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Personals
Miss Maudie Sue Harper is
■ ccuperating at her home after
a tonsilectomV at Newton County
Hospital last Friday.
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Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Peterson
end sons Johnny and Hal of
Cast Point were the Sunday sup
per guests of Miss Sarah Skin
ner.
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Mrs. E. C. Nunn and children
of Columbia, South Carolina,
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| tives.
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Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Moss
' visited Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Mc-
Daniel in Athens Sunday.
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Miss Glenda Waggoner, teach
er in Columbus School, Colum
; bus spent the weekend with
her parents Mr. and Mrs. M. H.
Waggoner.
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A/2C Paul McLeon left Friday
for two years service in Europe.
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Mr. and Mrs. Mercer Austin
of Atlanta and Mrs. Ben Thomas
of Buford were the Sunday
guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. W.
Collins and Mrs. P. T. Austin.
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Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Wallace
spent last Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday on a fishing trip
at Panama City, Florida.
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Capt. and Mrs. Douglas F.
Culbreth and daughter Carol ar-
I rived in New York last week
j after two and one half years
I stay in Germany. They arrived
। in Covington Thursday after be
ing met at the Atlanta Airport
by Mrs. Culbreth’s brother H. C.
Capps, where they are visiting
for a while.
Miss Leigh Skinner of G.S.C.
W., Milledgeville, spent the
j weekend at home.
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Mrs. J. D. Russell and son
Mans spent Sunday in Macon
I with Mrs Russell’s parents.
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Mrs. H. B. Floyd of Atlanta
visited friends in Covington
several days last week.
Friends of Mrs. Bill Harwell
will be glad to know she is
doing nicely at Emory Univer
! sity Hospital where rhe under
went surgery last week.
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Miss Pat Burnette a student
at LaGrange College, LaGrange
spent the weekend with her par
ents Mr. and Mrs. E, H. Fincher.
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Mrs. Dave Bohannon, Mrs.
Bess Giles, Mrs. Al David, Misses
I Margaret Davis and Evelyn Col
i lins attended the concert in At
: lanta Thursday.
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Mrs. George B. Holladay of
Montgomery. Alabama arrived
Monday to visit Mrs. C. A. Sock
well and Mrs. J. F. Biggers for
several days.
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Mrs. Howard Sullivan and son
' Larry of Porterdale were the
Sunday dinner guests of Miss
Jackie Walden and son Michael.
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We are glad to report Mrs.
Anthony of Conyers, the mother
of Mrs. Tyrus Wood, is improv
ing at the home of her daughter.
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Miss Charlotte Rogers of West
Georgia College, Carrollton,
spent the weekend with her par
ents Mr. and Mrs. James Rogers.
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A2C George W. Singline has
’•eturned home from Tokyo,
Japan after eighteen months
service. He is the son of Mr.
i and Mrs. George L. Singling.
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Mrs. T. R. Parnell and children
Tom and Glenda of Knoxville,
Tennessee spent last week with
' relatives -in Covington and Al
mon while Mr. Parnell was in
New York on a buying trip for
Rich’s. He has recently been
transferred from the Atlanta
Istore, to head buyer of the Men’s
I Department of the Knoxville
Store. His many friends in Cov
ington wish him success in his
new position.
♦ * * *
Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Gordon of
Hackleburg, Alabama spent part
1 of last week with their children,
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General Election
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provide adequate education for
its citizens.”
Now that you have read this
amendment, you can plainly see
that it does not give the General
Assembly authority to “abolish
the public schools,” as its oppo
nents have falsely claimed.
The Georgia legislature already
has the authority to “abolish” the
public schools of Georgia.
The school segregation amend
ment was prepared by the lead
lawyers of the State of Georgia
for one purpose, and that is to
guarantee a continuance of segre
gated education.
When the United Sates Supreme
Court tells us in a Georgia case
that we must mix the races in our
public schools, the power of the
state and local subdivisions to
levy taxes or appropriate money
for operation of such schools
lapses under the terms and pro
visions of our State Constitution,
according to a clear-cut ruling
from Attorney General Eugene
Cook.
Law suits are now pending in
Georgia against the city school
system of Atlanta and against the
University System. Others are
sure to follow.
When the Supreme Court ord
ers the races mixed in any county
school system or independent
Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Durden and
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Parker and
children.
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Mrs. W. C. Wright was the
gust speaker at the Foman’s
Society of Christian Service in
Almon, Wednesday, October 20.
Tuesday, October 26, she gave
the program for the Week of
Prayer at the Lithonia Woman’s
Society of Christian Service.
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Mr. and Mrs. A. L. McElreath,
Nell and Betty Jean visited Mr.
and Mrs. Ashton Oglesby in Ben
Hill Saturday night.
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Marvin Juhline and family of
Atlanta were the Sunday after
noon guests of Mrs. J. W. Alex
ander and family.
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Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Patterson,
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Hutchins
visited Cadet R. H. Patterson
Jr., Sunday at Riverside Mili
tary Academy, Gainesville. While
there they attended a band con
cert and dress parade by the
corps.
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Congressman elect J. J. Flynt
of Griffin was the Sunday din
ner guest of Mr. and Mrs. H. F.
Sharp. Mr. Flynt was guest
speaker at the Methodist Church
Sunday.
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Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Ramsey
Jr. and Mr. and Mrs. G. B.
Hutchinson visited Rock Eagle
Park Sunday afternoon.
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Mr. and Mrs. George E. Sims
Jr. and children of LaGrange
and G. E. Sims Sr. of Dublin
were the Saturday guests of
Mrs. J. O. Bradshaw and Mr.
and Mrs. Lowell Hipps and chil
dren.
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Dr. and Mrs. William L. Dobbs
spent the weekend in Boaz, Ala-'
bama with Rev. and Mrs. A. R.
Thomas.
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Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Capes
of Spartanburg, South Carolina,
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Parks and
son Ricky of Reynolds will
spend this weekend with their
parents Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Har
' ris.
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Mr. and Mrs. Loyd Alexander
' and’ children visited Unica State
Park near Cleveland, Sunday
afternoon.
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Mrs. W. C. Wright spent the
weekend in Lawrenceville with
Mrs. L. M. Camp.
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Mr. and Mrs. A. L. McElreath
have received word their son,
Pvt. Billy McElreath has arrived
safely in France where he will
be stationed for several months.
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Miss Jane Morgan, a student
at the University of Georgia,
Atlanta Division, spent the week
end with Miss Janet Pulliam.
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Mr. and Mrs. Charley Thomas
and Mrs. Harry Moore and baby
of Dalton spent Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Moore.
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Mrs. Hoke Smith and Eliza
beth Smith, Sidney Asbury of
Lithonia and Mrs. Annie Dolvin
of Greensboro spent Sunday
tfternoon with Mr. and Mrs.
Marion Britt and son Lane.
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. McElreath
and children Nell and Betty
i Jean spent Sunday in the moun
tains of North Georgia and visit
ed their cousins Mr. and Mrs.
Tom Queen at Blairsville.
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■I Recruit Petty Officer Ist Class
Kenneth Piper arrived home to
day (Thursday) from U. S. Train
ing Center, Great Lakes, Illinois,
for a few days visit with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Moore
and grandparents Mr. and Mrs.
R. B. Yancey.
school district, that ends Geor
gia’s present school system in
that locality, and effectively “ab
olishes” it.
That is where the school seg
regation amendment comes into
Play.
If the schools are ordered mix
ed in any county or school dis
trict, after the voters have rati
fied the school segregation
amendment, your elected repre
sentatives in the General As
sembly can immediately make
grants in that county or school
district directly to the parent or
guardian of the child to cover
ALL costs of books, tuition, trans
portation and all other necessary
incidentals.
The schools in such counties
will continue to operate, on a
free segregated basis, fully ac
credited and with the same high
academic standards now in force,
or even substantially improved
under closer local supervision and
control.
That is the only means whereby
free, segregated education can be
continued in Georgia outside the
terms of the decision of the Unit
ed States Supreme Court Here is
why:
The decision of the United
States Supreme Court was based
upon the provisions of the 14th
amendment and applied only to
schools operated by the state or
its political subdivisions and
would not apply to schools where
grants are made by the state
directly to the child.
Irresponsible persons, who are
either opposed to segregation or
motivated by selfish political rea
sons, have raised all manner of
objections to the school segrega
tion amendment.
None of these in valid. They
completely ignore the fact that
we will have no schools in Geor
gia in any locality where the
races are ordered mixed in the
classrooms by the federal judi
ciary. Their strategy is to create a
situation in which your state
government will have no other le
gal alternative but to accept mix
ed schools.
It is hypocrisy of the worst
form opponents of the amendment
to urge that Georgians wait until
after the Supreme Court imple
ments its outrageous decision be
fore we take any action whatso
ever to protect ourselves.
The answer to this ridiculous
assertion is simply: Suppose the
Supreme Court acts in a Georgia
case in 1955; the General As
sembly doesn’t meet until 1956,
and even if it were called into
special session, thre would be no
general election in which the
people could vote on the amend
ment until November of 1956. In
the maintime, thre would be no
schools at all in those localities
where they were ordered mixed
by federal edict.
The Teacher Retirement Sys
tem, according to a recent ruling
of the Attorney General, is a
separate and distinct agency of
the state and will continue un
diminished and uninterrupted no
matter what action the state is
forced to take to preserve seg
regated schools in Georgia.
In this clear-cut ruling of the
Attorney General he makes it
plain that the teachers’ retire
ment funds constitute private
property for the benefit of the
teachers, and that the school seg
regation amendment will not
change the status of these funds
in any way.
Rights of the teachers in these
funds constitute a vested interest
and are protected by the terms
and provisions of both the state
and federal constitution. Nothing
in the school segregation amend
ment or any laws subsequently
enacted thereto, can impair these
rights.
The Attorney General makes
it equally plain in his ruling that
the General Assembly possesses
authority under the Georgia
Constitution at this time to bring
any teacher into the Retirement
System, regardless of the kind
of school in which that teacher is
employed; and, that state and lo
cal governments have full author
ity under the Constitution and
laws of Georgia to match con
tributions of teachers to State
Retirement System or local re
tirement funds under any and
all circumstances.
Should the Georgia General
Assembly ever be forced to use
this amendment and make grants
to the parent or guardian of a
child, for educational purposes, in
lieu of direct appropriations to
the school, our State Constitution
provision requiring separation of
church and state would be in
violate. It is certain that none of
these grants could never be used
fer sectarian or religious educa
tion.
This amendment is soley a
standby or “last resort” measure
to be utilized only when needed
to preserve free, segregated
schools for our children. It is
permissive and cumulative to all
our present laws.
In addition to the fact that the
measure was overwhelmingly ap
proved by the members of the
Legislature it also bears the
support and approval of the Geor
gia Commission on Education, a
study group created by the Gen
eral Assembly *to recommend
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! ways and means of preserving
I separate schools.
Serving on this Commission
and voting for the resolution urg
ing adoption of the amendment
were the Governor, the Gover
nor-Nominate, the Attorney Gen
eral, the Chancellor of the Uni
versity System, the immediate
past president of the Georgia
I Education Association, the Chair
man of the Democratic Party of
| Georgia, the Chairman of the
State Board of Regents, the
Superintendent of the Bibb Coun
ty Schools, three representatives
of the General Assembly, a mem
ber of the Board of Regents and
Chairman of the State Judicial
Council, the State Auditor and
one of the state’s most prominent
attorneys.
Adding to this impressive list
we find that the mayor of Geor
gia and the county commissioners
of Georgia at annual meetings of
their associations, adopted strong
ly worded resolutions urging the
people of Georgia to vote for
amendment number 4.
Perhaps the most important is
the fact that 8,000 delegates to
State Democratiic Convention
meeting in Macon recently, un
animously endorsed the school
segregation amendment, and urg
ed all loyal Democrats to support
it adoption in the general elec
tion. As a matter of fact, all vot
ers who participated in the Dem
ocratic Primary are morally
bound under the terms of the
Convention resolution to support
this provision of the Democratic
platform.
Now the question that the
people of Georgia will have to
I decide in voting on this amend
ment is whether they are going to
trust our officials and our elected
representatives in the General
Assembly to maintain segregation
and protect the integrity of our
schools.
Adoption of this amendment by
the people of this State will be
a great boost to the entire south
wide resistance movement aginst
the Supreme Court decision out
lawing segregation. Likewise, its
defeat would be a catastrophe for
Georgia and the South and would
be interpreted by the Supreme
Court as a sure indication that we
are unwilling to fight for the wel
fare of our children and our
heritage.
With the united support of the
people, the present administra
tion has been able to keep Geor
gia schools segregated.
The incoming administration
now faces a crises more grave
than ever before.
By overwhelming ratification
of the school segregation amend-
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ment, Georgians can give their
Governor-Nominate the tools to
do the job of preserving segrega
tion in our schools.
We join in this urgent and sin
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Georgia, the afficials of Georgia,
local and state, to work actively
between now and election day to
insure the overwhelming passage
of the school segregation amend
ment.
Given this safeguard by the
people, your state government
can maintain free, segregated ed-
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Thursday. October 28, 1954
Lions Club Lcdies Nite
Program Thursday Here
The Covington Lions Club
will have Ladies Night and a
gala Halloween party Thursday
night October 28, 7:30 p. m. at
the Legion Hall. Entertainment
w’ill be furnished by a group
from Loganville. There will be
games and fun for all.
ucation in Georgia for all time to
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—HERMAN E. TALMADGE,
GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA
—MARVIN GRIFFIN,
GOVERNOR-NOIMNATE