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Politics On Parade
By SID WILLIAMS
Following the extra-long ses
sion of the General Assembly —
caused by the two-week recess—
politicians around the Capitol are
seeking a rest from one of the
most strenuous sessions in years.
Some of them may not get a phy
sical rest, but at least they are
trying to get their minds off poli
tics for awhile.
Governor Vandiver and his
Executive Secretary, Peter Zack
Geer, were two, though, who had
no chance to relax. The legisla
tors had been gone only one day
when these two plunged into the
celebration of the War between
the States Centennial, which was
highlighted by a Centennial Ball
and the second premiere of
“Gone With The W nd.” Stars
from Hollywood had to be en
tertained, and a thousand and
one last minute details complet
ed. The celebration was most suc
reesful, however, and the Gover
nor and Mr. Geer, who is Chair
jenan of the Centennial Commit
tee, can be proud of Georgia’s
leading role in the 100 year ob
■ervance of the great conflict.
Governor Vandiver is expected
to take a vacation shortly, after
signing last Thursday the last of
thu bills to be passed in that
portion of the Assembly before
the recess. Other bills can await
•his return.
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A tiny penny looks mighty big
when it buys electric service
WHO SAYS a penny won’t buy anything
nowadays? Certainly not the person who
spends it for electricity and considers the
value received.
Just one cent’s worth of electricity will
light a 100-watt lamp for five hours or wash
three tubs of clothes. The lowly penny will
keep your refrigerator cold for 12 hours or
whisk the dirt from 16 room-size rugs.
Through the years the trend in the price
of electricity has been downward. Today you
get nearly three times as much electricity for
your money as you did 30 years ago.
Just think of the ways that electricity
works for you — from the first perk of the
electric coffee maker in the morning until
the last light is flicked out at night. Then
think of the low cost.
Any wonder the little penny looks so big?
TAX-PAYING • INV£STOR-OWNEO
GEORGIA POWER COMPANY
A CITIZEN WHfAf Vf It W t $fK V I
The 1961 session of the Assem
bly will go down as perhaps the
most memorable in the history
of the state. It passed laws pro
viding for peaceful desegrega
tion of Georgia’s schools, follow
ing a hectic two weeks of events
transpiring from the admission
of two Negroes to the University
of Georgia. Legislators, also found
themselves in the midst of a
power struggle with the governor
over the State budget, which end
ed in a complete victory for Van
diver.
However, in spite of. the bit
terness engendered from both
hassles, the Assembly finished its
40-day session on Monday, March
6th, in a spirit of harmony and
good fellows’hip. Governor Van
diver, in his last day address to
both House and Senate, was re
ceived warmly and applauded
heartily in his praise of legisla
tors.
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Looking toward 1962 politics,
the most significant event tran
spired in the House just follow
ing the Governor’s speech. Speak
er George Smith, who had been
on the opposite side from Van
diver and Geer in the Appropri
ations fight, introduced Mr. Geer
to the House as “one of the
state’s leading political figures,”
and members almost brought
WHEELER COUNTY EAGLE, ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY. GEORGIA
down the Capitol dome with their
standing applause. It was a dis
tinct tribute to Peter Zack’s
ability and integrity, and, most
certainly, to his popularity with
these representatives from all
over the State, who recognize the
fact that Mr. Geer is the leading
candidate for Lieut^»ant-Gover
norw in '62.
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Atlanta Newspapers, Inc. tried
to play the agreement to inte
grate lunch counters and restau
rants i n a number o f Atlanta
stores, including Rich’s, Davison’s
and the larger variety stores, as
a “compromise.” It was no such
thing, but, instead, was a com
plete “Surrender.” A matter can’t
be called a compromise when one
side gives the other exactly what
it wants.
According to published reports,
the stores will integrate their eat
ing facilities after the schools
are intregrated, presumably in
the fall. The Negroes agreed to
stop their boycotts and illegal
sit-ins.
Many Georgians are wondering
why these stores gave up the
fight, and right when it seemed
to be won. The United States
Supreme Court had just handed
down a refusal to review a sit-in
conviction in Florida, and, ap
parently, were going to take the
position that these are State mat
ter's, to be handled under State
law.
So, why the stores surrendered
now is hard to understand, ex
cept for the fact that all of them
except Rich’s are controlled in
the North. An article in the New
York Times on February 19th
stated that the other stores would
have integrated a long time ago,
except that Rich’s would not
agree. What brought this great
store to its knees is hard to fig
ure.
The answer may lie in the fact
that rumors are circulating per
sistently that Rich’s is in pro
cess of being sold to Allied Stores,
a national outfit.
It is a fact, however, that of
ficials of Rich’s were most down
cast when they had to inform
their employees of the surrender.
One lady buyer told us that an
executive of the store had tears
in his eyes when he broke the
news.
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We know already of many per
sons who have stated that these
Atlanta stores will get no more
WALTON'S
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Will Buy, Trade, or Sell
Contact
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Call Collect 4151
VIDALIA, GEORGIA
Cherokee County
THRIVING BROILER |ndustry
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Cherokee County, once covering most of north Georgia, was
acquired from and named for the Cherokee Indians who in
habited the area. Created in 1831, the original Cherokee
County land has since been split into 22 other Georgia coun
ties. Cherokee now occupies 414 square miles with a popula
tion of 22,000. Canton, the county seat, owes much of its early
development to the efforts of R. T. Jones, grandfather of the
famous golfer, "Bobby” Jones. Mr. Jones was instrumental
in establishing a bank, marble finishing plant and textile mill
there. Other towns in this north central Georgia county in
clude Woodstock, Holly Springs, Nelson, Waleska and Ball
Ground. Today, Cherokee is one of the foremost counties in
Georgia in the development of the broiler industry. Over 90%
of the county’s farm income comes from this industry.
In Georgia counties where the sale of beer and ale is legal,
the United States Brewers Foundation works constantly to
assure their sale under pleasant, orderly conditions. Believing
that strict law enforcement serves the best interest of the
people of Georgia, the Foundation stresses close cooperation
with the Armed Forces, law enforcement and governing officials.
|f I nited States Breuers 1
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y inrmu Aiiama,c^r^ j
■, business from them. One may
expect Georgians from all over
i the state to return their credit
: cards and confine their buying to
i establishmetns who have not run
I up the white flag.
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; One question in the minds of
■ many is this: Will Mayor Willie
B. Hartsfield allow peaceful pick-
I eting by whites when the Negroes
I start using the eating facilities,
as he allowed the Negro students
• to picket, or will he have the
t whites arrested? Knowing the
; Mayor’s record on the issue, we
> would guess that he’ll figure some
i way to have segregationists ar
• rested or moved off the picket
I . lines.
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' I Congressman James C. Davis
i and ether loyal Georgians and
>: Americans have warned for a
■ j long time that the doctrine of
’ Communism is being infiltrable
1 ; into our schools. Prof that he is
’ right lies in the statement of an
1 , Atlanta teacher, who told his stu-
I dents recently, as they were be-
[ 1 ginning a study of Russia, that
: they “should listen with an open
I mind, they might prefer a social
! istic form of government to a
I democracy.”
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Prediction of the week: Mayor
> Willie B. Hartsfield will NOT be
• a candidate for re-election this
> year, but will support State Rep
resentative M. M. “Muggsy”
I Smith.
SCOTLAND
! Mrs. Lucille Kemp of Hazle
। hurst is visiting Mrs. H. S. Wim
berly and Mrs. J. M. Wimberly
• this week.
Mrs. L. N. Harbin and Mr. and
Mrs. Jim Dobbs visited Mrs. Har
bin’s sister, Mrs. J. O. Adams in
. Leesburg, Fla. recently.
The Rev. and Mrs. Albert Ev
ans Jr. and daughter Renee of
■ Warner Robins were week end
guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Ash
ley.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold McDonald
of Jacksonville, Fla. spent the
week end with their parents, Mr.
‘ and Mrs. John McDonald.
, Visiting Mr .and Mrs. Lester
Johnson Sunday were Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph C. Stewart of Alma;
Mrs. Arlin Barlow and son Greg-
. ory of Jacksonville, Fla. and Mrs.
, Wayne Rae, of Warner Robins.
Traveling
Through Georgia
By: TOM SELLERS
Special Guest Columnist
(Editor's Note: This column is
guest written by an outstanding
Georgia newspaperman, Tom Sel
lers, columunist on the staff of
the Columbus Ledger. Mr. Sellers
a!lso is chairman of the Colum
bus-Muscogee Civil War Centen
nial Committee, sponsor of the
event which he describes. This
is the first of a two-part series.)
The Gallant City
In three great wars, the city
of Columbus, Georgia, has played
a brilliant role in the history of
the United States.
Mighty Fort Benning was es
tablished here in World War I
and reached its pinnacle in World
War 11, when more than 100,000
men and officers graduated from
the famed Infantry School and
went on to spark armies fighting
around the globe. The superb air
borne arm of the Army was born
on this sprawling post, and such
immortals as Generals Dwight D.
Eisenhower, Omar Bradley and
George S. Patton held commands
at Benning.
But for a time now, all eyes
in Columbus are centered on the
Civil War, and during the cen
tennial years 1961-65 the city will
look back to its most tremendous
experience.
An original historical drama
“The Gallant City” will be staged
in Municipal Auditorium the
evenings of April 26 and 27 at 8
o’clock. Visitors will see throngs
of local citizens playing towns
people of the war era, dressed in
mid-nineteenth century costumes.
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Bearded, gray-clad soldiers will
march, and the roar of bitter
battles will crackle across the
auditroium floor.
Sponsored by the Columbus
and Muscogee County Civil War
Centennial Committee, “The Gal
lant Ciity” is a community pro
ject in which some two dozen
local-dubs and organiaztiong will
participate. The cast will num
ber in the hundreds.
The pageant will mark the cli
max of a centennial observance
now well underway in this area.
A famous old militia unit, the
Columbus Guards, has been re
organized with authentic mus
kets and swords, tailored Con
federate uniforms and original
trappings dating from the birth
of the outfit in 1834. On Febru
ary 13, this year, the Guards
served as personal escort for
President Jefferson Davis in the
re-enactment of Davis’ inaugura
tion at Montgomery, Alabama.
This was history repeating it
self, for the Guards had per
formed the same role exactly a
century prior to that moment.
A beard-grewing contest spon
sored by’ the centennial commit
tee is being held for men of the
Chattahoochee Valley. The win
ner will be announced on the
first night of the pageant in
April. First prize is a SSO savings
bond (Union type) and the Led
ger-Enquirer Company will pre-
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JONESBORO-HEART OF
“CONE WITH THE WIND” COUNTRY
The Confederate flags are flying high over Atlanta this week.
The city is alive with excitement as her own “Gone With the
Wind” is being premiered for the second time.
After a Confederate parade on Wednesday, the Centennial
Ball on Thursday, the world’s premier of Margaret Mitchell’s
great Southern story is again being shown in Atlanta. Notables
such as Olivia deHaviland, Vivien Leigh, Thomas Mitchell, David
O’Selznick and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. were guests of the city for
this occasion.
And 20 miles south of Atlanta is Tara—home of our heroine
Scarlet O’Hara. Though always denied by the author as being the
locale of her story, her descriptions and geographical location of
the Southern mansion lead to this doorstep. Age-worn Tara stands
nobly, echoing her past when the cotton was high and times were
good. O’Hara Street is a lonely dirt road just off Hwy. 41 South
toward Lovejoy. Turning right the vistor sees a small cemetery
which may possibly entomb some of the O’Hara family. One mile
down the road on the left is Tara. Even the old well which was
used during those days remains. And the ruins of the plantation
overseer’s house are there, as if waiting for the return of its
master.
The picturesque mansion of Herman Talmadge in Lovejoy
is thought to have been Twelve Oaks in “Gone With the W'ind”—•
home of Ashley Wilkes.
One of the least publicized but most important of all fights in
the South was in Jonesboro and Clayton County. The last hope for
Atlanta exploded with the fall of this town on September 1, 1864.
Many historical houses and buildings stand as living evidences of
the battle. In the business district of the city is a 2-story brick
courthouse used during the War. The Blalock home downtown was
used as a Confederate commissary and later as a Federal Hospital.
Driving up North McDonough Street, we turn right at John
son Street to the Confederate Cemetery. Over 600 Confederates
and a few Federal soldiers lie buried “in a common grave for un
common heroes.”
The V arren house on a hilltop on West Mimosa Drive just off
Hwy. 54 in Jonesboro, still as spacious and as gracious as a
hundred years ago, was used as headquarters by General Howard
of the Federal Army. The upstairs of this building was used as a
Federal hospital. Names of Illinois soldiers written on the walls
can still be seen.
Jonesboro is one of the most untouched of the War Between
the States battle areas. Even the old store fronts stand with a
dignified air, their half-buried cellars having sheltered many
during the battles.
On your way to Atlanta for the “Gone With the Wind” movie,
Jonesboro invites you to relive her glorious past. Drive by and see
these sites and markers. They are worth the few extra miles.
by Laura Anderson
FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 1961
sent a trophy to the winner.
Efforts are underway to raise
a sunken Confederate gunboat,
the “Chattahoochee,” which was
scuttled some 25 miles below Co
lumbus at the close of the war
in 1865. The Georgia Historical
Commission has approved the
project for a Confederate naval
museum in Columbus if the boat
can be salvaged and state funds
secured for its upkeep.
The Columbus Museum of Arts
and Crafts opened a Civil War
exhibit on March 1, including
relics of well-known people cf
the period and original drawings
of gunboats built here. And on
April 29 and 30. the Garden clubs
of Columbus will sponsor shows
in the Civil War theme at the
museum and in one of the beauti
ful ante-bellum home of the city.
"Keep Wheeler County Green'
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