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THE COVINGTON NEWS
118 -122 PACE STREET, COVINGTON, GA. -30209
I BELMONT DENNIS
Editor and Publisher
LEO S. MALLARD
Assistant to Publisher
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF
NEWTON COUNTY
AND THE
CITY OF COVINGTON
Your Hometown Newspaper
Your own Hometown Newspaper
invites you to join us in observing
National Newspaper Week, Octo
ber 11 - 17. Newspapers of the
land are especially recognized
during this week for the vital
role they play in preserving one
of America’s most cherished
Freedoms - the Freedom of
Speech, which includes a Free
Press. A Free Press is the dif
ference between a Democracy and
a Dictatorship, for only an in
formed people can remain free.
Thomas Jefferson was so con
vinced that newspapers were the
Guardians of Liberty that in 1802
he wrote: “Were it left to me to
have a government without news
papers, or newspapers without
government, I should not hesitate
a moment to prefer the latter”.
His inference of course, being
that an informed electorate would
be enlightened enough to effect
the organization of a free and de
mocratic government.
More than 80 percent of the na
tion’s newspapers are “week
lies”, serving their hometowns
and communities. More than a
half million additional Americans
are subscribing to weekly news
papers this year, than were sub
scribing in 1963. Advertising,
even on a national scale, shows
a marked upswing, for adverti
sers are becoming increasingly
aware that the most effective way
of reaching potential customers
is through their hometown news
paper. In 1963 newspapers led
all other advertising media, ac
counting for 29 percent of total
dollar volume; with TV second,
with 15.8 percent of dollar vol
ume.
In the lastfive years newspapers
have spent more than $1 million
each year to improve their plants
and equipment. Your own news
paper is one of those recently in
stalling new equipment and me
thods to render greater service
to readers and advertisers.
But, your Hometown Newspaper
is far from being just an adver
tising medium. It is a record
of “history in the making”. It
is a textbook of your life - your
birth, education, joys, sorrows,
achievements, marriage, chil
dren - it even pays you your last
tribute, when yob begin your fi
nal Journey. It is your life his
tory, and the life history of those
you know and love.
It is the handful of clippings that
bring you poignantly close to your
children, and the children’s chil
dren, as they wander down Mem
ory Lane and share with you the
faithfully recorded events that
are your footprints in the sands
of Time.
THIS is your Hometown News
paper!
Walking on Iggs
We live in a strange time, in
deed.
Take, for example, the econo
mic situation in various of its
complexities.
We have had an income tax re
duction, designed to spur spend
ding and investment. With it, we
have had more creeping inflation
along with an increase in the so
cial security tax. These have
largely offset the gains from the
tax cut for millions of people.
Much of the economy is boom
ing. Yet reports from Washing
ton tell us that plans are now
being laid to cope with a possi
ble downturn. And in many quar
ters there is a very real fear
that more inflation, and on a
bigger scale, may be in the
offing.
In other words, we are, so to
speak, walking on eggs. A prime
duty of the next Administration,
Republican or Democrat, will be
to put its house in order, to make
a real effort to cut the cost of
government and to protect what
is left of the dollar’s purchasing
power.
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Colds May Break Records
There is still no cure for the
“common” cold, our medicos ad
vise. And no-news (such as this)
is farther than ever from good
news when the indications are that
colds will be more common than
ever before in the 1964-65 sea
son.
And with the return of last
year’s 40 million school kids to
their classrooms, plus the addi
tion of ten million new students
(the US Office of Education puts
the total at 50.1 million) the cold
season is officially open. This,
according to our scientists, is as
inevitable as the return of the
oyster with those months having
an “R” in them, since the spread
of virus-caused infections (most
of them colds) is triggered by
mixing people together. And
since youngsters of grade-school
age, according to the most pro
found research, have five times
as many colds as their elders,
mingling at this level produces
spectacular results!
But, even though there’s no
cure, there is such a thing as
prevention, at leastfor adults who
should be able to remember to
wrap up when they go out in the
cold and to wear their rubbers
in snow and slush. And even
after it’s too late for that, there
can be relief from stuffed-up and
runny noses, scratchy throats and
that headachy feeling -for young
and old. It would appear, how
ever, that not many people know
or care since a recent survey of
home medicine chests by a drug
industry publication showed that
only one out of eight is equip
ped to meet the needs of the
season. The check-list employ
ed, in case you do care, included
gargle, eye-drops, cough syrup,
antihistamine-aspirin, stomach
settler, laxative, fever thermo
meter, cotton swabs, bandages
and an analgesic.
In view of the increased school
enrollment and the expectation,
based on records for 1962 and
1963, that the average youngster
will be at home 18.9 days out
of the school year, increased ex
posure to colds seems a certainty
for every member of the family.
Thus, the time to take grandma’s
advice on keeping warm and dry
and stocking the medicine chest
for the worst - would seem to
be at hand!
Long Second Look
A short time ago, a leading Sov
iet economist said that his coun
try’s economic system should be
replaced by something new and
better. And what he advocated
was something akin to the capita
listic profit motive.
A few days later a top figure
in the Soviet automobile industry,
writing in Pravda, the voice of
the party, said much the same
thing. His industry, he frankly
admitted, is in trouble. Produc
tion is slow, the cars are ob
solete, workers are disinterest
ed. So, he thinks, it is time some
capitalist means of creating in
centive--profit and competition
among them--were adopted.
Not so many years ago the ex
pression of such ideas as these
within Russia would have been
considered close to treason. But,
apparently, the present bosses in
the Kremlin are becoming in
terested in learning from mis
takes. The basic communist cre
do is--or was--that each should
produce according to his ability
and be rewarded according to his
need, and that was the worst mis
take of all. This eliminated pro
fit, competition, and all the other
proven human and organizational
incentives, and the result was not
only inadequate production, but
the production of inferior goods.
It must be galling for Soviet
leaders to find anything good in
capitalism. But sheer necessity
is forcing a long second look.
MA3FL SESSIONS DE“NIS
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
I OUR WEEKLY LESSON FOR ।
iSunday School;
salvation for sinners
Devotional Reading: John 10:
7-18. Memory Selection: The
saying is sure and worthy of full
acceptance, that Christ Jesus
came Into the world to save sin
ners. 1 Timothy 1:15. Interme
diate-Senior Topic: Why Jesus
Came. Young People-Adult To
pic: Why Jesus Came.
Last week we oegan a series of
lessons drawn from the Epistles.
In that introductory lesson we saw
that 1 Timothy and 2 Timothy,
Titus and Philemon were written
by an outstanding general leader
of the early Church and were ad
dressed to associates charged
with responsibility in the work of
the Church in the local community
or in a group of churches in a
given area. The Epistles to 2
Timothy and Titus are called
Pastoral Epistles and It is from
the first of these that today’s
lesson Is taken.
The topic is "Salvation for Sin
ners”, and this lesson prompts
us to take into consideration the
redemptive love of God as reveal
ed in the conversion of Paul. The
Apostle Is one of the best known
Biblical figures, and this man,
who referred to himself as “the
chief of sinners,” knew wnereof
he spoke when he said that Christ
Jesus came into the world to save
sinners.
No one knew better than the A
postle Paul that Christ Is the
author and the finisher of our
faith.
We see the extravagant love of
God In the salvation which Christ
purchased on Calvary. This re
demption Is freely offered to all
men, and it is based solely on the
work of Christ as the one media
tor between God and man. Our
Lord’s advent had the singular
purpose of bridging the gulf be
tween God and man widch had
developed through the ages be
cause of man’s sinfulness and his
untowardness to God.
Mankind stands In need of re
demption through Christ, and no
man-made scheme can save him
from his folly and misery.
As the Apostle Paul looked back
upon his life and reviewed the
things that had happened to him
his heart was filled with profound
thanksgiving. In writing to his
young friend Timothy he expres
sed his gratitude for what Christ
had done for him. His thanks giv
ing was to Jesus Christ, whom La
acknowledged as Lord.
The reason for Paul’s grati
tude was the fact that he recog
nized that it was Jesus who had
“put him into the ministry.” He
looked upon his high calling as
God-appointed and he teels us that
God had counted him faithful. The
Apostle considered God’s favor a
great miracle. He knew that what
had happened to him was a gift
from God.
Prejudice means to prejudge
with insufficient knowledge, and
Paul had prejudged the Christian
cause without being aware of the
transforming power of the new
faith.
It took the convincing power of
God to convert Paul’s former ani
mosity against the Christians in
to a God controlled evangelistic
witness. Paul could speak to
Timothy with conviction because
he was aware of the fact that God
had done for him what he could
never do for himself.
The Apostle remembered well
that he had been “a blasphemer,
and a persecutor, and injurious.”
The memory of his former life
lingered with him. He could not
soon forget how zealous he had
been to wipe out the Christian
faith. He had gone to great pains
to persecute those whom he now
named as his friends in the faith.
Before our Lord opened lais eyes,
Paul was without doubt the most
injurious "ilndrance to the cause
of Christ.
Paul tells us that though he had
sinned thus against Christ and
,hls Church he “obtained mercy.”
The mercy of Jesus Christ is
the reason he gave for his new
view of faith. Christ had merci
fully looked upon Paul and had
saved him in order that he might
use him as a most effective wit
ness to the working of the Holy
Spirit in the early Church.
Like Paul, all men live and
move and have their being be
cause of the mercy of God.
Paul stated the reason for
his attitude and action toward
the Christians prior to his con
version. The excuse he gave for
his blasphemy, persecution, and
injury to the new faith was his ig
norance. He said, “I did it ig
norantly in unbelief.”
It’s an amazing thing to hear
Paul speak in this way. We might
believe that he would be the last
to excuse himself because of ig
norance. In fact, while Paul ex
cused himself because he did not
know what he was doing, he would
have been the last to proclaim in
his ministry that man may appeal
to ignorance as justification for
his deeds.
It is said that ignorance is no
excuse in the eyes of the law.
Paul spoke of having “obtained
mercy.” He then stated that
grace was coupled with mercy,
for "the grace of our Lord was
exceeding abundant with faithand
love which is in Christ Jesus.”
As mercy and grace are yoked
together, so also faith and love
are inseparable.
Paul continued his letter to Tim
othy by setting forth a proverb.
This is one of several such
“faithful sayings” for which he
is noted. “This is a faithful say
ing.” he wrote, “and worthy of
all acceptation, that Christ Jesus
came into the world to save sin
ners; of which I am chief.”
In thia statement which Paul
■aid is worth accepting as 1 mat
ter of faith and doctrine, he pro
claimed the purpose of the incar
nation. He reiterated what John
set forth in his gospel that
Jesus’ coming into the world was
for the express purpose of sal
vation. The early Christian wri
tings were thus filled with thou
ghts of why God had sent his Son
into the world. Redemption be
came the keynote of Christian
theology, and Paul added immen
sely to that theology.
“God so loved the world, that
he gave his only begotten Son,
that whosoever believeth in him
should not perish ...”
We see the tremendous and sin
cere humility of the Apostle as
he spoke of “sinners of whom I
am chief.” Paul would not-could
not- forget how grossly he had
sinned against Christ and his
cause. He had been a godly man
after the strictest sect of his
day. His conversion resulted
in his conviction as a sinner be
fore the judgment seat of Christ.
The Apostle who was henceforth
proclaimed to be among the
greatest of saints,estimated him
self, however, as the chief of
sinners.
The greater the saint the more
unworthy Is his estimate of him
self.
Paul continued his dissertation
to Timothy by stating that because
Jesus had come to save sinners,
he had obtained mercy, “that In
me . . . (he)mlght shew forth all
longsuffering.” This was to be
come a pattern ehnceforth and
hereafter for all who believe In
his Lord and Savior.
Paul thus ascribed honor and
glory for ever and ever to “the
King eternal, immortal, invisi
ble, the only wise God.”
Our lesson today now skips
to the second chapter of Paul’s
monumental letter Ip young Tim
othy.
Having given a charge to Tim
othy as his loyal successor, Paul
then proceeded to expound the
privilege and duty of public wor
ship. The Apostle took it for
granted that every church would
be a worshiping fellowship. From
the very beginning that had been
the distinct function of the Church
and the Church then, as now, must
remain faithful to its essential
purpose.
SCIENCE^M
PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS who
threatened to kill a President of
the U. S. had a severe rage
against women, and suicidal ten
dencies, according to a govern
ment study. The patients, all
diagnosed schizophrenic, seemed
to have suffered from maternal
deprivation and were unable to
form stable, mature heterosexual
relationships. “In this light, it
is the President as a mother fig
ure, basically, who is threatened,
"the researchers said.
METALLURGISTS at New York
University have built an elec
tronic movie camera that takes
pictures at the rate of two million
frames per second. It will be
used to photograph metal samples
being ripped apart. NYU says
better understanding of the
breaking process will help in
development of ultra-s t rong
metals . . . SOFT LIVING may
be in store for cows of the future.
Georgia Tech reports encour
aging results in development of
fodder pellets made by systema
tic drying of hay cut at the exact
moment when its nutritional value
is highest. This permits penning
the animals so that they won’t
lose weight through unnecessary
exercise.
FOR CENTURIES fire has been
one of man’s greatest enemies —
that’s one reason why National
Fire Prevention Week (falling
this year Oct. 4-10) Is observed.
It focuses attention on the need
to comply with fire safety rules.
The astronomical losses suffered
annually would be even greater
without modern equipment such
as carbon dioxide fire extinguish
ers, according to Cardox, Chic
ago. When sprayed on a blaze,
the harmless, heavler-than-air
gas acts like a blanket, smother
ing the blaze by displacing the
oxygen that’s necessary to com
bustion . . . LADY BEETLES "lit
prey on a destructive sugar cane
insect called the “mealybug”
have been imported into Hawaii.
The Department of Agriculture
got the beetles from the Bri
tish West Indies where they eli
minated mealybugs, thus helping
boost sugar cane output.
GOLD LEAF can be used to
patch punctured blood vessels and
defects in body tissues, the AM 4 ,
reports. The leaf “displays a
unique ability” to adhere closely
to the body tissues, Including
bones, when it is electrically
charged, allowing normal healing
which renders the seal perma
nent . . . AMERICANS will spend
one hundred million dollars on
hair-coloring products this year.
" FISHNAP PLNG” is a problem
at the New York World’s Fair.
Officials at one of the exhibits,
where three rare pink tropical
fish known as “kissinggourmis
were on display, had to mount
a special guard over the tank.
Someone absconded with one of
the gourmis leaving Its two
romantic ma:es bereft.
(Beat Coverage: Newt, Pictures, and Features)
Sditat
Letters to Editor
I was very sorry to learn what
kind of a fair you really had. I
am from Clayton County. On
Friday, October 2, a group of
us from here came down to your
fair in Newton County rather than
attend the Southeastern Fair be
cause we thought we would enjoy
your fair more. We were grave
ly mistaken. We came at about
2 p.m. and no one knew when it
would open. Most of the people
running the rides said 5 p.m.
We stayed in Covington until
5 p.m. when we could have re
turned home, hoping to see a fair.
We came back at 5 p.m. and It
still wasn’t open. They said it
would be 6 p.m. or later. They
said they wanted to wait until a
crowd came but “My Dear Mr.
Editor” two to five carloads of
people were leaving because no
thing was open.
Some were coming back the
second time, like us, only to find
It closed and it being FRIDAY
NIGHT! People said It was be
cause of the football game, but
If It had been open people would
have come there before going to
the football game which didn’t
start until 8 p.m.
My friends were very disap
pointed. They had never been
to a county fair and I and some of
the others were telling them how
good yours was! Ihave been be
fore and It was never like this,
those so-called F AIR people must
not be very good operators or they
would have opened It In the after
noon.
I saw the exhibits and two of
the best ones didn’t get a prize
and some that a five year old
kid could have done won First
Prize! It was poor judging in
my opinion.
If your fair Is going to be like
this again, you can count on out
siders not coming, especially me,
because we couldn’t stay until six,
because we had to get back be
cause of the roads we had to
travel. Outsiders never like this
kind of treatment. Local people
might even quit coming. You lost
money this time and you will a
galn if It operates this way.
I will be looking for this let
ter In your paper, because Ihave
some relatives who can send me a
copy of your paper.
Barbara Reynolds
A Citizen from Clayton
County
Dear Editor:
This Is an open letter to the
American Legion, Post No. 32
of this county, concerning our
“County Fair” that has been run
ning this week In Covington.
We appreciate our Legion as
the sponsor of our county fair,
but after attending the fair for
over 20 years, this year’s fair
was about the poorest one I
have seen in a long time. I
carried all my children to the
fair for years, now I take my
grandchildren and I’m sure If the
Legion would take all the interest
of the children and people of our
county into consideration they
could and would find lots of ways
to Improve our county fair.
One very important considera
tion is that people from outside
our county attend our fair also.
I had lots of relatives and fri
ends to drive all the way from
Clayton County on Friday to bring
their families to our fair Instead
of the Southeastern Fair and they
wouldn’t even start the fair until
almost six o’clock and these
people had to go home before then.
Since when did our fair start
closing on Friday afternoon, and
if It isn’t going, why do they sell
tickets and let you in? I talked
to several local people and some
had gotten off from work to come
to the fair. They and also our
crowd, returned at 5 o’clock and
were told it wouldn’t 'start until
6 o’clock. Nothing can be a suc
cess without a system and under
standing.
The exhibits were as fine as
I have seen, the live stock was
good, but the barn wasn’t filled,
people are losing Interest, and
why not? The rides were very
few and on school day the children
were admitted free and rides 15
cents, but I know they rode about
the average of two minutes on
each ride, so if you average it
all up, any time Is better and
cheaper for the children than on
“School Day”. The Legion should
set a minimum of five minutes
a ride on school day.
I was, and have been told on
several occasion that the city
won’t let us have a bigger and
better fair. Now I don’t know or
understand why, but some where
along the line something or some
body Is wrong. I am glad they
don’t allow any Indecent show,
that our youth could be affected
by, to be a part of the fair,
this Is appreciated I’m sure.
I know some changes should be
made, but what and where I’m
not capable of such a decision.
Our local people put lots of hard
work into our county exhibits and
we want people from other coun
ties to enjoy and see what New
ton County can do, but until we
make our fair better, we can’t
encourage them to attend, be
cause some have gone away call
ing it a “Jlp Joint”. That Is
a slam on our county and should
be remedied, and I hope so.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Lola Lawson
Increased supplies of poultry
are expectied to have a lower
ing effect on prices of turkeys,
eggs, and broilers during Oct
ober, November, and December,
according to a report by the Poul
try Survey Committee.
Adventures
In Reading
By J. Shelby C00k,A.8.;8.D. Pa.tor
Loganville and Walnut Grove Methodiit
Churches
I HAVE ONLY ONE LIFE
TO LIVE by J. C. Adams,
The Methodist Publishing
House, Nashville. 143 pages.
$2.50.
To those of us who know
him. the Reverend J. Clyde
Adams is known, not as
“Doctor," even though he
holds an honorary Doctorate
of Divinity from his Alma
Mater. Emory University,
but as "Bishop" Adams. Ap
propriately enough, when
Miss Doro Byron wrote his
challenging story a few years
ago, she titled it, "The Bi
shop of Heard County
(Church and Community In
stitute, Inc., Atlanta, 128
pages. $2.50).
In 1930 "Bishop" Adams
was appointed to a seven
rqint circuit in Heard Coun
which covers 300 square
miles. Vigorously, he labored
there for twenty-three years
(before retiring) and is still
busy there as a retired Met
hodist minister. The accom
plishments of this dedicated
man of God are multitudin
ous. Roads have been paved,
a beautiful hospital built,
thirty-five churches have
been either built or remodel
ed as a direct result of “Bi
shop” Adams’ influence.
Now, at the age of eighty
three, “Bishop” Adams has
published his second book of
sermons, I HAVE ONLY
ONE LIFE TO LIVE. His
first book of sermons was
“The Bishop of Heard Coun
ty Preaches."
' Written with simplicity
but profundity, I HAVE
ONLY ONE LIFE TO LIVE,
deals as Dr. G. Ross Freeman
of the Candler School of
Theology, Emory University,
writes in the introduction,
“. . .with vital themes which
tug at the heart.”
One of the purposes of
writing these sermons is to
. .inspire some members
of the church to be growing
members. . ,” The first of
■ TO SERVE YOU |
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* While cudgeling our thinking processes to pro
duce an editorial in commemoration of National
Newspaper Week (Oct. 11-17) we came across a
gem in the Littleton (Col.) Independent that so
completely expresses our feelings that we are
reprinting it:
Instead of telling you how good newspapers are,
we think you are entitled to know what a newspaper
tries to do.
Its goal is to help you understand your environ
ment and to help you change that environment
when this seems wise.
At this modest-size newspaper there are sixteen
men and women attempting to pass along the facts
you should know.
You are made aware of regula
tions like leash laws, trash-burning laws, and zoning
ordinances so that you can keep out of trouble.
You are told how to get your garbage picked up,
where to dump your trash, what’s on at the movies,
and what the title of next Sunday’s sermon is.
You learn the hours of the post-office and the
courthouse, the time you pay your taxes without
penalty, and about any contagious diseases in your
neighborhood.
You also discover proposed changes in school
programs, mill levies, employment prospects, and
recreational projects. You can turn to your news
paper for reliable shopping news.
If something goes wrong in the community,
most people look to their local newspaper for a
remedy. Courageous newspapers respond to these
situations and generally get them corrected—often
losing thousands of dollars in business during the
crusade.
Newspapers are human institutions guided by a
great tradition. Unlike the press in most coun
tries, the American newspapers are self-supporting
organizations. They don’t depend on a political
party, a church, or an industrial corporation to
stay alive. Consequently, the United States news
paper is as free to communicate with its public as
any on earth. This is not to claim perfection. The
press, when it is wise, listens to critical comment as
readily as it expresses critical comment of others.
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Thursday, October 8, 1964
four sections in the book is,
“We Grow or Die.” in which
there is the constant en
couragement toward Christ
ian development. Suggested
are the possibilities of vari
ous stages of growth, similar
to those in scouting.
Fittingly, section two is
composed of six sermons
with continual emphasis up
on maturity. He brings to
mind that in the life of a
Christian there is no room
for entertaining dirty jokes.
He writes, "the best way to
live is to be truthful and
honest."
Prodding us, like Socrates
of old, into avenues of self
examination, “Bishop” Ad
ams suggests to us the proper
observance of the Lord’s
Day. It is not to be used for:
pleasure, but for worship
and Christian progress.
There is the stern remind
er that “we have only one
life to live,” therefore, we
must use our time wisely.
Lifting up sources of streng
th in his own life, such as
Bible reading and prayer
“Bishop" Adams recom
mends them to us; they have
been a part of his own daily
activities for over seventy
years.
The last section is "Be
Thou Faithful Unto Death.”
This sermon was preached
by the good “Bishop” at the
Franklin Methodist Church
on May 26, 1963 which was
his eighty-second birthday.
Concerning heaven, he writ
es, “to me the most wonder
ful thing about it is that it
has been prepared by our
Saviour.”
It is my firm belief that
Christians everything will
want to read and re-read this
book as they strive daily to
grow “in the grace and
knowledge of Jesus Christ
Our Lord.” I HAVE ONLY
ONE LIFE TO LIVE will
continue to encourage and
bless for many generations
to come.