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Don’t Be a Political Dropout
Will you be a political dropout on
August 8?
On that important date, the voters
of Chattooga County will be called upon
to select those persons who will repre
sent this community in local government
.for the next four years. And, in conjunc
tion with other voters, they will help
select nominees on a multi-county and a
state level.
Since nomination in the primary-on
a county level-is tantamount to elec
tion, it is important that those candi
dates favored on August 8 represent the
voters’ point of view.
There is a lot of homework to be
done. Local and state issues should be
analyzed, discussed, and decisions wisely
made.
Voting is one of the most important
duties of citizenship. Each of us should
make an earnest endeavor to fulfill that
obligation.
It is often a difficult task to decide
on the candidates of one’s choice, and
many conflicts are inevitable. It is not
easy to choose between one’s friends.
But in these days of changing times,
when so many important issues are at
stake, it is imperative that we take a
good look at the candidates themselves:
Let’s Keep It in Chattooga County
One of the offices to be voted on in
the August 8 Democratic primary is that
of district attorney of the Lookout
Mountain Judicial Circuit.
For the past 19 years, a native Chat
toogan has filled that office in a fair and
respected manner. And we can see no
reason for a change.
Earl (Bill) Self is experienced,
capable, dedicated, and honest. And he
is a man we can count on. He is admitted
to practice in all Georgia courts, U. S.
District Court, and the U. S. Supreme
Court. During the years in office, Bill
Self has continued his legal training at
every opportunity. In 1970, he wasgrad-
Other Editors Say
(Marietta Daily Journal)
Mud-slinging is a time-honored
political custom, and candidates who
shade the truth and constantly misquote
statistics should be classed right in there
with the down-to-earth mud-slingers.
Os course, we the public, are guilty
also—for accepting any and every accusa
tion aimed at a public official as “prob
ably true”-or if we know for a fact it is
untrue, chalking it up to “politicians’
talk.”
A prime example of careless dis
regard of facts is a statement by State
Rep. Larry Thomason directly quoted
by the Marietta Daily Journal May 4.
Thomason, who is running for the
Public Service Commission, said, “We
don’t need all these utility increases.
Actually, there could be a rate decrease
if they would stop spending so much
money on advertising. Why advertise
when you have a monopoly?”
“When people pay their electric
bills,” Thomason went on (literally!), “I
doubt that they realize that 25 per cent
of it is going to cover advertising ex
penses of the power company.”
It is not likely that The Daily Jour
nal misquoted Thomason (though it’s
been known to happen!) since he made
similar statements in the Bartow County
Herald-Tribune a couple of days later,
and in the Georgia Collegiate Press,
among others.
Now really, Mr. Thomason, 25 per
cent? The largest percentage of total
revenue being spent on advertising we
could find in financial statements of the
utilities presently under PSC jurisdiction
was 2.17 per cent-spent by the Ring
gold Telephone Company-which, by the
by, is one of 45 telephone companies in
Georgia. Did someone say “monopoly”?
All the rest of the companies, in
cluding Georgia Power Company,
Savannah Electric, Atlanta Gas Light and
United Cities Gas spent less than one per
cent of their total revenue on advertis
ing.
The young people attending the
Georgia Collegiate Press Association con-
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their character, their qualifications, and
their general stability.
The very framework of community
life is involved in the selection of these
candidates-the future of our children,
the judicious handling of an unprece
dented amount of tax monies, and
effective law enforcement, among
others.
We must make sure that those
persons nominated next Tuesday will be
those who will most effectively and con
scientiously serve the needs of this com
munity and our state. It is essential that
only those persons who faithfully reflect
the opinions and viewpoints of those
they are elected to serve be elected to
public office.
The responsibility of good govern
ment weighs heavily on the electorate. In
the end, the victors will but reflect our
collective wisdom at the polls.
There is more to politics than just
talk. Each one of us should back up our
talk with a vote. The only way you can
prevent becoming a political dropout is
to make sure that you cast your vote.
Go to the polls August 8. And vote
for the candidates of your choice. Your
vote IS important.
uated from the first College of District
Attorneys at the University of Houston,
and later became a senior faculty advisor
to the national college.
Another reason the people of Chat
tooga County should be interested in
keeping Mr. Self in office is that Walker
County (where his opponent lives)
already has both Superior Court judges.
If the office of district attorney goes to
that county, we would probably never
have it returned here.
Let’s give Bill Self a resounding vote
and keep him in office, and keep the
office of district attorney in Chattooga
County.
ference in Macon were intrigued with
Thomason’s report that 101 companies
have been given permission to wiretap
by the PSC of course.
“I want to know who those com
panies are, and I intend to publish it,”
Thomason told the students.
Too late, Mr. Thomason, Southern
Bell beat you to it—check page 12 of the
Atlanta telephone directory.
As a matter of fact, there are 101
companies with active licenses to use
“service observing equipment” furnished
by a telephone company. These devices
are used for training and quality control,
and were devised for the protection of
the consumer public, not for spying!
Thomason is particularly incensed
with a Georgia Power Company request
for a rate hike, which is presently “in
suspension” by the PSC—which means
they have about six months to study the
matter, have public hearings, etc., before
making a decision.
Thomason asked Gov. Carter re
cently to establish a committee to inves
tigate the power company’s request. It
seems to us that there is already such a
committee in existence-the Public Serv
ice Commission.
Georgians are accustomed, since the
days of ol’ Gene Talmadge, to hearing
“Georgia Power Company,” “big busi
ness,” and “All that’s evil” used as inter
changeable terms. Monopoly or not,
their public image needed to be im
proved, and if at the same time they
provide such a public service as their
beautiful environmental ad, “When a
bird calls, we listen,” we can’t fault
them.
As to the rate increase, that will be
up to the PSC, of course, which was not
created to turn down every request. The
PSC must act as a referee between the
rate payer and the company, trying to
insure best service at the lowest rate
possible for the consumer, and at the
same time permit the 55,000 Georgia
residents who have money invested in
state utilities to have a fair return on
their investment.
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A RECENT NATIONWIDE survey
conducted by George Gallup uncovered
an astounding and sickening fact. Ac
cording to the poll, 25 per cent of
Americans between the ages of 18 and
29 would like to leave the United States
and settle in another country.
It seems incredible that this could be
so. America, after all, has always at
tracted more immigrants than most
countries. Traditionally, we think of our
country as an international haven. The
Statue of Liberty adorns the entrance to
our largest port city, welcoming the
poor, the hungry, and the downtrodden.
What, then, are we to make of the
fact that fully one-quarter of the
nation’s adults under thirty would leave
if free to do so? I wonder at their
thoughts. What is it these young people
think they have here to “escape” from?
And what do they think they will find?
* * *
THEY WOULD “ESCAPE” from
the most exciting and successful experi
ment in government the world has ever
seen.
They would “escape” from a nation
which, when you get right down to it,
encourages them to have and express
dissenting views.
They would “escape” from a system
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AUGUST 6, 1942
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AUGUST 7, 1952
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AUGUST 2,1962
The Summerville Pony League All-Stars won the seventh district
championship here last night in a game against Lost Mountain ... A report
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which, despite its many imperfections,
gives to every citizen a greater voice than
in any other system known.
They would “escape” from a society
which is flexible enough to change, but
stable enough to carefully consider all
changes before it makes them.
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ON THE OTHER HAND, they see,
as we all do, a number of problems
peculiar not only to America, but
spreading all over the world.
Crime is on the increase. People are
becoming more impersonal and less
“together” (as the young people put it).
Government is growing larger but less
efficient. Individual rights are suffering
more abuse as time passes.
Leaving America will either cure
these ills nor spare those who flee. Those
who would leave the United States are
both deluding themselves and cheating
this country of needed help.
It is sad that such large numbers of
young Americans are not willing to pitch
in and do their part. Much vital talent,
imagination, and leadership ability is
being wasted. And in times such as these,
we cannot excuse those who deprive the
country which has given them so much.
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SOME DAY. HOPEFULLY SOON
Some day, it will again be popular to praise the
United States and the things for which it stands.
Some day, the people will be heard when they
express the fact that they are fed up with slurs at home
and abroad which challenge our goals and our in
tentions.
Some day, we will tire of the sedition that some call
“free speech,” especially from young “scholars” who
think they possess more knowledge than all the rest of
us.
Some day, our tolerance point will be reached on
the streets, where criminal actions are too often allowed
to erupt in the name of freedom.
Some day, we will refuse to stand for the insults to
our God by those pretending to start their own nar
cotics-inspired religions.
Some day, smut, Filth, dirt, and oddball behavior
will be condemned rather than condoned.
Some day, we will stop knocking capitalism, which
has given us individually and collectively the best ever
offered human beings.
Some day, we will take better care of our natural
resources instead of squandering them on sociological
slop.
Some day, Americans will stop pretending they can
never believe their elected officials.
Some day, we’ll demand that crime be punished as
it should be, so we can walk all our streets in safety, day
or night.
Some day, we will demand that our hard-earned
dollars not be given to support those who will not work
for themselves.
Some day, Americans will insist that we stop drift
ing and listening to those whose mental and moral
standards are less than we demand of those who want to
call themselves citizens of our country. Then we can
return to the principles which have made the United
States strong.
Some day had better come pretty soon to . . . pre
serve the America we love.
Some day . . .
We would like to express our thanks to Evans
Scoggins for passing along to us this message, which is
distributed by Textile Enterprises of Atlanta. Evans
like many other patriotic Americans-is deeply con
cerned with the trend of events in our nation today.
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CHATTOOGA CHARLEY SAYS.
“Taxpayers are the only people who work for the
government without taking a Civil Service examination.
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THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK
A statesman is made out of the right kind of timber
when he can lead the people out of the woods.-Greens
boro Herald
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ON THE LIGHTER SIDE
“Listen, Captain,” said the perspiring police officer,
“we’ve been giving this ventriloquist the third degree for
over an hour and a half, and a plainclothesman, three
cops, and a detective have all confessed to the crime.
Must we go on?”
THIRTY
Grace
Good News
By George Westbrook
WHY NO VICTORY?
We are informed that You
will make away for us to
escape our temptations. We are
instructed that sin shall not
have dominion over us. Yet,
Heavenly Father, many of us
who profess to be Christians
lack victory in our daily lives.
Since You cannot lie and You
have not failed, we ask You to
enlighten us as to why our
daily lives lack victory. In
Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.
Many professing Christians
are struggling along as defeated
as non-Christians. Why? In
many cases it probably is due
to their being non-Christians.
Lots of them just simply have
not been saved.
“If any man be in Christ, he
is a new creature: old things
are passed away; behold, all
things are become new,” says
the infallible Word of God.
Yes, it is true that many
who profess to know Christ
have only a profession and not
a possession of Christ. “Exam
ine yourselves, whether ye be
in the faith; prove your own
selves. Know ye not your own
selves, how that Jesus Christ is
in you, except ye be repro
bates,” states God in His word.
Are you still walking
“according to the course of
this world, according to the
prince of the power of the air,
the spirit that now worketh in
the children of disobedience?"
Thursday
OMMENT
By Woodrow Espy
You should check up on your
spiritual condition if you are
walking in this manner. Do not
be surprised to learn that you
are dead in trespasses and sins
and need to be made alive
spiritually, that you are lost in
sin and need to be saved from
sin, that you are without Christ
and need to receive Christ.
Have you honestly repented
and received the Lord Jesus
Christ? If not, do so now and
be truly saved
Perhaps you are already a
true Christian but lack the
victory that is possible in your
daily walk. Could it be due to
unbelief? Faith pleases God. In
Matthew 17, we learn that
Jesus rebuked His disciples due
to their unbelief. He said, “if
ye have faith as a grain of
mustard seed, ye shall say unto
this mountain, Remove hence
to yonder place; and it shall
remove; and nothing shall be
impossible unto you.” Nothing
impossible? Right, not even
victory in your daily life.
Could it be prayerlessness
that is keeping you from being
victorious? Yes, it could be. We
have not, because we ask not.
Christian Brother, since we
can do all things through Christ
our Lord which strengtheneth
us, we are without excuse. Let
us be honest and acknowledge
this. In complete dedication to
God let us be victorious
through Christ,
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