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THE COVINGTON NEWS
BELMONT DENNIS
Editor And Publisher
LEO S. MALLARD
Assistant to Publisher
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF
NEWTON COUNIT
AND THE
CITY OF COVINGTON
Automobile Drivers
Should Make Known
Their Opinion Os Plan
(Reprinted From The Macon Telegraph)
An automobile insurance rating plan
whereby drivers with three-year safe-driv
ing records would qualify for discounts of
15 per cent off premiums is being consid
ered by State Insurance Commissioner
Zack D. Cravey.
Though he has conducted a public hear
ing on the plan, which is already in opera
tion in 27 states. Commissioner Cravey says
he wants to know how Georgia drivers
regard the proposal and invites expression
of their opinion.
Since underwriting organizations sub
mitting the plan say that records indicate
(Seo Chart on This Page)
about three out of four drivers in Georgia
would qualify for the “safe-drivers” dis
count, we would think that Mr. Cravey's
mail will be flooded with letters urging
adoption of the new rating system.
Those proposing the plan say that on
the basis of current records about 17 out
of 100 drivers in Georgia would be charged
five per cent more than basic premiums,
because of blemishes on their past three
year records; three out of 100 would pay
50 per cent more; four in 1,000 would have
to pay double rates and one in 1,000 would
pay 150 per cent above the basic rate.
The theory behind the “safe-driver” plan
is certainly one of fairness. The “good”
drivers are rewarded for their care and
caution; the “bad” drivers are made to
pay for the extra risk they represent.
Since the plan stipulates that the im
mediate past three years serve as the rec
ord upon which rates are determined,
there would be an monetary incentive for
“bad” drivers to become “good” ones and
thus qualify for savings in premiums.
The “safe drivers” rating plan makes
good sense and we trust Georgia will soon
join the lengthening list of stales that
have approved it.
Economics Is Often
Called "Speculation/'
Or High Finance"
Economics has been looked upon by
many persons as an abstruse subject of
little concern to anyone except economists.
Keith Funston, President of the New York
Stock Exchange, believes differently and
points out that during our lifetimes we
have seen the web of economic problems
grow ever-tighter.
Addressing a group of businessmen, Mr.
Funston remarked, “Clemenceau once said
that war was too important a matter to
be entrusted to the generals. In like vein
1 would submit that economics today has
become too important a matter to be left
to the economists.” He then discussed
stock market margins, one of the most mis
understood elements in the entire economic
scheme of things.
Margin trading in the stock market is
associated in the minds of many people
with “speculation” or “high finance.” In
reality, margins are simply an extension
of credit to a buyer of securities. They are
of the greatest importance as a method
to help maintain resiliency of the capital
market — the market through which in
vestors provide the money that keeps this
country going as a private enterprise econ
omy.
“No one,” Mr. Funston observes, “ap
preciates, more than the securities indus
try, the need fcr sound margin controls
to prevent the excessive use of credit in
the market . . . Our task ... is not to do
away with margins, but to make them as
effective and free of side-effects as pos
sible.” He suggested new approaches to
the problem of regulating credit in the se
curities industry: Use of new statistical tools
to help determine when margin rate ad
justments may be indicated; appointment
of a Securities Industry Credit Advisory
Committee to meet every six months with
the Federal Reserve Board and review the
credit picture in the securities industry;
prompt explanations to the public of the
Federal Reserve Board’s reasons for margin
changes; setting of initial margins at a
more normal rate of 50 per cent instead
of the present 70 per cent, and more gradual
adjustments when changes from this rate
are indicated.
All of this involves your job. your busi
ness and, in the long run, the system of .
government and enterprise under which
we all must live.
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MABEL SESSIONS DENNIS
Associate Editor
MARY SESSIONS MALLARD
Associate Editor
Entered at Hie Post Office
at Covingfen, Georgia, as
mail matter of the Second
Ciass.
Editor Os Farm Magazine
Says We May Be Headed
Toward Socialism
After a 28,000-mile tour of many for
eign lands, Tom Anderson, Editor of Farm
and Ranch Magazine, Nashville, Tennessee,
says this about socialized New Zealand:
“ . . .nobody goes to bed hungry . . . The
average wage ... is around $25 a week.
Butter and other foods are government
subsidized — sold below cost. Medicine
and doctors are ‘free’. Few people have
cars. Government owns & rent-controls a
big portion of housing. There is no unem
ployment. Except for the old, the sick and
the goldbrickers on government relief,
everybody works — but not very hard . . .
Everybody’s equal’, by government regula
tion . . . One New Zealander bragged to
me, ‘We look at people like a sow looks
at her litter — 12 pigs all get the same
treatment’.”
The United States is headed down the
welfare state road (socialism) with federal
power, federal housing, federal money
loaning, federal wage-fixing and other fed
eral activities limiting private opportunity.
And coming up for consideration is com
pulsory federal medical aid, more com
pulsory wage and hour provisions, more
compulsory taxation for so-called depressed
areas, more federal support of education,
plus many other political proposals to
limit and restrict the field of private enter
prise.
Os course, all these gifts, or services at
cost, will in the long run be paid for by
the recipients through taxation.
As Mr. Anderson says, in concluding
his article, “We’re being spent, planned,
maneuvered, cheated and ‘neutralized’ out
of our freedoms . . . (those) who refuse to
take a stand . . . remind me of Dante’s
classic indictment: “The hottest fires of hell
are reserved for those who, in a period of
moral crisis, maintain neutrality’.”
High-Voltage Line
Workers Learn A
Lesson From The Bird
The daintiest sparrow can perch on a
power line carrying several hundred thous
and volts and never singe a feather. Man
may not be able to fly like a bird but he
has learned to “perch” on hot wires. When
birds light on a high voltage line they are
not injured because they are not in con
tact with the ground — they merely be
come charged to the same voltage which
the line carries. The electric current which
kills only flows between two points when
there is a difference in voltage.
Linemen can now work bareheaded
on high-voltage lines while standing in a
fiberglass bucket hoisted to overhead wires
by a truck-mounted, insulated aerial boom.
The bucket and the men in it are charged
at the same voltage as the line. Their safety
is provided by the insulated boom which
protects them from the difference in volt
age between the ground and the live con
ductor. This new method for handling “hot
wires” with bare hands has been thoroughly
lal>tested at voltages up to 380,000 and
field work has been done cm lines carrying
up to 138.000 volts. Using the new system,
linemen can change an insulator on a 34,-
500-volt line in just one half a man-hour
instead of five.
Practically every person in the country
uses electric power in dozens of ways that
make life easier and more pleasant. Elec
tric rates have been reduced to a small
fraction of what they were 30 years ago.
The idea of “learning from the birds” is
but one example of how this has been
possible.
Difficult Job!
There is no accurate way of measuring
unemployment — the figures representing
it are as distorted as images in a fun house
mirror.
In the first place, many groups such as
summer resort employees, fishermen, farm
workers, guides and others who neve work
ed 12 months out of the year, never con
sidered themselves “unemployed" during
slack periods until the advent of unemploy
ment compensation.
Secondly, when “benefits” approach the
take-home pay, they subsidize and prolong
voluntary unemployment.
Often what happens to us turns out
better for all concerned than what we
vainly wished would happen.
These days a lingering kiss is less me
morable than a succulent bite by a female
mosquito.
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SOUR WEEKLY C^LISSON FOR
unday School |
The Lord of Life and Death
Bible Material: John 10—11.
Devotional Reading: Romans
8:31 - 39: Memory Selection:
I am the resurrection and the
life: he who believes in me,
though he die, yet shall he live,
and whoever lives and be
lieves in me shall never die.
John 11:25 - 26.
Intermediate - Senior Topic:
■ \ Dead Man Lives.
Young People - Adult Topic:
Christ Gives Life Eternal.
We note as we continue the
study of the Gospel of John,
that the miracles increase in
wonder and significance. The
turning of water into wine is
followed by the healing of the
paralyzed man at the pool of
Bethesda. This is followed by
the feeding of the five thou
sand, by our Lord’s walking on
the sea, and by his restoring
sight to a man born blind.
Today we confront the very
greatest of all miracles, name
ly, the raising of a man from
the dead.
Death has no place in life as
God created it. Death is t h e
result of our fallen state. Jesus
Christ triumphed over many of
our enemies, but the last
and most awful enemy to be
vanquished was death.
Jesus’ final triumph over
death was to come in his own
resurrection. The resurrection
of Lazarus, however, is an il
lustration of divine power
working against death.
We might call the raising of
Lazarus a preview of that
greater resurrection in which
Jesus himself was to be brought
forth from the tomb and the
enemy death effectively and
finally overcome.
Our study of this lesson be
gins — as is usually the case —
with the first verse of the
chapter and takes in consider
ably more material than is
found in the printed text.
We must always remember
that Jesus was truly incarnate
—that is, entered without
qualification of any kind into
the stream of human history
and lived our life. Although he
was a divine Being, he was al
so a true human being.
Like all persons human, our
Lord had certain persons for
whom he cherished a warm
feeling of friendship. He ap
pears to have been especially
fond of Lazarus of Bethany and J
the two sisters of Lazarus, Mary 1
and Martha, who lived wit h I
their brother. We know noth- i
ing about Lazarus save these ■
miraculous events which fol
lowed his death. Mary was a
seeker after truth who sat at
the feet of Jesus and heard his
word (Luke 10:39). Martha,
who appears to have been the
head of the household, was a
practical person desirous only,
when Jesus was in the home,
of making him comfortable.
She was “troubled much about
serving” and asked Jesus on
one occasion to rebuke Mary
—who sat at his feet and lis
tened to his teaching — and bid
her help in the preparation of i
a meal.
The family group at Bethany
gives a picture of the warm
heartedness of Jesus. We know
him as Lord, King, and Sa
viour. It is well for us to re
member that he valued friend
ship, and that he was a be
loved friend probably to many
and certainly to the household
in Bethany.
The friendship of Jesus’ This
is a reality for all Christians
to ponder for the comfort and
support of their souls.
When Lazarus fell ilk “his
sisters sent unto him, saying, ’
Lord, behold, he whom thou
lovest is sick.”
Even the disciples of Jesus ।
were probably amazed at what
appeared to be the Lord’s in
• difference. He made no move
’ for two days to answer this
• call for help. When he did, it
- was with the statement, “Our
>! friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I
’ • go, that I may awake him out
“| of sleep.”
Death is the accompaniment
‘of our fallen estate. It is t h e
• end to which sin leads. Death
for the true Christian believer
’ is something quite different. It
is sleep — the translation from
- ione state of living into another.
’ j Jesus at last started with his
1 , disciples for the home of Laz
' arus. “Then Martha, as soon
5 as she heard that Jesus was
‘ coming, went and met him: but
1 Mary sat still in the house.”
_ • This was characteristic of the
j I diverse natures of these two
, sisters.
’ Everything seems to indicate
that the faith of Mary and
' Martha was such that they be
lieved that even though their
1 brother was dead, Jesus would
restore him to life.
; But keen as was their insight
: ‘ into the nature of Jesus and
’ j great as was their trust in him,
■ Mary and Martha did not ap
-1 preciate the full divine power
1 of the Lord’s life. They believ
ed that if Jesus had been pre
sent, their brother would not
1 have died. They went even
further and declared “that even
! now. whatsoever thou wilt ask
of God, God will give it thee.”
But what they did not rea
; lize was that Jesus was him
| self the incarnation of deity.
1 He would raise Lazarus, but he
would raise him not by asking
God to do this but by actually
doing it himself. His confes
sion of this unheard -of pow
er was, “I am the resurrection,
and the life: he that believeth
in me, though he were dead,
yet shall he live: and whoso
ever liveth and believeth in me
shall never die.”
Whosoever liveth in me,
whosoevery believeth in me
shall never die. It is not enough
just to believe. We must im
plement our belief by a con
tinual devotion to the righteous
requirement of Christ and his
kingdom. But it is the promise
of Christ that if we believe in
him. as he has set forth in the
Word, and if we live righteous
ly, courageously, and lovingly
because of that belief, we never
‘experience deum.
We shall experience sleep
I but not death. The body will
cease to function and return
to the earth from which it
came, but the souls of those
who believe in Christ and live
in Christ “shall never die.”
As we teach this lesson, we
shall have occasion to remind
ourselves frequently that this
triumph over death was the
crowning miracle of our Lord’s
career. That is, it was the
greatest miracle which he him
self performed. His resurrec
tion would be an even greater
miracle. He himself was and
continues to this moment to be
the supreme miracle of t h e
ages. But the raising of Laza
rus was the greatest miracle
which Jesus performed by word
and act.
Here we need to get well in
mind the basis of this miracle.
Jesus was able to perform the !
miracle because he had eter-1
nal life in himself. He uttered
imperishable words, he per-1
formed acts astounding in their
nature and significance. But
greater than anything he ever
said or did was Jesus himself, j
and his greatness arose from
the fact that in his nature re- |
sided the fullness of divine |
‘ power.
Jesus, now exalted in heaven.
1 is today the source of that di- J
1 vine power, of which we may i
(Our AdverHsera Ara Assured Os Results)
New PM-Genera!
Pushing Anti-
Obscenity Law
An important new policy
statement on the Post Office
Department's program in t h e
field of law enforcement against
mail obscenity — emphasizing
enforcement without fanfare —
has been issued by Postmaster
General J. Edward Day.
The statement, which applies
to the whole anti-obscenity
program, was issued specifi
cally in connection with the
sentencing on January 27. 1961
in Federal Court in Washing
ton, D. C. of Herman L. Wo
mack of Washington and Alfred
J. Heinecke of Lakewood, N. J.,
on charges of conspiring to use
the mails in the transmittal of
obscene material.
Here is the text of Mr. Day’s
statement:
“We in the Post Office De
partment are gratified at the
sentences given today to these
serious offenders who have
been convicted of using the
mails to transmit smut mater
ial.
“We have underway plans
for the toughest crack - down
ever conducted for such viola
tors of the laws against mailing
pornographic material. Here
after our approach will be that
used by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation and other highly
successful 1a w enforcement
agencies, in that our drive will
be conducted without fanfare.
We will concentrate our ava
ilable manpower and funds on
apprehending violators.
“Our public statements on the
pornography program will
largely be confined to com
ments on actual results achiev
ed and convictions obtained.
“Needless to say, we seek the
assistance of the public in gen
eral in reporting receipt of il
iegaliy mailed material. We are
confident that the general pub
lic realizes that there are
stem laws against this type of
corrupting activity and that
other law enforcement agen
cies throughout the country will
cooperate with us in bringing
to our attention cases that re
quire investigation or action.
We will focus on the most ur
gent situations and will refuse
to be diverted by fringe cases.
“The inspection service of the
Post Office Department is the
oldest and without doubt one
of the finest law enforcement
agencies in the United States,
and we count on them tn hit
> hard in getting this job done.”
Newton Native
Qualifies For
Select Group
J. F Hunt, a native of New
ton County and former resi
dent of Covington, who is em
ployed by Gulf Life Insurance
Company in Athens, has quali
fied for the President’s Club.
He attended Emory-at-Ox
ford and is the son of Mrs. Bes
sie Hunt and the late Charlie
Hunt. His wife is the former
Mary Rye, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J. L. Rye of Covington.
The Hunts, who make their
home in Monroe, have three
children, Angela, Terry and
Marsha.
avail ourselves. He is e v e n
greater than teacher, king, or
lord. He is the source of all di
vine power which the soul
must have for eventual spiri
tual living and which, at t h e
end, it must have in order to j
triumph over death. I
Castro...
Riding For
A Fall
By LEO S. MALLARD
The novelty of “firing squad justice” is about worn off
on the little island of Cuba. Nearly 600 persons who opposed
the Castro regime have met their fate in this manner during
the past three years. There is talk from the island of many
more executions to come, but the winds of a new revolution
are blowing wildly from inside and out of Cuba. Civil war
seems evident.
Castro's militiamen, 10,000
strong and armed with Soviet
weapons, have found the go
ing rough as they have tried
and failed to rout rebels out of
the cave-pitted hillsides in the
Escambray Mountains. Well
trained guerrilla fighters and
many supplies have been air
dropped to reinforce original
rebel bands, and more are
scheduled to come.
Underground forces are
growing inside Cuba. Anti-
Castro invasion forces are be
ing trained in neighboring
countries, and Cuban refugees
in Miami. Florida are continu
ously talking about the exile
army that is getting ready for
action. Secret military head
quarters in different countries
are setting up a big offensive
against Castro and refugees of
military age are disappearing
from Miami to go into train
ing at hidden army camps set
up by Castro’s enemies.
Exile leaders are prepared to
furnish the manpower for their
counter - revolutionary move
ment but they are looking to
the United States and other
countries in this Hemisphere
for other kinds of help. They
need experienced military men
to guide their actions in the
coming campaign. More money,
arms, and training bases are
needed for the rebel forces, and
when the action starts, rebel
County Agents Column
By Ed Huet
Confuting Ratios
12-12-0, 3-3-6, 4-12-12, 6-
12-12, 6-12-8, 5-10-15. Are
these figures confusing? They
are fertilizer ratios, and the
variety of fertilizers on t h e
market with different ratios
can be confusing. But basically,
this is a very simple matter.
When buying fertilizer, far
mers should remember that
[ only three basic fertilizer ra
| tios are needed to correct any
soil fertility condition in Geor
gia.
The first of these ratios is
of a fertilizer with an equal
amount of phosphate and pot
ash. Such a fertilizer would
have a 4-12-12 or 8-12-12 ra
tio.
The second basic ratio is of
a fertilizer and high phosphate
■ and low potash content such
as 8-12-6. The third basic ra
tio would be of a fertilizer with
low phosphate and high potash
such as 5-10-15.
In any case, the first figure
in the ratio represents nitro
gen; the second, phosphate; and
the third, potash.
Choosing between the three
basic ratios depends on the soil
I test. It tells which one to use.
I Using the wrong choice can
cost money.
Planting Tree Seedlings
If you’re planting tree seed
lings this winter, or early
spring, remember to keep their
root systems moist from time
of delivery until they are set
out.
Seedlings must have healthy
root systems. If the roots be
come dried out, they may suf
fer damage which might not be
overcome.
If seedlings are stored in a
cool place and kept moist upon
delivery, they usually will stay
in good condition for as long
as two weeks. If seedlings must
wait for longer periods before
planting, they should be heel
ed-in.
There may be as many as 2,-
000 seedlings in a bundle. For
best survival these should be
planted as soon as possible af
ter they are received. After
they are heeled-in, cover well
with a moist soil and then
drench with water.
On planting day keep the
roots covered in their contain
er with a soupy mud or water.
Never allow the roots to be
exposed to the sun or wind even •
for a few minutes, for the small |
root endings quickly die when
exposed.
For further information
about planting tree seedlings,
stop by at my office, I
Thursday, February
I leaders want a guarantee that
adequate military aid will con
tinue to flow in to their forces.
They also want the organiza
tion of American States to
bring political pressure and
economic sanctions to bear on
the Castro government.
Cuban exiles believe that the
showdown with Castro will be
touched off by an uprising of
the people of Cuba. When this
■ comes, the exile army that is
now in training will invade
the island and link up with the
I underground forces. These
1 plans are already far advanc
'ed with revolutionary groups
‘ I inside and out of Cuba.
The largest of the antl-
Castro groups is the Demo
cratic Revolutionary Front,
■ headed by Dr. Manuel A. de
Varona, a former Prime Min
' ister of Cuba. This group has
infiltrated Castro’s Govern
ment at the highest levels. An
other group, “30th of Novem
' ber Movement”, has penetrat
ed Cuban labor unions and
stirred up recent strikes. The
’ “Movement to Recover the
1 Revolution” is the terrorist
’ band of the rebel underground
, forces. Their weapons are
, bombs and sabotage and their
members have infiltrated Cas-
J tro’s army, militia, and gov-
I eminent. “Victory in Cuba
I Day” may not be far away.
■
I Dairy Profits
Profits in dairy farming de
i j pend to a great extent upon
' careful selection of feeds and
> upon providing the cow with
i suitable rations for milk pro
i duction.
Feed costs are generally con
sidered to be one-half of the
■ total cost of producing milk,
t Therefore, it is important to
have well in mind the nutri
’ tive requirements of the dairy
• cow and how the various feeds
and combination feeds will meet
j those needs most efficiently
I' and economically.
. i The amount of feed ac o w
11 should receive depends on sev
eral factors. Such as size of the
cow. the amount of milk the
cows is producing, the quality
. or fat percentage of the milk,
and the condition of the cow.
Cetton Seed
Germination reports receiv
ed on cotton seed continued to
indicate that quality is better
than last year, according to Ex
tension seed marketing experts.
The supply of high-germin
j ating cotton seed, however, is
j still going to be less than de
mand. Farmers saving their
own seed should take a repre
sentative sample and send it
to the State Seed Laboratory in
Atlanta. The Laboratory will
check the sample for germin
i ation. This is a free service to
farmers in the state.
Corn Income
The basic reason for low
cash income from corn receiv
ed by many farmers in Georgia
i* low per acre yields.
Most of Georgia's corn crop
is used on the farm. Low yields
keep many farmers from hav
ing extra corn to sell. Corn pro
duction in Georgia needs to be
doubled to supply feed to t h a
huge poultry and livestock in
dustry in our state. Right now,
we are supplying just about
half of the amount used for this
purpose.
Hight yields are necessary to
make corn a cash crop in Geor
gia. The way to get high yields
is to use adequate fertilization,
particularly nitrogen, increase
the plant population per acre,
plant hybrid seed, and u s e
other recommended produc
tion practices.
To determine the lime and
fertilizer requirements of tha
! soil in which you plan to plant
corn, be sure to have the soil
tested.
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