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Editorials
August Brought Changes
Along with a continuation of
drought conditions and a lack of
relief from the protracted heat
wave, August has ushered in some
changes in the City’s business
community.
It saw, for instance, the City of
Jackson sell its natural gas
distribution system to the Atlanta
Gas Light Company, who will
operate it under the trade name of
Georgia Natural Gas Company.
Already, employees of the Com
pany are making surveys of
existing lines and counseling with
homeowners on energy saving
measures.
Effective October Ist, the
Company will take over the system
completely, including billing and
collecting procedures.
The Atlanta Gas Light Com
pany has been a good corporate
citizen in every community it has
served. There is no reason to
expect their corporate image will
change as they begin serving the
City of Jackson.
After almost 23 years of
providing Ford products and
service to Butts Countians, Milton
Daniel has decided to make a
change and so, consequently,
Daniel Ford Sales, Inc. has become
Jim Mize Ford.
Jim Mize comes to town with a
solid record of achievement as both
a career Air Force officer and an
automobile dealer. He has the
background required to be a
Should the Jury Be Tried?
The mills of the legal God grind
slowly, and exceeding small is the
number of cases disposed of as
compared to the total number of
matters awaiting disposition.
This legalistic log jam is of
concern to the best minds in the
legal profession, who have studied
it and recommended changes, none
of which appear to be workable.
A layman looking at the
problem can glimpse quickly one
facet that would yield to some more
realistic guidelines being estab
lished.
It is difficult for the sideline
sitter, and the occasional juror, to
understand why, with courts
flooded with a backlog of cases, it
should take days, weeks, or even
months to select a jury in some of
the more highly publicized jury
trials.
Defendants, and plaintiffs, are
entitled to a trial in which their
constitutional rights are fully
preserved, but should this include
putting the prospective jurors on
trial and asking them every
The School Bells Toll
Although it isn’t taught to the
tune of a hickory stick anymore,
reading, writing and arithmetic
will be the order of the day,
beginning today.
The light-hearted, and undisci
plined. regimen of the past three
months must yield to the stern
realities of work assignments,
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successful small town Ford dealer
and his future in this field appears
unlimited.
When the announcement came
earlier in the year that Addison-
Rudesal would soon close their
Jackson plant, there was occasion
for concern over the jobs that
would be lost.
After a few weeks of suspense,
good fortune came our way in the
form of the Rommie Duboses who
are now operating the Edsol Tire
Exchange of Georgia, Inc. facility
in the old Addison-Rudesal plant.
They, and their employees, are a
welcome addition to the Jackson
business scene and we join the
entire community in wishing them
every success in their new venture.
A purchaser for the City’s gas
distribution system, a change in an
automobile dealership, anew
occupant for a large industrial
building, all major additions to the
Jackson scene that came swirling
in out of the heat and dust of a
miserable August.
The changes that August
wrought are made more palatable
by the fact that Milton Daniel and
Dick O’Hara, two valued civic
leaders who were most affected by
the changes, still continue to call
Jackson their home.
Certainly, August this year
changed Jackson’s business make
up considerably. We wish all of the
new corporate citizens much
success and a great deal of more
pleasant weather.
conceivable question, many of
which invade their privacy and
should not require to be dignified
by an answer.
It is the defendant on trial, not
the juror. If the defendant is so
concerned about the difficulty of
getting an impartial jury, then let
him refrain from committing the
crime that necessitated a jury
being chosen to judge his guilt or
innocence in the first place.
If the legal profession is
serious about cleaning up its own
house and speeding matters to and
through the court room, then let it
adopt a code of ethics on this
matter of questioning potential
jurors, and limit such questions to
not more than four each from the
contending sides.
The constitution guarantees
the defendant a trial by his peers.
But the constitution does not state,
and most certainly its framers did
not intend, that the jurors could be
placed on public trial by either the
defendant’s or the plaintiff’s
lawyer.
tests, and the adjustments to new
teachers and new friends.
It is a sad time for the happy
hours of play that have been
temporarily lost but a challenging,
and rewarding, time for those who
utilize this opportunity to reach
their MlV's goal.
THE JACKSON FROCRESS-ARGUS. JACKSON, GEORGIA THURSDAY, AUGUST 25. 1977
The Last
Straw
BY
\ INTENT (ONES
One of the more difficult
issues facing educators,
parents, church and political
leaders today is that of trying
to motivate, or remotivate,
today's children towards a
higher standard of moral and
ethical conduct.
Too often we see our youth
enthusiastically involved in
the off-beat issues, the
decriminalization of mari
juana, the legalization of free
abortions, the fight to
remove discrimination
against homosexuals, the
right to publish and read
pornographic literature or
the extension of the idea of
co-ed dormitories at colleges.
In many cases, our youth
not only champion these
causes but join adult leaders
in espousing them publicly
through demonstrations.
A nation cannot hope to
long remain strong, or free, if
its moral values die. The
fault one can find with many
of the issues that are now
proving so divisive in this
country is that they violate
the long-established codes of
moral conduct this nation has
set for itself and on which it
was founded.
The God of pleasure can
lead our young people to
nothing save destruction.
Self-gratification, the father
ing or mothering of a child
which the state will pay to
abort, or the bearing out of
wedlock of children to be
reared as the state’s pawn,
are violations of the Chris
tian ethics that are self
destructive.
God can not be mocked.
His laws are still the
supreme laws of this earth
and the whole concept of
Judeo-Christian ethics and
law are based on them.
But we, and especially our
youth, can be easily led to
believe that these laws are
outmoded and have no
applicability to today's
world.
The responsibility, anjd
obligation, of adults to rebut
such a simplistic, pleasure
bent philosophy is tremen
dous.
Fortunately, most of to
days youths are still
level-headed and still believe
and practice a rather strict
code of morality.
Possibly no other force
exerts more influence on our
youth than does television.
And although the medium
does offer much wholesome,
character-building entertain
ment. it is at its weakest
when it attempts to cover the
off-beat issues.
A two-minute interview
with a homosexual, or a
pro-abortionist, can permit a
one-sided argument that does
not offer any chance for
rebuttal. In many cases, the
truth is handled carelessly
and fabrications penetrate
the ears of the youthful
listening audience and are
accepted as the gospel truth.
The flesh being as weak as
we all know it to be, perhaps
the real blame for a turning
away from the moral code of
our forefathers should rest
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A Stroll Dowaa
Memory Lane
NEWS OF 10 YEARS AGO
The Citizens School BUs
Service, Banks Weaver,
president, will begin its
operation on September Ist.
Jackson High’s 26-man
football squad left Sunday for
a week's workout at Camp
Moultrie, with head coach
Loy Hutcheson in charge.
Mrs. Carmie Thrasher
Cochrane, formerly of Jack
son. received a Doctor of
Philosophy degree in clinical
psychology from the Univer
sity of Georgia on August
18th.
M. C. Wilkes, a lineman
with the Central Georgia
EMC. was fatally burned
while working on a pole
Friday afternoon on Georgia
Hwy. 16, west of Griffin.
Miss Susan Powell, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. M. L.
Powell, received her Bache
lor of Arts degree from
Mercer University in gradua
tion exercises on August 11th.
Mrs. Mildred S. Ballenger
was recently presented an
official commendation for
her work at the Atlanta Army
Depot.
Deaths during the week:
Mrs. Addie Grace Jones, 73;
Julian Hall Turner, Sr., 65.
NEWS OF 20 YEARS AGO
Grady Jackson, Jr., son of
Mr. and Mrs. Grady Jackson,
Sr., was elected president of
the Georgia Teen-Age Safety
with the parents and not the
child.
For we have glamourized
athletic prowess and reward
ed it fabulously, invoked the
doctrine of win at all costs in
our athletic contests, and
preached to our children the
right way to live while
practicing the wrong.
But the time does seem
right for a moral regenera
tion in this country, a
dedication to excellence not
only on the field of play but in
the classroom, home and
church, a recommitment to
the lasting values of life —and
not to its passing pleasures—
and the extension of a helping
hand to all who stumble, and
falter, in trying to live up to a
moral code based on excel
lence in all that we do.
The gutter snipes will take
over this country if we
permit it. Human nature
being what it is, the
temptation to fall is often
stronger than the will to rise.
The time to halt the trend
to moral decadence is at
hand. The battle lines are
drawn and the fight between
good and evil was never
more intense, or will never
be more decisive, than now.
Council during the Council’s
state-wide meeting at Middle
Georgia College in Cochran.
The organization of a
ladies auxiliary for Butts
County's VFW Post No. 5374
w as assured Friday when 20
ladies applied for a charter.
Approximately 2,000 at
tended the 20th annual
meeting of the Central
Georgia EMC at Indian
Springs State Park on August
13th.
Under the guidance of Mrs.
Cynthia Davis, HDA, 33 Butts
County women made a tour
through the North Georgia
and North Carolina moun
tains last week.
R. A. Allen and Harold
Cook will be installed as
deacons in the Jenkinsburg
Baptist Church in an ordina
tion service on August 25th.
Miss Roxie Mangham,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.
M. Mangham, was named
president of the Northwest
District of 4-H Clubs at a
recent meeting at the Rock
Eagle 4-H Club Center.
NEWS OF 30 YEARS AGO
J. M. Gaston has again
been named as president of
the Farmers Union Ware
house Company, with W. C.
Garr, vice president, R. E.
Evans, secretary and J.
Avon Gaston, treasurer and
general manager. Named as
directors W'ere J. M. McMi
chael, J. D. Brownlee,
DeWitt Singley and A. C.
Finley.
Thomas A. Nutt. Jr., son of
Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Nutt, has
been named to Phi Beta
Kappa, national honorary
scholastic fraternity. He will
graduate August 30th from
the University of Georgia
with a Bachelor of Arts
degree in Business Adminis
tration.
Mrs. Gladys Williams, of
Claxlon, has been elected as
librarian for the Jackson
public schools.
The rather unusual case of
a father and son serving on
the same grand jury is
presented in Butts Superior
Court this week where E. Z.
Carter and John W. Carter
are members of the grand
jury.
Judge Harvey Kennedy, of
the Flint Judicial Circuit,
will speak to the Exchange
Club of Jackson at their next
meeting. Spencer Johnson is
program chairman and ar
ranged for Judge Kennedy’s
appearance.
The Jackson Kiwanis Club,
with T E. Robison as project
chairman, has raised funds
to send a number of local 4-H
Club boys to the 4-H Club
Council meeting in Milledge-
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Deaths during the week:
Charles Boyd Lee, 78.
NEWS OF 40 YEARS AGO
Jackson, which has been
operating on daylight saving
time for several months, will
go back to Central Standard
( slow) time on August 29th, it
is announced by Mayor W. M.
Redman.
Attending the annual meet
ing of the National Rural
Letter Carriers Association
in New Orleans from Butts
County were Mr. and Mrs. N.
F. Land, Miss Marie Land
and Gordon H. Thompson.
Rev. E. L. Daniel, pastor of
the Jackson, Fellowship and
Bethany Presbyterian
Churches, granted a leave of
absence during the summer,
has returned home and will
resume his active duties.
The City of Jackson
announces the purchase of 15
lots and houses, one vacant
lot and a store building,
located mainly on Benton
and Mallet Streets, across
from the Southern depot, to
H. Deraney. The City
acquired the property a year
or two ago when it was sold
for taxes.
Miss Mary Walker and
Miss Margia Weems, of
Macon, have issued invita
tions to a few of their friends
here to attend a house party
this week on a small island
owned by the Weems on
Tobesofkee Creek near Ma
con. Among those invited
w ere Irma King, Sara Boone,
Roslyn Redman, Stewart
Head, Thomas Boone, Tho
mas A. Nutt, Jr., Jack
Suffridge, Ralph Carr and
Harry Ball.
Troy H. Vickers, a native
of Flovilla, has been named
postmaster at Crawfordville,
Gti.
Deaths during the week:
Walter F. Capps, 60.
NEWS OF 50 YEARS AGO
The Jackson Public
Schools will open the fall
term on Wednesday, August
31st. with Prof. D. V. Spencer
as the superintendent, suc
ceeding Prof. R. I. Knox, who
goes to Hartwell. Prof. T. J.
Dempsey, Jr. remains as
principal and athletic coach.
The Junior Calf Club met
Saturday afternoon, with
Miss Doris Maddox, vice
president, presiding in the
absence of president Don
Thompson. Miss Edna Ezell
gave a recitation and plans
for the fair this fall were
discussed.
A Duroc-Jersey sow owned
by O. B. Knowles gave birth
to 16 pigs last Saturday. With
nature providing feeding
places for only 12, four of the
pigs will have to be bottle fed.
Miss Lucy Jim Webb, a
ruth at random
By Ruth Bryant
LIKE A PRETTY GIRL
A poem’s like a pretty girl!
Like hers, the format must be trim,
The curves just right, the figures slim;
The words, like hers, must vibrant be,
With meaning fraught with honesty;
The rhythm must be light and gay
With rhyming in a natural way
ideas must be as fresh and bold
As any tale she ever told;
The ending, hinting of surprise
Must be as sparkling as her eyes;
With inner glow and-lovely face
Like hers, must lines havecharm and grace,
A poem's like a pretty girl!
missionary to China for the
past five years, gave an
interesting report to the
Kiwanis Club on conditions in
that country. Miss Webb is on
a year’s leave of absence and
is visiting her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. T. H. Webb, of
Blount.
The Rev. Augustus Ernest,
pastor of the Jackson
Methodist Church, preached
at the Monticello Methodist
Church on Sunday morning.
A former pastor of Monticel
lo, Rev. Ernest has many
friends there who welcomed
him back for a brief visit.
At the local Jersey Cattle
Club and Dairy Association
meeting on Saturday, Mr.
Frank Behnke spoke on the
creation of a livestock
shipping association to ship
Butts County livestock to
distant markets for better
prices.
Deaths during the week:
Mrs. S. L. Thompson, 76.
What Are You Building?
Isn’t it strange
That princes and kings,
And clowns that caper
In saw-dust rings,
And common people
Like you and me
Are builders for eternity?
Each is given a bag of tools
A shapeless mass,
A book of rules;
And each must make—
Ere life is flown,
A stumbling block
Or a stepping stone.
—R. L. Sharpe
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