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THE COVINGTON NEWS
BELMONT DENNIS
Editor And Publisher
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF
NEWTON COUNTY
AND THE
CITY OF COVINGTON
We Are Thankful. . .
O give thanks unto the Lord, for He
is good, for His mercy endureth for ever.
Psalm 107:1.
As we approach this Thanksgiving
Day, first, we are Thankful to God for His
many innumerable mercies to us all, for
the health and strength which He has
given to us; for the ability and desire to
work; for the ability to walk, to talk, to
see, to love and be loved, and the many,
many little pleasures and talents which
are ours through His great loving kind
ness and generosity to us His children.
We are Thankful this Thanksgiving
Day that we are at Peace. While we may
be fighting a cold war, it is not a war
which deprives us of the youth of our
Nation to be slaughtered upon a battle
field.
We are Thankful for this great country
of ours; for the ability to worship our God
according to the dictates of our conscience;
for the privilege of free speech and free
* assembly which is so important to free
dom loving people all over the world.
Wa are Thankful for our city, our
■ county and our community. Thankful that
it is a fine place in which to live, to raise
"our youth and train them for citizenship
and the responsibilities of life, both spirit
ually, mentally and physically.
‘ Especially are we Thankful on this
Thanksgiving Day for our friends and lov
;ed ones. “Man cannot live by bread alone”
: Alcoholism Ranks
' Among Four Major
Health Threats Today
Alcoholism ranks among the four major
health threats in the United States to
day, along with cancer, mental illnesses
and heart disease.
November 28 — December 2 has been
designated as Alcoholism Information Week
by President Eisenhower, and proclaimed
in Georgia by Governor Ernest Vandiver.
The special week is sponsored in Georgia
by the National Council on Alcoholism and
its Georgia unit, the Metropolitan Atlanta
Committee on Alcoholism, and by the Al
coholic Rehabilitation Service, Georgia De
partment of Public Health.
According to the American Medical
Association, alcoholism is a disease, not
a disgrace. And the victims of this disease
need the medical, psychiatric and social
help which only community action can ex
tend.
Like a man in a glass box. That's how
a recovered alcoholic once described him
self. He was alive. He could see and be
seen. But he could not communicate with
anybody. He was a man in a box, apart
from the world, not understanding it, not
anderstood by it. This lack of understanding
is the great tragedy of alcoholism.
Industrial wage losses through absen
teeism due to alcoholism are estimated at
432 million dollars a year. And the further
economic loss due to personal and pro
fessional deterioration is beyond calcula
tion.
We cannot afford to allow 5.000,000
alcoholics in our midst to go undeeded.
Help for them is available through health
departments; through the Alcoholic Re
habilitation Service clinics at 1260 Briar
cliff Road, Atlanta (TR-6-4446), and 101
East Huntingdon Street, Savannah (AD
-2-7574); and through the Metropolitan At
lanta Committee on Alcoholism (JA-1-
3484).
Better Business For
Everybody If We
Accentuate The Positive
A short time ago officials of the Amer
. lean Retail Federation, which represents
some 800,000 retailers, met with President
Eisenhower. They told the President ac
cording to an AP report, that the economy
is robust and only going through a “little
pause.” They also forecast that, when the
Christmas trade is totaled up, retail sales
for 1960 will be the biggest in history.
The President shared their analysis of
the economy. For his part, he told the re
tail leaders that the economy can’t always
be rising, and that there must be occasional
pauses.
On leaving the meeting, reporter! ask-
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and the happiness brought by friendly
greetings day by day is one of the greatest
pleasures a man can enjoy. "He who has
a thousand friends has not one to spare.”
So, as we gather around the festive
board this Thanksgiving Day, let us bow
our heads in Thanks to the Great Giver of
all gifts, expressing to him our sincere
Thanks for all His goodness to us.
We trust each of you will have their
loved ones with them today for Thanks
giving Day is one which should be shared
with those whom we love.
If your loved ones live out of the city,
try to go to them. They will appreciate it
more than you can know, and above all,
start this sacred day with . . . “We Thank
Thee O Lord. .. .”
Dear Lord, kind Lord,
Gracious Lord; I pray
Thou wilt look on all I love
Tenderly tpd"y.
Weed their hearts of weariness;
Scatter every care,
Down a wake of angel wing'
Winnowing the air.
Bring unto the sorrowing
All release from pain;
Let the lips of laughter
Overflow aga : n!
And with all the needy,
Oh! divide, I pray,
This vast treasure of content
That is mine today.
—James Whitcomb Riley.
Woes And Rewards Os
Genius Were Once
Nil For Composers
Intrigued by the new Franz Liszt film,
we wondered how the movie compares
with the Hungarian’s crowded life and
looked him up in the latest book on the
great composers, “Music in Your Life,”
by Delos Smith, published by Harper &
Brothers.
For once the facts are more gaudy than
what Hollywood has produced. Here, for
example, is the way Smith describes the
princess who brightenend and complicated
Liszt’s career: “She was 28 and had a hus
band, a child, and a vast feudal estate near
Kiev, Russia, where, in moments of re
laxation, she’d lie on a bear skin, smoke
long black cigars, and contemplate the sad
ness and futility of life,”
There were predatory females, accord
ing to Smith, whereever Liszt went. Some
concealed bottles in their gloves, hoping
to capture his tears. Some other 18th and
19th century composers received similar
adulation.
But glancing through their biographies,
ably and concisely written by Smith, who
is music as well as science editor of United
Press International, the conclusion is in
evitable that the genius of most of these
men was poorly rewarded. Most were de
pendent for their livings on the whims of
major or minor nobility.
Copyright laws were non-existent or
inadequate. Many received little or nothing
for the greatest works. Mozart was buried
in potter’s field when he died at 35 in
Vienna. Our own. great Stephen Foster
died, as Smith notes, at 37 in Bellevue.
. New York’s big charity hospital, with his
i purse containing only 38 cents and a scrap
of paper on which he had written, possibly
as an idea for a song, “Dear Friends and
Gentle Hearts.”
Any ordinarily successful composer
whose work today is recorded or played
in public, thanks to modern copyright law,
is better rewarded than most of the great
masters of a century ago.
ed the head of the delegation why they
had visited the President to tell him things
he already knew. The answer “ . . . We’re
hearing so many people crying the blues
in this country and accentuating the neg
ative we thought it was a fine thing to
come in here and accentuate the positive."
That is not a “Pollyanna-ish” attitude.
It's easy — too easy — to take a little
piece of more or less bad news and mag
nify it out of reason. It’s easy to vocally
build a relatively minor slow-down into
a full-blooded recession, if not a depression.
The fact* need to be kept in balance.
MABEL SESSIONS DENNIS
L Associate Editor
4 MARY SESSIONS MALLARD
I Associate Editor
Entered at the Post Office
at Covington. Geoigia, as
mail matter of the Second
Class.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
Thanksgiving Prayer
Great God and Giver of Good gifts, all praise and honor be to Thy Holy Name!
We gratefully acknowledge Thy providence which hath established our nation
in freedom.
In this feast of harvest we thank Thee for the fruits of the earth. We thank Thee
also for Thy favor shown unto our fathers, and Thy faithfulness continued unto
their children; for the rich land given us for an inheritance, and the great power
entrusted to the people; for the fidelity of men set in authority, and the peace
maintained by righteous laws; for protection from outward dangers, and deliverance
from inward strife; for an honorable place among the nations, and the opportunity
of increasing service to the world.
We in the the Armed Forces, are especially grateful that at stations around the
globe we can share this feast with our brothers in many nations. Keep Thou the
commonwealth beneath Thy care, and guide the State according to Thy will; and
Thine shall be the glory and the praise and the thanksgiving, from generation to
generation. Amen
....CHAPLAIN (MA) GEN) FRANK A. TOBEY
Chief of Chaplains, Untied Stales Army
SOUR WEEKLY LESSON FOR
UNDAY SCHOOL
Strength in God (Temperance)
Bible Material: Psalms 46;
Ephesians 6:10-20
Devotional Reading: Philip
pians 4:4-13
Memory Selection: Be strong
in the Lord and in the strength
of his might. Ephesians 6:10
Intermediate - Senior Topic:
Here’s Victory for you
Young People-Adult Topic:
Be Strong in the Lord
The teac h er is fortunate
when the gist of a lesson can
be expressed in one sentence.
It is possible to do this in the
lesson we examine today.
The theme which runs from
the beginning to the end of this
passage of Scripture is that the
only true protection against
temptation and sin is the inner
reinforcement of the spiritual
life.
We may avoid temptation
and try in every way to enable
our loved ones to avoid it. This
is good and necessary, but it is
not sufficient. In the end the
issue of events will depend up
on the vitality of our inner
spiritual life.
There was but a handful of
Christians amid the multitudes
of the ancient Roman world.
They were like sheep gathered
close together to withstand the
ravages of storm. Their pagan
neighbors, for whom carnal
indulgence was part of the ac
cepted pattern of life, laughed
at these queer strait-laced peo
ple and sometimes persecuted
them. Paul, as he went from
city to city, visiting the church
es, preaching the gospel, and
counseling the believers, was
kneely aware of the terrific
struggle in which they were
constantly involved.
He therefore set up firmness
of moral purpose as the prere
quisite of Christian life, but
he realized that the power be
hind such purpose must be the
reinforcing Spirit of the living
God.
The Epistle to the Ephesians
is one of the most beautiful
of a wide variety of Biblical
writings. Paul wrote it while
a prisoner in Rome. Its theme
is the nature and glory of the
Christian church. After discuss
ing every aspect of this sub
ject—and doing so with an in
spiration which has thrilled
centuries of believers — Paul
comes to his final point, name
ly the necessity of being spir
itually strong if one is to meet
God’s requirements of salva
tion.
Note that the Christian is to
be strong “in the Lord.” Christ
ianity is more than a mere be
lief in the one true God. It is
the conviction, established by
assent to the revealed word of
God, that divine power is medi
ated to us only through Jesus
Christ.
Just as belts and cog wheels
transmit mechanical power
and wires and electronic de
vices transmit electric power,
so the Person of Jesus Christ
conveys to us the power of
God’s might.
In this passage Paul employs
the figure of the ironclad sol
dier. He tells his followers to
“put on the whole armour of
God” that they may be able to
withstand “the wiles of the
devil.”
Partial armor will not do.
A few Christian doctrines scat
tered here and there through
out prevailing philosophy of life
is not sufficient. We must have
the whole armor of God. And
this we find in the revealed
word and in the continual in
terpretation of the word which
the Holy Spirit stands ready
to convey to our hearts and
minds.
"The wiles of the devil” are
subtle and devastating. This
word "wiles” is derived from
the Anglo-Saxon word which
means witchcraft. How well
this explains the subtlety and
। power of gross temptation.
1 Paul goes on to assure his
readers that they are not wrest
ling against flesh and blood
but “against principalities,
against powers, against spiritu
al wickedness in high places.”
We do not have enough know
ledge of what was in Paul’s
mind to differentiate among
these sinister powers. They re
flect the Biblical teaching that
a host of spiritual beings—
some good and some evil —un-
doubtedly exist. Those which
are God’s messengers advance
the interests of God. Tlu _.e
which 're messengers of Satan
thwart God’s purpose.
Do not dismiss with lofty
scientific pride the possible ex
istence of good and evil spirits.
There is more to such realities
than the modern Christian su
spects.
Paul declares that we are
both to “stand” and to “with
stand.” We stand when we ac
cept Christian truth and esta
blish it as the basis of our life,
the pattern of our conduct. We
withstand when in the hour of
temptation we summon the
fullness of divine spiritual pow
er to our defense.
Again Paul emphasizes the
word “stand.” Here he goes in
to detail and tells us how we
are to stand.
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First of all, he deals with
the importance of sound
Christian belief. Roman soldiers
wore about their waists a wide
belt or girdle. It was one of the
most important parts of their
equipment, for into it was
tucked any flowing part of
their attire which might inter
fere with their activity. Fur
thermore, the solidity of the
belt conveyed a stimulating
feeling of firmness about the
center of the body and caused
the wearer to feel more strong
and efficient.
In other words, the belt or
girdle held together the sol
dier’s equipment and convey
ed to him a sense of strength
and sufficiency. Likewise, de
clared Paul, the Christian sol
dier must have his loins “girt
about with truth.”
One of the most pernicious
of modern notions is that firm
ness of religious belief is not a
matter of any consequence.
But it makes a great d£al of
difference what we believe, for
our actions are the fruit of our
convictions.
Next, the Christian soldier
is to put on “the breastplate of
righteousness.” His spiritual
life is to be protected by right
eousness. But it is very neces
sary for us to realize that this
is not our own righteousness
but that higher variety of di
vine righteousness which be
comes ours only as a gift from
God.
“And (having) your feet shod
with the preparation of the
Letters To
The Editor
Rural Route 1
Covington, Ga
Nov. 21, 1960
Dear Young Man who took our
puppy:
Our hearts are broken as we
write this letter. It is very
lonesome without Cindy. We
promise to give you all we
hope to get for Christmas if
you will return her to the
house South of the County
Line Baptist Church on Rocky
Plains Road.
I went down to see a buddy
of mine last Sunday, Nov. 20
about 5:30 p.m. and she was
following me. But I’m sure
gospel of peace.” We are re
minded of Isaiah’s words:
“How beautiful upon the
mountains are the feet of him
that bringeth good tidings, that
publisheth peace” (52:7). The
true Christian is never inactive.
His joy is to be eager in
Christ’s service—his “feet shod
with the preparation of the
gospel of peace.”
Like John the Baptist of old,
the true Christian prepares the
way of the Lord.
In his statement, “the shield
of faith,” Paul refers to the
long shields which Roman sol
diers carried and which when
put together could form a ver
itable wall of protection about
a group. Thus faith, says Paul,
is that by which we protect
ourselves against the assault of
evil. When passions are arous
ed, when temptation beguiles
with beckoning hand, the final
and efficient defense of the
Christian is the shield of faith.
Roman shields were made of
leather and their surface some
what resembled a cushion.
Darts made fiery by being dip
ped in an inflammable liquid
would stick in the soft leathery
cushion of the shield and fall
extinguished to the ground.
So must the Christian sum
mon his faith in the hour of
temptation to shield him again
st the fiery darts of wickedness.
“And take the helmet of sal
vation, and the sword of the
Spirit, which is the word of
God.”
that you thought that she was
lost or had been dumped out.
We care for her very much.
If you know of a young m. n
who drives a 1956 Fort two
tone gray, that has fend ^"
skirts, that his muffler makes
lots of noise when he takes oft,
and that wears a
please make sure he reads this
letter. If onyone can help। us
find our puppy call 786-31
collect after 5 o’clock as we
will be home from school. e
will be glad to come for her.
Thank you very much.
Love always,
Terry, Ted and Becky
Moody
Covington, Ga.,
November 21st, 1960.
Mr, Belmont Dennis, Editor
The Covington News
Covington, Georgia
Dear Mr. Dennis:
As publicity chairman for the
play, “Bull in a China Shop”,
and on behalf of the Band
Boosters Club I wish to express
to you and the entire staff of
the Covington News our thanks
and sincere appreciation for
the wonderful publicity given to
this recent production.
We know that your generous
support and cooperation in
every way helped us to have
splendid response from the
public, and we are indeed
grateful.
We feel that this note does
not begin to express the extent
of our gratitude, but please ac
cept our thanks for the big part
you playing in making “Bull in
a China Shop” a success.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Donald G. Ste
phenson
Publicity Chairman
Belmont Dennis, Editor
Covington News
Dear Mr. Dennis:
Georgians have much to be
thankful for this year.
We in the Georgia Depart
ment of Labor are especially
grateful to you for your help
in keeping the public inform
ed about Georgia labor laws.
Thank you for your continu
ed help.
Bill Allgood
Informational Service
Employment Security
Agency
Georgia Department of
Labor
State Labor Building,
Atlanta
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