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THE COVINGTON NEWS
COVINGTON. GEORGIA
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
Entered at the Postoffice at Covington, Georgia, as mail matter
of the Second Class.
A. BELMONT DENNIS Editor and Publisher
W. THOMAS HAY Advertising Manager
LEON FLOWERS Mechanical Superintendent
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Official Organ of Nefvton County and The
City of Covington.
Work Well Done
Two years of work and effort of the Newton County j
Post of the American Legion has finally become a reality, i
The Legion Hall or Community House is .just about com
pleted and is expected to be open to the public within the
next thirty days.
The Legion has unselfishly worked during the past
years to give the people of this section a community center
to be proud of. The building has been needed for a long
time and will be used by many worthwhile groups and
organizations as well as by the Legion members them
selves.
Plans were made at the meeting Monday night at the
Legion Hall to make the building available to the organi
zations of the county. Three Legionnaires will be in
charge. The county commissioner and State commander
will name them. Small fees will be charged to the groups
desiring to meet there. The money received will not be
used for profit or by the Legion. The entire amount will,
be used to keep the community house m good condition j
and fully equipped. No gambling or alcoholic beverages |
will be permitted.
We extend our congratulations to the American
Legion for a job well done. The members of the Legion
have fought for America and are now working for Amer
icans—to make America safe—to give our people happi
ness that can not be found anywhere else in the world. —
Yes, we join the county in saying “Thank you.” j
Warriors Against Disease
American medicine, as an authority recently observ
ed. has a weak spot. It „ not a weakness affect,n* <he
patient—the sick man or woman anxiously seeking a re
turn to health. Curiously enough, this weakness
helpe'd the patient—for the weakness lies in the fact that
the medical profession has been so busy fighting disease
in experimental laboratories as well as at the bedsides of
the ill, that it has found little time to tell the public of its
tremendous achievements.
The undeniable record is there for all who wish to
read it. And it tells, through the figures, a dramatic and
inspirational story of an endless battle against disease and
suffering and death.
That battle has won victory after victory. In the
period of a century and a half, in this country, the life ex
pectancy of man has nearly doubled—from 35 to 62 years.
During that time, typhus, once one of the greatest killers,
has all but disappeared. Smallpox and diphtheria, dread
ed specters of not so long ago, have been robbed of their
terrors. Other great scourges—typhoid, diabetes, tuber
culosis — have been brought under control, and their mor
talitv tame rates rates steadilv .uaom reduced reoucea.
That is what American medicine—private medicine
— has done. And all over the land, in countless
tories and institutes, privately financed and managed for
the most part, the doctors and scientists are fighting, day
anct and mgnt, niffht the me scourges scout ges which men have na\e not vet >ei beet oeei con
querea.
Medicine is not an industry, Rut, like industry, it
has rendered its greatest service to the people under a
system which places no brakes upon achiements of the
individual, and which encourages any man, in any field,
to develop his talents to the utmost.
T
Spirit Of “77”
As the opening sessions of the Seventy-Seventh Con
gress of the United States get under way, it is eminently
proper that its members and the general pubic alike have
a clear definition in their minds of the problems and re
sponsibilities that the people’s representatives face in
these troubled world times.
or is it hard, by a little thoughtful analysis, to list the
most important points upon which Congress should fir its
unwavering attention. They would certainly include the
following:
1. National defense ... of importance. . , Ti It .
is primary is
industry’s job to provide the materials for this defense ;
the government’s task, aided by expert military advice, is
to define the country’s defense needs and to employ them
most effectively to safeguard our shores.
2. The rearmament program should be carried
through with as little dislocation as possible of our regular
peacetime economy.
3. No group in this country need lose any of the
sound social gains that have been won over the course of
the years. Rut the Congress does have a schedule Of modi
fication and clarification that it could well fare this ses
the ii interest • * of * making i • r function a
Pion in our eonomv more
soundly ,i and , for r the good i of r all 11 Americans. * • Ti It i has avoided -i i
decision so far on amendment of the National Labor Re
lations Act. so badlv in need of repair: now the report of
f the Smith House Committee studying that Act and the
Board administering it points once-again to the necessity
for changes. The principles behind the Walter-Logan
Bill, -which narrowly failed fo become law this last session,
are worthy ones: in some form, thev are deserving of more
Congressional thought. Measures following the pattern
/ of r these P o.iectc 1 -4 ( ’ nls r i legislation • i i • Virtually • / n demand . .
the consideration of the new Congress.
touchstone to test all its acts: Consider the safety of the
United States, and promote internal harmony so that our
industries and our whole national life will be strong. If
it works in that spirit, it can make “77” a real luckv
number for our great nation and all the people who dwell
here-in peace and freedom. t
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Sunday School Lesson
Lesson: Luke 14.1-14
Golden Text: Is not the life
more than meat and the body thsn
raiment? Matthew 6:25.
Jesus was still in Perea near the
Jordan River . The time was prob _
ably Pebruary or March, A. D
30 . After rebuking the Pharisees
he proved his love for them by
dining with one of their number
It was another sabbath and the
Pharisees were watching to find
some occasion to accuse Jesus be
fore the multitude. It seems that
first part of our lesson (Luke j
14:1-6) occurred as the people
were gathering for the’ dinner. The
last part (Luke 14:7-14) took place
as the guests were seated. It was
a home of wealth and prestige and
invited party may have num
i ™pee^S
doubtless J they were ev en more
ready han usugJ to de f end tbe
, formalism and rites of the sabbath,
I Little js known of this man
w hom Jesus met in the home of
his host. He is referred to as “a
rertain man” who had the dropsy.
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of testing or trying Jesus H e may
! have ste pped in uninvited, as the
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poor from the streets sometimes
! ... At ! . ’{ r ] . ook , notlc
any ra e ; esus ^
,
°. th^ueht^which Rifled theVind*
of his fellow „ uests Thev thoueht
; it qu it e proper for them to have a
joyful time at this feast on the
I sabbath but they stood ready to
j condemn the Jesus should he heal on
«bbath. They were slaves to
I the formalism of their traditions
and jnterpretations of the Mo?aic
; law.
Jesus went to the heart of the
j problem by asking them a question
“^ i‘ lawful to heal on the sab
bath da y ? ” The lawyers who
should be able tQ answer anv
question concerning the law and
righteousness remained silent
They did not want to say “Yes"
and were afraid to say “No.”
Jesus then took the man and
healed him and let him go. This
might imply: (1) that he was not
in invited guest, because he 'eft
after being healed: (2) that the
man was formerly unable to walk
and Jesus “let him go” with
strength and muscular control
which was formerly lacking.
There is no record of outward
criticism of this act of mercy. Je
sus did not allow much time or
opportunity for such criticism. He
said unto them, “Which of you
shell have an ass or an ox fallen
into a pit, and will not straightway
j pull him out on the sabbath day?”
Some early authorities render the
translation “Which of you shall
have a son or even an ox {allen
j j into i well ...” If this be the
proper translation, Jesus is re
minding them that they would
hasten to save their own son or
even an ox—which would be dif
ficutt to save from a well—and
yet they stood ready and eager to
accuse him of breaking the sab
bath beer use he healed this man
suWprin g from the dropsy. It
j "' ould take far more work to save
the °* fr °m a «ell than it took for
Jesus to neal this man. If the
t Tran5latJ r an*i a H*n on is ;«• correct, the implied j
condemnation of the Pharisees is
even greater* because they were
willing to protect their own stock
and their property, even on the
-'ahbrth but they were unwilling
,0 minis Ter to a sick and needy
man loda y man y people give far
.T 0 ™ a,tenBon to tbeir possessions
tha " They do to their neighbors.
^ ^ now turn to the second part
of the lesson. Here Jesus speaks
first to the guests; then to thf
! ning host and to entertain. *° Those who were plan
The occasion of this pan hie was
the selfish desire of many for the
chief seats at the feast. The geests
in that day reclined on couches
i rather than sitting in chairs and
THE COVINGTON NEWS
Letters To Editor i
Honorable A. Belmont Dennis,
Editor, The News
Covington, Georgia
Dear Mr. Dennis:
During the coming four weeks I
hope you will lend the support of I
your news columns to the 1941
Celebration of the President’s
Birthday, to be held in your coun
ty and throughout the strte on
January 30.
As you know, funds raised
through the annual Celebrations
are devoted to fighting infantile
paralysis. The Fight Infantile Pa
ralysis program is a strictly non
political effort, devoted entirely
whosoever exalteth himself shall
be abased: and he that humbleth
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the places of honor were next to
the host. Less worthy guests were
placed near the foot of the table.
On this occefiion, when Jesus
was an invited guest, others who
were invited began to seek the
highest placet at the table. Per
haps the host was embarrassed
Someone would likely have his
feelings hurt. Jesus spoke a par
able, and I am certrin that he
spoke so tactfully and kindly thaf
his host was not embarrassed be
cause of his indirect rebuke to the
selfish guests.
Notice that in the parable Jesus
spoke of a maniage fe£St. This
would save his host an. embar
rassment because the guests would
immediately know that he did not
^rbeinfeVtemmed^The'ston 6
,ui„ co m -
mon - Self-exalted guests, hoping
to receive special notice would gr
unbidden to the higher sects. A
preferred guest whom the host de
sired to honor was bro U|ght by the j
host and the one who had exalted
himself was asked to take a lower
seat. What could be mdre humil
iating? On the other ipand, here
was a man who took one of the
j , ower seats . * nd . the .. host . . discover- ,
ljng this preferred guest in a low
er seat would invite him up highei
an d thus honor him before the
whole eom P an v ' Thus he wh, j
-
humbled himself would be exalted
exaUed himseIf would
** humb ed '
Turning his . attention then to
him who was entertaining, he sai ,
dinner^"suDoer firmer or supper do"not°^look^'over donot o
the social register to find those
who will honor your home because
of their position or fame, nor
sh ° uld you 6 iv e attention to those
y ^ ? u their homes, homes^but but rather'in- ratheM*/
vite those who need your food
and >' our h osP‘t a!i ty and who will
like ^ be unable to return the in ‘
vitation ” B -V entertaining the
P° or - the maimed, the lame, and
the blind ' the phalise e could prove
his unselfish and sincere love for
his fellow nun. He could expect
a reward in the resurrection.
The worst sins against each oth
er of which men are guilty grow
oul of their lack of reverence for
personality, and their contempt for
men as persons. Jesus believed in
the sabbath, but he believed in it
as a means for the betterment of
life, not as in end in itself. Jesus
believed in the right of private
property, but he believed and
taught that all property is for the
® ake ° f human welfare and noi
human beings for the sake of
property. There was a stern re
buke in hia reply to the criticism
Q f him for healing on the sabbath
da y when he said . “Which of you
shall have an ass or an ox fallen
into a P' 1 and wi!1 not straight
wa - v P ul1 bim out on The sabbath
dry?” His question keeps ringing
' n °P r ears: “How much then is a
man better than a sheep?” (Matt,
12:12).
How explain “man’s inhuman- i
ity to man ”? Deep in our hearts
we know that human personality I
is the measure of supreme value
thet persons are the most imoort
ant things on this earth. Again * .
Jesqs reveals the answer in a
word, “selfishness.*' Realizing the
value of persons, and each one o(
us being a person, we want to get
ahead of other persons and become
more persons! important If then prestige, some other j
money, au
thority, or anything else will help j
us to achieve this purpose, then we
go alter it to get it no matter what
the cost. The tragic result is that
in the effort to exalt personality.
we degrade personality The anti
dote to all this is humility, the sort
of humility which Jesus teaches in
the rttending and making of a
feast, the heart of which is ex
pressed in the law which is as true
today as when he ga\e it: “For
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(Largest Coverage Any Weekly in the State)
to the welfare of victims of polio.
In this drive, as in all other
charitable movements of a similar
nature, success depends upon the
cooperation of the press, The
newspapers of Georgia are the
greatest force for enlightening out
public, and it is to ou that we
must turn. We need your help in
telling your readers about the 1941
Fight-Infantile-Paralysis drive,
As a member of the Georgia
Committee for Celebration of the
President's birthday, let me re
quest that you be liberal in
space and prominence you
various news releases concerning
the 1941 Celebrations that will be
sent you from time to time.
It is our hope thet through the
cooperation of the Georgia
the 1941 “Fight Infantile Paraly
sis” drive will be the most success
ful in the history of the movement,
and so enable us to enlarge
scope of work we have been able
to do in combating infantile para
lysis.
Thursday, January 9, t 1
; end my best personal wishes to you
for a happy and prosperous New
Year.
Cordially yours,
RALPH McGILL.
Mr. A Belmont Dennis .
Editor, Covington News
Covington, Georgia
Dear Mr. Dennis:
I want to tell you how very !
much I appreciate the splendid
i ayou t on the National Youth Ad
ministrat jon’s resident center at
| Jackson Lake, which you ran on
,
\ December 12. Such articles as this j
; are of great value to us in inform- j
ing the public of what we are try
! of |
ing to do for tbe y0U ng people
G.orgia.
We are genuinely grateful to you i
for your continued interest in and
support of our program,
State Administrator,
National Youth Administration,
Sincerely,
I BOISFEUILLET JONES. !
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