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Editorials
The People Demand. .
President-elect Jimmy Carter
is busy now that his days as a
private citizen have forever ended
making plans for an orderly
transition of the government from
a non-elected president to an
elected one.
Following the custom of those
preparing to govern the nation, he
has sent talent scouts out into the
hinterlands to come up with the
best available talent in the fields of
economics, defense, welfare,
health care, environmental control
and scores of other areas either
abandoned to, or taken over by, the
federal government.
Those tapped for service in the
new regime will be presented as
having impeccable credentials,
their college pedigrees and high
school love affairs having been
researched exhaustively.
Such an assemblage of talent is
frightening, not for its want of
intellectual capacity, as much as
its lack of a common man to speak
for that largest unrepresented bloc
of voters in America today, the
middle class citizens who pay more
taxes than the rich and the poor
combined.
One can only assume from
studying recent history lessons that
out of such a welter of fertile
imaginations, there will come a
veritable plethora of new pro
grams, all of which will be
“demanded” by the people.
All of which is unexpurgated
hokum. How many federal pro
grams have you ever demanded?
How many pickets stood in
Rabbits and Boxes
Joe, the Hobo, that sage of the
broom sedge, was quoted recently
as saying he was going to put out
his rabbit boxes if the weather got
much colder.
Knowing Joe, and his ability as
a trapper, we were not surprised to
learn that his boxes each year
bring in a large part of his meat
supply.
Back in the Thirties, when we
were all poor together, any boy
worthy of his salt could take you to
25 rabbit boxes within an hour, only
a few of which were his.
Making the boxes was as much
fun as catching the rabbits,
It's That Time Again
Very soon now, perhaps by
next week, the Christmas decora
tions will be going up on Jackson’s
whiteway and one magical night
they will all be illumninated and
the Christmas season will be with
us again.
For a whole month at least we
will all find ourselves being a little
kinder to our fellowman, a little
more patient of his foibles, a little
less critical of his faults.
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line, or how many citizens wrote
their Congressman, demanding
that the new FBI building in
Washington dedicated to the
memory of J. Edgar Hoover be
built? Or that it be constructed with
such elegance that it would become
what has been advertised as the
most expensive office in the world?
How many citizens demanded
that the 80 million dollar new
federal office building be con
structed in Atlanta?
The bald-faced truth, of course,
is that many of the so-called
programs “demanded” by the
people are brain-children of the
social planners and manipulators
who themselves have conjured up
visions of what the people
“demand”.
Paradoxically, much of what
the people do demand from
government, they seldom get. They
demand good postal service and
don’t get it. They demand a strong
defense program and wonder if
their slls billions are buying it.
They demand fairness in their tax
system and see Congress unwilling
to plug the loopholes for the rich.
So when the eggheads have all
feathered their nest and each
hatched his own brilliant idea,
please no more of this bit about
what the people “demand.”
If the new administration is
sincerely interested in finding out
what the people demand, then why
not poll the people with a
questionnaire to determine what
Miss, Mr. and Mrs. Average
Citizen really are demanding of
their government.
possums, coons, rats and assorted
fur-bearing and feathered fowl that
sought refuge in the box, all baited
with its scent of carrots, sweet
potatoes, turnips or assorted
goodies.
Since the federal government
studies everything ever conceived
as worthy of study by over-active
imaginations, why not a census of
rabbit boxes? It would be
interesting to know how many are
set each frosty night in Butts
County. It wouldn’t solve anything,
but at least we would know. And
that seems the legitimate function
of government. To know, not to
solve.
It is indeed a magical season
and to spend it in a small town
surrounded by one’s friends and
family is a joy and a treat one
would wish every person alone and
unloved in a city hovel could know
and share.
Jackson’s stores are already
loaded with Christmas merchan
dise. Shopping at home this year
will make the season doubly
pleasant. Try it-you’ll like it.
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON. GEORGIA
The Last
Straw
BY
VINCENT IONES
It seems odd but by the
time the federal government
gets around to acknowledg
ing a fact, it is often after the
people have been aware of it
for some time.
The latest case in point was
the admission by the U.S.
Weather Service this week
that the weather this winter
is likely to be colder than in
recent years.
This announcement cer
tainly didn’t startle the
chipmunks in the back yard,
who three weeks ago took
their striped coats into
underground cold storage for
the winter months.
It came as no surprise to
those of us who like the
snugness of an open fire and
found ourselves building
them at least a month earlier
than usual this year.
The thermometer-watch
ers have had a field day,
watching the mid-fall mer
cury topple to a low of
22-to-24 degrees locally.
There have been entire
winters when it didn’t get
much colder than that in
central Georgia.
Blaming the winds car
rying the arctic air currents,
the experts say they have
dipped lower across the
eastern half of the United
States and, as a result, the
winter will be colder than
any of the past five years.
Early frost, high winds and
heavy rains robbed nature
lovers of their annual visual
feast this year. Only a few
trees managed to survive the
onslaught of the elements
and share some of their
autumnal treasures with an
appreciative audience.
Already, chill November
winds whistle through leaf
less boughs and speak shrilly
of deeper cold yet to come.
It is a time of preparation,
of restocking the wood pile
for what promises to be a
cold winter, of providing
adequate protection for live
stock and domestic animals,
of moving the less hardy
shrubs into the basement or
indoors.
The old axiom holds true
once more, as nature
becomes more dormant, man
becomes more active.
But a lot of man’s activity
for the next few months will
be centered around the
hearthside. TV watching
becomes more popular as the
bitter chill sets in and
severely restricts outdoor
activities. There will be corn
popping and tater roasting in
the ashes for those who know
how to enjoy the old and beer
guzzling and raucous music
for those who prefer the new.
Coming up just over the
horizon is Thanksgiving and
if ever there were a holiday
for the home, this is it. For it
is then that kin you haven’t
seen since last Thanksgiving
will travel a thousand miles
just to see the old home place
once more and clasp again a
friendly hand and catch
again the gleam of a smile on
a beloved face.
So, let November’s winds
pipe their shrill message of
the earth’s decay; we can all
be merry yet around our
firesides, forced indoors and
into more meaningful rela
tionships by that old bad
actor, winter itself.
And if we want to blame it
all on the U.S. Weather
Service, well, why not. For,
after all, they are the ones
who told us officially that this
was to be a bad winter.
Viewpoints
Government is not rea
son, it is not eloquence
it is force! Like fire it is a
dangerous servant and a
fearful master; never for
a moment should it be left
to irresponsible action.
George Washington
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1976
A Stroll Down
Memory Lane
News of 10 Years Ago
For the third time in less
than two months, Lester
Maddox carried Butts Coun
ty, besting Republican
Howard (Bo) Callaway 1,556
votes to 646 in Tuesday’s
general election. Former
governor Ellis Arnall had 183
write-in votes and there was
one write-in for Jimmy
Carter.
Jackson Mayor C. B.
Brown, Jr. announced that
the Christmas decorations
now being placed in Jack
son’s square will be lighted
on Thanksgiving night.
Gay McMichael, 8-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
McMichael, has won third
place in his age group in the
Punt, Pass and Kick compe
tition. Entrants from six
states competed Sunday at
the halftime of the Falcon-
Colt football game.
Patsy Cameron, Kitty
Turner and Brenda Wilson
were delegates to the Fall
District meeting of the
Future Homemakers of
America held last Saturday
in Marietta.
Deaths during the week:
Mrs. William Otis Moore, 90;
W’illiam Marlin Reeves, 58;
Rex Treadwell, 60; Leonard
Lamar Sledge, 28; James H.
Phinazee, 66;
News of 20 Years Ago
Second Lt. Alton H.
Coleman, of Jackson, was
one of the top three
graduates in a chemical,
biological and radiological
course given at the ‘Fort
Benning Infantry Center.
Bill Garland, 16-year-old
son of Col. and Mrs. B. B.
Garland, of Jackson, has won
the coveted Eagle award for
his scouting activities.
Announcement has been
made of the approaching
marriage of Miss Laura
Marjorie McCarty, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. W. E.
McCarty of Jackson, to Dr.
George Y. Massenburg, Jr.
of Macon.
The Piedmont Realty Cos.
announces the opening of the
Garden Hills subdivision,
near the Jackson High School
and National Guard armory.
Deaths during the week:
Mrs. Odessa Geneva Smith,
75; J. Edward Carmichael,
57.
News of 30 Years Ago
Announcement is made
this week that Coggins
Furniture Company will open
a furniture and home
furnishings store in the
Deraney building on Second
Street.
John Hardy displayed a
strange species of fowl he
caught recently in his cotton
patch. The bird is believed to
be some type of water fowl.
Rufus Adams and Everett
Briscoe have acquired the
Carmichael Bros. Feed and
Seed Store, retail and
wholesale, and the Kaiser-
Frazier agency for farm
implements. The business,
formerly known as the R. N.
—CLEANSING THE LEPER
multitudes followed him.
And behold, there came a leper and worshipped him,
saying, Lord, if thou unit, thou const make me clean.
And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him,
saying, / will; be thou clean. And immediately his
leprosy was cleansed.
And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but
go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift
that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto him.
St. Matthew 8: 1-4
Etheridge Seed Cos., has been
operated by the Carmichael
brothers for the past few
years.
Lee Byron Maddox was
displaying an egg plant in
Jackson this week that
weighed four pounds.
Miss Jane Anne Mallet, of
Jackson, has been elected to
membership in Phi Delta Phi
Honor Society at Wesleyan
College.
News of 40 Years Ago
This section had its first
freezing weather of the
season on November 16th and
17th, with ice being in
evidence and killing frost on
the 17th. Farmers took
advantage of the first cold
weather to save pork and
many hogs were killed
Monday and Tuesday.
J. E. Carmichael, Butts
County Tax Receiver, has
acquired the residence of
Mrs. S. C. Paul on Dempsey
Avenue. Mr. and Mrs.
Carmichael will occupy the
new home in a few weeks.
The Jackson Ice Corpora
tion announces this week the
opening of its cold storage
plant for meat curing.
Miss Harriett Suffridge,
senior at Jackson High
School, was declared the
winner in the Beauty
Pageant held at the school
auditorium Tuesday evening.
The beauty pageant was in
conjunction with the Tom
Thumb wedding and was
sponsored by the Mimosa
Garden Club.
A & P had a tall can of
Salmon for 10 cents and four
cans Tomatoes for 25 cents.
Deaths during the week:
Miss Mary Alice Johnston,
77.
News of 50 Years Ago
L. H. Hopkins, son of Dr.
and Mrs. J. B. Hopkins, has
been named associate editor
of Belting, Transmission,
Tool and Supplies magazine.
There will be a box supper
at the Iron Springs Consoli
dated School on Tuesday
evening.
Miss Georgie Watkins,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. I
Watkins, of Indian Springs,
has won top prize in the
Fitter Families Competition
at the Rochester, N.Y.
Exposition for 1926. Miss
Watkins is manager of the
Industrial Bureau of the
Rochester Chamber of Com
merce.
A recent bridal couple, Mr.
and Mrs. Merle Evans, were
guests last week of Mr. and
Mrs. Willis B. Powell at
Indian Springs. Mr. Evans
for nine years has been band
master of Ringling Bros,
circus.
Deaths during the week:
Augustus Harper Lavender,
55.
Stuck for a gift for those hard-to
please people on your list? Give
them U.S. Savings Bonds. They’ll
like the interest, safety, tax advan
tages —and the fact that they help
keep America strong for its second
200 years.
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By Mrs. Cindy Brown
THE I* IN PRESIDENT STANDS FOR PEANUT POWER
From Plains to the Presidency, the man has gone-
With many a caricature of a peanut drawn,
From a new' deep South he has traveled North
His toothpaste smile cutting quite a swarth.
More than a century in time has been
Since “The South Shall Rise Again,”
By the skin of his now-famous teeth,
The farmer won, with a donkey beneath.
A Georgia boy, a Georgia cracker,
A Liberal southerner, a Republican sacker.
And Busbee’s all right - that’s for certain
With Amendment 2 passed, he’s not hurtin’.
Hear the Southern folks as they shout “Bingo,”
Carter will to the White House go.
Glory. Glory to our Georgia home
Let that peanut farmer roam
Into D.C. - an unplowed field,
His fertile plans and desires to wield.
Perhaps the bad times are over now
All furled under by a Georgia plow.
Jimmy, Jimmy, a Dixie Darlin’
Will try to stop the Congress’ quarrelin’.
And Sen. Talmadge says he’s quite delighted
That our side of Mason D. is no longer slighted.
And the press is saying that “you all”
Will become as common as the Ump’s “Play Ball.”
A Georgia boy, a Georgia cracker,
A Liberal Southerner, a Republican sacker.
Elephants love peanuts, or so I’m told
Let us all band together as a nation bold.
Send Peanuts not bread to the Commie Team -
It s got less fat and more protein.
Now I must finish this latest chorus
Because I do not want to bore us,
But let me say just one more time
(In unequivocal potpourri rhyme)
A Georgia boy, a Georgia cracker,
A Liberal Southerner, a Republican sacker.
ruth at random
By Ruth Bryant
MODERN TE DEUM
God of the morning hour,
Thank you for sparkling dew
That cleanses grass and flower
And baptizes earth anew!
God of the noon-day hour,
Thank you for work to do
That generates the power
For man to see it through!
God of the evening hour
Thank you for sight to view
The setting sun in blazing bower
And moon-beams decked with dew!
FUNNYSIDE
B°D(°)b
“I WAS MARRIED IN ’29 THAT WAS A BAD YEAR ALL
AROUND, AS YOU’LL RECALL.”
THE GOOD WORD f rom
As Jesus continued his ministry along the way to Calvary,
the multitudes followed — or gathered somewhere ahead in an
ticipation of his arrival. Always, there were many sick, lame and
unclean.
Some of the multitude, no doubt, were only curi
ous — people who just wanted to be where there was some ac
tion, like moderns who gather at the scene of an automobile
accident, or a fire.
Some, too, were doubters and disbelievers, even spys sent
to see if they could find something in the manner or the actions
of Jesus that might be used against him in some way He was
greatly feared by those in power.
Thus, when Jesus performed some work of faith, which we
have called miracles, he did so quietly, urging those who were
helped to quietly go their way.
Yet, as it was destined, those who received some blessing
continued to spread the word about Jesus, and he drew ever
closer to Calvary.