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'IHE COVINGTON NEWS
BELMONT DENNIS
Editor And Publisher
Official Organ of
Newfnn County
end the
City of Ceviraton
Thanksgiving Day
O com’. let us sing unto the Lord:
Let us - '-n a jcyful noise to the
rock of our salvation.
Let us we oi-.me his presence with
Thanksgiving,
And make a joyful noise unto
Him with Psalms.
For the Lord is a great God,
And a great King above all God’
In His hands are the deep places o>
the earth;
The strength of the hills is H
also.
Th" sea is H s. and He made it;
And His hands formed the d
land.
0 come. let. us worship and bo
down;
w Let • kneel before the Lord c
maker,
■ He is our God;
, nd w* are the people of H
pasture.
Psalm 95:1-7.
? anksgiving Day is a day in which
Io remember our Lord and the many
blessings which he has conlerrea upon uc.
“V.’e Thank Thee, 0 Lord’ will be the
beginning sentence in thousands oi homes
on Thanksgiving Day as t e gather aoou;
the bountiful table laden with good things
to eat, surrounded by our loved ones.
Inc? of us who are fortunate will
he”e our loved ones with us on this day
and will be grateful indeed for this alone.
Thanksg ving Day is a “home” uay. We
all love to be home on ’that day with our
loved ones and many a reverent head will
be bowed in Tnanksgwjng-
We should pause long enough to be
Thankful for our many blessings, not only
on Thanksgiving Da?, but every day in
the year. As we awake each morning we
should begin our day with: “We thank
Twe® O # Lord”.
Too many of us neglect to be thankful.
When w? look about us and consider His
'oun. ■ o t;3 we should be willing and
e’ger io i 1 °r thanks.
V e 1 .a smcereiy that each of our
»aders vml find many things lor which
m be thankful on this Thanksgiving Day
nd we want to wish each of you the
ery happiest Inanksgivmg Day ever.
We wish to acknowledge to each of
you our sincere thanks for your friendship
and continued patronage. We are thankful
for you. our readers, and our advertisers.
You have made it possible for us and our
employees to be thankful this day as well
as every day in the year.
As we begin to consider ihe things
for which we should be thankful, the first?
thought which comes to our mind is: We
are thankful for our friend.’. Life would
be very drear for us all were it not for
our loved ones and our friends.
Ruskin said: “It is a good and safe
rule to sojour in many places, as if you
meant to spend your life there, never
omitting an opportunity of doing a temc
neps. or speaking a time word, or making
a friend ” E. E. Hale joins in with these
words; “The making of friends who a’”
real friend?. is the bee* token we have
of ? man's success in life.”
He who has a thousand friends has’
not one to spare. Lowell says: “The years
Newton F.F.A.
Elect Officers
And Chairmen
By JOHN KNIGHT
And SAMMY HAT
On Thursday. October 13. the
Newton County Chapter of the
Future Farmers ot America, held
a meeting and elected officers
and committee chairmen.
The following F.F.A. members
ere elected 1o hold an office:
president. Freddy Greer. His
duty is to preside over the F.F.A.
meetings and act as an F.F.A.
loader. Vice president, Willie
Moore. His duty ie- to preside
over meetings when the presi
dent cannot attend: secretary,
Joe Aiken who will keep a neat
?pd accurate record of the busi
ness a nd attendance of the F.F.A.
meetings; treasurer. Michael Pul
u»m. He w ill keep an accurate
account of the F.F.A s financial
standing; reporter, John Knight;
P'-sistant reporter Sammv Hay.
Their duty is to let people know
(Our Advertisers Are Assured Os PenuHn)
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I have taught some sweet, some bitter les
| sons — none wiser than this: to spend in
all things el.se. but of old friends to be
most miserly.’’ Yes, we are indeed grateful
for our friends.
As we visit your borne each week as
we have for the past twenty-three years
we wish you to know we try to convey to
each of you some message which will be
worth while. We bring to you the happen
ings in your World, the births, the tales of
school days, the announcements of engage
ments and marriages-'We bring to you the
success stories of your friends and neigh
bors, their joys and sorrows, and finally
we tell of those whom you love going to
their last resting plate, passing through
the door to a greater life beyond.
In the words of an anonvmous poet:
If any little word of ours,
Can make one life the brighter.
If any little song of ours
Can make one heart the lighter.
God help us speak that little wor '
and take our bit of singing,
And drop it in some lonely vale,
And set the echoes ringing.
Let's try to convey happiness to othe .
; not only on Thanksgiving Dav but every
day in the year. One nf the pleasures w”
I most enjoy living in this fine citv where
; everyone is friendly is the knowledge we
i can know and love our neighbors.
Having livGfl most of our life in larg'
cities working on large daily papers we
can appreciate more then advene th*
kindly greetings we receive each day as
we pass those we know on the street.
It s great In sav “Good Morning,”
It’s fine tn say “Hello.”
But better st L to grasp the hand
Os a loyal friend you knew.
I A look mav be forgotten,
A word misunderstood,
But the touch of the human hard
Is the pledge of brotherhood.
—EG.
There are many things which we could
recall for which we are Thankful as
Thanksgiving draws near but there are so
many it would take us years to relate so
we 'will close our Thanksgiving Day mes
j sage to you with this prayer written by
i James Whitcomb Riley:
Dear Lord, kind Lord.
Gracious Lord. I pray
Thou wilt look on all I love
Tenderly Today.
Veed their hearts of weariness:
Scatter every care.
Down a wake of Angel wings
Winnowing the air.
& ing unto the sorrowing
All release from pain;
Lt t the lips of laughter
Over flow again.
And with all the needy.
Oh. divide I pray,
This vast treasure of content
That is mine today.
!of the many achievements made
by the F.F.A : sentinel. Burton
Brown who will keep order in
I the meetings
The following F.F.A. members
j were elected committee chair
men: Bidy Jo Turlington, chair
man of the Supervised Farming
.Committee which helps members
to carrv gut successful enter
prises; Burton Brown, chairman
of the Ctonerptive Activities
Committee This committee urges
members to cooperate in every
way; Gar' Savage is the chair
man of th o Comm mity Service
Committee which carries out pro
tects that will benefit the com
munity: N. J Ellis, chairman of
the Leade ship Activities Com
mittee whi'h encourages mem
bers to become leaders in F.F.A.
contests and enterprises: Michael
Pulliam, chairman of the Earn
ings and Savings Committee
which is in chatge of money
making activities; Willie Moore,
chairman of th< conduct of Meet
ing Committee which helps the
meetings to be succe’Tul; Eu
gene Johnson Scholarship Com
mittee chairman and encourages
members to make better schol
, astic records Joe Aiken, chair
i man of the Recreation Commit
tee which sponsors recreational
activities; Eugene Parker, chair
;man of the Contest Committee
MABEL SESSIONS DENNIS
1 Atsociata Edita’
I MARY SESSIONS MALLARD
Associata Editor
Entered at the Fart Office
at Covingtail, Georgia, a*
mail matter of the Secend
Clos*.
HOW MANY TREES PER
ACRE?
Seedlings planted 8 by 8 feet
will give 680 trees per acre. At
iJS years of age. according to Ex
i tension Forester Dorsey Dyer,
the stand will consist of about
600 trees averaging about six
j mches in diameter. "You proba-
Ibly will lose about 80 trees ol
j the original planting due to in
sects. diseases, and other causes.”
11 is ca’culated that 81 percent
of the nitrogen, 83 percent of
I phosphoric acid, and 95 percent
of potash fed to the hen are ex
creted in the manure, according
jtn Extension Poultry Specialist
H. W. Bennett.
iwhich encourages members to
take part in contests; Sammy
Hay and John Knight arc. chair
men of the Public Relations Com
mittee. The: job is to create a
better knowledge of F.F.A. Ac
tivities. contests md enterprises
with the public; Joel Norman,
chairman of the Program Com-
■ mittee. Mr. H. M Pulliam is our
advisor. He helps us in every
' way he can.
We are proud of the officers
that have been e’ected and we
feel that they will do an ex-
i cellent job of leading the F.F.A.
.to higher goals.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
SOUR WBJKH (O LESSON FOR
UNDAY SCHOOL
THE PRODIGAL SON
Background Scrtpnve:
Luke 15:11-32.
Dvrotional Reading:
Psalms 103:1-13.
Memory Selection:
He does not deal with us ac
cording to our sins,
nor requite us according to
our iniquities.
For as the heavens are high
above the earth,
so great is his steadfast
love toward those who
fear him.
Psalms 103:10-11.
It has been well said that a
text without a context is a pre
text. This has certainly been
true of The Parable of the Pro
digal Son: it has often been dis.
cussed entirely apart from its
context and hence misinterpreted
and put to strange uses.
The parable was told by our
Lord in answer to a specific chal
lenge from the Pharisees and
scribes, and it must be read only
as an answer to that accusation.
Luke 15:1, 2 tells us that “all the
publicans and sinners” drew near
to Jesus to hear him. He attract
ed the lower elements of Jewish
society to himself, and for this
gained the contempt of the lead
ers, who said, “This man receiv
eth sinners, and eateth with
them.” We are told that Jesus
then addressed three parables to
the Pharisees and scribes in an.
swer to this charge—the parables ,
of the lost sheep, the lost coin,!
, and the lost son.
The reason for this parable is
thus clear-cut; Jesus was ex
plaining why he associated with
people of low repute.
A certain man, said Jesus, bad
i two sons. These two sons differ
ed markedly in character. One
i was hard-working, law-abiding,
land moral, but at the same time
t censorious, unkind of nature, and
miserly in soirit (Luke 15:25-32).
।He was heir to immense wealth
and had the use of it. but did not
' use it and resented its use for
his brother's sake. The other son,
I the vounger, was prodigal and
; profligate in nature, ready to
; taste deeply in sin, and anxious
i to sever his relationship with the
I father.
j It is obvious that Jesus here
j typified the two groups before
j him, the Pharisees and scribes
! being the older brother, and the
.publicans and sinners the young
er son. Both are sons of the
(father, that is. God. standing in
a special relationship to Him in
i terms of the covenant, the tem
> pie. and sacrifice. There is no
I doctrine of atonement in this
! parable because it deals, not with
! Gentiles outside the faith, but
I with the chosen people of God,
; those who ostensibly are within
jthe faith and circumscribed by
; the atoning sacrifice of the tem
j pie and its worship. Moreover,
■ the comparisons are eminently
I fair: the publicans and sinners
were prodigal and profligate, and
'the Pharisees moralistic. Up to
| this point, the Pharisees must
I have approved the parable's con
j tent.
| This parable gives God's atti
j tude not only toward the sinner
I but also toward the Pharisees.
To both, God offers the bounty of
his grace and love, saying, “AU
that I have is thine’’ (Luke 15:31).
Scripture manifests clearly
God's wrath toward Pharisees
and sinners, but it also affirms
his offer of grace and his readi
ness to receive them with love.
This parable speaks plainly: it
describes the self-indulgence of
(the sinner and the unloving lega
। lism of the Pharisee, bpt it offers
grace and pardon to both and
rings with a joyful welcome to
all.
The younger son fretted at the
moral discipline and authority of
the father's household and ac
cordingly demanded his liberty.
Leaving his father's house, he
। journeyed “into a far country,
' and there wasted his substance
i with riotous living.”
The prodigal son was the re
bellious and sinning Israelite,
'who, while still a son of God's
covenant, fretted at its restraints
land traveled into sin. He wasted
the national heritage of God's
chosen people and made it hi
choice to love for himself rather
than for the Lord.
There is a subtle distinction
here which must be noted. The
prodigal son is still a son. He
। has renounced his father's auth
| ority and discipline, but he has
i not renounced his father.
j This is still true of many mod
ern prodigals: they regard them
- selves as Christians, sons of God,
i while running away from the
j responsibility of their sonship
and disdaining the Father's auth-
I ority.
The prodigal ^on wasted his
I inheritance and found himself in
1 want. He who had been son to
; a man of unlimited means now
found himself a beggar. He who
i was too proud to obey a loving
i father found himself servant to
i pips.
; To a Jew, nothing could be
.more repulsive that a swineherd:
j the pig was a de.-pised animal
। whose flesh no good Jew ever
I touched, and the keeper of such
i filthy animals was in their eyes
a completely hopeless outcast.
Jesus was not sparing the sin
i ners in this parable. The portrait
■ is a pointed one: he who feels
too good for God’s authority and
discipline ends up as less than
man and only good enough for
swine. This is the fearful come
down of al) pride and the end of
all attempts to be independent of
God.
The prodigal son, however.
’ found himself rated so low that
i he was treated worse than the
I swine he had to feed. The husks
lon which the swine fed were
I actually fruit of the so-called
I "St. John's bread,” or carob tree,
and to be reduced to eating St.
John's bread was regarded as the
most abject kind of poverty. The
“busks,’’ or pods, contain a sweet
ish gelatinous substance and some
small seed kernels. The prodigal
begged for work and to secure
it “joined himself,” or. as it has
been translated, “attached him
self” or “glued himself” to a
local citizen. The man had no
desire to hire the prodigal son;
the prodigal, however, made
himself such a nuisance craving
work and clinging to the man,
that be was assigned this con
temptible job. and no food was
given him although it was cus
: tomary to feed hired hands.
The meaning of the prodigal's
I hunger and famine is this: When
a son of the covenant tries to
live apart from his heavenly
Father, his innermost being is
starved arid desolated. Jie cannot
: live as the citizens of that far
I country do, because he is only
a prodigal, not a citizen. For all
his waywardness, his status in
sin is as an alien. Hence, he is
treated with especial contempt
by the world which rejects the
Father, and his ruin is enjoyed
and furthered by indignity.
The citizens of the far country
I were those who were at home in
siii and totally divorced from
God or never near Him. The pro
digal by his verx name belonged
: elsewhere. The freedom he had
craved had led him from true lib
‘ erty into abject slavery.
True freedom is to be had only
in obedience to God. Slavery is
the fruit of obedience to our
own will. The inevitable fruit of
self-will is abject degradation
from our high calling in Christ
to filthy bondage in sin.
Every rebellion against God,
; and every attempt to escape the
full force of his Word, are steps
: toward slavery and spiritual fam
ine. Today, in our attempts to
continue as God’s sons while we
live independent lives, we are a
prodigal-son generation, caught
in the unhappy consequences of
our sin.
LETTERS TO THE
EDITOR
Dear Mr. Dennis:
My great - great-grandfather,
John Farr, is buried in Newton
County near Brick Store. Per
haps some reader seeing this
letter can help me.
John Farr and his sons-in-law
settled there in the early 1800’s.
Has anyone ever heard of the
Farr settlementland does any
one know the exact location of
the old Farr graveyard?
I visited what is known as the
old Butler Plantation and found
only an Alexander Pharr (1798-
1865) buried there.
Now I am wondering if per
haps that could be the right,
graveyard with John Farr buried
there in an unmarked grave, al
so, I am wondering if my ancestor
spelled his name Pharr instead
of Fan.
Can anyone please help me?
Since 'ely yours,
Lowell V. Benfield
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An Editorial
‘Clean Speech ’
BY BETTY ANNE MASTEN
Senior Tri-Hi-Y
“Can we overcome an unconquerable
habit?”
“Who shall ascend into the hills of
the Lord? — He that hath clean hands
and a pure heart. Who hath not lifted up
his soul into vanity, not sworn deceit
fully He shall receive the blessing of the
Lord and righteousness from the God of
our salvation.”
This is a very appropriate scripture
to start us to thinking seriously about
one of our most outstanding weaknesses.
Our tailing to use “clean speech” in our
daily life has become so “smart” or
“funny” that we think it is the proper
thing to do. It has become a habit with
lots of us, and we therefore do it without
ever realizing that what we are saying is
wrong.
Dr. Frank Crane has this to say about
profanity: “It is not so much that pro
fanity is wicked, as that it is plain dirty.”
Os course, we all realize that profanity
is a sin to ourselves and to our friends,
but what we fail to realize is where it
puts us in the eyes of others. Il takes
a very little mind to have to rely on pro
fanity to get its ideas across and an even
smaller mind to get any pleasure out of
such. One person said, “Swearing means
that you do not care or know, how
to talk. Your vocabulary is limited
and it is a sign of ignorance.” If others
see that we are capable of using “wicked
speech,” then they naturally jump to con
clusions and believe that we indulge in
other forms of wickedness, also. A lot of
times their assumptions may be correct,
but most of the time innocent people get
“branded’’ as villians just because of their
manner of conversing. Our common man
ner of expressing what we think of that
kind of person is “Their minds are really
in the gully.”
Another learned person had this jo
say about profanity; “It is not so much
that you shock religious people as that
you disgust decent people.” Naturally pro
fanity’ is against every principle lor which
religion stands; but our social laws are
also staunchly against any form of their
habit. Even though some people think it
is smart to use profanity the majority
consider it plain disgusting and it is a
pretty good guess to think they look on
that person disgustingly everytime they
see him. First impressions always stay.
Dr. Nat G. Long in his book “Goal
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Posts,” has a chapter bridling the tongue.
He reminds us that the tongue is an
instrument of enormous power. In the
scripture James 3, which we read. James
uses two figures. "Here is a wild horse
that seems utterly untamable. Fut a small
bit in his mouth and you can completely
subdue him; you can turn his whole body
about.” Here is an immense steamship,
say the Queen Elizabeth, weighing more
than eighty thousand tons, yet a com
paratively small rudder can easily turn
it about in the teeth of a mighty wind.
Like a bit in the horse’s mouth, like the
rudder of a powerful ship, the tongue
has a powerful influence over our whole
being. It can move about and determine
our success or failure.
The tongue can be used cither for evil
or lor good. Martha Tarbell reminds us of
some of the types of evil words which
men utter. “There are the words of anger,
idle words, unkind words, censorious
words, words of gossip, word of slander,
foul stories, lies and profanity. The wrong
use of one’s tongue often brings discour
agement and suffering to others.
Os course, strange as it may seem, our
tongue can have a good use, too, if we
will only try to find it. The better way
we can use our tongue is to speak words
that express charity, gentleness, mercy
and love; to use words that will build up
■not tear down peace, harmony and
brotherhood.
God gave us our tongue, so it is only
natural that he would have a preferred
way for us to use it. How can we use
it as God desires? One chief way to use
the tongue aright, is to hold it. That takes
a lot of will power but sometimes we
profit more by what we don't say rather
than by what we do say. We should pray
for strength not to utter angry, idle, un
kind, censorious, slanderous, impure, false
or profane words; we need constantly to
pray. “Set a watch, O Lord, before my
mouth; keep the door on my lips.”
Another excellent way to use our
tongue aright is to make it speak the
truth. We should do as God would have
us to do and speak out bravely against
evil anywhere and everywhere. God ex
pects us to use our tongue tn witness to
His love. His truth and His kingdom,
wherever we are. x
Maybe we are asking ourselves, "How
can we be sure to use our tongues for
good? Control does not take place at the
lips, not by the mere exercise of the will.
It takes place in the heart. Jesus Christ
can take from our hearts selfishness, im
purity, greed, jealousy, anger and peevish
ness, if we sincerely desire it and earn
estly ask Him to transform us.
"Let the words of our mouths, and the
meditations of our hearts, be acceptable
in Thy sight, O Lord, our strength and
our redeemer.”
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