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Editorials
Is It Time To Park
The Parking Meters?
From the time the idea was
conceived many years ago and
submitted to the people for their
vote, resulting in a tie in the City
referendum, parking meters have
been a controversial subject in
Jackson.
Whenever the conversation
grows dull, it can always be perked
up by opening the subject of
parking meters and, interestingly
enough, the pros and cons seem to
be fairly evenly divided, although
the latter are usually the more
aggressive in their arguments.
The main objections seem to be
on principle, rather than on the
monetary cost to the shopper. That,
plus the fact that neighboring
towns competing for our shopping
trade, and their shopping centers,
do not have this inconvenience.
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Pointing out the convenience of
easy parking, and access, to down
town stores, the defenders claim
that, without the meters, all-day
parkers would hog all of the spaces
and that business would suffer as a
result.
The City has tried on several
instances to compromise the
situation. A two-hour parking law
makes sense but is costly, and
difficult, to enforce. Voluntary
compliance on the part of business
owners and their employees to
Half Now , And Half Later
The idea, broached by a
candidate for the County Commis
sion in last year’s primary election,
of permitting split payments of
County taxes is one that seems to
be growing in popularity.
Instead of being hit with a
whopping tax bill every October,
property owners would be billed in
June for one-half of their last
year’s taxes and in October for the
second half, which would reflect
any increase, or decrease, of
millage as levied by the County
Commission.
Other counties have tried it and
almost without exception have
reported that it has been favorably
Down With Hostage Holders
The acts of two-bit thugs,
prompted more than likely by too
much TV watching, and interna
tional terrorists alike in taking
hostages during the commission of
their crimes is one that calls out
loudly for immediate, and stern,
action.
If there are technicalities in
our laws against kidnapping, they
need to be rectified to take care of
this new and popular crime of
taking innocent people as hostage
while bargaining with the police for
preferred treatment.
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utilize off-the-square parking is
virtually impossible to obtain to the
extent that it would alleviate the
situation.
Wrestling with the problem
periodically, the City fathers have
sought alternate solutions, such as
the acquisition of additional
off-square parking space but sites
are either not available or
prohibitive in price.
But, whatever the arguments
on either side, the incontestable
fact is that there are too many
vacant parking spots on Jackson’s
square on too many days.
With the Spring shopping
season just ahead, perhaps there is
an opportunity to experiment with
some possible solutions to the
problem.
Why not a moratorium on
parking fees for the month of April,
or May, with the two-hour limit to
be strictly enforced, to test the
effects such a ban would have on
business?
If capping the meters for a
month proved popular, the entire
matter could be submitted to the
voters in a referendum that would
decide the issue once and for all.
Maybe a little experimenting
with the parking meter issue is just
the thing needed to put more spring
in Jackson’s downtown shopping
district.
received.
It is the understanding here
that a local constitutional amend
ment would have to be approved,
which means that it will be
November, 1978 before the voters
would have the opportunity to
express their opinion. The effective
date could be no earlier than June,
1979, giving the voters ample time
to contemplate the change and
determine if it would be to their
advantage.
We believe it is an idea whose
time has come and that it would do
much to alleviate the hardship the
present system places on many
who find themselves land poor and
tax rich every November.
If it is encouraged by a so-what
attitude, it will spread its deadly
tenacles across the country until
one day we may see the President
in the hands of terrorists who will
demand the disarmament of our
country for his safe return.
Insanity breeds on insanity.
With this current wave of terror
sweeping the country, nothing is
impossible. Let us crush the
rebellion now and treat the den of
cutthroats who perpetrate it with
the heavy heel of our boot as we
would the no less deadly
rattlesnake.
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS. JACKSON. GEORGIA
The Last
Straw
BY
VINCENT JONES
One of the most unnerving
aspects of modern society
and one which we find not
only despicable but imbecilic
as well is the blithe manner
in which we can discard the
tried and the true for the
fresh and the new.
Take a venerable old name
like Boy Scouts of America
for instance. Millions of our
best youths have taken the
Scout oath and tried to live up
to the Scout ideals. But now
someone has found the use of
the word “Boy” objection
able . The word was consider
ed derogatory and so the title
of a whole order may have to
be changed.
It mattered not that the
objectors were probably
thwarted Scouts who lacked
the gumption to earn their
merit badges, or perhaps
they were just architects of
the new order who don’t
know where they are going
but are hell bent on taking us
all along.
But, anyway, the new
name may be Scouting,
U.S.A. There was little
concern expressed for the
vast majority of those who
would wish the title retained.
The overriding aim seemed
to be to please the few who
desired the change.
Just as we were about to
master our system of weights
and measures, the metric
system appears on the scene.
We hope history will prove us
wrong 'but we would be
willing to bet that it will take
several decades before some
of us learn the difference
between a centimeter and a
milligram.
Fast disappearing are our
old, accustomed highway
signs that warned us of
children at play, school zone,
men at work, etc. These are
being replaced with some
system of international sym
bols that are designed to tell
us after 15 minutes study
what we once discovered at a
glance.
For the Europeans such
symbols may have meaning
but we haven’t seen many
Frenchmen or Swedes on
Butts County’s post roads of
late.
Some of the changes affect
our language and often good
descriptive words are
eviscerated for fear they
may be sexually discrimina
tory. The word “chairman”,
for instance, has become
“chairperson” in spite of the
fact the last syllable of each,
“man” and “son”, both
denote the male gender.
Some of the colleges have
even adopted the term
"freshperson” for their first
year students, but others
have abandoned if after the
girls rocked the registration
halls with their derisive
laughter.
In spite of the fact that
surveys show 80 per cent of
the whites and 60 per cent of
the blacks oppose forced
busing „ to achieve the
“proper” racial mix in our
public schools, we continue
the practice because a vocal
minority seem to feel it
desirable.
Are we coming to the point
where matters of national
interest will have to be
submitted to the voters in a
national referendum to de
termine what the majority
view is? Such a course would
be costly, and seemingly
superfluous, but how long
can we endure rule by the
few at the expense of the
many?
On many of the questions
facing the nation today, there
ai;e common meeting
grounds where a generous
application of good judgment
and a little horse sense could
bring about solutions satis
factory to all.
We are sympathetic with
those who feel that the
contributions blacks have
made to this country have
been too long excluded from
text books and that courses in
black history should be
offered to give black students
a proper perspective of the
nation’s history.
By the same token, those of
us who are sons and
\ A Stroll Down
Memory Lane
News of 10 Years Ago
Rev. Ray Dunahoo, chair
man of the Butts County
March of Dimes campaign,
reports that $1,289.60 has
been collected.
The Mimosas Garden Club
met at the home of Mrs.
Duvall Patrick with Mrs. H.
M. Fletcher, Mrs. J. M.
Hutcheson and Mrs. W. E.
Watkins as co-hostesses.
Butts County Schools will
get SIO,BOB of federal impact
funds, according to Sixth
District Congressman John
J. Flynt, Jr.
Dr. R. J. Cartwright gave
an informative speech to the
Jackson Exchange Club
Tuesday night on the
practice of chiropractic
medicine.
Dr. James E. Yeomans, of
Eastman, is now associated
with Parrish Drug Cos. as a
registered pharmacist.
Six prominent Griffin men
have applied for a charter for
The Bank of Griffin.
Deaths during the week:
Allen G. Scarbrough, 61;
Mrs. E. Z. Carter, 84; Mrs.
Mercer L. Hodges, Sr., 78;
Mrs. Shirley Ann Mixon, 32;
Robert Joseph Thornton, 48.
News of 20 Years Ago
The William Mclntosh
Chapter, DAR, has honored
three students of the Jackson
Elementary School. Angeline
Washington and Wendell
Edwards were presented
Good Citizenship Awards and
Nancy Goff was named the
outstanding student in
American history.
Mrs. Gladys Wilson has
been appointed Butts County
chairman for the 1957 Easter
Seal drive.
A virus-type infection that
has reached epidemic pro
portions forced the closing of
all local schools Monday
afternoon for the rest of the
week.
Rev. Wade H. Bell, Jr.,
pastor of the Jackson and
Fellowship Presbyterian
Churches for the past four
years, will become pastor of
the Midway Presbyterian
Church of Decatur on April
Ist.
The Cherokee Garden Club
met Thursday evening at the
home of Mrs. J. S. Robison,
with Mrs. J. S. Ball, Jr. and
Mrs. J. W. O’Neal as
co-hostesses.
For the second time this
winter, snow fell in Jackson
on Friday, March 8, but did
not stick in above-freezing
temperatures.
Deaths during the week:
Claude O. Barnes; Mrs. W. S.
Stroud.
News of 30 Years Ago
Butts County has paid
bounty on 183 foxes this year,
according to Clerk A. F.
Taylor, of the Butts County
Commission.
The Jackson Kiwanis Club
has voted to sponsor the bill
proposed by Rep. B. B.
Garland providing SIOO,OOO
for modern bath facilities at
the Indian Springs State
Park.
From 1941 to 1946, Butts
County citizens have pur
daughters of the. Confederate
legions should not be asked,
or required, to turn our backs
on a vital link to the past. The
Rebel yell and “Dixie” are
a part of our heritage and
any judge, or bureaucrat,
who denies us that is a thief
who would steal our birth
right,
Black history and “Dixie”,
They belong together. To
demand one for self and deny
to others the other is
discrimination of the most
flagrant kind.
THURSDAY, MARCH 17. 1977
chased over $2,200,000 of U.S.
Savings Bonds.
Dorothy Mae Beall, 12,
sixth grade student in the
Pepperton School, has been
declared winner of the
Atlanta Journal spelling bee
held in Jackson on March
12th. Runner up was Winona
Rawls, also of Pepperton.
The Jenkinsburg Garden
Club held its first meeting of
the year with Mrs. J. H.
Jackson, with Mrs. W. J.
Saunders as co-hostess,
Audrey Rossey has been
chosen as an attendant for
the May Day fete to be held
at La Grange College.
News of 40 Years Ago
Rev. R. B. Harrison is
having a 7-room brick
bungalow erected on Demp
sey Avenue between the
Carmichael House and the
Furlow property.
Jenkinsburg has won the
Butts County Junior High
basketball thampionship, de
feating Tpwaliga 17 to 7
Friday night at the gym
nasium in the Indian- Springs
dance hall.
Stuart Head, Jackson Boy
Scout leader, told Kiwanians
of plans for the Scout
jamboree in Washington, D.
C. The Jackson Troop is
planning to send seven
Scouts to the jamboree and
raise funds at a play to be
given later in March.
Jimmie Watts, a senior in
the Mercer law school, is one
of the leading players on the
Mercer University varsity
tennis team this year.
Miss Vera Edwards, a
freshman at Brenau College,
has been named to the
Dean’s List for the fall
quarter.
The pastor of the Jackson
Presbyterian Church, the
Rev. E. L. Daniel, along with
the deacons and elders, were
tendered a delightful dinner
Thursday evening at the
home of Mrs. J. R.
Carmichael.
Deaths during the week:
Mrs. E. B. Roberts, 28; Mrs.
Georgia Smith Jenkins, 71;
Joseph W. Young, 85;
Richard F. Burden, 86.
News of 50 Years Ago
The Macedonia Baptist
Church had a successful
Homecoming and the pastor,
Rev. I. G. Walker, Sr.,
appointed Deacon F. H.
Morgan as chairman of the
B.Y.P.U. program for next
Sunday, with Eddie Rape to
lead the devotional and Coil
Perdue to lead the song
service.
At a district meeting in
Griffin, the Woman’s Club of
Jackson was awarded a
loving cup for the most
distinguished service during
the past year.
According to letters to the
editor, snow and sleet
occurred in Jackson on April
26, 1910 and frost was said to
have occurred as late as
June.
The marriage of Miss
Miriam Fletcher to John H.
Haddock, of Macon, was
solemnized Saturday morn
ing at ten o’clock at the
Methodist Church, with the
Rev. .Augustus Ernest per
forming the ceremony.
Among the Children of the
Confederacy performing at
the March meeting of the
Larkin D. Watson Chapter,
U D C., were Sara Slaton,
Annie Watkins, Edna Allen,
Ruth Maddox, Johnsie Settle
and Frances Knox.
Judge Ogden Persons has
denied anew trial for Tom
King, under sentence of
death for the murder of
County Policeman J. E.
McNair.
Deaths during the week:
Richard A. Ellis, 58.
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WHAT DO I DO NOW, GOD?
All of us at some time in
our lives have felt that if
things got any worse, we
didn’t honestly think we’d be
able to stand it. We learn
from the Bible that God
never gives us a burden too
large to carry, but some
times out of our human
frailties, we will reach the
point when we say, “Well,
what do I do now, God?”
I think that a lack of deep
faith is at the root of the title
question. No matter how bad
things may get, there is
always Someone who cares.
And when things don’t work
out the way we plan, I believe
that there is a reason for this,
too. God is a smart Being;
we, as simple humans, have
not nearly the insight and
intelligent foresight that He
possesses.
I have gone through such a
period in my life at times. I
got the “nobody loves me”
blues. Of course, when I used
the “nobody”, I automatical
ly deleted God from my
thinking. After all, He wasn’t
there, standing physically
with me; people were. I was
raised in what would be
termed a Christian home; I
went to church and Sunday
School regularly - I was
aware of a Supreme Being at
an early age. I can
Remember times when I was
growing up, that minor
happenings like a broken
date or a poor grade in school
were major tragedies. When
‘Whatsoever
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■ By Donald E. Wildmon
A REAL SMART FROG
Once upon a time in the long, long ago there lived a real
smart frog. Well, maybe he wasn’t smart after all. But he
thought he was smart.
Now it so happened that this frog just loved to take a bath
in warm water. He accidently fell into some warm water
once, and it brought a great desire for him to do the same
thing again.
He approached his mother and asked her why frogs
never took baths in warm water, but rather in the water in
lakes and ponds. “Oh no, my child,” his mother said. “You
must never, never take a bath in warm water. You see, we
have had several relatives who have taken baths in warm
water who never returned. They, were all cooked alive!”
Well, that didn’t make much sense to Smart Frog. After
all, didn’t he have sense enough to get out of the water if it got
too hot? Why, certainly he did. He was a smart frog!
So it happened that one day as he was hopping along the
edge of the pond he bounced into Mr. Hungry Farmer. “Why,
hello there, Smart Frog. How are you doing on this chilly
day?” Mr. Hungry Farmer asked. “Oh, I’m doing fine,”
replied Smart Frog, “but it is so chilly that I would sure like
to have a warm bath.” “Then why don’t you let me take you
to the house and give you a warm bath,” Mr. Hungry Farmer
asked.
Now Smart Frog thought about that suggestion for a
moment. Then he remembered what his mother had told
him about warm baths. But he got to thinking about how
smart he was, and how his mother often clung to ideas that
seemed old-fashion and out-of-date.
“Why sure,” he said to Mr. Hungry Farmer, “why don’t
we do just that. I will enjoy that warm bath so much. Let’s do
that.”
So Mr. Hungry Farmer carried Smart Frog to his house,
put the pot of water on the stove, and dropped Smart Frog in.
It was a thrill of a lifetime for Smart Frog. It felt great.
So he just leaned back and enjoyed it. But what Smart Frog
didn’t know was that Mr. Hungry Farmer was gradually,
slowly turning the heat up little by little. But because there
was no sudden increase in the temperature of the water,
Smart Frog did not realize what Mr. Hungry Farmer was
doing.
So, before he knew it, Smart Frog was the main dish on
Mr. Hungry Farmer’s dinner table.
It isn t just a story about Smart Frog and Mr. Hungry
Farmer, it is a story about how evil gets its way. Slowly,
little by little. Until, too late, it has killed us.
Don t expect evil to come in ugly packages, all at once. It
doesn t. It comes in beautiful packages a little at a time.
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my parents tried to comfort
me, they would sometimes
tell me that part of growing
up was learning to live with
these “tragedies”; they
would further explain, that
there would be greater and
more major disappointments
as I grew older and became
my own person. Yet, my
parents never neglected to
point out, too, that there
would be greater triumphs
and accomplishments ahead.
A lot of sayings and
scriptures are related to the
bleak moments in our lives:
“God never closes a door, but
He opens a window.”
“Tomorrow is another day.”
“Laugh and the world laughs
with you; cry and you cry
alone.” “Life ain’t always a
bed of roses.” “Faith can
accomplish miracles.”
Faith is a very, very major
aspect of a Believer’s life. At
times, anyone can find his
faith faltering. It is when
those times happen, that a
person must make himself
remember that God has a
purpose for everything he
does; sometimes it helps to
remember that “Time heals
all wounds.” God provides
the Bible as a “comforter” in
those times. It can as surely
warm you and make you
comfortable as the old
patchwork quilts Grandma
used to pull over you as a
child. All of us of “sometimes
little faith” should turn to
God’s “Comforter.” What
better help could we expect
to find!