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laxksan J. D. Jones -Publisher (1908 1955) Doyle Jones Jr. Editor and Publisher (1955-1975) * MRS. MARTHA G. JONES PUBLISHER VINCENT JONES EDITOR OFFICIAL ORGAN BUTTS COUNTY AND CITY OF JACKSON Published every Thursday al 129 South Mulberry Street, Jackson, Georgia 30233 by The Progress-Argus Printing.Co., 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. One Year, in Georgia $6.24 Six Months, in Georgia $3.91 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. f 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. Advance Subscription Rates, Tax Included: TELEPHONE 775-3107 NATIONAL NEWSPAPER aiiociatidw nmrt iw' frt.rr.MSl NNA SUSTAINING *> gi MEMBER—I 977 One Year, Out-of-State ~.57.28 Six Months, Out-of-State $4.16 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. ftjrami ~ - By Mrs. Cbtdy Brown 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 ■Wm Things' ■ 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. BUDPYRUFF g3f=i= y . fom -ffiis A q (“C? )/ oO n you mean the ones r~„ THAT EACH BAR EQUALS'. ? J /WOULO >OU ' A WHOLE BREAKFAST// Jf'T'VY l BELIEF I vr \ HAP SIX 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!