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THE COVING!'Oi; NEWS
BELMONT DENNIS
Editor And Publisher
Official Organ of
Newton County
and the
City of Covington
You Can Help The
Needy Children Overseas
By Giving Tonight
"Trick or treat” has become big busi
ness. All the stores are dedicated these
lays to helping you please the young
spooks who will be coming to your door
onight threatening dark and sinister
ieeds if you don’t produce goodies.
Grocery stores display especially
packaged orange and black candies. Candy
counters offer a variety of goodies, lolli
pops shaped like jack-o-lanterns, ghostly
taffy, jelly beans in Hallowe’en colors and
nuts and fruits. Everything is designed to
make the visiting young monsters happy
and to make the householder look good
to his neighbors in the hospitality he dis
oenses.
Although it is done in a spirit of fun
and is far to be preferred to the downright
vandalism of other years, “Trick or Treat”
is of course, a mild and pleasant form of
blackmail. There is a better way of prowl
ing merrily and mischievously from door
to door in celebration of the evening with
out holding up the neighbors. The United
Nations Council has a suggestion for trick
or treat that seems to solve the problem
beautifully the children to trick or treat
in a sort of Robin Hood spirit, demanding
of the neighbors not sweetmeats for them
selves, but a coin for the use of needy
children overseas.
“Make Hallowe'en a day of sharing in
stead of scaring,” urges the Newton Coun
ty committee for UNICEF.
The traditional Hallowe'en with
spooks, witches and goblins ringing door
bells and collecting treats is retained but
the difference is that UNICEF spooks and
goblins are really angels in disguise. The
treats they collect are pennies, nickels and
dimes which, through UNICEF, became
life-saving penicillin, protective vaccine,
milk and vitamins for children who are
ill or undernourished in some land across
the sea.
In Covington, the churches are spon
soring the project. A committee has been
working toward making this a good suc
cess. All children are urged to be at their
respective churches tonight at 6:30. There
will be a party at each church after the
boys and girls have gone out to receive
donations.
Official tags and badges will be avail
able to identify spooks as bona-fied col
lectors. So, when your doorbell rings,
give generously to this cause.
War of Nerves Gets More
Nervous In the Face Os
Russian Threat To Turkey
In hi* press conference on the Soviet
threat to Turkey, Secretary of State John
Foster Dulles achieved another “brink of
war” in underscoring the earlier US warn
ing to Nikiia Khrushchev that this country
will stand by Turkey, the North Atlantic
Treaty and the Eisenhower Doctrine.
Mr. Dulles likened the present Near
East situation to “the period of the Korean
War”, (when Russian propaganda singled
him out as inciting the South Koreans
against the Reds in North Korea). Today,
he said, it is “wildly and indiscriminately”
charging the US with prodding Turkey
into war with Syria.
Asked whether we would support
Turkey by “attacking the attacker”, Mr.
Dulles was emphatic. “Certainly.” he re
plied. “if there is an attack on Turkey by
the Soviet Union, it would not mean a
purely defensive operation by the United
States, with the Soviet Union a privileged
sanctuary from which to attack Turkey.”
Thus, we take it, the resemblance to
the Korean misadventure would end with
the first shot, or bomb or missile.
Reporters laughed when he was ask
ed: “Mr. Secretary, would you say we
are on the brink now?” And Mr. Dulles re
plied that a study of history would reveal
that the world “has been always on the
brink of war” and that: “It's only by being
conscious of the fact that war is an ever
present danger that you take adequate and
effective steps to avoid getting into war.”
On the likelihood of a Middle East con
flagration, the Secretary replied that be
cause world public opinion is focussed on
the area through the UN, “it is unlikely
there will be an outbreak of war”.
And while “the eyes of the world” re
mained “focused on what is going on
there”, and the world held its breath, came
assurances from Turkey that it had no
intention whatsoever of picking a fight
with Syria. 6
Thus in seeing through what he term
ed a “particularly well-known Communist
technique: If you want to attack anybody,
first accuse him of attacking you”, the
^world’s champion brinkster may again
■kiave employed his now-famous act
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Hole In The Constitution
Fails To Define Who
Acts As President
In the event that a President of the
United States is unable “to discharge the
duties of said office”, states the Constitu
tion clearly and firmly, those duties “shall
devolve on the Vice President”. But the
utter lack of Constitutional advice on who
is to decide the matter is deplored by Don
Wharton in his article “If a President
Becomes Disabled” in the November issue
of Reader’s Digest.
Mr. Wharton reminds us that twice in
our history Cheif Executives have been
incapacitated — President Barfield for 80
days and President Wilson for the greater
part of 17 months — and in the absence
of a prescribed procedure, nothing was
done to provide the nation with leadership.
“We would have had an even more critical
situation in 1945,” he says, “if Franklin D.
Roosevelt had been paralyzed rather than
killed by his cerebral hemorrhage. His
fourth term had three and three-quarter
years to run.”
It was five days after the Eisenhower
heart attack of September 1955 before the
President was able to sign an official paper
and nearly a month before he could with
stand an hour’s conference without “ill
effect". Mr. Wharton notes that when he
came out of the hospital two years ago,
President Eisenhower “urged Congress to
act so that the nation would not again be
without a leader”.
“But Congress doodled,” he says. “Five
months later another warning bell rang —
the President's intestinal attack.” And the
author asks: “How many times must we
be warned of the perils of being a nation
without a Chie! Executive?"
The lack is not of plan?, but of action.
President Eisenhower has endorsed a pro
posal that would give the Vice President
authority to decide on the Presidential dis
ability, with the written approval of a ma
jority of the Cabinet.
"Ex-President Hoover thinks that the
power to decide should be given to the
Cabinet. Ex-President Truman believes we
should create a seven man panel composed
of the Vice President, the Chief Justice,
the Speaker of the House and the majority
and minority leaders of the House and
Senate.”
But there can be no machinery for
succession-short-of-dealh until the Con
gress acts. And, as Mr. Wharton warns,
“. . . we court the peril of being caught
without a President, perhaps at an exceed
ingly critical moment in history”. In view
of the crises of recent years and of the
moment, this seems an understatement.
Come Again, Ma'am
Elizabeth 11, who had a merry quip
for Williamsburghers about her ancestor
George 111 who lost the Colonies, won
them back in her first whirlwind visit
as Queen. Huge American audiences who
saw and heard the dainty little Monarch
in person and on the TV screen were
charmed by her presence and her speeches
whether her mood was serious or gay.
That English editor who criticized her de
livery awhile back has no friends in
America.
It must have been an exhausting rou
tine — with day after day of split-second
timing, speech after speech, personage
after personage, crowd after crowd — but
the Queen seemed to be actually enjoying
herself. Perhaps she’ll be back to visit
those 70 US towns with British names
whose mayors have invited Her Majesty.
If so, several million friends will be
awaiting her return.
Os Mice and Men
If you want to base your notions about
lung cancer on statistics, Dr. lan Mac-
Donald, of the University of Southern
California, has some new ones for you.
“The increase in the miles of tarred
roads,” he told a Nebraska chapter of the
American Cancer Society, “correlates more
closely to the increase in lung cancer than
cigarette smoking.”
Observing that the cancer-from-smok
ing theory is widely based on experiments
with mice that develop skin cancer when
painted with cigarette tars, Dr. MacDonald
said: “But common, everyday Los Angeles
smog, painted on the backs of mice, pro
duced greater skin cancers.”
This shows, he believes, that “if mice
are going to use tobacco, they ought to
smoke it and not paint it on their backs”.
Dr. MacDonald smokes it.
Last year, total U. S. foreign trade
came to $29 billion. It accounts for 7 per
cent of our gross national praduct, which
is the total value of all the goods and
services we produce.
MABEL SESSIONS DENNIS
Associate Editor
MARY SESSIONS MALLARD
Associat* Editor
Entered at the Post Office
at Covington, Georgia, as
mail matter of the Second
Class.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
SOUR WEJFLT LESSON FOR
unday School
THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTIAN
WORSHIP
Background Scripture: I cor
inthians 11.
Devotional Reading: Colos
sians 3:12-17.
Memory Selection: Let a man
examine himself, and so eat of
the bread and drink of the cup.
I Corinthians 11:28.
Life in the early church had !
i a very real kinship with the
church of our day in that the
basic consisted in the singing of
hymns, prayer, and, above all,
the exposition of Scripture by
the preacher. On the other
hand, a very great difference
separated it from modern
church life. The services were
held, like our own, on Sunday
or the Lord’s day, as it was
called by the early church. But
a that time Sunday was a work
day, the only holy day observed
being the Jewish Sabbath. This
necessitated evening meetings
usually. Moreover, the churches,
small, met in homes. This help
ed to heighten the family aspect
of church life as well as to
throw into sharper focus any
branch of spirit. It is much eas
ier to be cold toward a fellow
worshiper in a public building
than in a private home. In on
instance, coolness can even es
cape notice: in the other, it is
j instantly apparent and can lead
to serious trouble.
Thus the early church gives
us in sharp focus problems
which are by no means alien to
us but which are not so clear
ly dealt with.
These two factors—the fre
quent necessity for evening
worship and the intimacy of the
home surroundings—helped fur
ther a development which long
held sway in the early church,
for almost three centuries, de
spite considerable discourage
ment from church authorities,
beginning with Paul. This in
stitution was the agape or love
feast which preceeded the com
munion service as the prelimi
nary to it. It is this love feast
that Paul is concerned about in
our lesson text, and with good
reason. The love feast has given
rise to serious abuses.
The purpose of their love
feasts was- supposedly, to lead
to and to celebrate the Lord’s
supper. But Paul denied that
this was actually the case:
“When ye come together there
fore into one place, this is not
to eat the Lord’s supper.” He
denied not only the validity of
their worship but that their pur
pose was worship. This, of
course, constituted a serious
chrage and Paul quickly pro
ceeded to give his reasons for
so evaluating their worship.
Four serious charges were
made against the Corinthians
b. Paul. First of all, he declar
ed. “in eating every one taketh
before other his own supper.”
The love feasts were begun as
“pot-luck suppers” and the mo
dern church’s pot-luck family
! dinner is faithful to the original
intent of the love feast and is a
most worhty gathering The
church dmer is often a promo
tional project, but the family
pot-luck dinner is an expression
of the family life of the church
and is a true love feast.
The early church was too
divided by racial and class lines
to be able to observe a true
love feast and for this, and other
reasons it degenerated from
the apostolic purity of its earlest
days- Paul, in his remark cited
above , pointed to a particularly
obnoxious evil in the love feasts
they were not true pot-luck din
ners, not real love feast. Each
family at it own food and re
fused to share what it had
brought with others! Instead of
the church eating as one fam
ily, each family set itself apart
from all others to eat oly its
own food and to keep it food
from all others to eat only its
Jews in particular, it was un
willingness to eat the food of
others because it was not kosher
food. With others, it was an un
willingness to share their weal
their foods with the poor fare
of improvished brethren.
Second, he denied the vali
dity of ther love feasts because
they bceame an ocassion of glut
tony and drunkenness. Perhaps
some pleaded that being weary
of days labor, they were hungry
and thirsty and used this as an
excuse for overindulgence.
Whatever the reason Paul was
concerned with the harsh reality
of the situation. The sancity of
te love feast was being destroy
ed by gluttony and drunken
ness. Instead of being an occa
sion in which Christian fellow
ship and joy were manifested,
human selfishness in its cras
sest form prevailed.
Third while some went to
such shameful excess, others
had little or next to nothing be
cause of their poverty, and those
who had fqod in abundance
shamed “them that have not.”
This gives us a very shamelul
picture of those supposedly pot
luck supper. Each family ate its
own food; they ate like gluttons
and some became drunk: then,
seeing the hunger or the poor
food of improvished members,
they delibreately shamed them
by ridiculing their humble fare.
What Paul gives us is a can
did and shocking picture of the
Corinthian church. It is well to
remember that these Corin
tians wee as satisfied with
themselves as many modern
Christians are.
Fourth, they added to their
sins by doing all these things
and calling it worship and de
scribing it as a love feast. They
actaully believed that they came
together in one place to eat the
Lord’s Supper, when their real
purpose was ot gratify them
selves and vaunt their pride .
True worship seeks the glory
of God, not the self-realization
of man. Because they partook of
communion and heard sound
preaching, the Corinthians be
lieved that they worshiped God.
When men sey their own grati
fication and realization, they
“despise .... the church of
God“ whose purpose is the
golry of God rather than of
man.
We need not be drunken or
; gluttons to despise his church:
whenever we try to treat the
church as a human society
where in man’s needs are met,
rather than a divinely given
family where God’s will is done,
then we despise the church of
God as thoroughly as did the
Corinthians.
Paul then gave a full account
of institution of the Lord’s Sup
per. His form is that which the
church has used ever since.
These words are the words used
in all communion services every
where.
Paul made clear the authority
under which “I delivered unto
you” the communion service: “I
have received of the Lord.”
By special revelation, Paul,
who unlike the other apostels,
had not been present at the in
sitution of the Lord’s Supper,
had been made out only the re
cipient of the divinely given ac
count of that event, but also the
authoritative spokesman on its
observance. ..
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DETROIT — Significant ad
vances in safety engineering,
fuel economy, and engine per
formance, plus dramatic
“Sweept-Wing” styling, dis
tinguish the 1958 Dodge pas
senger cars, which will make
their debut in dealer show
rooms early in November.
The all-new Ram Fire V-8
engine, designed for top eeon- •
omy and performance, as well [
as quiet operation, heads a I
long list of important engi
neering features of Swept-
Wing ’SB. Among these is the
“Sure Grip” differential, which
provides pulling power to the j
rear wheel with the most I
traction, eliminating wheel- ■
spinning on ice or snow, or ■
in sand and mud.
Dual headlights, mounted
side-by-side under bold fen
der hoods, provide greater
safety for after dark driving,
and set the pace for Dodge
sweptwing styling.
A strikingly different stain
less steel grille design com
plements the dual headlight
styling.
Looking over the low hood
of all 1958 Dodge convertibles
and Lancer hardtops is the
compound-curvature “picture”
windshield, which offers true
control tower visibility and
blends fashionably with the
fast lines of Dodge sport mo
dels.
New interior and exterior
colors and fabrics are availa
ble on all 1958 Dodge models.
Offered this year as a sin
gle safety package on the 1958
Dodge are the completely new,
full-time Constant Control
steering, Total Contact float
ing shoe power brakes, padd
ed dashboard and padded sun
visors. Other safety features
include Life-Guard safety door
latches and safety door han
dles, both designed to secure
doors against accidental open
ing.
An added safety and com
fort feature is Torsion-Aire
suspension, regarded as the
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gives a smoother more con
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Torque-Flite automatic
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V-8 models, while Power-
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The 1958 Dodge line con
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Custom Royal and station
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YOUR GREATEST TASK IS
TO DO GOD’S WILL
“My life doesn’t count for
anything.” she said, as she sat
in my study. "I want to do
something worth while.” I
want to leave the world in a
better condition than when I
found it,” she confided. This
is a worthy ambition, and no
one would deny it. The author
of these words was an attrac
tive housewife and the mother
of three lovely children. She
was not only active in worth
while civic projects, but was a
leader in her church.
There are a lot of people
who feel that they are not
making a contribution to so
ciety. It all depends upon the
standard by which one mea
sures a worthy gift. I told this
mother that her ambitions de
manded admiration, and her
life did count for something
worth while.
There are few women like
Evangeline Booth and Madame
Gurie. Not every generation
produces a statesman like
Washington, a painter like
Raphael, a composer like Mo
zart, or a poet like Keats.
These possessed a great re
sponsibility to make their con
tribution to the world, and
they performed to perfection.
Most of us are ordinary peo
ple. We do not have the talents
which would inspire or de
mand us to achieve such
heights. Howevery, God ex
pects us to produce as much
as these have produced in the
light of our abilities and op
portunities.
God does not expect all his
Thursday, October 31. 1957
ESTABLISHING TOBACCO
BEDS
When establishing new to
bacco plant beds, the area
should first be cleared of all
shrubs, trees, stumps, roots,
and other objectionable mater
ial. It is impossible to prepare
a firm, uniform seed bed if
such material is present. This
information is from J. B. Pres
ton, agronomist- tobacco, Ag
ricultural Extension Service,
University of Georgia ‘
LIFE CAN
BE BETTER
ROBERT V. OZMENT Ph. D.
St. James Church, Atlanta
children to accomplish some
thing worthy of international
acclaim. The names of most of
the heroes and heroines have
naver been recorded in the
pages of history. One'i name
does not have to be in print;
a statue does not have to be
erected in one’s memory be
more one can wear a crown.
God expects some of us to be
leaders, while others are ful
filling His will just to be
Christians. I can think of no
greater task accomplished than
to be the kind of mother which
would please God. “If you
want to make your life count,
and do something which will
leave the world a little better
than when you found it,” I
said, “continue to love and
teach your children to become
Christian men and women”
A Christian carpenter, gar
dener, bus driver, and sales
clerk are making a good con
tribution to society. No matter
what your station or position in
life, the greatest gift you can
leave the world is a living ex
ample of the principles es
Jesus.
I don't expect my name will
either be listed with the great,
or remembered long by man.
The greatest footprint I ever
hope to leave on the sands of
time is to rear little Randall
to be a worthy citizen of God’s
kingdom. If I fail at every
other task and succeed here,
I will not count my life wast
ed.
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Scouts is well placed.