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City of Covington.
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FREE MAIL DELIVERY SERVICE
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The city officials are to be congratulated on their
termination to secure free mail delivery service for Coving
ton. They have not become discouraged because of
t(fev b’elieve^is’best for’the ° fi ‘ rh *
what cHv
There is no doubt but thatthe majority of the
of our city desire this service. When the canvass was made
by a very efficient and fair canvasser the total vote taken
at that time showed 1243 for the service and 12 against.
There could hardly be a more unanimous vote on the mat
ter.
There is no doubt of the benefits such a service would
be to the majority of our citizens. First the city would se
cure three paid workers to deliver this mail, their salaries
nuwfa* from .$1700 to $2100 per year. The salary otarte
at $1700 and is increased $100 per year until the maximum
amount of $2100 is reached. In four years time this will
amount to $6300 yearly to be spent in Covington by these
carriers.
Second and practically as important is the service
given to our citizens who are not so fortunate as to possess
a means of going to the post office two or three times a
Hav •’ Those lu of 01 our 1 older olcle t people neonle and a 0 invalids in anas who n will re
\ ceive their mail i promptly by fiee delivery service where
times they are able to go to the post office only about
ojice a week.
It will also be a gr^at convenience to the housewife
who will receive her mail promptly and not wait until her
husband carries it around in his pocket for a week until
he accidently finds it there.
It will also be a convenience to the business men of
the city, making it unnecessary for them to leave their bus
inesses and go or send some boy who might lose an import
ant letter before he returns.
We can’t see any argument against it and many for
the service. And we commend the officials of the city for
their stand on the matter. Information had been given the
city officials that Congressman Owen could secure this
service if he would exert his influence in that direction,
That story was the cause of the reply written us and car
ried on the front page of our paper this week. There is no
doubt that the help o? Congressman Owen in this matter
would do much to carrying it to a successful completion
and we believe if he will get behind the matter there will
, be no further trouble. ^i Congressmen are directly • j* respons
ible to Congress for the postoffice department and their
request has much weight in the matter, so we are quite
sure if Congressman Owen takes the matter up as he said
he would there will be no difficulty in securing same.
The city officials are determined to secure some kind
of free mail delivery service and there is no doubt but that
the\ can secuie what is . called ,, i \illage 1iec r delivery , ,, , but ,
this does not pay as much to the carriers as “city delivery”
■so it is up to us all to work for “city delivery service” as
it will bring more money to our city and better living con
ditions to those employe^ in this work.
Let us pull together for the betterment of our city. If
we do not look out for our own city there is no one who is
going that tiouble foi ... consistently . . . looking . .
to us. vv e aie
for means of bettering our city and will always work to
that objective.
HIGHWAY WALKS
An editor in a neighboring town has offered a sug
gestion those in charge of the CCC and the PWA can well
afford to consider. He suggests that while millions of dol
lars are being spent in improving highways, and thus
viding men with work, that some of this vast fund could be
used to advantage in the construction of walks along the
main traveled roads of the country. He points out that a
narrow walk could be provided along one side of a road,
and far enough from the traffic lanes to safeguard the
destrian. Lives saved annually would be sufficient to jus
tify the expenditure many times over. Some of these days
it is safe to predict, main traveled roads in every state
not only have sidewalk^ but thej will >e lighted as well.
With millions now being spent on them, and millions more
to be spent, we believe citizens, both motorists and pedes
trians, will agree that the suggestion to start building the
walks at once is a sensible one.
TOO MUCH FARM WORK
Few things tire the these ,. da\S .
average man more
than to pick up a daily paper or a magazine and lind il
literally filled with bunk dished up by writers who claim
to know the solution to the farm problems. In about nine
cases out of ten the fellqyvs who are writing this stuff have
never lived on a farm, and have no practical knowledge of
what actually confronts those who depend upon the soil
for f a * livlihood The government too is truiltv nlh'oh«cV since it is
sues reams*of publicity—and pats itself on the back—in in
an endeavor to make rural residents believe that present
conditions are largely a state of mind.
The fact of the matter is, as every sensible man in this
community knows, there is only one thing the matter with
He isn’t getting a living price for his pro
ducts. He doe* not buy or sell on a parity. In the bad
riavs days of 01 the tne earlv eari\ 90’s uu s times times were wcie hard naia but out aiarmei a farmer could couici
sell his product on a level vith other commodities he need
ed. But at the present time, and for the past few years, he
has not been able to do so.
The farmer will not be benefitted until he gets on a
parity in buying and selling. He has been unbalanced now
for several years. He does not want charity; he doesn’t
want to be kept by the government, or anyone else. He
merely wants to buy and sell on the same basis. He is a
long way from being able to do this, and all the silly twad
die iug ‘.i' -ipd up by writers who do not know what
tne} a. e writ mg about is not helping him out of the hole.
Sunday Srliool lesson
The Suffering Servant
Lesson: Mark 15:22-27 and 29-30.
Golden Text: For the Son of man
also came not to be ministered unto,
but to minister, and to give his life
a ransom for many. Mar. 10:45
From Pilate's judgment hall Jesu,
was led to this place. He was made
to bear his own cros.s though Mat
thew tells us that an African
v as compelled to share the burden.
The disciples had disappeared, but
a little group of women followed
bewailing his fate Jesus, however.
bade them weep not for him, but
for themselves. At last the proers
sion reached the place where the
,
great tragedy was enacted.
The name of the place was Golgo
tha in Hebrew, Calvary in Latin. It
was outside the north wall of the
city on the Damascus road, the site
now uncertain, for Christianity is
not a religion of places so much as
persons. The name, meaning a
S TCX T. *1 >‘“d
“ mTn'frrfmSu” *'
It was fitting, that the cross should
be fi ted at Golgotha, the place of
a skull, emblem of man s condition.
for it was to bear the guilt of sin
and undo all its work.
The soldiers that led Jesus to the
i’ la “ ° f crucifixion promptly dis
J“uUon had K been
variet y 0 f types and figures.
The brazen serpent signified that
he was to be lifted up; the iamb
upon the altar showed that he was
helpless and dumb; the slaying of.
the lamb showed that his blood must
be shed His hands and his fee!
were to be pierced ' he was t0 **
and tormented, his ears
were t0 be fi iied with revilings.
upon vesture lots were to be
cas t, and vinegar was to be giver.I
him to drink.
These numerous and diverse ie
QUirements as to the Messiah's death
had been foretold in Jewish pro
phecy, and now the Gentile world
came forward with a mode of exe
C ution that marvelously combined
them all.
The victim was first stripped quite
his flesh was all lacera ted and
bleedi ng. He was then laid upon the
cross and his arms stretched out
upon the crossbeam, and large iron
spikes were ruthlessly driven through
hands and feet into the solid wood
behind. The cross, bearing its vie
tim - was then raised upng t ai ,Y
^opped.nto ,ihote dug:te it with
a violent jolt. Hanging on lour great
wounds> naked under a blazing sun
torn and weeding, with wounds in
n am ing, thirst raging, every nerve
quivering with pain, the suferer en
dured the agony for one, two, or
even three da ys befoie death
fu rabble ?'Y, pu mocked and ? jeered , e d the the un- un
ba ppy creature, even spitting upon
him and brutally striking him as
they passed by.
This is what they did when “they
crucified him.”
Yet no spot of guilt was upon
him, no secret fault was in him
but he was buried for our iniquities
and was wounded for our trans
gressions.
On the top of the cross over the
head of Jesus was a board whitened
with gypsum, bearing in black let
ters the inscription, THIS IS JESUS
THE KING OF THE JEWS. Pilate
wr ot« the inscription douwiess as
5 ly « en
raged and i ntercede d with him to
have it changed,
But the Roman governor, having
\ recovered some of his courage, met
them with the refusal, “What I have
’written, I have written.''
He may have had so ” le di ” n
consciousness of t e ^ srea -
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urp of and th us wr0
More likely howevei , itwaswritten
as a j es j. anc j insult.
Yet, like many another
. poken in ridicule, it has turned out
to be one of the greatest truths of
the world.
It was written in three languages:
the official Latin, the current Greek.
and the vernacular Rramaic—a fact
Which may explain the variations
in the form of the inscription in
three gospels.
Christ is King over all. He is
mightly to rule over the strong;
he has truth for the intellectual;
and his sympathies are broad as
humamUy. and the common people
hear sladly.
A fun0Us mob raged llke an angry
sea around the cross ' There were
preachers and elders of the church .
Sadducees in their silken robes. Ro
man soldiers in their scarlet cloaks,
coarse people drawn by low curiosl
H 7 . and the basest dregs from the
! a ^ums of the city. These kept up a
constant tumult of jeers and taunts
and insulte and ’ ce ag
Jesus A few of thes€ taunts were
caU ght up into the inspired gospels
and have been wafted down to us.
Like everything that was said in
derision against Jesus, they add to
his honor and are so many crowns
on his head '
One of the most striking and sig
r.ificant was: “He saved others;
himself he cannot save” (Matt. 27:
42' No grander eulogy could be pro
nounced even upon the Son of God
(Unconsciously they placed upon
T H F COVINGTON N F. W S
brow his brightest crown.
Thank God that Jesus could not
save himself. Saving self is the curse
of this world: saving others is
alvation.
'Nature manifested mysteriou
sympathy with the scene. The sun
b ( d glories from the awful spe~
tacle. and the earth quaked as
convulsed with mortal agony
We canno t penetrate into the pro
f Qund mystery of that moment when
the Father's face seemed averted
Bnd the Son uttered the infinitr'v
pat hetic cry. "My God, my God
why hast thou forsaken me?” in
that hour burdens were being born-.
sacrifice was being rendered, prob
lems were being solved that run far
beyond the borders of our experience
and conception.
It was now three o'clock in the
afternoon and life was about spent
Human nerves could ‘endure the
strain no longer. The last thread was
^ 1 “^
mwird" and TlTi “Ch? i',“
dead. With wicked hands they had ‘
crucified him.
Was this only one more death
among the innuamerable deaths
earth? No. this Death is the Foun
tain of Life,
Pr0 m it flow streams of mercy
and hea ' ing and V?™ * saye tha ;
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gospel. In the presence of this Cross
on i y can we know God—how a b- 1
so i u te is his justice and how infinite
jj. bis love. In the presence of this;
Crass only can we know man—how his]
deep is his sin and how high is
worth. Only in its light can we read
the full meaning of sin and death
and obedience and holiness. j
The j US tice of God, the love of
Christ, the worth of man, the sin
f U j nes 0 f ear th and the holiness ol
heaven, all these were gloriously
manifested when on that green hill
ar away the dear Lord was crucified
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uamlo AM rKts rgwi
The old question of whether we
are to concentrate upon immediate
recovery and getting people back
t0 work or ( et long-term “reforms”
com€ first at the rish of blocking
-employment is again agitating
Washington, it *111 unquestionably
figure in the coming Congressional
elections.
On one side of the lineup are
those who believe that the first job
j s to get men to work and let wait
measures which create uncertainty
3 industrial 7 t *T progress. °' e In ttv this category
falls the wage and hour legislation,
the Walsh-Healey Amendments to
bar from government contracts any
i business which is at odds with the
Labor Board, and taxation aimed at
torcing reforms instead of raising
revenue. On the other side are those
W ho believe that reforms can best
be put through while the patient is
sick. This group is already prepar
j n g the defeated governmental re
organization bill for the next ses
sion. It would not be surprising to
se e a new drive on the Supreme j
Court urged from this quarter.
The Walsh-Healey Act amend
ment proposal strengthened the
smoldering sentiment for revision of j
the National Labor Relations Act.
The Labor Act is notoriously lop
sided, almost all groups in the Capi
tal admit, but sufficient support has
not “pelled” for actual legislative
action in that direction.
The amendment proposed to the
Walsh-Healey Act will, therefore
make the unbalanced Labor Act
more deeply felt by the already
hamstrung businessmen, those seek
the Labor Act revision believe,
by making compliance with NLRB
orders compulsory by those who
wish to do business with the gov
eminent. They believe the Labor
Act should be amended before the
Walsh-Healey Act.
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Announcement has been made
that the Federal Government may
make a detailed study of Great
Britain's labor law, as contained in
the British Trade Disputes and
Trade Unions Act of 1927. Many
b ope that the purpose of the study
is to make the English law ther ba
sis for changes In our own poorly
drafted labor law-the National
bor Re]ations Act ;
Here are a few of the provisions
of the British law:
l. Sympathy strikes which in
nity flict “hardships illegal. upon the commu-|
are
2. Lockout strikes (forcefully
keeping non-striking workers from
their jobs) are illegal.
3. Strikes not connected with
disputes over hours, wages or other
conditions of employment are il
legal if calculated to coerce the
government. For example, a na
tionai coal strike to obtain a mini
j mum wage law.
| 4, Criminal liability is imposed on
all union officials, members of strike
committees and individual pickets
who take part in an illegal strike
5. In the case of illegal strikes, j
Largest Cover*?* Any Weekly in the State)
Letters To I
The Editor
Mr. A. B. Dennis. Editor.
Covington News,
Covington. Ga.
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a ' rx P' s
,nf? . srautuae to
pers you lor
'' olu cotl inl,e 1I,f ° W3
C a " a IO |' views
'’ hicn , if backed up will surely mean
place to live in and a more
f lty ' llke ' busmess-iike place to cio.
b j - slne– s and to Point to with pride.
I wish to particularly mention:
Firfct. Tie C ristian _ Fellowship ,,
Editorials and Commonsense things
you call to the attention of those
who will heed, which if lived up to
would certainly make it a Better
place, more law abiding and would
make for peace and prosperity.
Second: The Civic Drive for the
drlveCTeTnuS'"?"^"^
City evcn wen ^ t0 ex Pense
then of numbering the houses, etc..
but because some Post office Officials
sed personally the move, the
ardor died down and so did the
mail routes. There was later, several
7ause ,o 0 fai 1 at S omSii mo2iv
be the sa me Po frli”tl
business men and turned then
Leads from the project on the theory
of higher “bill-mailing ' postage and
ike assertion they would lose their
private boxes' if the service were
instituted. But thank goodness the
Oove ™ me ^ owns the building now
and the boxes do not enter in.o
the, argument since no one
receives any “rent” now. Also I am
proud to point out that almost all
of our business men to now Civic are broad j
minded and want see Im-,
provement and steps forward, as
proven by the great number of sig
natures on the “petition” gotten
up by the City Council recently.
Mr. Dennis Pay No Attention to
or Intimidations, But keen
up the Good Work with Front Page
Editorials every week for the City
^ th°e
fallacy of the so called ”2,500 rule"
withln the mail area Does Conyers
even have 2,500 population in all?
Much less in the business or “greater
town” area? No. Yet they have the [
system and are very pleased with it
my friends tell me. They have this
service just because they had a
Postmaster and Committee at the
time who were alert to improvement
and wide awake, and when oppot
tunity arose they Went out after it.
Third: Your assistance toward
acquiring Dial Telephones for Cov
ington. I realize the real fight has
not gotten under way on this, but
tell you that Every one of us who
have lived in a City or Town using
this system certainly prefer it to
this old antiquated type we have. I
was a Telephone Employee (Toll
Testboardman) for a “spell” before
the depression and from the knowl
edge that affords me of the workings
of such a system, its expense to th?
Company to install etc., lot me say
that if the Company is now Willing
<and their officials say they are)
for Civic Pride's sake Get in Behind
jt extra strong and get it in here,
It will save considerable time on
calls, particularly at night after the
night operator has gone to bed, in
getting Police, Fire Dept., Doctors,
or an ambulance is wanted it can
be summoned almost while “crank
ing-up" this old Model T type we now
have. I might add that our Citizens,
like Mr. Jack Porter pointed out,
would not be left for embarrassment
when they are visiting in the city
and want to use the phone if they
have it at home and are accustomed
to it. I suppose you know our “sister
city” of Monroe has had it some
time and is certainly pleased with
it. Also Forsyth was recently cut
over to Dial. Folks just don't realize
what they are missing if they pass
up this fine opportunity because the
Company might not get back around
to make the change again in 20
years. In other words our time to
Act is Now.
This letter is rather lengthy and
it® purpose is not to “get it publish- !
ed” but rather to let you know
another citizen is standing behind
you in your fight and battle. How
ever if its contents or any portion
should be desirable and useful it’s
OK with me to use it. You don't
have to acknowledge authorship.
either, because if I could just do
my bit” incognito I still would feel
as good over it as if done under
the union is liable for damages to
employers or others.
6. Persons expelled from a union
for not participating in an illegal
strike may claim damages payable
out of union funds,
7. The statutory right of trade
unions to use their funds for politi
cal purposes is taken away.
Our own labor lav does not con
tain any of the above provisions for
protection of public interests and
individual rights.
QUOTE OF THE WEEK: Rep,
Dudley White, of Ohio: “We In
Washington shed crocodile tears for
everybody in the world except the
fellow who has to pay the taxes.” l
a banner headline signature.
Korp up the good fight, and thanks
a million.
Respectfully.
JOHN C. TUCKER
Mr. A. B. Dennis. Editor,
The News,
Covington, Ga.
My dear Sir,
Mi. and Mrs. George S Roach
mailed me a copy of the Covington
News of last week and directed my
attention to the Office Boy's col
umn with its flattering, but highly
valued remarks about the Emory
a t-Oxford commencement sermon,
j write to express my sincere
thanks to your columnist for
high privilege of figuring in that
interesting, sparkling and well
written column. It is one of
highest honors I have had con
(erred upon me, and makes
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Thursday, J
| feeble attempt at a sermon on the j
commencement occasion seem more
worthwhile.
The trip to Oxford and Covington
was one of the high experiences of
my life and I will long treasure it. I
along with a copy of your paper
giving account of the exercises at
Emory.
With sincere good wishes,
Yours most sincerely,
ROSWELL C. LONG.
In 1937 for the first time in eight
years, farmers’ gross income, in
eluding Government payments, ex
ceeded $10,000,000,000, according to
j estimates released recently by the
Bureau of Agricultural Economics,
Screens covered with cheeseclotn
; help to keep dust and dirt from
blowing into pantries, storerooms.
and in doors and widows near tne
Good size and fairlv
are the characters, rapid groi
in chickens determining thew°t ^ l sou -
for caponizim. r
yellow such legs and skin R-Jj. a J ceds Prefer u
as Plymouth J -
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