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COVINGTON, GEORGIA
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PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
Entered »t the Postoffic* at Covington, Georgia, at avail matter
of the Second Class
A. BELMONT DENNIS Editor and Publish*
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W. THOMAS HAY---- __Advertising Manager
LEON FLOWERS Merhanietl Superintendent ,
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Official Organ of Nawton County and Tha
City of Covington.
Looking Backward — and Forward
As we look back through the pages of the book of
1940 and turning to the pages where the records of our
own city and county are recorded we find there is much
gain in material things and much loss in the life of our
community.
Several noted men and women passed away in 1940,
men and women who meant much to this community, so
while we must chronicle the material gains we must not
overlook the great loss through the passing on of faithful
men and women. the
More building has been progressing than ever in
history of this community. Practically all this has been
in the residential district. Much of it was made possible
through loans made through local concerns guaranteed
by the government and some with direct government loans.
The Porterdale Mills and the Covington Mills have
had a good year and have been working two and three
shifts a good part of the year. This has made business
good in the retail stores. The merchants of Covington and
Newton Countv have had a good year in a financial
We can all look forward to greater and better things
for 1941, according to every reliable source in the country.
All financial experts agree that 1941 should be the ban
ner year for business throughout the entire United States,
As many of our young men will he called to service
in the army this will tend to give employment to others
who have not been able to secure employment, thus the
great ” armv •’ of the unemployed will be materially reduced
f, throughout the ,, , New T -v \ eat.
What the Year 1941 will bring in . the way of - w War,
no one knows. Your guess is as good as ours but we do
not believe our forces will he actually engaged, other than
naval and air units.
We do not see where the United States can escape
entirely from the holocaust overseas. Tt would be too much
to propel Embroiled from "r normal circumstances. If we should he
conre come likely J that only our air and sea
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forces would be affected. . -
her colonies . has plenty , ot
England throughout many ability has always
man-power but their manufacturing
been on the slow English style and what they need more
than anything at the present time is the Y ankee speed and
ingenuity of manufacture. found
What 1941 has in store for us all will only be
though from dav to dav as we live and experience life,
Let hs all determine to 'live the best we can. support our
Church, our community and be a friend to man, even as
the lowly Nazarene.
Strikes Against Defense
fine ~ wonders , just , how , ,___•. h g ,„;)i c t Q l, n r
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realizes that a strike today is a very ditlerem tning ’ oti n ,
a strike was a year or so back. In abnormal times like
the present, with the defense program behind schedule j
because production in many fields is under demand, strikes
threaten the nation’s very life. |
Recent strikes have taken place in important de
fense industries. One of those strikes closed an airplane
plant which tvas producing vitally needed training ships
for the Army, It was settled only after production had
been stopped for weeks. The strike which was recently
called in the Western lumber industry is similar. There
Is a definite shortage of lumber—the Army, in some cases,
has not been able to obtain supplies necessary for building
barracks for the thousands of men now called to the
colors. It would be interesting to know what the recruits
who are undergoing military training for one dollar a dav
think of highly-paid workers who walk out on then johs
because their new demands are not promptly met
In some of the disputes, labor may be right. That is _
not the point. Any just grievance labor has can be settled
by arbitration. The whole power of the government will
sunport the worker who is unfairlv treated. Rut when
labor, adopting the attitude of a dictator, says. “Do what
I want and do it now or I’ll walk out,’’ it is alienating all
public sympathy and is making unavoidable a crack-down
policy that will regard a strike in defense industry the
same as any form of sabotage.
What would happen to an industry whose owners
refused to produce unless they were promised excessive
profits and special favors? That industry would swiftly
discover that the needs of the country come ahead of the
greed of any group, It’s time, labor came to its senses—
in the r>»me of self-preservation, if for no other reason.
For the kind of strikes we have been witnessing of late
must eventually result in the destruction of labor’s free
dom of action and independence.
No More Political Luxuries
One recent statement of the President says that his
next budget will involve drastic paring of government ex
penditures with the sole exception of those which have
a direct bearing on the defense program. That is sound.
It will meet with the approval of the people
The President and his financial aids certainly have
« . wide , • i field m j. for „ slashing expenditures _____ iu „ in ■ many overgrown
activities of the goveinment. There can be no further
excuse for relief spending on a grandiose scale, inasmuch
as the rearmament drive is rapidly absorbing the unem
ployed, according to the government’s own official figures,
And, vasty important, there can be no further excuse for
the spending of tax funds for purposes which can and
should be left to private enterprise and private capital.
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Missing The Muddle In ’40
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A Christian Interpretation of
Affliction
Lesson Text: Luke 13:1-5,10-17.
Golden Text: “We have not
high priest which cannot
^ched I with the feeling of our
inllrmities ' Hebrews 4.15.
“Why do we suffer?’’ We who
have reached adulthood have lived
] 0 ng enough to have asked this
question many times. Is it be
cause God does not care? is it in
punishment for our sins? Is it
because the laws of nature are so
inviolable that even God will not
change them? Or is there some
wise and benevolent purpose P P back
of our troubles? H w can gul _
fering be a means of grace and
Christian growth? Then there is
the problem of the wholesale suf
fering of the innocent which we
have been witnessing. How
concile that with the goodness and
™ We need to do some
ngnt and careful as we
lace these questions in the light of
this great lesson
Pain is a curk)us thing For
i ns t ance it travels more slowly to
the brain than other sensations
and persists longer. Pinch the
skin of the forearm between the
thumb and finger. At first there
£ m er f lyth * s ® nse of touch -
mch u 1 hard and the sense of touch
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l rns into pain. At first the pain
seems almost unbearable, then
slowly adjustment is made until
it can be more easily endured.
Place a piece of ice against your
skin. At first, there is the feeling
of coldness, then the sensation be
comes pianful, almost beyond en
durance, then numbness follows as
nerves ge t usec i to the cold.
j t j s estimated that for the entire
skin in a normal person, the warm
spots number fifteen thousand, the
C °W spots about one hundred and
fifty thousand, the touch spots
about five hundred thousand, and
the pain spots are many times
more numerous than all the others
combined, totaling three million
to four million.
Acute, temporary pain is far
| different from the pain of con
tinued illness, Of the latter, a
! scientist writes, It is never ex
hausted - R does not weary it
by the lapse of time u is an in _
dividual monstrous phenomenon
... a disorder, which we must
seek to know better in girder to
fight it the better.”
From the beginning of time, men
anc * women have suttered, and
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on( , e the ; r questlol
, sufiei . in g. H ow explain the
r ibie things that happened when
Pilate caused the massacre of a
group/of Jewish worshipers while
they were praying and making
their sacrifices? How account for
th ? accident which took the lives
of eighteen people when a tower
fell and crushed them? We are
reminded of the question which
they asked Jesus about the blind
man (John 9:1-3).
Is pain a blessing or a curse”
Pain is perhaps nature’s greatest
protective device, "The burnt
child dreads the tire." The conse
quences of suffering deter from
risks of danger and abuses of the
body. Pain calls imperatively for
-omething to be done about its
cause, and for some remedy, if
possible, to be found. Undoubted
y the human race would long a gi
have peiished had there not been
pr °y ide "r ° f P in '
ooes not suffering a have a
stm hjgher function” There are
levels to which we could neve
reach were it not for pain Le
us bear in mind that physical
suffering is one of the lowest
lor ms of pain. Much more inslusive
and harder to bear are mental
paln and soul an s ui sh. Back of
» defiance ,8 oi ‘
God's laws learly, however, all
ohysical pain is i>ot the result of
THE COVINGTON NEWS
. these eighteen year,” was loosed
from her bond of suffering” Luke
remarks that when Jesus said
these things, "all his adversaries
, were ashamed: and all the people
| rejoiced for all the glorious
that were done by him."
is not this the answer that Jesus
would have us make concerning
the problem of suffering. We can
not fully understand it, nor would
all our argument and debate make
any difference. It is our_business
to do something about it! True
we do not have his miracle work
ing power, but we do have the
power of sympathy, modern scien
tific medicine, hospitals where
present day miracles are perform
ed. prayer with which to release
divine resources for the healing of
body, mind, and spirit It is in
thus following Jesus’ example,
with his spirit, that we discover
the true meaning of affliction, and
learn the secret of glorifying God
in suffering
It is our first business to bring
those who suffer to the great
sin. What shall we say of mental
and spiritual suffering? How ae
count for the pangs of remorse, the
lashing of conscience, the torment
of fear and anxixety, the anguish
of loneliness and loss? Often the
innocent suffer with the guilty on
these excruciating levels of pain,
but back of it all is the positive
factor of sin.
Observe how Jesus answered the
question of the disciples about this
horrible disaster. He did not at- J
tempt to explain it, but pointed
out that these Galileans were not |
sinners above all the Galileans be
cause they suffered such things.
The explanations go further—into
the realm of the basic cause of
such suffering—sin—and the ab
solute demand of God for repent
ance if evil conditions are ever to
be changed. This demand for re
pentance applies to all alike: Ex
eept ye repent, ye shall all like
wise perish,
Watch a farmer plowing fallow!
ground. See the sharp point oi
the plow or the tempered teeth |
of the harrow, digging into the
earth’s surface and turning tpe
meadow into a torn field. Could !
the land out, it might complain '
cry
bitterly because of what is hap- j
pemng. And so it is with human
liie. Suffering plows deep into i
our hearts and souls, and often ;
leaves us harrowed and broken,
but just as the field produces lai j
more abundantly because it has j
been broken up. so our lives maj
yield far richer fruit because 01 1
our experiences of suffering. # J
What does God expect of us,
anyhow? Thai we shall live quiet.;
peaceful and uneventful, fruitless I
lives.' We aie here just a little
while, and the divine demand is |
for fruit bearing, (See John 15:16j,
Jesus illustrated this with the
parable ot the fig tree. This tree
a man had pLanied in his vine
yard, "and he came and sough,
iruit thereon, ana found none.
Lvery opportunity had been given
the tree to produce fruit, w'hav
then khoutd oe done with it? Ttit
answer is sensible and just: "Cu.
it down; why cumbereth it the
ground?” The plea ot the vine
dresser reminds us oi mercy ana
long sutienng oi uoa as he said,
"Liord, let it alone uns year also,
. . . and if n uear fruit, weu: anu
if not, then alter that tnou shai.
cut it down.”
Not all suffering leads to greater
fruitfulness, but if understood
aright it may. Would not any
sutiering be worth what it costs
if it led to the rich fruitbearing
which God demands? And may
we ex Peet our lives to-bear the
‘ichest fruits unless they are
P lowed with suffering, moistened
w Rh tears and then brought into
the sunshine of Gods forgiveness
and love?
Christ did not argue about suf
j fering. He undertook no logical
j or philosophical explanation. He
accepted suffering as a fact, and
then proceeded to do something
about it.
An occasion arose for Jesus to
j put be observed his answer into action when
in the synagogue one
sabbath a woman with body twist
e< l and distorted, racked no doubt
'With ceaseless pain. He did not
as ^ why she was in this terirble
condition, nor did he preach
sermon on suffering, but called
her to him, and with divine com
passion and power, "he laid his
hands on her: End immediately she
was made „ straight, , - and ^ glorified
God.” Are we not.amazed at the
heartlessness of the ruler of the
synagogue, who became indignant
because Jesus had cured on the
sabbath day?
Jesus did not mince words as
he called this religious leader a :
hypocrite, pointing out that not
t0 take care 0f 3 valued anima! '
on the sabbath, yet he was angry
because this “daughter of Abr
ham, whom Satan hath bound. ’
(Largeat Coverage Any Weekly in the State)
Physician, The deepest need of
the suffering world right now is
forgiveness and cleansing through
hrist. He alone can heal our sor
es t wounds, and when these
wounds of the heart and soul are
healed, the healing of the body
becomes vastly easier.
PUnning a wedding? Let The
Covington News show you the
complete line of RYTEX-HYLIT
ED WEDDINGS. They’re so beau
tifully styled ... so unquestion
ably correct ... so modestly priced.
25 Invitations or Announcements
for only $3.00 at The Covington
News,
It is estimated that each year
people in the United States en
joy some 10 million Christmas
trees.
Dairy cows efficiently utilize
roughages and thereby permit use
of land suited to pasture and for-
1 age production.
Shop AT Stock’s and Save Throughout The New Year
STOCKS RICH CORN PACK 3 NO. CANS 2 19c
SUPER SUNSHINE BEANS STRING 4 CANS NO. 2 25c
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HOM—OND BUSH’S HOMINY BEST 3 NO. 2 V» 20c
FOOD STORE SUNSHINE TURNIP CANS_______
Covington, Ga. Jan. 2-3-4th. 1941 GREENS 3 NO. 2 19c
F. J. STOCKS, Proprietor CANS____
CARNATION OR PET ARM AND HAMMER
MILK 6 r. 3 CANS___ TALL 20c SODA 3 10-OZ. PKGS. 10c
PREPARED AUNT JEMIMA
MUSTARD QUART JAR 9c GRITS 2 24-Ok. PKGS. 15c
STANDARD TOMATO HEINZ STRAINED BABY
CATSUP 3 BOTTLES 14-OZ. 25c FOODS 3 CANS 20c
3-BEES STRAINED BUSH’S CHOPPED
■ HONEY GLASS 16-OZ. 15c KRAUT 3 NO. CANS 2Vi _ 25c
MUSSELMAN’S PURE APPLE THRIFTY WAX
JELLY 2 LB JAR PAPER 40-FOOT ROLL... 5c
ARMOUR’S STAR CORNED OR ROAST SMARTY DOG
BEEF r CAN FOOD 6 l-LB. CANS 25c
REGULAR 5c SUPREME FRUIT
MATCHES 6 BOXES cn COCKTAIL 1 CAN -LB. 10c
DINTY MOORE SPAGHETTI OR 100% PURE RIO
BEEF STEW 24-OZ. oi COFFEE 2 LB.
CAN BAG
FRUIT BELT R. S. P. LIBERTY BELL SALTED SODA
CHERRIES NO. 2 10c CRACKERS 2 B
CANS BOX
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BLUE PLATE JEWEL SALAD
MAYON’SE QT. 39c OIL QT. 25c 2 PT. 25c
JAR____ CAN CANS
GIANT IVORY
Meat Dept. Specials SOAP
RESH PORK
rlOAST lb. (X> O GIANT BARS 14c
:HOICE WESTERN BEEF CHUCK
ROAST * o HAND PACKED
SUPER CUBE
STEAK LB______ CM mow TOMATOES
ROBERSON’S PURE PORK
SAUSAGE CM 4 NO. 2 22c
lb CANS
CENTER CUT CURED
HAM lb CO PRODUCE DEPT.
FRESH PORK
STEAK LB. 00 o ! Fancy Washington State Wine*ap 19
FRESH CHOPS LEAN PORK lb o n i APPLES «. c
FRESH PORK Sweet Juicy Florida
NECK BONES 2 lbs 15c! ORANGES DOZ.
FRESH PORK
SPARE RIBS n 1 U. S. No. 1 Irish
SMALL PICNICS TENDERIZED o POTATOES 10 LBS.
I ONIONS Yellow
STEW OYSTERS, pt. 29c PERCH FILLETS, lb._ 18c, i 4 Lbs.
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SELECT FRESH Canadian Rutabaga I
OYSTERS, pt. 35c MULLET, lb_____10c TURNIPS 4 10c
Fresh Dressed Hens, Fi yers ALSO FULL LINE FRESH VEGETABLES
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Thursday, January 2,
Letters To Editor
Honorable A. Belmont Dennis,
Editor,
Covington News .
Covington, Georgia
Dear Mr. Dennis:
Please allow me to congrftulate
you and yours upon your fine,
’’newsy” and interesting edition of
the Covington News of December
12. You have made an outstanding
and significant contribution to the
cause of education, as well as in
the field of newspaper work, I
wish to thank you most heartily for
your mrny multiplied, construct
ive, fruitful endeavors.
With highest personal regards
and best wishes,
Sincerely yours,
M. D. COLLINS,
I State Superintendent of
Schools.
SCS TREE PLANTINGS
Planting of nearly 67
trees and shrubs on more than y
999 acres of agricultural
throughout the United States c
ing 1940 has been completed, h
H. Bennett, Chief, Soil Consen
tion Service, announces.
of the 1940 planting—50-7 per Wr
—was done in Region 2, which
eludes Virginia, North and
.Carolina, Georgia. Florida,
bama and Mississippi.
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Campbell Lumber Company
Phone 31 Chvinften, It