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Editorials
Common Without a Cause
The political pot is bubbling
furiously in Washington at the
moment, as Griffin’s Congressman
John J. Flynt, Jr. fights to delay
the posse intent on lynching some
foolish Congressmen who deserve a
fate no worse than defeat at the
polls.
It has been alleged that some
115 members of Congress, mostly
Democrats, have received cam
paign contributions and possibly
other gifts and favors from
Tonsung £*ark, a Korean business
man. In some instances it has been
charged that gifts were made in an
effort to influence votes on specific
legislation being considered by the
Congress.
The plot thickened when
Phillip Lacovara, chief counsel to
Chairman Flynt’s House Ethics
Committee, resigned in a huff,
charging that the chairman was
engaging in delaying tactics and
not pressing the investigation
swiftly enough to satisfy the
Common Cause posse.
Mr. Lacovara took off to
Europe to vacate and Congress
man Flynt said he was guilty of
acting like a pampered child at
times. The suspicion exists that
perhaps the resigned counselor
feels himself a modern day Custer
out for the scalps of Congressmen
rather than Indians. After all,
anyone who played a role in
bringing about a president’s
downfall, which he did as a
member of the Watergate investi
gation, shouldn’t be fearful of
tackling a few score Congressmen.
Common Cause, a self-styled
consumer’s lobby group, steps into
the picture and calls for Congress
man Flynt’s resignation as
chairman of the House Ethics
Committee. It is a call that is very
likely to go unanswered.
Since the South Korean
influence-peddling charge was first
A City Devouring Itself
Had the recent power black-out
in New York City, which lasted the
better part of a day, gone on for a
week or 10 days, the city might
very well have destroyed itself.
This is not a mass indictment
against the moral fiber of New
Yorkers, but an elemental state
ment of fact that the city has too
many people with too few hopes.
Given the opportunity afforded
by the Stygian darkness, the
huddled masses of the poor and the
hopeless struck out against the
authority they despise because it
represents to them something they
will never have. And so they loot,
and burn, and rob and terrorize a
populace that is forced to the safety
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made, the House Ethics Committee
has been busy compiling and
sorting information from a number
of sources that would substantiate
or refute the verbal indictment
brought against a number of
Congressmen.
It has been a task requiring the
utmost in tact and diplomacy, with
its overriding tones of foreign
policy commitments. It is not a
chore that can be solved by
ill-tempered blasts or self-seeking
cries for swifter action.
There is nothing in the record
to indicate that the Committee is
not pursuing its task with diligence,
dedication and the required
caution. There is nothing in the
public, or private, life of
Congressman John Flynt to
indicate that he lacks the vigor, the
intelligence, or the persistence to
pursue this investigation to its
logical conclusion.
We believe that Jack Flynt will
see this difficult assignment
through, as despicable as it must
be for him to see some of his House
friends and cronies nailed on the
cross of their own greed.
We believe that Jack Flynt and
his Committee will, after a
thorough and complete investiga
tion of all the facts, publish a list of
every Congressman who ever
received monies, or gifts, from the
South Koreans, with an itemization
of the amounts so received.
We believe that this is all the
American people want; no more,
no less. Armed with these facts,
they then can translate their own
opinions into votes at the next
election.
And we believe the American
public is willing to give the
Committee working on this delicate
task a reasonable length of time in
which to make, and report, their
findings. Those who shout for
instant answers in this matter are
being uncommonly unrealistic.
of a locked door.
New York City, like any major
metropolis, has too many people
who shouldn’t be there, who lack
the education, the training or the
skills to compete in a competitive
society.
In rural America, many of
them could be fashioned into
productive citizens, their lives
reshaped, their destinies lifted to a
plane they never dreamed as being
possible.
Someday, our leaders will
learn this and a move towards
rural resettlement will begin. But
perhaps it will take the destruction
of a major city before the light will
dawn.
***** JACKSON PROCRESS-ARCUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
The Last
Straw
BY
VINCENT IONES
Nothing can inject humor
into an otherwise serious
television drama like the
appearance of an expert
spectacle slinger who plays
his role right down to the last
cracked lens.
A spectacle slinger, for
those who have not observed
one in action, is the less
dangerous counterpart of a
gun slinger, and the tools of
his trade are a pair of
well-constructed eyeglasses.
Television will reach its
zenith on that long-awaited
evening when its two fastest
spectacle slingers meet in a
thrilling duel to see which is
the faster, monacle or
spectacle.
With reckless abandon and
rhythmic regularity, a spec
tacle slinger removes his
glasses, holds them at
“parade rest” in a stilted,
by-the-side position, and then
replaces them with speed
and dexterity born of long
practice.
When the situation is tense
and pathos abounds and the
picture tube flickers with
suspense, he will often
munch on the frame tips,
much as a rabbit nibbling on
lettuce leaves, with more
practiced aplomb but with
the same puzzled expression.
By using his own noggin,
the viewer comes to the
conclusion that this is
supposed to represent
thought, although why a
thinker has to be represented
as a plastics chewer is not
quite clear, even to those
nonthinkers of us who are
avid TV fans.
The dangers of such
unprovoked and unnecessary
eyeglass jerking are readily
apparent. Aside from the
mental distraction such a
practice might cause the
viewing audience—a minor
factor, no doubt—the possi
bility of a valued actor
suffering a punctured eyeball
or a lacerated ear is always
prevalent.
Viewing this current prac
tice of spectacle slinging with
approving eyes are the
opticians of the nation. The
constant removal, and re
placement, of their glasses
on television’s men of
distinction casts a mantle of
fraternal pride on those
televiewers whose eyesight
must be similarly boosted by
spectacles.
Aside from the good will
that accrues to the industry
from this practice, learning
the spectacle slinging art
surely must boost the
maintenance business of
opticians. It obviously would
require several cracked lens
and a number of broken
frames before one could
acquire the professional
poise and speed with which
the TV actors so casually
practice the art.
Granted that a man who
wears glasses needs the
respite that an occasional
removal from the face would
bring, the spectacle slinger
reaches the ludicrous on
television when he removes
his glasses to read his
company’s financial report
and replaces them to look
across the desk at a comely
caller.
Is the eyeglass, which now
comes in a variety of
assorted shapes and hues, to
challenge the cigarette as a
means of accomplishing a
studied nonchalance. If so,
then opticians may someday
have the entire population
outfitted with several pair to
fit the mood of any occasion.
To bring about such a
revolution, their pitch might
be something like this: Are
you a Libra? Then tilt your
scales with these onyx
frames in five delicious
flavors. Or perhaps: Does
the occult appeal to you? Be
mysterious—astonish your
friends—wear our lens when
you don’t need them, take
them off when you do.
Or perhaps a contest might
attract interest. How quick
are you on the draw? How
last can you remove your
glasses, place them on a
table, lens down, remove
your hand, rub your eye and
replace your glasses. A $5,000
A
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A Stroll Down.
Memory Lane
NEWS OF 10 YEARS AGO
Bob Considine, nationally
syndicated writer and co
lumnist, will be the guest
speaker at the Central
Georgia EMC’s annual meet
ing.
The Exchange Club of
Jackson, organized in 1947
with J. T. Beckham as its
first president, celebrated its
20th anniversary Tuesday
might and its president is J. T.
Beckham, Jr.
Rev. Bill Thomas, pastor of
Macedonia Baptist Church,
spoke to the Lion’s Club on
Tuesday. He showed slides of
his recent trip to Alaska as a
representative of the South
ern Baptist Convention and
Macedonia Church.
Tom O’Dell, an Auburn
University graduate, is now
associated with City Phar
macy as a registered
pharmacist
The two double tennis
courts at the Van Deventer
Youth Center are now ready
for play, according to Mack
Davis, director.
J. M. Boyd brought a giant
okra pod by the newspaper
office last week. It was 13
inches long and 10 inches
around.
Deaths during the week:
Mrs. Luther Byars, 54.
NEW S OF 20 YEARS AGO
C. A. Ogletree, Negro
county agent for Butts
County since 1951, has been
named Negro County Agent
of the Year for 1957 in the
State of Georgia.
Butts County was praised
for its “pioneering effort in
traffic safety classes” by
Tom Gregory, executive
secretary to Gov. Marvin
Griffin in an address to
Kiwanians Tuesday night.
Under the tentative teach
er allocation released by the
State Department of Educa
tion, Butts County will lose 10
teachers, two white and eight
Negro. Teacher allocations
are based on expected
enrollment.
The Jenkinsburg Baptist
Church will have a Home
coming Day on July 28th.
Rev. S. V. Cofield, eldest of
the former pastors, will
deliver the morning sermon.
Six members of Troop No.
80, Boy Scouts of America,
won honors and merit badges
at Camp Thunder last week.
They were Henry Ball, Jack
Baynes, Paul Beckham, Joe
Sellers, Lewis Freeman and
Donnie Faulkner.
Larry Washington, presi
dent, and Johnny Heath,
secretary, will represent the
Jackson FFA Chapter at the
Georgia FFA Convention
next week.
Deaths during the week:
Mrs. Gladys Attaway Kitch
ens, 60; Clyde Walker, 61;
Joseph Albert Townsend, 64.
NEWS OF 30 YEARS AGO
Miss Myrtle Whittimore
and Mrs. Howard Bailey
report they saw flying
saucers, or some strange
flying missile, in the western
sky on Saturday night.
Forrest E. Maddox, Jr. and
Melvin R. Strawn have
volunteered for three years
service in the U. S. Army.
Presentation of a charter
from the National Exchange
Club to the newly-formed
Exchange Club of Jackson
will be made July 24th at the
Foy Hotel in Indian Springs.
Charles Samuel Sims won
prize is being awarded to the
first person who can accom
plish this in .3 of a second.
Crazy? Yes. But pardon us,
we can't see the keys for
practicing the popular indoor
s|Mrt of spectacle slinging.
THURSDAY. JULY 29. 1977,
first place in the paint
demonstration at the 4-H
District competition in Car
rollton. Betty Hammond won
first place in the junior dress
contest. Other ribbon win
ners were Bette Thaxton,
blue, senior public speaking;
Barbara Greer, red, senior
dress revue; Betty Ann
Weaver, red, dairy foods;
Joyce Coleman, red, health;
Joan Stewart, red, junior
home improvement.
Funds are being sought by
the Eugene Talmadge
Memorial Commission to
erect a bronze statue of the
former Governor on the
Capitol grounds.
Mrs. Howard Greer was
hostess at the monthly
meeting of the Iron Springs
HD Club, presided over by
Mrs. O. A. Andrews, presi
dent.
NEWS OF 40 YEARS AGO
A trial flight on the Atlanta
to Miami air line was made
Tuesday, with a stop at the
Jackson airport from 2:50 to
3:05 p.m. If there is a
demand for this service,
regular flights will stop here.
The City of Jackson signed
a contract Monday night with
the Georgia Power Company
to provide electric current
for an additional five years.
Jeff Maddox, bailiff in
Coody’s District, was severe
ly cut and stabbed Saturday
afternoon while attempting
to quell a disturbance at the
Mt. Olive Church.
Thirty-six applications, 35
for old-age pensions and one
for aid to dependent children,
have been approved by the
Butts County Welfare De
partment, according to Miss
Elizabeth Towles, director.
Total benefits for these
applicants should amount to
$472.00 for the month of July.
Miss Pauline Reynolds, of
Hawkinsville, has been
named by the City Board of
Education to teach the fourth
grade in the Jackson public
schools.
George H. Mathewson,
local collector of memora
bilia, has a letter received at
the Jackson post office in
1830, three years after the
office was established. The
letter, written by B. B. Hunt,
of Ellijay, was addressed to
J. H. Ellington.
Deaths during the week:
James Madison Collins, 83;
Mrs. John Gunn, 91; Ray
mond Carmichael.
NEWS OF 50 YEARS AGO
Members of Jackson Chap
ter No. 54, R.A.M., and
Masons of the Community
will tentertain Masons from
II counties at the Sixth
District Royal Arch Masonic
meeting here next Wednes
day.
Friday, August sth, has
been designated Butts Coun
ty Day at the Georgia College
of Agriculture and a large
delegation of citizens is
expected to make the trip to
Athens.
Henry G. Wiley, agricul
tural agent in Butts County,
will make a radio talk over
the State College station on
August 4th at 1 p.m. on the
development of the pimiento
pepper industry in middle
Georgia.
Miss Jane Rambo, • of
Blakely, was the honor guest
at a beautiful party given
Friday evening by her
attractive cousin, Miss Mol
lie Watkins, whose guest she
is.
Announcement is made of
the closing of the Georgia
Grocery Store in Jackson.
Paul Tyler & Company and
the Butts Supply Company
111 night a part of the stock and
llic balance w<is shipped to
HyIkWRRI
By Mrs. Cindy Brown
This past weekend my
family and I had cause to be
down near Americus, Geor
gia. While we were in that
“neck of the woods”, we
decided to travel over to
Plains. Now frankly, I had
never been to Plains, but if
anyone were to ask me if the
trip were worth taking, I
would have to say yes. I could
not help but wonder, if one
day Plains would be as
well-traveled as Warm
Springs, Georgia.
Right outside the city
limits we spotted a sign
which said “Carter Family
Cemetery”. Yes, someone
had actually built a huge sign
to designate one of those old
family-type grave areas
which must have included at
best, ten gravesites.
As we entered Plains, we
were amazed at the commer
cialism which has so obvious
ly taken over: people even
had signs in their driveways
which read, “No turning
around here, by order of the
police department! ” Per
haps now you can see how
Jimmy Carter’s becoming
President has changed a
small rural town.
When we rode down one of
the main streets (there are
not too many main streets in
Plains) we noted a barricad
ed entrance with a guard
house on our right. At that
time we didn’t know exactly
what we had seen, but after
we came back through town
and had opportunity to look
at a map of the “city”, we
knew we had seen the
entrance to Jimmy Carter’s
TAKING TIME
Take time to live. That is
what time is for. Killing time
is suicide.
Take time to work. It is the
price of success.
Take time to think. It is the
source of power.
Take time to play. It is the
fountain of wisdom.
Take time to be friendly. It
is the road to happiness.
Take time to dream. It is
hitching your wagon to a
star.
Take time to look around.
It’s too short a day to be
selfish.
Take time to laugh. It is the
music of the soul.
Take time to play with
children. It is the joy of joys.
Take time to be courteous.
It is the mark of a gentleman.
Macon, it was stated.
Mrs. R. A. Franklin
entertained a group of boys
at a delightful swimming
party at Indian Springs on
Friday afternoon for her son,
Hiram Franklin, whose tenth
birthday it was. Eight boys
enjoyed this informal party,
which ended with ice cream
and cake served at the
Franklin home.
ruth at random
By Ruth Bryant
YESTERDAY AND TODAY
Yesterday, the sky was gray
The clouds, like fluffy cotton fields,
Were swaying gently through the day;
The sun was playing hide and seek
With shadows that were dim, but gay!
Today, the sky is azure blue
The sun, that's shining clear and bright,
Is bringing warmth to earth anew;
And clothing all the flowers with
In esses of brilliant sparkling dew.
home. Yes, there ARE maps
available of Plains. By
looking at the map, you can
tell where Miss Lillian lives,
where the Carter home is,
and of course, where Billy’s
service station is. Would you
believe that we actually saw
bumper stickers reading, “I
bought gas at Billy Carter’s
service station?”
We had a picnic lunch in
the middle of Plains—most
appropriately the kids had
peanut butter sandwiches,
which peanut butter was
purchased from “The Nut
House”, a Plains own and
operated business. The park
seemed to be brand-new and
we got a good view of the
Depot upon which Jimmy
stood and spoke, after being
elected.
Also from our “park view”
we saw the many tour buses
available and more especial
ly “The Blue Ribbon Spe
cial”. (You board it at guess
where? Yep, Billy’s service
station.) The tours cost $2.50
and $1.50. I personally
thought that a bit steep for a
town the size of Plains, but
there were evidently plenty
of people who did not. And
Cars! We saw cars from all
over the United States.
Many, many people were
having their pictures made
beneath Peanut or Carter
signs.
Actually, I thought Plains
was a lovely town and it
seemed a bit sad to me, that
such a pretty town had been
changed so much. It made
me wonder if the Plainsmen
thought the price paid was
too high.
FIGURES DON’T LIE BUT
LIARS FIGURE
SOMETIMES
Each year has 365 days
If you sleep 8 hours per
day it equals 122 days
This leaves 243 days
If you rest 8 hours per
day it equals 122 days
This leaves 121 days
There are 52 Sundays in
each year 52 days
This leaves 69 days
If you have day off
each week 26 days
This leaves 43 days
If you have two weeks vaca
tion each year 14 days
This leaves 29 days
If you have ' 2 hour for
lunch each day 28 days
This leaves 1 day
Minus Labor Day, when
no one works l day
Actual work time
in year 0 day