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THE COVINGTON NEWS
BELMONT DENNIS
Editor And Publisher
LEO S. MALLARD
Assistant to Publisher
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF
NEWTON COUNTY
AND THE
CITY OF COVINGTON
Ignorance No Longer
Bliss to Americans
It should be reassuring to all Americans
to hear from President Kennedy’s own
bps in his latest televised press conference
t jat: “The Monroe Doctrine means what
it has meant since President Monroe and
J )hn Quincy Adams enunciated it, and
t iat is that we would oppose a foreign
pawer extending its power to the Western
hemisphere. And that's why we oppose
what is happening in Cuba today.”
But it is disturbing to hear from the
same source at the same time (in reply to
o; net questions on Cuba) that the White
House does not know whether there are
any Russian “troops” in Cuba, whether
anti-aircraft missiles have been shipped
n — yet in the absence of information on
a hat is going on, that there is no thought
st the Commander-in-Chiefs level of in
vading Cuba.
When it is admitted that shipping into
?üba has grown so sharply that NATO
ships have been pressed into service to
lid Russian ships in delivering whatever
nysterious cargoes of men and goods they
ire earning; that the Soviets are suppori
ng the Castro regime against economic
•oilapse; that the island is crawling with
Russian “technicians,” why — in the name
if the billions that have been spent on
intelligence” over recent years — don't
ve know what goes on?
And. more basically, when we knew
'rom bitter experience that every Com
■nunist of whatever calling is a faceless,
aider-taking minion of the Red menace,
vhy do we have to know his name, rank
and regiment to know whether he is an
enemy? Why do we have to know whether
the “technicians” are working on air strips
for fighters or bombers, or on submarine
shelters, or on sabotage plans, or on Cub
ans who may still cherish dreams of free
dom, in order to brand them for what they
are? And finally, why should we cling
co the myth that Castro retains any auth
nity in Cuba when he has bragged for
so long of his sell-out to the Kremlin?
But, as the President has said, we are
opposing “what is happening in Cuba to
day,” because of the Monroe Doctrine. This
opposition, he pointed out. has consisted
of cutting off trade with Cuba, working
in the OAS “and in other ways to isolate
the Communist menace in Cuba”. The rising
tempo of the Red build-up. however,
should suggest that our opposition is not
working very well.
Thus, it is cold comfort to know that
the Monroe Doctrine — swept under the
rug by Eisenhower — has reappeared as
a toothless instrument of US policy.
Ellicottville, N. Y„ Post: “From one of
our readers comes the story of the little
robin who hated digging for worms. One
iay he heard a voice: ‘l’ll trade you a
worm for a feather.’ A feather? ‘That’s
nothing, ’ cried the robin. 'I accept,’ Each
day the same offer, the same acceptance.
Suddenly came winter. The robin cried out
for his feathers. No answer. Soon the rob
in, once feather-covered, was snow-cov
ered — dead! To get something for noth
ing, he gave everything — his life.”
Lennox, S. D., Independent: “Govern
ment bureaus succeed in keeping more
snd more people ‘busy’ these days in mak
ing available to us ail sorts of interesting
and valuable information. For example, a
study just completed at a cost of $1,400
and 300 man hours gives us this stirring
information: The average man’s posterior
covers 179.4 square inches and exerts an
average pressure of .92 pounds per square
inch. We are sure this will add immeas
urably to the gross national product and
raise our standard of living to an all time
high.”
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Wages / ou ^ * corresponding in- 8
x in production,prtett H
mean X A ly are boosted.thus reducing
t_— l 1 purchases by conaumers. I
Increased ■ This causes reduced pro- |
buyinq \ B duction, unemployment 1
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Thalidomide's Real
Danger Mow Preva'c^t
The most dangerous side effects of the
European drug, Thalidomide, are just be
ginning to show up — in the Congress of
the United States.
Under pressure to “do something” to
insure that a product of this kind could
never be marketed in the United States,
the Senate has just passed a prescription
drug control bill which could actually in
jure rather than benefit public health.
The purpose of any drug legislation is
to insure the continuous flow of safe, ef
fective drugs to the American people,
speedily and at prices they can afford.
Certain provisions of the Senate bill, we
fear, run counter to this objective
The requirement that every batch of
antibiotics be certified by the Government
would result in expensive duplication of
tests already performed by the drug com
panies. At present, only five are certified,
a holdover from World War II practice.
Antibiotics can be produced and controlled
today with the same precision as other
drugs. If certification is extended, the con
sumer will ultimately pay — both in terms
of higher drug prices and increased taxes
to cover salaries of hundreds of additional
Government inspectors.
Similarly, the grant of unrestricted
power to the Secretary of Health, Educa
tion and Welfare suddenly to take an ap
proved drug off the market without a hea
ing appears excessively arbitrary, unneces
sary and against the public interest. The
Secretary already has power, through an
injunction he can obtain virtually over
night, to prevent further marketing of any
drug he considers unsafe. Some check on
his authority is advisable, for, should he
be in error, the real loser would be the
patient who desperately needs the drug.
Finally, it seems unnecessarv and in
advisable to restate in a new law power
the Secretary-already has with respect
to clinical testing. This would cause wider
exercise of such power — even against
better judgment — so as not to offend
Congress. Clinical investigators would be
driven into other, less restricted fields, thus
slowing down the development of new
drugs.
We hope that the Senate bill will be
modified by the House of Representatives
to eliminate these provisions.
Don't Be A Sucker!
Investigate, Then Invest
“Your sedate next-door neighbor prob
ably would not pay thousands of dollars
for a single tulip bulb, or finance a steam
boat to go and trade with the natives
in an unknown country — However, at a
word from his barber, he may have gone
overboard for one of the glamour stocks
so popular in 1960 and 1961.”
That quotation comes from a new book,
“What About Common Stocks?” by John
A. Straley, published by Harper & Row.
Mr. Straley’s book is designed to give
advice to the ever-increasing number of
people who are investing in common stocks,
and to aid them in making the most of
the opportunities that are open. He deals
with pitfalls to avoid. And he also touches
on stock swindles, which are carefully de
signed to trap the unwary and the unknow
ing. The “fast operator” can usually be
seen for what he is if the potential victim
will ask and answer a few questions. Is
he in a hurry? Can you check his reputa
tion? Is he pushing a single stock? A typ
ical swindler is the one who joins a church,
tips the pastor off on a “good” stock, and
promises to reimburse any losses. The
swindler's theory is that the kind-hearted
pastor will pass the tip along to his par
ishioners.
MABEL SESSIONS DENNIS
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
SC U R WEEKLY
UNDAY
Leadership In Crises
Bible Material: Nehemiah 2;
4; 6:15
Devotional Reading: Psalms
126
Intermediate - Senior Topic:
When You Have Problems
Memory Selection: Take
courage . . . says the Lord;
work, for I am with you. Hag
gai 2:4
Young People-Adult Topic:
A Mind to Work
Memory Selection: So we
built the wall. . . . For the peo
ple had a mind to work. Ne
hemiah 4:6
Haggai was the prophet who
above all others inspired and
led the Jewish people, after
they returned from the Exile,
to rebuild the temple. The
foundation of the temple was
laid two years after the exiles
returned, but the work was in
terrupted and the half-finish
ed building stood as both a
challenge and rebuke. Finally
Haggai, assisted by Zechariah,
exhorted the people to resume
their work on the temole, and
it was completed in the year
515 B.C.
Our lesson today deals with
events which took place about
seventy years after the com
pletion of the temple. The tem
ple, majestic and beautiful al
though almost insignificant as
compared with Solomon's
structure, stood secure in Je
rusalem and dominated the life
of its people. But there was a
great danger confronting the
restored nation. The walls of
the city had been pulled down
when Nebuchadnezzar cap
tured the city. These had never
been rebuilt. We moderns find
it hard to realize the extent to
which walls about a city add
ed to the security and comfort
of the inhabitants therein. The
returned Jews realized that
they were surrounded by non-
Jewish people who wished
them no good. Without city
walls they were, therefore, open
to the ravages of these peop'e
at anv time the enemy saw fit
to strike.
In our lesson today we obr
serve how the Jews, prizing
their city and its temple vastly
above their own lives, huddled
like sheep in a blizzard know
ing not at what moment their
cruel neighbors would strike.
Nehemiah is the dominant
figure in this situation. He was
a Jew who had risen to promi
nence in the court of the Per
sian King, becoming cupbearer
to Artaxerxes. One day as he
served the King, Nehemiah's
master observed that his cup
bearer looked sad and question
ed him regarding his mood.
Nehemiah frankly confessed
that the walls of his city lay
in ruins, that every Jew
throughout the world trembled
in fearful anticipation of what
might happen to the partly re
stored city. Nehemiah there
fore requested the King of Per
sia that he be given a military
escort, letters certifying him to
the different Persian governors
along the way, and that he be
appointed Governor of Judaea
with the authority to rebuild
the walls of the city. This re- |
quest was granted.
Nehemiah upon arrival made
an inspection of the city by
night and saw its complete in
ability to withstand seige. He,
therefore, instituted a program
of work which resulted in the I
rebuilding of the walls in fifty- ,
two days. In all this he was |
assisted by Ezra, a priest who ;
inspired the people to work
with hope.
We see in Nehemiah and Ezra j
the resourceful layman work- I
ing with the priest for the in
spiring of the people and the
upbuilding of their city and its
life.
Nehemiah was a realist. He
had that ability and vitality
wni c h distinguished Jewish
people so often possess. He had
resourcefulness and courage.
Nehemiah never stopped to ।
wring his hands over a badi
situation. He got busy and tried :
to change it.
The lesson for us is obvious, i
We have spoken about the ।
building of the walls and their
completion. Today’s lesson
deals with circumstances which
led up to this great triumph.
Samballat and Tobiah, and
the Arabians, and the Ashdo
dites were the Gentile groups
which Nehemiah and his fellow
Jews had to confront. These
Gentiles hated everything Jew
ish. They were determined
that a Jewish city and nation
should not arise again in that
portion of the world. No pro
cedure was too outrageous for
Samballat and his associates
to pursue. They would stop this |
Jewish incursion at all costs.
They first of all tried to
overwhelm the Jews with deri
sion. They thought they could
j augh Nehemiah and his whole
project off the landscape. They
I were angry, in fact, with “great
S LESSON FOR
CHOOL
i indignation” but their method
; lof attack was mockery. “What
I ao these feeble Jews? Will they
> fortify themselves? Will they
sacrifice? Will they make an
: end in a day? Will they re
vive the stones out of the heaps
‘ of the rubbish which are burn
; ed? Now Tobiah, the Ammo
nite. was by him and he said,
Even that which they build, if
I a fox go up, he shall even
break down their stone wall.”
■ Sanballat was crafty, and in
a measure wise. Movements of
all kinds, good or bad, can
often be disposed of by derision
> and ridicule. Get the public
I laughing at a man in office,
■ and his work as a public offi
, cial is doomed. Get enough
> people laughing at a project,
i and usually that will be the
> end of that project.
Derision and ridicule are
■ powerful weapons, and both
1 the good and the bad among
’ men have learned how to use
> these weapons.
■ The lesson for us is that we
[ must be prepared to withstand
such measures. We try to get
something worthwhile accom
-1 plished and a neat phrase
■ turner rises up and tries to
drive us off the scene with
' laughter and sarcasm. Fre
quently it works. Sometimes it
’ works for the good, because
' evil projects can sometimes be
’ laughed out of existence as
! well as good projects. But if
' something is worth doing, if
' it represents service to God
and to our fellow man, if it
stands for public improvement
and the elevation of men’s
minds and morals, then we
need to learn how to take de
rision, to oppose it with logic,
and to press on to victory.
Young people fear derision
probably more than anything
else in the world. They have
to learn how to stand up with
courage when those about them
laugh at the purity of their
lives, the honesty of their pur
poses, their unwillingness to
partake of liquor or to indulge
in the type of life which usu
ally surrounds such indulgence.
Businessmen and public of
ficials have to learn how to
handle derision and ridicule.
When the enemies of Jeru
salem and its inhabitants “heard
that the walls of Jerusalem
were made up. and that the
breaches had been stopped, then
they were very wroth and con
spired all of them together to
come and to fight against Jeru
salem and to hinder it. Never
theless we made our prayer
unto our God and set a watch
against them day and night,
because of them.”
Note the first item of pro
cedure: “Nevertheless we made
our prayer unto our God. . . .”
The word “nevertheless” is im
portant. In spite of ridicule and
opposition they turned to their
religious faith as the factor in
their lives most likely to sus
tain them.
So often when we are assail
ed we think of prayer only
after everything else has fail
ed. We should keep our lives
healthy with continuous pray
ing. We should have great re
serves of spiritual power with
which to meet life’s crises.
But if we do not have this
reserve of power, we should,
when confronted by terrifying
and tempting situations, betake
: ourselves to God in prayer.
Also Nehemiah directed that
a watch be set against the
enemy “day and night.” This
is the watchfulness which Jesus
constantly exhorted his follow
ers to have. The good Christ
' ian tries to prepare himself for
anything that may happen.
Nehemian realistically con
fronted the fact that in their
hurried attempt to get the
walls erected they had allow
ed considerable rubbish to ac-
I cumulate. Rubbish accumulates
! in your life and mine—plenty
l of it. Light reading and the
i watching of TV programs
certainly have a place in life,
■ but they can sometimes ex
pand until they occupy too
great an area. Wholesome
pleasure of all kinds are given
us of God that we may relax
in body and mind, but when
pleasure is put first, or any
where near first in a person's
life, that life is spoiled and
disfigured with rubbish. We
need always to watch our hab
its. We are creatures of habit
and because we are human our
tendency is to fall into lazy,
indulgent, and positively bad
habits.
Because of this rubbish Ne
hemiah and his associates were
• not able to build the wall.
Many a person of real ability
has failed to make a success in
life because of the piles of rub
bish which have accumulated
in his life.
We need constantly to be
;jon guard.
(Laraest Coveraae Any Weekly In The State) Thursday. September 13. 1961
Welcome
Neighbor!
M. S. M.
“If from cherished ebildhoed
scenes
Fate and fortune have brought
you here,
\nd your heart still homeward
leans;
Remember—New friends with
time grow dear.
Your Joys, your sorrows are of
ours a part,
So. help us to know you that
we may share
This experience of Life, with
open heart;
Welcome Neighbor! We’re glad
you are here.”
Our new Neighbors this
week, are not altogether “new
comers” to our section, for one
family comes from our neigh
boring town of Madison: and
the others are former Newton
Counians.
Mr. and Mrs. Buddy J.
Lancaster, who come to us from
Madison, are making then
home on Thompson Ave.
Mrs. Lancaster, a native of
Mcdison, finds homemaking
her prime hobby, with the care
of 11 months old Mark, their
only child. In leisure moments
she enjoys spectator sports, es
pecially football, and also likes
to bowl. Local hospital officials
are glad to learn that she is
also a registered nurse.
Mr. Lancaster, also a native
of Madison, is head of the
Covington office of the Pro
duction Credit Association. He
shares his wife’s interet in
football and bowling; and in
addition likes fishing and all
out-door sports.
The Lancasters are being
warmly welcomed nto the
Baptist Church of which they
are members, as well as into
the local community life.
Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Adams
have answered the call of th?
“Hills of home”, and upon Mr.
Adams, retirement, have re
turned to the scenes of Mr.
Adams’ childhood to establish
their permanent home in
Brickstore Community.
Mrs. Adams, a Carroll Co
unty native, finds homemaking
first among her hobbies, with
perhaps cooking as her most
enjoyable; but, she is deeply
interested in music and books,
also. She was immediately en
listed in Newton County School
system, as a teacher at Living
ston School.
Mr. Adams, who is the son of
the late G. Claude Adams,
Newton County’s founder of
the original Corn Club, which
evolved into the national 4-H-
Clubs, recently retired as Office
Manager of the FHA in Cedar
town. He names hunting and
fishing among his favorite
hobbies.
Friends and neighbors of the
yesteryears are extending a
warm welcome to the Adams,
who are again filling their
places in the Presbyterian
Church, and the county’s civic
and social life.
Morris M. Pulliam
Enters Medical
College 2nd Year
Augusta, Ga. — Morris
Michael Pulliam of Covington
has enrolled as a second year
student at the Medical College
of Georgia. He is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Henley Morris Pul
liam of Route 1.
Pulliam is a graduate of
Newton County High School
and attended the University of
Georgia where he was awarded
his BS degree in 1961.
During Pulliam’s sophmore
year at the Medical College, his
work will include classroom
and laboratory studies in med
ical microbiology, pharmaco
logy'. and pathology. He also
will be assigned for the first
time to the clinics of the col
lege’s Eugene Talmadge Me
morial Hospital.
CARD OF THANKS
I wish to thank each one who
remembered me in their pray
ers and with cards and visits,
while I was at Crawford Long
Hospital and since my return
home. May God bless each one
is my prayer.
Raymond W. Thompson, Sr
WO
when women
coiuoeu iheir uair into place?”
From A Pasture to A
Ci''hedral
By Charles E. Hooper
We had been following Geor
gia highway 155 east of At
lanta. When we crossed Snap ■
finger Creek approximately
twenty miles out from town,
we turned left on highway 212.
Within a few minutes we saw.
located on the rolling plains of
Rockdale County, a quadrangle
of buildings built in the tradi
tional Cistercian style. The
story behind the construction
of these buildings is just as fas
cinating and interesting as the
buildings themselves.
In March of 1944, a small
band of monks from Gethse
mane, Kentucky arrived in
Rockdale County near Con
yers, Georgia. These Monks be
longed to the Trappist Order.
They had come to Georgia to
establish the Monastary of Our
Lady of the Holy Ghost. They'
were eleven in number. For
awhile, their home was a white
washed cattle barn. ...and
they slept with twenty mules
and two cows. Today, their
group numbers close to a hun
dred and after eighteen years
of tedious work, they have fi
nally completed their granite
monastary. With few excep
tions, they performed all the
work themselves in building
this quadrangle of buildings
that is squared around an old
world cloister of classic beauty.
There is a cathedral church, a
library, vestment room, study’
rooms, dining area and kitchen,
infirmary and cell like sleep
ing dormitories. They farm ap
proximately two thousand acres
of land. A guest house is al
ways open for visitors of all
Vehicle Titis
Now Required
In Georgia
Application for a Georgia Mo- j
tor Vehicle Certificate of Title
must be made on all 1963 year
model vehicles and all year mo
del vehicles that have been
issued a Certificate of Title by
another Title State that come;
into Georgia after July 1,1962,
according to an announcement
by Murray A. Chappell, Direc
tor Motor Vehicle Unit.
Apolication will be made at
the County Tag Agent’s office
when applying for a vehicle li
cense plate that is required to
be purchased at the County-
Tag Agent’s office.
If, the vehicle was purchased
from a Georgia Dealer, the ap- i
plication must also be signed
by the Dealer. If the vehicle
is a newly purchased 1963 mo
del, a Manufacturer’s Certifi
cate of Origin must be submitt
ed with the application as
proof of ownership. If the ve
hicle has been issued a Certi
ficate of Title by another State,
that Certificate of Title must
be submitted with the applica
tion as proof of ownership.
The fee for a Georgia Motor
Vehicle Certificate of Title is
SI.OO. Application for a Cer
tificate of Title (Form Tl) will
be available at the office of
Bonham Johnson at the New- '
ton County Courthouse.
SERVICE...
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support Girl Scouting
Sept. 27-28-29, 1962
Traveling
through
Georgia
.—a—*
creeds and denominations and
the greenhouse abounds with
beautiful flowers, unusual
shrubs and plants.
Members of the monastarv
are made up of ex Marine arid
Navy pilots, teachers, a golf
pro, a newspaperman, oil drill
ers, a former Wall Street tycoon
and men from other varied
walks of life. They work, medi
tate and worship in silence from
2 A. M. til 7:30 P. M. The monks
observe the rule of silence.
Their diet is simple. . . consist
ing of vegetables, cheese, and
milk and honey. . . all of which
is grown or produced on their
farm.
The buildings themselves ar«
a masterpiece in design and
construction and they occupy
some 91,200 square feet. Th*
monastary has proved to be
, one of Georgia's outstanding
attractions and you have only
to glance at the guest book to
. see the large number of visi
tors they have from all over
the southeast just in a week's
, time.
The stillness, the beauty of
the buildings and the well tend
, ed to gardens and farms is
something you w’ill long remem
. ber. It is a deep and refresh
ing change to visit there. The
keen sense of humor of t h »
guest master as he takes you
from place to place is most
warming and you can’t help
but smile when he tells you
that the last news that was an
nounced to the monks was Col
onel Glenn’s successful orbit
Here, these monks spend theii
life in prayer, devotion and
work.
Ask your local service sta
tion operator to give you th*
best and most direct route tn
this beautiful monastary that
rose from a pasture in Rock
dale County.
Club Members
Reminded of
Flavor Project
Porterdale —■ All members
of the Porterdale Woman's
Club are reminded that thera
are still orders waiting foi
their unsold flavoring. Mrs.
Raleigh Sims, Project Chair
man, would like for all money
or flavoring to be turned over
to her or one of the following:
Mrs. T. C. Christian, Mrs.
James Adams, Mrs. Hubert
Grier.
It would be helpful if this
could be done as early as pos
sible, Mrs. Sims added.
[MEETINGS]
The Annie Armstrong Circle
of the First Baptist Churcn
WMU will be guests of Mrs.
Richard George at their regular
meeting. Thursday morning,
September 20, at 10:00 a. m.
Mrs. Nat S. Turner will con
clude the mission study book,
“The Bible and Race”; and new
officers for the year will ba
installed. All members and
prospective members of a
morning circle are cordially
invited to attend.
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