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THE COVINGTON NEWS
BELMONT DENNIS
Editor And Publisher
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF
NEWTON COUNTY
AND THE
CITY OF COVINGTON
Magazine Editor States
Newspaper Most Powerful
E Force In Public Opinion
Z7 William I. Nichols, editor and publisher
^of This Week, a magazine of huge circula
— tion, has something to say about news-
Z papers. Here are his words: “Newspapers
are the most powerful force in public
opinion today because:
“L The newspaper is the only medium
which talks directly to each reader in
; terms of himself, his family and his com
~ munity.
- “2. The newspaper is the only medium
Z which remakes its product every day.
2 “Hence, newspapers are always in fo
~cus — always in direct, immediate and
- intimate touch both with people and with
Zchanging times, and this is what gives
X newspapers their tremendous influence
“and efficiency.”
The newspaper is one of the oldest
— forms of communication. New competitors
“have come into being and found their
—place. But the newspaper's pre-eminence
—as an influence remains.
£ Foreign Languages Is
- Necessary; But
_z "Double Talk" Natural
” Foreign Service Officers have been
--studying foreign languages like mad since
_The New York Times revealed a year-and
— a-half ago that less than half had a speak
ing knowledge of any foreign language.
Intensive training in the Foreign Service
- Institute’s schools in Washington, Mexico
City, Frankfurt, Beirut, Tokyo and Tai
chung (in Taiwan), is said to be paying
off. Os 1,450 of these students tested rec
ently, 85 percent were credited with hav
ing a “working knowledge” of a second
language, of which about 25 percent spoke
like natives.
We understand, however, that there
is no need of training in double-talk.
"Reds" Still Trying
To Secure Atom
Secrets From U.S.
The US has probably never had a more
interesting or reasonable-sounding visitor
than Professor Vasily S. Yemelyanov, head
of the atomic program of the USSR, who,
with nine other Soviet atom wizards has
just completed a 15-day tour of our biggest
atomic research centers.
Prof. Yemelyanov is urging us to join
with the Reds in the development of atoms
for-peace so that instead of making nu
clear research a “race” or a “football game”
the two countries share the cost and avoid
the extravagance of competition with each
other.
Nothing would seem to make more sense
until we look back on the Reds’ perfect
score of broken pledges, including the sll
billion in war “loans” from the US, and
until we consider the duplicity and the
threats of the professor’s boss. Only the
day before Mr. Yemelyanov made his plea
for nuclear collaboration, Nikita Khrush
chev had bragged that a single factory in
the USSR was turning out rockets with
hydrogen warheads at the rate of 250 a
year.
“If we were attacked,” he told news
men at a Kremlin reception, “we could wipe
off the face of the earth all our potential
enemies.” In pressing his plan for disarm
ament, he also said, “We are ready to sink
all this in the sea in the interests of in
suring peace on earth.” But he still doesn’t
- want any “potential enemies” to attend the
sinking.
And, in view of the fact that Russia's
nuclear development is built on the sec
rets Red spies stole from the US, it would
. be safer to keep our powder dry and assume
, that we must still have some atomic sec
rets the Kremlin wants.
Unfortunately, this is the only safe
T attitude.
It’s a sign of something, possibly old
— age, when you can toss aside the current
~ magazines, turn off the lights, walk away
~ from the television, and go to bed at 9:30
on a quiet evening.
A woman who prides herself on her
respectability may never have had any
attractive opportunities to be otherwise.
When the other person isn’t listening,
and the program is especially good, you
feel cheated.
„ my grandchildren.
No woman ever resigns completely
— from a man with a fat bank roll, even
though the man is corpulent
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Castro's "Executioner"
May Emerge As Real
Dictator Os Cuba
As the Cuban revolution enters its
second phase-that of the takeover of all
business, Cuban and foreign, by the be
arded prophet’s forces-it begins to look as
though Fidel Castro’s executioner, Major
Ernesto “Che” Guevara may emerge as the
real dictator of this unhappy island.
The latest move is the installation of
rebel officers in factories and business
concerns so that they may be instructed
by the up-to-now owners and managers in
the operation and management of these in
stitutions. This invasion is being conducted
by the industrial division of the Agrarian
Reform institute, over which the notorious
Guevara is the czar. While business heads
are receiving polite letters requesting that
an officer be taken into the firm for indoct
rination, they are reported as taking a dim
view of these proceedings. One industrial
ist called it “the handwriting on the wall”.
Others refer to the classic of the camel’s
nose in the tent.
As if any further authority were needed,
Che Guevara is also head of the National
Bank, from which post he is clamping down
on the sudden enthusiasm of his country
men for travel to the US.
For further highlights on this character,
and incidentally on the Latin-American
view of the US hands-off policy, we turn to
the “Latin-American Events” newsletter
as quoted by HUMAN EVENTS in Wash
ington. The editor is Dr. Emilio Nunez Por
tuondo, Cuba’s former ambassador to the
UN and a patriot who is both anti-Batista
and anti-Castro, and who has recently
completed a tour through Latin-America.
He reports that Che Guevara boasts of
Red Chinese and Russian support and quo
tes him as saying: “The United States
should not believe that in case they decid
ed to attack the Government of Fidel
Castro, they will be confronted only by
Cubans. They will have to fight against
soldiers from other great powers such as
the Soviet Union and Communist China”.
Dr. Portuondo’s “most far reaching con
clusion” after his recent tour, he says, “is
the clearly obvious fact that those friends
remaining loyal to the USA have practic
ally lost all faith in the United States of
America as the world leader and defender
of people south of the Rio Grande against
the massive infiltration of international
Communism against whose tactics of ec
onomic warefare the Governments of Latin
America cannot fight a10ne...”
“We are convinced,” Dr. Portuondo con
cludes, “that Latin America has become
a zone of greater danger to the security of
the United States than Berlin, Formosa
and the captive nations of Central Europe.
It should not be forgotten that, from any
part of Cuba, directed missiles can be laun
ched against Cape Canaveral and the Pen
tagon in Washington.”
And while Che Guevara's minions began
in Cuba the take-over of the island’s bus
iness, in new Delhi, President Eisenhower
told the Indian Parliament of our adequate
armed forces” and how they exist to “serve
not only ourselves but those of our friends
and allies, who, like us, have perceived
this danger.” (The danger from “the ag
gressive intentions of an alien philosophy
backed by great military might”.
With the report from New Delhi came the
news that the President is considering a
good will tour of Latin America.
How Wasteful Can We Be?
The Department of Agriculture ear
marks $756 million to remove land from
production.
The Commodity Credit Corporation
budgets nearly $2.5 billion to remove sur
plus produce from the market.
The U. S. Department of Interior re
quests $216 million for dam building and
irrigation programs to add more land to
the productive capacity of the country.
Like so many others, what I ask my
self when something new in welfare
government comes along is, how will this
affect me. my savings, my children, and
And advocates of this philosophy seem
to win votes by promising more of it.
Is it lack of appetite or lack of de
cision that causes men to ponder a luncheon
menu so long??
Some faces ought not to be taken out
in broad daylight.
If you think of a good line, and then
somebody else writes it and gets paid
for it, you get mad at yourself.
When you’re alone and available, you
can depend upon *it that the telephone
will not rin^-
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 WEEKLY LESSON FOR
unday School
THE CONVERTING POWER
OF THE GOSPEL
Bible Material: Acts 15:36—
16:40; Philippians 2:12-18
Devotional Reading: Isaiah
55:6 — 11: Memory Selection:
Believe in the Lord Jesus, and
you will be saved. Acts 16:31
Intermediate - Senior Topic:
The Gospel Changes Persons
Young People - Adult Topic;
The Gospel Changes Lives.
Our lesson today deals with
two New Testament characters
who set forth for all Christians
an example of the changes that
occur in the lives of people who
come under the influence of
Christ through the preaching of
God’s word. The converting
power of the gospel is seen in
this man and this womqn as
they heard Paul preach the un
searchable riches of our Lord.
The power of the gospel to
change persons and lives is here
demonstrated in no uncertain
terms, and we have this wit
ness of new friends for our
Lord.
While the incidents which we
study today happened many
centuries ago, there can be no
doubt that this same sort of
changed individual is the basic
need of this sin-sack world in
which we live.
Without such changes hu
manity stumbles along and
heads for oblivion, but,
through such demonstrations of
the way the gospel works, we
may take hope and believe that
God will continue in our day so
to speak to the heart of man.
Even in our ultra - sophisticat
ed day the gospel is a real and
vital force.
There can be no real growth
in the Christian Church with
out the converting power of
the gospel to make men what
they are not by nature.
Each day and age tries to
conform men and women to the
ways of the world. But our
world will never be won for
Christ until there are those of
his followers who show a dif
ference in their family atti
tudes, in their loyalty to the
church, and in their integrity
in the jobs to which they are
assigned. Christian faith de
mands that Christ’s followers
demonstrate in thought and
word and deed the ability of
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the gospel to change men’s
lives for good.
Our own faith is strength
ened as we study about indivi
duals like Lydia and the Philip
pian jailer.
In order to understand our
Scripture lesson today, it is
necessary for us first to review
those events which brought I
Paul to Philippi, the chief city i
of that part of Macedonia.
When Paul was in Derbe and
Lystra, where he met Timothy,
we are told that the churches
were established in the faith
and that they increased in num
ber daily. Continuing on to
Phrygia and the region of Ga
latia. they came to Troas where
Paul had a vision. In the night
he saw a man of Macedonia
saying, “Come over into Mace
donia, and help us.” Paul knew
that this was a definite call
from God, and leaving Troas
they went first to Samothracia
and then to Neapolis and fin
ally to Philippi.
In the early days of their
stay in Philippi, and on a cer
tain sabbath, they “went out of
the city by a river side, where
prayer was wont to be made.”
There, Luke tells us, "we sat
down, and spake unto the wo
man which resorted thither.”
It is significant to note that
Paul and Timothy took this oc
casion to speak with the wo
men who came to them of the
good news of Jesus Christ.
Within the framework of the
Christian Church, an outstand
ing part has always been play
ed by women. Even from the
very inception of the Church in
apostolic times, the gospel
made an especial appeal to wo
. man. Although the Apostle
Paul had some very rigid ideas
concerning them and their part
in the Church, he nevertheless
' took every occasion to honor
■ them and to show that the old
er idea of the servitude of wo
, man had been replaced with
Christ’s idea of the significance
of all mankind regardless of
' sex or any other distinguishing
■ characteristic.
, The Christian Church would
be much impoverished were it
. no for the outstanding part
[ that has been played by women
in missions, Christian educa-
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tion, and the general function
ing of the local church.
One of the women who “re
sorted thither” was Lydia of
the city of Thyatira, a wor
shiper of God. One cannot
think of this woman without
imagining her to be a beautiful
and attractive woman, most
capable in her position as mer
chant, despite the fact that Paul
makes no such mention of her
charm. As a seller of purple
(we would say today that she
ran a dress shop) she was gain
fully employed and doubtless
most successful in her trade.
Luke in his account of the
I Acts of the Apostles is careful
to tell us that Lydia was a wor
shiper of God. She was suc
cessful in the things of this
world; she was also careful
about the things of the spirit.
She, together with the other
women who came to Paul and
Timothy, heard the Apostle
gladly. The physician Luke
tells us that the Lord opened
the heart of this woman and
that “she attended unto the
things which were spoken of
Paul ”
Perhaps we can read between
the lines here and see that
while she was doubtless a god
ly woman, she was a woman
who felt a certain void in her
life until she heard from Paul
concerning the unsearchable
riches of Jesus Christ.
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not alone, for men and women
frequently devote themselves
to their occupations and the
things of the world to the ne
glect of the gospel of our Lord.
She “attended” to the gospel
message, and we know that
she was deeply impressed with
what she heard from Paul.
Faith must always issue in
to action, and we see this in
Lydia. She was baptized “and
her household,” as was the cus
tom in apostolic times. Thus
Paul found occasion to bap
tize all members of Lydia’s
household and to add them to
the ever - growing number of
Christian disciples.
With real appreciation in her
spirit for the gift of the gos
pel, she tells Paul and Timo
thy that “if ye have judged me
to be faithful to the Lord, come
into my house, and abide
there.”
This we see as her practical
demonstration of her faith.
Perhaps sensing that she
could open her home to these
two witnesses for Christ and
provide her kindness hospital
ity for them, she invited them
City of Covington, Georgia
CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENT
December, 1959
GENERAL FUND - DECEMBER 31, 1959
Cash on Hand - December I, 1959 $ 5,831.51
Receipts during Month $34,635.23
Expenditures during Month $39,450.34
Cash on Hand - December 31, 1959 $ 1,016.40
RECEIPTS:
Police Fines $ 2,930.27
1959 City Business License $ 65.00
1957 City Tax Collections $ 206.00
1958 City Tax Collections $ 149.00
1959 City Tax Collections $ 5,715.63
Less: Discount on Taxes $ 2.08
Light and Water Deposits $ 340.00
Cemetery Upkeep , $ 206.98
Rents $ 30.00
Hospital Insurance $ 842.55
Parking Meter Collections $ 1,388.04
1957 Street Paving $ 64.00
1958 Street Paving $ 543.85
1959 Street Paving $ 250.87
Interest Account $ 144.96
Gas Deposits $ 280.00
Material Sales $ 416.07
Water Line Extensions $ 150.00
Commissioner of Roads and Revenue
Civil Defense $ 14.80
Sale of Cemetery Lot $ 100.00
Telephone Calls $ 2.15
Covington Businessmen's Association
Sale of Crushed Stone $ 320.61
Bonham L. Johnson, 1958 Intangible Tax $ 837.29
Southern Bell Telephone Co., 1959 Pole Rental _$ 772.00
Overage for Month $ 27.89
Surplus - Transferred from W. and S.
Revenue Fund $ 227.32
Surplus - Transferred from G. and E.
Revenue Fund $18,612.03
$34,635.23
EXPENDITURES:
Administrative Department ___s 8,713.12
Police Department $ 4,399.74
Fire Department $ 3,776.88
Sanitary Department $ 2,654.20
Cemetery Department $ 671.88
Street Department $ 4,466.05
Parks Department _ $ 270.81
Public Lands and Buildings $ 1,512.21
Repair Shop $ 435.74
Civil Defense . $
Newton Co. Board of Education - Refund on
Water Billing $ 110 50
Electric Deposit Refunds $ 160.00
Gas Deposit Refunds $ 80.00
Dempster Dumpster Payments $ 797.58
Gas Main Refund -W. D. Stokes Sub-Division $ 86.82
Water Works Bond Acct. No. 6 $ 121.41
1958 W. and S. Bond Acct. - Sinking Fund .$ 1,821.19
1958 Municipal Bldg. Bond Acct. - Sinking Fund $ 910.59
1958 Airport Bond Acct. - Sinking Fund $ 182.12
Materials and Supplies Inventory - Water $ 4,052.24
Materials and Supplies Inventory - Sewer $ 80.00
Meters - Water Department $ 910.25
Fire Hydrants - Water Department $ 77^75
Mains - Sewer Department $ 2 447 66
WATER AND SEWER FUND - DECEMBER 3 I, s 1959 0 ‘ 34
Cash on Hand - December I, 1959 '$ 2 129 15
Receipts During Month _ j 7 043 70
Expenditures During Month $ 8172 85
Cash on Hand - December 31, 1959 t I nnn nn
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Water Collections $ 5 580>70
Sewerage Charges . $ 1,463,00
EXPENDITURES: $ 7 ' 043 ' 70
Water and Sewer Department $ 3 806 I 6
Water and Sewerage System Renewal
and Extension Fund _. _ _ _ _ $ 704 3 7
Water and Sewerage System - Sinking Fund $ 3 435 00
Surplus - Transferred to General Fund | '227 32
GAS AND ELECTRIC FUND - DECEMBER 31 $ l^ 2 ' 85
Cash on Hand - December I, 1959 _ $ 1,000.00
Receipts during Month $55 33129
Expenditures during Month
Cash on Hand - December 31, 1959 $ I 000 00
RECEIPTS: ’ 1.000.00
Electric Collections _ tn-iui.
Gas Collections _Z
Gas Collections - Oxford »
Gas Line Extension Sales <
Material Sales - '
— —— — $ 95.80
EXPENDITURES: $55,331.29
Electric Department _
Gas Department _ ~
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Credit - Vendor's Commission « '
Gas and Electric System - Sinking Fund J 3,600.00
Surplus’- Transferred I to^nera" F^nd
NOT L. d
Thursday, January 21, 1960
to be her guests while they
were in Philippi.
What kinder expression of
gratitude can be afforded than
to open one’s home to stran
gers, especially when they are
servants of our Lord Jesus
Christ.
Tri-County
Sale Report
Tri - County Livestock Auc
tion Company sold 301 head of
cattle and 82 hogs for a total
of $27,690.24. Milk cows and
springers topped at $275.00; ba
by calves at $27.50; and pigs at
$lO.
Price ranges were: calves, $5
to $35: heifers, $16.50 to $26;
stockers, $14.80 to sl7; steers,
$18.50 to $27; light bulls, sl6
to $21.50; heavy bulls, sl9 to
$20.80; canners, sl3 to sls; cut
ters, $15.50 tb $16.50; fat cows.
$17.00 to $18.30; and hogs, $7.70
, to $11.75.
There were 125 shippers and
71 buyers, including 7 packers.
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