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THE COVINGTON NEWS
BELMONT DENNIS
Editor And Publisher
A
Official Organ of
Newton County
and th*
City of Covinaton
Newton County Hospital
Dedicated Sunday; R'dale
Physicians Are Present
The magnificent structure erected for
the Newton County Hospital was dedicated
Sunday with appropriate ceremonies. Gov
ernor Herman Talmadge made an out
standing address, as did other speakers on
the program.
We are pleased to state the hospital
is now in full operation with several pati
ents under care. This is heartening news
indeed to our citizens who have needed
this facility for so many years.
We are also glad to learn that the
fine doctors in Conyers have associated
themselves with the Newton County Medi
cal Society and will also use the facilities
of the hospital for their patients when
more serious operations are needed where
their facilities are not adequate.
Rockdale County is to be congratulated
upon their splendid clinic and that they
will make use of the larger hospital facili
ties in the Newton County Hospital when
necessary.
All of the local doctors as well as
Rockdale County doctors are members of
the staff and our citizens are fortunate to
have so many capable physicians from
which to choose.
During the dedication service it was
made clear that the local doctors are fully
capable of meeting any emergency and
we are fortunate to have such talent avail
able.
We can. all rest more easily now to
know we have such a splendid, well
equipped hospital right at our door and
efficient and talented doctors for immedi
ate attention to any serious illness.
Again our thanks to the Hospital
Authority and every person who assisted
in any way in bringing this wonderful
service to our people.
Are We Pulling British
Chestnuts Out of the Fire
The day alter House Minority Leader
Sam Rayburn remarked that he could see
no difference between the-Eisenhower for
eign policy and the Truman-Acheson for
ign policy, a reporter in Houston, Texas,
asked Vice President Nixon what he
though about that.
“Mr. Rayburn may not see a difference
but the American people can. The Truman
. cheson policy got us into war. Eisenhower
got us out.”
This is a nice clear-cut answer. It's
just too bad it isn't more convincing. It
may also be unfortunate that the matter
was brought up on the very dav that
Assistant Secretary of State Walter
Robertson, on a hurried trip to Formosa
secured Chiang Kai-shek's agreement —
for the time-being — to what the Gener
allissimo termed our “demand” that he
cease shelling the China mainland. Mr.
Robertson said it was a “request”, and
applied to the immediate situation. Chiang
expressed his gratitude for US aid and
his desiie to cooperate, which, he indicated
gave him no choice in the matter. He
made it clear however that he was not to
bo disuaded from the ultimate return of
the Nationalist government to the main
land.
It was apparently all very polite, and
Mr. Robertson has accomplished his mis
s on. But the Nationalist Chinese press
compares this restrictive pressure bv the
US with President Truman’s order in the
Korean War which prevented UN forces
from strafing the enemy beyond the Yalu
River, and thus made a sanctuary of the
Manchurian staging areas.
Is it possible that Mr. Dulles, like
liis predecessor, is pulling British chest
nuts out of the Asiatic fire?
At least it's something for Mr. Nixon
tn think about.
Observance of "Veterans
Day" Staged Nationwide
America's number one veteran and
Legionnaire, President Eisenhower, has
issued a formal proclamation calling upon
‘all our citizens to observe Thurdsay,
November llth ; 1954 as Veterans’ Day. On
that day”, it says, “let us solemnly re
member the sacrifices of all those who
fought so valiantly, on the seas, in the
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! air, and on foreign shores, to preserve our
heritage of freedom, and let us reconse
crate ourselves to the task of promoting an
enduring peace so that their efforts shall
not have been in vain.”
The President’s proclamation cites our
custom of memorializing November 11 as
the anniversary of the armistice ending
World War I and suggests the greater ap
propriateness of the name, Veterans’ Day
(as approved by Congress last June Ist)
since “in the intervening years the United
States has been involved in two other
great military conflicts, which have added
millions of veterans, living and dead, to
the honor rolls of this Nation. . ”
In directing Government officials to
see that the flag is displayed on all public
buildings on this day, the President is at
least hinting at what the rest of us should
do on this occasion when “all veterans, all
j veterans’ organizations and the entire citi
zenry will wish to join hands in the com
mon purpose”. We'd better get up those
colors we had cleaned free last June for
Flag Day!
Across the land, in cities, towns and
villages, observance arrangements, parades
and other programs will be in the hands
of joint committees representing The
American Legion, Veterans of Foreign
Wars, Amvets and Disabled American
I Veterans. And coincidentally, at 15 metro
politan centers from the Dodgers’ baseball
park in Brooklyn, N. Y. to the Rose Bowl
in Hollywood, the Legion will officiate, at
the request of Attorney General Brownell,
in ceremonies following the induction of
nearly 25.000 new Americans into the full
rights and privileges of citizenship.
It is appropriate that all Americans,
the newest as well as the oldest, participate
in Veterans’ Day. For one thing, thousands
of our new citizens are veterans who
I fought under the American flag in two
World Wars and in Korea — even though
this country had no claim on them. And
for another, the sons of those who are
naturalized on this first Veterans’ Day may
well be marching themselves on Veterans’
Days to come.
Is the "Common Goal"
Extinction of Human Race?
The lastes approach to world disarma
ment under United Nations auspices may,
or may not be promising, depending, as
always, on whether you think Russia is
capable of or interested in co-operating . .
and would live up to any agreement that
might conceivably be reached.
As matters stand, it seems likely the
UN General Assembly will approve—after
suitable debate —a Canadian proposal that
the five nations that discussed the sub
ject in London last June “seek an accep-
I table solution of the disarmament prob
lem” under the UN Disarmament Commis
■ sion. These five big powers are Canada,
the United States, Britain, France and Rus
sia, of whom the US. Britain and France
i immediately sponsored the resolution,
while Russia's Andrei Vishinsky asked for
I more time to study it.
At the London meeting. British-French
proposals outlining “a basis for an inter
national disarmament convention” were
accepted by the US and Canada, but turn
ed down by Russia. Three-and-a-half
months later (on September 30th) Mr.
Vishinsky announced that the USSR had
accepted the agreements. But he appears
to have accepted them with his tongue in
j his cheek and according to his own inter
pretation. He explained in a UN speech
I that the proposed disarmament control
■ group, in which there would be no veto,
,would hav no power to punish violations.
Such matters, he said, would be up to the
Security Council.
Which would mean that Russia could
agree to anything — and do nothing.
Others might carry out arms reduction and
atomic control according to agreement,
leaving them helpless before the might of
a Russia that could only be punished by
the Security Council — whose action Rus
i sia could veto!
Philippine’s UN Delegate Felixberto
M. Serrano declared that the Vishinsky
interpretation was “a remarkable advance
to the common goal”.
Mr. Vishinsky’s speeches are usually
। “remarkable”. And if you consider that
1 the “common goal” is the extinction of
I the human race, this is surely progress.
MABEL SESSIONS DENNIS
Associate Editor
MARY SESSIONS MALLARD
Associate Editor
at Covington, Georgia, as
Entered at the Post Office
mail matter of the Second
Class.
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SOUR WE2KLY (C? LESSON FOR
UNDAY SCHOOL
Guidanc* of Family Living
Background Scripture: Proverbs
4; 6:20—7:27; 17:1; 19:13;—14; 31:
i 10—31.
Memory Selection: My son
keep the commandments of thy
father and for sake not the law
of thy mother. Proverbs 6:20.
The book of Prove*rbs has a
good deal to say about home life
and the various members of the
family who make up the home.
Unfortunately one has to search
diligently throughout the book to
collect the material on this sub
ject, but it is worth the effort.
Mother, father, wife and children
are all brought under the scrutin
izing eye of the Hebrew sage. He
sees the best and he sees th
worst, and he tells us unashamed
ly of both.
Certainly there is no more
important or necessary subject to
discuss today than guidance for
family living. We should all be
aware to those basic principles of
love and trust and obedience
which are the foundation of a
successful home life.
Here again we see the practical
value of the Wisdom Literature
for our lives today. Monogamy
was taken for granted by the wise
men. They stressed the need for
respect and obedience on the
part of the child. A good wife
was considered a gift of God.
She deserved the love and ad
miration of her husband and
children.
On the other hand, the wise
men were unafraid to point out
the follies of disobedience in a
son, or of contention in a wife, or
of impurity in any woman.
Their purpose was not to em
phasize evil and thereby arouse
sensual desires; it was with the
hope of dissuading people from
such lives.
When God’s laws are obeyed by
both parents and children, and
when each member of the family
is willing to help out in spirit of
love and devotion, that home
becomes a little heaven on earth.
That is the kind of home we
want our children to have. That
is the kind of home our children
will want to build in the future.
Godly Parents
Unfortunately the writer of
the charming bit of autobiogra
phy in the opening verses of this
chapter is unknown. He remem
bers with grateful tenderness the
teachings of his father and the
loving care of his sainted mother.
What ever instruction he him
self gives, he has learned from
experience. He urges upon his
wisdom, because he himself has
young students the claims of
wisdom because he himslef had
been so exhorted by his parents.
Even though he had been an
only son and beloved in the sight
of his mother, his parents had
not spoiled him by selfish over
indulgence.
It is a great tempation for pa
rents to spoil an only child. In
so doing they are making it
difficult for the child when he
confronts the world and finds
out with a rude shock that every
thing is not going to turn out ac
cording to his desires.
This was not the case with the
writer of our verses. He owed
much to his parents and he was
glad to acknowledge it. One of I
the greatest gifts that God can
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/.give to a man is a hallowed home.
IHe will always cherish the me
mory of loving parents who, with
kind but firm hand, led him
j through his early years and
: taugnt him those virtues which
! would help him lead a good and
i successful life.
May this picture of an ideal
i Jewish home, with God-fearing
parents and obedient children, be
the example for every Christian
hpme.
Now, then, does the parent train
his children in the way they
should go? The book of Proverbs
has a lot to say about corporal
punishment.
“He that spareth his rod
hateth his son;
But he that loveth him chast
eneth him betimes” (13:24).
“Withhold not correction from
the child; For if thou beat him
with the rod, he will not die.
Thou shalt beat him with the
rod. And shalt deliver his soul
from Sheol” (23:13, 14).
And there are other verses of
a similar character.
These words have a ring of
cruelty in them, and yet they are
tempered with the love of a con
cerned parent for a child’s good
Even God Himself must chasten
his children at times to bring out
the best -in them.
“My son, despise not the chast
ening of Jehovah, Neither be
weary of his reproof.
For whom Jehovah loveth he
reproveth, Even as a father the
son in whom he delighteth”
(3:11, 12).
Love must be the basic princi
ple in the training of children.
Love is the only atmosphere in
which young children will grow
normally and spiritually.
God’s love is made real to the
child through the love of father
and mother for each other, and
the of parents for him. When this
kind of love permeates the fami
ly life, then discipline becomes a
means of grace and not a cruel
punishment.
The content of the instruction
given to the young person is
described in the remaining verses
of chapter 4. God’s laws and his
way of life are summed up in
the word ’’wisdom.” Those who
Wisdom and obey her words are
blessel with long life and pros
perous years. The heart must be
kept pure for outof it are the is
sues of life. Goodness is not a mat
ter observing external rules and
rites, but a matter of the heart.
Singleness of mind and heart is
also advised by the Hebrew sage.
One should not be lured into the
by pathy of sin, but should always
be looking straignt ahead, trying
to please God in all things.
Overcoming Temptation
It is the task of Wisdom, or the
Christian teacher or parent, to
warn us all of sin and its allure
ments. This is one of the less plea
sant tasks of the instructor, but
it has to be done if the full coun
sel of God is to be proclaimed.
In the section under considera
tion, the Hebrew sage speaks
with shocking frankness about il
licit love, but it is done in the
context of holy love which creates
a horror for sin, rather than a de
sire for it.
T'his, of course, is not the only
tempation described in the book
of Proverbs. The wise men warn
their young students against evil
companions, laziness, disrespect
for parents, robery, jealousy and
other vices.
But more space is devoted to
the “evil woman” than to any
other moral problem, which no
doubt reflects the prevalence of
the crime in Israel.
If one listens to Wisdom, that
is, to the Voice of God, he will
be guarded night and day from
falling into sinful ways. In chap
ters 6 and 7, the writer deals
specifically with the evil woman
who entices young men to her
house of destruction. Her flatter
ing words and ogling eyes, her
elaborate plans to trap the young
man, his final yielding and the
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purnishment that follows are all
graphically set forth.
“Let not thy heart decline to
her ways; go not astray in her
paths.
For she hath cast down many
wounded: Wea all her slain are a
mighty host.
Her house is the way to Sheol,
Going down to the chambers of
death” (7:25-27).
Like an ox that goes to the
laughter is the young man who
allows himself to be trapped by
the snares of illicit love. He be
comes helplessly entangled in
the fetters of sin which gradually
tighten themselves around him.
It does no good to warn him any
more. The words of wisdom fall
on deaf ears and the enfeebled
soul can no longer react to high
er motives.
At this point the book of Pro
verbs leaves us with a hopeless
and helpless feeling. What can
be done for a man who has fallen
into sin and cannot extricate him
self? Intsruction and advice are of
no avail. Wisdom has don* her
part and can go no farther.
Here it is that Jesus steps in
to meet the ruined and corrupt
nature of sinful man and makes
it whole again. He came to seek
and to save the lost, to release
them from their bondage and to
give them victory over sin. By the
power of his Cross he broke the
rule of sin in the world and in
the human heart.
The Foolish Son
“A foolish son is the calamity
of his father.” In spite of the
countless times that Wisdom
warns people to keep her law’
and her instruction, in spite of
the allurements she offers that
are better than silver and gold
and the most precious jewels, in
spite of the sad end of those who
heed not her call, men still re
fuse to follow Wisdom. This was
an observation of the wise men
of Israel several thousand years
ago, and it still holds good to
day.
Knowing what is right, or be
ing instructed in what is right, is
no guarantee that right will be
done. Here we see some of the
weakness of the “wisdom” school
in Israel. Wisdom is pictured in
Chapters 1, 8 and 9 as procalim
ing her message from every van
tagepoint in the Oriental city. She
mingles with the common people
begging them to heed to her call
and invitation to the better life.
But that does not suffice. There
are those who do not listen to her
and who go their own foolish
ways to destruction.
Giving instruction is not
enough, no matter how earnest
and solicitous we may be.
Then, too, we are never told in
Wisdom Literature how a foolish
person does become wise, how
this change is brought about in a
man’s life. We hear of no ener
gizing re-creating power which
can transform a rebellious fool in
to a God-fearing man. This
power comes only with Christ,
who alone can make all things
new.
Leslie A. Hix On
Around World Trip
'Leslie A. Hix, radarman third
class, USN, or 21 Hazel St., Port
erdale, is serving aboard the ra
dar picket destroyer USS Stickell
which completed an around-the
world cruise on August 10th.
While on her four months tour
in the Western Pacific, the Stic
kell operated with fast carrier
Task Force 77; hunter killer
Training Group, and the Formosa
Patrol. ,
During her Far Eastern and
world cruise, she,visited Yoko
suka, Kobe, and Sasebo. Japan;
Okinawa; Kaohsuing, Formosa;
Hong Kong, B. C. C.; Colombo,
Ceylon; Mombasa, Kenya Colony;
Durdan and Capetown, Union of
South Africa; Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil and Port of Spain, Trini
dad.
Common law says that if you
start and wound a game animal
so that its death is almost cer
tain. but. another hunter gives
it the finishing shot, it still be
longs to you. — Sports Afield.
Mrs. Anderson's
Last Rites Held
Funeral services were held
Monday morning at 10:30 at Har
well’s Chapel, for Mrs. N. Z.
Anderson, 84, who died Saturday
afternoon at her home following
an illness of several weeks. The
Rev. Mr. Ralph Hawkins was in
charge of the services.
Mrs. Anderson, the former
Miss Robertine Franklin, was
born in Jasper County the daugh
ter of John Carter and Mrs. Jos
ephine*Hardeman Franklin. Fol
lowing her marriage to Dr. New
ton Zachary Anderson in 1893.
she lived in Eudora approxi
mately ten years prior to their
move to Covington in 1902. With
the exception of the one year
during which their home was
under construction, she. with
her late husband, spent the re
mainder of her life at the present
homesite on Church Street.
A typical mother of the old
school, Mrs. Anderson’s chief
joys lay in her devotion and min
istry to her home and family;
her church; and her liberal con
cern for a fellowman in need.
She had been a member of the
Methodist Church since early
childhood, and of the Covington
Methodist church for over half
a century.
Survivors include one daugh-
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Thursday. October 21, 1954
ter. Miss Annie Pauline Ander
son, Covington; two sons. Frank-
lin Anderson of Covington and
James Carter Anderson of At
lanta; one brother. C. A. Frank
lin of Montezuma; three grand
children and seven great-grand
children.
Pallbearers were: D B. Dix
on, E. B. Rogers, J. L. Elliott, T.
J. Harwell, Henry Anderson,
Guy Rogers and Robert Trippe.
J. C. Harwell and Son were in
charge of arrangements. The
NEWS joins hosts of friends in
extending sympathy to the fam
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