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THE COVINGTON NEWS
SELMONT DENNIS
Editor And Publisher
LEO S. MALLARD
Assistant to Publisher
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF
NEWTON COUNY
AND THE
CITY OF COVINGTON
New Year Os 1961 Has Many
Good Things Waiting For Us
The year 1961 will be just what you
and I desire. If we believe in our heart it
will be bad, it will be bad. If we believe
in our heart it will be good, it will be
good.
There are no generalities. Each person
is responsible for their own destiny and
the destiny of the business with whom
they are connected.
After all, people make business and
people make towns, people make cities,
people make states and people make the
world. To change anything or to improve
any condition first it must begin within
the heart of each person.
First, examine your own heart and
mind and see if your thinking corresponds
with good you desire for your thinking
is that which will either make or destroy
you, your business, your town and your
nation.
Before you criticize a person who lives
next door to you or who works along side
of you in your business, place yourself
before a looking glass and look at your
self, not just your facial expression,
through your eyes and see just how your
mind is working and how your soul is re
acting.
The Great Teacher says “Judge not
that ye be not judged.” He also said “Love
thy neighbor as thyself.”
We all love ourselves and each should
love our nelifhbor as ourself, The world
will be a different place in which to live.
Many of us complain about what the
other man is doing without first examin
ing our own heart and see what we are
doing.
1960 has been a good year for some,
a bad year for others. Suppose we live
1960 and forget yourself and see what
you have done for others during that
year. Have you been a good neighbor?
Have you attended your church and been
a good church member? Have you been a
good citizen and voted this year for the
man whom you thought would fill the
position best or have you just been swept
along with the tide and done just what
Election Laws Need
Revision For Modern
American Voter
Nearly 70 million voters cast ballots in
the general election just concluded. What
most people do not know is that but for
our archaic voting laws the turnout of
voters last November could have lgproac}r
ed the 80 million mark. Between 5 and 10
million American citizens were forced to
stand on the sidelines while their fellow
citizens went to the polls. These sto 10
million disenfranchised citizens were de
prived of the right to vote for president
because they had moved recently and
could not meet the residency requirements
in the states to which they had moved.
We have become a mobile nation, not
only for pleasure but of neecni& Count
less thousands of persons employed by
larger tions have to change resi
dences m are transferred or promoted.
When this happens shortly before a presi
jential election under our present laws
‘hey automatically lose the right to vote
for president.
The irony of the situation is expressed
with feeling by one victim of disenfran
shisement who was recently promoted and
transferred by a major oil company. He
writes, “We were being exhorted on all
sides to get out and vote. When Arthur
Godfrey told my wife (via radio) ‘to get
off your duff and vote’ she wrote him im
mediately saying she woul” be glad to
but the states would not let her. She com
mitted a terrible crime — she mcved! . .”
There should never be another election
in which millions of American citizens lose
the right to vote for president because they
moved from one state to another. The first
order of business of state legislatures
should be to modernize our election regis
tration procedure.
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We've Got Homework
Advised by the latest report on the
election returns that President-elect Ken
nedy will be the twelfth American Presi
dent to be elected with less than a major
ity of the popular vote, we are reminded
once more that our Electoral College sys
tem is mot what it was set up to be.
Maybe it worked alright when there
were 13 states. But it is certainly all wrong
when victory in half that many can es
tablish the winner in all 50.
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you had to do selfishly without consider
ing the feelings of others?
The world today is in need of people
who love God and who love their neigh
bor because a man who loves God can
not despise his neighbor.
For the past twelve weeks we have
been recovering from a very serious
operation and we have had time to think
of maniv] things. During the time we were
in the hospital we received a book which
contained a poem which we would desire
you to subscribe to as your New Years
Resolution. This poem follows:
‘ THE GREATEST TRUTH
( Help me to walk so close to Thee
That those who knew me best can see
I live as godly as I pray
And Christ is real from day to day.
I see some once a day, or year,
To them I blameless might appear;
‘Tis easy to be kind and sweet
To people whom we seldom meet;
But in my home are those who see
Too many times the worst of me.
My hymns of praise were best unsung
If He does not control my tongue
When I am vexed and sorely tried
And my patience cannot hide.
May no one stumble over me
Because Thy love they failed to see;
But give me, Lord, a life that sings,
And victory over little things.
Give me Thy calm for every fear,
Thy peace for every falling tear;
Make mine, O Lord, through calm and
strife
A gracious and unselfish life;
Help me with those who know me best,
For Jesus’ sake, to stand the test.
Barbara C. Ryberg
To each of you from all of us, owners
and employees of The Covington News,
we wish you a Happy and Prosperous
New Year and we feel that if you will
follow the teachings of the poem above
your New Year wifl be one of happiness,
{n‘osperity and above all peace with the
ove of God in your heart.
- Gardeners Contribute
- $2-Billion A Year To
- Our National Economy
“If Winter comes,” wrote the poet,
~ Shelley, “can Spring be far behind?”
While scholars have pondered for a
~ century or more just what the writer
. meant, it is obvious that Shelley was no
gardener and lived before the day of the
seed catalog.
For "?rdeners. Winter has no more
than settled in, the winds pitched to gale
fury and the blizzards blizzingt;}.] when
Sprin%:rrives -in the form of the New
Seed Catalog!
And whate’er betide beyond the win
dowpane, how ever deep the drifts or
bitter the blast or treacherous the footing,
the glowing galaxy of the 28 Burpee full
color pages will warm gardening hearts
with eager anticipation. Pulses will quick
en among the green-thumb coterie as
they discover the 17 new flowers that
David Burpee, president and son of the
founder, has developed for the 1961 plant
ing. And there's excitement, too, in the
- continuing offer - now in its sixth year -
~ of SIO,OOO to the first gardener who sends
~ Mr. Burpee seeds that will produce a
~ “pure white” marigold!
‘ There's a strong hint, however, that
~ the Marigold Treasure Hunt may near its
~ end since catalog entry 3099 is “Whitey
~ Marigold,” described as “the nearest to
~ white we have ever seen.” It is also noted
that special SIOO awards of merit were
made in 1960 to Mrs. Eva Wiggins of
- Monroeville, Ala., Mrs. Cora F. Dedrick
~ of Waynesboro, Va, Mrs. B. L. Pollack
of State College, Pa. and Mrs. G. G. Ehr
. hart of Hanover, Pa.
| According to the US Department of
Agriculture, gardeners contribute two
' billion dollars a year to our national econ
| omy, but, as Myre Burpee points out in
| his catalog, seeds are the “least expens
. ive” item that goes into the garden. And
. most of that spending, we would guess,
| is actually done in the “fireside garden
ing” hours that are soon to begin.
‘ Maybe we ought to get one of those
| catalogs - and start enjoying the Spring
| time - NOW!
1} Seldom is anyone so bored on a vacation
| that he resorts to writing letters for relief.
{ ——
i In traffic, pigeons are quicker and
| smgrter than people.
MABEL SESSIONS DENNIS
'L 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
Uncertainty
Shadows Decade
Sunday will give impetus to
a new year and another decade.
Seemingly, the most promi
nent guests, who will be on
hand to wel
come the new
era, will be
world turmoil
and nation
al uncertainty.
The United
States, as a
world leader,
is caught in
the midst of
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Leo S. Mallard
this circle of confusion.
Leading our nation will be
a new administration by far
the most liberal that the peo
ple of this country have ever
elected. The eyes of all Ameri
ca and the world will be fo
cused on the inauguration of
John Fitzgerald Kennedy as
the 35th President of the Unit
ed States. The communications
media—newspapers, magazines,
radio, and television —- will
make it possible for the Ameri
can people to more carefully
scrutinize the cabinet appoint
ments made by Mr. Kennedy
than those made by any other
President.
There is a keener interest in
cabinet appointments this year
than ever before. People rea
lize that the policies introduced
by these eleven men will de
termine the course that this
nation is-to follow during the
next four years. A crucial pe
riod in our history lies ahead.
Americans sense the need for
a change in United States poli
cy—domestic and foreign. |
The new administration is
faced with many problems. Mr
Kennedy has outlined several
clear cut liberal reforms which
he Dbelieves will correct the
sore spots in our educational,
agricultural, labor, social se
curity, and foreign policies. De
spite his liberal views, Ken
nedy has won many supporters
among the hither-to conserva
‘tive ranks. His progressive
proposals tend to insure the
people that teeth will once
again be put into the policies
of the executive branch of the
government. The new admini
stration has within its hands
the power to mold the destiny
of this nation into “glory or
despair.”
ANXIOUS EYES
Russia, Red China, and the
smaller nations of the com
munist bloc are waiting for the
new Democratic administration
)to take office and make known
to the world in detail its poli
!cies dealing with foreign af
fairs. On the world-wide
checker board, we have the
next move. Communist coun
tries are hoping that America
will continue to conform and
compromise with Mr. Kennedy
at the helm, as it has during
the past eight vears in order to
maintain “peaceful co-exist
ance.”
Even Cuba, our rampant
neighbor to the south, is tread
ing softly. Fidel Castro, Cuba’s
hero turned pro-communist vil
lain, is waiting to see if Mr.
Kennedy is a leader with a
strong arm or a chatterbox
demagogue. At present Castro
is uncertain of how much So
viet intervention he can count
on if Mr. Kennedy comes into
office advocating a stern Cuban
policy. Like himself, he rea
lizes that Mr. Khrushchev has
a worse bark than bite whenl
Ih Ed.t
Mr. Belmont Dennis, Editor
Covington News
Covington, Georgia
Dear Editor:
As we come to the close of
1960, we want to express o u r
appreciation to you for t h e
wonderful cooperation you have
given us during the year.
. We have enjoved serving as
your “correspondent” fr om
the Cooperative Ex
tension Service of the Univer
sity of Georgia College of Agri
culture.
We pledge our best efforts
toward furnishing you w it h
practical, factual, helpful in
formation during the coming
vear. Please feel free to call
on us whenever we can be of
service in any way.
Sincerely yours,
George K. Hinton
Extension Field Editor
J. P. Carmichael
| Extens'on Editor and
‘Division Chairman
he is faced with a delicate sit-}
uation. |
The smaller free nations of |
the world are perhaps the most |
interested in seeing how much?
backbone the Kennedy admin- |
istration will exhibit. To many |
of them, the United States is|
a guardian and their only hope |
of .freedom and democracyf
Without our aid to h:zlp themf:
survive and resist the pres-|
sures of the ever expanding'
communist flood, they too
would be communist satellitesf‘
today. <
SCIENCE WILL ADVANCE t
Sometime in the near future |
we will laun-h a space ship
that will carry a man to the|
moon. To most of us this pre
diction still sounds like fanta- |
sy, but not to our scientists.
Giant strides are being made |
in the field of medicine. Won- |
der drugs to treat dreaded dis
eases are constantly being dis
covered and made available so|
that man’s life span can be in-|
creased. Scientists continue to
seek and find ways of harness
ing atomic energy in order that
it may be used for peaceful
purposes.
But, the most frightening ad- |
vancements will be made in|
the arms race. New weapons
to kill and destroy will also be
invented. Nuclear warheads
will be developed that will
make the atomic bomb seem
like a firecracker. When will
all this end? This answer we
do not know. But, here lies the
source of uncertainty that has
enveloped our world today.
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SUADAY SCHOOL.
The Gospel of the Son ‘
of God |
Bible Material: John 1; 27:30- |
31. !
Devotional Reading: 1 John,
1:-8: Memory Selection: These
are written that you may be
lieve that Jesus is the Christ,
the Son of God, and that be
lieving yvou may have life in
his name. John 20:31. |
Intermediate - Senior Topic:
John’s Portrait of Jesus. |
Young People - Adlt Topic:
That You May Bel=ve. |
A New Year’s Lesson' And
what is more, a lesson this firs!
day of the year which deals
with the most important spiri
tual reality in all human ex
perience,
This passage of Scripture tells
us who Jesus is, what he h a s
accomplished, and what may be
achieved in our souls by t h e
power of his indwelling spirit.
Much religious reasoning pro
ceeds in this manner. Jesus was
the best man that ever lived. He
had wisdom, insight, and cour
age. He defied the evils of his
day. He has given us away of
life which, if followed, would
bring peace and concord among
men. We believe that in some
‘way he is exerting an influence
on world affairs today.
. Such an estimate of Chris
tian revelation is — to say the
least — completely inadequate.
The Bible does not teach that
Jesus was just a great man. It
iteaches that he was all Mes
isiah; that he was the incarna
tion of the living, -creative,
moving, and sustaining power 01l
God. He was God in the flesh.
Here we encounter something
lmore than a great man, a gal
'lant hero, a great teacher. He
{is all these, but he is infinitelyl
;more. |
| The power of Christian truth
|never lays hold on our hearts
|until we grasp this larger con
| ception of the meaning of Chirst
tjand envisage the personal]
|triumph he can bring every one
{of us if we trust him and co
| operate with the constant work
ing of his spirit.
| God has not left us alone. His
;indiflerence to our fate would
'be the most terrifying of all
| calamities. In a universe the ex
| ‘tent and power of which dwarfs
{our little powers into nothing
!ness, God knows with divine
| completeness every human soul,
|its weakness, its latent possi
| bilities. As the leaf on the
|farthest branch is nourished
'}from the top root which goes
| far into the ground, and as the
farthest leaf is as essential as
‘| the mighty limbs which grow
‘{out of the trunk of the tree, so
| we with our little, insignificant
| lives and careers are infinitely
| precious in the sight of Al
| mighty God.
| God sent Jesus Christ into
| the world to convince us of this.
| His Spirit remains in the world
| to enable us {» fulfill cur des
, | tiny,
I Ancient man was constantly
| asking the question of how the
.| infinite power of God could be
: itransmitted and made to operate
in the constricted and finite
.[soul of man.
| The great Jewish philosopher
| Philo had conceived the idea of
what he called “the Word.®
This, according to Philo, was
the impersonal principle by
which the power of God be
comes available to man. The
apostle John in this first chap
iterothisGospelcamutho
idea of the Word (or Logos, the
‘Greek term meaning word) one
step further. You Lave heard
of the Word (Logos), he says
in substance. The philosophers
have told you of this mighty
?spiritual reality. Now I haVe a
further disclosure for you in
Jesus of Nazareth. This Logos
was incarnate. The principle by
which God gives us knowledge
is not an impersonal thing. It is
personal. It is a Person. It is a
| particular Person, namely, Je
|sus of Nazareth, the incarnate
‘and only begotten Son of God.
i Here we see the best in hu=
| man thought and the culmina
tion of divine revelation brought
|together in a mighty concept.
| Now John goes on to explain
| that this Word, this personaliz
‘ed power of God, is not some
| thing that was created as we
‘and the world in which we live
| were created. This Logos, or
| God. has always existed. It was
in the beginning. There never
was a time when it did n o ¢t
exist and there never will be a
time when it will cease to exist.
Confined as we are to t h e
‘concept which involves time and
| space, we cannot fully under
istand the meaning of the term
| “eternity.” All we can do is to
| believe in eternity and to be
filled with confidence that it is
| pervaded by the love a n d
| power of God.
l Then John goes much further
| than the philosopher had gone,
{He says that this Logos w a 8
l“with God.” But he carries us
leven beyond this — “the Word
| was God. The same was in the
| beginning with God.”