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Jaxksan Trcgrness-^rgtts 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. eONAL NEWSPAPER new fmM im >g| NNA SUSTAINING MEMBER-1975 One Year *6.24 School Year $5.20 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. Advance Subscription Rates, Tax Included: TELEPHONE 775-3107 OFFICIAL ORGAN BUTTS COUNTY AND CITY OF JACKSON six Months $3.91 Single Copy 15c 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. f^htoufri 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.