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FRH>AV, OCTOBER 6, 1933.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
Covington, Georgia
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
at tlw Postoffice at Covington, Georgia, as mail matter of th»*
Second Class.
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Official Organ of Newton Count) and the
CITY OF COVINGTON.
®?ekltjr ifihlc (@ nutation
"And thou shalt love the Lord, thy God, with ail
thy heart and all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and i
with all thy strength."—Mark 12:30. j
A typical American is one who doesn’t mind living pool
at home if he can act rich when he travels.
When all is said and done, now is the time for the old
firm of Hem & Haw to go out of business.
An old-timer may dress young, but he can’t fool you when
his eyes brighten at the mention of rheumatism.
Zulu wives can get a divorce on a weeks notice, but some
American wives seem to think that is too long to wait.
Big towns are largely inhabited by people of the smaller
towns. They never got over the habit of running to fires.
Times have changed but curiosity remains the same. A
wrecked auto attracts as much attention as the balky horse of
earlier years.
A minimum wage of $14 seems to be enough for anybody
if you already have two or three cars and two or three hun
dred thousand dollars salted away.
Changing of Route No. 11
Very little interest is being shown in the proposed
change of Route 11 to miss Covington by many miles instead
of the present route. The proposed new route for No. 11 will
be two miles farther from Covington than at present.
Some citizens of Covington seem to take the position
that it does not matter, but when you consider that the new
route as proposed will cause the citizens of Mansfield and
Social Circle to drive two miles farther to reach Covington
to trade, it would seem that it should interest the merchants
of Covington.
The proposed route of paving will turn just outside
Social Circle and go through Brick Store and on to Mansfield.
The fork to Social Circle and Mansfield from Covington will
remain unpaved under the present plans.
We acknowledge the route as proposed will eliminate
about two miles from the North-South route and we have no
serious objection to the proposed route being paved just so
long as they pave the present Route No. 11 also which runs
within four miles of Covington.
We agree with some persons who state it makes no dif
ference if the tourist travel misses Covington four or six
miles, but we don’t want it to miss Covington at all. If the
road to Lawrenceville should be paved it would come through
Covington instead of missing it four or six miles.
We regret very much that the engineers are figuring on
paving Route No. 11 through Brick Store and not pave the
foxk connecting Covington with the road. We would suggest
some influential persons interest themselves in this project
and see what can be done to hold Route 11 as it is at present,
and if they should fail in this, certainly agitate the paving of
the fork connecting Covington with these two roads, so the
people coming to Covington from these two communities
would not have to drive two miles farther to reach paved
roads to Covington.
One-Eyed Autos on the Increase
One eyed autos seem to be on the increase on the roads
instead of abating. The law is very specific on this and we
can’t see how so many people violate this law without being
molested. On coming from Athens last Saturday night, one
out of every three autos only had one light. On a recent le
turn trip from Atlanta we counted eight autos out of twehe
with one light.
This is getting to be very serious for on a narrow road,
you have to guess which light is burning and some time
are bound to guess wrong. Y r ou may escape this menace for
years and one day guess the wrong way and you’ll never know
the difference. But why continue to gamble with life in this
way.
Police should be stationed at every small town to stop
any auto having but one light and refuse to let him travel
farther until he has both lights burning. In passing through
Jacksonville several months ago, one of the lights on OUl* cal’
failed, a policeman drove up alongside and told us to drive to
a filling station. He went with us and saw to it that the light
was fixed before he left.
This sort of procedure embarrasses no one and certainly
it benefits the community. We would suggest the police of
this and other cities could do very well to adopt this plan
to lessen the menace of one-eyed autos and thereby lessen the
danger of night driving.
THE COVINGTON NL\>^ COVINGTON, GEORGIA
Diouth Predicted
i*..u uv.aght m looking ahead for something to worn
_ioOut ihis being true, they will probably relish the predic
Of a p.ofessor in the Kansas State teachers' college that
„ . bases his
the nat.on is in for a disastrous drouth in_1934. He
prediction on a study of sun spots. Periods of maximum solar
ct.vity, he says, follow each other every » years. The sun
s now at the quietest part of the cycle, and (he
;st activity will ptobably occur next year, t
airst time long-range prediction has come to take the joy out
a making
of life. But the old belief that in the matter of
eat her predictions, "one man’s guess is as good as another s
otill persists. If the Kansas man hits it you will hear a lot
-”t it. If he misses, you’ll never hear another chirp out of
him.
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Lesson: Acts 9:1-31.
Golden Text— “Wherefore if any
man is in Christ, he is a new crea
ture; the old things are passed
away; behold all things are be
cotne new.' ■_ 11 Corinthians 5:17.
Black carbon may become white
diamond by the simple rearrangc
ment of its atoms, and Saul, the
greatest persecutor of the gospel,
became Paul, its greatest preach* r.
The story of his conversion is
one of the most thrilling pages of
this history, It is related three
times in the Acts, twice by Paul
himself (9:1-21; 22:1-13; 2d: 1-
23), and it had burnt itself so vi
vidly upon his brain that he could
never forget it.
We are first given a view of Saul
the persecutor at work, He was
breathing out threatenings anti
slaughter against Christitans in
Jerusalem.
He considered the new worship
most dangerous and deadly and
would make thorough work of its
destruction and leave not a germ
behind.
He had heard of the presence of
believers in Damascus and set out
for that ancient city that he might
search it and bring any suspects
to Jerusalem for trial.
In all this he was terribly con
scientious and verily thought he
was doing the will of God; for men
may be sincerely conscientious in
their motives and yet dreadfully
wrong in their actions.
It took Saul several days to
journey on horse from Jerusalem
140 miles north to Damascus. This
must have been a time of cooling
down and quiet meditation in his
fiery soul.
He felt himself on the eve of
an impending crisis, already con
science was ripe for revolt.
Upon this thoughtful and
troubled man conversion fell. Da
mascus was near and decision
could not long be delayed. The
Holy Spirit found him trembling
upon the point of doubt and bore
down upon him at this critical
moment.
There were spectacular features
in his case that were supernatural
and unique, but the same princi
ples work in every converted soul.
A blinding blaze of light burned
through the sky, and the proud
persecutor was unhorsed. A voice
was then heard, saying, “Saul,
Saul, why persecuteth thou me?”
This was probably the very ques
tion that was troubling Saul him
self. The Spirit touched the sorest
point in his conscience and pierced
his sin.
Saul answered, “Who art thou
Lord?” Already he seems to know
who the questioner is. A wonder
ful answer was given to his in
quiry; “I am Jesus whom thou
persecutes!."
The answer continued, “Rise,
and enter into the city, and it shall
be told thee w r hat thou must do.”
Not another word about persecu
tion, but only words of kindness
and guidance and promise were
spoken to the prosprate humbled
man. Saul's sin was overwhelmed
in God's mercy and washed away
in a flood of grace.
Christ comes not to judge us but
to save us, and when we turn to
'" v”' t Tf“go«™ h °“ r Si “
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Conversion was now begun, but
was not complete; Saul had passed
the crisis or turning point but had
yet further steps to take. The
voice bade him rise and enter the
city where be would receive fur
ther instructions.
He immediately obeyed his new
Master’s will and turned his faith
into faithfulness.
This is the perfection of faith:
not to know many things, to be led
by the hand through thick dark
ness, yet to trust the Lord and fol
low as he leads us on.
Conversion may plunge us into
perplexity and pain. But light lies
forward and not backward, and it
is only by- following on to know
the Lord that our path will grow
clearer and shine more and more
unto the perfect day.
Others had a part in this work
of grace, and we see how complex
the process of conversion is. His I
attendants led the blind man by
the hand into the city. It is pa
thetic to think of Paul, one of the
great men of the world, being led
as though he were a little child,
perhaps by a servant.
We are all members one of
another, and the strongest needs
the help of the weakest and the
most learned can get some protfit
able guidance from the most il
literate.
When the Lord bids 11 s seek and
help some struggling soul, no
doubt or difficulty or fear of our
imagination should hold us back.
A great need of the world in
solving its social problems of in
dustry and government, war and
peace, is just this brotherly rela
tion that enables men to see all
things in the light of mutual jus
tice and love.
His mind cleared up into sharp
and sure convictions and his heart
was filled with faith and fervency.
Blindness fell from bis eyes. He
now knew whom he believed and
was henceforth able to do all
things, Christ strengthening him.
Two steps he immediately took
that are among the first acts of
Christian life. First he was bap
tized.
Baptism was the appointed
badge of discipleship, and there
fore he could wear it.
Having been baptized Saul
straightway preached Jesus in the
synagogue that he is the Son of
God. Having received the grace of
God he was now ready to give it.
1700 Men To Be
Recruited For
C. C. C. Camps
1700 MORE GA.’NS FOR FOREST
Seventeen hundred men, includ
ing 200 war veterans, will be en
rolled in Georgia for replacements
in the Civilian Conservation Corps,
beginning October 2, it is announc
ed here by Major Charles T. Senay,
Army recruiting officer.
Miss Gay B. Shcpperson, execu
tive secretary of the Georgia Relief
Commission, will be in charge of
the enlistments, which will be
handled in the same manner as the
original enlistments.
The wages of sin is death.—
Romans.
If thou faint in the day of ad
versity thy strength is small.—
Proverbs.
The harvest is plenteous, but
the labourers are few.—Matthew.
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Ch&t Bates is visiting h t
granddaugh ter, Mrs. Troy r
w. ottoither,.^ ^ ^
Monday ot la«t week In Atlanta 01
business.
Mrs. O. C. Moss, of Atlanta
spent part of last week here.
Mrs. L. H. Bates visited relative*
in Porterdale last Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Moss sper.
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Ambu
Fincher, at Stewart.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Montgon
ery, of Covington, were the supper
guests of Mr. nail Mrs. Tro^
Stubbs, on Monday of last week
Mr. Leon Foster is in Atlanta
this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Win
family, of Rome, visited Mr. and
Mrs. Oscar Baiiey nuu / u
ing the week-end.
Mr. Webster Coggins, of Hamp
ton, spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. J. L. Coggins.
Mr. and Mrs. Troy Stubbs spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Stubbs, of Stewart.
Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Hill and
Misses Christine and Lucile Hill
visited Mrs. Emma Pennington,
of Mixon, during the week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Parrish
and daughter, Bobby Jean, of
Porterdale, Mr. and Mrs. W. T,
Thompson spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. Fielder Parrish.
Mr. Bob Coggins of Atlanta, has
returned home after a visit with
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Coggins.
Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Meadors and
children, of Oxford, visited Mr.
and Mrs. J. R. Meadors, Sunday.
Don't forget the Newton County
Singing convention will meet at
Lovejoy next Sunday, October 8.
BRICK STORE
Come to the Club House Friday
night, October 6th, at 8 o’clock.
The Ladies Missionary Society will
have a play, “Sewing Circle Meets
at Mrs. Maitin’s”. Small admis
sion.
Mr. Will Neel is visiting his sis
ter, Mrs. L. A. Patrick.
Mr. Parks Darby has accepted
a position in Florida.
Rev. Godfrey filled his appoint
ment here Sunday. He and his
family were dinner guests of Mr.
and Mrs. L. A. Patrick.
Mi - , and Mrs. H. A. Casey spent
Sunday with Mr. and Miss Bobbie
Lou Biggers.
Sorry to report that Miss Jean
ette Calvert was taken ill at school.
Hope she will soon be out again.
Mr. and Mrs. Grady Adams were
called to Americus last week on
account of the illness of Mrs.
Adams’ father, Mr. Moore.
Several from here attended the
fair in Covington, last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Patrick
visited Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Aaron
Sunday.
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