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THE COVINGTON NEWS
COVINGTON. GEORGIA
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
Entered at the Postoffice at Covington, Georgia, as mall matter of the
Second Class.
A. BELMONT DENNIS. ________Editor and Publisher
\V. THOMAS HAY_____________ ........... Advertising Manager
LEON FLOWERS_______ ..Mechanical Superintendent
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Official Oman of Newton County atnl The
City of Covington.
Did you ever hear of the fellow who doctored him
self by reading the medical books and died of a typo
graphical error?
A Dillinger gangster was captured without a shot be
ing fired. It seems even gangsters live and learn and
learn and live.
Woe is man. He slaves to get a fortune. Then he
slaves to keep it, while other members of his family have
a good time.
It's an easy matter for any girl to test her man-appeal.
All she has to do is drive out on the highway and have a
puncture and stand there.
The grouch isn't lying when he says he doesn't be
lieve in a good cause. He doesn't believe in anything
that wants part of his money.
It is easy to understand why parents don’t reason with
their little boys. It takes so much less time to smack him.
Scientists recently discovered a human skull that is
very thick and they say it is very ancient. Just because
a skull is thick there is no reason why they should think
it is ancient.
A Community Asset
The liberal offer of several Newton County citizens,
who own stock in the Fair association, to give their shares;
to the American Legion is commendable. The local legion
post can do wonders at the old fair ground and turn it into
a community asset.
The American Legion will probably accept the offer
of the local citizens and take over all the shares they can
get free. They will then begin a concerted drive to raise
enough money to buy the remainder of the shares if own
ers will consnt to sell them at moderate prices. Very
little, if any, profit, has been gained in recent years from
the activities at the fair grounds and, last year, the city
council passed a resolution preventing a fair.
Members and officials of the local Legion post have
started a drive to raise enough money to build a com
munity house. The fair grounds would be an ideal place.
In the years to come, the legion plans to build a park, ath
letic field and other things that will be an asset to our city.
They have asked and received from the city council
special permission to hold a county fair this year tax free.
Legion membmers will be in charge and conduct a fair of
the highest type. If the American Legion can secure
fair grounds property, they will make it a place of pleas
ure for our children as well as an asset to our city and
county.
Everybody’s Business
Nothing can replace property destroyed by fire. An
insurance policy may provide you with the money to du
plicate—but the burned property is gone beyond redemp
tion. It represents utter and complete economic waste.
It is a drain on the resources of the nation.
The direct loss by fire has been running in the neigh
borhood of $300,000,000 a year. It is estimated that the
indirect loss is several times as great; which would bring
the total to a billion, at a low estimate.
That billion dollars would give employment to a mil
than lion workmen home; at $1 000 costing a vear each. It woud build more
800,000 *3,000 each. It would buy
more than 1,200.000 automobiles at *800. It would build
200,000 miles of splendid highway. It would give uni
! versity educations to 250,000 young men and women. It
would provide annual pensions of $50 a month each
2,000,000 old people. destroys—wealth, opportunity,
This, then, is what fire
and irreplaceable resources. America’s criminal careless
ness with fire is one of the blackest spots on our national
I escutcheon. A fire you never heard of may have deprived
you of a job, or an order for your factory. It may have
raised your taxes. For fire hits everybody — and it’s every
for them our water supplies woul drun dry, and our rivers
Dull Skies
The human mind is subtly affected by cloudy skies.
When the storms of winter come, people are apt to feel
less hopeful. Some traveling salesmen remark that they
can never sell much goods on a cloudy or a stormy day.
People seem to lack confidence. The storms of winter may
not seem necessary for our refreshment, but if it were not
fo rthem our water supplies would run dry. and our rivers
would not turn their power wheels. The wise philosopher
is not much affected by the weather. All kind of skies
look good to him. The artist sees beauty, even when the
sky ')bsc UTP(i 1)\ clouds. Sunshine is r vvondeiiul , ^ thing ,i • 1
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but if we had it every day we would soon lose all sense
of its : '".autv. We must take the dull days with the
ones, so the proper thing to do is to keep in mind that
in and day out there are more of the brighter kind.
Showing Appreciation
A few words of sincere appreciation will often work
woii'’"? in creating good feeling and make the pathway
snto: ' for us and others. You may say “Thank you’’ in
a wry that will make it a pleasure for others to do you a
favor, or you may take it with a grunt so they will say
“never again.” Here is an appreciative letter which a
foreign customer wrote to an American manufacturer. He
had bought a new vending machine and wrote back this
“joyful” letter: “High Honorable Sir — We receive her
fine firm/ shipment come one machine front your honorable
She much do well. Cause he make 42 yen, Japan
A. niore her f tine i ne machine machine from It m honorable n taoi firm tirm .o -soon n 'vet y et. Kf Be
^^^ure thousand to get him years ready luck, make many us ship fine as flowers. before. Farewell. Wishing
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Sunday School Lesson
Lesson: John 21:11-19.
Golden Text: If ye love me, ye
will keep my commandments. John
14:15.
The unbelievable had happened—
Jesus had risen from the dead.
Them could be no doubt of it.
Four times on that eventful day—
the first Easter—Jesus had appeared
to his disciples. Then in obedience
to Jesus command that they go
back to Galilee and await him, we
find the disciples again amid scenes
familiar to them all.
For some reason or other, Peter
decided to go fishing. Many inter
pret this to mean that he was feel
ing himself so completely out of the
apostolic group because of his de
nial . , of , Jesus, . that he had
.. .
o gve up e re igious i e go
back to the humble walks of trade.
But this can hardly be the inter
, pretation for the others decided
join him. Probably they were mys
tified as to the rn*£T .,iep to take
and while they were waiting for
some direction to be given
they went back to the old fishing
boats again and began to ply their
trade.
After a night of fishing
which nothing was caught, and just
at a time when they were In
depths of discouragement, they no
ticed a strange figure upom the
shore.
He called to them from the
and said, “Children, have ye aught
to eat? They answered him,
; Then he told them to cast the net
on the right side of the boat and
: they would find . And w’hen
i did so cast, they were not able
draw net in j or multitude
of fishes.
| It was the spiritually
John who was quick to exclaim, “It
is the Lord." And it was the im
I petuous Peter who girded his coat
shout him and plunged into the sea
to Wlthin his a ^ few ord - moments, and
can imagine with hearts beating
1 furiously w’ith excitement, the dis
ciples were on the shore with
Lord, enjoying the beauty of fel
lowship.
Jesus had breakfast prepared
them when they came ashore.
was a charcoal fire made, fish cook
ing thereon, and bread,
Let us in the midst of our
l service remember this scene.
Lord in his glory cooked a meal
served it, and by so doing
the menial tasks of life.
If the Lord in his glory can
stoop to serve men, can we
any limit to our humility in
to our fellows?
“So when they had broken
fast. Jesus saith to Simon Peter. Si
mon, son of John, lovest thou
more than these?”
He might well ask this question
i of the man who had so
him. and who, although
^ ad forgiven, had not
publicly restored.
Jesus’ question really was, “Si
mon. do you esteem me higher
do the other disciples?” The ques
tion evidently had no allusion
Peter’s boast, and careful not to
caught again in boasting, Peter
“Yea. Lord: thou knowest that
love thee.” The word for love Pe
ter used here is a different word in
the Greek from the word used
our Lord In asking the question Pe
ter ’ s worri for lov e involved a hum
confidence ir Christ. It was
* he had said "Lord, do not ask r
again TO pretend I pretended
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Accept my con'e*-^ out ask me
, ot profession”
Th,* answer mowed that a great
'timr 4 -* mv. place m
t life. His boasting wag gone.
COVINGTON NEWS (Our Advertiser* Are Assured of Results)
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wanted now to be known only as a
humble and sincere disciple, su
perior to nobody in anything, but
devoted to his Lord.
Jesus’ answer was, "Feed my
j ] a mbs.”
j Three times Peter had denied his
Lord He was now to be tried three
t j mes jjy j e sus’ questioning. Peter,
who had asked so many questions
himself, was now having three very
arresting questions asked of him.
Jesus asked three questions and
gave three commands. The ques
tton was practically the same, but
j the command in each case was du
ferent. Jesus’ first command was.
j "Feed my lambs.” That Is, take care
1 of the weak and tender, the erring.
See that they are brought into the
; fold of salvation.
, second command was.
my ^ „ That , s> guard
them; not just the tender lambs,
but the strong full-grown sheep It.
was the command given through
Peter to shepherds of souls every
where to guard even the mature
Christians from temptation and un
j belief.
Jesus' third command was, “Feed
my sheep.” Mature Christians need
not only to be guarded but to be
fed. It Is the duty of the Church
through its ministers and teachers
! to see that men’s souls are fed, for
their souls need nourishment as
well as their bodies. And this com
mand of Jesus suggests to us also
that we should let nothing interfere
with the enlargement of our spirit
val life by prayer. Bible reading,
Christian fellowship, and service.
Note that nowhere did Jesus ac
cuse Peter, w’ho had denied him. He
did not try to humiliate him before
th « other d^iplea; and this fact
may teach us a Rreat lesson showing
us how we should treat t * ose
; h.ve d <™ evil to us, as Peter had
done evil to his Lord.
This last scene In the life of Je
sus as recorded by John shows us
that love is supreme in the teach
ings of Christ. He would draw the
weak and sinful Peter to him again
in love, and he would send him out
into the w'orld equipped to serve, be
cause Peter the disciple had caught
a due sense of this divine love by
which he was forgiven.
His final command to them all
was to love him and all men simply,
and to serve in that love.
Then in veiled and symbolic terms
Jesus went on to tell Peter that he
too must end his life on the cross.
When Peter W'as young, he could
do as he pleased and go where he
pleased, but when he became old,
another would gird him and carry
him whither he did not choose.
The boastful Peter, who had sud
denly descended to the depths of
denial, was now transformed into
a new man. From now on he was to
follow Christ, even though the path
way of that fellowship would lead
to cruel death,
This was Peter the Rock indeed.
The granite-like qualities of char
j acter were at last manifesting them
selves He would stand unshaken in
the hour of trial: he would
break under the weight even of the
cross itself.
"And when he had spoken Shis, ha
said unto them Follow me.”
Peter was readv to follow him at
last He had experienced burning
shame as a result of his boasting.
He had been humiliated in the
Of the disciples For all time men
were fo shake their heads in
, der as they' read again the story' of
his cursing and his denial. But that
' rorglv,,nPSS a ” thln *»
new for every man Peter was to go
f,.th no longer In self-confidence,
but In love; and becau.se his heart
ruwi pv that spirit he
serve his Master as he should,
M ASHINU ON
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By JAMES TRESTON
A confidential report, based on
a secret investigation of living j
standards in one of the foreign ! i
"ism” countries, has been laid on
Ihe desk of a top-rung adminis
trationite. It will be made public
soon. When it is released for pub
lie consumption, it will take the
wind from the sails of anyone
with the notion that dictators have
created a magic economic Utopia
that challenges the American Way
of free enterprise and representa
tive Democracy.
To begin with, the investigator
is said to have found the much
ballyhooed living standard of the
dictator nation about on a par
with Ameircan slums. Salaries
were found to be about half
average in America, and about 70
per cent of the populatioin was
found to be on the government
payroll, supported by unprece
dented taxes imposed on the other
30 per cent.
As for prices of foodstuffs, the
report is said to contain this com
parison, based on the current rate
of exchange:
In the “Utopi
U. S. aism”
Steak, per lb. .... 38.4c $1.00
Butter, per lb. _ 33.4c 65c
Eggs, per doz. 44.5c 72c
Gasoline, per gal... 17c 60c
Coffee, per lb. _ 23c $1.00
In other words, the worker in
,h e dictator nation, receiving only
half (or even less than half) the
j wages of an American worker,
! pays many more times as much
for his food. (Clothing, rent and
other necessities are proportion
ately as high).
Incidentally, the investigator
found many foods hard to get.
Often, inferior substitutes are sold.
Such foods as butter and coffee
are rationed to the citizens, he
found.
A new kind of game is being
played in the Capital, but there
are limitations on who can play,
i. j s to members of Con
gress, and the game, for want of
a better name, can be called ‘‘Wait
anc j See.”
One team is composed of mera
besr who want to amend some of
the law-s , enacted . . , by the ., , last , Con- _,
gress to make them workable,
The Wagner Act is one, for ex
| ample. The other team is com
posed mostly of hold-overs from
the last Congress who wrote the
legislation in question. A mem
: her of the latter team sums up the
apparent point of the game thus:
“We are waiting to see what the
other side is going to propose. If
they come out with a good ball
maybe we can pick it up and run
! for a touchdown with it.’’
A proposal advanced last year
for the construction of a super
continental highway has been
vived and expanded. The idea of
being incorporated in the plans
f or na ti on al defense spending will
j ca jj f or n0 ^ 0 ne, but four super
: \ highways. Two will be transcon
tinental and two will run North
South.
Incidentally, to avoid quibbling
over just what States, counties and
cities the roads will touch, many
j j of among the Congressmen themselves to have leave agreed the
| 'T att 5 r entireIy th * 1 \ ands of
the Bureau 1 of Pubhc Roads.
Here's a tip to the male hater -
of-ladies’-hats:
If any organized drive for mod
ified hat styles is being plotted,
there is a likely recruit from the
feminine ranks—and no less a
personage than a lady member of
[ Congress. She appeared on the
: House floor last week wearing
dark glasses. She explained she
had been “stabbed” in the eye by
a feather atop the hat of a lady
companion at a Capital tea party.
Almost simultaneously it was
announced to correspondents in
Washington last week that:
The govenrment payroll has hit
another all-time peak, with 119,034
employed in Washington offices,
agencies, bureaus and commis
sions as compared with the 117,-
760 peak during the World War.
LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR
Hon. A. B. Dennis, Editor
News
Covin ®*' on > Ga -
Dear Mr. Dennis:
I wish to express my personal ap
j preciation of the fine spirit of co -
! operation you and your fellow
members of Georgia's press dis
played toward our annual Jackson
Day Dinner held recently in At
lanta.
Had it not been for the fine re
by the press we could no:
have made such a grand success of
our party celebration. On behalf of
j ! and myself i want you to know
that this service will be remembered
I j as a gracious tribute to Democracy
Thanking you again. I am,
sincereiv yours.
RYBURN G. CLAY, President
Miss Murphy
j Miss Betty Sue Murphy, a
member of the Greensboro staff
of the Farm Security Administra
tion for the past seven months,
has been transferred to the Vir
gin Islands, where she will serve
as an FSA home management SU
pervisor. She will take up her
new duties January 15. A grad
uate of the University of Georgia
in the class of 1933, Miss Murphy
taught home economics in the
Hartwell schools for a year. She
has been on the Farm Security
Administration staff since Sep
tember, 1934. During this time
she served as county home man
agement supervisor at Swains
boro, and as district home super
visor at Bainbridge, Douglas, and
Baxley, before going to Greens
boro last June 1.
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Fresh Pork Smoke 24 Lbs. 48 Lb*.
Steak, lb._____20c Links, lb.____10c 60 c $ 1 .15
Pork Shoulder Ga. Cured —8 to 10 lbs.
Roast, lb._____18c Hams, lb.____22c GEORGIA ROSE
Diamond -V- Nice Fat Lbs.
Bacon, lb 23c Friers, lb.___25c 24 Lbs. 48
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