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larksnn Trogress-^rgus 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 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 FTogress-Argus, P.O. Box 249, Jackson, Georgia 30233. One Year, in Georgia $6.24 Six Months, in Georgia $3.91 Editorials ft's Never Too Late Although the week designated for the Butts County Celebration is more than half over, it is never too late to join in the fun and frolicking scheduled for the few remaining days. Saturday will be one of the festival days of the entire week, with a giant parade, singing and entertainment all afternoon, com munity and club booths and a street dance to top it all off. If that won’t bring you to town and keep you here all day, then you are either too young, too old, too crabby or just out of touch. Running through the week-long celebration has been the theme of Community Spirit. The theme provides each of us an opportunity to show an understanding for, and an appreciation of, the communi ties and neighborhoods in which we live. But even pride in our community, as desirable as that may be, should not overshadow our pride, and our good fortune, to live in the finest county in the state The Curtain Rose On Saturday night, for the first time since the early 1960’5, Butts Countians were treated to a home-town walk-in movie, when the new Hillcrest Theater held its grand opening. Drive-ins are fine for the kids, especially those with romantic attachments, but the oldsters like the comfort of rocking chair seats and plenty of leg room before they indulge in the usual popcorn and Fetching Fleeing Fathers There is good news in the recent report that the Georgia Department of Human Resources has recovered $3.1 million in back child support in the past 10 months from fathers who have fled their parental responsibilities. The 65-man child-support team of the Department has been successful in 67 per cent of its cases in locating parents who have run out on their child support responsibilities. Asa result of the work of this team of human bloodhounds, 714 welfare families have been removed from the rolls of the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program. The AFDC program is a paradox, when one considers that basic morality was one of the tenets on which this nation was Advance Subscription Rates, Tax Included: TELEPHONE 775-3107 NATIONAL NEWSPAPER m kH6ti* now iwT rr.trr.xSl NNASUSTAINiNG *> gi MEMBER-1977 ne ' ear > Out-of-State $7.28 six Months, Out-of-State $4.16 among the finest people anywhere. That’s what the Celebration Week is all about. It gives you an opportunity to show that pride and to join together with your friends, old and new, in a week of Boosting Butts County as the absolute greatest. When passing out laurels to those responsible for such a pleasant time, it is easy to omit the names of many who played vital roles in planning and staging this week-long production. But one name that won’t be omitted is that of Dick O’Hara, who conceived the idea of the first such festival three years ago and is now chairman of the committee staging the fourth. This small group of dedicated young people actually work year-round planning events, secur ing talent, lining up sponsors and participants and they deserve, and should receive, the gratitude of a grateful community. Congratula tions to all for another splendid achievement this year. soft drink. For a town our size to boast of a walk-in movie house is one thing, but to have one as ornate and as finely appointed as the Hillcrest puts Jackson in a class by itself. Many of those who were movie buffs in the pre-television days have probably gotten out of the habit of attending the movies, but with a fine movie house and a good choice of shows, perhaps the habit will be an easy one to form again. founded. The program, which has Christian charity as its precept, is a violation of the civil rights of every moral American. To say to a woman, go out and have all the children you want, identify the father if possible but identification or not, the taxpayers will take care of you and them is to encourage immorality. Any nation that subsidizes bastardy and encourages illegiti macy surely does not have far to go before it finds itself wrecked on the shoals of moral bankruptcy. Finding the wayward fathers and placing practical limits on illegitimate children, like not more than two after a pre-announced cut-off date, might gut the AFDC program but it would surely make an awful lot of taxpayers happy in the process. THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARCUS. JACKSON. GEORGIA The Last Straw BY VINCENT JONES Perhaps no other Ameri can institution is as familiar with the quirks and foibles of the general public as is the insurance company. All kinds of crazy things happen to us, and our friends, and most of them wind up in the lap of an insurance adjustor. Aetna Life and Casualty processed over 20 million claims last year. A few of them offered additional proof that truth is indeed stranger than fiction. Murphy’s first law: that is, if anything can possibly go wrong, it probably will, was also substantiated by many of the claims. Some of the most odd we felt should be shared with you, such as: The modern-day Minute man whose Bicentennial zeal went a bit too far. While re-enacting the Battle of Bunker Hill, he got carried away and, with his bayonet, rammed a Redocat in the behind. A San Francisco driver was in tears when he reported that his brand new luxury car—equipped with very expensive water bum pers front and rear —had been hit broadside in a parking lot. In New York a woman motorist slowed her car to avoid hitting a pack of stray dogs. The mutts returned her kindness by jumping all over the car and scratching up its paint job. A New Jersey man, after lunch in his car, removed his dentures. A heavy sneeze seized him, the dentures flew out the window and, as the wayward choppers bit the dust, a passing vehicle squashed them. In Chattanooga a gas station owner thought a motorist was taking his advertised “Free car wash with fill-up” too literally. After topping off his tank with an 87-cent gas purchase, the man drove into the station’s automated car wash, only to be confronted for payment when he emerged. The motorist refused, one word led to another, and the station owner lowered the overhead doors of the car wash, announcing he intend ed to keep the driver locked up “until I get what’s coming to me.” He didn’t have long to wait. The irate customer quickly accommodated him by hop ping into his car, revving up the motor, and crashing through the closed glass doors to freedom. A young Milwaukee citizen sporting a face full of hair had his pride singed while consuming a local tavern’s house specialty. Drinking a concoction called a “Fla ming 151,” the flame licked his face and ignited his beard. A quick-witted bartender swiftly brought the flames under control with a heavy squirt from his selzer gun. Which just goes to show that people with beards shouldn’t drink fire-water. And then there was the rancher whose cattle acted like pigs. Tired of their bland and never-changing diet, they wandered off the open range in search of fancier fare. They found a neighbor’s vegetable patch to their liking, and promptly tram pled down her fence to get to it. The neighbor, less than sympathetic with the bovine intruders’ goals, lassoed a cow and threatened to hold it for ransom until she was reimbursed for damages. A suggestion that the American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals might take exception with her action led to the animal’s release. Editor’s Quote Book You become well-to-do by doing what you do well. Frank Tyger THURSDAY. JULY 7. 1977 A Stroll Down Memory Lane NEWS OF 10 YEARS AGO Rev. Edward E. Galloway, coming from Griffin, is the new pastor of the Jenkins burg Charge. Benjamin M. Garland has been named to the Dean’s List of Distinguished Stu dents at the Walter F. George School of Law at Mercer University. The Bethany, Sharon, Sardis, Phillippi, County Line and Locust Grove Baptist Churches are holding a joint tent meeting Sunday at the Phillippi Church. Dr. Francis M. Holston was cited as the “Celebrity of the Month” in “The Bellring er,” monthly publication of the Westbury Home, Inc., of Jenkinsburg. Georgia Power Company has announced plans to construct thp first nuclear fueled electric plant on the Southern System. Dr. R. J. Cartwright has been honored by the Interna tional Pain Control Institute for having submitted the “Case of the Month” report in chiropractic research. Deaths during the week: Louis Kardane, 67; Mrs. Leola M. Copeland. NEWS OF 20 YEARS AGO Announcement was made of the purchase by Max Polk of Bankston Jewelry and Pace Flower Shop from Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Bankston. Phillip Bryant and Wayne Phillips will represent Troop 80, Boy Scouts of America, at the Fourth National Jambo ree at Valley Forge, Pa., having won scholarships offered by the Van Deventer Foundation. Lanelle Edwards and Ben nie Thurston will represent Jackson at the Junior Red Cross Leadership Training Center at Camp Green Cove, Tuxedo, N. C. Wendell Edwards and Joyce Morgan will represent Butts County at the statewide conference of Junior Fire Marshalls at the FFA Camp on Jackson Lake. Mrs. E. D. Briscoe and Mrs. T. B. Miller were awarded life memberships in the W.S.C.S. at impressive ceremonies Sunday morning at the First Methodist Church. The Butts County Indus trial Development Board has been reorganized and the new officers are P. H. Weaver, president; Dr. R. H. Pinckney, vice-president; W. A. Holston, secretary, and L. C. Webb, treasurer. Deaths during the week: Mrs. S. J. Foster, 83; Mrs. M. E. Perdue, 84; Charles N. Johnson, 85. NEWS OF 30 YEARS AGO Sale by Mrs. Lee Carmi chael of the Carmichael House to V. H. Ham was announced last week. Mau rice Carmichael bought the filling station and garage apartment in rear of the Carmichael House. J. W. Carter was named first president of the recent ly-organized Exchange Club. J. Duvall Patrick was named secretary and L. C. Webb, treasurer. Gerald McQuaig has been named superintendent of Indian Springs State Park and will succeed V. W. Cole in that post. William Pressley brought the first cotton bloom of the season by the newspaper office on July Ist. It was grown on the B. H. Hodges’ farm. Last year, Mr. Hodges reported the first bloom on June 25th. M E. Grinstead, of Macon, has purchased the Texaco Service Station from Hodges and Hodges. Six beavers have been released at Indian Springs State Park by the Georgia State Wildlife Department and the Federal Wildlife Service. NEWS OF 40 YEARS AGO Jackson’s new post office and federal building was dedicated Saturday after noon with impressive cere monies. Congressman E. M. Owen was the main speaker. Freeman Land, former president of the Fourth District Letter Carriers Association, told Kiwanians of plans to make a national shrine of the home of Thomas E. Watson, founder of the R.F.D. system. Early records show that the compensation of John McCord, the second postmas ter at the Jackson office, was $143.50 per year in 1837. R. W. Carr, Sr. landed a 180-pound Warsaw grouper on a recent fishing trip to Daytona Beach. The appointment of Miss Elizabeth Towles as Welfare Director for Butts County has been approved by state authorities in Atlanta. Mrs. Douglas Stroud ho nored her son, Douglas Stroud, Jr., on his sixth birthday with a party attended by about 25 of his young friends. Deaths during the week: Mr. J. T. Merritt, 60. NEWS OF 50 YEARS AGO The Jackson Rifles, crack unit of the Georgia National Guard, three officers and 77 enlisted men strong, entrain Sunday for St. Simons Island and two weeks in camp. County Agent H. G. Wiley announces that the following girls, members of Butts County agricultural clubs, will spend a week at Camp Wilkins; Doris Maddox, Mary Will Jinks, Adelaide Land, Helen Stodghill and Sara Mote. At impressive services Sunday, the Rev. A. Julian Warner was ordained and installed as pastor of the Jackson and Fellowship Presbyterian Churches. The Sixth District Medical Society concluded a success ful convention at Indian Springs on Wednesday. Among those giving papers were Dr. A. F. White, of Flovilla; Dr. G. H. Alexan der, Forsyth; Dr. O. B. Thompson and Dr. C. C. Harold, of Macon. County banks reporting their condition at June 30th, 1927 included The Jackson Banking Cos., resources of $333,000; The Bank of Flovilla, $111,000; The Farm ers Bank of Jenkinsburg, $36,000; The Jackson Nation al Bank, $5&8,000. Members of the Butts County road force were treated to a barbecue at the County Farm on Saturday, courtesy of the Butts County Board of Commissioners. Deaths during the week: Mrs. H. W. Nalley, 47; J. T. Cochran, 67. INHERITED “James, spell ‘cloth’, ” said the teacher. James was silent. “Come, come,” said the teacher, “you know the word. What is your coat made of?” "Father’s old trousers, ” replied the boy. tiffin TfrTfocSffife/ A requested reply to the article Delinquent Taxes due Butts County published in the Jackson Progress-Argus, June 23, 1977. “For God sake, let us freely hear both sides!” says Jefferson. “The power to tax carries with it the power to embarrass and destroy.” - Supreme Court of the United States - Evans vs. Gore, 1920. “All authority belongs to the people,” but “There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience.” “The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest amount of feathers with the least amount of hissing.” - Attributed to J. B. Colbert. There are some definitions I would like to give: An ass is spoken of as a beast of burden—an animal employed in carrying bur dens. A black sheep is one in a family or company whose worthlessness or infamous conduct causes him to stand out from the rest as a cause of shame and disgrace to them. Come, Ricky, go with me to the barn. I want to show you the difference between an ass and a black sheep. What is that over there? Oh, they are just some tax assessors who can take 15 acres off 200 acres and get 213 and make a taxpayer pay high taxes on it for years. Oh S ‘Whatsoever Things' By Donald E. Wildmon THE DIFFICULTIES OF THEOLOGY Sometimes this thing of following the Carpenter of Galilee can get to be a very difficult thing. One of the most complex difficulties comes in the understanding of theology. For the average fellow can sometimes get to be a very confusing and difficult subject to understand. I guess that is one reason there are so many varieties within the vast family of that Fisher of men. Even after seven years of higher education dealing specifically with the subject, I often find myself over my head in the subject. One of the tragedies of the difficulty is the unkind remarks some who are supposedly followers of that Man have toward others who are trying equally as hard to follow. There has been a lot of heartache and heartbreak over this thing of theology, so difficult it becomes sometimes. Friend has berated, brother has belittled brother, even child has criticized parent in this area. Personally, I don’t believe any one person or any one group has claim on all the truth. And on the other hand I believe that all those who sincerely are trying to follow this grand Galilean have some truth. The mind of the human is too small and too limited to comprehend all the Truth of the Creator. Like I said, sometimes I get over my head and have to go back to some basic fundamentals of which I am certain. And each time I step out into deep water theologically I return thankful that the basic necessities are so simple even a little child can understand. Some theology is like Greek to me, and I don’t read Greek. I guess I’m kinda like the Southern farm boy back just prior to World War 11. Having been around the country a little I know what other sections think of when I say Southern farm boy. And the story fits the pattern, although we Southerners aren’t quite as illiterate as some of our better versed Northern and Western friends might think. This farm boy got a questionnaire to fill out and return to the Draft Board. The questionnaire went somewhat into detail and had what was to the farm boy some confusing language in it. After studying it for some time and coming to the conclusion that he would not be able to fill it out completely and correctly, the farm boy took his pencil in hand and wrote across the top of the form the best answer he could think of. “Dear Uncle Sam,” he wrote. “I’m not quite sure what you mean with all these here questions. But I want you to know that I’m ready when you are.” And he signed his name. Theology does get quite difficult sometimes. But I don’t think the Heavenly Father is concerned that we stay crystal clear in all our theological understanding. I believe what He wants the most is to know that we are ready when He is. And while that doesn’t make theology simple, maybe it is a little clearer. THOUGHT FOR THE DAY It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena;—who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achieve ment; and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with the cold and timid souls who know neither victory or defeat.—Theodore Roose velt. yes, it has been done here in Butts County. I know about it. That is what we class as black sheep. You see so many over in that big field? They are the asses (burden bearers). They carry the tax burden of Butts County. They pay their own taxes and sometimes other peoples’ taxes. For 35 years I have paid taxes on 200 acres that the Supreme Court told me in 1970 was not mine so I quit paying on it. You have me listed as a tax delinquent on this. Your act destroys my credit. I do not intend to pay this. This shows you up as not knowing circumstance in business. When I asked a commis sioner if a certain bridge would permit of hauling pulpwood, he told me that it would not. He said, “Find out who owns property west of you and get permission to go through their property.” The people west of me do not go through their own property because it is too rough. They come my way and stop at the bridge where they cut my trees to put in anew foundation for bridge. The iron bridge has been out for years yet the property on this road rises each year in value for tax purposes. My conclusion is: “There is . something rotten in Denmark.” -s- Lilia E. Watkins SPEAKING ABOUT TIME There’s a time to part and a time to meet, There’s a time to sleep and a time to eat. There’s a time to work and a time to play, There’s a time to sing and a time to pray, There’s a time that's glad and a time that’s blue, There’s a time to plan and a time to do, There’s a time to grin and show your grit, But there never was a time to quit.