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-THE PEMBROKE JOURNAL, Thursday, December 5, 1968
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JOURNAL
And HBYAN COLMMY
(Papers Merged December 29, 1967)
Published in The City of Pembroke Every Thursday
Frank O. Miller Editor, Owner and Publisher
•firs. Frank O. Miller Asst Editor
Official Organ of Brqan County and The City of Pembroke
More Funds for
Cities, Counties
Vital —Maddox
ATLANTA, (GPS) — Gov.
Lester G. Maddox continues to
campaign hard tor public sup
port ot his program to obtain
more state financial aid for
Georgia cities and counties,
which be contends is absolute
ly necessary to keep Georgia
moving forward.
His latest appeal was made
in a speech to the Forsyth
County Masonic Association's
recent "Ladies Night" meeting
in Cumming. Said the gover
nor:
“Georgia’s economy is vigor
ous and expanding . . . But con
tinued progress demands con
tinued payment, and while this
state has, in the past, lifted it
self up by its bootstraps, now
has come the time when the
boots have to be half-soled.
“If we want more industry,
more new schools, better state
services and greater opportuni
ties for all our people, we are
going to have to find addition
al state funds to help our cities
and counties.
"This isa long overdue step
that has been needed to bring
Georgia forward, and therefore,
I will ask the General Assem
bly for an amount equal to one
half of one cent of the Georgia
sales tax in state aid to cities,
and for an amount equal to one
fourth of one cent, or a mini
mum of (25-million, in state aid
to our counties.
“Our cities and counties are
desperate for funds to provide
the water and sewerage sys
tems, the roads, the schools,
the law officers and firefight
ing personnel, the recreation
and other facilities that indus
try demands before it will agree
to locate in a given commun
ity.”
Reemphasizing that “these
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Dymo wears the
all-electric label.
Dymo Products Company’s building in Augusta is all
electric. The famous Dymo labeler is made there.
The labeler comes in 20 models, in a choice of 21
languages, and with tapes in 26 different colors.
It is produced, assembled and distributed by 300
people working in Dymo's 100,000 sq. ft. all-electric
building. Electricity lights, heats and cools. Powers
automatic packaging and high-speed injection molding
equipment. Does just about any job short of thinking
itself. So the people at Dymo do their jobs better.
Georgia Power Company has a staff of industrial
sales representatives made up of electrical and mechani
cal engineers. They can answer questions on lighting,
power drives, air conditioning, process heating—anything
electrical.
They are trained and experienced to give manufac
turers complete information, accurate cost figures and
sound advice.
Call them. Dymo did.
Georgia Power Company
local governments are desper
ate for these funds,” Gov. Mad-
dox said "they will get them.”
But he warned that “if they
don’t get them from the state,
then they will go knocking
again at the door of the prop
erty owner, as they always
, have in the past.” He added:
“I believe that it is in the
( best interest of the state as a
whole for us to protect the
property owner from this extra
burden at this time and look
t to other means of financing the
necessities of local government.
. The proposed increase in state
t aid to cities and counties will
do the job, and do it fairly.
, "This is a tough goal, prob
ably the most difficult goal any
governor has been called upon
to reach in many years. But 1
am confident that such public
spirited citizens as yourselves
and your elected representa
tives in the General Assembly
will give top priority to this
needed program. I urge each of
you to speak out for this pro
gram to help all Georgia.”
JAYCETTES ANNOUNCE
, CHRISTMAS PROJECTS
To raise funds which will
help toward the purchase of
food and clothing for a needy
, family this Christmas, the Bry
. an County Jaycettes are spon
soring a bake sale Saturday, De
cember 7. The sale will begin
at 2 p.m. and the Jaycettes will
L locate their booth in front of
Humphries Super Market.
The Jaycettes are also selling
Christmas wrapping paper as
। a club project. Another activity
during the month of December
, will be assisting the Jaycees
, with their annual “Toys so r ■
Tots” project.
The Jaycettes will remember
their "forgotten patient” at
, Gracewood this Christmas sea
son with a transitor radio. The
, Jaycette members are joining
together to present the young
ster at Gracewood with this
, gift.
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Gov. UsterMaddox
Reports People
ATLANTA (PRN) - Last
week some 415 Georgia
inmates under the jurisdiction
of the State Board of
Corrections were released in
time to be home with their
families for Thanksgiving.
Approximately half of the
men and women came to the
House Chambers in the State
Capitol to participate in a
discharge ceremony at which
your Gover i
nor and a
number of
State de
partment
heads
spoke.
All in- j
mates who j
were given
the special |
release
would normally have been
discharged between November
27, 1968, and February 28,
1 969. Records were
thoroughly screened, and only
those persons with good
conduct records and with no
convictions for serious crimes
were considered eligible.
Last year, over 500 inmates
were released for the holidays.
The results of that release
were so encouraging that I
plan to continue this program
all through the Maddox
Administration, and perhaps
even enlarge upon it.
Nobody would have
believed it if we had not
shown it could be done.
This is the first time that
adults have been asked to
participate in a discharge
cererr my in Atlanta I hope
that by having certain
department heads assure the
inmates of help with their
readjustment problems, a 100
per cent success rate with this
group of releasees might be
achieved.
Politics oln Parade
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IM ®few 11M
With the Capitol closed last
Thursday, Friday and Saturday,
and us too busy to go over
there the first part of the week,
we just don’t have any exciting
political news to report. But,
here are a few items that might
be of interest.
• ••»*«
As the daily press has pub
lished, the Southern Christian
Leadership Conference has re
fused to pay the federal govern
ment for the cost of repairing
the grounds on which Resur
rection City was built in Wash
ington. Instead, SCLC head
Ralph Abernathy says they will
counter-sue the government for
SIOO,OOO if they are sued for the
$71,795 damages. We hear from
a good source that Attorney-
General Ramsey Clark has no
intention of filing suit against
Abernathy's crowd. He’d much
rather let the taxpayers be stuck
with it. This, of course, is right
in line with Clark’s radical
liberal attitude all along.
**<«*«
The Atlanta Journal and Con
stitution finally reported last
week what we wrote over a
month ago, i.e., that Jimmy
Bentley planned to seek the Re
publican nomination for gover
nor in 1970, and that he had an |
agreement with Bo Callaway on .
the matter.
Joe Sports, Executive Direc
tor of the Democratic Party of ।
Georgia, has released the figures
on Democratic and Republican '
victories in the Nov. 5 gen?ral '
election. They show that there :
will be 48 Democrats, 7 Repub- 1
licans and one Independent in
the State Senate next year: and
167 Democrats, 27 Republicans
and one Independent in the
House. In county officer elec
tions, 154 Democrats, 26 Repub
licans and 5 Independents won
their races, while 2306 Demo
crats, 50 Republicans and 10 In
dependents had no opposition.
Not so hot, is it, for the “viable •
second party” the GOP’ers say,
they have in the state.
Did you see the story in the
daily press last week where the
Georgia Council of Churches has
disapproved religious exercises l
in the schools, including prayer)
and Bible reading? They even'
spoke out against graduation
baccalaureate services being
held at the school.
Apparently, the Georgia Coun- 1
ECONOMY
An investigation by the
Deputy Assistant Attorney
General assigned to this office
shows that, from 1964 to
date, some $450,000 have
been paid to private law firms
by State Authorities for the
singular purpose of validating
Authority bonds which were
issued.
Many more thousands of
dollars are being paid to
private law firms in the form
of retainer fees and litigation
fees. One firm has been paid a
total of more than half a
million dollars in fees for all
purpose^, during the period of
July 1, 1951 to June 30,
1968.
It is believed that a
substantial percentage of this
money could have been saved
by handling bond validations
through the State Law
Department.
It is my personal opinion
that, in fact, steps could have
been taken ten or fifteen years
ago to effect hugh savings to
the taxpayers, and that this
money could have been used
for many worthwhile purposes
to the benefit of the State as a
whole.
In continuing my pledge to
the citizens of Georgia to
govern this State by the
principles of honesty,
efficiency and morality, I have
requested by letter that all
State Authorities, designate
the Attorney General as
General Counsel of the
Authority in order to locate
all legal matters pertaining to
the Public Authorities in one
central place, thereby
providing a more efficient, and
less expensive, means of
acquiring legal services for the
Authorities.
I cil is taking a leaf from the note
. book of the World Council of
Churches, which is more than a
■ little Communistically inclined.
I Thank goodness, the rad'cals
■ who make up this Georgia Coun
■ cil don't speak for more than a
few ministers of the Gospel in
this state, and for even fewer
laymen. As we have written
more than once, this minute
minority of ministers and church
members have a much louder
voice — through the liberal press
— than their numbers warrant.
If their congregations would do
what they should, they'd kick
every one of them out the back
door.
Malone Sharpe, Lyons attorney
and Gov. Maddox’s Chief of
Staff, seems deadly serious about
running for Lieutenant-Governor
in 1970 — no matter who else
may run. In a recent interview
with the daily press. Mr. Sharpe
confirmed that he will be a can
didate “barring unforseen cir
cumstances’’, and added that he
doesn't expect that he and Con
gressman Bill Stuckey, who is
; also eyeing the race, will oppose
! each other. He said that he be
lieves Mr. Stuckey will run for
| governor.
However, if both do seek the
| State's No. 2 spot, it will be pit
ting two conservatives against
. the liberal George T. Smith, who
I is a cinch to seek re-election.
Our personal opinion is that
, Jimmy Carter will also be in the
I Lt.-Governor race, in spite of the
i fact that he swears up and down
; that he’ll run for' Governor. We
just can't see Carter being fool
ish enough to run against Carl
Sanders and Mrs. Lester Mad
dox, if the First Ladv does run.
The money, the politicians and
the votes would be behind either
Sanders or Mrs. Maddox, and
Mr. Carter woultj be left out in
the cold. Jimmy will probably
write us a letter saying we’re
way off base on this prediction,
but we’re sticking to it.
♦ ♦♦♦♦♦
! At the present time, it seems
that there won’t be a single ma
jor office in Georgia that won.’t
have more than one candidate
। seeking it in 1970. And this in
। eludes all the Congressmen.
' Nixon's success as President —
or failure, whichever it is — will
have a lot to do with GOP can
didates. Plus the fact that sev
eral Democrats are likely to be
in each race for the offices now
COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE
COLLEGE OF *G« IC U ITU I E agriculture
TH« UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT HOME ECONOM,Ca
or agriculture coorerat.ng UNI VH IHT OF G to«6l* «« <=>- ÜB ’
Pembroke, Georgia 31321
December 3, 1968
To: Bryan County Timberland Owners
Dear Landowners:
You are invited to attend an in-depth forestry program December
9, 19, 11 and 12. The first three sessions will be at night beginning
at 7:30 P.M. at the Pembroke Fire Station. The fourth session will be
a daytime meeting in the woods on December 12.
Similar forest management short courses have been conducted
in other counties. The purpose is to try to get forest management
intensified on as many Bryan County timber holdings as possible.
We feci that this is necessary c’ue to the ever increasing costs of
management and taxes.
The program will be conducted by C. Dorsey Dyer, Head of the
Extension Forestry Department, University of Georgia, College of
Agriculture. All important phases of forest management will be
covered by Mr. Dyer and his staff.
We want you to plan to come.
Very truly yours
f . }1
D. E. Medders
County Agent
being held by the State Officials
who left the Democratic Party
for the Republican.
। Seventh District Congressman
John W. Davis is reported to be
very disconsolate over his wife’s
continued illness, and is staying
in Washington with her nearly
all the time during the Congress
' adjournment. We hope it isn’t so,
but we have heard that Mr’
Davis might not seek re-election
in 1970 on her account.
Auto Traveling
Up 8 Per Cent
Over Last Year
ATLANTA, (GPS) —Thous-
ands more cars traveled 1.7-bil
lion more miles in Georgia dur
ing the first ten months of 1968
than a year ago. Yet, Georgia's
traffic death rate, based on the
number of persons killed to
each 100-million miles traveled,
dropped from 6.5 to 6.2.
This was revealed in a State
Chevy Fleetside isn’t just the best
looking pickup on the road...
A \ ' ~ i^, a
but also at supermarkets...in the woods...on Saturday chores...at the beach...
You see more and more Chevy pickups
in the most unexpected places. And why
not! They look great anywhere. -
We give Chevy pickups strength without
the trucky muscle-bound look. And you'll
find a Chevy a pleasure to drive.
Let's say you select a CST (Custom
Sport Truck) ... or the long wheelbase
Longhorn pickup that’s made especially
s Patrol report released by Col.
r R. H. Burson, state public safe
ty director.
The 10-month report showed
, that a total of 1,405 persons
’ lost their lives in traffic acci
, dents this year compared with
’ 1,340 a year ago, an increase
. of 65, or five per cent.
Motor vehicle registrations
totaled 2,254,428, up 157,862, or
eight per cent, over last year.
I hese cars and trucks traveleq
an aggregate of 22,512,781,373
miles, an increase of 1,738,425,-
500 miles, or eight per cent,
over 1967’s comparable period.
Guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Bacon and Mrs. Bertie
Bacon during the Thanksgiving
holidays were Mrs. L. M. Gey
er of South Boston, Va., Mrs.
Albert S. Bacon and two chil
dren, Al and Greg, of Charlot
tesville, Va., Layton P. Bacon
of Danville, Va., and Mr. and
Mrs. Loyde M. Geyer Jr. and
baby of Gainesville, Fla.
for kingsize camper bodies. Just add
things like air conditioning and bucket
seats and you have more luxury than you’ll
find in the average second car.
Let your Chevrolet dealer tell you all
about the smooth ride, the long-lasting
toughness and particularly the low cost of
a new Chevy pickup. After all, good looks
aren’t everything!
LAY-AWAY NOW
FOK CHRISTMAS
SKIRTS & SWEATERS
ALL WEATHER COATS
GOWNS - PAJAMA SETS
LUGGAGE SETS
WINGS DRESS & SPORT SHIRTS
LEVI'S JEANS & SLACKS
COWBOY BOOTS & HATS
PENDANT WATCHES - SALE PRICE $6.98
MILES DRY GOODS
Pembroke, Georgia
Chevrolet is more truck
... day in, day out. day off.