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VENIN VJF
By Quimby Melton
“O Happy Day, That Fixed My
Choice” is the hymn we would
like to discuss today in the ser
ies about Hymns We Love to
Sing. This hymn was written by
Philip Doddridge. Although it
was written sometime during the
first half of the 18th Century It
was not published until 1818, and
then without a tune, by his great
grandson, John Doddridge Hum
phries. Later a suitable “tune”
was composed by Edward Fr
ancis Rimbault who took a
popular song “Happy Day” that,
was being sung in the early days
of the 19th Century and model
ed his music on it.
The author of this hymn was
one of many contemporaries of.
Isaac Watts and gave Watts full
credit for inspiring him to write
religious verse. He said he was
‘‘one of several lamps kindled
at Watts’ torch.”
Born in London June 26, 1702,
he was the son of an oil merch
ant. He received his early reli
’ gious training from his mother,
who taught him Bible stories de
picted on Dutch tiles which co
vered a portion of the walls of
»the family living room.
Left an orphan early in life,
the Dutchess of Bedford offered
to educate him for the minis
> try of the Established Church of
England. He declined and enter
ed a Non-conformist school at
Kilworth. Completing his studies
j there when 21 years old he be
came pastor of the local church.
Eight years later he became pre
centor (director of music) and
minister at a newly organized
’seminary. He remained connec
ted with this institution the rest
of his active days. During the 22
years he was at this seminary
200 young men from England,
Scotland and Holland, prepared
for their lives as ministers un
der his tutelage.
Born with a weak constitution,
he was frail all his life and fell
victim to tuberculosis and was
compelled to give up his work.
He went to Portugal, but too
late. He died in Lisbon Oct. 26,
1751, and was buried in the Am
erican cemetery there.
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Like all of the direct followers
of Watts, Doddridge’s verse was
homiletical, that is, they were
written under emotional stress
to accompany sermons the
writer planned to preach. They
were to be read “lined out” ra
ther than sung, at the close of
the service. For this reason none
of Dr. Doddridge’s hymns were
published to be sung until many
years after his death.
Dr. Doddridge wrote more than
400 hymns but only a few of
them are being sung today. A
check made by one hymnodist
shows in 1905 twenty-three were
, listed in hymnals but thirty
years later only eight.
Had Philip Doddridge written
but the one hymn “O Happy
,Day” he would qualify among
’the sweetest singers of joy the
world has known.
There are five stanzas to this
hymn as it is sung today, all of
which express happiness. And
why should Christians not be
happy? And why should not the
“Day that fixed my choice" go
down as a memorable day for
one?
The chorus of this hymn sums
up the whole joy of the singer.
Happy day, happy day.
When Jesus washed my sins
away;
He taught me how to watch
and pray,
And live rejoicing every day.
Happy day, happy day,
When Jesus washed my sins
away.
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(UPI CABLEPHOTO)
President Richard Nixon addresses crowd at Manila airport following his arrival
for the start of his nine—day Asian and European tour. Applauding at left is
Philippines President Ferinand E. Marcos.
Nixon Says Asia
Must Find Peace
By MERRIMAN SMITH
UPI White House Reporter
MANILA (UPI) —President
Nixon began his tour of Asia
today with the warning that
peace in this turbulent part of
the world “cannot come from
the United States” but only
from Aslans themselves.
In a formal statement on
arrival at International Airport,
the President expanded upon a
briefing for newsmen on Guam
Thursday night when he said
the United States would avoid
future Vietnams and encourage
the Asian allies to rely on their
own forces for defense.
The Philippine welcome was
warm. Threatened antl-Nixon
demonstrations by lef 11 s t
students did not materialize.
A man identified by police as
a Communist Huk and member
of a Huk “liquidation squad”
from Northern Luzon was shot
County Has New
Trailer Rules
Under new zoning regulations
adonted by the Spalding County
Commissioners, mobile homes
or house trailers located here
will be restricted to commercial
or manufacturing areas.
Such homes must be located
on at least two acres of land,
under the new regulations. They
must be at least 70 feet from a
public road and at least 50 feet
from adjacent property lines.
The new rules prohibit mobile
homes or trailers In Rl, R 2 and
R 3 zones. Rl limites houses to
single family dwellings and R 2
Zones to duplex homes. R 3 re
presents multi-family dwellings.
The Commissioners also set up
regulations for development and
maintenance of trailer parks.
They must provide a minimum
of eight spaces to qualify as a
trailer park. Such developments
must provide at least one off
street parking lot to accommo
date vehicles of people living in
the parks.
The parks must have drives at
least 50 feet wide. Occupants
must comply with health and
sanitary standards required by
the Spalding County Health De
partment.
Building permits for mobile
homes and trailers have been
changed, too.
They now are $3 for the first
$5,000 with a 50 cents fore a c h
and killed 10 hours before
Nixon arrived. Alberto Batac
was slain In a gunfight with
police near the Intercontinental
Hotel where Nixon was to
confer with officials later
today.
The newspaper Saturday Mir
ror said Batac had a sketch of
the hotel in his pocket. Police
would not confirm this.
Weather Hot And Humid
The weather was overcast,
hot and humid as the silvery
presidential jetliner, Air Force
One, landed at 12:33 p.m. (12:33
am. EDT). Nixon in a dark
blue business suit and Mrs.
Nixon in a shocking-pink
summery dress beamed and
smiled at the cheering crowd of
approximately 15,000 persons at
the airport.
additional SI,OOO.
The Spalding County Commis
sioners have had the mobile and
trailer homes zoning rules un
der study for several months.
The changes were made after
the Planning Committee made
recommendations and a public
hearing on the matter was held.
The rule changes are not re
troactive.
At LaGrange
Dragnet Seeking
“Psychotic Rapist 7
LAGRANGE, Ga. (UPI) —
Residents slept behind locked
doors Friday as authorities
called in auxiliary polioemer
and put the detective squad on
a 24-hour alert for a “psychotic
rap>t” who has attacked four
women in their homes here in
less than three weeks.
The most recent rape oc
curred Thursday night. The
first one was reported July 7.
Police said the four attacks, all
of them In east LaGrange, fob
lowed the same pattern and ap
parently were committed by the
same man.
Wreck Cuts
Electricity
In City Area
Electric power was off for ab
out 45 minutes in the northwest
section of the city this morning
after a power pole was knock
ed down by an automobile at El
lis road and Georgia 3, police
said.
Jessie Carter, 43, of R o ut e
Three, McDonough, was injured
and was admitted to the Griffin-
Spalding County Hospital for tr
eatment.
He was charged with driving
in a dangerous and reckless
manner, speeding 60 miles per
hour in a 30 mile zone, collision,
drunk and destroying city pro
perty.
The accident happened between
midnight and 1 o’clock this mor
ning. A report had not been
completed by investigating offi
cers.
City electric crews were call
ed to repair the damage. The
utility pole was cut in two by the
automobile.
Hornet’s Broom
AB OA R D USS HORNET
(UPI) — The aircraft carrier
Hornet entered Pearl Harbor
today displaying a broom from
her yardarm, an old tradition
according to Capt. Carl J.
Seiberlich, the skipper.
“It indicates a clean sweep,”
Seiberlich said. “This mission
was a clean sweep for us.”
A 53-year-old white woman,
who was alone in her house at
the time, was the rapist’s latest
victim. Police said the man en
tered through a screen door or
the back porch, held a knife to
the woman’s throat and threat
ened to kill her If she called
for help.
Authorities described the rap
ist as "psychotic’’ and said he
was believed to be a Negro.
Several suspects have been
brought in for questioning and
viewing by the victims but no <
positive identification has been
made.
Nation Divided
On Kennedy Stay
Senator Weighs
His Future
In Politics
By FREDERICK H. TREESH
UPI Senior Editor
HYANNIS PORT, Mass.
(UPl)—Sen. Edward M. Kenne
dy said he must decide whether
“the innuendo, the whispers . . .
and my admission of guilt” In a
fatal auto accident will bring
his immediate political career
to an end.
In a statement on a
nationwide television hookup
Friday night, the 37-year-old
Democrat admitted his leaving
the scene of the accident that
took the life of Miss Mary Jo
Kopechne, 28, was “indefensi
ble.” But he grimly emphasized
“There is no truth, no truth
whatever to the widely circulat
ed suspicions of immoral
conduct that have been leveled
at my behavior and hers
regarding that evening.
“There has never been a
private relationship between us
of any kind.”
He added, “Nor was I driving
under the influence of liquor.”
But, he went on, “These
events, the innuendo, the
whispers which have surround
ed them, and my admission of
guilt this morning raise the
question in my mind of whether
my standing among the people
of my state has been so
impaired that I should resign
my seat in the United States
Senate.”
Must Make Decision
He said he must make the
final decision himself, but
added: “I ask you tonight, the
people of Massachusetts, to
think this through with me in
facing this decision.
“I seek your advice and
opinion in making it. I seek
your prayers.”
Kennedy, who comes up for
re-election next year, pleaded
guilty in Dukes County District
Court at Edgartown to leaving
the scene of a fatal accident.
He received a suspended two
month jail sentence and was
placed on probation for one
year.
In his television talk, Kenne
dy confessed his quandary at
the time of the mishap was
caused, at least in part, by
wondering “whether some aw
ful curse actually did hang over
the Kennedys.”
The senator did not report
the tragedy until about nine
hours after it occurred.
On Unlit Ro>d
Kennedy said he and Miss
Kopechne were driving an an
unlit road as they headed to
make the last ferry between
Edgartown and Chappaquiddick
about 11:15 p.m. when the car
plunged off a narrow humpback
bridge with no rails and
overturned in eight feet of
water, immediately filling with.
water.
Instead of reporting the
accident, he said he rested “for
an undetermined time” in
nearby grass and finally walked
the 1.2 miles back to the
cottage. He asked Joseph
Gargan. a cousin, and Paul F.
Markham, former U.S. attorney
for Massachusetts and now a
lawyer in private practice, to
return to the tidal pond and
help try to recover Miss
Kopechne, but “their strenuous
efforts, undertaken at some
risk to their own lives, also
proved futile,” he said.
Kennedv said he told Gargan
and Markhan not to “alarm”
the others at the cookout. They
went to the ferry crossing, but
when they saw the ferry had
closed down for the night,
Kennedy said he impulsively
leaped into the channel and
swam the 120 yards to the
Edgartown side.
rollapses In Room
He returned to his room at
the, Shiretown Inn "around 2
a.m. and collapsed in my
room," he said.
Kennedy did not say what
happened to Markham and
Gargan, nor did he attempt to
explain why they did not notify
police of the accident.
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(UPI TELEPHOTO)
HYANNIS PORT, MASS -
Mass. Sen. Edward Kennedy
top, shown in 1969 file photo)
went on nationwide TV 'o give
his account of the accident in
which Mary Jo Kopechne, 28
(bottom, shown in 1969 fik
photo) died.
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Kennedys Are
Expecting Fourth
BOSTON (UPl)—The Boston
Herald Traveler, quoting a
spokesman for the Kennedy
family, said today that the wife
of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy
is expecting the couple’s
fourth child.
In his television speech
Friday night Kennedy said his
wife did not accompany him to
Martha’s Vineyard, where the
tragic automobile accident oc
curred, “for reasons of health.”
The Kennedy’s have three
children, Kara, 9, Edward Jr.,
7, and Patrick, 2. Mrs. Kennedy
has had two miscarriages one
in 1963 and one in 1964.
Local Weather
LOCAL WEATHER — Esti
mated high today 91, low today
70, high yesterday 92, low yes
terday 70. Sunrise tomorrow
6:47, sunset tomorrow 8:42.
Small Claims Referendum
New Court Could Be Set Cp
Within 30 Days Or Less
Should Griffin-Spalding voters
approve a Small Claims Court
in the referendum next Tues
day, it could be operating with
in 30 days or less.
A judge of the court would
have to be nominated by a Spal
ding County grand jury or a
committee of five to nine mem
bers designated to make a no
mination. Judge Andrew Whalen
of the Superior Court of Spald
ing would make the appointment,
under terms of the Small Claims
Court bill.
The Superior Court Judge
would have the right to accept
cr reject the nominagion from
the Grand Jury. If it should be
rejected, he would await anoth-
Massachusetts
Support Gains
By United Press International
Most Massachusetts residents
apparently feel Sen. Edward M.
Kennedy should retain his seat
in the Senate. Initial response
from other parts of the country
to his plea for advice, however,
appeared to be more widely
split.
Boston’s three daily newspa
pers, the Record American,
Globe and Herald Traveler,
reported telephone calls “2-1 in
favor” of Kennedy. The Spring
field Union reported less than
three hours after the senator’s
nationally televised speech they
had received 102 calls, with 90
wanting Kennedy to remain in
office and 12 urging that he
• resign.
i Radio and television stations
in the state said their
I switchboards were overworked
- with most callers supporting
Kennedy.
j Asks For Advice
Kennedy told his television
audience he “would understand
™ full well why some might think
° it right for me to resign” in the
® wake of an automobile accident
which claimed the life of a
pretty blonde secretary. He
said he would make the final
decision but asked for the
“advice and opinion” of Massa
chusetts citizens.
Six carloads of people drove
up to the Kennedy family
compound at Hyannis Port
within 10 minutes of the speech.
“The first people were very
emotional, very uptight,” a
guard said. "They told me to
tell him that ‘we’re behind
him.’ ”
Thomas Taylor, West e rn
Union traffic chief in Boston,
estimated early today that
more than 100,000 telegrams
had been sent to Kennedy since
the speech.
In New York City, however,
reaction tended in the other
direction. NBC-TV News re
ceived about 800 calls, all but
30 opposed to either the
coverage of the speech or
Kennedy's retention of office.
ABC received a “mixture of
calls,” a spokesman said and,
"the antis slightly outnumbered
i the pros, but in these situations
. those with gripes are often
’ making the most noise.”
The New York Times said it
’ received 50 calls, of which
• about two-thirds were critical
of the senator.
Switchboard Lit Up
WOC-TV in Davenport, lowa,
asked for viewer reaction in a
15-minute period after the 10
p.m. news. The switchboard
was “still lit up like a
Christmas tree” at the end of
the period, a station official
said, and 143 of 194 callers
urged that Kennedy remain in
the senate.
WBBM Radio in Chicago, a
CBS affiliate-, said they had
“not a single call” regarding
the speech. The city’s NBC
affiliate, WMAQ, however, said
they received a fair number of
calls,” with about three-fourths
supporting Kennedy.
A San Francisco radio station
1 er nomination from the gr
and jury or its committee.
The appointment would be un
til Nov. 1, until a Grand Jury
or committee made a nomina
tion for a four year term. Ap
-1 pointments would be for four
year periods.
The Small Claims Court would
handle property disputes of sl,-
000 Or lesa, garnishments and
other such actions.
The judge of the Small Claims
Court would be charged, under
the act, to attempt to settle dis
putes without a jury trial. But
should a jury trial be necessary,
six jurors picked from a panel
of 12 persons would try such
cases.
Inside Tip
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reported most calls were
; unfavorable to Kennedy. Don t
you know the whole thing is a
; farce?” one caller asked.
The Police Gazette announced
- late Friday that it will conduct
a poll of 1,000 Massachusetts
’ barbershops to ascertain
feelings of customers. Tne
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be turned over to K^ ay
before they are made Public
i And on Martha’s Vineyard,
- th e Massachusetts island where
. the tragedy took
. owner of an inn where Kennedy
su ’ ed . id"
1 accident said,
. resign. It wouldn t be the
Kennedy way.”
Rev. Harrington
Is Getting
‘Modern Epistles’
These are “modern epistles,"
’ the Rev. Bob Harrington said.
, He had pulled out of his coat
j pocket a handful of notes. They
, had been dropped into contain
’ ers for offerings passed through
Memorial Stadium during the
, evangelistic crusade he is con
'r ducting here this week.
The notes were scribbed on all
sorts of paper.
One said a cashier was “run
ning around with a married
, man" and asked the Rev. Harr
ington to talk with her.
Another wanted him to talk
with a businessman about his
salvation.
One was typewritten. It said
that the old saw of “do as I say
do, not as I do” no longer would
work. Youngsters of today know
the score and they won't swal
low the old teaching, the note
continued.
“It Just Won’s Work,” was
capitalized in the letter several
times.
These represent some of t h e
little known responses the "chap
lain of Bourbon Street” is get
ting from the crusade.
More than 2.000 youngsters at
tended a “Late Date With Bob”
service last night at the stadium
which began shortly after 10 o’-
clock. He preached to the young
people after they had enjoyed
hot dogs, soft drinks and heard
a folk group from Atlanta sing.
The Rev. Harrington spoke to
another stadium full of people
at the 8 o’clock service last
night. Services tonight and to
morrow night, both at 8 o’clock,
will conclude the crusade.
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A NEW SOLOMON
BOURNEMOUTH. England
(UPI)—A judge decided whe
ther five homing pigeons were
stolen by releasing them
outside the court and letting
them fly home.
The prosecutor offered the
idea. His name: Anthony Bird.
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Establishment of such a court
here has been recommended by
several grand juries. The Geor
gia General Assembly this year
approved such a bill which call
ed for a referendum on the ques
tion.
Voters will go to the polls
next Tuesday between 7 a.tn.
and 7 p.m. to decide the matter.
They will mark ballots for or
against the court. If more than
half the votes cast favor the
court, the way will be cleared
for its establishment.
The Griffin Area Chamber of
Commerce has endorsed the
proposal and Is working for its
passage.