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BRUCE STILL, Publisher
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Your Cooperation Can
Prevent This Crippler
This Sunday, Feb. 9, the people of West
Gwinnett and Forsyth will join in a mass at
tack against the ravages of polio.
Joining her metropolitan Atlanta neighbors,
the two counties are pushing towards a 100
per cent goal to protect every resident against
this crippling disease.
Convenient stations are being established
at various schools where everyone can have
at their disposal the Sabin oral vaccine. This
God-given miracle has spared many the an
guish and pain of polio. Now it is asked that
every family receive this preventative that
knocks out one of the world's most heart
breaking diseases.
Sabin oral vaccine is free. All it will cost
the receiver is a little time, but it may save
him years of pain and suffering.
Much has been said about Sabin Oral Sun
day, but if the people do not react en masse
the efforts of hundreds and the brilliance of
science will not be fully realized.
Every mother, father, daughter and son
should plan now to strike their blow against
polio. On the front page of this newspaper is
a listing of the time and places local residents
can receive their insurance against this aw
ful crippler.
Poultry Industry
%/ %/
Has * Arrived 9
The mood of the Southeastern Poultry and
Egg Association convention might be descri
bed as secure and confident.
It is possible that this mighty industry,
which has known its shaky periods, has reach
ed that level of stability which it has sought
for so many years. This is not say that price
fluctuations have ended, but that the major
factors in the industry know how to handle
them and are capable of confronting them.
Although the market now is not good, there
was no pessimism on the floor of the conven
tion. Everyone was working hard, showing
new and improved products and in general
viewing the business of producing chickens,
eggs and turkeys as though the industry was
here to stay, as it obviously is.
After the roller coaster history of the poul
try industry and the genuine concern of some
previous year, the 19G4 convention reflected
a solidly based, thriving American industry,
a real business operating in the traditions of
our system to produce more and better prod
ucts for consumers.
Quick Judgment
The Georgia House quickly and wisely re
jected a move to permit only taxpayers to
vote on bond issues locally.
This has never been a country of the
privileged voter. No one knows whether he
will be a property owner tomorrow or cease
being one next week.
If it would make sense to limit a ballot to
property owners only, it would also make sense
to give the man with the most property an
extra vote, or more voting strength than the
man with less property.
The House’s instincts proved entirely cor
rect this time.
SYLVAIN MEYER
Little General Tension in Atlanta
ATLANTA The truly odd thing about
Atlanta’s racial demonstrations this week is
that the Ku Klux Klan and the student “non
violent” demonstrators seem to be taking them
selves more seriously than other Atlantans.
Atlantans may be surprised at the inten
sity of national television coverage. Only ones
not surprised are the police, who have been
doing a good job keeping a tight lid on an
explosion that could otherwise become a chain
reation.
Somehow, there is confidence that the city’s
leaders will work the situation out in con
versation. A considerable force of Negro power,
lodged mostly in the oider and more conserva
tive Negro citizens, want to complete the
court tests resulting from earlier demonstra
tions and to consolidate gains.
The younger group, led by SNCC Chair
man James Foreman, wants to continue mili
tant confrontation with restaurant and hotel
owners who ban Negroes. These people give
observers the idea they are more interested
in showing muscle and in proving they can
stir up trouble than in permanent, on-going
change in the capital city.
We were at the Dinkier Hotel for the poul
try convention earlier this week with demon
strations in progress less than a block away.
Poultry folk merely trying to find some oys
ters on the half shell on the far side of the
demonstration ran into police blockades and
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"Before I tell you what's for dinner . . . how do you
stand on Margaret Chase Smith?"
Pastor’s Column
Moral Attitudes Confused
Regarding Sexual Morality
Bv J. EMMETT HENDERSON
Pastor
First Baptist Church, Norcross
In a recent issue of a national
magazine, there was a lengthy
article on the status of sexual
morality in the United States. The
significance of this article goes
beyond its analysis of this one
segment of life; for out of this
analysis, there emerges “a look
in” into what America is think
ing over the whole range of the
issue of right versus wrong. Such
statements as these are indices
of the moral attitudes prevailing
across the land:
‘‘Morals are a private affair;”
that is, everybody draws up his
own list of what is right and
wrong. “Nothing is really wrong
unless somebody else gets hurt.”
(This is like saying sin is sin
when it is reaped, not when it is
sown.) “Sex is not a moral ques
tion. For answers you don’t turn
to a body of absolutes. The cri
terion should not be, ‘ls it moral
ly right or wrong,’ but it is so
cially feasible, is it personally
healthy and rewarding, will it
enrich human life.”
Thus, the consensus of opinion
had to prove they were indeed the innocent
bystanders.
But around the rest of town, as visitors
talked to residents, concern remained at a low
level. These Atlantans considered the demon
strations a nuisance, but little more than a
temporary nuisance that would be settled as
previous Atlanta racial outbreaks have been
settled.
Readers of the Atlanta papers have seen
quiet and controlled treatment of the demon
strations and any pictures they’ve come across
have been on national TV, not in the local
press. Perhaps the tone of the coverage en
courages Atlantans to regard the disturb
ances as more remote than they really are.
Or perhaps they merely view the outbreak
as the stupid and wasteful exchange of tem
pers that it is. Charlie Leb could open his
high priced restaurant and very few Negroes
would attend: kosher pickles and corn beef
sandwiches wouldn’t attract them in the first
place. The Piedmont Hotel, in a monumental
bit of self-deception, opened its dining room
only to Negroes registered in the hotel while
whites can eat there regardless.
On the other hand, the demonstrators
have shortened the patience of those who con
cur in their aims but dislike their methods.
If they would look around the city, they
would find their efforts drawing less atten
tion and far less sympathy, even from other
Negroes, than they imagine.
Editorial and Feature Page
One Soldier Killed Another;
Wrong Man Nearly Executed
It was mostly hearsay, the bar
ber said, but he knew a good
portion of the story was factual
and it seemed a reasonable argu
ment for abolition of capital pun
ishment.
The soldier was a professional
gambler and with plenty of time
on his hands in the Army he
managed to make the dice pay
off right well.
At the time he was flush with
about S3OO in his pocket and one
thing led to another and they
found him along side a road one
day with his head caved in. It
W'as murder beyond a doubt.
A young fellow soldier was dis
covered wearing a wristwatch
that was recognized as having
once belonged to the gambler
soldier. A court martial was
held, the alleged slayer was found
guilty and the sentence was death.
Parents of the convicted man
appealed through channels to
President Franklin Roosevelt and
the death penalty was set aside.
And it was a good thing too
that the convicted slayer was
spared because actually he had
nothing to do with the killing.
It developed that several years
JOHN GUNTER, Managing Editor
seems to be that for fidelity or
infidelity, temperance or intem
perance, honesty or dishonesty
In the very basics of life
there is nowhere you can turn and
find absolute answers. A simple
right or wrong, yes or no, will
no longer do. We are informed
that in the case of right vs.
wrong, the court of heaven has
no jurisdiction. Everybody must
hold his own court and adjudicate
the case himself. In this perplex
ed generation, w'e are told, “Go
out and play the game of life
without a rule book!” No won
der that at the core of his soul,
man is bewildered and confused.
But, such confusion was inevit
able, for whenever men reject
God, they inevitably reject His
law. Whenever they reject God’s
absolute sovereignity over life,
they inevitably reject His abso
lute answers to life’s absolute
questions. Whever men reject
God’s answers, they inevitably
turn into themselves for answers,
and whenever men start supply
ing the answers to the basic
questions of life, confusion in
evitably results.
JOHN GUNTER
later another man who has served
in toe same outfit confessed to
the crime.
This is the point: As long as
juries lack the omniscience of
God they are sometimes going
to make mistakes. Therefore, un
der the existing Georgia law,
there remains the grisly possi
bility that you, your child or a
friend may be electrocuted in
Georgia. It’s really a shame that
we have to think of it in such
personal terms before we do
something about it.
Personally, I haven’t gone to
a lot of trouble to feel out the
public on the issue but I am
convinced that the death penalty
ought to be abolished. Of the
foui - Gwinnettians I queried last
week (a city official, a barber
and two ministers) three oppose
the death penalty and a fourth
is inclined to opposition but feels
that more research should be
undertaken.
While it may appear as a para
dox I believe it is a fact that
Georgia has as many, if not more,
capital crimes than any other
state despite its death penalty.
On the other hand, authoritative
sources say those states that have
abolished the death penalty have
fewer murders than those that
still have the penalty.
Under our system of govern
ment every citizen shares a de
gree of responsibility for the
laws under which we live. All
too often, however, we take it
for granted that our legislators
will act in our best interests re
gardless of whether they hear
from the electorate.
About 30 nations and six states
have abolished capital punish
ment. These include Belgium,
Denmark, Finland, Norway, Port
ugal, The Netherlands, Sweden,
a part of Switzerland, most na
tions of Latin America, and the
states of Alaska, Delaware, Ha
waii, Maine, Minnesota and Wis
consin.
When the question came up
two years ago in the Legisla
ture the matter was referred to
a committee. The committee con
sulted with the Board of Cor
rections and the board reported
ly advised against abolishment of
the death penalty. Reason? The
State’s prison facilities were bur
dened to capacity.
(Note: If you favor abolition
of the death penalty, notify
your representatives. It’s pos
sible they might do something
about it.)
Moses D. Hamrick
Some Curious Reactions to Smoking Report
Opinions have varied since the
results of research on cigaret
smoking by the federal govern
ment. Some of them are almost
funny and some are serious, but
the fact still remains that smok
ing will continue. Here are a few
of the fellows and how they re
acted to the findings.
Joe: Probably the world’s
most exasperating bore. He has
never smoked in his life, and not
a day goes by but he tells you
about his amazing self-control
(all while fanning away your
smoke with his hands). When you
ask him how he avoided the filthy
habit, he says: “I never need
ed it.” Small wonder. He drinks
like a fish.
Stan: Somewhere he read
where substitution was the best
way to kick the habit. He decided
on chocolate bars. He now weighs
283 pounds and high blood pres
sure will land him on the obitu
ary page in six months.
Charlie: That report scared
you-know-what out of him, mak
ing him so nervous he’s now on
four packs a day.
Fred: This fellow went into ab
solute ecstasy when the report
made no mention of chewing to
bacco. But don’t bump into him
on a crowded bus.
Dudley: He swore off in 1959,
but didn’t really quit smoking.
He merely switches brands to
O.P.’s (other people’s). Enter
prising fellow with the money he
saved, he put a son through col
lege and installed a handsome
patio in the backyard.
Mary: Her solution is to limit
herself to one cigarette an
hour. At 20 minutes to the hour
she’s sucking her thumb, tugging
at her girdle, linking paper clips
and snapping at everyone in
sight. By July she’ll have clean
lungs and a nervous breakdown.
Bob: He feels safe because
he uses a long cigaret holder,
from the end he spends much
time extracting the butts. There’s
no cancer in his lungs, it’s in his
fingernails.
Willie: No problem. He joined
smokers anonymous. Whenever a
member gets that uncontrollable
urge to light up, he calls a friend
who rushes over and the two of
them hit each other in the head.
Art: He told his wife he was
through with gaspers, but at the
office he smokes up a smog and
all the way home he chews gum,
lozenges and licorice. His wife
keeps wondering why he insists
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on walking the dog at 9 p.m.,
10 p.m., 11 p.m., midnight and
first thing in the morning at a
quarter to six.
Sam: Years ago he learned to
curb the need by downing a bottle
of Soda pop. His carbonated kid
ney not only floats, it does the
Australian cr^wl.
Pastor’s Column
Just What Did Jesus Mean
By the More Abundant Life?
By J.B. McNEIL, PASTOR
Duluth Methodist Church
Never before in history has any
nation invested as much in edu
cation and depended as much
upon it as does the United States.
It has been estimated that this
country will spend in excess of
20 billion dollars for education
this year, and that over 50 mil
lion Americans wili be in school.
This is about one in every four.
Future expenditures almost defy
the imagination.
In spite of this we are con
fronted with an appalling crisis
in morals and crime. Mr. J. Ed
gar Hoover o the Federal Bu
reau of Investigation informs us
that in a recent year there was
a total of 2,563,150 crimes com
mitted in the United States. Be
tween the years 1950 and 1960 the
crime rate increased by 43 per
cent while the population in
creased only 11 per cent. The
best educated nation in the
world has the largest crime rate
of any “civilized” nation in the
world. Mr. Hoover has written,
“People for the most part com
mit crime because they do not
have the moral stamina and
traits of character to withstand
temptation. The criminal is the
product of spiritual starvation.
Someone failed miserably to
bring him to know God, love him
and serve him.”
Our forefathers established edu
cation on religious faith. For them
the fundamental “R” in educa
tion was religion and the other
three considered of knowledge
built upon this foundation. The
order has been reversed. Reli
gion, instead of being the center
of education, is now only on
the periphery if in the picture at
all.
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Rosco: This speciman guards
his health by pacing himself
one puff and he puts the cigaret
down, anywhere thats handy. In
his time he has burned down two
homes, a nightclub, his insurance
adjustor’s office and 16 desks,
if he comes to your house cover
up the mahogany.
To meet our nation’s peril and
save our beloved country it is
imperative that we again give re
ligion its basic place in person
ality and character development.
If it cannot be done in public
schools and there was serious
doubt about it be f ore the Supreme
Court’s recent decision then
it must be done where it has
been done before and can be done
best the home. It must be
done.
Education multiplies power, but
power may be used for good or
it may be used for evil. Long ago
Alfred the Great said, “Power is
never a good except he be good
that has it.” The separation of
education and religion is the
most basic defect in American
life. We need more than educa
tion. We need a harmonious ex
pansion of all the personality.
This involved the development of
the intellect, a sense of apprecia
tion of beauty, a willingness to
treat others as one would be treat
ed, a sense of right and wrong,
and the* fulfillment of the long
inj for God that lives in every
breast. Some of us readily recog
nize this as what Jesus meant
by the “more abundant life.”
The church school has a definite
responsibility here, but it is often
handicapped by inadequate facili
ties, limited time, and often poor
ly prepared teachers. Most
churches are making a great
deal of progress in this area of
their work. But the ultimate re
sponsibility for the full develop
ment of the child rests upon the
home and the parents. The par
ent is still the single most influen
tial person in our society. He
alone can put the “lost R” back
into education. He must.
Nick: Belongs to you-only-live
once school, a cigarette dangling
from his lips, hasn’t had a speck
of trouble since that left lung
came out. And the teeth. And
the bladder.
Everett: Serene type. Discover
ed tranquilizers years ago and
doesn’t have a care in the world.
Still writes 1962 on his checks and
letters.
Greg: Sad case. Brilliant creat
or of cigarette commercials.
Thought up the lines: “It’s what’s
up front that counts. . . and they
are mild,” etc. Earned SBO,OOO a
year. Got pinkslipped Monday.
Has tattoo, will travel.
Mo: There’s one of these in
every crowd. Started on cornsilk
at 5, smoked cigarettes, cigars,
pipe and hookah and died at 93
when he slipped on the dance
floor while doing the twist.
IN OTHERS OPINION
NEW YORK - Singer Eddie
Fisher replying to Elizabeth
Taylor’s charges that he was
demanding $1 million as the
price of a divorce so she can
marry Richard Burton:
“I do not wish to be fi
nancially married to Elizabeth
while she is escorted by Mr.
Burton.”
NEW YORK - Gov. Nelson
Rockefeller attacking Sen. Bar
ry Goldwater’s proposal that
the United States should threat
en to sever relations with Rus
sia if the Soviets do not agree
to certain concessions:
“Breaking relations is tra
ditionally the first step toward
war, and this country cannot
afford to break off communica
tions in any form.”
WASHINGTON - President
Johnson urging passage of the
$11.5 billion tax cut bill:
“Each day’s delay in the pas
sage of this bill withholds from
our economic bloodstream S3O
million that could be pumped
into the economy daily by low
ering withholding rates from 18
per cent to 14 per cent.”
WASHINGTON - Dr. D. R.
Heune, writing in “Approach,”
the Navy’s aviation safety mag
azine, of the possible link be
tween heart trouble and cof
fee:
“As with wine, woman and
song, moderation is probably
the best answer.”
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