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THE COVINGTON NEWS
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BELMONT DENNIS HI * C fi T MABEL SESSIONS DENNIS
Editor and Publisher - • hmW>.Mit,J II J Associate Editor
- Published Every Thursday -
LEOS. MALLARD
Assistant to Publisher
OFFICAL ORGAN OF
NEWTON COUNTY
AND THE
CITY OF COVINGTON
What Medicare
Would Not Do
One wonders how many people
—and especially those in the
65-and-over age group—actually
know what Medicare would and
would not do.
It seems apparent that the
number is comparatively small
--and that most people, if Medi
care is ever adopted, will be
depressingly surprised at its
limitations.
As U. S. News and World
Report points out, “Even the
name is a misnomer. . . .The
very term Medicare is raising
expectations that will not be met
in the opening plan.”
Medicare does not--repeat
not--cover physician’s bills or
dentist’s bills. It does not pay
for needed drugs except when
given in a hospital or a nursing
home. And, of course, it would
do nothing for those under 65,
except tax them heavily to pay
for it.
Medicare is essentially a
hospitalization plan. And even
in that it is severely restricted.
It would pay the whole bill for
only 45 days. The maximum
hospital stay for which it would
provide benefits would be 180
days and then the patient would
have to pay part of the bill.
Ironically, despite all the vast
ly exaggerated claims made by
some Medicare advocates, the
existing Kerr-Mills law, which
provides aid to the needy under
a federal-state arrangement, is
more liberal and inclusive. So
are various local welfare plans,
public and private. And the
medical profession has pledged
itself to serve any who need
attention, regardless of the abi
lity to pay.
The last Congress found Medi
care wanting and refused to ap
prove it.
Saved Millions of Lives
Fifty years ago, on January
26, 1915, a momentous medical
event occurred. For the first
time in the United States, a
patient was given a transfusion
of citrated blood.
Dr. Richard Lewisohn made
this possible. He had discovered
that addition of a tiny bit of
sodium citrate kept blood from
coagulating. Blood not so treat
ed coagulates in less than five
minutes outside the body. So,
prior to Dr. Lewisohn’s achieve
ment, donor and recipient had to
be together and to have their
blood vessels actually connected.
The procedure was difficult and
a hospital staff was required.
With citrated blood, which eli
minated the need of the donor’s
presence, came blood banking.
It began to save lives during
World War I and has been sav
ing them ever since.
Before his death in 1961, Dr.
Lewisohn received one of the Karl
Landsteiner Awards of the
American Association of Blood
Banks. The citation summed up
his work in these words; “For
distinguished contribution to the
field of blood banking in dis
covering the use of sodium citrate
as an anticoagulant which made
possible the safe and effective
storage of blood and the sub
sequent development of blood
banks; a milestone in the history
of medical science which has
saved countless lives both in
war and in peace and which has
made possible further advances
in the medical and surgical treat
ment of disease.”
The Portland, Oregon, Traffic
Safety Commission says that one
out of every three traffic deaths
is the result of a one car ac
cident. In such cases, the car
is obviously out of control.
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MARY SESSIONS MALLARD
Associate Editor
Entered at the Post Office
at Covington, Georgia, as
mall matter of the Second
Class.
Textile Industry
Outlook Is Bright
“The textile industry’s future
is brighter today than it has been
in the past decade for a number
of reasons. First is the one
price cotton legislation, which
places the industry in a more
competitive position with our
foreign competitors. Second is
the population growth and the
booming U. S. Economy, and
third are the mergers which have
occurred within the industry. At
trition has taken its toll of the
marginal units, leaving finan
cially sound, better managed
mills to serve a larger market.”
This quotation by George W.
Felker, 111, President of Walton
Mill, Inc., of Monroe, is typical
of the optimism expressed by
Georgia textile executives who
participated in a year-end survey
conducted by the Georgia Textile
Manufacturers Association, Inc.
at the close of 1964. The survey
was participated in by forty tex
tile corporations.
The new cotton legislation
headed the list of reasons for
optimism throughout the textile
industry. Other reasons cited
by textile officials, in addition
to the ones mentioned by Mr.
Felker, are; plant moderniza
tion, international trade agree
ments for cotton textile products,
improved research and product
quality, new depreciation rates,
better merchandising and styl
ing, and technological develop
ments.
The survey revealed that 459
new jobs were created by 14
of the 40 firms during 1964
as the results of plant expan
sions. Approximately 90 of these
were in Columbus at the new
$3 million plant of Swift Spin
ning Mills.
The survey also revealed that
five of the companies plan build
ing programs during 1965, rang
ing from expansion of sales and
manufacturing departments, to
new laboratories and warehous
es.
Thirty five of the companies
said they expect to spend S3O,
159,000 for new plant and equip
ment during 1965, compared to
$23,996,394 in 1964.
Payrolls at 36 of the firms
amounted to $165,155,668 during
1964, an increase of $15,728,923
over 1963.
Listed as major plant moder
nization projects for 1965 were
air conditioning, modernization
and replacement of manufactur
ing machinery. Thirty six firms
either added to, replaced or
modernized productive machin
ery during 1964.
Practically all of the 40 tex
tile corporations participating in
the survey listed the new cotton
legislation signed into law last
April, as one of the significant
factors for the improved out
look. Thirty seven said that
the future is “definitely bright
er”, while one explained, “from
a sales standpoint, yes; from a
profit standpoint, no.”
One company reported, “Gen
erally, yes. Notable exception
being the woolen and worsted
industry, due to the foreign im
port situation.”
The new cotton law allows
American mills to purchase U.S.
cotton at the world market price,
the same price at which it is
sold to foreign mills. Prior to
the legislation, domestic mills
were forced to pay $42.50 per
bale more for the fiber.
GTMA lists approximately 90
textile corporations in Georgia,
operating some 175 plants. The
industry had 98,800 on its pay
rolls on October, 1964, accord
ing to Georgia Department of
Labor records. This compares
to 97,000 in October 1963. The
annual textile payroll in the state
is approximately $390 million,
up about S3O million since Octo
ber 1963.
: OUR WEEKLY LESSON FOR
j Sunday School!
CHRIST AROUSES OPPOSITION
Devotional Reading: Matthew
10:27-42.
Memory Selection: He who
finds his life will lose It, and
he who loses his life for my
sake will find it. Matthew 10:39.
Intermediate - Senior Topic:
Facing Opposition.
Young People-Adult Topic;
Christ Arouses Opposition.
The chief figures in last week’s
lesson were friends of Jesus.
This week some of the figures
involved are friends and others
are opponents. Jesus had Just
performed one of his greatest
and most merciful miracles. He
had healed a man sick of the
palsy and had also forgiven his
sins. Whether the man’s afflic
tion was due to a sinful life we
do not know, but certainly the
greatest gift Christ could offer
him was forgiveness.
It is still true that the great
est gift humanity can receive
through Jesus Christ Is the for
giveness of sins.
In the first verse of today’s
lesson we abruptly encounter a
figure who was to mean much
to the cause of Christ. He was
called Matthew and was a tax
collector, also known as a pub
lican. Mark and Luke call him
Levi (Mark 2:14; Lukes:29). The
name Matthew means “gift of
Jehovah.” The name Levi means
“joined.” Perhaps he had both
names.
The first of our Gospels bears
the name of Matthew. Whether
Matthew wrote the whole Gospel
we do not know, but certainly he
contributed material which re
sulted in the Gospel’s bearlnghls
name. A second-century writer,
one Paplas, declared that “Matt
hew wrote the Logla (Oracles) in
the Hebrew language, and each
one interpreted them as he was
able.” Present-day scholars are
Inclined to believe that the Logla
was the Sermon on the Mount.
On this sermon—most fully set
forth in Matthew’s Gospel—the
remainder of the Gospel was
composed.
“And as Jesus passed forth
from thence, he saw a man, nam
ed Matthew, sitting at the re
ceipt of custom: and he salth
unto him, Follow me, and he
arose, and followed him.”
The tax collector today Is a
respectable and respected per
son, but this was not true In
the time of Jesus, for the Roman
government farmed out taxes to
persons who would assume the
responsibility of collecting them.
The government had to have a
certain amount. Whatever above
that the tax collector could ex
tort from the people by threats
and violence he was permitted
to keep. Certain of the Jews—
among them Matthew and Zac
chaeus—had sold themselves to
the hated oppressor and were
doing this dirty, cruel work for
him. The Jews hated the Roman
conqueror on all grounds, but they
hated particularly their fellow
Jews who had sold out to the
Romans and had thus become
their cruel oppressors.
Whether Matthew was better or
worse than his fellow publicans
we do not know. How strange
that Jesus should have uttered
only two words, “Follow me,”
and Matthew should have left
his business and followed Jesus
to give the rest of his life to a
career that involved suffering,
disdain, and persecution!
We are led to believe that Matt
hew had seen some, or perhaps
many, of the rfilracles Jesus per
formed and had heard him preach.
Men do not leave a lucrative
position and choose what Matthew
chose In following Jesus unless
they have encountered circum
stances which deeply Impressed
them.
This Matthew must have been
deeply impressed by Jesus. He
became one of his disciples, later
one of the twelve apostles, and
still later the author of a Gospel
addressed particularly to the
Jews and setting forth some of
our Lord’s most precious teach
ings.
Two things are to be noted about
Matthew. In the first place,
he must have had a keen sense
of right and wrong, for In Jesus
he saw something of nobility and
grandeur and In his own business
he saw vileness, cruelty, and in
justice.
Matthew was not one to shrug
his shoulders and pass over all
evil with the statement “A man
must make a living.” When he
saw the clear Issue between Jesus
and the cruel ways of the world,
he chose Jesus.
A second thing to note is that
Matthew apparently asked for no
delay. Jesus said, “Follow me,”
and Matthew arose and followed
him.
When the decision for Christ Is
to be made in any generation, it
must be made without qualifi
cation.
Luke tells us that Matthew
(he calls him Levi) “made him
(Jesus) a great feast in his own
house: and there was a great
company of publicans and of
others that sat down with them.”
What a gang that must have
been! The cruel, dishonest pub
licans, or tax collectors, were
there. Probably many of the
shady characters of the city,
including the prostitutes, were
either attending the feast or loit
ering In the vicinity. Jesus was
spending a few hours with what
the general public regarded as
indeed the scum of the earth.
We can appreciate, can we not,
the scandal of good people seeing
this Jesus, who healed the sick
and preached so eloquently about
the love of God, sitting down
THE COVINGTON NEWS
and apparently enjoying hlmselt
tn the company of a gang of out
casts. These good people not
only raised their eyebrows; many
of them also raised their voices
and stridently Inquired of the dis
ciples why Jesus had taken up
with a crowd like that. The honor
ed teachers of the city, men and
women of wealth and prominence,
would have been glad to welcome
Jesus and his disciples into their
houses. Instead he sat with a gang
of thoroughly evil and morally
delinquent people and was ap
parently enjoying himself.
“And when the Pharisees saw
it, they said unto his disciples,
Why eateth your Master with pub
licans and sinners? But when
Jesus heard that, he said unto
them, They that be whole need
not a physician, but they that are
sick. But go ye and learn what
that meaneth, I will have mercy,
and not sacrifice: for lam not
come to call the righteous, but
sinners to repentance.”
There was a lot of straight truth
and a lot of sarcasm in what
Jesus said. You Pharisees, of
course, need no spiritual minis
tration, he said in substance.
You believe you have nothing to
repent. We can Imagine Jesus
smiling as he said this; for he
knew that many of these church
leaders, behind a facade of pious
pretensions, were living
thoroughly hypocritical lives.
Because they felt no need of
repentance they were not in a
position to receive God’s gift
of grace and salvation.
But the gang of outcasts with
whom Jesus consorted on this
occasion knew they were just as
bad as people said they were.
They knew that they were cruel
and unjust, frequently dishonest,
and that they had sold out their
own countrymen to hated over
lords. Matthew must have had
a conscience, for no man with
out a conscience could have writ
ten the Gospel attributed to Matt
hew. And since he had a con
science, he must often have had
sleepless nights and times when
he thoroughly despised himself
and his work.
Jesus agreed with his fellow
Jews that these publicans were
a hateful, miserable lot of men.
What they did was thoroughly
evil and Inexcusable. But Jesus
came to the earth not to con
demn men but to save them.
These men were spiritually sick.
They needed a spiritual physi
cian. People everywhere were
exclaiming over the physical
miracles Jesus was performing;
yet he himself knew that the
greatest miracle he could ever
perform was changing a man’s
soul from evil to righteousness,
leading him out of darkness into
the light.
Nor could Jesus refrain from
hurling at them a sharp word
from the prophecy of Hosea:
“For I desired mercy, and not
sacrifice; and the knowledge of
God more than burnt offerings”
(Hosea 6:6).
The Pharisees claimed to be
devoted to the teachings of the
prophets, yet they had missed the
deepest meaning of the prophetic
message. They could look with
out pity upon people morally and
spiritually sick, but Jesus could
not. He came to call such to
repentance. He came to heal
them and restore them to spiri
tual health.
Egg Campaign
Secretary of Agriculture Or
ville L. Freeman has asked the
nation’s food industry to join
the U. S. Department of Agri
culture In a cooperative “vi
gorous merchandising effort” to
move current, unusually heavy
egg supplies onto the tables of
consumers.
Wholesale egg prices at south
eastern markets under a poor
demand in the week ended Jan
uary 8 declined sharply, with lar
ge size eggs ranging off from 3
to 7 1/2 cents a dozen. Prices
for consumer Grade A large size
eggs in cartons in sales to re
tailers on January 8 ranged from
34 1/2 to 38 cents a dozen at
Birmingham to 40 to 42 cents
a dozen at Jacksonville. Atlan
ta prices were mostly 38 to
40 cents.
In a telegram to principal food
distributive and food service
trade associations and leading
food retailers, secretary Free
man said recent egg price de
clines are causing economic
hardship for poultrymen. But
he expressed confidence that the
egg marketing situation could be
relieved by an active Industry
government campaign, “thus
benefiting producers and con
sumers alike.”
The secretary said the pro
motional and Informational faci
lities of USDA are joining im
mediately and actively in the
drive to assist in marketing the
abundant supplies of nutritious
eggs.
Field personnel of the Agri
cultural Marketing Service’s
Consumer Food programs staff
in major consuming marketswill
contact food industry leaders to
organize local merchandising and
promotional activities.
A DESIRABLE MIXTURE
The soil in the yards of Geor
gia homes is seldom suitable for
best plant growth, according to
Horticulturist Gerald E. Smith
of the Extension Service. But
he says a desirable soil mix
ture can be made easily by adding
organic matter to the existing
soil.
(Our Advartiaers Ara Assured of Best Results)
—THE GEORGIA —
LEGISLETTER
ATLANTA-What might be de
scribed as an “era of good feel
ing” marks the early days of the
current General Assembly sess
ion, but It may last only until the
thorny issue of House reapport
ionment reaches the floors of that
body and the Senate.
However, House Speaker
George T. Smith and his lieu
tenants have decided to postpone
any debate on reapportionment
until the second half of this split
session, which begins February 8
and runs through March 12. The
Legislature is under a Federal
court order to redistribute the
House seats on a basis of popula
tion. A report drawn up by a
15-man committee headed by
Rep. George Busbee of Dougherty
County would do this, keeping the
membership of the House at its
present figure of 205.
The Reapportionment bill will
be referred either to the House
Rules Committee, of which the
Speaker himself is chairman, or
to the House Judiciary Commit
tee, headed by Mr. Busbee. The
Speaker has not decided yet which
will have the questionable plea
sure of reporting out a bill which
will sign the political death war
rant of some House members.
Meanwhile, the House Appro
priations Committee, of which
Rep. D. W. Blalock of Coweta
County is chairman, this week
began a study of the record
$1,211,000 biennial appropria
tions bill submitted by Governor
Carl E. Sanders to finance state
CITY OF COVINGTON, GEORGIA
ADOPTED BUDGET
JULY 1. THRU DECEMBER 31. H 44
1 / •
1964-1965 ACTUAL BALANCE
APPROVED REVENUE TO
BUDGET TO DATE DATE
REVENUE:
ELECTRIC SYSTEM
s a | es $ 570,000.00 $ 306,608.08 $ 263.391,92
Sales Tax 15,700.00 8,647.32 7,052.68
Vendor's Comm: Sales Tax 54.00 - 54.00
Pole Rental 990.00 1.063.00 - 73.00
Material Sales 2.000.00 2.898.04 -898.04
Municipal Usage 8.398.00 3.849.00 4.549.00
Penalty Received 5.000.00 6.489.00 -1.489.00
GAS SYSTEM
Sales 365,000.00 101,373.67 263,626.33
Sales Tax 10,950.00 2.831.53 8.118.47
Vendor's Comm:Sales Tax 54.00 - 54.00
Service Line Extension Sales 1,050.00 715.64 334.36
Municipal Usage 11.025.00 5.912.50 5.112.50
Refund on Gas Purchases A 456.20 - 456.20
WATER AND SEWER SYSTEM
Sales-Water 89.000.00 48,196.80 40,803.20
Service Charge - Sewer 22.200.00 11,320.00 10,880.00
Material Sales - Water & Sewer 24,000.00 7,501.76 16,498.24
Municipal Usage 19,395.00 9,877.50 9,517.50
BUSINESS LICENSE- 1965 27,650,00 2,833.50 24,816.50
FINES AND FORFEITURES 30,280.00 20,641.18 9.638.82
PARKING METER COLLECTIONS 9.700.00 5,109.27 4,590.73
RENT 660.00 135.00 525.00
CEMETERY LOT SALES 1,500.00 400.00 1,100.00
CEMETERY UPKEEP 1,700.00 1,306.24 393.76
INTEREST EARNED 4,700.00 1,983.42 2,716.58
BUILDING PERMITS 660.00 254.50 405.50
UTILITY DEPOSIT ESCROW 4,400.00 5,112.51 - 712.51
FRANCHISE-ELECTRIC 94.00 - 94.00
1964 GENERAL CITY TAXES 84,000.00 76,832.75 7,167.25
1963 TAXES AND PRIOR 7,800.00 2,637.95 5,162.05
INTANGIBLE TAX 1,900.00 - !'??? ??
STREET PAVING ASSESSMENTS 9,850.00 7,677.84 2,172.16
RETAINER FEE 120.00
EMPLOYEES INSURANCE 6,100.00 3,083.21 3,016.97
$1,335,930.00
REVENUE:
Material Sales — General Fund 46.12 - 46.12
Beer Stamp Revenue 22.667.20 -22,667.20
Miscellaneous Revenue 3, ^‘nA ’ ? aoa aa
Water Ext. Escrow Account 1,020.00 - 1,020.00
Sale of Land 3.100.00 - 3,100.00
Loan—First National Bank a7a a7
1964-1965 ACTUAL EX- BALANCE
APPROVED PENDITURES TO
BUDGET TO DATE DATE
POLICE DEPARTMENT $ 89,002.00 $ 44.803.88 $ 44,198.12
ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENT 113,726.00 73,962.20 39,763.80
FIRE DEPARTMENT 39,406.00 20,249.14 19,156.86
SANITARY DEPARTMENT 47,425.00 25.874.78 21,550.22
CEMETERY & PARKS DEPARTMENT 7,180.00 4,473.54 2,706.46
STREET DEPARTMENT 136.552.00 82,857.56 53,694.44
PUBLIC LANDS AND BUILDINGS 10,796.00 2,748.10 8,047.90
EQUIPMENT REPAIR SHOP 6,475.00 3,835.75 2,639.25
CIVIL DEFENSE 2,000.00 1,045.52 954.48
RECREATION DEPARTMENT 3,000.00 1,395.68 1,604.32
CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS 1,000.00 578.86 421.14
UTILITY DEPOSIT REFUNDS 2,886.32 -2,886.32
NOTES PAYABLE-COVINGTON AUTO SERVICE 500.00 -500.00
MUNICIPAL AIRPORT & IMPROVEMENTS 318.31 -318.31
EQUIPMENT-FURNITURE AND FIXTURES 200.00 -200.00
NOTES PAYABLE-BANK OF COVINGTON 10,000.00 -10,000.00
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSE '
DEPOSITED IN GENERAL FUND-6 MONTHS 23,809.01 -23,809.01
WATER & SEWER DEPARTMENT 134, 745.00 68,675.12 66,069.88
ELECTRIC DEPARTMENT 337,450.00 191,541.21 145.908.79
GAS DEPARTMENT 240,275.00 79,538.38 160,736.62
MUNICIPAL USAGE 39,278.00 19,639.00 19,639.00
1958 WATER 4 SEWER IMP. BOND .00 575.92 -575.92
1958 MUNICIPAL AIRPORT BONDS .00 67.62 -67.62
1958 MUNICIPAL BUILDING BONDS .00 287.99 -287.99
1955 GAS & ELEC. REV. CERTIFICATES 43,200.00 21,600.00 21,600.00
1955 GAS 4 ELEC. RENEWAL AND
EXTENSION FUND 12,000.00 6,000.00 6,000.00
1961 GAS 4 ELEC. REV. CERTIFICATES 20,100.00 20,100.00
1959 WATER 4 SEWER REVENUE CERT. 41,220.00 16,110.00 25,100.00
1959 WATER 4 SEWER RENEWAL AND
EXTENSION FUND 11,100.00 5,889.05 5,210.95
$ 127.620.00 50,530.58 77,089.42
TOTAL EXPENDITURES
1964 - 1965 BUDGET: $1,335 930 00 711,334.81 624,595.19
By Glenn McCullough—
activities for the next fiscal
years. It is balanced by estimated
income.
«• * *
During the two-weeks legis
lative recess that will be taken
from January 23 to February 8
the combined House and Senate
Appropriations Committees will
consider the appropriations bill,
readying a report which will be
acted on during the second half
of the session.
Governor Sanders’ state-of
the-state message to the Legis
lature was received with a rare
degree of approval by House and
Senate members, possibly be
cause it was restricted to past
accomplishments and future con
structive plans and raised no
controversial issues. The Gover
nor said, in effect, that he would
keep “hands off” the reapport
ionment question, unless asked
for help or advice. But he
expressed confidence that the
Assembly itself would do the
job, and not leave It to the Fed
eral courts.
A large part of the message
dealt with public educatlon-a sub
ject of interest to every legis
lator. He asked for an increase
of $19,500,000 in public school
money in fiscal 1956 and $38,000,
000 in fiscal 1967 to carry out
the Master Plan for Education
adopted last year. He also asked
an increase of $7,859,000 to pro
vide 679 more teachers in the
state university system because
of the 16,000 additional students
Thursday, January 21, 1968
“coming into our colleges during
this administration.”
Funds also are Included for six
new junior colleges at Dalton,
Albany, Gainesville, Marietta,
Decatur and Brunswick.
On the highly controversial
question of "aid to cities” for
street Improvements, the Gover
nor asked an increase from
$1,000,000 to $6,000,000 in fiscal
1966 and to $9,300,000 for 1967.
Counties will receive the latter
figure for each of the two years.
Governor Sanders aroused
considerably speculation as to
his political future by saying that
whereas some governors had de
voted their last two years to poli
tics, his administration would not
become a "lame duck” one until
a minute to noon on January 10,
1967 when his term ends. Did
that mean he had given up plans
to run for the Senate in 1967?
Dear Mrs. Dennis;
The Upper Ocmulgee River
Soil and Water Conservation Dis
trict has just completed another
successful year in the field of
soil and water conservation. We
feel that much of the success is
due to the fine cooperation given
by you and your staff. Keeping
the people of the District in
formed is the best way to give
them the opportunity of partici
pating in the soil and water con
servation activities.
We take this opportunity to
express our appreciation to you
for your assistance in the past
and solicit your continued support
in the future.
Sincerely,
Miller A. Dial
Chairman