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Editorials
In Sickness Or In Health ,
Life Has Its Blessings
Maybe an old bard once said,
there is a time to be sick and a time
to be well. If he didn’t, he should
have, for it is so true.
And the time to be sick is
definitely not right smack in the
middle of the most beautiful month
of the year, October.
Ye editor had his first
introduction last week to his
bronchi, the two tubes leading from
the windpipe to the lungs, and the
meeting was the most unpleasant
and distasteful he has yet
experienced.
It all began innocently enough,
a slight head cold, a certain
hoarseness of the voice and an
occasional racking cough that
seemed to portend more serious
trouble ahead.
For a couple of days, he shared
these symptoms with his business
associates, some of whom express
ed amazement that anyone that
red-eyed and cough-possessed
would still be conducting business
as usual. Of course, none of them
ever edited a weekly newspaper,
either.
Finally, medical aid was
summoned, the usual shot adminis
tered and the customary coterie of
pills prescribed so as to effect a
long-range attack on the obviously
enraged organ.
Rest and recuperate were the
orders of the day. Don’t talk. Don’t
cough if you don’t have to, the
latter a self-imposed Spartan touch
stemming from the belief that if
you don’t cough in the daytime, you
aren’t likely to cough at night.
Trying to carry out this last
edict was about as possible as
holding back the incoming tide
from a sand castle built too close to
the water’s edge.
Three nights of trying the
oldest cough suppressing methods
known to mankind were fruitless. A
total of less than 10 hours of sleep
was garnered during that period,
compounding the ill-feeling and
making the situation almost
desperate. Sleepless eyes were
closed from exhaustion. A pre
scription cough medicine was as
helpless to stop the volcanic cough
as a glass of water. Weakness and
depression set in and distraught
family members wondered what to
try next.
Finally, a friend called to
inquire about our absence from
work. Just wondered if you’d like to
try some of my remedy for your
cough, he said. He didn’t know it
but we would have tried kudzu tea
by then.
Sure, we said, and so he came
bearing his love potion. We won’t
vouch for its contents but as a
cough suppressant, it was dyna
mite. If we had to guess, we would
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say it contained brandy, honey and
lemon juice.
Perhaps the brandy content
was so high that you just didn’t give
a hoot whether you had a cough or
not, or more logically, maybe the
slow-acting antibiotics had begun
to catch up with the germs and
demonstrate their superiority.
Anyway, shortly after, we
enjoyed the luxury of an afternoon
nap which refreshed, invigorated
and convinced us that we were
going to lick this thing after all.
As in most situations in life, the
enforced stay at home had its
compensations. ,
From the back window, the
black gums’ russet leaves were
never more colorful and the steady
threnody of the blackbirds and
robins as they continued their
thievery of the small black berries
was reassuring in the knowledge
that some of God’s creatures were
alive, well and stuffing.
The shoulder-high goldenrod at
the back of the lot moved with
tortured grace in the stiff autumn
breeze. The ageratum bordering
the rose garden, although more
sparse than usual this year, was as
blue as the spirit of the sick and the
promise of its lovely fragrance was
incentive enough to get well.
Across a rear hedge row,
honeysuckle bloomed once more
for the last time this year, a tribute
to its hardiness and its persistence
on flooding the back-forty with an
odor unlike, and sweeter than, any
on this earth.
With a better night’s sleep
came a walk into the wonderful
world of October, an exhilarating
experience to the well and a
healing balm to one in recupera
tion.
October’s bounty was waiting,
also. Greens from the turnip patch,
a handful of pole beans from the
second planting, tomatoes from the
year’s late crop, a basketful of
pimiento peppers, several pods of
okra and a handful of figs,
undoubtedly the last of the season.’
Even the squirrels had spared
a pocketful of pecans, also sparse,
and they were added to the year’s
scanty yield, scarce sufficient
against the demands of Thanks
giving and Christmas.
Sickness is an humbling
experience. It shows us very
quickly just how mortal we are.
But it can show us other things, too,
and it is these other things that help
us endure, through both the good
days and the bad, down through the
years.
The love of friends, the beauty
and bounty of nature, the certainty
of God's providential care--solid
armor to put on against the
adversities of life, whether they be
of the temporary or enduring kind.
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS. JACKSON, GEORGIA
The Last
Straw
BY
VINCENT .ONES
With the presidential elec
tion date peeping over our
shoulder and the fast
approaching Christmas sea
son soon to saddle us with
such solemn decisions as to
what present best fits Uncle
Jimmy’s personality or Aunt
Minnie’s frivolity, maybe
just a little levity is in order.
So here goes:
A parent, the teenagers
jest, is defined as one who
no’s best.
While mother stood by
beaming with parental pride,
a visitor asked her little
daughter, “Tell me, dear,
what do you think you will do
when you get as big as your
mother?”
With childish wisdom, the
little girl answered, “Diet.”
The honeymoon is over
when the bride serves both
cold ham and cold shoulder.
BED-TIME STORIES
A recent survey turned up
these interesting facts about
the bed-time habits of men
and women.
After going to bed, 22
percent of husbands read, 12
percent talk to their wives, 7
percent listen to the radio, 5
percent smoke, 2 percent eat,
2 percent get up to close the
window, 50 percent say they
do nothing.
As for wives, 29 percent
read, 11 percent talk, 8
percent listen to the radio, 5
percent pray, 3 percent
think, 2 percent smoke, 1
percent eat, 1 percent get up
to go to the bathroom, 40
percent do nothing.
The typical husband is
ready for light out in 19
minutes, the typical wife in
14 minutes. Eighty-seven
percent of married couples
sleep in double beds, but 42
percent of wives think twin
beds would be better.
Husbands are testimony to
a girl’s dislike at being called
an old maid.
The easiest thing to save up
for a rainy day is the
resolution to do it.
Marriage is an institution
in which a soul and a heel are
often united.
The average taxpayer
didn’t have to take a civil
service exam to work for the
federal government.
NONE INVISIBLER
A worried lady entered a
department store and bought
two packages of invisible
hairpins.
Woman: Are you absolute
ly certain these are in
visible?
Clerk: Lady, I’ll tell you
how invisible they are. I’ve
sold $4.00 worth this morn
ing, and we’ve been out of
them for three weeks.
A bachelor is a man who
looks out over the sea of
matrimony and gets sea sick.
CAUSE FOR CURIOSITY
When a Pittsburg, Pa.,
preacher recently announced
there were 726 sins, he was
immediately besieged with
requests for the list, mostly
from authors, artists and
actors who think they’re
missing something.
The girl’s most difficult
task during the courtship is
proving to her boy friend that
his intentions are serious.
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A Stroll Down
Memory Lane
News of 10 Years Ago
Miss Ethel Smith was
named Butts County Woman
of the Year at the Butts
County Fair sponsored by the
Jackson Exchange Club.
Miss Dorothy Thomas has
been honored by the Jackson
B&PW Club as its outstand
ing member for 1966.
A father-son farming com
bination, J. W. Browning and
son. Jim, were named
Farmer of the Year in
Conservation at the Towaliga
Soil and Water Conservation
District annual meeting.
William B. Jones, of
Jackson, has been named to
the dean’s list at the
University of Georgia for the
summer quarter.
Mrs. J. W. Carter and Mrs.
William Sasser were tri-color
award winners in the annual
Flower Show at the Butts
County Fair.
Deaths during the week:
Daniel Webster Ham, 71;
Mrs Gertrude Wilson Miller,
76; Mrs. Bryan Burks, 68;
Wincel Hesper Pulliam, 52.
News of 20 Years Ago
Under the sponsorship of
the Jackson Presbyterian
Church, a full program of
Cub Scouting will be offered
Butts County boys between
the ages of eight and eleven.
Birch. the renowned
magician, is coming to
Jackson on Halloween night
with his famous disappearing
pony. Princess.
Butts County Agent B. B.
Campbell is attending the
National Association of
County Agricultural Agents
meeting in Texas where he
will receive a National
Citation for outstanding work
in the field of agriculture.
Miss Natalie Lang, daugh
ter of Jackson High Principal
and Mrs. N. F. Lang, has a
poem published in the
current issue of the Beta Club
Journal.
Deaths during the week
Walter E. Gray, 83.
News of 30 Years Ago
Spalding Knitting Mills of
Griffin has purchased the
Valentine property on Indian
Springs Street, consisting of
a house and two acres of land
for $4,000. Present plans are
to utilize the house for a
superintendent’s home and
erect a factory on the road
leading to the athletic field.
Mrs. Howard J. Jolly
represented the Georgia
Congress of Parents and
Teachers at the luncheon
Saturday given at the FFA
camp on Jackson Lake in
honor of Senator Walter F.
George.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Capps
observed their golden wed
ding anniversary at their
home in Jenkinsburg on
Friday, October 11th. Mrs.
ruth at random
By Ruth Bryant
WHAT MAKES A HOME
No matter where on earth I roam
In Jackson or in Avondale,
These beauty spots make me a home
Their luscious colors never fail!
Sage brush in yellow by my drive
And dogwood leaves are turning red,
Pecan trees, all are much alive,
With leaves of green from foot to head!
I’he setting sun looks like pure gold,
The rising moon with silver shines,
Hare trees are black and look real old
And purple ink records these lines!
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21. 197fi
Capps was Miss Nora
Skinner before her marriage.
Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Ireland
observed their 27th wedding
anniversary on Sunday,
October 13th, and had as
their guests Mr. and Mrs. W.
T. Hughes of Atlanta, it also
being Mr. Hughes’ birthday.
The ..couples celebrated the
October 13th date together
for 20 years prior to the war
and have now resumed it
after a four-year interrupt
ion.
Deaths during the week:
Miss Frances Aline Fears,
19; Mrs. Mary Pulley
Preston, 90; George W.
Gilmore, 67; Mrs. Sweetie
Settle Hammond, 84; Mrs. J.
A. Middlebrooks, 68.
News of 40 Years Ago
A poll taken by Liberty
Magazine showed that
Franklin D. Roosevelt would
be the winner in the
November slection against
opponent, Alfred D. Landon.
Butts County had ginned
l .919 bales of cotton to date in
1936. as compared to 3,142 at
the same time in 1935. A
drought cut the crop yield
considerably in this area.
The Lummus family of
Butts County is famed for its
longevity. John P. Lummus
of Jackson was born May 4,
1854 and is now 83; Jesse P.
Lummus of Flovilla was born
February, 1852 and is now 85;
C. C. Lummus of Griffin was
born in March, 1855 and is
now 81.
The Princess Theater in
Jackson has changed hands
and the new owner will be the
Dixie Amusement Company.
H. S. Lewis will manage the
theater for the new owners.
Deaths during the week:
Miss Mabel Harmon; O. P.
Jinks; Ralph Kelly, 33.
News of 50 Years Ago
Twenty or more floats will
be entered in the Butts
County Harvest Festival of
Friday, October 29th. Float
entries include Worthville,
Towaliga, Stark, Jenkins
burg, Flovilla, Cedar Rock,
Indian Springs, Pepperton,
Iron Springs, U.D.C., D.A.R.,
Woman’s Club, Kiwanis
Club. Etheridge-Smith Cos., S.
H. Thornton, Settle &
Robison, Pace Transfer,
Jackson Progress-Argus,
and several individuals.
Dr. A. F. White of Flovilla
has been named a member of
the new state Democratic
executive committee.
Deaths during the week:
Jesse S. Cawthon, 38; James
E. Thaxton, 79. Mr. Thaxton
was a Confederate veteran,
the son of the late Mr.
Yelverton Thaxton. Father
and son served in the
Confederate army, having
enlisted in 1864 as members
of Company G, Third
Georgia Regiment.
FtjITOUFRI
By Mrs. Cindy Brown
I AM MAXINE
THE MARTIAN
Those American fools ~
they think there is no life on
Mars. Hee, Hee, Hee. I am
here to prove them wrong. I
am Maxine the Martian. I
was on Mars a few weeks ago
when that darn explorer
landed; of course, I was
invisible then; my friends
and I decided we’d fool those
American air jockeys. Turn
abouts fair cheese, I always
say, so, I am, to investigate
planet Earth, the crazy
Americans in particular.
I have seen some strange
things since my arrival:
Little kids in plastic pants,
ladies with orange mouths,
men with pictures on their
arms. Once I even saw two of
their cars all scrambled up
like a puzzle. Americans are
a little off, I think. They
starve themselves to look
good, smoke grass to feel
good and then go to church so
everyone else will think
they’re good.
I have been hearing about
"Watergate” ever since I got
here, but I can’t find one. I
have found dams, tidewalls,
revolving doors, but no
"Watergate.” For some
reason nobody wants to talk
The Georgia Legislature in
1976 passed on to the voters
an amendment to the
Constitution that would
approve gambling when
conducted by non-profit
organizations on bingo
games. The past two gover
nors, George Busbee and
Jimmy Carter, vetoed bills
that would have accomplish
ed this purpose. Governor
Busbee pointed out that the
bill was unconstitutional and
this brought about the
Legislature’s considering
this constitutional route to
legalize gambling.
The amendment itself is
loosely put together and if
passed will bring about many
other bills to regulate the
gambling games in organiza
tions across the state. Also,
this amendment is similar
to the mythological Trojan
horse. So we are considering
not only bingo gambling but
the fact that its approval will
open the door to other forms
of gambling.
Gambling has never been
controllable. A current re
port by a governmental
commission declares that
legalized gambling also
increases illegal gambling.
So, legalizing not only opens
legal doors to gambling
places but will increase the
gambling practice in every
way.
Gambling develops a
complusion on the part of
many. They become slaves to
the desire to get something
without honest labor.
The amendment does not
even define a bingo game. It
provides for a maximum
limit of SIIOO.OO a day in
Jctsf Take on; uttlE e>it= , De\*.t£
about it.
One night I watched their
TV. I saw margarine talking,
cats singing and cereal
jabbering. I saw a man fall
into a swimming pool just
from drinking iced tea; I saw
a man using deodorant under
one arm and I saw a little kid
sitting on a dock singing
about bologna. And that’s not
all. Guess who their heroes
are? One is a guy who jumps
canyons on motorcycles; one
is this guy called Elvis (he’s
all pelvis), and then there’s
this dude who goes around
beating up on everybody all
the time.
Americans will believe
almost anything. At least
that’s what I found out. They
believe that black cats are
bad luck, four leaf clovers
are good luck and it’s better
to have bad luck than no luck
at all. You figure ’em out.
Tomorrow I am going
home. I shall report that
there IS life on earth, crazy
life, but life. My friends
probably won’t believe me.
After all, would you believe
me if I told you that I was
once on a planet where
someone was always at war,
countries shipped bread to
their enemies and presidents
resigned? I wonder.
LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR
prizes but does not state any
minimum. The manager of
the gambling games can set
the stakes as low as he wants
to regardless of how much
money goes into the pot.
Even gamblers want better
protection than this
amendment offers.
The advocates of this
amendment insist that it is
intended to provide enter
tainment for the elderly in
retirement homes. This is a
subrogation and a distortion
of the facts.
Bingo games are already
legal and prizes may be
awarded just as done in
sports events. However,
participants in bingo may not
gamble. Passage of this
amendment would place a
burden on entertainment in
any retirement home that
might initiate the gambling
practice. Thus, the partici
pants in this kind of gambling
would become the unwilling
tools to make gambling
morally and socially accept
ed.
If this amendment passes
the prospects of parimutuel
wagering, the most destruct
ive form of gambling would
have a better chance of being
approved later.
What we oppose is gam
bling because it is ethically
and economically destruc
tive of the best interest of
Georgia people.
Please vote “no” on
Amendment No. 20.
BUTTS COUNTY MINIS
TERIAL ASSOCIATION