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THE COVINGTON NEWS
BELMONT DENNIS
Editor And Publisher
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF
NEWTON COUNTY
AND THE
CITY OF COVINGTON
Milledgeville Represents
Only One Phase Os Mental
Illness Problem in Georgia
Milledgeville State Hospital represents
only one phase, although a major one, of
the mental illness problem in Georgia.
Many improvements, we know, could
be and should be made at Milledgeville;
more money is one vital need. But let’s not
forget that there are many dedicated
people at Milledgeville heroically trying
to minister to the mentally ill.
The total state picture of the way we
handle the mental illness problem in Geor
g a is a challenge to our conscience. For
instance; Metropolitan Atlanta is not con
cerned enough to provide any psychiatric
beds in any of its general hospitals. But
we know that no large general hospital can
meet the needs of the people unless pro
vision is made for psychiatric care.
Mentally ill citizens are put in jail in
the majority of Georgia counties, awaiting
transfer to Milledgeville.
Clinics in Georgia can be counted on
one hand.
There are no regional centers, acces
sible and available to the people, for early
and intensive treatment.
Research in the field of mental illness
in Georgia has been negligible.
Training in Georgia in psychiatry and
allied disciplines has been, up to the pres
ent, weak and totally inadequate.
As long as these conditions prevail, the
total state situation will remain shameful.
The formulation and execution of a
long term program is in order, which will
meet our need realistically and adequately.
Shall the banner of the money symbol
be lifted higher in our society than the
banner of compassion for human suffering?
Every Precaution Should
Be Taken To Conserve,
Utilize Your Eyesight
Since 1940 the number of people over
65 years of age in the United States has
doubled, now totaling 14 million, and all
are more concerned than ever about good
vision.
Perhaps no other organ offers greater
a : d in adding “life to years” than the eye.
With the great world of newspapers, mag
azines, the leisure to cover the broad high
ways of America, the medium of television,
and the increased time for useful hobbies,
vision assumes even more importance in
the Fall of our lives.
As we increase in years, many changes
take place in our vision. Optometrists and
other optical scientists have done much to
help us adjust to these changes. In later
maturity the most common change noticed
is an inability to focus on close work. This
i technically known as presbyopia; prac
tically no one passes 50 without exhibiting
some evidence of it.
The most common relief provided for
presbyopia at its onset is bifocals or read
ing glasses. However, in recent years,
tifocal lenses have come into their own.
Trifocals are the most commonly used of
these. These are prescribed for bifocal
wearers who experience almost a “blind
spot” at arms length.
The wise senior citizen will take every
precaution to conserve and utilize his eye
sight for better and more comfortable
seeing. Here are some tips:
(1) If needed, step your glasses from
bifocals to trifocals for more comfortable
vision. Special hobbies and visual tasks
often require extra glasses. Be sure to tell
your optometrist about your individual
problems.
(2) Use larger wattage electric bulbs,
they are helpful and a great comfort.
(3) Stop an hour earlier on long auto
mobile trips, so that you won’t be driving
at dusk or night.
(4) Be particularly careful in low light
ed areas. Carry a small flashlight; it may
serve as well as a cane to keep you from
falling over objects at night
(5) Give yourself an “eye break” like
you would a coffee break. You don’t have
to cut down on TV viewing, reading, or
sewing, providing you let your eyes relax
from time to time.
(6) No one is too old to learn and ma
turity makes all learning more meaning
ful Attention to small visual problems
can greatly help in this process.
(7) Unless your optometrist suggests
otherwise, a complete vision check every
two years is essential.
Most of us insist on the best, and then
complain about the price.
If the man is gay, the girl is likely not
to be gay that evening, the reason for
which is a mystery.
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Value of Soil and Water
Pointed Up As Our
Most Valuable Resources
Our two most precious natural resources
are undoubtedly soil and water and we,
here in Newton County, are blessed with
an abundance of each. We are also for
tunate to be an integral part of the Upper
Ocmulgee Soil Conservation District as
many of our leading farmers of the county
take an active part in that organization.
We depend on soil and water for much
of the food, clothing, and raw materials
needed to maintain a strong Nation. It is
fitting, therefore, that all citizens and or
ganizations join in the observance of Soil
Stewardship Week, sponsored by the Na
tional Association of Soil Conservation
Districts and various national church or
ganizations, May 3 to 11 inclusive.
The eight-day period, opening with Ru
ral Life Sunday on May 3, is the time
when farmers and ranchers, churches, soil
conservation districts, schools, urban people
and many organizations will join in em
phasizing that soil is a God-given resource.
The observance stresses that man is mere
ly the steward of the soil while he uses it
and that he must pass it on in as good or
better condition than he found it.
Soil and water conservation is an inte
gral part of modem agriculture. Farmers
and ranchers in more than 2,800 soil con
servation districts throughout the Nation
each year join with the clergy in empha
sizing the spiritual as well as the material
values of soil and water. They themselves
set an example by recognizing that “the
earth is the Lord's and the fullness there
of” and by heeding the Creator's command
“to dress it and to keep it”
But because we all depend so much on
the land for our high standard of living,
non-farmers too, have a place in such an
observance. The Covington News hopes
that all citizens of the county will join
with our rural people in increasing num
bers in this recognition of the obligations
and opportunities for soil stewardship.
Fire Panic Is Still
Gruesome Killer And
Should Be Controlled
When seconds count most, people think
least. Panic paralyzes the mental process
es, strips away in an instant the intel
lectual attainments of thousands and thous
ands of years of civilization. Young or old,
it is a most exceptional person who keeps
his head when others lose their reason.
And, among the many types of disaster
that we do our best to guard against, both
in prevention and in meeting the emer
gency when it happens, none is more ter
rifying, more devastating or more death
dealing than fire. As a result of these ef
forts — the organization, training and
equipping of fire-fighters, the passage and
enforcement of protective building codes
and safety laws and the continuing effort
to educate our whole people in fire pre
vention and in what-to-do when fire
. ikes — the U. S. is probably the safest
nation in the world.
But holocausts still happen. Examples
of the past winter are too fresh in our
memory to need recalling. Fire panic is
still a gruesome killer. The presence of
mind to turn the knob on a door to safety
— or the ability to do so with a fear-crazed
crowd pressing against it — can mean the
difference between survival and death.
For this demonstrated reason, most
buildings in which people congregate —
schools, auditoriums, churches, theaters,
department stores — are equipped with
panic exit devices — and all should be.
The most common type consists of a bar
extending across the width of an exit door,
and against which one need only push at
any point to realease the latch. Thus, a
crowd surging against the door would
automatically open it without anyone hav
ing to keep his wits.
Practically all schools of recent con
struction have this safety equipment. But
older schools and residences taken over
for school purposes may not. And to make
the change-over quickly, easily and eco
nomically, there is a new panic exit de
vice with special large decorative escutch
eons that cover the unsightly holes and
marks that are left when the old locks are
removed. Thus, any reluctance to deface
handsome old doors can no longer stand
in the way of safe exit.
Certainly the parents of America as
well as its school people — who have been
reminded all too recently of the potential
horror of school fires — will want to as
sure themselves that the school their chil
dren attend can never be a trap.
Most of us in the U.S.A, are doing as
well as could be expected, don’t you think?
MABEL SESSIONS DENNIS
Associate Editor
MARY SESSIONS MALLARD
Associate Editor
Entered at the Post Office
at Covington, Georgia, as
mail matter of the Second
Class.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
SOUR WEE KL Y /Q LES 5O N FOR
UNDAY SCHOOL
DAVID, KING OF ISRAEL
Bible Material:
II samuel 5-6; 8
। Devotional Reading:
II Samuel 7:18-25
Memory Selection: If a king
judges the poor with equity
his throne will be estab
lished for ever. Proverbs
29:14.
Intermediate-Senior Topic:
A King to Be Remembered
Young People-Adult Topic;
Wise Management
Truly David was “a man
after God’s own heart.” To the
Jews he has always been the
ideal king, the one who would
return to rule over God’s peo
ple in the Glorious Restoration
(e.g, Ezek. 34:23). To the
Christians his ideal kingship
was realized in the coming of
Christ, the Greater Son of
David.
Why should this particular
king have been invested with
such great prestige and Mes
sianic significance? There are
many reasons. On the negative
side we note the failure of both
his predecessor, Saul, and his
successor, Solomon. Saul, who
had started out so well, dis
obeyed God and ended miser
ably as a suicide on Mt. Gilboa.
Certainly he was not worthy to
be the ideal Anointed of the
Lord. Solomon, too, in spite of
a good beginning, became a dis
mal failure in the sight of God
because he fell under the fas
cination of pagan gods and set
up heathen practices in Jeru
salem.
Beyond these negative consid
erations, however, were those
personal qualities and talents
which set David above any
other king of Israel. In our les
son today we learn something
about his political acumen and
his military prowess, whereby
he pacified the discordant ele
ments in his kingdom and ex
tended its borders from Syria
to Egypt.
Added to these, and most im
portant of all, was his devotion
to the Lord and his fervid beal
for the improvement of Israel’s
worship of the one true and liv
ing God.
To be sure, David was a hu
man being, and he sinned griev
ously against God; yet he was at
heart a God-fearing man, whose
true character is reflected in his
earnest desire to build a house
for God — which, of course,
was never fulfilled — and in
the beautiful hymns which he
composed for Israel’s worship
service.
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■gnu Reports From
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THERE HAVE BEEN head
lines, articles, editorials and car
toons purporting to interpret the
significance of my brief comment
about the County Unit System.
My state
ment in reply
to a question
asked on an
unrehearsed
television pro
gram speaks
for itself. The
question was:
“Do you see
any need in the future at any time
in the next few years in view of
the shift in population for making
any alterations to the County
Unit System?”
My reply was: “1 think it is
entirely possible that the Legisla
ture might study that question.
It’s not only possible but even
probable that some readjustment
would perhaps be wise.”
• • »
MY VIEWS ON the County
Unit System are so well known
that they hardly need reiteration.
I am for it absolutely and un
reservedly. Without it Georgia’s
small counties would have no voice
in our State Government and bloe
voters and metropolitan political
machines would dominate State
affairs.
Because the U. S. Supreme
Court has ceased interpreting the
law and has sought to establish
itself as a super legislature, it
should behoove all friends of the
County Unit System to do some
serious thinking about bow to
preserve it. When the last test
case went before the U. S. Su
preme Court last year it was up
held by a 6-4 decision and since
that time the fifth member of the
majority, Justice Burton, has re
tired and has been replaced by a
liberal, Justice Stewart, who un
doubtedly will cast his vote the
other way in any future litiga- |
(M< pr«par«4 »r prmM at
Let us now see how David
transformed a tribal confeder
acy into one of the most power
ful nations of his time.
During the last years of Saul’s
I reign, David had been forced
to flee from Saul’s court and
live the life of a fugitive in the
i wilderness of Judea. Here he
led a band of outlaws, like
Robin Hood in Sherwood Forest,
making raids upon the Philis
tines who were plundering and
pillaging the Israelite farmers
i and dividing the spoils with his
» ravaged countrymen. Needless
i to say he became very popular
[ with the people of southern
• Judah who quickly rallied to
। his side when Saul died.
: When David heard that Saul
। had died by his own sword on
! Mt. Gilboa, he immediately in
' quired of the Lord whether he
should go up into any of the cit
ies of Judah. God tol dhim that
he should go up to Hebron which
was at the southern end of the
• great central mountain range of
■ Palestine, about twenty miles
i south of Jerusalem.
; By this act of asking God
» what he should do, David show
ed his true character. He was a
Godfearing man, who sought
divine guidance in the great
► crises of life.
When David had been given
' the divine sanction, he went to
Hebron where his own clans
men made him king (II Sam.
2:4), while the rest of the tribes
in the north rallied around
Saul’s son, Ish-bosheth, who
was really only a stooge of Ab
ner, the leader of the army.
Instead of moving in at once to
take all of Israel, David wisely
bided his time, waiting for in
trigue and moral corruption to
weaken his enemies to the point
where he could take them with
little effort.
With the fall of the house of
Saul, all the tribes of Israel
came to David at Hebron, say
ing, “Behold, we are thy bone
and thy flesh. Also in time past,
when Saul was king over us,
thou wast he that leddest out
and broughtest in Israel: and
the Lord said to thee, Thou
shalt feed my people Israel, and
thou shalt be a captain over
Israel.”
So David made a league with
them, and he was anointed king
over all Israel. After seven and
a half years as ruler over Judea,
David was willingly accepted as
king over all of the tribes of
Israel. God thus brought about
a peaceful settlement of a seri
lous problem because David was
tion. Justice Frankfurter, who
also held with the majority, will
probably retire this year or next.
• • •
IT IS NOT my purpose to at
tempt to make suggestions to
either the Governor or the Gen
eral Assembly in whose hands
rests the responsibility for deter
mining the provisions of
Georgia’s laws governing voting.
However, since the question has
been raised and now has become
a matter of general concern, it
is my considered opinion that it
would be wise for an appropriate
committee of the Legislature (1)
to study such action as may be
necessary best to protect the
County Unit System from de
straction at the hands of the
Supreme Court and (2) to study
whether, in light of the present
serious threats to the system, a
few of the most populous coun
ties of the State should be granted
a reasonable increase in unit votes
to more nearly reflect current
population trends. This would in
my opinion help preserve and pro
tect the system.
Its preservation is something to
which all of us must give our best
thoughts. It would be short
sighted, indeed, for ns to sit
ar-und and lose the system due
to our failure to do everything
necessary to protect and preserve
it.
In so doing, the General As
sembly should make absolutely
certain that no county’s unit vote
or representation would be re
duced and that nothing would be
done which would shift the pres
ent balance of political power
which assures a diffusion of polit
ical initiative and stops political
machines at the county line.
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willing to wait a few years for
the high honor which he knew
he would someday obtain.
How many times in our own
lives problems would be more
easily solved if we would ask
for divine counsel and accept
God’s will in true obedience and
humility of heart.
After David had been crown
ed king over all Israel, he made
one of the most strategic moves
in his whole life. As king, he
needed a capital city from
which to rule over his country
men. If he had stayed in Hebron,
the northern tribes would have
felt insulted because he had not
made one of their cities his capi
tal, and if he had made a north
ern city his capital, his clans
men from the south would have
felt slighted. He therefore de
cided to capture Jerusalem,
which was situated high on the
central mountain ridge of Pal
estine about twenty-five hund
red feet above sea level. It had
never been captured by Joshua
and the invading Israelites, sim
ply because they had never felt
capable of subduing such a for
midable fortress with their poor
military equipment.
The strength of this fortress
had become proverbial, for
when David started to wrest it
from the Jebusites, he was met
with the following taunt: “And
the king and his men went to
Jerusalem unto the Jebusites,
the inhabitants of the land:
which spake unto David, say
ing, Except thou take away the
blind and the lame, thou shalt
not come in hither; thinking,
David cannot come in hither.”
Nevertheless, David, by enter
ing the city through a subter
ranean watershaft, which is still
visible, conquered the fortress
and called it the city of David.
And so for three thousand years,
Jerusalem has been the capital
city of the Jews; if not always
politically, at least spiritually
and ideally.
The advantages of Jerusalem
as a capital city for David and
his court were numerous. As
we have already noted, its geo
graphical situation on the divid
ing line between Judah and
Israel made it an ideal site for
the political center of the na
tion. Moreover, it was a prize
possession because of its strate
gic position, controlling the
main highway from Shechem to
Hebron and the country of Phil
istia to the south and west.
Up to this time the Philistines
had been making damaging
raids into the mountainous ter
ritory of Israel with little loss
to their own forces. But with
Jerusalem in David’s hand, the
Philistines were easily held in
check.
David made Jerusalem not
only the political capital and
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WOOD-UICKINSON
“Your Favorite Furniture Man”
A. C. Ewing & Son
Named Northeast
Grazing Winners
A. C. Ewing and son of New
ton county won out over en
tries from 12 other northwest
Georgia counties to take top dis
trict honors in the Georgia
Grazing System and Feed Pro
duction program for 1959.
Choice of the Ewings, who
placed second in the state in
1953, as Northwest district win
ner this year was announced
today by Byron Dyer, district
agent for the Agricultural Ex
tension Service, University of
Georgia College of Agriculture.
The Ewings operate a 200-
acre dairy farm with 48 acres
of permanent pasture and 122
acres in cropland. Permanent
pasture consists of common
Bermuda, Fescue and Dallis
grass. The annual fertilization
military stronghold of Israel but
also the religious center of
Israel’s life. Again he showed
his genius by bringing into Jer
usalem the ark, which was the
symbol of the tribal unity of
Israel ever since the days of
Moses. Herein was supposed to
dwell the God who had deliver
ed his children from Egypt and
led them into the promised land.
Jerusalem now became the sym
bol of Israel’s complete conquest
of her enemies. God now dwelt
with his people in peace and
prosperity, as He had promised
long ago to Abraham. “And
David went on. and grew great,
and the Lord God of hosts was
with him.”
PULPWOOD SPECIALS
We have a 1954 Dodge 2’/2 Ton Truck
— Ideal for hauling pulpwood. Good Tires —
Ready to earn good money.
Also — A 1956 F6OO Truck with Steel Plat
form Body in Excellent Condition.
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Covington Auto Service
With Emphasis On
Thursday, April 30, T9Sf
program includes application of
500 pounds of 4-12-12 fertilizer
and 40 pounds of nitrogen per
acre. During the past three
years, all the Ewing land ha#
been limed with one ton of lime
per acre. . .
Eight acres of Starr millet
and 12 acres of Browntop millet
furnish summer supplemental
grazing for the Ewing herd
These crops are fertilized with
800 pounds of 4-12-12 and 50
pounds of nitrogen per acre
each year.
Thirty-four acres of oats, rye
grass and Crimson clover, fer
tilized with 800 pounds of
4-12-12 and 83 pounds of nitro
gen per acre, furnish winter
grazing for the 48 milking cows.
This state-wide program is
conducted by the Extension Ser
vice to recognize those farmers
who have done superior jobs of
establishing and maintaining
good grazing system and feed
production programs, according
to J. R. Johnson, Extension ag
ronomist — project leader. It is
sponsored by the Georgia Plant
Food Educational Society.
The Georgia Grazing System
and Feed Production program is
spear-heading the Extension
agronomy work throughout the
State to increased acreages in
feed crops and higher produc
tion per acre, according to Char
les R. O’Kelley, Extension agri
cultural leader. As a result, ade
quate fertilization, liming and
use of efficient pastures and
feed producing plants are being
■used by leading farmers in the
state.
Farms operating in the United
States in 1958 numbered 4,749,-
000.