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THURSDAY. APRIL 15. 2004 PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS PAGE 3C
MINISTER’S CORNER
The Ten Commandments
and American Law
(Part 1 of 4)
NOTICE OF SALE UNDER POWER
GEORGIA, PICKENS COUNTY
Under and by virtue of the Power of Sale
contained in a Security Deed given by Marvin
D. Smith to Regions Bank, dated June 28,
2002, recorded in Deed Book 469, Page 139,
Pickens County, Georgia Records, as last
transferred to Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.
by assignment recorded in Deed Book 469,
Page 154, Pickens County, Georgia Records,
conveying the after-described property to
secure a Note in the original principal amount
of One Hundred Thousand and 0/100 Dollars
($100,000.00), with interest thereon as set
forth therein, there will be sold at public outcry
to the highest bidder for cash before the
courthouse door of Pickens County, Georgia,
within the legal hours of sale on the first
Tuesday in May 2004 the following described
property: See
Exhibit “A” attached hereto and made a
part of hereof.
The debt secured by said Security Deed
has been and is hereby declared due because
of, among other possible events of default,
failure to pay the indebtedness as and when
due and in the manner provided in the Note
and Security Deed. The debt remaining in
default, this sale will be made for the purpose
of paying the same and all expenses of this
sale, as provided in Security Deed and by law,
including attorney’s fees (notice of intent to
collect attorney’s fees having been given).
Said property will be sold subject to any
outstanding ad valorem taxes (including taxes
which are a lien, but not yet due and payable),
any matters which might be disclosed by an
accurate survey and inspection of the
property, any assessments, liens,
encumbrances, zoning ordinances,
restrictions, covenants, and matters of record
superior to the Security Deed first set out
above.
To the best knowledge and belief of the
undersigned, the party in possession of the
property is Marvin D. Smith and Viola M Smith
or a tenant or tenants and said property is
more commonly known as 285 Lawson
Federal Road, Ball Ground, GA 30107.
The sale will be conducted subject (1) to
confirmation that the sale is not prohibited
under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and (2) to
final confirmation and audit of the status of
the loan with the holder of the security deed.
EXHIBIT “A”
All that tract or parcel of land lying and
being in Land Lot 216 of the 4th District, 2nd
Section, Pickens County, Georgia, being Lot
8, Phase 1, Lawson Landing, as per plat
recorded in Plat Book BB, Page 21, Pickens
County, Georgia Records.
Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. as Attorney-
in- Fact for Marvin D. Smith
Daniel D. Phelan
McCalla, Raymer, Padrick, Cobb, Nichols &
Clark, LLC
1544 Old Alabama Road
Roswell, Georgia 30076
www.foreclosurehotline.net
DDP/sIk 5/4/04
Our file no. 51783803-FT4
This law firm is acting as a debt collector
attempting to collect a debt. Any information
obtained will be used for that purpose.
(48-51)
NOTICE OF SALE UNDER POWER
GEORGIA, PICKENS COUNTY
Under and by virtue of the Power of Sale
contained in a Security Deed given by Araceli
Scott to Mortgage Electronic Registration
Systems, Inc., dated July 16, 2003, recorded
in Deed Book 531, Page 761, Pickens County,
Georgia Records, conveying the after-
described property to secure a Note in the
original principal amount of One Hundred
Twenty-Six Thousand and Dollars
($126,000.00), with interest thereon as set
forth therein, there will be sold at public outcry
to the highest bidder for cash before the
courthouse door of Pickens County, Georgia,
within the legal hours of sale on the first
Tuesday in May, 2004, the following described
property:
See Exhibit “A” attached hereto and
made a part of hereof.
The debt secured by said Security Deed
has been and is hereby declared due because
of, among other possible events of default,
failure to pay the indebtedness as and when
due and in the manner provided in the Note
and Security Deed. The debt remaining in
default, this sale will be made for the purpose
of paying the same and all expenses of this
sale, as provided in Security Deed and by law,
including attorney’s fees (notice of intent to
collect attorney's fees having been given).
Said property will be sold subject to any
outstanding ad valorem taxes (including taxes
which are a lien, but not yet due and payable),
any matters which might be disclosed by an
accurate survey and inspection of the
property, any assessments, liens,
encumbrances, zoning ordinances,
restrictions, covenants, and matters of record
superior to the Security Deed first set out
above.
To the best knowledge and belief of the
undersigned, the party in possession of the
property is Araceli Scott or a tenant or tenants
and said property is more commonly known
as 166 Whispering Waters Drive, Jasper,
GA 30143.
The sale will be conducted subject (1) to
confirmation that the sale is not prohibited
under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and (2) to
final confirmation and audit of the status of the
loan with the holder of the security deed.
EXHIBIT “A”
All that tract or parcel of land lying and
being in Land Lots 164 and 165 of the 12th
District, 2nd Section of Pickens County,
Georgia, being Lot 9, Whispering Waters,
Phase II, as per plat recorded in Plat Book
EE, Pages 229-234, Pickens County, Georgia
Records, which plat is incorporated herein by
reference.
Subject to those certain protective
covenants, dated December 12, 1997,
recorded December 23, 1997 in Deed Book
287, Pages 318-319, Pickens County,
Georgia Records.
Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems,
Inc. as Attorney in Fact for Araceli Scott
Daniel D. Phelan
McCalla, Raymer, Padrick, Cobb, Nichols &
Clark, LLC
1544 Old Alabama Road
Roswell, Georgia 30076
www.foreclosurehotline.net
DDP/jsg 5/4/04
Our file no. 5314204-FT1
This law firm is acting as a debt collector
attempting to collect a debt. Any information
obtained will be used for that purpose.
(48-51)
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By Bob Self
Pastor, Living Word Church
We hear many complaints today
from people saying they want reli
gion out of our government. They
argue there should be a separation
between government and religion.
Using this argument as their basis,
they are trying to get rid of all dis
plays of the Ten Commandments
from public places, especially gov
ernment buildings.
Webster’s dictionary gives a def
inition of religion as a system of
beliefs. Webster defines beliefs as
thought or opinions upon which we
base our actions. As long as the gov
ernment is doing actions then the
government has thoughts that pre
cede these actions. As long as the
government has a system of beliefs
or a system of thoughts then the
government has a religion. This
means in reality we can never have
a separation of religion and govern
ment. Since the government will
always have a religion behind it, the
real question becomes which reli
gion will be behind the govern
ment’s actions?
Americans today are being
tricked into fighting on the wrong
battle field. Opponents to
Christianity have been saying they
want religion out of the govern
ment. Christians have been saying
we want religion in the government.
The real battle isn’t to have religion
in or out of the government. The
real battle is which religion will be
behind our government actions.
Opponents to Christianity have
been claiming Christians are trying
to force their religion on everyone
else. The reality is they are trying to
force their religion of secular
humanism or maybe even atheism
upon the Christians.
The Supreme Court in 1962 said,
“The state may not establish a reli
gion of secularism in the sense of
affirmatively showing favoritism to
those that believe in no religion and
showing hostility to those that do
believe.”
The Supreme Court was saying
secularism is a religion and it is the
duty of the state to deter a no belief
religion from taking over. The
Supreme Court recognized atheism
and secularism as a religion because
they have a belief system. This goes
back to the idea that there will
always be a belief system behind
our government. The Supreme
Court went on to say that when
you’re not allowed to say prayers at
school functions is not the final
establishment of neutrality but
instead is the establishment of the
state religion.
Those claiming America is not a
Christian nation because it wasn’t
founded as a Christian nation are
ignoring American history. Others
seem to think our founders did not
want religion to have any part of our
government. They need to read the
treaty that ended the Revolutionary
War. It starts off “in the name of the
most holy and undivided Trinity.”
For those who claim the
Constitution is a godless document
because the it does not invoke a
deity; they need remember this
Constitution does support the
Declaration of Independence which
mentions God for times, it does state
“in the year of our Lord” and it does
acknowledge the Christian Sabbath.
James Madison is the one who
introduced the First Amendment.
Madison did not want to restrict our
worship of God but in his personal
writings we learn he wanted our
worship to be more pleasing to God.
The phrase separation of church and
state is not in any founding govern
ment document. Separation of
church and state did not mean reli
gion was to be out of the govern
ment. It only meant the federal gov
ernment cannot tell the state or the
church what to do in regards to reli
gion.
We can also look at the prayer of
George Washington right after he
was sworn in as president; he speaks
of the divine author of our religion.
Washington was speaking of “our”
religion as in the religion of our
nation.
Thomas Jefferson stated God did
not choose to propagate his religion
by coercion. This statement indi
cates Jefferson was not talking
about Muslims, because they often
do attempt to propagate their reli
gion by coercion. This statement
also reveals Jefferson was not talk
ing about the Jews because they did
not tend to propagate their religion.
It is clear Thomas Jefferson was
speaking of the Christian religion
because the Christians do make an
effort to propagate their religion and
they don’t do that by coercion.
And 1799 the Supreme Court of
Maryland declared by our form of
government the Christian religion is
the established religion.
In 1892 a Supreme Court deci
sion said this is a Christian nation
and it quotes from the Mayflower
Compact, the First Charter of
Virginia 1606 and from the
Declaration of Independence.
In 1950 President Harry S.
Truman addressing the Attorney
General’s Conference said, “The
fundamental basis of this nation’s
laws was given to Moses on the
Mount. The fundamental basis of
the Bill of Rights comes from the
teachings we get from Exodus and
St. Matthew, from Isaiah and St.
Paul. I don’t think we emphasize
that enough these days. . .”
The Florida Supreme Court in
1950 declared the following: “A
people unschooled about the sover
eignty of God, the Ten
Commandments, and the ethics of
Jesus, could never have evolved the
Bill of Rights, the Declaration of
Independence and the Constitution.
There is not one solitary fundamen
tal principle our democratic policy
that did not stem directly from the
basic moral concepts as embodied
in the Decalogue.”
(For more historical facts, see:
"The Ten Commandments and their
Influence on American Law,
William J. Federer.)
Home & Property For Sale
Harry Norman, Realtors
1479 Old Grandview
Road, Jasper, GA
2bd/2ba Rustic Home on 6+ Acres
Plus 2 Out Buildings & Carport
Remarkable Site mostly Fenced
This property is pristine with mature, healthy
and plentiful blooming trees and shrubs. A
true gardeners paradise with special plants
collected over years. Compares to beautiful
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Mountain Views Priced to Sell $199,900
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New Homes from the Mid $140s
4 BR/3 BA, Cul-de-sac Lot,
0.81 Acres, $174,900
3 BR/2 BA, Ranch on Full
Basement, $195,000
4 BR/2.5 BA, Tri-Level w/
Full Bsmt. $197,000
3 BR/2 BA, 1 1/2 Story w/
Private Bkyd. $183,900
4 BR/2.5 BA, Tri-Level on
Full Bsmt. $199,000
3 BR/2 BA, Ranch on Full
Bsmt. $184,695
3 BR/2.5 BA, Cul-de-sac Lot
on .791 Acres, $189,900
3 BR/2.5 BA, Wrap Around
Porch. $189,900
3 BR/2 BA on 0.65 Acres
$156,900
3 BR/2 BA on 0.93 Acres
$158,900
3 BR/2 BA on 0.66 Acres
$157,900
3 BR/2 BA on 0.64 Acres
$159,900
3 BR/2 BA on 0.80 Acres
$159,900
3 BR/2 BA on 0.70 Acres
$158,900
3 BR/2 BA on 0.72 Acres
$149,900
3 BR/2 BA on 0.71 Acres
$157,900
Sales Office Open Daily
770-735-3103 / Fax 770-735-3127
Sales Office Open Daily
678-454-4585 / Fax 678-454-4586
LKTHEM
REALTY INC.
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Beth 770-633-5947
Cindy 770-547-7521
Directions: 575N to Exit 27, Right
off Exit Ramp to Left on Hwy. 5.
Go approx. 2.5 miles to Left on
Marion Spence Rd. S/D on Right.
LKIHIM
REALTY INC.
770-479-1901
Beth Lathem 770-633-5947
Cindy Lathem 770-547-7521
Directions: 575N to Exit 27, Right
off Exit Ramp to Left on Hwy. 5.
Go approx. 3 miles to Right on
Jordan Rd. to Left on Pickens
St./Old Nelson Rd.
3 BR/2 BA - Cape Cod
$159,900
4 BR/3 BA, Full Basement
$174,000
3 BR/2 BA,- 2 Story w/Full
Bsmt. $161,900
3 BR/2 BA - Full Bsmt.
w/Boat Door $167,900
3 BR/2 BA - Split Foyer
$145,000
3 BR/2 BA - Split Foyer
$147,900
3 BR/2 BA, - Ranch
$150,000
3 BR/2 BA - Private Ranch
$159,900
LKTHEM
REALTY INC.
770-479-1901
Susan Lathem 678-232-3427
Beth Dinsmore 404-642-8508
Directions: 575N to Right on
Philadelphia Rd., to Right on Talk
ing Rock Rd. then Left on Hood
Rd. to Right on Pioneer Rd. then
Left on Lrontier Rd., continue
straight into S/D.