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THE COVINGTON NEWS
BELMONT DENNIS
Editor And Publisher
A Georgia
Fress Association
1t54 Frise Winning
Newspaper
We May Be Committing
Susy-Cide in Dealing
With President Nasser
The London conference on the Suez
Canal reached its tortuous end with 18
of the 22 conferring nations in agreement
with the plan proposed by US Secretary
of State John Foster Dulles. This called,
originally, for operation of the canal by
an international board of which Egypt
would be a member. The language was
later softened and the “international
board” rechristened the “Suez Canal
board.”
Next, chore is for the US and four
other conferees to take the proposal to
President Nasser in Cairo. That gentle- ,
man has said he would receive the dele
gation, but he wanted no part of any in
ternational control of the canal, regard
less of the name of the board.
But it would seem to us that since
Mr. Dulles has persuaded the Western
powers to accept the principle that the
canal belongs to Egypt, that Egypt should
share in the profits, and to accept the
further very considerable modification of
their original demands — it should not
he impossible to reach a meeting ground
wnth Col. Nasser .
But Britain, suffering, no doubt, from
a bad case of Cyprus fever, continues to
rattle the sword — even as the five power
mission headed by Australia's Prime Min- i
ister Menzies takes off for Cairo. This '
does not help to engender hospitable
thoughts In the Nasser bosom. And to
odd to the explosiveness of the situation,
Russia's Khrushchev now says if there is
war the Arabs will not stand alone
And for us', the sickening certainty is
that Britain wouldn't stand alone either.
Chairman Martin Ignored
Parliamentary Procedure
Regarding Harold Stassen
Suspending the rules which require
unanimous consent of the delegates for
an outsider to take the rostrum. Chair
man Joe Martin deprived the Republican
Convention of the right to deny or the
privilege of booing Harold Stassen — or
both. Instead, following the Chairman’s
casual introduction as a seconder of Vice
President Nixon’s renorrunation, the dele
gates applauded — perhaps automatically,
and perhaps without recognizing the most
unpopular man in San Francisco.
But now. we thought, we shall be able
to compare the crow-eating propensities ■
and techniques of the “Secretary of Peace” j
and the Man from Independence. As Stas
sen talked — urging independent voters,
union members, minority groups and
? oungei voters to join with him “cheer
fully and whole-heartedly in accepting the
results i f the Convention” — it gradually '
dawned an us that he was not eating
crow at all. He was building up the im
portance of his work (for peace) in the
Cabinet, buttering up the Boss so as to
be sure he eould go back on the payroll
Monday morning — and saying just enough
about Richard Nixon, the man he failed
to destroy, to*qualify as a seconder.
Further, Mr. Stassen left himself in
position to accept credit for whatever hap
pens. If there's a Republican victory, he
is the man who abandoned his high-mind
ed, last-minute search for a candidate
that would attract the elements mentioned
above, and restored party harmony. If the
GOP should lose, he will be the prophet
who was figuratively stoned for his warn
ings and his patriotic efforts to bolster
the ticket.
Mr. Stassen said he spoke “with all
humility. We didn’t observe any.
'Brief' Platform Os
Republicans Becomes
Full Length Novel
That “brief” platform that President
Eisenhower asked for, and which turned
out to be somewhat longer than the
Democratic novelette, may still ha> e been
the most painless document of its kind
in our history. The reading, by Connecti
cut's Senator Prescott Bush, chairman of
the Platform Committee, was restricted io
to the two-column preamble or “Declara
tion of Faith.” The Senator advised the
delegates they would find printed copies
of the whole works on their chairs •—
which they could read if they wanted to.
The motion that the full platform be
adapted was handled as casually and swift
ly by Convention Chairman Joe Martin
as if it involved adjournment for the
evening or thanking the Cow Palace jani
tors .'or sweeping up yesterdav’s trash.
The Declaration read by Senator Bush
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Doorthy Kiilgallen. at whose perceptive
ness and alertness many of us have mar
veled as we watched her on the TV panel
show “What s My Line?” also writei an
interesting syndicated newspaper column.
Recently she had this to say:
"You can read on a train crossing the
desert or on a plane at 17.000 feet above
the Atlantic — no static, no fading, no
blips. You can read in a bathtub or while
hanging onto a pole' in a crowded bus.
You can read as much or as little as you
want, as fast or as slowly as you want.
“And if you read something you like,
you can tear it out and save it to read
again some day. f enjoy radio and tele
vision. and I am gainfully employed by
both, but I must admit they have their
drawbacks. Did you ever try to clip a
television program and paste it in your
scrapbook?”
This brings to our mind the fact that
TV and radio actually fit hand in glove
with the weekly newspaper. Actually,
these mediums may cut into the adver
tising revenue of the daily, and into its
circulation as well, but not so with the
weekly.
Editor and Publisher Yearbook gives
; the following facts about newspapers and
i their circulation since 1947. There has
been an increase of .2% in number of
daily newspapers in that time while the
weeklies have increased 2.1 •». Average
circulation for the dailies has increased
10.4%, while the weeklies increased a
bouncing 54.6%. Thus the circulation of
the weekly has increased about five times
as fast as has that of the datly papers.
We believe that one of the reasons for
this is that many people today — and we
know this is true in the large rural area
Ut which the Covington NEWS circulates
— go to their radio or television set for
their national news and depend on their
i weekly paper for their local items and
ads by which thev plan to make pur
chases for the weekend.
Thus we feel that much of the in
creased circulation of the weekly papers
in the past 10 years is due in no small
way to the coverage of national and state
news by radio and television, and the in
crease in advertising lineage in the weekly
is due to a certain extent to the fact that
high costs of T\ and radio advertising
cause the smaller firms in the smaller
towns to use the less expensive advertis
i ing medium — the weekly paper, which
goes to the smaller area in a more con
centrated form. The small-town merchant
as a rule seeks to reach just his own
trade area and isn't interested in paving
for circulation in a huge area in which
I only a limited number of persons are his
| prospective customers.
The Covington NEWS endeavors to
fill this need and the evidence that we
are succeeding is in our large circulation
and the many fine merchants who, by
using our paper, give us the largest week
ly paper published in the Southeast, and
incidentally, increase their own business.
It navs to advertise in The Covington
; NEWS.
reaffirmed the GOP's faith in God, Lin
coln and Eisenhower — in that order. It
also quoted (as did many a speaker) these
words of Lincoln’s: “The legitimate object
of Government is to do for a community
of people whatever they need to have
done but can not do at all, or can not
so well do, for themselves in their separate
and individual capacities. But in all that
people can individually do as well for
themselves. Government ought not to in
terfere." The emphasis here is our own
— also the warning to watch out, if the
Administration is returned to power, for
the old familiar cry: “We can do it bet
ter.”
Further on. the preamble contains the
pledge: “We shall continue to oppose the
seating of Communist China in the United
Nations. ’’ It does not include the addition
al Democratic platform pledge of “con
tinued support” to Nationalist China. But
those who read far enough into the mass
ive document found reference to the “se
curity treaty with the Republic of China
covering Formosa and the Pescadores.” the
authorization of Congress to defend this
area, and the conclusion that these acts
have restrained the Reds from acting on
“their announced intention to take For
mosa by force.”
The pie-in-the-sky department — in
which the Democratc were so specific, ex
| pansive and extensive — was covered by
the Republican platform in vague gener
j alities
MABEL SESSIONS DENNIS
Associate Editor
MARY SESSIONS MALLARD
Associate Editor
Entered at the Poet Office
at Covington, Georgia, at
mail matter of Hie Second
Class.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
SOUR WI2KLY LESSON FOR
UNDAY SCHOOL
CHRIST AMONG THK
CHURCHES
Background Scripture:
Matthew 18:20; John 21:1-14:
Revelation 1-3.
Devotional Reading:
Revelation 3:7-13.
Memory Selection: Behold, I
stand at the door and knock;
if any one hears my voice
and opens the door, I will
come in to him and eat with
him, and he with me. Reve
lation 3.20
The lesson this week has many
derived, secondary and corollary
teachings, but its supreme teach
ing is that Jesus Christ —risen
from the dead, ascended into hea
ven, and glorified—is present in
the midst of believers every
where.
This belief in the living pres
ence of Christ is fundamental to
Christian faith. When the church
made it centra) during the first
Christian century, a vigorous
spirituality dominated the church.
There is nothing the modern
church needs so much as a return
to the consciousness of this pres
ence and to an unwavering trust
in its efficiency.
The last book of the Bible bears
the name, “The Revelation of
Saint John the Divine.” The term
Saint John the Divine” means
"Saint John the Theologian.”
This book is typical of a variety
of sacred literature known as
“apocalyptic.” The word "apo
calypse” means "uncovering ’ or
"unveiling.” This type of litera
ture had come into being about
two centuries before the birth of
C hrist and had so influenced the
thinking of our Lord s contem
poraries that many of his savings
have to be viewed against the in
tellectual and spiritual back
ground which this literature had
produced. Such passages as Isaiah
24-27 and certain passages from
Joel, Zechariah, and Daniel are
apocalyptic in nature. The apo
calyptic books were not included |
in the Old Testament. Some of '
these were "The Apocalypse of
Baruch,” “The Book of Enoch,”
"The Assumption of Moses,” and
“The Testaments of the Twelve
Patriarchs.”
It is significant that the Bible
should end with a stupendous
vision of the climax toward which
the divine purpose appears to be
pressing. The most fitting place
for a book of this nature is pre
cisely where we find it — at the
end of the Bible. The first three
chapters of the Book of Revela
tion deal with messages to the
seven churches in Asia; the re
mainder of the book deals with
visions and prophecies.
Those who first read this book
were, like its author, suffering
extreme persecution. False doc-
Lines had entered the church to
corrupt its teaching and to con
done worldy and immoral prac
tices.
Ihe nook urges its readers to
brace themselves to endurance,
for they arg part of a great divine
drive which must be achieved
through suffering. It points to
the divine objectives and paints
in resplendent colors the consum
mation of Gods providences for
believers. It assures the down
hearted and persecuted that the
living presence of Christ is with
them every minute.
The writer of the Book of Reve
lation calls h’imself John. Most
Biblical scholars today and
through the ages have believed
this to b« the Apostle John. Tra
dition has it that John had a long
ministry in Ephesus; and Patmos
on which he was held prisoner’
is a barren island in the Aegean
’ Sea only fifteen miles from Ephe
: SUS.
j Note the humility of this man
He calls himself a brother of
those who are suffering. He says
that he is their companion, and
it is interesting to note that he
enjoys fellowship with them in
two realms—"in tribulation, and
in the kingdom and patience of
Jesus Christ.”
The more we suffer the more
are . we t 0 sympathize with
suffering. The term, “the king
dom and patience of Jesus
Christ, is striking. The glory of
Christ is her definitely connected
with his patience for a sinning
world.
John was suffering persecution
for the word of God, and for
the testimony of Jesus Christ ’
Ye all frequently suffer for our
evil. U nen we suffer for the Word
of God and for the estimony of
this Word reflected in our Jives,
then is our suffering pleasing to
God—sacramental in nature
John was "in the Spirit on the
Lords day.” This term, in the
Spirit," is a key term in the un
derstanding of this book, for he
primary message of the book is
that the presence of the risen
Christ may be the possession of
any Christian believer, and that
without this presence Christian
, faith is lacking in life.
Jonn was "in the Spirit on the
Lord s day.” On this day he
reached unprecedented heights of
spiritual exaltation. The sanctu
ary offers us similar opportuni
ties.
The voice John heard on thai (
'day sounded'like a trumpet, and
| so the voice of Christ must ever
sound; for Christ is the proclaim-
■er of truth — the Herald of
I God’s great legacy of eternal life,
' which waits for those who are
' "heirs of God, and joint-heirs
with Christ.”
The one who made this revela
tion—that is, Christ himself—is
"Alpha and Omega, the first and
the last.” The complete suffici
ency of Jesus Christ is a doctrine
so basic that without it there is
no real Christian faith.
In the verses which follow
(1:13, 16, 20), we learn that the
Lord appeared “in the midst of
the seven candlesticks . . . and he
had in his right hand seven stars
. . . The seven stars are the angels
of the seven churches: and the
seven candlesticks , . . are the
seven churches.”
Churches are lights in a dark
world, and over every consecrat
ed church hover the angels — or
messengers —of God.
■When John saw the living
Christ, he "fell at his feet as dead.
And he laid his right hand upon
me, saying unto me, Fear not; j
I am the first and the last.”
Since Christ is all-sufficient, j
why should we ever fear about
anything?
The right hand which he Jays
upon us is he hand of power,
protection, and deliverance.
‘I am he that liveth, and was
dead; and, behold, I am alive for
evermore. Amen; and have the
keys of hell and of death.”
The persecuted were not to
fear, for Christ had died and his
death had been followed by glory.
After death claimed them, glory
would be their portion also. Fur
thermore. their life span was ap
pointed them. Christ held the
keys of hell (Sheol, the place of
the dead) and of death. Therefore
each believer could safely await
the providence of God.
But first among all teachings
■in this brief passage—and first
among all New Testament teach
ings, for that matter—is the as
surance here given that Christ
who died and was raised from
j the dead is alive for evermore, i
: In his hands are the issues of life i
for every believer.
The wheels of our ecclesiastic ,
machine whirl busily today. The j
modern church has become
a great enterprise. It has
tens of thousands of workers
keeping the machinery going, oil
ing it. extending it. It engages in
all sorts of beneficent enerprises,
• such as the building of schools
j and colleges, hospitals and or-
I phanages. A vast enterprise to
implement the divine commission
’to evangelize the world keeps
I diligently at its work. To say
j these things is not to scoff or
;to attempt to be facetious. It is
i inevitable — and desirable — that
j in the midst of a world of great
enterprises, the church also
' should be a great enterprise.
But the church is not primarily
an enterprise. To the extent that
the enterprise is a conveyor of the
spirit, it is a blessed thing; but to
the extent that the enterprise
is a substitute for the
spirit, or to the slightest de
be but little doubt that the mod
ern church has become too much
an enterprise and 100 little a
spirit.
If the living spirit of Christ
i could be brought in all its fullness
i into the modern ehurch, we
[ would behold a resurgence of
apostolic zeal, a spiritual triumpn.
; । a persistent witness on She part
, : of all believers in all stations of
life, and the outpouring of
। Christ s healing power not only
upon individuals but upon the
nations of the world.
Leiters lo The
EDITOR
Covington Georgia
September 12. 1956
; Mr. Belmont Dennis
The Covington News
: Covington, Georgia
Dear Editor:
! Your co-operation and the
j splendid publicity that you gave
' to the "Get Out The Vole” Cam
: paign certainly was appreciated
by the The Covington Service
Guild and the Newton County
Junior Chamber of Commerce.
We wish to expiess our heart
felt thanks to you for the part
you played in helping our cam
paign to be such a success.
Radio Station WGFS also gave
us invaluable assistance and was
most generous with their spot
announcements and appeals to
। the radio audience and we would
I like to take this opportunity to
i thank them publicly for then
' help.
Lastly, the chairman who rep
resented their communities did
a wonderful job and once again .
4we have seen what can be ac- j
(Largest Coveraga Any Waaklr In The Stat*)
P’dale Junior
High News
PORTERDALE—Three classes ■
of the Porterdale Junior High 11
School have chosen leaders to j I
direct their activities throughout t
the coining school year. Miss : 1
Julia Ewing's Seventh Grade 11
held a special election on Tues- 1 s
day. August 28. and chose the ]
following: president, Miek ey j i
Autry; vice president, Henry ' s
Bowen; secretary, Linda Rey- i <
nolds; treasurer. Larry Jenkins. ' 1
This election was a part of an | (
English class period.
Thursday. Avgust 30. was elec- '
tion day for members of Miss
Mary Trippe’s Fifth Grade. Each
pupil voted for the person he or ;
she wanted to have as the lead- j
ers.
Elected to serve this group J
were: president, Mickey Wilk- '
erson; Vice president, Peggy
Williams; secretary, Lynda Sat
terfield; Treasurer, Becky Wo- ‘
mack.
This class had fun voting and
listening to the instructions of
Miss Trippe regarding voting by
ballots.
Miss Pauline Hardman's
Seventh Grade has elected their
officers who will guide their
thinking and planning for 1956-
57. They are: president, Charles .
Childs; vice president, Sherry j
Jeffries; treasurer, Judy Baker; ,
Reporter, Peggy Allen.
This group is inviting all
mothers to be their grademothers
this year.
P J. Bergsaux, Agricultural
Extension Service agronomist — :
fertilizer, points out that by fol
lowing the fertilizer recommen
dations and other cultural prac
tices of the College of Agricul- '
ture, farm income can be increas
ed in Georgia by $200,000,000.
complished when we all join
hands and work together for a
worthwhile cause The citizens
who served were as follows: Mr.
Hamlin Callahan. Oxford; Mr.
। Guy Jones, Newborn; Mr. Lee
■ Hays, Mansfield; Mrs. M. B.
■ Shaw, Porterdale; Mrs. Henry
i Anderson, Stansville; Mr. Edgai
; Wallace, Almon.
j Each of them worked hard and
we are grateful for a job well
done.
Now that the primary is ovw.
let us not forget that we hate ’
another task ahead and work for
an even greater percentage of
j ballots cast. The General Elec
tion is not far off and if you were
not able to vote September 12th,
please resolve row to go to the
polls on November 6.
Sincerely yours,
Mrs. John S. Jernigan
A. W. Crawford
The Covington Service
Guild
Newton County Junior
Chamber of Commerce
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PORTERDALE — All parents
and friends of Porterdale Junior
High School are urged to attend
the first meeting of the Parent-
Teachers Association on Septem
ber 20 at seven o'clock in the
school auditorium. In order that
parents may view the beautiful
rooms in which their children
spent many hours of every day,
open house will be observed in
both buildings. They are to be
open prior to the meeting.
The new officers for this year’s
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Thursday. September J 3. 1956
activities will' be: president, A.
G. Grove; vice president, Hugh
Price; secretary. Mrs. C. B. Ma
loy; treasurer, Mrs. Evelyn Da
vis.
The executive board member*
with Miss Jordye Tanner, school
' principal, have been busily en
gaged in making plans for »
successful and interesting year.
New teachers who have joined
the faculty of the school will be
introduced. All teachers will be
welcomed back into the life of
the community and school.
Sixty 4-H Club members in
nine Georgia counties received
1,00 turkey poults early this
year, and are raising them as
i 4-H projects.