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laxfessn Trogrcss-^Argus J D. Jones Publisher (1908 1955) Dayle 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 at 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 Si\ Months, in Georgia $3.91 Editorials A Time To Buy and A Time To Sell The pending sale of the City of Jackson’s gas department to the Atlanta Gas Light Company seems to have the weight of good economics, excellent timing and superb judgment in its favor. City fathers have tested the trial balloon on many of the City’s civic, business and industry leaders and the response has been overwhelmingly in support of such a move. With the nation’s natural gas supply expected to be critically short again this fall and winter, pure logic dictates that now is the time to sell a system that cannot competitively bid for a fuel in such sparse supply. Asa matter of fact, the City has very little choice, or at least none that would not work hardships on all concerned. The City of Jackson buys its natural gas from the Southern Natural Gas Company at a wholesale rate, pumps it through the City-owned distribution system and makes a small profit in the process. For 1976, the unaudited profit realized by the system was approximately $7,500.00. This profit could have been higher, but so would your gas bill and City officials elected to go with the lower profit and protect their customers from gas bills that would have been outrageously high. Economic growth in the City of Jackson is stymied by the lack of natural gas under the present system. The City cannot add a single new commercial or indust rial user to its lines, to say nothing of a residential sub-division. If the City is to continue to own and operate its gas distribution system, it must double or treble its present storage capacity for propane gas to be used during peak demand periods at a cost of approximately $70,000.00. After doing this, it would then have to sign contracts for delivery of high priced and scarce propane for fall delivery. Faced with these problems, the nonavailability of additional sup plies of natural gas, the excessive storage and delivery costs of an Gordon Needs Our Help Gordon Junior College is celebrating its 125th birthday in 1977, having been founded in 1852. Over 100 Butts County students are taking advantage of the wonderful curriculum offered at this aged and venerable institution, many of them on various types of scholarships offered by the college. As broad as the scholarship program is, there is a real need for more in order that Gordon might Advance Subscription Rates, Tax Included: TELEPHONE 775-3107 NATIONAL NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION fllltn lIM* Frt.prtssg] NN A SUSTAINING g MEMBER-1977 One Year, Out-of-State ~.57.28 six Months. Out-of-State $4.16 alternate fuel such as propane, the economic stagnation facing the City due to lack of adequate gas supplies, City officials had no reasonable alternative other than to sell to a firm that could better supply the natural gas needs of Jackson. What can Atlanta Gas Light Company offer Jackson’s gas users? Most importantly, a natural gas rate for residential users 12-to-15 per cent lower than that offered presently by the City. Couple this with an increased gas supply that will permit the location of new industry, the encourage ment of new commercial enter prises and the construction of new gas-heated homes and the decision to sell becomes easier Sweeten this with a franchise fee based on residential use that should yield $9,000 or more annually for the City of Jackson far more than the meager gas profits of last year-and even the man who fell off the turnip truck can see the logic behind such a deal. For additional sweeteners, non-saccharin of course, throw in a Jackson office of the Atlanta Gas Ligh Company for service and the convenience of collections and a free inspection of all main and feeder gas lines, including gas appliances in the home, and the proposition becomes even more palatable. Independent appraisals indi cate that the buyer has offered the seller a fair price for his product and, although negotiations are still going on over the sales price, it seems that the City will get at least $375,000 for its gas system. It will be up to the Mayor and Council to determine how these funds can best be used. A reduction of the City’s bonded indebtedness for its water and sewer systems would seem to be in order and the retirement of revenue bonds in this large an amount should result in interest savings that might possibly be reflected in lower water and sewer charges. There is a time for everything, as the Bible points out., A time to buy and a time to sell. We think now is the time to sell. continue to attract and hold the brightest high school graduates in the area. Gordon’s annual fund drive is on now. If you would like to help a fine junior college serve Butts County even more effectively, then send a gift to the Gordon Junior College Foundation, Barnesville, Georgia 30204, or direct your gift to the Foundation, in care of Foundation Member Vincent Jones, of Jackson. THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA The Last Straw BY VINCENT IONES The enigma that began when a soft-spoken Georgia peanut farmer was inaugu rated as President of the United States continues to confound and confuse the nation’s press corps, who have always preferred a chief executive who spoke with authority, even when he was lying. President Carter leaves them flabbergasted with erudite, although often eva sive, answers to their ques tions. The reporters miss the directness of Truman, the presence of Roosevelt, or the charisma of Kennedy when interviewing the Georgia President. They find instead a thoroughly likeable human being who toys with their questions in the manner of an experienced chess player playing with a 10-year-old, but who never permits a deep invasion into the innermost recesses of his superior mind. The reporters are openly riled by their inability to rile the President. Their often harassing questions are met with a boyish grin or a bit of philosophic humor and the President emerges from the verbal fray unscathed and uncommitted. The image makers and the phrase turners within the administration have not been sitting on their hands. They have replaced the rather meaningless and sterile phrase “cold War” with the more positive “human rights." A great Georgia song writer, Johnny Mercer, once wrote a song based on the need to “accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative.” At the very heart of the ongoing struggle between two great powers with different ideologies has been the human rights of peoples everywhere. No other Ameri canpresident has evsx had the courage to call the fight what it is, a battle for the hearts and minds and bodies of billions who, at the present time, are under the influence of neither a democratic nor communistic form of govern ment. The Russians are more vulnerable on the issue of human rights than any other. They alone know the suffer ing and tragedy inflicted upon millions who are enslaved by their tyranny. A President bold enough to call for the freedom of oppressed people everywhere has im paled them on their own cross of greed and atheistic philosophy. Making tough decisions, and disregarding the politi cal consequences, is the hallmark of a great presi dent. His decision on an effective energy policy for the country will cost the President votes and Con gressional support, but if his policy is fair and in the best long-range interests of the country, the people will support it and him. The jury is still out on President Jimmy Carter. His first 90 days in the White House have been neither auspicious nor disastrous. But already the tremendous task of governing this diverse nation has begun to take its toll. The smile, which once came so quickly, is more delayed and subdued and appears more wan than warm. The creases of care have crept across the once handsome face and in 90 days it seems to have aged 10 years at least. The President comes across as a man with the forbearance of Lincoln, per haps too tolerant of his friends and too inwardly disturbed by his enemies. We personally would like to see him show some righteous indignation every now and then and unloose a tirade against someone, or some thing, that has raised his ire. In addition to proving that he is for real, and not make-believe, perhaps it would serve as a warning for those who might possibly mistake his indulgence for weakness. A Slroll Down j Memory Lane News of 10 Years Ago Anew $400,000 elementary school in Macon has been named for the late Van McKibben Lane, a brother of Mrs. Hugh Mallet, Sr., of Jackson. Dawson Bryant, chairman of the City’s aldermatic sanitation committee, re ports that delivery has been made on anew $9,700 garbage truck. Dorner Carmichael and Hugh Glidewell have the lead roles in the senior play, “Onions in the Stew”. The play is being staged and directed by Mrs. J. B. Settle, Miss Carol Mask and Franklin Strickland. Jackson girls attending the Pine Valley Girl Scout Camp include Ellen Pinckney, Joni Thaxton, Linda Sanvidge, Jerri O’Quinn, Rachel Wat kins, Summers and Debbie Fuqua. Jackson High defeated Mary Persons 62 to 54 in the first dual track meet of the season. Lee Fambro in the 100 yd. dash and broad jump and Kenny Duke in the 880 and mile run won two firsts for the Red Devils. Cecil McGough, of Route 2, Locust Grove, reported the first open cotton bloom on April 18th on a plant he had nursed through the winter. Deaths during the week: Mrs. Benjamin Albert Cook, 78; Ike M. Wilson, 89; Mrs. Sally Mae Caston Wise, 69; Walter D. (Jude) Cochran, 68. News of 20 Years Ago The Progress-Argus and Adams-Briscoe Seed Cos. are sponsoring a “Mystery Farm Contest” in which readers are asked to identify aerial photos of Butts County farms. Grady O. Jackson, Jr., a Jackson High junior and son of Mr. and Mrs. Grady O. Jackson. Sr., has won third place in the biological sciences division of the State Science Fair in Athens. Six Jackson trackmen have won regional honors and will compete in the Class B state finals in Macon. They are Barry Jones in the 100 and 220-yd. dashes; Donnie Caston-880-yd. run; Donnie Caston-pole vault; Charles Herring-high jump; 440-yd relay-Ed Ridgeway, Donnie Caston, Denny O’Neal, Barry Jones; mile relay-Ed Ridge way, Dulane Maddox, Denny O’Neal, Barry Jones. Jimmy Allen, son of Mrs. Annie L. Allen, has won first place in the local Roadeo sponsored by the Butts County Jaycees. Borden Campbell, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Campbell, has won third place in the district FFA speaking con test held at Coweta High School. Miss Judy Fletcher, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Fletcher, has been named to the semester honors list for the past term at Wesleyan College. News of 30 Years Ago Both the Elder apd Foy Hotels at Indian Springs have announced they will open for business on May Ist and close on October Ist. J. R. Caldwell, husband of the former Margaret Ham of Jackson, has invented a revolutionary new ball bearing comb box for use on cotton carding machines. Appearing in the senior play, “Watch Out for Spooks” will be Arthur See, Bette Thaxton, Betty Bur ford, Audrey Cook, Gladys Smith, Ladelle Smith, Vir ginia Cook, Barbara Smith, THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1977 Richard Fretwell, Dyer Edwards, Frederick Anthony and Dot Maddox. Anne Roberts, Audrey Rossey and Clementine Smith have been named to the Dean’s List at LaGrange College. Mrs. George Damour was hostess to the Jackson Garden Club on Tuesday afternoon. Mesdames Wil liam Sasser and Candler Webb were welcomed as visitors. The Jackson Kiwanis Club is indebted to Frank Flynt for a box of delicious Florida oranges. Deaths during the week: Henry McCord Shaver, 53, son of the late A. H. Shaver and Mrs. Lula McCord Shaver, both of whom edited the Jackson Argus in the 1890’s and 1900’s. News of 40 Years Ago Cattle rustlers are abroad in the County and E. Z. Carter, J. H. Smith and Miller Ogletree all reported cows stolen during the past week. Students at Jackson public schools will observe Me morial Day on April 26th by marching to the cemetery and placing flowers on the graves of the Confederate dead. The Butts County Chamber of Commerce is opposing the levying of a 10 cents admission fee to Indian Springs State Park. County Policemen Wil liamson and Gifford report the capture of three stills during the past few days. Hostesses for the D. A. R. meeting Friday will be Mrs. T. G. Willis, Mrs. E. H. Pace and Miss Mary Downs, with Miss Ruth Middlebrooks in charge of the program. The Jenkinsburg W.M.S. met at the home of Mrs. J. C. Tolleson, with Mrs. Marvin Farrar, Mrs. A. D. Whitte more and Mrs. G. W. Chasteen appearing on the program. Deaths during the week: William W. Washington, 82; Andrew J. St. John, 76. News of 50 Years Ago Work on grading and paving the Jackson to Indian Springs highway began this week. The Jackson Presbyterian Church has extended a call to the Rev. Julian Warner to serve as its pastor. Similar calls are to go out from the Fellowship and Thomaston churches as Rev. Warner will serve all three congrega tions. Appearing in the play, “Always in Trouble” at the Iron Springs Consolidated School were Y. T. Sheffield, Milliard Hodges, Robert Thomas, Fleetwood Bledsoe, Fleetwood Polk, Geraldine Greer, Evelyn Lavender, Jeffie Preston and Mardell Strawn. L. A. Atkinson has sold two brick buildings at Jenkins burg to Settle and Robison and J. O. Minter. Among the Indian Springs hotels opening for the season are The New Elder Hotel, the Arnold House, Rock Ridge Terrace and The Foy. Three brothers, W. P. Newton, R. P. Newton and A. W. Newton, hold the ranking offices in Alexius Com mandery No. 22, Knights Templar. Editor’s Quote Book Bea friend to yourself and others will. Scottish Proverb B-r Mrs. Cfridy Brown REASONS FOR LIVING To see a little boy get his first hit ever playing ball. To be there to dry a tear when he strikes out for the umpteenth time. To see a seed turn into a young green shoot after the long hours you’ve spent plowing and planting. To see the same green shoot turn into a healthy, edible vegetable! To see the first robin of Spring. To hear the first bird’s song of Spring. To hear a young child pray. To join a young child in prayer. To awaken in the morning Parents and responsible citizens are concerned abut the ever present so-called drug problem. The following article is an item that was recently published in the newsletter of the Georgia Council on Moral and Civic Concerns: THE GREAT INFLUENCE OF TEACHERS Many public school drug programs, have been counter-productive. With the whole drug scene is one ball of wax; alcoh<' nicotine, amphetamines, marijuana, heroin. A few years ago Parent’s Magazine pointed out the failure of public school drug programs to reduce drug abuse among youth. In stances may be cited of suburban communities that have had what were held up as model school drug programs while at the same time having terrible prob lems with drug related crimes of violence and youthful beer bust orgies in the community park. Why is that? According to the “National Good Templar” drug in struction that fearlessly presents all the facts requires a very special teacher, a person mature, sensitive, disciplined, con cerned. The Templar continues: “Kinesics has taught us that there are 700,000 ways of non-verbal communications. The youth get a message from the total life and personality of the teacher far beyond the word he or she utters. If there are poorly trained teachers who do not know the subject, that will turn alert youth off. And hypocrisy - phoniness - is the greatest sin to youth. The pupils know what is going on. Any teacher in this area has to be backed up by a ruth at random By Ruth Bryant GLORIOUS LIVING A church’s steeple Precious people Make me happy every day. Friendly teachers Pious preachers Guide my footsteps on the way! Fun and playing Love and praying Lead me to His throne above. Busy working Never shirking hill my heart with peace and love. feeling good. To awaken in the morning with everyone around you in as good a mood as your own. To do a difficult job well with no help at all. To do any work and have it appreciated by someone whose praise you hold highly. To sign a report card you are proud to sign. To sign any report card which shows improvement! To answer the phone and find that the caller is someone you wish to talk with or on whose call you have been waiting. To answer the phone and hear someone say, “I love you”. To tell someone, “I love you”. To love someone. disciplined life style. And you cannot have other teachers on the faculty in the Junior and Senior High School level undercutting this course by offering youth liquor or other drugs when they entertain them in their homes. “Really, for results you have to go at the subject with a far deeper and more positive level - the wjll, the conscience, the spiritual level -with youth than just scarce fads. It is possible with wrong teaching simply to arouse morbid curiosity and to encourage experimen tation.” We should take heed to the above as we work with and teach young people. Donald L. Folsom, Pastor First Baptist Church ELBERT HUBB ARD SAID “Advertising is the educa tion of the public as to: Who you are, Where you are, and What you have to offer, in way of Skill, Talent or Commodity, The only man who should not advertise is the man who has nothing to offer the world in the way of commodity or service.” HOW TO BE PERFECTLY MISERABLE 1. Think about yourself. 2. Talk about yourself. 3. Expect to be appreciated. 4. Be suspicious. 5. Be jealous and envious. 6. Be sensitive to sights. 7. Demand agreement on your views. 8. Sulk if people are not grateful to you for favors shown. 9. Be on the look out for a good time. 10. Shirk you duties if you can. 11. Do as little as you can for others. 12. Love yourself supremely.