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Os God and man
Voting is religious obligation
By LOUIS CASSELS
United Press International
If you find yourself feeling
apathetic about the election
campaign now moving into high
gear, consider this:
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Voting is not merely a civic
duty. It also is a religious
obligation.
In a democratically governed
country such as the United
States, every citizen shares
moral responsibility for what
his government does, as well as
for what it leaves undone.
This is not just a theory
taught in civics classes, but a
practical fact of life. If we have
the opportunity to affect the
composition and conduct of our
government, and fail to make
intelligent use of that opportuni
ty, we are expressing indiffer
ence to the welfare of millions
of human beings whose lives
will be better or worse because
of what the government does or
fails to do in the future.
We can’t dude our moral duty
to vote by claiming that “my
one little vote won’t matter."
In a close election, every vote
counts. In the 1960 presidential
election, for example, a shift of
just one vote per precinct
would have given the victory to
Richard M. Nixon instead of
John F. Kennedy. The 1968
contest between Nixon and
Hubert Humphrey was almost
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as close.
Nor can we opt out by saying
that we don’t care much for
either candidate or either
party. SOMEBODY is going to
be elected, and even if we feel
it’s a choice between two evils,
we have a duty to decide which
is the lesser evil—and cast our
vote accordingly.
If failing to vote is a sin (I
— Griffin Daily News Saturday, September 2,1972
think it is), it’s one that
millions of otherwise decent,
God-fearing Americans are
guilty of committing. In the
last presidential election, the
number of potential voters who
failed to go to the polls was
greater than the number of
ballots cast for the winning
candidate.
it you've never voted before,
or haven’t voted in a good
while, you cannot wait until
election day, Nov. 7, to do your
duty. To vote then, you must
register now. Registration is a
simple task, easily performed,
and the books will be open in
most states for at least another
month.
If you’re going to vote, you
owe it to your fellow man to
vote as wisely as possible. And
that means taking the time and
trouble to keep up with the
campaign for the next couple of
months. Read your newspaper,
listen to the candidates on TV,
think about the issues, weigh
both sides. Decide what you
believe—and who you trust.
It takes some effort. The
best-written political story may
not be as interesting to you as
the sports page or the feature
section.
But keeping up with cam
paign developments is certainly
not as heavy a burden as taking
up arms to defend your
country. Yet the former is just
as truly a citizen’s duty as the
latter.
Property
Transfers
The following property
transfers were recorded Airing
the past week at the Spalding
County Courthouse in the office
of Superior Court Clerk F. P.
Lindsey:
Tara Motors Inc. to Johnny J.
Harris, house and lot County
Line road; Gregory G. and
Sheila Rosanthal to William
Major Martin, house and lot
Rehoboth road; Fred L.
Omundson and Robert P.
Scroggins to Dennis C. Evans,
two acres on Valley Hill road;
Searcy Murray Realty Inc. to
Lamar and Carolyn B. Jones,
lot in Second land district;
Johnny C. Kendall to Julia
Early, lot on Wide road; W.
Mourice Hodges to Patrick E.
and Anita S. Mitchell, house and
lot Brook circle; Wilbur G. and
Mary C. Butler to Ira B. Robin
son Sr., house and lot Ga. 92.
Marvin M. and Myrtie E.
Martin to Georgia W. and
Donald E. Simmons, lot on High
Falls road; Troy W. and
Elizabeth Buice to Ted H.
Meeks and Robert L. Milam,
house and lot Charles circle;
Ted H. Meeks to Troy W. Buice,
house and lot Morgan road;
Effie May Ballard to Ray
Sharp, house and lot Burbon
street; Milton E. and Alice
Faye Massingale to C. M. and
Helen Howell, lot on Linda lane.
Mrs. Beulah Benton to Clyde
D. and Delorise B. Gurley, lot
on Griffin-Fayetteville high
way; Panorama Properties Inc.
to Kendall W. and Evelyn R.
Barby, house and lot Forrest
Wood drive; Marvin E. Johnson
to Terrance M. and Demaris S.
Jinks, house and lot Am
berwoods subdivision.
Charles Moss and others to
Benny W. and Joyce C. Sanders,
lot on Milcreek lane; Charles
Moss and others to Kenneth R.
Cline, two acres Ponderosa
road; Amelia Diane Winzell to
W. Leo and Flossie R. McClure,
two acres on Briarcliff road;
Amelia Diane Winzell to James
A. and Helen F. McClure, two
acres on Briarcliff road; Garon
L. Goen to Donald Wayne and
Brenda K. Smith, lot on Dobbins
Mill road; Carl A. Howell to
Janell Howell house and lot U.S.
41; C. Y. Greenway and Yvonne
M. Langford to Lyle E. Cald
well, four acres Wildwood
circle; Imperial Homes Con
struction Co. to Jim Holmes,
house and lot Booker street.
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