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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
Person to Person
Understanding
The importance of person to person
acquaintance between peoples of different
nations has been stressed as one of the
beat guarantees of future peace.
Coming closer home, the importances of
“Farm-City Week," which will be observed
nationally November 16-22, will help re
move lack of understanding of the mutual
interests of farm and urban citizens and
build respect for the activities and prob
lems of each. The sooner people realize
how much they depend upon each other,
the sooner problems will be solved.
When the city woman pays five, ten
or fifteen dollars for some groceries she
thinks someone is getting rich. She needs
to study what she is getting for her
money at the market, the cost of process
ing, taxes, transportation, selling, etc.
Farm families need to understand the
cost of manufacturing, distributing and
marketing farm supplies, household equip
ment, medical care and professional help.
It will pay everyone to join in any
activities scheduled in their community
for Farm-City Week which ends Thanks
giving Day. It will help all of us to better
appreciate the blessings and abundance we
provide for each other, by understanding
and working together.
In Newton County the Kiwanis Club
of Covington annually observes the Farm-
City Week and has a program at which
time leaders in the farming and allied in
dustries are invited to visit the club. Ex
tension workers of the county provide the
program for the local farm-city week at
Kiwanis.
President Explains U. S.
Position in Monroe Doctrine
President Kennedy, at his press confer
ence of September 13 made it clear in pre
pared statement and in answer to quest
ions, that he is not going to get excited
over violation of the Monroe Doctrine -
only over the extent of the violation. As
we understand his position, it will be time
enough to take steps when Khrush has
landed enough materiel and “technicians"
to mount an attack on the U. S. The Presi
dent will then discuss the matter with the
Joint Chiefs and try to think of some
thing.
This report to the nation was somewhat
at variance with his ringing words of April
a year ago to the American Society of New
spaper Editors when he proclaimed “our
restraint is not inexhaustible” and noted
that we had learned some lessons from
Budapest and the Bay of Pigs:
“First, the President then declared, “it
is clear that the forces of Communism are
not to be underestimated, in Cuba or else
where . . .
“Second, it is clear that this nation must
take an even closer and more realistic
look at the menace of external communist
intervention and domination in Cuba The
American people are not complacent
about iron curtain tanks and planes less
than 90 miles from our shores. The evid
ence is clear and the hour is late" (Note,
this was 17 months ago). .“We cannot
postpone any longer the real issue of the
survival of freedom in this hemisphere. On
that issue there is no middle ground.
But, on second thought, it has been post
poned - quite indefinitely. In the mean
while, Khrush can proceed with his build
up, and if he wants a war he can jolly well
ask for it like a gentleman. And what
gentleman would do that before Election?
Look at the Wall
We have become accustomed to state
ments of policy by men in high seats of
government which, one way or another,
would give government ever-widening con
trol over our lives, fortunes, freedoms and
opportunities.
So it is pleasant to be able to quote
a top official who takes a very different
view. Secretary of State Dean Rusk has
said: “Either we believe in capitalism, in
the freedom of individual enterprise, or we
io not. And we do not if we hold with
massive government intervention to distort
and freeze the market. If we look to
government to rig the game, we may as
well look to it to play the hands.”
It will be a sad day for this country if
the “massive government intervention”
attitude becomes a benign contagion —
and spreads to those who are entrusted
with domestic policy and administration.
The do-all, be-all, boss-all government has
achieved but one thing in this world —
the destruction of human freedom, and the
i eduction of each individual to the status
of a number. The terrible Berlin wall is
its perfect symbol.
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I Anglo-Saxon Tongue
Outshines All Others
We have long been accused of taking
shocking advantage of the language we
inherited from our British forebears. No
doubt we are guilty in many respects. As
a single example, we constantly hear and
repeat the phrase, “like a you-know-what
should” — when we mean “as." And the
newest edition of our best-known diction
ary calmly presents “ain’t” as a word!
But. despite the abuse it has taken, the
Anglo-Saxon longue outshines all others
in beauty and force and in the directness of
its short, simple words that bite. Such
words as: go, stop, love, hate, fear, chop,
hit, eat, drink, honor, death — and so on
ad infinitum (that's Latin).
And our economy with words, exem
plified by that railroadman's classic tele
gram: “Off again, on again, gone again.
Finnegan,” is often the despair of other
nations.
Consider the variety of meanings —
especially in these changing and critical
times —of that single, short word “grow."
To the farmer, it means one thing above
others. To the youngster it is the promise
of the day when he can do as he pleases—
he thinks. To grown-ups it is a warning
that they must continue to grow, intellec
tually and spiritually — or wither on the
Vine of Life. And to business it is the com
mand of that inexorable law — flourish
or perish*
Out in Skokie, 111., the International
Minerals and Chemical Corporation, whose
basic job is to make things grow so all
of us can eat, has adopted that magic word
as a credo. GROW symbolizes, at once,
the company objective, the purpose of its
products and the ambition of all who work
there. Wherever they may be, in the plants,
warehouses, loading docks or offices, IMC
people are confronted by this verbal talis
man — on the walls, on their benches and
desks. One of them, we are told, took one
of these signs home to hang on the crib
of his young son.
Perhaps, in these challenging times,
we should ask for one to paste on our
typewriter — and do it now!
Carbon Monoxide Is no
Respector of Persons
“It Can't Happen to Me!” What a com
fort to block out all thoughts of possible
danger with that magic phrase. But it can
happen to you — Carbon Monoxide is no
respector of persons.
Carbon Monoxide, commonly called
'CO', is a poison that has threatened man's
safety since he learned the use of fire.
It creeps up catlike and takes its victim
quietly and painlessly. It is a sneaky, ruth
less killer that can reach you in your
car. at work in an industrial plant, in your
home, in fact, any place where fuel is
burned.
Some of the first symptoms of ‘CO’
poisoning are headache, nausea and dizzi
ness. Very often we are just lulled into
a deep sleep that ends in permanent dam
age to the brain and even in death. You
cannot see Carbon Monoxide, taste it or
smell it. There are few second chances with
‘CO’ poisoning.
According to Mr. A F. Parrish. Director
of Housing Hygiene and Accident Preven
tion Service of the Georgia Department
of Public Health, carbon monoxide is pro
duced through a very simple process, the
incomplete burning of fuel. This, combin
ed with insufficient ventilation, is what
creates the danger. Mr. Parrish also says
that some easy and worthwhile precautions
make it just as simple to prevent 'CO'
poisoning. He would like to stress the im
portance of having all furnaces, stoves and
heaters checked to make sure they are in
good working order and connected prop
erly, of keeping a car window open while
driving, of making sure there is fresh air
in a garage or workshop before starting
any motor, and of opening a window in
the bedroom while we sleep.
As the leaves come tumbling down and
the fuel starts burning up. think of this
killer that gives little warning Check your
use of fuel in your home, in your car. at
your job.
Remember — “It Can Happen to You!"
“Th? greatest danger that we face is
pressed areas' program intended to accom
not the external enemy.” said Sen. Thur
'd recently, “but it is the internal en
en —itis C >mmuni&m from within.”
The American Medical Association has
underwritten $58,800 in loans to 98 Cuban
refugee physicians, most of whom have
now qualified for practice in this country
and found employment.
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.
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SOUR WEEKLY (QtESSON FOR
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Man
Bible Material: Genesis 1:26-
31; Psalms 8; Matthew 6:24-34;
Hebrews 2:6-18.
Devotional Reading: Hebrews
2:8-18; Memory Selection:
What is man that thou art
mindful of him, and the son of
man that thou dost care for
him?
Yet thou hast made him little
less than God. and dost crown
him with glory and honour.
Psalms 8:4-5.
Intermediate-Senior Topic:
Why Am I Here?
Young People-Adult Topic:
Why Am I Here?
Another important phase of
theology is the doctrine of man.
This has always been true, but
in our own generation theo
logians both in Europe and
America have written volum
inously on this subject. Man in
his life and destiny has come in
for wide consideration by mod
ern theological writers, but.
they have been especially in
trigued by the predicament or
dilemma of man in a world that
seems to be under the predo
minant influence of secular
science.
God created man, but the
human race has developed the
technical instruments which
could destroy man from the
face of the earth
From the standpoint of the
Bible, man is of tremendous
importance. The first chapters
of the Book of Genesis give
more verses to the account of
the creation of man and his fall
into sin than is given to the en
tire account of the creation of
the physical world and all
vegetation and animate living
creatures.
Man was created in the image
of God in that he was endowed
with a soul that is eternal and a
moral consciousness that can
distinguish good and evil —and
above all that freedom of will
which gives man the power of
moral choice.
It may be said that the one
theme of the whole Bible is
“redemption.” All men are sin
ful. but God in his mercy has
provided away of salvation.
God did this by becoming man,
and in the person of Christ
giving himself in a sacrifice for
sin and so accomplishing the at
onement which can make man a
child of God.
The cross of Christ thus be
comes the focal point of the
history of man, as it is also the
focal point of the history of
redemption.
Dr. John A Mackay, former
President of Princeton Theo
logical Seminary, told his grad
uating seniors a few years ago
that some Christians say. “We
know that man now has the
power to destroy the whole
human race, but what of it? We
are saved and if the world
should be destroyed we have
eternal life in Jesuß Christ.”
He went on to say that this
might be good Stoic philosophy,
but he did not belive that it was
good Christianity Dr Mackay
continued, “We believe that Al
mighty God has invested far too
much in man ever to let him be
destroyed by •wisdom of scien
tists or the foolishness of politi
cians.”
As we approach the study of
our lesson text we may remem
ber as a background that God
created man with great potent
ial powers for both good and
evil. As we look back over the
history of man we can see that
these powers have been dis
played by men in both direct
ion* with results that cannot be
measured by our thought or
imagination. Man can sink to
depths far lower than the
beasts, as we know when we
look at Nero, for instance, or
Hitler who bathed the world in
blood. We can on the other
hand see men who have accom
plished equal records for good
like Paul the Apostle or Aug
ustine or Martin Luther and
John Calvin, or the great pion
eers of the missionary enter
prise like David Livingstone or
: William Carey.
, Or think of Robert Wilder,
I John R Mott, Robert Speer and
j Samuel Zwemer, who led a
movement that sent twelve
thousand young Americans
overseas with the gospel and
founded the church of Jesus
Christ in every part of the
world. Not to mention Frank
Laubach of our own time
through whose literacy camp
aigns million all over the world
have been lifted out of ignor
ance and disease and degrad
ation on a first step to a new
plane of life and furnished the
worldwide church of Christ
with a great new tool in liter
acy efforts.
Yes, if man can sink to the
lowest depths he can also rise
to tremendous heights when
filled with the Holy Spirit. But
man’s highest destiny can be
reached only through the One
who became man in order to
give humanity the chance to
inherit eternal life.
Our lesson starts with what
came to be known in the past
century as “Natural Theology.'’
God has revealed Himself to all
men everywhere in the won
ders of this earth and the uni
verse in which we live. In our
King James Version of the
Bible this psalm is listed as a
Psalm of David. As a shepherd
boy at night he had gazed upon
the wonders of the heavens and
the impressions and thoughts
of those early years remained
with him when he became the
sweet psalmist and king of
God’s people.
We should note that the
psalmist puts emphasis upon
the fact that these glories of the
heavens are the works of the
"finger of God" and they are
ordained by the Almighty. He
1 needed to make this very clear
in view of the fact that the
nations all around were deep in
I the idolatry of the worship of
"the hosts of heaven" and the
। sun. moon and stars.
There is indeed a wonderful
1 revelation of God in nature, but
a confusion of God with nat
ure will lead to monism or
pantheism, which are the bases
of the great religions aside from
Judaism. Christianity and Is
lam.
Then the Psalmist asks the
questions, “What is man that
thou art mindful of him?"
When we think of the tremen
dous extent of the universe and
the marvelous beauty of nature
this is a natural question. David
knew some of theanswer, that
man had been created as the
ruler of nature with a mind and
1 ■ soul and the ability to v orship
I and write poetry like this
I psalm. A full answer, however,
requires the New Testament
and the incarnation. The de
' signation “son of man" is used
here merely as a general term,
but the full stature and dignity
and destiny of man can only b*
understood in the "Son of Man"
1 who was the "Son of God."
Man was created a little low
er than the angels because they
are heavenly beings that see
i God face to face anti are his
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Editor Covington News
Covington, Ga.
Thanks to a Covington grade
school teacher of several years
ago. At Christmas each of her
pupils received a very simple lit
tle cloth bag to give to their pa
rents to use in their car.
Ronald made his with a funny
face and the words, “Don't Be A
Litter Bug”, drawn with crayons
on it. We have continued to use
it and we never throw a bit of i
litter outside It has helped keep
Georgia dean and is now keep
ing Virginia clean, besides the
many states we have traveled
through.
What a lovely gift from a very
thoughtful teacher to help keep
our country clean.
Mr. and Mrs. Willis H.
Coyner and Son Ronald
Stuarts Draft, Virginia
Box 48. Rt. 1
October 20, 1962
The Covington News
Covington, Georgia
Dear Sirs:
The Auxiliary of the Newton
County Hospital is so grateful
to the Covington News for the
j splendid publicity you con
; stantly give to our organization
and particularly for our pro
ject of the year — the play
which has just been given, and
for the gift of the tickets for
the play.
From the sale of these beau
tiful tickets we made around
$700.00 and this from ticket
sales alone: no money was so
licited from the businesses of
our town for program adver
tising or anything else.
The members of our ways
and means committee worked
very hard under the leadership
of Mrs. Jordan Callaway and
with the ever enthusiastic help
of all those who took part in
the production. We are most
grateful to Eddie Najjar, who
wrote this witty “Snowdrift
and the Seven Flakes” and
ably directed it, and to Mrs.
Lamar Callaway who directed
the dances and aided in the
staging generally.
Still no matter how hard
the work or how enthusiastic
the workers, a show is depen
dent on the advance publicity.
So for this and your many
continued kindnesses we do
thank you.
Sincerely,
Mrs, Robert R. Fowler
President, Newton
County
Hospital Auxiliary
■
Pre-Legislative
Forum in Athens
Today at 8:30 AM
The Georgia State Chamber
of Commerce will kickoff its
seventh annual Pre-Legis
lative Forums in Athens. Nov
ember 8 at 8:30 a. m. The meet
ings are co-sponsored by the
state and local chambers of
commerce.
Panelists on the week-lons
tour of 15 Georgia cities will
include Congressman Robert G.
Stephens. Jr. of the 10th Con
gressional District and Rep.
Guv Rutland, Jr. of DeKalb
County.
Stephens will outline issues
pending before the Congress
and Rutland will discuss mat
ters expected to come befor ■
the General Assembly in Jan
uary.
Governor - nominate Carl
Sanders was a participant on
the Forums two years ago,
along with House Floor Leader
Frank Twitty of Mitchell
County.
At that time, both law
makers urged a moderate ap
proach to- the pending school
integration issue, and many
political observers credit them
with helping to achieve a
peaceful legislative solution to
the school problem.
messengers to creation, but
their existence is in the heaven
ly realm of the spirit world.
Man as he lives his life on earth
will experience pain and sor
row because sin has entered
this portion of creation. Even
here, however, there may be a
depth and broadness to the
life of man which angels do not
experience.
Honey Production Rises
Honey production in Georgia
for 1962 is estimated at
7.740.000 pounds, according to
the Georgia Crop Reporting
Service. This represents an
increase of about 16 percent
over 1961 production, and was
produced in some 215,000 col
onies. I
Myth of Peaceful
Co-Existence Seen
By India's Nehru
By LEO S. MALLARD
Jawaharlal Nehru is disillusioned, and rightly so, for
he has experienced the rudest awakening of his life. H i s
government had led India down the road of neutrality under
false pretense that peaceful co-existence with Communist
nations is possible — Red China in particular.
On the world-wide screen
the Cuban crisis has overshad
owed India’s troubles during
the past two weeks, but it
seems that the invasion of
India’s homeland by the Red
Chinese has been real enough
to make Mr. Nehru see tine
light.
“We are living in an artifi
cial atmosphere of our own
creation and we have been
shaken out of it,” Nehru told
his people. “Shaken out” was
an understatement. Last week
Nehru declared a national state
of emergency w’hen he found
his country engaged in a bloody
undeclared war with the Red
Chinese along 2,500 miles of
common Himalayan border.
Communist CMina claims 15,-
000 square miles of Indian soil
in the barren northwest region
of Ladakh. Since 1957 Chinese
soldiers have taken 12,000 to
14,000 miles of this territory
and the Red’s have pushed In
dian troops, during the last
two weeks, steadily backward
until now they control almost
the entire area.
The most disturbing news
came from the northeast where
China began a major invasion
into India’s Northeast Frontier
Agency. Some 30,000 Chinese,
armed with automatic weapons,
came rolling dowm from over
14,000 foot Himalayan peaks
like an avalanche to penetrate
37 miles into the NEFA.
China claimed she was “re
covering” her territory, “ille
gally” given to India under the
disputed McMahon line which
Education Never More Important
To Farm Youth in Georgia
Never has formal education
been so important to the future
of farm youth.
Although this is true of any
young person today, it is parti
cularly true of those growing
up on farms. Farm Manage
ment Specialist W. I. Golden of
the University of Georgia Co
operative Extension Service
pointed out this week.
To back up his statement,
Mr. Golden cited the following
information compiled from
studies made by the U. S. De
partment of Commerce and
Department of Labor:
The employment situation for
farm workers as such is un
favorable, but this does not
mean that there are not ample
employment opportunities in
the broad field of agriculture,
Or agri-business as it has Come
to be called. While the demand
for unskilled or semi-skilled
workers is dwindling, there is
an ever increasing demand for
highly trained specialists in
technicals and managerial
fields resulting from the rapid
mechanization of agriculture.
This is illustrated by the fact
that during the period 1950-
1960. the replacement rate for
rural farm males aged 20-64
was 168. This means that 168
young people will reach the
age of 20 for every 100 who die
or reach age 65.
Yet, rural youth are not go
ing as far with formal educ
ation as their urban counter
parts. In 1959, only one-third
of the farm high school seniors
reported definite plans to enter
college. About 50 percent of
non-farm senior* planned to go
to college.
What difference does college
make? Among males who had
failed to complete high school,
more than half in the labor
force were classed a* operators
laborer* (other than farm) and
service workers. Few were in
professional or managerial oc
cupation*. and only seven per
cent were in white-collar jobs.
The unemployment rate of
males who had not graduated
from high school was almost
double that of high school
graduates and three times that
of college graduates.
At the other extreme. 85
percent of male college grad
uate* in the labor force were
employed in white-collar oc
cupation*. with 47 percent em
ployed as professional, techni
cal or kindred worker* within
this category.
Another way to look at it is
the average lifetime earnings of
persons of different education
al levels. The high school grad- I
Thursday, November S, IW?
was set up by the British in
1914 as a tribal boundary be
tween Tibet and India. Nehru
viewed the action as “an inva
sion of the whole country.”
Nehru has urged his people
to “gird up our loins and face
this great menace.” Three mil
lion ex-servicemen volunteer
ed to rejoin the 500,000 man
army. Many workers have of
fered to forego wages and wo
men have yielded their precious
gold earrings to help support
the army. India is gearing its
economy for war.
India's government, wrapped
up in its neutrality and peace
■ ful co-existence, had calculat
ed that Khruschev was anxious
to contain Chinese expansion.
Having courted, traded with,
‘ and taken Russia's side on so
, many issues, Nehru expected
( Khrushchev to restrain Peking
. if a showdown came.
Khrushchev has stuck by
: China and acclaimed her “Old
I inviolable friendship with
China.” India's idea of non
alignment in the cold war
, hadn’t worked and an “ago
> nizing reappraisal” seemed in
। the offing.
Nehru quickly sent a person -
, al appeal for help to President
, Kennedy. Aid is on its way to
' । India: but, is it too late? Will
| the Nehru government be able
: to stand .after leading the In
dian people this near chaos?
In the United States we hope
I so, and we also believe that
■ [ Nehru may have learned his
11 lesson—the hard way.
uate earns $49,000 more in his
lifetime than the non-graduate,
and the college graduate earns
an average of $121,000 more
than the high school graduate.
This information does not
mean that formal education is
necessary for adequate job per
formance, but this is becoming
' an increasingly important con
sideration in recruiting, hiring
and advancement.
Lack of ability is far from
being the only answer to whv
many youths do not seek high
er education, Mr. Golden con
tinued. War Department in
telligence test records from
World War II revealed this. For
example, 25 percent whose oc
' cupations in civilian life were
i listed as truck drivers had in
. telligence scores higher than 25
percent of the business execut-
I ives.
' Financial difficulties are
’ most often listed as the reason
' for not going to college, but the
1 much higher income potential
would seem to make this one of
I the best possible investments,
even if money has to be bor
rowed. he concluded.
29 Buildings at
U. of Georgia to
Be CD Shelters
Pies. O. C Aderhold Os the
University of Georgia has
। signed the Civil Defense Fallout
Shelter license which will allow
29 University building* td be
marked and stocked for use in
, case of national emergency.
The buildings will provide
shelter for more than 11,000.
I Several buildings completed
since the U. S. Corp* of En
gineers made its survey and
several now under construction
will provide more shelters in
, the future.
President Aderhold said,
“The University in cooperation
with the civil defense effort «
’ making preparations for the
safety of our student body and
faculty in any eventuality. We
hope and pray that the need for
these shelters will not arise,
but we do not propose to be un
prepared in the event of
national emergency.”
“In the meantime, the Uni
versity will continue to go
about its normal functions,
providing the best possible
educational opportunities for a
student body which must live
and offer leadership in a crisis
ridden world.”
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