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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2017
THE JACKSON HERALD
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50 Years Ago
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The Jackson Herald.
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OFFICIAL ORGAN OF JACKSON COUNTY
JEFFERSON. GEORGIA JACKSON COUNTY. 30549
Wednesday, Oct. 18, 1967
(HAND JURY TURNS SHERIFF
jlfER TO GOV.: RESIGNATION
4 ts Referendum
Alcohol
(proposed By
Jrand Jury
PERRY’S FATE
BEING EYED
9.
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on legalizing
salt of alcoholic
Jick^on County
by (he grand
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„ jrind W "« m -
art «* l, ‘*" on
MiT « »« s, *" d -
Tjnxj, who in many
j -rdOTKi many of
well, would not
otce*«0 our f »nd
fw k knowingly failed
|^j oeglcctcd to cn
’ pertaining to
tgfcUDcatinf liquors "
1 . }U ch a referendum
will be called is up to the
Jackson County Board of Roads
and Revenue Chairman L. J
Lyle said today he opposes
legalization and “would have
to think about" the possibility
of letting the people decide
the matter.
"I'm opposed to it and al
ways have been." he said.
"Just because they sell it at
Pendergrass and Arcade
doesn’t make it nght."
Chairman Lyle said he was
unaware of the grand jury's
recommendations and did not
know- whether the board
would discuss the matter when
it meets Thursday.
and Jury Presentments
1 oiaND jt’RY
Jg5ENTMENTS
SUPERIOR COURT
55? RECESSED TERM.
1967
ifrzttrt of the Grand
r fe August Recessed
, Jt7 of Jackson Su
• Cnrt wish to thank
Mirk Dur.ahoo. Solici-
mnl C. Wesley Chan-
H ill other officers of
kr kr their assistance
N ferfornuncr of the
rf t&e Grand Jury
:♦ Grand Jury, find
q mestigation of the
» «f the laws of this
inciting the illegal
tarjticating liquors, and
Mggattion of the con-
fftrnff L G Perry of
Cwcty in enforcing
ft this State relating
■hng liquors, that
trR been continuous
■* isolations of the
to the sale of
■l liquors in Jack
throughout the
<sffKe of said L G
^ 'hat said Sheriff
^0 has knowingly
crassly neglected to
' y li»s of this Stair
' 4 the sale of intoxi
W»
of said ultimate
**• ^e Grand Jury,
* Sheriff Perry has
'! <»iled and grossly
to enforce the laws
reUtmg to the
liquors in
respects:
to) '
r, lf has had actual
I 11 1***1 the
^ 1967 of the
of operations of
2? *nd Albert
10 Ihe illegal talc
K®* toquors in or
^rgrasa.
Jackson
intoxicating liquors who did
not do business with said A C
(Cliff) Park, while failing to
arrest or harass persons on
gaging in the illegal sale of
intoxicating liquors who ob
tained their supplies of goods
from said A C (Cliff) Park
(c)
Sheriff Perry knowingly,
willfully and in direct disre
gard to his sworn duty as
Sheriff failed to execute an
order of the Superior Court
ol Jackson County, issued from
Ihe Bench on May 23. 1967.
and reduced to writing and
filed in the office of the Clerk
on May 26. 1967. but effective
May 23, 1967. said order being
a padlock order against cer
tain buildings at the residence
of A. C. (Cliff) Park and a
building known as the "ycl
low house” from which said
A C. (Cliff) Park and said Al
bert Funderburk engaged in
(he illegal sale of intoxicating
liquors. Said order was not
executed by the Sheriff until
August 1967 after the death of
Floy d Hoard. Solicitor General,
and until officers of the Geor
gia Bureau of Investigation
disclosed that said buildings
had not been padlocked pur
suant to said Court order.
(P)
Sheriff Perry' knowingly and
willfully failed and refused in
May 1807 to turn over to the
State Revenue Department as
required by law certain liq
uors seized by said Sheriff and
other officers in a raid on the
buildings of A. C. (Cliff) Park
and Albert Funderburk, and
when later called upon in Au
gust 1967 to turn over said
liquors. Sheriff Perry turned
over liquors different from
those actually seized in the
raid on May 0. 1967.
(e)
Sheriff Perry, upon learning
*° do 40 f rom Solicitor Hoard of a pro-
k ,rn *ral and the posed raid on A. C. (Cliff)
Park and Albert Funderburk
on May 7. 1967. informed said
Park of said Impending raid
so as to give said Park and
said Funderburk the oppor
tunlty to remove liquors and
ether alcoholic beverages from
the premises of Cliff P* r ^
and from said "yellow house
prior to said raid.
<0 ■ ,
Sheriff Perry knowingly,
willfully and Ip direct disre-
intoxicating gard of his rfworn duty as
Sheriff rnrourtted crrUW
known boollmiftr. lo enter
the liUfineM ot Ijellin* intowl-
* ♦••mu and the
4 ,r ny look no
fj rr «t wld A. C.
a fretted Albert
» W'
, "tentr, 3 ltee
r kt * 1,Cn in any way
* “npede or hall
^ '«luor tale.
X, * alluded with
O said a C
kW J™*** ‘he il-
I
C-Mr. end
‘ "< hi. office
• ‘*ra*» person*
The pov-Mhility loomed to
day that Sheriff I. G Perry
might resign his post.
lie was definitely consider
•ng the matter.
And Sol Gen G Wesley
Channell made no secret of
Ihe fact (hat he hoped this
would happen.
"I would welcome that even
luality,” he said “It would
save everybody a lot of trou
Lie and expense.”
The GBI said its reaction to
such a possibility would lx*
"favorable.”
If the sheriff should resign,
there would, of course, be no
hearing before the governor
The sheriff was asked point
blank early today if he plan
ned lo resign He said thr
matter was "being rolled
around" and that a statement
might be made later in the
morning However, at that
lime he said he had decided
to personally sample opinion
and do a survey over the
county before issuing a state
ment. The sheriff said be
would make "a full and com
plete statement" within a few
days.
The sheriff and his wife
were conferring with a Cain
csville lawyer. Jack Carey,
who says he is a personal and
long time friend of the sher
iff.
County under the auspices of
the Sheriff and subject to ob
taining their supplies from
said A. C. (Cliff) Park
<*>
Sheriff Perry destroyed or
otherwise disposed of without
execution a search warrant
against Albert Funderburk
authorizing a search of prem
iscs on which Funderburk al
legcdly had sold liquor illeg
ally. said warrant having been
obtained by state and federal
revenue agents. At the same
Vfme. said Sheriff directed the
execution of another search
warrant against another per
|on which had been obtained
by the same agents and pre
sented to the Sheriff al the
same time.
We ask that a certified copy
of the foregoing presentment
be transmitted promptly to
Ihe Governor of Georgia for
such action as he sees fit ac
cording to law.
We also find and recom
mend that a referendum
should be held as soon as
practicable to d e t e rminc
whether the majority of the
people of Jackson County fa
vor the legislation of the sale
in package stores of beer and
other alcoholic beverages. We.
the Grand Jury, recommend
that the sale in package stores
cf beer and other alcoholic
beverages in Jackson County
be legalized, and wc express
the view that had such sales
already been legalized. Sheriff
Perry, who in many respects
performed many of his duties
well, would not have made
necessary our finding that he
knowingly failed and grossly
neglected to enforce the laws
pertaining to sales of Intoxi
cating liquors.
Wc recommend that legis
lation he introduced in the
I960 General Assembly plac
ing the Solicitor General of
the Piedmont Judicial Circuit
on a salary, and authorizing
needed administrative and in
vestigative assistance for the
office of the Solicitor General.
(Continued on Pa»a 7)
Until Dec. 4
Criminal
Week Of Court
Postponed
The criminal week of Jack-
son Superior Court has been
postponed from next week un
til Monday. Dee. 4.
The court was delayed a
second time because of the
possibility of a hearing in the
near future, perhaps next
week, before the governor on
charges that the sheriff of
Jackson County had failed to
enforce the laws pertaining to
Ihe sale of intoxicating liq
uors The week had originally
been scheduled for mid-Au
gust but Ihe rntire session
was postponed at that lime
because of the death of Sol.
Gen. Floyd Hoard
In the event a hearing were
held before the governor, the
solicitor general’s presence
would be required there and
he could not be present for
court here, it was noted in
Judge Mark Dunahoo's order
delaying the court term.
The same grand jury and
same traverse jurors would be
expected to serve in Decem
ber. court officials said.
The civil phase of court was
expected to end today but it
appeared likely the grand jury
would meet again tomorrow
on indictments.
Succeeded Brooks
Perry Took
Office Three
Years Ago
Sheriff L. G. Perry assumed
office three years ago. sue
eroding John B Brooks, who
was convicted in Atlanta of
auto theft law violations.
Perry is a native of Jackson
County who obtained the nick
name. "Snuffy” while serving
for 13 years as a snuff sales
man for Helmc Company
He was born al Nicholson
and attended Piedmont Col
lege and the University of
Georgia. He is a veteran of
World War II and was long
active in the Veterans of For
cign Wars and American Le
gion. having served as Ninth
District VFW commander and
as chief of staff for the state
VFW. He is a past state di
rector of the Junior Chamber
of Commerce and a P*'t pr«**
ident of the Commerce Jay
cce*.
The sheriff also had taught
Sunday School at the Com
merce First Baptist Church, ix
a Mason and a Uon. His wife
it the former Sara Jo Gordon
and they have two sons. Greg,
a sophomore at the University
of Georgia who wants to be
come a lawyer, and Steve, a
sophomore at Commerce High
School.
A Jackson County grand jury — accusing
Sheriff L. G. Perry of “colluding with and
conspiring with” A. C. (Cliff) Park and Albert
Funderburk in the illegal liquor and beer busi
ness here—this week tossed the fate of the aher-
iff into the lap of Gov. Leater Maddox.
A public hearing ia expected to be act up in
Atlanta by the governor when he retuma from
a conference Friday. The hearing may be held
next week.
If the governor ao decides, he can remove
the sheriff from office.
SHERIFF L. G. PERRY
Two Days
Spent On Matter
S. Jackson P-TA To Sell
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The Herald as a money-raising project
They will get $1 on each new or renewal
Klihsr-rinh'nn wild
The history-making Jackson
County grand jury convened
at 9:30 a m. Monday in the
high-ccilinged courtroom in
“Jefferson
There was a moment of si
lent prayer in tribute to the
late Sol Gen. Floyd Hoard,
introduction of the new solici
tor. G Wesley Channell. in
troduction of the new court
reporter. Mrs. Annie Adams,
and the organizing of the
grand jury. Allen Phillips was
chosen by his fellow jurors as
foreman. The judge's charge
followed.
And then the grand jury
went downstairs to its room
on the first floor of the court
house. The new solicitor spent
some time with them.
At noon, he held a press
conference on the lawn of the
courthouse, announcing that
he would ask the grand jury
to lock into the activities of
Sheriff L. G. Perry, as well as
crime in general in the
county.
He stressed that "at this
time" the matter relating to
the sheriff was purely a civil
matter and the sheriff's al
leged civil malfeasance.
"I take no position at this
time as to whether there will
be any criminal prosecutions
growing out of the informa
tion which wc have, hut if
there are to be. they will fol
low the normal procedure of
accusation, indictment and
In Commerce
Color TV
To Be Given
At Plaza Center
A color television set will
he given away by Ihe mer
chants al the Commerce Plaza
shopping center on Nov 25. il
lias been announced
•You must be present to win
Register with any merchant at
the center . there I* no ob
ligation
The TV i* a GE console
model with Spanish styling.
295 square inches of viewing
area and Is made of selected
hardwood with pecan veneers
All buildings at the center
are now open and stocked with
plenty of Christmas merchan
disc, leaders announce
The stores Include Goodyear.
Interstate Service Station.
United 5 and 10. Waco's Dept
Store. Western Auto and Wil
lie’s Thrift wav
trial." the- solicitor said.
He reiterated this morning
that he has no position at this
time on whether there will be
criminal prosecutions in this
connection.
In the meantime. Sheriff
Perry released a statement
early Monday afternoon in
which he said. "I have done
r.o wrong."
The grand jury interviewed
numerous persons during its
two-day meeting on crime in
the county and the activities
of the sheriff. Among them
were 10 Georgia Bureau of In
vcstigalion agents, a federal
revenue agent, two slate pa
trolmer., a federal deputy
marshal and several "civil
ians." including Vemer Kidd.
Cecil O'Kelley. Hugh Turk.
I .a mar Kidd, Tom Johnson
and others.
Finally, the sheriff was
summoned at 1 40 p m. Tues
day. Wearing a dark suit,
white shirt and tic. he spent
20 minutes in the grand jury
room. His face was grim both
when he entered and when he
left and he made no comment
afterwards a* to l r * n '
spired inside.
Some three hours later, the
grand jury indicated it was
ready to make its present
mcnls Civil court had been
recessed upstairs and so the
grand jurors went to the
courtroom to read their f»nd
ings in open court before
Judge Mark Dunahoo Sheriff
Perry, his wife and one son
sat on a bench in the front
part of the courtroom during
the reading by Foreman Allen
Phillips of the findings.
Plans were made to trans
fuit a copy of the present
ments to the governor and to
further postpone the criminal
week of Superior Court. And
then the Jurors were recessed
until 9 a m. Wednesday when
they would take up the mat
ter of indictments
The sheriff and his family
went to Ms office and closed
the door.
Whether criminal rharges
against the sheriff will grow
out of the matter remains to
be seen. Sol Gen G Wesley
Channell said today he has
"no position" on that at this
time. He had stressed Monday
when announcing plans to pro
vide the grand jury with in
formation about the sheriff
that the matter at that time
was strictly a civil one.
The grand jurors returned
their presentments late Tues
day afternoon after two days
of hcanng testimony about
criminal activities in the coun
What would happen in
the event Jackson County
should find itself without
a sheriff, either through
removal by the governer
or by resignation?
The ordinary would ap
point a temporary sheriff
who would serve until a
special aloctioei could be
calltd. according to Sol.
Gen. G. Wesley Channell.
A 20-day notice of such
an election is required.
ty and about the sheriff.
In a statement Monday,
Sheriff Perry said. "I have
done no wrong.”
The grand Jury said Sheriff
Perry' "knowingly failed and
grossly neglected" to enforce
the liquor laws of the state
It accused him not only of
colluding with and conspiring
with Park—and Funderburk,
but also of informing them of
the impending May 7 raid in
which both he and the late
Sol. Gen. Floyd Hoard took
part.
The grand jury' also accused
the sheriff of failure to pad
lock the Park and Funder
burk places at the proper
time. It further said Sheriff
Perry in August turned over
liquors different from those
actually seized in the May 6
raid.
It accused him of harassing
bootleggers who did not buy
supplies from Funderburk and
Park.
21 of 23 Grand
Jurors Sign
Presentments
Twenty-one of the 23 men
serving un the Jackson Coun
ly grand jury this week signed
the presentments on Sheriff
L G Perry
Not signing were S R Black-
stuck and John White
A 34 year old Commerce
banker. Allen Phillips, was
foteman of the grand jury He
is rice president of the Com
merce Fir>t National Bank a
nttive of Brunswick and a
Methodist
All 23 jurors are white men
and all had been drawn for
the August term that was re
cessed after the death of Sol.
Gen Floyd Hoard
In addition to Phillips.
White- and-lilac knock, other
members cf the history mak
mg grand jury were Hal M
Nix. William Wright. P J
Roberts Jr Harold G Ward-
law. Forrest L Hagan. Quil
ban Smith. Arthur W Riddle.
W. W Daniel. Grady Smith.
Gus Johnson. Hoyt Harbm. L
P Bright. Hoyt Purcell. Hoyt
Fleming. Joseph O Waters
Sr.. Jack J Ward. Garnett L
Martin. Elmon Farmer. Joshua
F Pirklc. John R House
Bailiffs for the grand jury
—named by the sheriff—were
Ralph Phillips and J IL
White, both of the West Jack
son County area
The grand jury room is lo
cated on the first floor of the
courthouse and only one of
the two doors to the room
was used This was the door
to the main hall Both bailiffs
sat or stt.od on duty there
It was Phillips who went for
the sheriff when he was called
by the grand jury.
Take Profit
From Criminals,
Urges Judge
Take away the criminal's
profit. Judge Mark Dunahoo
urged here Monday.
Criminal* do not operate
merely for the fact of com
mitting crime*, he told the
grand Jury in a hard-hitting
rhirce.
"They engage in these acts
fer the money made and you
and every grand juror sucecd-
ing you in this county should
make it absolutely clear that
there is no profit for the crim
inal in the Jackson County
area." he continued.
"It has been demonstrated
again and again that gang
sters who are making money-
will harass, threaten, intimi-
drtc. corrupt, terrorize and
finally resort to the most bru
til murder* in order to con
tinue their unlawful activi
ties." Judge Dunahoo added.
He urged the jurors to
"take a thorough look at law
enforcement generally" in the
county and to “look with ex
treme care" into the crime
situation here.
The judge’s charge followed
the resumption of Jackson Su
perior Court which was inter
rupted August 7 by the bomb
slaying of Sol. Gen. Floyd
Hoard.
A moment of silent prayer
in memory of the late solicitor
general opened the resump
tion. with the courtroom of
spectators and lawyers stand
ing.
In hl» lengthy charge, the
judge noted:
"I would like to call vour
No Indictment
Sought At This
Time On Death
Sol Gen G Wesley Channell
said this week he does not
plan to seek an indictment of
anyone al this lime in con
r.ootion with the death of
Floyd Hoard.
The GBI has disclosed, in
the meantime, (hat ihe brand
and type of cap used in the
dynamiting death has been
“positively identified."
It was noted that fragments
found at the scene of the kill
ing have been identified as a
certain brand and type by the
State Crime Laboratory.
No further details were re
leased.
attention to the fact that on
three previous occasions the
court has called to the atten
tion of the grand jurors. GBI,
State Patrol. Revenue Agents,
solicitor and sheriff and warn
ed against the establishment
of illegal liquor and beer
kings and dynasties being op
erated openly in Jackson
County.
"I charge you. gentlemen,
that with this prevalence of
crime in our midst. I am more
distressingly alarmed that' en-
(Continued on Pago 2)
Commerce awards bid
By Ron Bridgeman
The Commerce City Council unanimously
awarded a bid to Griffin Brothers for the installa
tion of water and sewer equipment for the Diana
Food project in Banks County.
The construction will cover the water lines,
sewer lines and pump station to serve the entire
park.
The contract is for $1.8 million.
Installation is expected to be completed in late
spring.
Three bids were received on the contract. The
other two bids were from RDJE in Newnan for
nearly $2 million and Site Engineering of Atlanta
for $2.3 million.
The contract also includes three lift stations for
the sewer system. Those lift stations are the bulk of
the contract - about $645,000.
The contract includes installing more than
10,000 feet of sewer mains and more than 4,900
feet of water lines.
A separate contract will be for constructing the
pre-treatment for wastewater at the plant.
SIGN ORDINANCE
The council also delayed action on proposed
changes to the city sign ordinance.
The ordinance was tabled until the November
meeting. Council member Bobby Redmon said
the council should have a “conversation between
us about what we’re comfortable with.” He said he
has questions about the “temporary signs” portion
of the ordinance.
He mentioned, but did not provide details, about
a provision that would limit yard signs to one per
parcel and another section that would limit signs
for 30 days of each 90 days. That provision would
primarily cover business signs.
Redmon said the council did not ask enough
questions at the work session Oct. 2 when the ordi-
for water, sewer work
nance was discussed.
Tim Redmon, a regular commenter about city
business, told council it should reject the ordi
nance. He referred to a provision that signs must be
12 feet from the property line or from the edge of
the street as a “free speech exclusion zone.”
He said that provision would be “a violation of
my rights” and “likely a violation of your oath of
office.”
Redmon also objected to the provision of one
sign per parcel and to a prohibition about putting
signs on trees.
OTHER BUSINESS
The council:
•approved a lease agreement with South State
Bank on the new fire truck. The city will pay
$174,067 over 10 years at an interest rate of 2.874
percent. The truck cost $469,000. The city received
a federal grant to pay for most of it.
•agreed to a one-year contract with Pike to install
gas mains. The contract is for $57,400.
•agreed to seek a CHIP grant for $600,000.
The grant would provide $300,000 each for house
renovations and new construction. The city has
improved 15 houses with past grants that were
received through Jackson County.
•accepted a donation of 1.26 acres from the
Hardman Foundation that will be used in the
Southside Pressure Project. Mayor Clark Hill said
the land will be in two tracts, one that will be used
and one the foundation wants to get off its asset list.
•approved a wine permit for a farm-to-table din
ner Nov. 2. The dinner will benefit the city's farm
er's market. It will be co-sponsored by Northridge
Medical Center and the Downtown Development
Center. Tickets are $50 per person.
•agreed to close Pine. Little and Oak streets Dec.
2 for Hometown Holiday events and Washington
and Elm streets Dec. 3 for the Christmas parade,
•re-appointed Jon Massey to the city’s recreation
Arcade OK’s business license
The Arcade City Council unanimously approved a new business license at
last week's city council meeting.
Paul Nemoga was approved for a business license to operate Paul Nemoga
Home Improvements located at 57 Carlton Way. Jefferson.
City administrator Debby Mockus also announced Monday night that three
roads, Woodland Hills, White Oaks and Oak Hill have been paved.
ALDI warehouse expanding
A M King, a fully integrated Design-Build firm, has announced its third
project for discount grocer ALDI at its Jefferson location. The new cold storage
distribution center will boost the company's existing perishables space, provid
ing the ability to offer a larger selection of high quality products at a low cost
and spur overall company growth. Construction may be completed by May.
A M King will build 55,000-square-feet of perishable expansion and renovate
100,000-square-feet of existing perishable areas. The project will also include
renovation of the employee welfare areas and adding docks on the backside
of the dry warehouse for special buy items. Sustainability initiatives include
conversion to LED lighting, and installation of a white roof and VFDs on
refrigeration equipment.
“The owner has requested that we fast track this project to meet required
product release dates,” said Carl Morse, A M King senior project manager. “We
are also focusing on a major interior renovation, specifically in the perishable
area, that will house ALDI’s expanding line of products.”
Rabid skunks found in Jackson County
Jackson County leaders recently confirmed two rabies cases, one on W.E.
King Road and the other on Woods Bridge Road.
Two wild skunks were taken to local veterinarians and tested positive for
rabies. Dogs that came in contact with the skunk on W.E. King Road weren’t
up-to-date on their rabies vaccinations and are under a six-month quarantine
watch. The dogs that came into contact with the skunk on Woods Bridge, how
ever, were up to date on their vaccinations.
Jackson County Environmental Health encourages residents to: be sure that
pets (including dogs, cats and ferrets) are current on rabies vaccinations: avoid
any wild animal exhibiting unusual behavior such as aggression, lack of fear of
people or appearances during odd times of the day; and report any incidence of
bites from any animal to the Jackson County Health Department.