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THE COVINGTON NEWS
BELMONT DENNIS
Editor And Publisher
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF
NEWTON COUNTY
AND THE
CITY OF COVINGTON
Blood Given Now While
In Good Health Can
Save A Life
While enjoying the prime blessing of
good health, we, as average citiwns,gare
a little gronc to read the announcement of
the Red Cross Bloodmobile’s being at a
certain place, at a designated time, with
a feeling of “that’s fine, I must not forget
to give my pint;” and in the press of routine
matters, let the day slip by.
1t a friend, or even a stranger, were
drowning or trapped in a burning building,
we no doubt would risk our very lives
to rescue a fellowman from certain death.
Death is often just as certain for an ac
cident victim, operative patient, or even
one whom illness has so weakened, that
blood transfusions are the only hope med
ical science can offer, if that blood is not
available. As far fetched as it may seem,
you or I could be the patient whose life
is spared, because we gave our pint of
blood, while in good health.
The blood donor does not make the
headlines as a hero with his pint of blood,;
but, he as surely saves a life, as though
he had snatched it from some untimely
death,
From Newton County Blood Program
Chairman Marshall Elizer we learn that
in the past fiscal Blood year, July 1959 —
June 31, 1960, we of this county donated
only 140 pints of our quota of 550 pints of
blood. Since July, we have used 75 more
pints than the entire county has donated.
Newton County has the reputation of
measuring up, and shouldering its full
share of responsibility in any program. We
do not believe that, knowing our quota
shortage, we will fail to meet it this time.
We join with Chairman Elizer in urg
ing every donor to meet the Red Cross
Bloodmobile, Tuesday, December 6, at Al
len Memorial Church in Oxford where it
will be from noon until 6 p. m. “The life
you save could be your own.”
The Menace Os Red China
Threatens Western World
. Despite the vividness of Khrushchev’s
shoe-thumping in the United Nations, Red
China in the long run may be a greater
menace to the western world than Red
Russia. This view is supported by a reveal
ing article in the November’s Reader’s Di
‘gest and a recent Christian Science Monitor
dispatch.
“The men of Peking,” wrote William
H. Stringer of the Washington bureau of
the latter, “every day are offering to the
world’s Marxist theoreticians a brand of
communism which is more sacrifical, more
zealous, and more monolithic than that
which Moscow espouses.”
In the Digest article, “Red China Reaches
for World Power,” Leland Stowe, who has
studied both brands, reports Latin America,
Asia and Africa the principal targets of
the Red Chinese effort which has four main
branches: cultural “person-to-person” con
tacts; foreign trade; propaganda; political
infiltration. At the same time, Peiping con
ducts a “Hate America” campaign depict
ing the United States as “the most vicious
enemy of independence movements.”
Peiping pours enormous sums into pub
lications, films and other opinion-making
media. The life-size China Pictorial, opu
lent in photographs and color, appears in
17 languages and is sold for a pittance.
Radio Peiping broadcasts heavilv to the
Middle East in Arabic and Turkish and
to North America in French; one-hour
daily programs are beamed to Europe in
French, English and Spanish. Its Latin
American programs were recently boosted
to 21 hours a week.
Three - and six-week China tours —
free — lure thousands from every contin
ent. In the capital, there are gigantic mass
rollies designed to imoress visitors with
the regime’s power. Ardently wooed are
women's delegations, especially from Af
rican and Asian countries.
Red China'’s exports have dealt severe
blows to Japan’s Southeast Asian markets
and have undercut British _l,oodn in Burma,
Malaya and elsewhere. The recent five
year deal to buy 500,000 tons of Cuban
sugar annually, with 80 percent of pay
ments in Chinese goods, foreshadows large
scale efforts to Latin America,
This puts the drive of Red China at
our very doorsteps and makes Stowe’s
article must-reading for all thoughtful cit
izens and eoncerned with the future we
face.
It may be possible to sleep on an empty
stomach, but not on an empty pocketbook
Anyone, except an experienced tour
director, who can get as many as four per
sons to do’anything or be anywhere at the
appointed time, is a gemius.
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The Power Os Words
Speeds Justice, And
Serves The Public Interest
Every now and then something shows
dramatically the power of the printed word
to cheer, soothe, arouse, inspire or other
wise move men and women to action, to
speed justice and serve the public interest
importantly. These instances are cheering
to anyone who deals with print and en
couraging to those concerned with teaching
reading and writing to the oncoming gen
eration.
A few days ago, we noticed an article,
“The FBI Wants This Man,” in the eurrent
November Reader’s Digest. It was about
Joseph Corbett, Jr., long sought for the
kidnap-murder of Adolph Coors, and had
the picture of him that has been posted
in every Post Office for many months.
But in addition it had the most detail
ed, precise account of Corbett’s habits,
mannerisms, his preference for beer from
a glass rather than a can or bottle, his
hobbies, even the names of stores in which
he liked to shop, and concluded with an
appeal to anybody who saw him to call
the FBI.
A couple of days later, Corbett was
captured in Vancouver, We wondered if
there was any connection between the ar
ticle and this event. The FBI reveals there
was.
“The apprehension of Joseph Corbett,
Jr.,, in Canada on Oct. 29, 1960,” J. Edgar
Hoover, FBI Director, wrote DeWitt V;al
lace, editor of the magazine, “was the di
rect result of two leads received from
your readers, either one of which would
have led to his capture.”
At the same time, the FBI revealed that
of the 131 most wanted fugitives caught
since the “top ten” list was first pub
lished, 53 have been captured as the result
of citizen cooperation with leads directly
attributed to 21 newspapers, 7 magazines,
2 radio stations, one TV station and 23
“wanted” circulars.
And it was disclosed that the article,
which appeared under a pseudonym, was
written by Blake Clark, who became a
Washington writer after being born in
Howell, Tennessee, graduation from Van
derbilt University and a tour as an assist
ant professor of English at the University
of Hawaii.
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We'll Look Forward To
Report of The Meeting
Congress of A. Industry
Second in importance only to the de
cisions of our government leaders are the
decisions made by the leaders of American
industry and business. On them hangs the
economic well-being of all Americans, and
of much of the world.
Now that the national elections are
over, the mation’s top industrial leaders
are getting ready to meet in New York in
early December to take a look at the ec
onomic prospects ahead. Gathering at the
65th Congress of American Industry, they
will analyze the business outlook for 1961,
anticipate some of the problems that will
arise, and try to find ways to keep their
companies — and America — “moving
ahead.”
The Congress of Industry makes few
headlines outside the business pages, but
what goes on there has a greater effect
on American life than many events that
make page-one headlines. For these are
the men whose aggregate decisions deter
mine the growth rate of our national econ
omy. Government decisions can help or
hinder, but only private enterprise can
produce growth.
Since the future freedom of so much
of the world dmiendl so heavily upon
United States ability to maintain a strong
and growing economy, let’s hope our in
dustrial leaders have a highly successful
and beneficial Congress!
Federal Budget Surplus
Is Dwindling Fast
Few domestic matters have been given
greater attention than the estimate, made
some months ago, that there would be a
$4.2 billion federal budget surplus this fis
cal year.
Well, times change, and fast. Budget
Director Stans now tells us that the sur
plus will be only sl.l billion —about 75
per cent under the original estimate, The
reason: Expenditures are higher than was
expected and tax revenues lower. The
drop in revenues was primarly due to de
clining corporation taxes. Rising expenses
and tougher competition have made big
dents in corporation profits.
Honesty and reliability are essential to
success in most human undertakings.
MABEL SESSIONS DENNIS
Associate Editor
MARY SESSIONS MALLARD
5 Associate Editor
Entered ot the Post Office
at Covington, Georgia, as
mail matter of the Second
Class.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
SUNDAY SCHOOT
” God’s Covenant of Love
| Bible Material: Jeremiah 31;
}hl;uke 1:67-68, 76 - 79; Romans
! Devotional Reading: Hebrews
9:11 - 15: Memory Selection: I
am sure that neither death, nor
'life, nor angels, nor principal
vities, nor things present, nor
/things to come, nor powers, nor
| height, nor depth, nor anything
|else in all ereation, will be able
!to separate us from the love of
§God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8:38 - 39.
Intermediate - Senior Topic:
The Love That Will Not Fail
Young People - Adult Topic:
The New Covenant.
Background Scripture: Jere
miah 31; Romans 8.
As we enter the Advent sea
son leading up to Christmas it
self, we have four lessons con
cerning God’s love. We begin by
considering God’s covenant of
love and lead up to the Christ
mas climax of the greatest gift
of God’s love, when the most
precious treasure of love that
heaven possessed was given to
the world in the incarnation of
God’s Son, Christ our Saviour.
This lesson embraces pas
sages from both Old and New
Testaments and thus unites bv
bonds of love the promise and
fulfillment of God’s great gift.
Jeremiah could deliver the mes
sage from God to his people,
“Yes, 1 have loved thee with
an everlasting love,” and pro
mise the New Covenant of
love: but onlv after the aton
ing death of Christ and his re
surrection, when the gospel
was complete, could the Apos
tle Paul exclaim, Nothing “shall
be able to separate us from the
love of God whirh is in Christ
Jesus our Lord.”
The love of God mav be seen
under the Old Covenant first in
flickers of light, then as a
steadv beam in the darkness;
but the sunlight of God’s love
shines in its full resplendence
when the Sun of Righteousness
arises in Jesus Christ.
Although they were written
in dark days, .Chapters 30
through 33 stand out in con
trast to the rest of the Book
of Jeremiah by their tone of
hope. Jeremiah was held a pri
soner in the court of the guard,
‘and Jerusalem was surrounded
by the armies of Nebuchadnez
zar. But just as the stars may
be seen only in the darkness,
the Prophet could look o u t
from the darkest days and se2
the brichtness of God’s love. He
was able to tell God’'s people
that they were still the object
of his love. In bringing them
back from ecaotivity in Baby
-lon, He would do for them what
He had done for their fathers
in delivering them from Egypt,
The promise of religion is
rescue. God declares not iust
that He will imnrove our lives
but that He will make them
over.
In one of the verv dark times
for his nation, the proohet
Jeremiah brines to his neonle!
the message that their G o d
still loves them with an ever
lasting love in spite of their
disobedience and sin. Some
were saving that God had lov
ed his people in times past as
shown by his mighty acts of
deliverance. |
The Proohet shows that God’s
love is not something that
changes like the wind. Love
came to Jeremiah as the deep
est thing in the heart of God,
in fact, the very basis of his
nature. The people should in
deed remember what God had
done for their fathers. But
God is the same vesterday and
todav and forever.
Calvin translates the state
ment in verse three, ‘“Yea, I
have loved thee with pervetual
love.” Not only is the love of
God bevond limit, but it goes
on alwavs and is constant as
God Himself.
God’s ecovenant remains on
his side ever the same, no mat
ter how much man mav break
or reject it. The law that was
given to Israel applied in many
ways to the temporary situa
tion of the nation, but the moral
law of the Ten Commond
ments remained always t h e
same because it was founded on
the very nature of God Him
self. Christ ecould point out that
the first commandment was to
Jove God with the whole body,
mind, soul, and spirit, and the
next commandment to love our
'neighbor as ourself, because
‘the whole moral law reflects the
‘love of God. Sinee God is love,
love is divine and is the great
‘bond which holds the moral
law together,
~ The Prophet goes on to say
that God has drawn his people
to Him bv loving - kindness.
The meaning is also that God |
has drawn out or extended to ||
them his loving - kindness, He ‘
had drawn them from idols to
Himself and from slaverv in
Egvnt to freedom. He had ex
tended his loving care over
them for forty years in t h e
wilderness and had given
them a heritage and a good
land.
Love may seem as thin as
threads of gossamer but it will
draw like bands of steel. T h e
thread of divine love was to
continue until the ultimate ex
pression, when it would be
made known that God so loved
the world that He gave hxs]
only begotten Son, that whoso
ever believeth on him should be
saved.
Even though God’s love for
his chasen people should be
hidden in time of -captivity,
that love would be shown forth
again in the joyful return of the
daughters of Jerusalem with
their dances and the music of
their taborets, or tambourines.
Jacob’s well lies at the foot
of the mountains of Samaria,
and there have always be e n
therein streams of water that
might be brought down from
the highlands to water the vine
yards. Samaria had been t h e
site of the capital of the rival
northern kingdom, but wupon
their return from exile the peo
{ple would plant their o w n
vineyards and eat the fruit of
| them. God had warned them in
Deuteronomy 28:30, “T hou
shalt plant a vineyard and shalt
not gather grapes thereof” if
they would not keep his co
venant, but through his ever
lasting love He would redeem
{them and bring them back, and
the land would yield its in
crease.
The watchmen on the moun
tains of Ephraim, or the north
ern kingdom, had been placed
there, no doubt, to give warn
ing of invading forces. They
certainly had, in times past,
kept people from going down
to worship in Jerusalem, but
in the time of return from ex
ile they would call to their fel
lows and all go to Zion to give
thanks together for peaceful
times, -
T h e i r happiness as they
gathered to worship God with
joy and gladness would be pub
lished among the chief nations
of the Gentiles, that all might
be called to salvation.
But many would perish and
only a remnant be saved. As
we read in Isaiah 10:22,
“Though thy people Israel be
as the sand of the season, yet
a remnant of them shall re
turn.” Even those of the rem
nant had been silent in t h e
praise of God because of their
fear, but now they would shout
aloud for joy. The general ful
fillment of this prophecy can
be only in the Kingdom of our
Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
The church is the New Testa
ment Zion to which men of all
nations are called. Love then is
the strongest bond. It draws us
to God, unites us with Christ,
and binds man toman int h e
fellowship and communion of
the saints.
Lee Costley
Attends Chicago
Press Conference
Lee Costley, Covington, a
student at Georgia State Col
lege for Women, attended the
Associated Collegiate Press
Conference in Chicago Thanks
giving week. The meeting was
held at the Conrad Hilton Ho
tel.
Student editors and business
managers from colleges and
universities throughout the
United States attended the
meeting.
Miss Costley is the business
’manager of the GSCW Spec
trum, student yearbook. She is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Guy Howard Costley.
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modern highways, the Associa~
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Letters To
The Editor
Mr. Belmont Dennis |
Editor, Covington News 1
Covington, Georgia
Dear Mr. Dennis: !
I want to take this oppor- |
tunity to thank you—both for
myself and for my Co-Chair
man, Griffin Bell —for your
help in the campaign.
All of us—in the counties
and in the State—have work
ed hard. I confidently expect
us to receive the fruits of our
labor. I look for, as I am sure
you do, an upturn in our
economy that will cause us all
—farmer, businessman and
worker—to prosper.
In addition to all the other
benefits we will realize from
the administration of the Party
of the People, the position of
influence of our fine Congres
sional Delegation has been pro
tected.
Nobody in the State realizes
more clearly than I that na
tional elections are won or lost
by local workers such as you.
Thanks again for your in
valuable leadership in your
county.
With kindest personal re
gards and best wishes, I am
Sincerely yours,
Geo. L. Smith II
Speaker of the House.
Belmont Dennis, Editor
The Covington News
Covington, Ga.
Dear Mr. Dennis:
As president of the Band
Boosters, I would like to ex
press our sincere appreciation,
from all the Band Parents, for
your splendid cooperation in
advertising our play, “Bull In
A China Shop.” We feel sure
that your help played a big
part in our success.
Our whole community
“backed” us up so well; we
feel very indebted to the
Community Theater Guild for
giving us this chance to work
with them.
This whole project has been
very successful. But it took
the help of so many people to
make it so, and the willingness
‘and the cooperation that we
found wherever we went, made
‘the project a pleasure.
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Furniture Is Gift That Wil
Please All Members of Family
Combine Christmas giving
with the family furnishings
budget, and the result is a gift
for the whole family’s pleasure,
suggests Miss Ava Rodgers, |
home furnishings and art spe
cialist for the University of
Georgia Agricultural Extension
Service.
For instance. if you don’t
have a taole that is big enough
nual Christmas Concert on De
cember 16th. I hope as many as
can will come and hear our
Band and find out what a
marvelous job Mr. Basil Rig
ney is doing with them. They
are a fine group of boys and
girls. : |
Sincerely, |
Mrs. Claude Jordan
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To The Grave Robbers of
Newton County:
On November 19, you robbed
the grave of Mrs. Florence G.
Barker. I hope you enjoy the
flowers that you removed from
her grave at the Tabernacle
Cemetery near Mansfield, Ga.
The death of this dear one,
hurt deep, but the hurt you
‘caused cannot be put into
words. You might hide it from
her loved ones, but the Lord
up above is looking down on
you even as you read this.
You may think you can get
away with it, but let me re
mind you of one thing, you
will pay for what you have
done. If not on this earth, you
will in the hereafter.
My prayer is that this will
bear on your mind and keep
you restless until you have
returned what you have taken
from the Lord.
Roy Webb, Jr.
l Porterdale, Ga. ;
! Grandson
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Thursday, December 1, 1960
to accommodate a large num
ber of guests for holiday and
other special meals, there are
holiday tables that will serve
all year in dual roles, Miss
Rodgers points out. Long, slim
‘harvest tables serve back of
'a sofa as a lamp table until
.they are needed for festive
family occasions. The leaves
can then be spread wide open
to make space to seat many
people, she added.
For entertaining in the home
or apartment where space IS
limited, tables may masquerade
as consoles, fold into about 2a
foot of space, or hide inside
cabinets.
Modern ingenuity in furni
ture design has the answer in
tables that take up little space
and are no more complicated
to put into use than the fa
miliar card table or add-a-leat
dining table.
Furniture can be a double
gift for children, she says.
Pieces that are fun for the
youngsters may at the same
time help parents in some
training method.
A miniature dinette set with
mar-proof, stain-proof table
top and four small upholstered
chairs can help the mother
teach table manners. Finger
painting, clay modeling and
other messy activities will not
harm either the table top or
the upholstery. ;
A new toy chest on wheels
inspires imaginative play and
can help teach orderliness.
Covington’s excellent fur
niture stores offer many at
tractive buys for Christmas
‘ presents each year in Decem«
ber. Watch for their adver
tisements in the Covington
NEWS Christmas Shop
ping Edition soon.