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• Forest Park Free Press-News, June 30, 1955
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FOREST PARK AND JONESBORO, GEORGIA
Forest Park Post Office Box 87
Jonesboro Post Office—Box 487
Phone: FAirfax 5811
Phone: Jonesboro 6641
Offices:
FOREST PARK REALTY CO. BLDG., 1138 North Main St.
ROOM NO. 6, CITY HALL. JONESBCRO
CLAYTON COUNTY PUBLISHING COMPANY
JACK TROY Editor and Publisher
E. W. VAN HOUTEN Associate Editor
MRS. CONNIE BROWN Society Editor
MRS. CORINNE BLALOCK . ; Society Editor
HERMAN E. TALMADGE . _ _ _ _ _ Columnist
MRS. PAULINE BRANYON . L 1777. Columnist
ZACH D. CRAVEY L Columnist
JOHN CURRIE Reporter
D. L. HOOPER Staff Photographer
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OFFICIAL PUBLICATION, CLAYTON COUNTY L2x£_JnZIIIQIB3QBI3Q
Herman Talmadge Says:
Did you know that American servicemen,
civilian employees and their dependents
stationed abroad have been stripped of all
their constitutional rights by a treaty ne
gotiated by the State Department, approv
ed by the President and ratified by the
Senate?
Most people are not aware of it, but that’s
exactly the effect of the infamous docu
ment known as the NATO Status of Forces
Treaty which the Senate of this nation ap
proved on July 15, 1953.
Article VII of that treaty grants to all
countries which are members of the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization, and Japan
“exclusive jurisdiction over members of a
force or civilian component and their de
pendents with respect to offenses relating
to the security of that state, punishable by
its law, but not by the law of the sending
state.
Constitution Overturned
In ratifying that treaty, the United States
Senate repudiated Article 1, Section 1 of our
Constitution which provides that “Congress
shall have power to make rules for the Gov
ernment and regulation of the land and
naval forces” and subjected all Americans
who are sent to foreign countries, whether
they be in uniform or not, to trial in foreign
courts and imprisonment in foreign jails.
In order that you might comprehend the
full import of this, let me quote for you a
passage from an article which appeared in
the June issue of the Judge Advocates Jour
nal, the official publication of the Judge Ad
vocates’ Association:
“The following is an incomplete list of
some of the birthrights and safeguards
which our men in uniform unwillingly for
feit when they are ordered overseas:
“1. No presumption of innocence, but a
presumption of guilt before trial.
“2. No provision for bail.
“3. No right to trial by jury.
“4. No burden of proof for the prosecu
tion to overcome.
“5. Not necessary to prove guilt beyond
reasonable doubt.
“6. No guaranty of a public or speedy
trial.
“7. No right of pardon or executive clem
ency.
“8. No privilege against self incrimina
tion.
You Can Have Greyhound—And the Dirty Smell Too
The years have passed ... a long time
between rounds with Greyhound Bus Co.,
whose belching buses create almost as much
highway stench as a stinking paper mill.
They must burn dehydrated goat's milk in
the gas tanks.
But here’s the point. Some years ago,
leaving St. Augustine, Fla., for Atlanta dur
ing one of the Crackers’ spring training
camps, the writer gave his typewriter to a
porter for deposit on the bus, and walked up
the street to collect a couple of souvenirs
for the kids.
Boarding the bus, and thinking surely the
porter had taken care of the valued old
typewriter, the writer slept to Jacksonville,
non-stop, and made the usual change of
busses for Atlanta. They didn't have any of
those through jobs then.
Although traveling non-stop, there was
no typewriter on that bus. It had vanished.
I had neglected to make the porter give me
a check slip, not having much time before
bus departure time, and part of it was my.
fault. But I didn't figure any Greyhound
porter was going to pilfer the machine, and
I suppose I was naive enough in those days
to believe any company would correct any
thing in which they were involved, and at
least partly at fault.
Greyhound did nothing. So I wrote a
column in longhand, a sentimental piece
about the old typewriter I had carried coast
to-coast in covering every type of sporting
event. I had the engraver engrave the
“9. No provisions for due process of law.
“10. No privilege of appeal.
“11. No provisions against cruel and un
“l2. No writ of habeas corpus available.
“13. No protection against double jeopardy
(G. I. Joe can be tried, acquitted and, at
least in Japan, retried as many times as
the authorities desire or remain unsatisfied
with a finding of not guilty).
“Under this unholy Status of Forces
Treaty our boys are denied the constitu
tional rights to which they are entitled in
proceedings under the Uniform Code of
Military Justice, and which rights their an
cestors fought and died to preserve. From
the time of the Revolutionary War and the
beginning of our Republic in 1789, until that
deadly day of July 15, 1953, no American
soldier, sailor, marine or National Guards
man was ever surrendered to any foreign
tribunal.”
Those who might choose to argue the
point cannot use as a defense that such dire
consequences will never come to pass be
cause they already have in at least two
instances.
Rights Given Away
In France two American servicemen were
sentenced to five years in solitary confine
ment for taking a joy-ride in a stolen taxi
cab.
In Japan the wife of a servicemen was
sentenced to jail for allowing a pan of
grease to catch fire on the stove in her
family’s quarters. (All oriental countries
have stringent fire laws because of the
flimsy construction of houses.)
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It is unthinkable that we should send
our young citizens abroad to protect their
freedom and then rob them of the very
freedoms they are protecting.
Every true American should rise in right
eous indignation against this grave injus
tice and demand that those responsible take
immediate steps to rescind it.
If we, as the strongest nation on this
earth, cannot protect the rights of our serv
icemen in foreign countries then we should
bring them home immediately.
Certainly we owe this much to the young
men of America who will be called upon, if
necessary, to fight and die in defending the
Constitution of this Republic.
—HERMAN E. TALMADGE.
whole doggoned column in longhand, and
I will admit that I blistered Greyhound for
its seeming indifference to my lost prop
erty. What it cost me to ride that bus from
St. Augustine to Atlanta was the equiva
lent of a plane ride from Atlanta to Cali
fornia.
Last week Greyhound was no less shift
less, when part of this paper was allowed
to remain in the Atlanta express depart
ment from Saturday night until Monday
morning. I made two round trips to the
printer in the meanwhile, and could find
no trace of the missing envelope. It was
resting cozily in the Atlanta Depot all the
time.
Counting long distance calls, time, trou
ble and worry, I figure Greyhound not only
added grey hairs to my head, but the final
bill for shipping a piece of correpopdence
150 miles amounted to about sls.
1 personally haven’t ridden a Greyhound
bus since St. Augustine days, and I don’t
take any stuff off those law-violating busses
on the highway, either. They’ll blow you off
the road if they can—traveling for the most
part beyond the speed limit, and one of
these days they're going to run into some
speed traps they don't even suspect. For the
safety of the fellow who has to drive a lot.
all state highway patrols should be castized
for allowing these smoke-belching monsters
to crowd behind a driver obeying the speed
limit, and daring him not to break the law,
cr get the hell over and let Greyhound
through.
RENEWED MESSAGE FOR THIS "FOURTH"
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WE ARC AGAIN <FACC TO FACE,
WITH THE KECESStTY or ASSERTING ANEW THE FUNDAMENTAL
RIGHT OF FREE MEN TO MAKE THEIS OWN LAM AS CHOOSE THEIR
OWM ALLEGIANCE, OB ELSE PERMIT HUMANITY T» BECOME. THE
VICTIM OF A RUTHLESS AMBITION THAT IS DLTEBMINEJO TO
DESTROY WHAT IT CANNOT MASTER* mmo.
Letters to the Editor
101 Birch St., Forest Park, Ga., 12 June 1955
Mr. Jack Troy, Editor
The Forest Park Free Press
P. O. Box 81
Dear Mr. Troy:
My doorbell rang the other evening, opening it I found two of
Forest Park’s volunteer firemen selling tickets to a bar-b-cue. I
wish them every success. But it brought forceable to my mind that
I have neglected this letter too long.
Within a few short weeks, we will be moving from this com
munity, in keeping with my husband’s profession—the military
life. I wish to take this opportunity to express my humble appre
ciation to such fine people as the men of the volunteer fire depart
ment of Forest Park. I have never had the need of their services
personally, for which I thank The Lord. But I have observed them
in action in the neighborhood on several occasions and seeing
them—their unselfish attention to duty—has made me feel quite
safe for my children and property.
Chief Butler and his men of the Police Department must ’be
mentioned too for their cooperation to my feeling of safety. Too
few men and too long hours does not lessen their high standard
of efficiency.
Also I would like to thank another public servant—Mr. Banks,
our mailman. He has never failed to smile, rain or shine, hot or
cold, when he brought our mail. As a housewife, I look forward
to a short break In homemaking when a cheery letter is at hand.
So to Mr. Banks, I want to express my deepest thanks for helping
me through many a routine-weary day.
Nor do I want to forget some of the local merchants for their
very courteous services: Jean’s Flowers, Smith Hardware, The Co
lonial Store on Main Street. The Forest Park Beauty Shop, Conley
Tire and Battery Texaco Station, Ware’s 5c and 10c Store—and
these only to mention a few. Association with each of these con
cerns has been most pleasant and rewarding.
So if you have the space in some future edition of your news
paper, It would please me to have these people know that their
kindnesses and cooperation have not gone unnoticed.
I am sure my husband joins me in wishing the City of Forest
Park every success and the people living here, every happiness.
Sincerely,
BETTIE R. MOHOLY
(Mrs. Joseph D. Moholy)
ATLANTA—June 16, 1955
Mr. Jack Troy, Editor
Forest Park Free Press
Forest Park, Georgia
Dear Mr. Troy:
This will acknowledge and thank you for your telegram of June
16th relative to taxes.
I am enclosing copy of the report of the State Programs Study
Committee, and copy of my address to the extra session of the Gen
eral Assembly, which outline the need for additional revenue.
With best wishes, T am
Sincerely,
MARVIN GRIFFIN
Dear Mr. Troy:
Thank you very much for the two tickets to the Cracker games
awarded our son, John L. Hulsey, Jr., in your “Find the Number
Contest.”
For quite a number of years we’ve all been Cracker fans, and
more recently fans of the Little League in Forest Park. Those tick
ets will enable us to have a very pleasant evening at the ball park.
Sincerely,
MRS. JOHN L. HULSEY
Dear Mr. Troy:
I was real glad to see our church notice from St. John’s in The
Free Press. However, the one you used is now out-dated and I am i
enclosing a new announcement for your use in the future. i
We appreciate your Including our notice in your paper as we !
have quite a few parishioners in Forest Park, Jonesboro and their
environs ... besides out-of-town visitors who will find this, and all i
of your church notices, a great convenience.
' Sincerely,
MRS. JOHN L. HULSEY
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Clayton County Views
7 I
BY MRS. PAULINE BRANYON
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Morrow, Ga. is an old lady :
now, but she isn’t feeling her ।
age a bit. In fact, she is perking i
up, has been incorporated, adds
more citizens all the time, and i
its present mayor. Aubrey Mitch
ell. can vouch that it is one .1
growing town. i
Morrow was named by the 1
Central Railroad for the late 1
Radford Morrow, a well-known
farmer who donated land for the
station—it was Morrow Station 1
then, and it was a re-fueling sta
tion for the railroad's wood-,
turning engines, and had a water
tank where the cantankerous
eritters took great swallows of
[ water.
, One of Mr. Morrow’s grand
sons. Joe Rad Morrow, still lives
in Morrow — look at the Mor-
I rows in one sentence. But the
first house built in Morrow, and
' incidently, the first brick home
* for over half a century, was built
: by Asmon Fuller. Later it be
came the Murfdy home.
Then came the families of J
, N. George, J. D. Murphy, J. Mar
tin Defoor, the Daniels, the Nol
! ens, and a few others, and built
■ a small town. The first store was
I built oy Raymond Hanes who
i sold out to young Joe Murphv
1 who kept the store all his life
, at the same place, and now one
। oi his sons keeps the same store.
Everybody adored Uncle Joe
Murphy, and his son, the
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younger Joe Murphy, is the effi- ,
dent head of the U.S. Social Se
curity Agency in Atlanta.
Murphys married Georges, and
Georges married Murphys, De
fers married Morrows and Dan
iels and Murphys, and the late
Si George was the father of our
own Tarp George. Their farms
spread out all over that end of
the county, and back of their
farms were the farms of the
Conine families whose land ran
halfway to Philadelphia church.
The late Ad Daniel established
a store on the other side of the
railroad, and ran it all his life.
His son. Milton Daniel, is a lead
er In that section now.
One of the finest and best
loved men of Morrow was the
late Rev. J. Martin Defoor, a
Baptist minister as well as fann
er. He preached at Tanner’s
Church for 37 years, Mt. Zion
Baptist, 20 years, was the sec
ond pastor of Forest Park Bap
tist Church,, and also preached
at a Baptist Church in Rockdale
County for 18 years. Those were
horse and buggy days, too, so
this clear man had to take long
Journeys to get to his flocks. He
never minded it, nor the weather,
and neither did his sons who
often went with him He was also
first pastor of the Hapeville First
Baptist Church of which my late
father was one of the three
founders. The Rev. Defoor mar-
From Where I
SELDOM
sit
By Lloyd
W. Lloyd Matthews (
Time marches on. Old age
creeps up. Here is M. F. Ham
mons who decides to slow down.
Stepping aside for a younger man
in his grocery business.
. Being just across the street
from me, he paid a casual visit
as he had done many times in
the past. But this time was dif
ferent—a more or less business
farewell. Now he is thinking cf
what to do next so together we
decided to organize a “Tired
Business Man's Club”, not RE
tired by far.
If this were, to materialize, I
wonder how many/ members we
would have.
FIRE COMMISSIONER
CRAVEY SAYS
THANKS FOR
JOB WELL DONE
Junior Fite Marshals and
Junior Fire Inspectors in the ele
mentary and high schools of
Georgia have completed another
year of outstanding service in
spreading the gospel of fire pre
vention.
As I have done in past years,
I wish to extend
my personal
thanks and ap
preciation to the
school pupils,
teachers and
public school of
ficials who have
| co - operated in
such splendid
fashion to con-
I tinue the sue -
cess of this pro
gram.
ZACK
CRAVEY
Now that summer is just
around the corner and schools
are closing, these Junior Fire
Marshals and Junior Fire In
spectors will face a new prob
lem. They must remember the
lessons learned in fire preven
tion and preach and practice
what they have learned through
out the summer months in their
homes and in their home com
munities.
Each individual has his re
sponsibility. Fire—"man's worst
enemy’ ’ — takes no vacations. To
fight fire, all of us must remain
ever on the alert.
That, my friends, I know you
will do, and from the bottom of
my heart I thank you for what
you have done to make Georgia’s
fire prevention program a pat
tern for many other states to
coj)y. I need not remind you
that you are the citizens of to
morrow. By developing intelli
gent citizens like you. Georgia
will become a safer plpce in
which to live and enjoy a safe
and sane existence.
The task and triumph of reli
gion is to make men and nations
true and just and upright in all
their dealings, and to bring all
laws as well as all conduct into
subjection and conformity to the
law of God—Van Dyke. "
ried more couples and* preached
more funerals than any other
man in this county.
One of his sons, James DeFoor
was legislative representative for
several terms. He also taught
school in the Morrow two-room
school for 23 years.. That elemen
tary school has been re-built, and
is now so crowded they have to
use the Community House along
with the school house.
There are now over 400 people
in Morrow, and they have a Bap
tist and a Methodist Church. The
new Baptist Church (the old one
was burned last year I is being
built on Morrow Road on Mur
phy land, and will be a modern,
large building with the educa
tional unit almost completed. It
will become one of the hand
somest church edifices in the
county.
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YOU SAID IT!
■ . ^By JACK TROY
I Somebody had to do it, and there isn’t a nicer fellow in a fami
! ly business operation in this area to become the first to offer cat
fish and all the trimmings—all you can eat—for the folks of Clay
ton County.
Many of you know him—Roy Ballance, Minit Inn, his wife and
son, a Little Leaguer.
Usually, Roy’s a step ahead in restaurant operation, as he has
run out of their ears. There’s no French in Roy, but he’s got just
a suggestion of garlic an^ onion in those luscious hush-puppies.
The“french fries are browned to a turn—and the catfish taste as
fresh as if they had just been yanked out of a stream.
All you can eat, friends—and I wouldn’t give it a better recom
mendation if I owned the place myself. Roy’s got a good deal at
Minit Inn, and as soon as everybody discovers about his catfish,
he may have to enlarge that fine dining room with the brass
lamps and music box.
If you don’t like catfish, you’re chicken—l mean, you can eat
chicken, steaks, chops, seafood of others kinds, etc. We’re proud
that Roy has given us a catfish place right here in our area, so’s
we can enjoy it.
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had a world of experience with
Mammy’s Shanty, Atlanta, in
Asheville, N. C., and other places.
In this case however^ Roy
mulled over the idea for some
time before putting in a sign
order with Ransom and Thurs
ton, those two energetic police
lads.
A couple of factors influenced
Roy, and now he has found that
a specialty item like this, togeth
er with his regular items, may
eventually serve him as well as
that popular spot over on the
Atlanta highway, where the
roads fork.
Folks who usually drove over
there to mingle with the Cadil
lac crowd now can relax in the
cool comfort of Roy’s beautiful
dining room, or in the booths in
front, and eat catfish until they