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Judas approaches Jesus to betray him to the soldiers. "And he
that was" called Judas, one of the twelve, drew near unto Jesus to '
kiss him. But Jesus said unto him, Judas, betrayest thou the Son
of Man with a kiss?”
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Membe r Of The Associoted Press
E VENIN GOOD G Churches Here For Easter
By
On the Saturday before East
er Sunday, 1938, Dr. W. F. Mel
ton, then writing a daily editor
ial feature for The Griffin Dally
News, published a poem by
Elizabeth York Case entitled
"Easter. This poem, often
published was at various times
credited to Bulwer Utton,
Charles Kingsley, Mrs. Brown
ing and many others.
In correspondence with Mrs.
Case, Dr, Melton established the
true identity of the author who
backed up her claims by pro
ducing a copy of the Detroit
Free Press of some 65 years ago
proving her authorship.
The poem is so beautiful at
Easter time, as well as at any
other time. Good Evening re
produces it today:
EASTER
There is no unbelief:
Whoever plants a seed beneath
the sod,
And waits to see it push away
the clod,
Trusts he in God.
There is no unbelief:
Whoever says, when clouds are
in the sky,
“Be patient, heart, light break
eth by and by,”
Trusts the Most High.
There is no unbelief;
Whoever sees ’neath winter’s
field of snow
The silent harvest of the fu
ture grow, i
God’s power must know.
There is no unbelief;
Whoever lies down on his couch
to sleep,
Content to lock each sense in
slumber deep,
Knows God will keep.
There ts no unbelief:
Whoever says, "tomorrow,' "the
unknown,”
"The future,” trust that Power
alone,
None dare disown.
There is no unbelief;
The heart that looks on when
dear eyelids close,
And dares to live when life has
only woes,
God’s comfort knows.
There is no unbelief;
For thus i by day or night un
consciously,
The heart lives by the faith
the Ups deny—
God knoweth why.
Easter Parade Is
Planned At Gordon
A Sponsors’ Day Parade for the
Gordon College Military Unit will
be held Easter Sunday afternoon at
4 o'clock. The Parade will be held
at Summers Field. The parade, in
addition to honoring the sponsors,
will recognize Army week which
opens April 6.
The public Is invited to view the
parade. Summers Field is located
near the Oordon College buildings.
GRIFFIN, GA., SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 1947
Dial Servke Here
Expected To Continue
In Spite Of Strike
Plans are being made here to
give the best telephone service pos
sible in case a nation-wide tele
phone strike is called Monday
morning, A. T. Ross, Griffin dis
trict manager, said this morning.
There will be little interruption
of local services, since Griffin is on
dial service. The main trouble will
be with long distance calls, Ross
stated. However, certain emergency
long distance calls will be handled.
"Officials, management employ
es and other employes who report
for work recognizing the company’s
responsibility to render uninter
rupted service, will operate the
switchboards to handle emergency
calls,” said Ross. "The public is
asked to limit calls to emergency
ones in the interest of good ser
vice,” he added.
Ross expressed hope that the
threatened strike, scheduled for
Monday morning, would be avert
ed. "We have offered the Union
leaders a renewal of our present
liberal contract. This they have re
jected so far,” he said.
Pimientos To Play
Here This Afternoon
The Pimientos’ exhibition game
with the Macon Peaches of the Sal
ly League will be played this after
noon at 3 o’clock, Abe White man
ager, announced this morning.
White said the pitchers’ mound
and home plate were covered, and
the grounds should be In fair shape
for the game. Macon club officials,
when contacted this morning, re
ported the sun shining there. The
lineups will be the same as announ
ced in Friday’s News.
Fans will also get a chance to
see the home club in action S«n
iay afternoon at Thomas ton, when
the Pimientos play East Thomas
ton there.
The Atlanta Crackers come to
Griffin Monday to play an exhib
ition game with the Pimientos
4-H Club Boys Catch
Five Foxes First Week
Five foxes were caught by 4-H
Club boys in tljie first full week of
the campaign to thin the fox popu
lation in Spalding county.
Perry Anthony, Sunny Bids,
caught the first one Saturday,
March 29, In addition to the five
foxes, the boys caught numerous
skunks and o’possums, C. E. John- |
son, assistant county agent said.
J. A. Anderson, near Sunny Side,
reported that his dog killed a fox
In his garden Friday morning. He
said he saw the fox Inside the ear
den fence. Anderson turned his dog
Into the garden-that was the end
of brer fox.
The county commissioners are
furnlshlng the traps to the 4-H
members and are paying a bounty of
$5 for each fox brought in.
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Peter denies Jesus, And as Peter was beneath in the palace,
there cometh one of the maids of the high priest: And when she
saw Peter . . . said, and thou also was with Jesus of Nazareth. But
he denied.”
• Brief8
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BY Tljffi GRIFFIN NEWS
FROM WIRE REPORTS
WASHINGTON — Only handful
of mines closed by Krug will be
ready to open Monday.
ATHENS, Greece King George
to be buried Sunday.
MOSCOW — United States ac
cused by newspaper Izvestia of
seeking economic penetration of
Italy.
ROME — Italy’s 23-year-old.Mat
teotti murder case was marked
closed today with the sentencing
of three Racists and the acquittal
of two others.
Final Rites Today
For Mr. McGahee
Funeral services were held this
ajftemoon at 2:30 at the East Grif
fin Holiness Church for Mr. Homer
M. McGahee of Atlanta. The Rev.
Gerald Pruett officiated at the ser
vices, Burial was in East Griffin
cemetery. Haisten Brothers
charge cf arrangements.
Survivors are three dapghters,
Mrs. Fred D. Salter, Mrs. J. L.
Wardlaw, both of East Point, and
Mrs. John Leslie of Atlanta; 0
son, Claude H. McGahee of Atlanta;
one sister, Mrs. Minnie Martin of
Atlanta.
BOBBY V. LONG GETS
DISCHARGE FROM ARMY
Pfc. Bobby V. Long of Cascade
avenue, Griffin, has been honorably
discharged from the Army Air Force.
He has been stationed at Boca Ra
ton Army Air Field, Fla. and at
Chanute Field, 111. He entered the
army on July 19, 1946.
PFC. J. L. WARREN
SERVES IN GERMANY
MUNICH, Oermany — Private
First Class Joseph L. Warren,
of James W. Warren, 442 Plum
Street, Macon, Ga. is serving as a
teletype operator in the base com
munications section at the Munich
Air Base with the European Ail
Transport Service.
Pfc. Warren arrived overseas in
November 1946. Prior to entering
the service in January, 1946 he was
employed as a clerk for the Ameri
can Bakery Company, Macon.
'Barbs . . .
BY HAL COCHRAN
Interest in spring gardens is grow
ing every day. May the seeds we
plant do likewise.
A snob doesn’t want to asso
ciate with yon for fear you’ll
learn you don’t want to asso
ciate with him.
The director of Ohio's Depart
ment of Education suggests wood
shed tactics to halt pupil's revolts,
That's one way of thrashing things
out.
ESTABLISHED 1871
Communists Attack
U. S. Marines, Kill
Five, Wound Sixteen
The Fight For Peace
BY THE GRIFFIN NEWS
From Leased Wire Reports
Chinese communists swept
deniy out of the early morning
darkness today and attacked U. 6.
Marine artillery depot near Tanku,
killing five Marines and wounding
16 others, six of whom were not
expected to live.
One hundred of the attackers
were killed or wounded according
to Chinese military officers. Gov
ernment troops from Chiang Kal-■
Shek's Second Army dispatch- 1
were
ed from Tientsin to aid the Marines
In tracking down the attackers.
Thousands of miles away in Mos
cow where the East meets the West
British and American official sour
ces were taking a gloomy view of
the sltuatlQn Produced by Russian
refusal to issue exit visas to 15 So
vle ^ wives British subjects. j
At the foreign ministers meeting
Secretary Marshall conferred with
Secretary Bevln of England and
dlscusse<1 Progress—or perhaps t he
lack of U ' of the Council of For
ei « n Ministers.
Almost at the same time
Tarle, Soviet academician, said
lfle proposed Vandenberg amend
men t to the United States Greek
Turkish aid bill is “an extraordinary
transparent maneuver to get Unit
ed Nations authority for the new
American policy.”
Back in China strife continued
with government spearheads ad
vancing from Yenan under cover of
warplanes and reported within a
few miles of Sulteh while In Spain
>Tancls E. McMahon, New York
Post correspondent, refused to sur
render his press credentials until he
is informed by the Spanish govern
uient why they are demanding
them.
Here in the United States Senator
Russell of Oeorgla proposed today
that Congress require a new vote
by the Greek people on the kind of
government they want as a condi
tion to American financial and mili
tary aid.
In New York more than 200 Pro?
testant churchmen in 30 states were
reported to have signed a statement
opposing the proposed aid to the
two Balkans nations.
Here in Georgia Rep. Don Whee
ler declared at Valdosta that the
Third World War already has be
gun, 1/ not on the firing line, cer
tainly on the “political, economic
and ideological fronts.”
And in countless scores of cities,
towns, villages and rural areas a
cross the world the fight for peace
continued.
— I/OCAL WEATHER —
(Maximum Saturday: 66
Minimum Saturday: S3
Maximum Friday: 74
Minimum Friday: fc$
Rainfall: ......44 Inoh
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On Good Friday Pilate sits in Judgment of Jesus and says to
the mocking soldiers, "Take ye him and crucify him: For I find
no fault in him. Then Pilate washed his hands and said that Jesus'
blood was not on them.
Grifflnites will join persons
throughout the entire world in the
celebration of Easter Sunday.
The majority of the churches in
Griffin and Spalding County are
planning special services. In ad
dition to the worship services at
the usual hours, sunrise services
will be held at several churches,
including the First Baptist, Meln
Baptist and Williamson Bap
^ -^ rs ^ Methodist Church
a sP^al feature of the morning
s * T, ** e 1fco“Oh»l«iotvl ng of
babies. Churches are expected to be
crowded to ca P aclt y throughout
the day.
Many persons plan either to
spend the day with members of
family who live In other towns
or l o have family gatherings in
their own homes. In families where
there are young children ' Easier
e I gs w ^* be hidden and found over
and over again.
A fitting conclusion of the day
be the presentation of the
Easter cantata “Seven Last Words
Christ by the combined choirs
of Griffin under the direction of
A. B. combs. The cantata will be
presented at the First Methodist
Church at 7:30.
V-ieOT, IVlIld U *Ij VYearner
Promised Griffin;
Rain, Cold Elsewhere
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Easter parades over most of the
na tjQ n ^ held without co
operation from the weather.
Milady's new frock will be covered
by winter furs In many cities and
umbrellas will be necessary In some
sections to protect spring bonnets.
A white Easter was a certainty hi
Montana and the Dakotas. „ _____ Seven,
Inches of snow fell Friday at Miles
City, Mont., and five Inches at Wll
ltston, N. Dak.
Generally, the Easter forecast
called for cloudy skies and below
normal temperatures. The weather
forecast for Griffin was clearing
and mild.
The Weather
FORECAST FOR GEOR
GIA:—Showers and scattered
thunder tomu this afternoon
and early tonight, followed by
clearing and mild late tonight
and Sunday,
County Quoto Set At
$900 For Democrats
War Chest Campaign I
Spalding County I
has been assign
ed a quota of $900 as its part In fin
ancing the Democratic party’s na
tional war chest, W. A. Gregory '
chairman of the Jefferson Day cam
paign here announced today. !
Gregory said that party members
will meet this aftemon to discuss
means of raising the goal. He said
that he doubted a Jefferson Day
dlnner will be held here this year,
Mrs. O. N. Mathis Is co-chairman of
the drive.
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"He Is not here, but Is risen,” the Angel tells t he three women at the tomb. (All sketches by
Vic Donahue for the Griffin Dally News and NEA Service.)
Veterans To Discuss
Purchasing Elks Club
Members of Griffin’s two prin
cipal veterans organizations will
meet next week to discuss purchas
ing the Elks Club on Poplar street
extension for a clubhouse to house
the two organizations.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars
will meet Tuesday night and dis
cuss the purchase and the Ameri
can Legion will have a called meet
ing next week for the same pur
pose. Definite date of the Legion
meeting has not been decided and
will be announced later.
The Elks Club has purchas-d the
Rainbow Club on Williamson Road
and plans to move from Its pres
ent clubhouse. The two veterans
organizations have $28,000 wi’h
which to build or purchase a club
house. #
Funeral May For
Mr. P. B. Sarfain
Funeral services will bo hold
da ^ afternoon at 3 o'clock at De
Votle Baptist Church for Mr. Paul
Bell Sartaln, 39. who died Friday
after a short Illness. The Rev. J H
Gresham and the Rev. Wilson
Walker will officiate at the services
Burial will be In Oak Hill cemetery.
Haisten Brothers, funeral
are In charge of arrangements.
Mr. Sartaln Is survived by
wife, Mrs. Rllla Kent Sartaln;
daughter, Mrs. Evelyn Storey
Griffin; two sons, Jimmy Sartaln
and Donny Sartaln, both of
periment; two sisters, Mrs. Nell
Gresham of Pascagoula, Miss, and
Mrs. Janie Rodon of Coker. Ala.,
three brothers, Lee Sartain of
Coker, Ala , Clarence Sr.rtaln and
Pat Sartaln of Tuscaloosa. Ala.,
grandduughter, Brenda Dianne
Storey.
The following will serve as pall
bearers Otto Woodward. W. W.
Campbell, Cleo Head, Riley Jones,
Tom Laney and James Quick.
School For Baptist
A school for Baptist mlnisti rs ill
North Georgia will open Monday
night at the First Baptist Church
and will continue through Thurs
day afternoon. The school will b
conducted by Southern Baptist
ministers.
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Jesus was nailed to a cross between two thieves. "And when
Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands
I commend my spirit. Then he died and the temple shook and
the veil was rent.
( Crucifyy Crucify 9
—An Editorial—
And they looked about them at tha green of the grass and at the
buds on the trees and at the flowers on the hills. But In them they
did not see God and they shouted “Crucify, crucify him.”
And so they did. They hung an innocent man upon a cross and
mocked him until he died. And they gave unto the people, as was
the custom, one man. But he was a killer and not Jesus.
Two days later the disciples went to the tomb to see the body
of Jesus but He was not there. He had risen from the dead and the
first Easter had come.
What a host of jobs and what a wealth of promises that first
Easter gave to man.
It is all but Impossible for the feeble mind of man to comprehend
the reasons why Jesus had to suffer the agonies of hell on earth be
fore rising to the Joys of heaven.
In many ways, however, the present Easter is similar to the first.
The worltj' has Just gone through the agonies of hell on earth. Man
turned his wrath on man and brothers -and brothers we are despite
color or creed or nation—killed brothers.
Now we emerge into the glorious light of day.. The hell of
crucifixion Is over and the boundless Joys of Heaven are ahead.
But the joys of Ilea yen will not come in a day. Following the
cruilftxlon the Christians continued to suffer. Here again, the prob
lem of changing a world from war to peace is reminiscent of the
days after that first Easter. Then Christian* were tossed to wild
beast* to satisfy the mad lust for excitement In the breasts of Roman
men and women who watched with glee, much as we watch a football
(rame today. That was after the first Easter. But those Christiana
lived the Ideals which have made the world a belter place. They did
even more. They died for them.
Today the situation Is much the seme. In nations overseas both
the conquered and the conquerors are starving slowly to death. The
winter was harsh and many of them had little or no clothing. The
chill air and the harsh winds bite through the meager rags, through
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the sagging flesh, into the very bones.
But today the cold has abated. The fine spring sun has begun
to shine and the eold bodies begin to be warm again. The United
States and other Christian nations are sending food to the suffering,
regardless of whether they were our fees a few short months ago.
Surely this is the Christian thing to do. ‘
And the suffering mass of humanity looks about and finds the
truth of Easter when It looks upon God's handiwork in the fields.
He sees the promise of a new nop when he sees the grain begin to
peep above the si ii which just recently was marred with the blood
of war.
He sees new hope when he looks et the buds upon the trees.
He sees new life when he looks upon the flowers bloomtni upon
the hillsides.
Surely this time more than 1.P4B veer:- since they looked at the
beauties of God In the spring and crucified an Innocent Man—we
will not shout “Crucify, cruelty him.”
Instead we shall attempt to live a little of the Christian principles
and so In our every day lives make the world a better place to live.
And when we have done so once again God will walk with man.
—Quimby Melton, Jr.
(The above editorial was published originally last Easter, It
was sol'V’ted ps the best religious editorial published In any Georgia
newsppper during 1946 In a contest sponsored by the Salvation
Army and conducted by the Georgia Press Association.)