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IHE COVINGTON NEWS
KLMONT DENNIS
Editor And Publisher
Official Organ of
Newton County
and the
City of Covington
National Brotherhood Week
Is Another Way To Say
"Good Human Relations"
The week of February 17-24 is being
observed as Brotherhood Week. Nationally
the week is sponsored by the National
Conference of Christians and Jews. In
Newton County High School the observ
ance of Brotherhood Week is being pro
moted by the Senior Tri-Hi-Y Club.,
Brotherhood is giving to others the
rights and respects we want for ourselves.
It is another way of saying “good human
relations.” Someone has said that Brother
hood is like the weather — “everyone talks
about it”. There is a difference tnough be
cause we can do something about Brother
hood.
Our Constitution gives everyone cer
tain rignts, such as freedom of worship and
belief, freeuzm to think and to speak. We
speak of these rights as our constitutional
licerties. Yet freedom can exist and sur
vive onfy where there is understanding.
Talk about Brotherhood is good for democ
racy, as it causes us to examine our preju
dices and discriminations. Intolerance and
persecution exist where there is ignorance.
We can do more than talk about
Brotherhood. We can do concrete things to
put Brotherhood into action. Giving blood
io the Red Cross is Brotherhood. To Accept
Lie idea that I am my brother’s keeper is
urotnerhood at its best.
Many organizations in our country are
working to spread Brotherhood. The Boy
Scouts and Girl Scouts help in its promo
tion. Since 1928 the National Conference
of Christians and Jew’s has carried on a
nation wide program to promote inter
group understanding.
As we give our support to these groups
and as we practice brotherhood in our
relations with other people, Brotherhood
takes on real meaning and becomes a part
of our American life.
Comparing 1868 Grocery
Prices With 1957 Finds
Grocery Advances Small
In spite of our present day alarm over
that “cost-of-living index”, and its practice
of moving in only one direction — perhaps
the good-old-days weren’t so good either.
This stabilizing thought is inspired by
Publisher C. Harlan Cooper, of THE HIL
TON (N.Y.) RECORD, who publishes a
rocory bill of 1868 and compares it w’ith
id y's prices. It show’s that the great
ra 2 nughter of the housewife w’ho pair
4.E. lor a grocery order in 1868, would
ave paid only eight cents more for the
m? items today — 80 years later — and
tat six of the fourteen are cheaper now
a-df ys.
Here is Mr. Coopers's comparison:
Then ... and Now
Sugar, per pound $ .15 $ .11
Raisins, per pound .30 .23
Tea, per pound 2.00 1.50
Squash, per pound .02-1/4 .07
Tomatoes, per can .35 .19
Berries, per can .16 .39
Lemons, each .03 .06
Oranges, each .05 .03
Horseradish, per jar .15 .25
Starch, per half-pound .08 .10
Soap, per bar .25 .10
Coffee, per pound .50 .87
Crackers, per pound .16 .29
Lard, per pound .22 .22
Totals $4.88 $4.96
Mr. Cooper suggests further that by
shopping around a housew’ife could proba
bly find prices even low’er -than those
quoted. But we think THE RECORD did
a pretty good job of shopping to find a
bar of soap and a pound of lard — at any
price — to say nothing of eoffee for 87
cents.
More significantly, the paper com
ments on the present day “tendency to buy
ready-prepared and frozen foods” which
of course boosts the grocery bill, since
somebody must be paid for the work the
housewife doesn't w’ant to do. Or maybe
she hasn't time.
It may well have taken her great
grandfather all w’eek to earn the amount
of that 1868 grocery bill . . . while many
a slip of a girl, who works and keeps
house too, makes that in an hour!
At any rate, Mr. Cooper thinks we
shouldn’t damn the corner grocer or the
farmer, or even the middle-man for high
food prices . . . and he has made a very
good case indeed.
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MARY SESSIONS MALLARD
Asaociata Editor
Entered at the Fast Office
at Covington, Georgia, at
mail matter of the Second
Clou.
Titterbugs' Tend to Destroy
The Beauty of Highways
In Newton and Rockdale
Take any road leading out of Coving
ton and you will notice a great many emp
ty beer cans, beer bottles and much other
trash that has been thoughtlessly dumped
from motor cars. A few days ago there
were two large trucks operated by the
Highway Department with three or four
men with each truck who were picking
up bottles, cans and other trash which they
were finding on the right of way.
These men and trucks covered a
stretch of about 15 miles in two days. The
tax payers provide the money for this
work and anyone who thoughtlessly dumps
trash of any kind on any right of way in
the state is only adding to the burden of
taxes which are collected from the guilty
party as well as from his neighbors and
all other residents of the state.
The Governor continues to ask for
more money each year to provide the ser
vices in increased measure which the
people demand. If all citizens would be
as interested in keeping the right of way
of the roads as neat and tidy as they do
their own front yards by never throwing
anything from their cars as they travel
they would be better citizens and would
save some needless expenditures by the
state and at the same time save something
for themselves in lower taxes.
Neat and tidy highways make a good
impression on those from out of state who
travel over our roads and all who drive
can so easily help our state to maintain,
the beauty of our highways-by being a bit
more thoughtful.
Modern Convenience Is
Offered the Public By
Newspaper Advertising
Almost all of us spend some part of
our day with advertising — watching TV,
listening to radio, reading newspapers,
magazines and billboards. We are consci
ously aware of products and services via
advertising. But how, actually, does ad
vertising benefit you and me? What does
it do for us and what is our part in it? -
Advertising provides information — it
tells us where we can purchase the things
we want and how much our purchases
will cost. From the comfort of our living
rooms, we can compare brands and prices,
learn of a product’s durability, new fea
tures or cost of operation. So when we go
out to shop, we are the bestprepared
shoppers in the world with the widest
choice of brands.
Advertising is a chain reaction that
stimulates demand and creates progress.
By spreading the story of a new or better
product, a market is created for which
manufacturers compete. Cheaper, more
efficient production methods are develop
ed, and prices go down. In the long run,
the consumer is the one who profits most.
Every time advertising helps to make
a sale, it puts money in action. The con
sumer, the salesman, the manufacturer
the employees, all share in part from a
sale advertising has stimulated. Conscious
ly — as a reader of ads and consumer —
and unconsciously — working at our daily
jobs — we are part of advertising. During
this week, Advertising Week, let us salute
the positive force of advertising which
benefits us all.
Dublin, Ga., Courier-Herald: “The av
erage American boy in his early teens
dreams of driving the family car. When
he reaches the legal age and is given
permisssion. he learns rapidly and quick
ly the mechanical maneuverings that go
with the operation of a modern vehicle.
But apparently the adeptness of American
youth as a whole ends there in automo
bile driving because reports of automobile
insurance companies state that boys 16 to
25 years of age comprise 11 per cent of
the nation’s drivers yet are the causes of
more than 34 per cent of the accidents.”
Kimberly, Ida., Advertiser: “Giving
blood is similar to taking out insurance.
But it is more than that. For in sharing
our blood, we share a part of ourselves.
It is a means of reaffirming the brother
hood of man.”
Franklin, Ind., Republican: "Independ
ent of all alliances and other division of
the world into rival camps, the United
States and India together can make strong
cause in behalf of a higher world moral
ity.” . *
THE COVINGTON NEWS
SOUR WEEKLY
UNDAY
PARABLES OF THE
KINGDOM
Background Scripture:
Matthew 13.
Devotional Reading:
Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43.
Memory Selection: The kingdom
of heaven is like a merchaht
in search of fine pearls, who.
on finding one pearl of great
value, went and sold all that
he had and bought it. Matt
hew 13:45-46.
-1 ■
In last week's lesson Jesus
uttered stern warnings against
cities that had rejected his teach
ing or had been indifferent to it.
He dewlt affectionately upon
that humility of mind which
made it possible for some men
to understand his simple mes
sage while all the time the high
and mighty were misunderstand
ing it.
Today we examine the method
by which Jesus taught those
truths upon the understanding
of which he declared the salva
tion of men’s souls to depend.
Preliminary to this study, we
need to remind ourselves again
of the meaning of the term
"kingdom of heaven” (or “king
dom of God,” for they both
mean the same thing). Leaders
and people alike among the
Jew’s were exnecting the advent
of a material kingdom which
Would involve a quick political
overthrow of the Roman and
his expulsion from the country.
Jesus had to teach his own gen
eration and all subsequent gen
erations that the kingdom he
came to establish is a spiritual
kingdom. The kingdom of heav
en (or of God) means the rule
of God in men’s hearts and in
society. It is a supernatural
reality. By faith we receive this
kingdom into our hearts, and
it lays hold on us with a divine
power anddominate* our thoughts
and acts Then it extends from
th^ individual to the group and
begins to wield an influence
over institutions and govern
ments.
But the manifestation of the
kingdom at present is neces
i sarily imperfect because we are
fallen, imperfect creatures liv
i ing in a fallen, imnerfect world.
The kingdom in all its perfec
tion and glory will be manifest
ed when Christ returns to make
the kingdoms of the world his
own. Then there will be no
longer imperfection but ‘new
heavens and a new earth, where
in dwelleth righteousness” (IT
Peter 3:13).
The Greek word which we
translate “parable” comes from
two Greek words which mean
“to throw beside.” A parable
therefore is a form of teaching
in which one thing is thrown
alongside another.
A parable is a simple truth
placed beside a truth difficult to
Atlanta-Athens
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used in construction of a super
highway (probably Route 278)
through or near Covington. The
local U. S. highway route is a
vital link ip the thoroughfare be
tween Atlanta and Augusta.
The Highway Department re
vealed the following other pro
jects in various stages of plan
ning,, which would eventually
channel much traffic through
Newton County:
CONYERS TO MONROE PRO
JECT (State Route 138) — Pro
grammed between Monroe and
Walnut Grove for two-lane, high
type paving. Now in planning
stage. Should be let to contract
within a few months. Eventually
will provide an alternate route
between Athens and Atlanta by
way of Conyers and new Atlanta-
Augusta Interstate road project
(U. S. Route 278, State Route 12),
now in the planning stage. A
three-mile segment of State
Route 138 in Rockdale county
from ConyeYs northerly toward
Walnut Grove was completed in
1956.
Heart Fund
Continued From Page 1
indicate the presence of rheuma
tic fever"
“This will take a lot of work
and it may take a good deal of
time,” Mrs. Callaway stressed,
“but if we succeed in our ef
forts to “Stop Rheumatic Fever”,
we will have reached our great
est victory to date over the dis
ease of the heart and the circula
! tory system.”
Mrs. Callaway also announced
that Post Offices all over Geor
gia will again assist the Heart
Association by accepting contri
butions to the 1957 Heart Fund
which are addressed “HEAR T”,
care Postmaster.
dO LISSOM FOR
□CHOOL
understand in order to explain
it.
Jesus* evidently had a number
of things in mind as he chose
the parable form of teahing (al
though we should keep remind
ing ourselves that this was not
the only form of teaching he
employed). First he wanted his
truth expressed in terms that his
hearers could understand and
that common people through the
ages could understand. There
fore he spoke about things and
situations which jvould be com
mon to every generation of men.
In the second place he would
speak in away that the simple
of heart couid understand and
that the intellectually proud
would undoubtedly reject. Thus
the parable would be a factor of
judgment against the proud and
worldly at alater date. Last of
all, Jesus wanted to put his
teachings into s form which
would lodge in the mind, and, as
a person recalled the figure in
the light of growing experience,
would more and more convey to
him the riches of divine truth.
Even those who regard Jesus
only as a great and good teacher
admit that he it the most uni
versal character ever to appear
in history. His teachings fit into
the needs of the twentieth cen
tury as they fitted into the needs
of his hearers.
Jesus was careful to phrase
his teachings in such away
that men would find them vital
and helpful centuries and mil
lenniums after he spoke them, i
Jesus never defined the term, |
“the kingdom of heaven (or of !
God).” The concept is too big '
for definition. He described
first one aspect of it and then
another.
“The kingdom of heaven is
like to a grfin of mustard
seed,” so small that it looks
like a speck in the palm of a
man’s hand. Yet when it is
grown, it becomes a tree in the
branches of whih lodge the
birds of the air.
In this parable Jesus is an
swering just one question about
his kingdom: “Why is the king
dom so important?” His replv
is twofold. First the kingdom is
important because it has vital-
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(Largest Coverage Any Weekly In Th. Stat.) Thursday. February 14, 1957
Gum Creek
MISS MARGARET KIMBLE
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Moss and
Jimmy visited Mr. and Mrs. Ed
win Moss and family Sunday.
Miss Paricia King of Coving
ton spent Saturday night and
Sunday with Miss Margaret Kim
ble.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Kimble spent
Sunday afternoon with Mr. and
Mrs. Ray Kimble.
a
Mr. and Mrs. Theron Curtis and
Louise visited Miss Alice Curtis
at Newton County Hospital Sun
day.
Harvey Farmer, Miss Pat King,
Franklin Lewis and Miss Mar
garet Kimble attended the all
night singing in Atlanta Satur
day night.
The Sunday night supper guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Moss were
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Moss and
Jack.
Mr*. Roy Kimble and ltrs. John
Kimble spent Thursday with Mrs.
Theron Curti*.
The Monthly Home Demonstrat
ion Club of Gum Creek met Tues
day, February 5 with two new
ity within it. The schemes and
institutions of men are barren.
They are like buildings which
rise and fall. But the kingdom
of heaven is a living thing. It
has within it the potency and
vitality of growth. No one
knows why a seed grows. This
' growth is one of the many
things locked away in the mys
teries of God. But the seed
grows because it has an in
visible power called life. The
kingdom grows in the same
way.
The second thing which it
■ appears Jesus sought to teach
by his parable is that under the
power of God the little and in
significant becomes large and
significant. A' seed of almost
invisible size becomes a great
tree. No one would expect as
he looks at the seed that the
potentialities of a tree are con
tained within its very small
limits.
Local Churches Observe Boy Seoul
Week in Sunday Service Tribute
Special tribute was paid to Boy
Scouts of America by local
churches in the morning worship
services, in emphasis of National
Boy Scout Week, February 6-12.
Explorer and Boy Scouts at
tended their respective churches
in full Scout Uniforms, and were
recognized in groups by the vari
ous pastors.
The Covington Baptist Church
was dhosen this year as the
church which Cub Scouts and
their Leaders attended in a body.
The Cub Scout leaders present
were: E. G. Lassiter, Institutional
Respresentative of the Covington
Rotary Club, which sponsors the
Cub Scouts; Cub Scout Master,
Jack Gibbs, Jr., with his assis
tants, William Crawford and Sid-
members added to the roll.
Mr. and Mrs. Oran Kimble and
Sammy visited Mr. and Mrs.
Jesse Brand Sunday.
A singing will be held at Gum
Creek Presbyterian Church Sun
day night a 7:30. Everyone is in
vited to attend.
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CITY OF COVINGTON
OFFICE OF CITY CLERK AND TREASURER
COVINGTON. GEORGIA
FINANCIAL REPORT OF JANUARY, 1957
January 31, 1957 •
GENERAL FUND
Cath on Hand January I, 1957 .. $ 9,960.52
Receipt* During January .... 35,697.33
Disbursements During January 35,474.12
Cash on Hand January 31, 1957 $10,183.73
RECEIPTS:
Police Fines $ 2,284.59
Business Licenses . 4,119.50
Cemetery Upkeep 15.75
1956 Tax Collections , . 1,771.50
Water Collections . .. .. 4,229.46
Sewerage Charge Collections 1,164.00
Water and Light Deposits ... 350.00
Gas Line Footage . 192.92
Rents 65.00
Parking Meter Collections 1,094.66
Employee Insurance Contributions .... 88.85
Interest I 12.42
Material Sales 365.43
1956 Paving 153.00
Surplus From GXE Fund . 15,630.90
Sale of Cemetery Lots 50.00
Refund from Standard Oil Co . 32.81
Employees Withholding Tax 3,001.70
Employees Retirement System ... . . 693.67
Ga. Railroad Retainer Fee . 10.00
Gas Deposits J. 270.00
Unadjusted Items ||7 *35 697 33
DISBURSEMENTS:
Administrative Department $ 9,455.35
Police Department 3,044.38
Fire Department 508.29
Sanitary Department 2,976.08
Cemetery Department 214.86
: Water Department 5,393.54
I Street Department 3,785.20
' Public Lands 4 Buildings 304.54
* Bond Account No. 6 885 75
* Wafer Works Revenue Account .... . 4,229.46
Social Security Tax, Employee 693.67
* Withholding Tax, Employee 3,001.70
’ Deposit Refund — Electric • 353.97
' Deposit Refund — Gas 80.00
‘Dual Parking Meter Co. 547.33 $35 474 1)
GAS AND ELECTRIC SYSTEM REVENUE FUND'
Cash on Hand January I, 1957 . | 1,000.00
Receipts During January 41 383 12
। Disbursements During January 41 jgj Ij
.Cash on Hand January 31, 1957 . $ I 000 00
RECEIPTS: ’ 00000
| Electric Sales Collections . $24,790.20
Gas Sales Collections 14 242 29
Gas Sales Collections — Oxford 2 350 63
DISBURSEMENTS:
Electric Department $15,548.06
Gas Department 7 441 IS
Franchise Commission — Oxford .... 108.68
’Sales Tax Remitted to State 1,061.17
’Gas & Electric Sinking Fund 1,625.00
* Surplus Transferred to Gen. Fund .... 1 5,630.90
CR. Sales Tax Commission 3| 84 <4l je* 1,
OTHER FUNDS '
Balance Balance
u, . । „ r , J an. Ist Jan. 31 st
Wafer Works Revenue Fund Account $20,528.86 $21,586.16
Water Works Sinking Fund Account .. 23,730.83 26,902.93
Bond Account Sinking Fund 6,437.85 7 323 60
Gas * Electric Sinking Fund 19:679.57 2 1,304 57
Gas s Electric Renewal and
• ’ T. 61318.22 61.318.22
Unclassified Expenditures
ney Graham; Den Mothers of Den
1, Mrs. S. R. Campbell and Mrs
Pat Patrick, with 8 Cubs; Den 2
— Mrs. D. K. Hicks, Jr. and Mrs.
H. O. Whelchel, Jr., with 7 Cubs;
pen 3 — Mrs. John Jernigan, Mrs.
E. G. Lassiter, with 6 Cubs; Den
4 — Mrs. Williapi Crawford, Mrs.
D. M. Johnson, with * Cubs; Den
s—Mrs. Charles C. King, Jr., Mrs.
Grover Meyers, with 6 Cubs; Den
6 — Mrs. Henry S. Corley, Mrs.
W. H. Young, with 8 Cubs; Den 7
— Mrs. Don Wood, Mrs. Hugh
McDonald. Mrs. J. W. Richardson,
with 8 Cubs.
The Rev. Mr. Edgar Callaway,
pastor, praised the splendid lead
ership of the local Scout Program,
and the achievements of Boy
Scouts in the pursuit of their
training in Christian Citizenship,
and their 1957 Slogan, "Onward
for God and for Country.”
As a climax to the tribute to
Scouting, Mr. Callaway present
ed the “God and Country Award”
to Explorer Scout Leo Mallard,
Jr. Leo, member of Explorer Post
222, is a Mercer Freshmaa fins
year.