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THE COVINGTON NEWS
(ELMONT DENNIS
Editor Aad Publisher
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF
NEWTON COUNTY
AND THE
CITY OF COVINGTON
Constitution Week Will
Be Observed September
16th To September 23rd
Next week is the week set aside for
the observance and study of the Constitu
tion of the United States.
Organizations throughout the country
will observe “Constitution Week’’ in a be
fitting manner. Some will have speeches
by prominent attorneys, learned judges,
etc. Others will appeal to the members of
the various legislatures for enlightenment
on the various phases of the Constitution
of the United States and its orginators.
This is a grand and glorious instrument,
written by men who were placing their
lives, their fortunes and future welfare at
stake. They knew what it was to suffer
under a tyrannical yoke and were willing
to stake their all for the opportunity of
governing themselves.
The Constitution of the United States
first guarantees a man the right and privi
lege of worshipping God in his own way.
What is known as the "Bill of Rights spells
out just what ‘rights’ are permitted the
citizens of these United States.
Paragraph after paragraph is written in
the blood of our ancestors who fought and
died for those things represented in the
Bill of Rights.
A great Nation was born in 1776 at the
signing of the Declaration of Independence
and this Nation has continued to be great
and will always be great as long as it hews
to the line and letter of the Declaration
of Independence and the Bill of Rights.
Great and wonderful men working to
gether, hewing a line here and a line
there, through their untiring labors,
brought to the citizens of this great Na
tion an instrument of justice and truth.
Many amendments have been made
since it originally was written, some of
them good and some of them not so good.
Various suits have been through the courts
seeking to spell out certain paragraphs of
this great instrument and reveal its real
meaning in the eyes of the law.
Some of these amendments were found
not to be of the best interest of the citizens
of these United States. Most of these a
mendments which were contrary to the
ways of life of the people were repealed
alter being tried out for a sufficient length
of time.
Inevitably politics has entered into the
picture and some of these amendments
were politically inspired. The old docu
ment has been tampered with on occas
ion and the result has not been favor
able.
One paragraph in the original Bill of
Rights has been entirely forgotten, or ig
nored. This is the Tenth Amendment to
that doctrine where it is stated: "The found
ation of the Constitution is laid on this
ground — that ALL powers not delegated
to the United States by the Constitution,
nor prohibited by it to the States, are re
served to the States or the people.’
The above paragraph has been violated
in many decisions as more and more power
is taken by the Supreme Court instead of
being allowed to come before Congress
and the various States as the Constitution
of the United States provides.
The government by the people, for the
people, is being usurped by the Govern
ment and the trend is to be governed by
Washington instead of by the various
states.
The Constitution of the United States
was a wonderful document until politicians
began to grow selfish. Now it is being
twisted one way and another as the poli
tical power in the drivers seat dictates.
The need of the country today is to
return to the original document and tenants
as expressed in them and allow the powers
not delegated in the Constitution return
to the States.
Where Are Crew Members
Os Air Force RB-47?
We confers we are not too worked up
over the fate of Francis Gary Powers. He
was, according to the President, a spy.
Spies have aiwavs been expendable. And
Powers was paid fabulously to accept this
calculated risk. If it had not suited the
propaganda plans of Mr. K he would not
even have had a trial.
Americans should be more concerned
about the captured crew of the Air Force
RB-47 whose commander was killed when
the Russians shot the plane down over in
ternational waters on July 1. These were
service men in uniform, on service pay
and under military orders of a country
which owes them all possible protection.
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Auto Insurance Rates
Are Geared To Number
Accidents In Community
Automobile insurance rates are sky
high, people are saying. But, unless some
unforeseeable miracle of common sense
occurs, they are going to keep on going up!
Thus the question arises, who makes
these rates?
And the simplest possible answer is we
do — you and I and the hot-rodder over
the way; the neighbors, including the old
couple who only drive to church on Sunday
morning and around the countryside in the
afternoon, and the teen-agers who drag on
the turnpike in the small-hours of the
morning.
Rates are made by everyone who drives
— including the drivers who serve on
juries and award outlandish sums in da
mage suits on the theory that the money
comes from the bottomless vaults of rich
insurance companies, instead of the pock
ets of people like themselves who are pay
ing insurance premiums; including the
ambulance-chasing lawyers who specialize
in such cases, the shady doctors who col
laborate and build huge fees for them
selves and unscrupulous but highly co
operative service garages. Nor should we,
in all honesty, exclude the rank and file
of those insured who suffer an accident
and are persuaded they have a liability
claim.
On the strength of the record - which
shows that in only three of the years since
World War II have the insurance com
panies made money on auto coverage and
in the last decade for which figures are
complete (ending with 1959), went in the
hole by $750 million - insurance people
have reason to suspect that there is some
larceny in the soul of every one of us! If
so, it is a stupid sort of larceny since, along
with reckless and inept driving, it is hik
ing those liability rates up and up.
One fact of rate - making, however,
which is not too well understood, provides
some hope for reform by localities, if not
nationally. This is that insurance rates are
geared directly to the driving performance
of the various communities. Losses are
charged to the accident record of the ter
ritory in which the car is kept. Thus, mo
torists in each area pay only the rates
they have helped to create by their col
lective behavior at the wheel.
This is something everyone should re
member, and something no one can run
away from. Even if the sight of blood on
the highway (including your own) doesn't
bother you; even if police blankets shield
you from the horror of mangled and life
less traffic victims; any driving accident
you may have and any damages you may
collect anywhere in America, are charged
right back on the record of your home
town!
Holding the line and even reducing li
ability rates in this area is a do-it-yourself
operation. But don’t ever forget, it works
both ways!
Country After Country's
Slipping Under Yoke Os
Russia Without U. S. Action
In following meekly the lead of Latin
American fellow - travellers in slapping
down anti-Communist Dominican Dicta
tor Trujillo, instead of demanding that
action on Castro and Cuba take precedence
at the OAS clambake in Costa Rica, Sec
retary Her ter is functioning about as ex
pected.
President Eisenhowar had previously
made it pretty clear in his press confer
ence that we would take no initiative in
the Khrushchev conquest of Cuba or in
the hullabaloo over the Dominican Repub
lic. The foreign ministers of the Organi
zation of American States, he said, must
study these ‘items’ and must “decide
among themselves what to do. And fur
ther than that.” the President said, “I
would not want to comment because I
am quite clear in my mind that these mat
ters are for all the states of the O. A. S.
It is not merely because we have had
some specific problems and difficulties in
these areas. This does not make it our
problem alone. If we can’t solve it on a
cooperative and general basis, then in
deed it would look quite bad.”
If you ask us, “it” (which we assume
refers to the Cuban mess) looks quite bad
now, and we can only expect it to look
worse as the Sino-Russian take-over pro
gresses — especially if we are to follow
the policy of asking the neighbors what to
do and viewing with (not too much) alarm.
MABEL SESSIONS DENNIS
Associate Editor
'MARY SESSIONS MALLARD
I Associate Editor
Entered at the Post Office
at Covington, Georgia, as
mail mattsr of Hie Second
Class.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
SOUR WEE KL Y /O LES SO N FOR
unday School
FALSE LEADERSHIP
BRINGS RUIN
Bible Material: Micah 3, 4:1
—5.
Devotional Reading: Psalms
125; Memory Selection:. . . The
ways of the Lord are right, and
the upright walk in them, but
transgressor’s stumble in them.
Hosea 14:9.
Intermediate - Senior Topic:
You Make Your Leaders.
Background Scripture: Micah
3:1 - 12.
Young People • Adult Topic:
False Leadership Brings Ruin.
Background Scripture: Micah
3.
Last week under the direc
tion of the prophet Isaiah, we
beheld a glorious vision of the
future. At the same time when
the nation was broken and
quite hopelessly so, from the
human point of view, the pro
phet declared that there would
“come forth a rod (shoot) out
of the stem of Jesse, and a
Branch shall grow out of his
roots.” The Jewish nation was
indeed nothing but a stump.
The tall, majestic tree had been
cut down. But the prophet de
clared that out of the stump a
shoot would rise, a Branch des
tined to grow into a great tree.
Later Christians, of course,
identified this Branch with Je
sus Christ, upon whom rested
the Spirit of the Lord. When in
truth he judged the poor with
righteousness, reproved “with
equity for the meek of t h e
earth,” Christians were sure
that this reference was to their
Lord (Is. 11:1—9).
In our lesson last week, we
dwelt on God’s concern for
peace and security, the place of
the Christian in such high ef
forts, and the fact that peace
of heart on the part of a be
liever is his greatest asset in
attempting to live obediently
to the will of God.
Our lesson today deals with
the ruinous effect of false lea
dership. We shall examine this
with reference to judges, pro
phets (church leaders), and
princes (secular leaders of all
varieties). We shall see how
God’s retributjen follows in
justice and falsity.
Isaiah had been a man pro
bably born to high station and
perhaps even of royal blood.
His message, although he never
for an instant forgot the suf
ferings of the poor, was for the
most part directed to the lead
ers of the nation among whom
he had spent his life.
Micah, on the other hand,
came from the hills, from a lit
tle town near the city of Gath.
He prophesied in the reign of
Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah,
all kings of Judah. Although
his life and that of Isaiah and
of Amos overlapped, he appears
to have been much younger
than these prophets. At the time
of his preaching (for the pro
phets of Biblical times were
what we today call preachers
or ministers), Samaria was un
touched by the enemy. This
means that Micah prophesied
previous to the year 722 B. C.
And since he probably follow
ed Isaiah, or was a young man
when Isaiah was an old man,
his prophecy can be pretty de
finitely dated as some time be
tween 750 B. C. and 722 B C.
This Micah was a man of the
people. He knew from exper
ience what they suffered and
was ready with a gallant word
in their defense. He was plain
spoken, denunciatory, and very
fond — as all Hebrews were—
of playing upon words. His
rhetorical question. “Who is a
God like unto thee’” (Mic. 7:-
18) is an example of this play 1
upon words, for Micah’s name
in Hebrew means “Who is like
Jehovah.”
Micah was impressed by the
just and loving character of
God. as revealed in the law and
in his dealings with Israel. God
is just and merciful and requires
these qualities of those who
would serve Him.
In the first four verses of
our lesson today, Micah de
nounces the rulers of his nation
when they presume to act as
judges. These men hate the good
and love the evil. They pluck
ed the skin from off their vic
tims and their flesh from off
their bones. We have a slang
expression today, “to skin a
person,” meaning “to strip of
money or property; to fleece.”
Every generation has had its
slang, and slang expressions
very often, in spite of their in
elegance, express deep truth
Micah went on to describe
how the judges of that day de
voured those who came before
them and chopped them in
pieces “as for the pot, and as
flesh within the caldron.” He
was speaking, of course, me
taphorically, meaning that the
judges used their position in
those days to strip victims of
their property, to render them
helpless, and to live on their
ill-gotten gains. These unjust
judges shall “cry unto the
Lord,” declared Micah, “but he
will not hear them.” Corrupt
judges have always been a par
ticular scourge of oriental civi
lizations.
But let us not blind our eyes
to the fact that there is much
injustice in the world today,
and even in our own country a
disconcerting amount. Os couse
the whole communist conspir
acy is a piece of diabolical
cruelty. The thrifty are despoil
ed, not to feed the poor but to
put more power into the hands
of the overlords.
Here in our own country
where we strive always for
(justice under the law, there is
sometimes injustice. It is not
! always in the courts. If we dis
j criminate against persons for
I any reason, if we withhold from
them even a just word of
praise, we are unjust.
Let us look into our own
hearts as we talk about injus
tice. And let us remember that
God will destroy any nation
where injustice prevails and
bring to eventual ruin those
who in any way practice injus
tice.
The church in Judah had
sunk to the low moral level
which appeared to prevail in
all classes of society. The
preachers were loud in their
declamations, but there was the
hollow sound of hypocrisy in
their utterances. They cried
“Peace, Peace,” yet they did
nothing to promote peace. Be
cause they preached false doc
trine, they caused the people
to err. They bit with their teeth
—that is, they used their po
sition to hurt and oppress their
enemies rather than to heal the
hearts which were in their
keeping. They prepared war
against those who opposed
them, and their weapons were
by no means "the shield of
faith” and “the sword of the
spirit” (Eph. 6:16, 17).
Upon such, God had pro
mised judgment. His awful
word was, “Night shall be un
to you.” This was the outer
darkness about which we read
so often. There are places in
the universe where there is
complete absence of light. That
darkness is beyond anything we
know or can imagine.
Into that outer darkness God
would cast the false teacher.
In his mind and soul would be
darkness itself. Micah prophes
ied that false prophets would
have no vision.
Russell Attacks
'Rights' Planks
Os Both Parties
Senator Richard B. Russell
has assailed the civil rights
planks of both the Republican
and Democratic Party plat
forms as “a mess of unconsti
tutional vote bait.”
At the same time, he h a s
served notice that the Southern
forces in Congress — though
outnumbered — will offer
“stout resistance” to all ef
forts to implement either
plank.
Georgia’s Senior Senator,
leader of the Senat’s Southern
bloc, issued a statement criti
cizing the party planks as Con
gress called it quits for t h e
fall presidential campaign.
In his statement, the Georg
ian said:
“In my opinion the civil
rights planks of both party
platforms are a mess of un
constitutional vote bait. I de
plore the threats of anyone in
public life to undertake to im
plement these vicious provisions
by legislation.
“In any event stout resistance
will be offered to any and all of
these proposals in the next
Congress by a group of old
- believers in the Con
stitution of the United States
and our dual system of Govern
ment. Our number may be
small but we are inspired by
faith that our cause is just.”
Every Georgia professional
truck driver has a definite
schedule to follow, but he
knows that no schedule is more
important than his responsibil
ity to protect the safety of
Georgia school children, even
if he arrives late at his desti
nation. In his book, no cargo,
however precious or perishable,
should take precedence over
the safety of one little child.
That’s a good policy for every
motorist to adopt.
To reduce brown rot trouble
next year, remove mummied
peaches from trees or ground
under tree and burn or bury,
advises The Progressive Far
mer.
ftaroesf Coverao. Abt Weekly Tn Th. Statd Thursday, Saplember 15, 1960
Letters To
The Editor
Mr. Belmont Dennis, Editor
The Covington News
Dear Sir:
The Public Relations Depart
ment of the Watchtower Bible
and Tract Society takes plea
sure in expressing their sin
cere gratitude and apprecia
tion for the excellent spirit of
cooperation by your paper
during the recent Assembly of
Jehovah’s Witnesses here in
Atlanta, Georgia August 12-14.
You were kind enough ’o
make it possible for the citi
zens of Covington to be suffi
ciently informed of this Christ
ian meeting. Due to the pub
licity of your paper 600 at
tended this assembly.
Thank you for your coopera
tion in making our “Peace-
Pursuing Circuit Assembly” a
success. We are looking for
ward to your continued aid in
the near future.
Sincerely yours,
Floyd Smith
Publicity Servant
Tourist Dollars
Mean Much To
Georoia Farmers
Who benefits the most from
money spent by tourists? Most
people probably think it’s those
who come in direct contact
with the tourists, such as mo
tels and hotels, restaurants,
stores and shops, auto service
stat'ons and the like.
They get. a goodly share of
the tourist dollar, of course,
but the pecuniary benefits go
much farther than that, ac
cording to Jack Minter, direc
tor of the Georgia Department
of Commerce, the state’s No.
1 agency for promoting tourist
trade. Pointing out that tourists
spent an estimated S4OO-mil
lion in Georgia last year, he
said:
“This S4OO-million aided ag
riculture in our state to the
tune of 700,000 dozen eggs;
four and one-half million
chickens: 35-million pounds of
fresh meat: 25-million quarts
of milk and cream, and 30-
million pounds of fresh vege
tables.”
Not only that, but the State
of Georgia received sl2-million
in sales tax from this S4OO
- o n left in Georgia
by visit o r s. he pointed
out. This year’s total tourist
“take” is expected to be even
greater, probably around $425-
million, the commerce director
said.
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Old Lands And New People
Editor’s Note: Dr. Irvine S In
gram, president emeritus of West
Georgia College. Carrollton, is on a
3% month journey around the
world. This is one of a series of
reports he will make concerning
his journey of understanding and
observation.)
HONOLULU, Hawaii This is a
fabulous place. It is about 2 000
miles from our West Coast. Our
: travel agency placed us at the
' Kaiser hotel called Hawaiian Vil
lage, and it is too rich for my
blood -a coke costs thirty cents.
Everything else is in proportion.
But it is beautiful and it is said
i to be one of the finest resorts in
the world. Seven hundred and fifty
employees work to make you com
fortable and satisfied.
As you know, Hawaii is now a
state. Some say it is a state where
democracy works, I cannot say. :
for my observation is limited, but
all races live side by side here as
brothers. You find the Japanese,
the Chinese, the Negroes, the Poly
nesians. and others, all with their
respective religions.
This seems strange to me - to
them it is natural. Most of their an
cestors lived here side by side be
fore Hawaii became a part of our
country.
There is here a rich private
school for elementary and high
schx)l students known as Pulno
kow. It is the oldest such school
west of the Mississippi. Western
ers in the old days sent their child
ren here via the sail boats. Os
| course they had to be well to do.
Parochial schools are strong
here. In addition, there are good
nublic schools and the university.
। Hundreds of college youngsters
| from the states come here - in the
i summertime.
Because of the international
character of the people here, for
, eign students enroll in numbers,
j The maid on our floor proudly
boasts that she has in her ances
tral background Chinese, Hawai
ian, English, Tahitian, Irish and
French blood.
Here the East and the West
meet. Hawaii to me seems so far
away - and yet, Jimmie Lou Alex
ander, formerly of Carrollton, now
Yellowed Cottons
Can Be Made
White Again
White cottons which have
been resin treated should not
come in contact with chlorine
bleach. If they do, they imme
diately turn yellow. If this has
happened the following method
can be used to whiten them.
1. Dissolve 1 tablespoon of
sodium hydrosulfite or sodium
bisulfite (your druggist has
both) in 1 quart of water.
2. Submerge the yellowed
garment for about 30 seconds
or until yellowing disappears.
3. Remove garment and im
mediately put through a com
plete wash cycle in your auto
matic washer, using detergent.
Mrs. Robert Vanek, lives here.
During the war she met her hus
band, a young U. S. pilot, in At
lanta. They have two fine children,
Rickie and Linda. Subsequently
her mother, Mrs. Olivia Warren
Alexander, joined them here.
War mixes people. Modern trav
el and communication shrink the
world. We meet new people.
Savings Bonds
At All-Time
High In U. S.
Newton County residents
were congratulated today for
their part in swelling U. S. Sav
ings Bond ownership to a new
all-time high.
John Bob Weaver, volunteer
Newton county chairman for
the bond program in Georgia,
said that nationwide holdings
of Series E and H Savings
Bonds stood at $42.8 billion as
of August 31, according to of
ficial word sent to him from
the Treasury Department in
Washington. Os this total, Geor
gia residents own about SSOO
million, which is a tremendous
reservoir of purchasing power
। that grows each day as it is
he’d by Georgians.
The reoort to Mr. Weaver
came in the form of a congra
tulatory letter from William
H. Neal, Assistant to the Sec
retary of the Treasury and
National Director of the Sav
ings Bond program. In it Mr.
Neal said that the new $42 8
hillion total tops the World
War II peak and E Bond hold
ings by some sl2 billion, poin’-
ing out the steady growth
' which has characterized the
bond program throughout the
peacetime years since 1945.
“These statistical facts, how
ever, are a comparatively min
or part of the story.” Mr. Neal
told Mr. Weaver. “Os vastlv
greater importance are the ac
complishments of million* of
families in making dreams
come true through systematic
savings; and the patriotic con
tribution of Savings Bond vol
unteers like you in making
our program successful. Con
gratulations and thinks for
your part in this newest Sav
ings Bonds achievement.”
Mr. Weaver said that one of
every four people in this coun
try is a Bond owner and that
some have purchased Bonds
everv month since World War
11. These savings, where prin
cipal and interest are guaran
teed. give Bond owners educa
tional and/or retirement funds
to meet vital periods, such as
college and graceful old age.
SOMF TTMr< ' r«r»nsF! OWN
“VOTING EYES”
At least twenty-eight states
allow blind voters to choose
who shall assist them as “vot
ing eyes” on election day, it is
reported bv the American
Foundation for the Blind.