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3axksou Tragress-^rgus J. D. Jones Publisher (1908-1955 Doyle Jones Jr. Editor and Publisher (1955-1975) MRS. MARTHA G. JONES PUBLISHER VINCENT JONES EDITOR Published kvery 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. StL NEWSPAPER furtrt im' NNA SUSTAINING MEMBER-1975 Advance Subscription Rates, Tax Included: One Year $6.24 six Months $3.91 School Year $5.20 Single Copy 15c Editorials Mr. Carters Cabinet Despite the vehement, loud mouthed objections raised by some of the professional protesters, there is no evidence introduced to date to indicate that president-elect Jimmy Carter’s selections for his cabinet and top governmental posts are anything other than wise ones. We do not profess to have ties to the heart beat or pulse of the public any closer than those of the television newscasters, but we do believe that the American public is fed up with those self-seeking politicians and public figures who are always opposed to everything and who always seem to have access to a TV camera to state their views. Some of these characters are more interested in their TV image than the content of their views and they spew their nothingness out onto the air waves and ruin supper for millions of Americans whose opinions would be far more objective and more intelligently arrived at. Unfortunately, however, we seem to live in the age of the protesters. In almost every sphere of human endeavor, politics, education, civil rights, criminology and on ad infinitum, there is always a loud mouth ready to spew his venom into the nearest microphone. Whether his thinking is logical, his dialogue meaningful, or his conclusions relevant is Safety in the Woods Almost every day during the open season for deer, there will appear a picture of an eight or ten-year-old child who bagged a six point buck. The trend is alarming, con sidering the extreme danger of the high-powered rifles, or shotguns with rifled slugs, that are the only legally prescribed guns for taking deer. Is some idiot going to put a four-year old on a deer blind someday, hoping for a Guinness world record, and claim his son is the youngest person to ever kill a deer in the nation’s history? This fetish of arming children with high-powered weapons in The Bicentennial Year Ends The passing of 1976 carried more than the usual regrets for a year’s ending. The year-long Bicentennial celebration has fo cused attention more than any other event on the nation’s history, its tremendous growth and progress, the strengths and weaknesses of its people. It has caused all of us pause and rpf\prt on our natio; Dast TELEPHONE 775-3107 OFFICIAL ORGAN BUTTS COUNTY AND CITY OF JACKSON beside the point; he must be given an opportunity to take the opposing view. While the vast majority of us, when upset by the latest news event, may sulk in the living room and refuse the proferred meal, kick the cat, or cuss husband or wife, the intemperate, self-centered, self proclaimed spokesman catches the TV cameraman’s eye and offends us with his senseless mouthing. There seems to be no end to the protesters’ fury and perhaps no method yet devised that would insure their eradication. It would seem, however, that the television stations could use more discretion in selecting potential interviewees for their personal opinion polls. At least, give us some new faces and new opinions, not the same old hackneyed ones who keep repeat ing the same old story of injustice and discrimination. Human nature being what it is, no president-elect is ever going to be able to select a cabinet on which there is universal approval. Those who have serious objections to the qualifications, or character, of any member of the proposed cabinet have the oppor tunity to oppose such nomination through the Congressional confir mation process. To oppose a nominee because of his or her color, or lack of it, is to brand one’s self as a racist of the most stubborn type. pursuit of deer is not only sheer idiocy, it is unadulterated folly as well. A child of tender age might engage in target practice with a .22 rifle under the watchful care of his father, but to arm an immature, inexperienced child with a deer weapon and place him on a blind until something moves through the underbrush is asking for trouble that is bound to come. The question is not whose child will set the record for being the youngest to ever kill a deer, but which hunter will be the first victim of a child deer hunter who should be shooting a BB gun instead of a .303 rifle. and to become more appreciative of the sacrifices of our forefathers. Only a handful of those old enough to remember the Bicenten nial will be on hand for the Tricentennial celebration. But we hope that the celebration observed this year and the memories rekindled will stand the nation in good stead for its journey into its third 100. , THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA The Last Straw BY VINCENT JONES The candleshine is still on the window and the candles are melted down into stubless forms of wax. The Christmas tree still blinks out its message of the season from its accustomed corner. Turkey left-overs are still being enjoyed, the mistletoe withered and dried, the wrappings and trappings of the season still awaiting removal for their 11-month period of hibernation. Christmas is over and gone, with its joy and merriment and its pangs of loneliness and its memories of better days and once loved faces. But the New Year is here to be contended with, 365 days of a clean slate on which will be written the victories and the defeats, the hopes and despairs of both individuals and nations before the afterglow of Christmas re turns once again. The veil that separates tomorrow from today pre vents any sure knowledge of what the new year portends. Only the soothsayers, the prophets and the foolish would dare make predictions of future events. That their vision is limited was evi denced by their failure to pick Oakland over Pitts burgh in the Super Bowl preview game of last Sunday. Although certainty is not one of the qualities that we will encounter in 1977, and who is to say that any of us would be better off if we knew for certain what the new year held for us, there would seem to be at least two qualities we should antici pate with pleasure, and with some degree of certainty. For surely 1977 will be full of promise. The promise that the nation is finally emerging from the excesses of a Republican administration and that under President Carter it will move forward again and that our people will once more regain pride and faith in our national govern ment . For every American there will be the promise of a better life, the great hope and expectancy that the good breaks will come our way, that Dame Fortune will smile on us and that life will take on that rosy hue again. For the ill, may there be the promise of renewed health; for the sad, the promise of awakened interests; for the lonely, the promise of new friends;for the poor, the promise of more prosperous times; for the spiritually bereft, the excit ing promise of salvation. Surely, 1977 will be full of promise. Of that we can be certain, even without the prophets' foretelling. As sure as we are of the new year bringing promise, we can be equally sure of it bringing challenge. For no one past their early teens has ever gone through an entire year without being severely challenged. On every hand there are the stumbling blocks that must be surmounted, the choices to be made. Is popularity in our peer group worth the price we have to pay, is adherence to a strict moral code worth the cost of lost pleasures, is being an honest, upright citizen worth the sacrifice of monetary gains and lost prestige? These are negative chal lenges, to be sure. But they will await you in 1977, as they have, and will, every year of vour life. But there are alternatives of the more positive type. The challenge to excel in whatever you do; the challenge to make personal sacrifices for the family’s good; the challenge to give more and take less in all of your human relationships. 1977 will hold for all both promises and challenges. May it bring to you the joy of fulfilled hopes and the satisfactions of life well lived. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1976 ; w A Stroll Down Memory Lane \ News of 10 Years Ago The death of a Marietta man, Ray Terrell Reed, 38, in a Jackson motel has been ruled a suicide by a coroner’s jury. A .38 caliber revolver was discovered with the body. Brown Construction Com pany, of Newnan, will construct the stand pipe for the Flovilla water system, while the W. D. Hurst Construction Company, of Ohatchee, Ala., will lay the pipe lines for the project. Rogers Starr, Sr., of Jackson, Twelfth Division Lieutenant Governor of Kiwanis International, will install officers and directors of the Jackson Kiwanis Club for 1967 at Tuesday night’s meeting. Lewis Freeman will head the Jackson Club as it enter its 45th year of service. Miss Barbara Lynn Fetz, 13. of Atlanta, has died as a result of injuries sustained in a fall from a horse at the Butts County farm of her grandparents. George L. Morgan, Jr. has been named to the Dean’s List for the fall quarter at West Georgia College. Deaths during the week: Mrs. Wells R. Singleton, 53. News of 20 Years Ago Mrs. J. W. Carter won first place in the Christmas doorway lighting contest, with Mrs. Mildred Raven, second, and Mrs. Lou Moolchert, third. Attractive prizes offered by Jackson merchants, in cluding bales of cotton, watches, electric trains and a Shetland pony helped boost Yule trade locally. Smith Faulkner, Jr., 31, Butts County sailor with 13 years service in the US Navy, was killed in a motor bike accident in Bermuda. In a 60-hour period from midnight Friday until early Monday morning, 5.40 inches of rain fell on Butts County. Butts County Post No. 5374, Veterans of Foreign Wars, has donated SIOO to the Empty Stocking Fund and $25 to the Christmas Seals drive. Deaths duing the week: Mrs. Zelda Couch Chambers, 25; Mrs. J. A. Knowles, 51. News of 30 Years Ago Governor-elect Eugene Talmadge, who was to have been inaugurated as governor for a fourth term in January, died Saturday at an Atlanta hospital. T. E. Robison, chairman, reports that the Flint River Council has raised $415 in Butts County for Boy Scout work in the area. More than 100,000 pounds of beef and pork has been processed in the first six weeks of the Butts County Freezer Locker’s operation, according to J. K. Sitton, manager. Jack Leverett, of Jenkins burg, weighing 131 pounds, has won the lifting title in his class at the All-South Weight-Lifting championship in Chattanooga. Jack lifted 170 pounds in the two arm snatch and 240 pounds in the two arms class and jerk lift. A Jackson Student Council has been organized with Jack Patrick as president, Betty Burford, vice presi dent, and Bette Thaxton, secretary. Jackson High sent Carolyn Ham. Barbara Mills, Roslyn O'Neal and Miss Julia Traylor to the Tri-Hi-Y conference in Atlanta. The tragic death of 27 delegates in the Winecoff Hotel fire forced cancellation of the convention this year. News of 40 Years Ago The consensus of most Jackson business leaders seemed to be, after Christ mas sales were tallied, that they had enjoyed the best business since 1929. The fall trade campaign, with valu able prizes being given, was declared a success. W. A. White won a bale of cotton at Thursday’s drawing. W. M. Bond was installed as High Priest of Jackson Chapter No. 54, Royal Arch Masons, at the annual election Monday night. The volume of mail handled at the Jackson post office this Christmas season was the heaviest on record, according to J. G. McDonald, assistant postmaster. Jackson friends of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Street, of Dothan, Ala., will be interested to know that they won a prize of $25.00 for the prettiest decorated home during the Christmas season. Deaths during the week: Mrs. John W. Moore, Mrs. J. A. Jarrell, 73; Bernard O. Maddox, 43; Oscar B. Hardy, 52. News of 50 Years Ago L. B. Hopkins was named High Priest of Jackson Chapter No. 54, Royal Arch Masons, when officers were chose at the annual election Monday night. Stockholders of Butts County banks will hold their annual meetings on Tuesday These will include share holders of the Jackson National Bank, the Jackson Banking Company, the Farmers Bank of Jenkins burg and the Bank of Flovilla. According to the most recent survey of Census Bureau, there are presently 125 Indians residing in Georgia. The marriage of Miss Ruth Pace and Mr. W. Lloyd White took place Sunday afternoon at 5 o’clock at the Methodist pastorium, with the Rev. Augustus Ernest performing the ceremony. The residence of Mr. J. L. Barnes on the extension of West Third Street was destroyed by fire on Wednes day night, with the house and its contents being a total loss. Viewpoints If no provision, no allowance is made for change by peaceful means, it will come anyway —and with violence. Herbert Hoover \ft it it it it it it / if On December 31, 1776, the stage was set for the Battle of Princeton, which would begin the next after noon, with Cornwallis stop ped as Washington moved into winter quarters at Morristown. Washington occupied Colonel Ford's home. It and the winter camp are now Morristown National Historical Park. %■ mom ’ By Mr*. Cindy Brown What a year this has been! This year, 1976, the Bicenten nial Year was chockful of Big Events. For the first time ever, the state of Georgia produced a president, James Earl Carter, the peanut farmer from Plains. To many people, he is a promise for an honest and fruitful four years to come. And I heard on the news this morning that Georgia has had less automobile wreck fatalities this year than any year since 1962. That is a great accomplish ment in itself. After all, our people are our best asset and we certainly need to preserve their talents and abilities. One of the highlights for me this year was the Summer and Winter Olympic games. More people than ever are becoming health conscious and those ama teurs who performed in the Olympics were an inspiration to us all. And look what Dorothy Hamil, the iceskater did for the hair stylists of the world! The fashion scene this year had a little something for everyone. I suppose the biggest seller in ladies’ clothes may have been the jumpsuit, followed closely by the Kulotte pants. I really liked seeing the vest return to both men’s and women’s clothes --1 think it adds a lot to the neatness of an outfit. And then there are the bluejeans: What more should be said!!! I suppose that ten years from now most all of our homes will be heated by sun power and we will all be cooking in radar ovens. We caught a glimpse of these things in 1976. The only "progress” I really dread is the advent of the “see while you talk” telephone. I don’t particularly want to be seen jg THE MISSING PASSPORT We were at the airport in New York getting ready to depart for Israel. There was a group of thirty of us and I needed each person’s passport. I asked for the passports and counted them when I had received them all. There were only twenty-nine. That didn’t bother me much because with an excited group like that someone usually forgets. So I asked each person to check and make sure I had their passport. Each person checked, and there was no passports forthcoming. When that didn’t produce a passport, I counted again to make sure I had not made a mistake in counting. And a recount came up with only twenty-nine passports. So I went around to each person individually and asked if they had given me their passport. And each person assured me that they had, indeed, given me their passport. So, after being assured by each person that I had their passport, I counted them again. Still only twenty-nine. Bv this time. I was beginning to become a little annoyed. Thirty people, but only twenty-nine passports. And yet, I had asked for the passports several times and had been assured by each person that I did have their passport. Well, I knew that there was one fool-proof way of checking to see whose passport was missing. I would check the passport against their tickets. The extra ticket would tell me who had not given me their passport. On the way to the- ticket counter one of the group approached and inquired if I had counted my passport in the number. Sure I had. I had been the first to place my passport in the pile. I had done this many times before and knew what I was doing. So I went on to the counter, took all the tickets out and placed them next to the passports. Then I began the process of one by one matching the tickets and the passports. When I came to my ticket I laid it aside until I came to my passport. After going through half of the tickets I noticed that I had not seen my passport yet. But I didn’t think much about it. I knew mine was included. Finally, I got down to just a few passports remaining. Quickly I glanced through them. And then I discovered which passport was missing. I reached into my pocket and pulled out the missing passport. You know sometimes we become upset with others for doing things which we are guilty of doing ourself. So let us have more patience and be not so quick to condemn. Yes, it was my passport which was missing. Editor’s Quote Book There is nothing more frightening than a bustling ignorance. Goethe each time I make a phone call, but I suppose that is the cost of progress. “There shall be wars and rumors of wars.” And this year was no exception. Of course, there were no major battles evident, just conflicts -- what a deceiving word for death and injury. Surely the time will come when more people can live together in peace and harmony. One of the most disturbing aspects of the year to me, was the new religious sects which are springing up all over. Many a parent has lost a child to these new groups; what heartache these man oriented groups are causing. I was taught to be tolerant of other’s religions, but I can not bring myself to be tolerant of faiths which condone hypnotism and force. On the book scene, the Foxfire trilogy was the big seller. For those of you who are not familiar with Foxfire, these best sellers tell you everything from how to build a log cabin to how to produce you own home remedies from old-fashioned recipes used by the Mountain folks. The fact that these books have been such a hit throughout the nation should tell us all something. That something, of course, is that we have, whether we realize it or not, a basic desire to escape too much modernism; and fur ther, that we have an unvoiced wish to bring yesterday’s simplicity into today’s harried world. Per haps we should follow these longings. If we could take the good from yesterday and combine it with the know ledge of today, what a great tomorrow we would have! HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL! ‘Whatsoever Things' By Donald E. Wildmon Save The Ashes Ashes from fireplaces and wood-buming stoves can be used to supplement fertilizers and condition soils in veg etable gardens and flower beds, Extension Service hor ticulturists point out.