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OUT ON A—
LIMB
by Bo McLeod
Here we go with a new ap
proach- :
Gov. Scranton stays Senator
Goldwater has forfeited his
right to the GOP nomination
because he admitted in an in
terview with a German maga
zine that “as of now’” no Re
publican could defeat Presi
dent Johnson. The governor
claims the senator can't win
if he doesn’t think he can, so
he has no business- being a
candidate, with such a hope
less outlook.
Maylbe so. You’ve got to
think yoa can do it before
you can do it. On the other
hand, it’ll take more than
confidence to defeat Johnson.
If Scranton considers him
self as> strong enough to be
elected in November, he has
no business in the race, eith
er, on the grounds that too
much confidence is a liability,
too.
—o—
don’t remember every
poltical campaign, so it may
be that I have overlooked it
in the past, but I can’t recall
one when a political platform
concerned itself with whether
a certain law was or was not
constitutional.
I’ve read several weird it
ems in party platforms, but
don’t remember a precedent
for the one Scranton, Rocke
feller and a few others want
ed, for the Republicans to
have a plank in the platform
stating the party’s belief that
the Civil Rights law is con
stitutional-
There’s enough of politics
in the Supreme Court, let s
keen the court as far away
from the platform as we can.
—o—
can depend on Georgia
to lead the way into the age
of wonders, and here we’ve
done it again:
Georgia is the first State m
the nation to have its entire
constitution declared uncon
stitutional. That’s what the
courts did to the new one the
General Assembly was work
ing on.
This was done before the
new document was completed,
so the contents of it were
not a consideration in the
case.
The federal judges knew a
head of the day of court that
they would rule out the pro
posed constitutional, so why
didn’t they sound off sooner,
before the State wasted so
much money in the extra ses
sion? This was clearly a bad
case of sloppy work by the
judiciary, so let’s send them
the bill for what the extra
session cost!
That escaped convict nam
ed Ben Mathis was captured
in Enterprise Saturday after
noon, and I am certainly glad
of it. A few more days of ru
mors, reports and ‘manhunts*
would have put a lot of us in
bed with exhaustion of back,
body and nerves.
Ben was caught in Enter
prise by a negro deputy, and
as far as we know he never
did cross the river into Geor
gia. Well, all we have to do
now is go out and catch all the
other convicts folks saw over
the county.
Understand some of the
men around town are still go
ing off at night a lot, “looking
for the convict.” Now they’ll
hav< to find another excuse.
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VOLUME XLVI
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NEW PASTOR —(At the recent session of the South Georgia An
nual -Conference, the Rev. Asbury B. Walton was appointed to
the Brinson charge which consists of the Methodist churches in
Brinson, Cedar Springs, Jakin, Iron City and Trinity, four miles
soluith of Donalsonville. The Rev. John M. Hayes, former pastor was
transferred to the California-Neveda Conference.
The Rev. Mr. Walton, a native of Bremen, Ga., graduated from
Young Harris College and West Georgia College, and is in hi sec
ond year at Candler School of Theology. He served the Unity Cir
cuit at Roopville, Ga., and the Gay Circuit at Gay, Ga., both in the
North Georgia Conference. He comes to Brinson from the newly
formed Asbury Methodist Church in Albany.
The Rev. Mr. Walton is married to a native of Albany, the
former Miss Eleanor Howard. They have one child, Merri Lynn,
age 3 I|2, and are expecting a second child the end of July.
Agricultural jobs still in lead but
report says ‘nonfarm’ moving up
THE 13-COUNTY Southwest Georgia area features a strong
agricultural base and a burgeoning manufacturing com
plex, according to a stu ’y just released by Georgia Tech’s In
dustrial Development Division.
The report, “Highlights oi
the Economy of South
west Georgia Area,” ura.yzes
the problems and potentials
of the 13 counties represent
ed in the Southwest Georgia
Area Planning and Develop
ment Commission. These are
Baker, Calhoun, Colquitt, De
catur, Dougherty, Grady, Lee,
M i 111 er, Mitchell, Seminole,
Terrell, Thomas and Worth.
Agriculture, with 21 per
cent of all area workers in
1960, still predominates in the
area, despite a 50 per cent
loss in agricultural jobs dur
ing the 1950-1960 decade. In
1960, agricultural workers
outnumbered manufacturing
workers in all but two coun
ties, Dougherty and Thomas.
The report indicates that
manufacturing jobs, 17-3 per
cent of the 1960 total, will
overtake the area agricultural
jobs by the end of 1964. How
ever, farm production is high,
livestock production is in
creasing, and agricultural ac
tivity will remain a vital fact
or in the area in the forsee
able future.
Other leading employment
categories in the area are re
tail trade (14.4%) and per
sonal and recreational serv
ices (13.7%).
While there is considerable
diversity to the area’s resi-
Official Organ of County of Seminole and City of Donalsonville, Georgia
DONALSONVILLE (GA.) NEWS THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1964
dent manufacturing activity,
much Ox it is related to sea
sonal, .ow wage industry, the
report levels. Food and kind
red products, furniture, lumb
er and wood products, textiles
and apparel accounted for
more than 75 per cent of
manufacturing employment
in 1960.
The Southwest Georgia a
rea had a net loss of 898 jobs
from 1950 to 1960, primarily
because of the disappearance
of 16,726 agricultural jobs.
| But most of the losses in agri
culture, forestry and whole
sale trade were offset by
gains in all other employment
sectors, the report shows.
The 13-county area still is
a relatively low income, thinly
populated section, accordinl
to the Tech study. Although
the region represents more
than nine per cent of the
state’s land area, it has less
than seven percent of its resi
dents and only five per cent
of Georgia’s total income.
Compared with its share of
Georgia’s residents, the area
is deficient in total jobs, man
ufacturing jobs, bank depos
its, wholesale and retail sales,
and sound housing units.
The study concludes with
identification of five econom
ic development opportunities
Continued on back page
Effort begins to secure approval of
a watershed for Fish Pond Drain
AN ORGANIZATIONAL meeting to launch efforts toward
a new watershed project along Fish Pond Drain was held
here Wednesday, and instigators of the move hope the result
will be a solution to the drainage problems that have plagued
Donalsonville for many years.
The area to be effected, if
the effort is successful, . in
cludes 55,000 acres, mostly in
Seminole County, with parts
in Early and Miller counties.
The chamber of commerce
of Seminole County sponsor
ed the meeting attended by
city and county officials, sup
ervisors of the Flint River
Soil and Water Conservation
District, farm agency officers
and other interested citizens.
Clarke Mosely was elected
temporary chairman of the
effort and Perry Walker is
serving as secretary. These
men will serve until perman
ent officers are elected later.
R. P- Armstrong, Seminole’s
soil conservationist, says the
project is based on a law pass
ed in 1954, in which Congress
authorizes assistance in flood
prevention, drainage, recrea
tion and soil conservation in
projects too large for individ
ual landowners to handle. To
bring the law into action, lo
cal people must organize and
make a request for the feder
al money, Armstrong explain
ed. City and county govern
ments in the area involved
must participate as sponsors
of the preliminary requests,
and in the financing of the
project, he added.
As a result of this first
meeting, requests will made
for the federal government to
make a preliminary survey of
the proposed route, then re
port on approximate costs in
volved, details of location, ac
reage, routing, etc. From this
a study will be made by local
governmental bodies and the
board of supervisors of the
soil and water conservation
district. If they approve, the
proposal will be submitted to
the agricultural committee of
Congress.
A similar procedure result
ed recently in the approval of
a watershed project for Dry
Creek in Early, Miller, Deca
tur and Seminole counties.
Actual work on the Dry Creek
project will begin ths month,
Armstrong said.
Armstrong siays it will prob
ably be several months before
final approval of the Fish
Pond Drain watershed is
made and work is started- It’s
worth waiting for, however,
because the project offers re
lief from the lack of drainage
in Donalsonville, as well as
in other parts of the counties
involved. Beginnng in the
southern portions of Early
and Miller counties, the wat
ershed will follow the natural
route of Fish Pond Drain and
should furnish sufficient out
lets for drainage >to end the
backing up of water at the
intersection of U.S. 84 and
Georgia hiway 39, in Barber
town and Porterville, at the
$3.00 a Year in Advance
i city’s sewerage disposal plant,
Highlands subdivision and
many other places, he ex
plained. It would carry those
waters down the drain into
Ray’s Lake near FDR school.
Also attending the meeting
were members of the South
west Georgia Area Develop
ment Commission. The board'
of directors of the Flint River
Soil and Water Conservation
district moved its meeting
from Albany to Donalsonville,
to participate in the planning.
Among the out-of-iown peo
ple at tne meeting were M. G.
Driskell and Lan Olson, eng
ineers of the state highway
’ department; Bill Reagan, vVuI
liner and Mac Sloan, Miller
' County; R. G Middleton, E. R.
’ Pullen, J. M. Flanders, Al
bany ; Reid Anu.ews and
Donald K. Stewart, Calhoun
‘ County; Judson Mayfield and
Continued on buck page
PELHAM QUITS RACE FOR
PILCHER SEAT
State Senator Glenn Pel
ham has withdrawn from the
Sept. 9 Democratic primary
for the Second District Con
gressional seat held by J. L.
Pitcher, who is not seeking
re-election.
Pelham notified The News
of his decision to retire from
the race this 1 week.
Pelham’s withdrawal leaves
six candidates in the race for
the office.
Still in the running are
Maston O’Neal of Bainbridge;
Harry Wingate, Jr., Pelham;
C. B- King, Albany; David E.
Jones, Sylvester ; James Key
ton, and W. C. Tuck both of
Thomasville.
In a statement to The News
this week, Sen. Pelham 1 said,
“I am' indebted to the many,
many fine people throughout
the second district who pledg
ed their support to me. I will
always remember the acts of
kindness and assistance on
my behalf.”
“There are no hidden rea
sons for this decision,” he
continued. “I am 1 impressed
by the large amount of finan
ces needed to complete the
race . . legislative independ
ence is a necessity for effec
tive representation, I am l a
fraid that independence would
be seriously threatened by the
acceptance of needed cam
paign contributions. Then,
too, the political dimate hov
ering over the state since the
first of May is not inducive
to a campaign of total hon
esty. I cannot misrepresent
myself to the people of the
i district.
“I will probably accept a
[ position out of the district
which has an unusual appeal
s to me,” he added.
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