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By Quimby Melton
“God Makes No Distinction”
is the subject of this week’s In
ternational Sunday School les
son.
The background Scripture is
Acts 15. The Memory Selection
is “I am not ashamed of the
gospel of Christ; for it is the po
wer of God unto salvation to ev
eryone that believeth; to the
Jew first, and also to the
Greeks.” (Romans 1:16.)
The purpose of this lesson is
to impress all with the fact that
God is the Father of all man
kind, and that His willingness to
send His Only Begotten Son to
earth to redeem sinful man is
not limited to any one people.
Every time this layman reads
in his Bible the word “asham
ed”, he cannot help but utter a
silent prayer that God will not
be “ashamed” of him.
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This lesson tells of what might
be called a "general confer
ence” called so that members
of the early church could reach
an agreement over certain con
troversial beliefs. It was hard
for some of the followers of Je
sus Christ to get away from the
idea that the Jews were the Cho
sen People of God and all others
were excluded.
However, out of this confer
ence, even though there probab
ly was a lot of "feeling” shown
in the arguments, came an un
derstanding and an agreement
that "God Makes No Distinction”
and that Jesus Christ came to
redeem not just a chosen few
but all mankind; that He was
sent by His Father-God because
He “so loved the world” not
just a part of the world.
Paul and Barnabas and Peter
were among those who address
ed this church conference advo
cating a program of going into
the uttermost parts of the earth
and preaching the Gospel. Paul,
more than likely told of his con
version on the Road to Damas
cus; Peter, no doubt, referred
to his experience when he had
the vision of the sheet let down
from heaven, and God told him
“What God has cleansed, that
call not thou common,” and of
his going to the Roman centur
ian and receiving him and his
family into the Christian fold.
The Bible is full of stories of
people, considered heathens, be
ing saved.
For instance, there Is the story
of the wise men from the east
who brought gifts to the Baby
Jesus. They were Arabs or some
other people rather than “the
chosen people.”
And don’t forget it was Jesus
himself who considered the wo
man whom he met at the well
in Samaria worthy of salvation,
and when he told the story of
the Good Samaritan he pointed
out the lesson that even a “com
mon” person could perform acts
pleasing to God.
Then we have the story es the
long walk to the cross, when Je
sus became so physically weak
ened that he collapsed it was
"one Simon of Cyrene” who
helped Him carry the heavy
cross to the hill; and we also
have the story of Phillip being
sent to meet the Ethiopian eun
uch that day and after explain
ing the Gospel baptised him in
the faith.
We also read of men and wo
men, citizens of Rome itself, be
ing converted by Paul, some of
them being attached to the court
of Caesar.
So why do we today refuse to
acknowledge that God created
man in His own image and sent
His Beloved Son to redeem all
mankind.
It may be hard for some to
swallow — But God is the God
of all; whether one lives in the
same circles as we; whether one
be an American or lives in Eu
rope or Asia or Africa or on the
islands that dot the seas.
Whether one be white, black,
red, yellow or any other color,
every man is the Child of God.
It’s not the outward appearance
of man, but the condition of his
heart that makes him eligible
for the Salvation offered by Je
sus Christ.
Weather:
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN
AREA — Mostly fair and mild
tonight and Saturday and pro
bably through Sunday.
LOCAL WEATHER — Maxi
mum today 79, minimum today
64, maximum Thursday 83, mini
mum Thursday 69. Total rain
fall 1.66 inches. Sunrise Satur
day 6:42 a.m., sunset Saturday
8:49 p.m.
Conference On Bypass
Scheduled Next Week
A preconstruction conference
on a contract for 4.885 miles of
grading, paving, and bridges on
the Griffin West Bypass and
2.053 miles of similar work on
the Griffin-Newnan Road, Geor
gia 16, will be held in the court
room of the courthouse in Grif
fin at 10 a.m. Thursday.
Contract for the projects to
be discussed was let on June 2
to Ledbetter-Johnson Company,
of Rome, on a low bid of $3,-
178,227.95.
The purpose of the precon
struction conference is to get all
persons involved in the project
acquainted with the job and with
each other, to establish respon
sibilities and a tentative time
table for each phase of construc
tion, and to discuss any unusual
problems or special provisions
involved in the contract.
Participants will include re
presentatives of the highway de
partment, the U.S. Bureau of
Public Roads, the “prime” con
tractor and the sub-contractors,
local government, and the affec
ted public utilities.
Seven utilities, the Georgia
Power Company, Lamar Elec
tric Membership Corporation,
Surveyor Racing
Toward Moon
CAPE KENNEDY (UPD—
America’s Surveyor 4 robot
prospector raced toward the
moon today to inspect an
astronaut target site and search
for iron on a plain so rugged it
only had a 50-50 chance of a
safe landing.
If the 2,290-pound spacecraft
survives Sunday’s planaed
touchdown, it will explore the
pockmarked terrain with a
rotating television camera, poke
and dig into it with a dirt
digger and use a magnet to see
if bits of iron cover the surface.
Surveyor 4’s main objective
was to confirm that another
strategically located area along
the moon’s midsection is safe
for Apollo manned landings
scheduled to begin in 1969.
Country Parson
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“Everyone seems to be
trying to become something
— as if they were ashamed
to be who they are.”
First Methodist Church
To Honor Mrs. Maxwell
“Mrs. Nelle Maxwell Sunday”
will be observed Sunday at t h e
Griffin First Methodist Church.
The day was designated “Nel
le Maxwell Sunday” in apprecia
tion for her years of service to
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ern Bell Telephone & Telegraph
Company, the Griffin Light and
Water Department, Atlanta Gas
Light Company, and the South
ern Railway, are all involved
in the work to be discussed next
Thursday.
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Sign Os Times
Vandals damage many road signs in Griffin and* Spalding County each year. The
Griffin Daily News “Camera on the Go” takes a look at the “signs of the times” in
Saturday’s paper. Joel Stephens of the Spalding County Prison Works Camp looks
at a new stop sign that has been erected on an old post at High Falls and Old Mc-
Donough roads.
Storm Damage Is
Minor In Griffin
A heavy thunderstorm that
moved over the Griffin area
shortly before 5 p.m. Thursday
saturated this section of the
state with more than an inch of
rain.
Horace Westbrooks, Griffin’s
the church.
Mrs. Maxwell retired July 1.
She had served as financial se
cretary and Church Visitor for
20 years.
The program of the entire day
has been planned around ignor
ing Mrs. Maxwell. The Rev.
John D. Maxwell, pastor of the
First Methodist Church of Aus
tell, Ga., will preach at the
morning worship hour. The Rev.
Maxwell, a member of the Nor
th Georgia Methodist Conferen
ce, is the brother of Mrs. Max
well’s husband, the late Rev.
Marvin M. Maxwell, one of the
most loved former pastors of the
First Methodist Church.
At 6:30 p.m. there will be a
Family Picnic Supper in the
Courtyard of the church spon
sored by the Family Life Com
mittee.
The Evening Service at 8 o’-
clock in the sanctuary will be a
fitting climax for the day with
Mrs. Maxwell’s brother, the
Rev. William J. Erwin, preach
ing. The Rev. Mr. Erwin Is a
member of the South Georgia
Methodist Conference, and is
pastor of the Riverside Metho
dist Church in Macon, Ga.
"Members of the First Metho
dist Church and other friends of
GRIFFIN
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Friday, July 14,196 7
John W. Wade, field division
engineer, in announcing the con
ference said it would be opened
to any and all persons who are
interested in this project. That
part of the Bypass that will be
discussed will be the part from
Highway 19 to Experiment.
official weather observer, esti
mated that many sections of the
Griffin area received an inch or
more of rain in a one hour per
iod.
He measured 1.66 inches of
rainfall this morning. It includ-
Mrs. Maxwell look forward to
this special day, and count it a
joy to honor one who has served
so faithfully in the life and grow
th of a great church,” a spokes
man said.
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Rev. Erwin
Three Killed, Many
Wounded In Riot
ed all the rain during the last
24-hour period.
His records showed it was the
heaviest single rain this year.
The 1.66 inches shoved the
month-s total to 4.03 inches, just
over an inch short of the normal
average for the entire month.
Spokesmen for the Griffin
Light and Water Department
and Southern Bell Telephone and
Telegraph Co. said the storm
caused no major outages.
Charlie Smith, director of the
Griffin Light and Water Depart
ment, said outages were few and
scattered during the heavy down
pour.
Some small streams flooded
low-lying areas. However, the
water receded when the heavy
rain stopped.
Jaycees To Host
Regional Meet
The Griffin Jaycees will host
a meeting of the Eighth Region
to be held tonight at 7:30 at the
Moose Club.
Speakers for the meeting will
be Miss Georgia and State Jay
cee president John Lackey.
The theme of the meeting will
be western and delegates will be
attired in western outfits.
The Griffin Jaycettes decora
ted the ballroom today to make
it have a western setting.
INSIDE
Local News. Page 2.
Editorials. Page 4.
Biossat. Page 5.
Hugh Downs. Page 5.
Sp°rts. page 6.
Society. Page 7.
Mobile Homes. Page 8.
Want Ads. Pages 10, 11.
Congo. Page 12.
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Vol. 95 No. 164
Ware County
Warden
Suspended
By DON PHILLIPS
ATLANTA (UPD—The ward
en of the Ware County state
prison branch, Roy Ritchie, has
, been suspended and all the
camp’s guards were called to
Atlanta for an emergency con
ference with Gov. Lester Mad
dox today, sources in the gov
ernor’s office said.
The sources said all prison
ers were recalled from their
roadwork duties and were be
ing locked in their cells. It was
not immediately known who
was on guard.
Maddox visited the Ware
County facility near Waycross
last weekend and found “de
plorable” conditions. He talked
with 15 prisoners about camp
conditions after he had sent
prison personnel from the
room.
The governor said at the time
the situation would not be tol
erated and blamed the State
Department of Corrections for
improper management of the
prison facilities.
Maddox criticized the prison
for failure to provide proper
food for inmates and for
forcing prisoners to work under
hardship conditions.
■ He said he would insist in
mates receive meat three times
daily and milk at least twice a
day. The governor also said
prisoners should not be re
quired to work outside during
the rain.
Maddox said medical services
at the Ware County facility
were practically nonexistent.
He said he saw several inmates
with cuts received during work
that had not been stitched and
at least one had a broken bone
that was not set.
3 Men Nabbed
Taking Air
Conditioners
Three Atlanta Negroes were
arrested by Griffin Police of
ficers this morning after they
attempted to take air condition
ers from an appliance store.
The three, Johnny Fambrou
gh, 24, of 308 Anderson avenue,
Johnny Lee Haynes, 21, of 2071
Arlington circle, and Sherman
Taylor, 22, of 1578 Drew drive,
Atlanta, were arrested in front
of Griffin Sales and Service
on East Solomon street.
They were charged with lar
ceny from a store.
Officers said this happened:
Russell Buffington, a Griffin
Sales and Service employe, was
waiting on a customer in the
front portion of the appliance
store when he heard a bell ring
on the door to the furniture sec
tion of the store.
He looked out and saw the
three men putting two air con
ditioners in a car, one in the
back seat and the other in the
trunk.
Buffington walked outside the
store.
About the time Buffington
walked outside, Ed Greer, an
other employe, drove up beside
the Negroes’ car.
Greer saw what was happen
ing and pulled a two-barrel der
ringer pistol from his pocket
and held it on the men until po
lice arrived.
Asst. Chief Bobby Joe Conner,
Capt. F. G. Driver, and officers
W. R. Upson and H. E. Smith
converged in front of the store
and made arrests.
The three are believed to be
the same three men who took
air-conditioners from the store
several weeks ago.
500 Rioters Arrested
In Newark, N. J.
By ROBERT E. SULLIVAN
NEWARK, N.J. (UPD—Fire
bomb hurling Negroes rioted
through downtown streets in a
night-long rampage of burning
and looting. National Guards
men and state police moved in
at dawn today to stop the
violence in this city of 400,000
just across the river from New
York City.
Two Negroes were shot to
death and a third died of a
fracured skull. At least 340
were injured, including 12
persons who suffered gunshot
wounds ano 27 policemen and
firemen. More than 500 persons
were arrested.
The shooting victims were
identified by a spokesman for
Newark Hospital as Jesse Jones
and Tedock Bell. The unidenti
fied man who died of a skull
fracture suffered the fatal
injury in an automobile accident
at the height of he riot, the
spokesman said.
It was the second straight
night of racial violence trig
gered by charges of alleged
police brutality. The charges
are being investigated by city,
state and federal authorities.
The 1,400-man city police
force fired sawed off shotguns
and pistols. But they could not
handle the hundreds of Negroes
who swarmed through the
streets in an orgy of destruction
and looting. Some of them
chanted “kill white devils” and
there were reports of snipers
taking pot shots a t police,
firemen and other municipal
vehicles from ambush.
Smash Stores
Guerrilla bands of Negroes
smashed into dozens of stores,
looting and burning them with
molotov cocktails. There were
more than 80 separate fires
reported, more than Newark
firemen could handle. They
called for help from nearby
communities.
Damage from the fires and
looting was expected to run into
millions of dollars.
Gov. Richard J. Hughes
ordered 2,000 guardsmen and
about 300 state troopers into the
Boy OK After Being
Hit With Ball Bat
An eight-year-old Griffin boy,
who was knocked unconscious
when hit in the head with a bat
during a baseball game at East
Griffin School Thursday, retur
ned to his home in Griffin today
after spending the night in an
Atlanta hospital.
Tommy Walter, son of Mr.
and Mrs. E. H. Walter of Rou
te Two, Griffin, was hit in the
head when he stepped too close
to the batter. He was to be the
next batter.
He was rushed to the Griffin-
Spalding Hospital and transfer
red to Crawford W. Long Me
morial Hospital in Atlanta.
Doctors made X-rays of h i s
head to determine if blood
clots had formed and to check
for brain damage. None was
No Sign Os Life
At Crash Site
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (UPI) —
Helicopters hovering over the
heart of the Okefenoke Swamp
reported today they could find
no trace of the five persons
aboard a jet training plane that
plunged into the morass.
All five —two crewmen and
three students from Glynco
Naval Air Station near here—
were presumed dead. The plane
disappeared into the swamp
Thursday on a routine naviga
tional flight from Glynco.
Helicopters located the par
tially submerged wreckage of
the aircraft near the Georgia-
Florida border but they could
not set down in the alligator
infested swamp.
Search parties in flatboats
and swamp buggies were sent
violence-torn area early today.
Mayor Hugh J. Addonizzio said
the situation had developed into
a riot and was more than his
police force could handle.
Hughes personally drove to
the scene with Atty. Gen.
Arthur Sills.
Newark is the largest city in
New Jersey. About 60 per cent
of its 400,000 population is
nonwhite.
Looting Still Reported
Shortly after dawn, state
troopers and National Guards
men fanned out. Most of the
rioters had fled from the debris
littered streets but sporadic
looting was still reported.
Hughes said he planned to
make sure the violence did not
break out again tonight.
“This was not a race riot, it
was criminal activity,” Hughes
said.
He ordered a complete ban on
all liquor sales in the city and
said he would make a decision
before nightfall on whether to
order a citywide curfew.
One police official said the
liquor ban may not have much
effect.
“They stole so much booze
from looted stores that they will
have a stockpile that will last
them all weekend,” the police
man said.
Hughes said National Guards
men will patrol all major
streets in Newark, guard the
stores to prevent more looting
and stand watch over summer
schools to protect children
against a new outbreak of
violence.
Not Wanted
“The Negro community
doesn’t want it. the white
community doesn't want it, the
state doesn’t want it, and we’re
not going to tolerate it,” Hughes
said. y
He said the guardsmen have
orders to be tough if they have
to.
“The rioters will be dealt with
in such a manner as to ensure
that this situation will not
happen again . . . within their
constitutional rights, of course,”
Hughes said.
found Thursday or in a later
check early today.
Tommy stayed in the intensive
care section of the hospital for
observation Thursday night. His
mother was with him in case it
became necessary to operate,
she could have given immediate
consent.
His father, E. H. Walter, who
operates a wine shop on North
Eighth street, said he was out
of town when the accident hap
pened, but rushed back to Grif
fin when notified by his wife.
He said Mrs. Walter called him
this morning and said she was
bringing Tommy home and that
“he is doing fine.”
Tommy and his brothers and
sisters are attending summer
school at East Griffin.
to the wreckage.
Two Camden County men,
the Rev. C. H. Elrod and
George Sirmans of Kingsland,
said they were fishing in the
area Thursday when they heard
the plane break the sound bar
rier and then plunge into the
swamp. The men said they
heard another explosion after
the aircraft fell.
The two said they were only
a quarter mile from the plane
but could not maneuver their
boat through the dense swamp.
The Navy said the plane was
on a routine navigational flight
from Glynco and was reported
overdue at 1:30 p.m. The Fed
eral Aviation Agency in Atlanta
said the jet would have run out
of fuel at 3 p.m.