debate as he did in the second, then the previously suggested victory margin may prove to be way too low. community and your country. Free to deny tyranny, intolerance or insidious gossip--to uphold and support the principles of justice. Free to use your voice in a “letter to the editor.” Free to get behind the forces of truly democratic government locally and nationally and work with all your might for its perpetuation. The newspaper you read is not only the mirror of the world you now live in; it is the sculptor of the world your children will have, as the result of your putting to good use the knowledge you gain from it. And its advertising columns are an ever-flowing cornucopia from which you may pick your needs and fulfill your fondest wishes for a life of contentment and comfort. A nation without newspapers? It would be rather dull, wouldn’t it? For, without editors, who else could possibly make all of those silly mistakes? you please. The 2 most important words: Thank you. The 1 most important word: We. The least important word: I. —Selected r THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1976 The Last Straw BY VINCENT JONES One of the frustrations a weekly editor constantly faces is the choice of the subject to be illuminated each week by his deathless prose. The options are limitless. There are so many things, good and bad, happening in the world that the selection of a single topic becomes difficult. Is this the week to write a tongue-in-cheek expose of the reason President Ford stum bles down steps and bumps his head on airplane doors? How can an athlete well enough coordinated to play major college football be so awkward? Isn’t he really trying to make a ploy for the sympathy vote of those over 50 whose footing is not as nimble as it once was? Or is it time to poke some fuh at the Carters, who know how to walk peanut rows in Plains but can’t keep their feet out of their mouths when away from home? Threaten ed with loss of the Catholic vote on the abortion issue, a Carter son attacks the college degrees, and inte grity, of Billy Graham. You can’t get elected in this country with the Catholics and Baptists against you. There just aren’t enough of the rest of us to do the job. The Carter interview with Playboy magazine offers interesting possibilities. Lusting is a word given to individual interpretation and the question is not so much whether God will forgive Jimmy for his mental pangs of anguish in this area, as it is whether the American voters will forgive his stupidity in getting lured into the Playboy trap. Animals offer unlimited possiblities for personal columns. Of course, your own make better subjects, since you are better acquainted with their quirks and foibles. For instance, in ye editor’s own humble abode dwell two interesting cats, Alice, the long-lived, now 20V2 years old, and Yellow -Boy, of the one eye, who when he gets a black patch over his recent ly-removed eyeball, should be the topic of cat conversa tions on the South side for years to come. What good would it do to tear into BART, the San Francisco rapid transit system that has already been declared a failure, with beautiful facilities and few passengers, after years of construction and hundreds of millions of taxpayers dollars have been spent? Could anything short of a major earthquake stop MARTA, Atlanta’s own excursion into subterranean folly, from making the same mistake? Weather columns are al ways read, no matter how nonsensical they may be. People are always interested in prophecies about the coming winter, and they base their forecasts on inconse quential things, such as the d’TC'ion the caterpillar moves -n when crossing the street. Or how wooly he is. Or how long and thick the squirrel’s tail is. Or the number of fogs that August brought, each of which is supposed to signal a January snow. Those of us who have watched such signs for years know they are not foolproof, but really are old father’s tales passed on to their sons to show their vast compre hension of the unknown. Remember when columns are popular, but only with those who have lived long enough to remember when. We imagine they turn off the younger generation, who have about as much under standing of your personal reminiscences as you may have of their taste in today’s popular music. Columns on Americanism, motherhood and apple pie are well received. So you see editors have a world of subjects to write about. It’s just some weeks they have difficulty deciding which subject to explore. | A Stroll Down Memory Lane | News of 10 Years Ago Mrs. Jeanette L. Nors worthy, George T. Harkness and William Riley Thaxton have been honored at ceremonies at the Atlanta Army Depot for their performances on the job. Miss Judy Weaver, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Weaver, Jr. has been selected for membership in the Wesleyan College Glee Club. Fire of undetermined origin destroyed a large barn filled with fresh hay at the Cork farm of R. M. (Jack) Smith on Friday afternoon. Miss Valerie Thompson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Thompson, was given a surprise party by her parents on her ninth birthday at their home on Highway 16. Mrs. Oren Gunn of Jackson was casually watching TV when she saw her son, Billy A. Smith, appear at a ground breaking ceremony for the new Pryor Street Tower. Deaths during the week: Boyce F. Smith; Mrs. W. W. Varnedoe. News of 20 Years Ago Joseph E. Slappey has been hired as teacher-coach at Jackson High School. He will teach math, bookkeeping and business arithmetic, while serving as assistant to head football coach Henry Powers. Shirley Hooten, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Hooten, was one of the five finalists at the 4-H Club dress revue at the Southeastern Fair. The five finalists were not ranked and each was awarded a Savings Bond. Angelyn Sims, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Sims, and Andrelyn Cook, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Cook, each won second place in the 4-H Club poultry show. James Wingate, Herbert Cochran, and Billy Biles will show their pigs at Sears Pig Chain Show in Macon on Saturday. Miss Marilyn May, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. L. W. May, and a freshman at the University of Georgia, has been pledged to Chi Omega sorority. Deaths during the week: Mrs. Willie Mae Wynn, 74. News of 30 Years Ago It now seems certain that the Butts County Freezer Locker Company, Inc. will be opened within the next few days, after a series of unavoidable delays. Prior to September 16th, Butts County had ginned 235 bales of cotton as compared tc 229 bales at the same time last year. Miss Nettie Rose O’Neal became the bride of Philip F. Finnegan on Saturday after noon at St. Anthony’s Church in Atlanta. The Jackson Woman’s Club will meet Friday at the Clubhouse with Mrs. W. G. Barnes, Mrs. Horace O’Neal and Mrs. M. C. Johnson as hostesses. The Stark Home Demon stration Club met last Friday at the home of Mrs. Emory Meadows. Miss Elizabeth Hood, home demonstration agent, showed lovely aprons and others gifts which can be used for Christmas gifts. Deaths during the week: Perry Greer, 47. News of 40 Years Ago Through October Ist, Butts County had ginned 1,919 bales of cotton compared to 3,142 bales to the same date in 1935. O. E. Smith, real estate agent, announced the sale of 42 acres owned by the J. M. Leach Estate on the High Falls road to E. S. Settle for SSOO. Senator Richard B. Russell Jr. was the main speaker Thursday night at the Butts County 4-H Club Fair. His address was made in the courthouse before a capacity audience. The marriage of Miss Ina McMichael and Mr. Thomas Evans Watkins was an event of recent date. The Indian Springs P.T.A. announces that a Halloween Carnival will be held at their school, with Miss Sara Fletcher and Miss Elizabeth Padgett directing. Vincent Jones, University of Georgia freshman, was one of 50 freshmen out of a class of 600 to make the honor roll in the intelligence test given all entering students. Of the 50, there were 19 boys and 31 girls. Deaths during the week: Miss Sara Elizabeth Higgins, 69; James Moore, 15. News of 50 Years Ago Mrs. G. D. Head has been named chairman of the Flower Show for the Butts County Harvest Festival on Friday, October 29th. Eiseman’s Dept. Store was having its opening sale, with full cut overalls priced at SI.OO and Big Boy and Uncle Sam work shirts for 95 cents. Allen Grocery Cos. was selling 3 lbs. pure coffee for 89 cents. Macedonia Baptist Church held its first centennial on the second Saturday in October. Among the contestants for Queen of the Harvest Festival were Miss Ruby Moore, Miss Mary Frances Wright, Miss Lollie Car michael, Miss Elizabeth Currie and Miss Janie Lee Hardy. J. M. D. Bond, Butts County Game Warden, named as deputies F. E. McClendon, G. A. Singley, J. A. Burford, A. H.Lavender, J. W. Mayfield, Homer Harris, Paul Mackey and John Hamilton. Deaths during the week: Walter T. Nelson, 74; Mrs. Violet Estell King. STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP Statement of Ownership, Management, and Circula tion required by Aci of Congress of October 23, 1962; Section 4369, Title 39, United States Code, of the Jackson Progress-Argus, published weekly at Jackson, Ga., for October 1976. State of Georgia, County of Butts Martha Griffeth Jones, who having been duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that she is the owner of the Jackson Progress-Argus and that the following is, to the best of her knowledge and belief, a true statement of the ownership, management, circulation, etc. of the aforesaid publica tion for the date shown in above caption, required by the Act of October 23, 1962, Section 4369, Title 39, United States Code, printed on the reverse of this form to-wit: That the names and addresses of the publisher, editor and managing editor are: Publisher, Martha Griffeth Jones; Editor and Managing Editor, Vincents. Jones; and owner is Martha Griffeth Jones. That the known bondhold- mom ~ By Mrs. Cindy Brown THINGS THAT ALWAYS GO TOGETHER 1. Crying babies and rainy days. 2. Empty pocketbocks and bargain sales. 3. Half-made cakes and empty egg cartons. 4. 2 children and 1 prize in the cereal box. 5. Doctor’s appointments and crowded waiting rooms. 6. Flat tires and low spares. 7. Chewing gum and children’s hair. 8. Addressed letters and empty stamp containers. 9. Picture making day at school and dirty faces. .y. (. DRIVING IN THE RUTS I can remember the time when we did not have modern overstate highways. In fact, most of the roads that were used were not paved. They were either gravel roads or simply dirt roads. When it came a rain, cars traveling down a gravel or dirt road would make ruts. The wheels of the first car would leave ruts, and the next car would travel in those ruts and make them deeper. Then, each successive car would travel in Those same ruts. Now, ruts are both good and bad. Some cars that followed 'he ruts would get stuck. But some cars would make it 'hrough because they followed the ruts. Life is a lot like that - traveling in ruts. And, as we said earlier, ruts are both good and bad. It all depends on the ruts, how well we follow them, and our response to them. Too often I have heard the phrase, “I’m in a rut” to describe something bad. It could be used equally as often to describe something good. But, man’s mind being what it is, it more often denotes something bad. “I’m in a rut of loving.” Nothing bad about that. For it is a grand way to live. In fact, it is when we leave the rut of loving 'ha ! life loses some of its meaning. Many of us think that when our lives get in a rut it is a bad thing. But that isn’t necessarily so. We get up in the morning, go to work, come home, go to bed. Then the next day, we do it all over again. And we sometime think that is bad. But did you ever stop to think what life would be like if it didn’t work that way. if there was no consistency in life? What if we couldn’t count on the sun shining as consistently as it does? What if the seasons came and went vvi’hout any consistancy? What would life be like if we should have winter for three days, followed by summer for three hours, followed by fall for three years? Certainly life could not exist in such a topsy-turvy world. So, again I say it - there is something good about ruts. They aren’t always bad as we have often supposed. There is such a thing as the “RUT OF GOOD LIVING.” It involves loving, and giving, and forgiving, and helping, and many more good, positive virtues. Personally, I feel it is a good rut to be in. We don’t have many gravel and dirt roads left to travel in "day. Perhaps there is something allegorical about that. Perhaps modern civilization has left some of the ruts which made for good living. We, as much as we would often like to, we cannot turn the clock back to our childhood. Those days are gone, gone forever. But the ruts worth following are still with us today. We can still travel those ruts and even leave them for our children and our children’s children. And that, my friend, in the final analysis is what life is all abou’. ers, mortgagees and other security holders owning or holding 1 percent or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages or other secur ities are: None. That the average number of copies of each issue of this publication sold or distribut ruth at random By Ruth Bryant PRAYER FOR TODAY Dear Lord, Today, let me pray to you Today, Let me say to you. “Today let me walk with you Today let me talk with you, Today let me teach for you Today let me reach for you Today let me give for you Today let me live for you!" Bless all thy people, Lord, today In Jesus' blessed name I pray! Amen 10. Wash days and rain. 11. Half-prepared meals and uninvited guests. 12. Rain and umbrellas left at home. 13. Vacations and car trouble. 14. Sunday school and mismatched socks. 15. Presidential broadcasts and your favorite TV show. 16. Telephones ringing and sleeping babies. 17. “Fallen” cakes and Birthdays. 18. Homework assignments and PTA meetings. 19. Sick children and clocks that read 1.00 A.M. 20. Love and Peanut Butter Sandwiches. ‘Whatsoever Things’ By Donald E. WilcTmon ed through the mails or otherwise, to paid sub scribers during the twelve months preceding the date shown above was 2,897. Martha Griffeth Jones Publisher 10-14-ltp