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THE COVINGTON NEWS
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BELMONT DENNIS
Editor and Publisher
LEOS. MALLARD
Assistant to Publisher
OFFICAL ORGAN OF
NEWTON COUNTY
AND THE
CITY OF COVINGTON
"Strengthen America’s Heritage”
Boy Scouts of America have
chosen this theme in observance
of National Boy Scout Week, Feb
ruary 7-13, which marks the 55th
anniversary of Scouting’s found
ing in the nation, at Washington,
D, C„ on February 8, 1910.
Surely, there has never been
a more opportune time for such
a goal. For, at no time in our
history has there existed a great
er need for Americans to keep
faith with the Founding Fathers,
whose codes of honor were fore
runners of the Scout Law and
Scout Oath.
In this Oath, a Scout pledges,
“On my honor, I will do my
best to do my duty to God and
my country, and to obey the Scout
Law. To help other people at
all times; and to keep myself
physically strong, mentally
awake and morally straight”.
The Scout Law, among other
requisites, demands that a Scout
be “Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful,
Kind, Obedient, Brave, Clean and
Reverent”.
Such attributes were Innate in
It behooves us, as Georgians,
to pause in the midst of our
haste down Life’s highway, to
pay tribute to this land from which
we come, on the 232nd anni
versary of her birthday.
Founded by Gen. James E.
Oglethorpe, at Savannah in 1733,
Georgia was the last of the ori
ginal 13 Colonies. Little did
Gen. Oglethorpe suspect that the
refuge he promoted for perse
cuted English debtors and reli
gious refugees, would emerge as
the Empire State of the South.
This title was attained not alone
by the fact that it is the largest
state east of the Mississippi;
but from the ability of its people
to meet the challenge of change
with ingenuity and enterprise;
and use its reverses as stair
ways to greater heights.
' Two bloody wars used Geor
gia’s soil as major battlegrounds
- the American Revolution, when
British Gen. Robert Howe used
Savannah as his Southern head
quarters; and the War Between
the States. Gen. Sherman’s
March to the Sea left Georgia
At a time when youth all over
the nation - and around the world -
is busily “demonstrating” and
indulging in a frenzy of destruc
tion aimed at symbols of “im
perialistic” United States, it is
encouraging to detect a whiff of
patriotism in the teen-age wind.
Young ladies entering a beauty
contest held annually by an
amusement park on the Jersey
Palisades overlooking the seeth
ing ideological battleground of
New York City are proudly sub
scribing to William Tyler Page’s
“The American Creed” in sign
ing up to compete for the 1965
“Miss American Teen-Ager”
title.
“I believe,” these youngsters
attest, “in the United States of
America as a government of
the people, by the people, for
the people, whose just powers
are derived from the consent of
the governed; a democracy in a
republic; a sovereign Nation of
many sovereign States; a perfect
Union, one and inseparable, es
tablished upon those principles
of freedom, equality, justice and
humanity for which American
patriots sacrificed their lives
and fortunes.
“I therefore believe it is my
dutv to my country,” they pledge,
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stalwart American frontiersmen,
who oftimes counted their lives
not too great a price to pay,
that we might know the Freedoms
we enjoy today. These same
attributes will develop men of
like stamina in Faith and strength
of character, who can truly
“Strengthen America’s Heri
tage”, which is far too often
taken for granted.
We not only are Indebted to
William D. Boyce, the Chicago
publisher who brought Scouting
to the U. S. from England, where
Lord Baden-Powell had held his
first Scout Camp in 1907; but to
our local Scouters, who through
the years, have served with such
dedication that the Newton-Rock
dale District now ranks 2nd in
Overall Efficiency, in the Atlanta
Area Council, BSA; and through
their efforts, Newton County is
now the site of the splendid Bert
Adams Scout Reservation.
It is with deep gratitude that
we say, “Congratulations and
Happy Anniversary” to Scouts
and Scouters.
in ashes, with its people desti
tute of everything save their in
domitable spirit, and abiding
Faith in God and the land they
loved. They used those ashes
to make lye soap to cleanse the
grime of war; but it took Chris
tian grace and prayer to wash
away the bitterness and injustice
inevitably engendered by war.
Their struggle to live again
was a tribute to their forefathers,
who also knew times that tried
men’s souls, as they wrought a
civilization in this strange, wild
land. Multiple contributions to
our nation’s development attest to
Georgia’s leadership: First state
in Union to provide for public
education, in its 1777 Constitu
tion; University of Georgia first
state university in nation - 1785;
Wesleyan College, first women’s
college - 1836; Eli Whitney’s
invention of cotton gin - 1793;
first Steamship, Savannah,
crossed Atlantic - 1819.
We review Georgia’s past with
pride, and gratitude to its found
ers; and look to its future with
hope and confidence.
“to love it, to support its Con
stitution, to obey its laws, to
respect its flag and to defend it
against all enemies.”
Inclusion of the Creed in the
application is the idea of Irving
Rosenthal, national chairman of
the contest who says he is
“shocked” that so many similar
events “that dare use the name
of American or USA have no trace
of anything in their make-up
format, program or charter that
resembles anything American.”
He thinks it’s time to demon
strate some Americanism and
believes most teen-agers are
with him in rejecting the sub
versive sneer that it’s “out of
style.”
We will frankly admit that
we’ve always taken a dim view
of these so-called “beauty con
tests” - “Miss America” and
all the rest. But, if such a
national diversion, exciting to all
the young things from 13 to 17
in 50 states, is to inculcate
patriotism, it might be more
effective than preachments and
tear gas in reversing the pinko
trend. No one should ever un
derrate the female of the species,
and when they’re pretty, too,
Mr. Rosenthal could have an
army with nuclear capability!
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
OUR WEEKLY LESSON FOR
Sunday School
TRADITION AND
CHRISTIAN DUTY
Devotional Reading: Matthew
5:14-20.
Memory Selection: I came that
they may have life, and have it
abundantly. John 10:10.
Intermediate-Senior Topic;
Breaking with Tradition.
Young People-Adult Topic:
Tradition and Christian Duty.
Jesus had Just performed two
of his greatest miracles. With
five loaves and two fishes he
had fed a multitude of “about
five thousand men, beside women
and children.”
Also there occurred at this
time one of those startling mirac
les which were evidently Intended
to reveal his divine nature. In
order to get away from the mul
titude which was rendering teach
ing and preaching impossible,
Jesus and his disciples boarded
a boat and went to the other side
of the Sea of Galilee. “And
when he had sent the multitudes
away, he went up into a moun
tain apart to pray: and when
the evening was come, he was
there alone. But the ship was
now in the midst of the sea
tossed with waves; for the wind
was contrary. And in the fourth
watch of the night Jesus went
unto them, walking on the sea.”
This stupendous miracle was
witnessed only by the disciples,
but word of it no doubt soon
circulated among the multitude.
This should have deepened the
people’s conviction that Jesus
was what he claimed to be, name
ly, the Son of Man (or Son of
God). Instead, so far as the
rulers of the church were con
cerned, it simply made them
more determined than ever to get
rid of him.
It is hard for us today, after
experiencing the Influence of
Christ’s gospel for two thousand
years, to understand how men
could have stood before such
goodness and such wonderful oc
currences and not have believed.
But religion, which makes the
heart tender and full of mercy
when it Is genuine, has precisely
the opposite effect when it is
false and bigoted. For the scribes
and Pharisees religion had be
come a business. This free
lance teacher from Nazareth was
Interfering with their business.
He must be disposed of at any
cost.
Furthermore, Jesus was per
forming his miracles without
their certification. According to
their way of thinking he was act
ing without authority.
These bigoted church leaders
who had lost all sense of the
true nature and value of reli
gious faith were particularly of
fended because Jesus and his
disciples did not wash their hands
before they partook of food. The
scribes and Pharisees had no
Interest in hand washing for
sanitary reasons. The washing
they were Interested In was a
religious ritual. They believed
that a special devil named Shibta
tormented those who ate with un
washed hands. To do so was to
bring upon oneself a legal defile
ment which endangered a man’s
ceremonial purity.
Jesus retorted with a specific
accusation as to the way these
timeserving ecclesiastics were
distorting the true meaning of
divine truth. You have a com
mandment, said Jesus, found not
in God’s revelation but In a set
of rules which you have formu
lated quite apart from the word
of God. You say that if a man,
for any motive whatsoever, de
clares that any aid he might give
his parents is “Corban” (given
or dedicated to God), he is thence
forth relieved of all responsibi
lity to help his parents. You are
hypocrites, cried Jesus. “Well
did Esaias prophesy of you, say
ing, This people draweth nigh
unto me with their mouth, and
honoureth me with their lips;
but their heart is far from me.
But In vain they do worship me,
teaching for doctrines the com
mandments of men.”
The whole shameful scene was
an example of the extent to which
misguided men In any generation
can allow casuistry to carry them
in their consideration of religious
matters.
These church leaders actually
taught people to shirk the most
sacred obligations. And the in
describable meanness of the
whole transaction Is to be found
In the fact that they thus en
riched themselves and enhanced
their power by giving children
permission to be utterly heart
less toward their parents’ needs.
The populace had fallen under
the control of the scribes and
Pharisees to such an extent that
Jesus felt It necessary to explain
to his dally listeners just why
he had taken his strong stand
against the church leaders, as
Isaiah had said, they honored
God with their lips, but their
hearts were far from Him.
These misguided priests and
rulers in the church had so twist
ed things about that they actually
taught error rather than divine
truth. Is It not apparent that
what defiles a man is not the
food that enters his mouth but
the words that come out of his
mouth? The scribes and Phari
sees were not fit to lead the
church and teach the people be
cause they were spiritually blind,
and being blind themselves, they
made their followers blind also.
How often have the tragic pages
of history been smeared with
blood because of the blindness of
those who presumed to teach
God’s truth and in His name!
Our generation has been shocked
by the atrocities of the Nazi
leaders, who killed men, women,
and children becuase they be
lieved their power to be in jeo
pardy, and particularly because
they hated the Jews and wanted
to wipe them off the face of the
earth. Yet horrible as these
atrocities were, they were not
as bad as were those of the In
quisition. Here with forms of
torture too horrible to be de
scribed and understood In this
day, misguided ecclesiastics
punished those who flouted their
authority. To a small extent
horror was perpetrated by Pro
testants in retaliation for what
was being done to them, but the
Catholic Church was mainly re
sponsible for the torture. Today
high-minded Catholics every
where are as scandalized by
these memories as are the Pro
testants.
It Is dreadful to think that men
have claimed the authority of
God for the worst crimes ever
committed against helpless
humanity. This shows to what
depths of Infamy false and mis
taken religious concepts may lead
us.
Religion at Its best is Indeed
God’s finest gift. Religion at its
worst Is a tool that Satan and
hls followers use with mallee and
fiendish glee.
Jesus must have been looking
down through the tragic centuries
that night in Gethsemane when he
prayed until “hls sweat was as
it were great drops of blood
falling down to the ground” (Luke
22:44). He suffered on the cross
because of hls love, and the
Father’s love, for mankind. Cer
tain men of demon hearts were
later to use the religion of love
to carry out not God’s will but
Satan’s.
Even the disciples could not
understand our Lord’s violent
attitude toward many of the es
tablished and widely accepted
religious practices of their day.
They were men of their age.
They were not able to see that
with the passing of time mis
guided and sometimes malicious
and thoroughly evil ecclesiastics
had been twisting divine truth
until It served their selfish ends.
Often those who were meant to
lead men Into the light of God’s
truth were themselves blind.
Thus they became leaders of the
blind.
Tips On Prevention
Os The 'Common Cold’
Health and medical authorities
say It Is Impossible to escape
the common cold entirely unless
you can avoid all contact with
other people.
But despite the fact colds are
catching, there are some modern
ways to cut down on the number
you have. That’s the word from
Miss Lucile Higginbotham, head
of the Cooperative Extension
Service health department at the
University of Georgia.
Os course, the cooperation of
other people would help. “The
person who brags about never
letting a cold interfere with his
work or play is spreading the
cold to others,” Miss Higgin
botham declared. “And even the
most considerate person is a
source of infection at times,”
she added, “because a cold is
catching before symptoms warn
of its presence.”
The health specialist explained
that you do not catch a cold
from an occasional germ or two.
“You catch It by taking more
germs into your body than your
defense mechanism can conquer.
If you can avoid large amounts
of viruses coughed or sneezed
your way, and keep your resis
tance high--then you should have
fewer colds.
Miss Higginbotham pas se d
along these hints as preventive
measures:
boy scouts celebrate their
55th. ANNIVERSARY — Feb. 7th to 13th
"A SCOUT IS REVERENT”
(Our Adv«rtiMr« Ar* Aiaured of B*«t R*«uKa;
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THINKING MAN’S FISH
HAS BRAINY ANSWERS
JELLYFISH and humans think
alike! The swimming movements
of the transparent marine od
dities, one of the simplest of
all animals, are produced by
rhythmic pulses similar to those
of human brain waves, says the
University of Wisconsin. Stud
ies of the jellyfish’s nervous
system are helping increase
knowledge of the human nervous
system . . .U. S. EDUCATION
COSTS Increased six per cent
in 1964, according to a school
management magazine. The
average school district In the
nation spent an average of $373
on each elementary-school pupil,
compared with $352 in 1963, and
$485 for each secondary school
pupil, up from $458.
PHOSGENE, a colorless gas,
plays an Important role In a
wide variety of Industries. The
gas, which smells like new-mown
hay, Is used in the manufacture
of polyurethane foams used in
applications ranging from insul
ation to chair and sofa cushions,
reports Chemetron Chemicals,
Chicago, a major phosgene pro
ducer. The name phosgene de
rives from Greek words meaning
“light’ and “to produce” be
cause it was first made in 1812
by the action of light on a mix
ture of carbon monoxide and
chlorine . . .FARM RESEARCH
in 1964 resulted in better farm
machines, more controls for ag
ricultural pests, higher-produc
ing crops, healthier animals and
new ways of conserving waters,
reports the Department of Ag
riculture. Developments includ
ed a device that automatically
removes silage, grain and con
centrates from storage, blends
the three feeds Into a balanced
ration and delivers it to beef
cattle.
THE ATTACK on Parkinson’s
disease made significant pro
gress last year, Columbia Uni
versity scientists report. Map
ping of the thalamus, a previous
ly uncharted section of the brain,
helps pinpoint the specific mal
functioning cells in the thalamus
which cause body tremors in
Parkinson’s disease patients. A
tiny movable electrode, connect
ed to the brain, acts as a “loud
speaker” so that a surgeon can
listen to the sound of nerve cells,
analyze them and determine
where to operate.
(1) Avoid people with colds
whenever possible. Keep your
distance when they cough o r
sneeze or shake out a used hand
kerchief for another blow.
(These precautions would mean
staying away from crowded
amusement places during cold
epidemics.)
(2) Wash your hands often,
especially before eating and after
touching a person with a cold.
(3) Don’t use a drinking glass
or towel which may have been
used by a person with a cold.
(4) Keep your general health
as good as possible. Avoid
chilling, wet feet, and fatigue.
Eat a well-balanced diet. Give
your body every possible advan
tage when there are more than
the usual number of people with
colds around you.
(5) Don’t depend on medicines
and methods of prevention which
have already been proved worth
less. Gargles and nose drops
won’t kill viruses in your throat
and nose. Vitamin pills taken
when you are eating a well
balanced diet usually are a waste
of money. Cold baths, winter
sleeping porches, and other such
attempts have no affect on the
number of colds you may have,
or on their severity. And there
is no evidence to support the
belief that people escape the
common cold in warm climates.
Article No. 3 In Covington News Serios:
Interest And Carrying Charges
“You can deduct certain in
terest payments on your Federal
income tax return,” A. C. Ross,
Director of internal Revenue for
the Atlanta District, said today.
“If you elect to itemize de
ductions, you can deduct interest
paid on personal debts,” he said,
' ’lncluding interest on bank loans,
home mortgages, and delinquent
taxes.”
“You also can deduct a portion
of so-called “carrying charges”
paid on installment purchases of
automobiles, television sets, etc.,
where the carrying charges are
separately stated but the interest
charge cannot be determined,”
he added. In addition, the Re
venue Act of 1964 extends this
treatment to carrying charges
paid on deferred payments for
educational services purchased
from an educational institution
by its students. The deduction
is limited to an amount equal
to six percent of the average
unpaid monthly balance on the
Installment purchase, or the por
tion of the total carrying charge
allocable to the year, whichever
=THE GEORGIA = ==
k LEGISLETTER^
■ -By Glenn M c Cui lough=
ATLANTA-It appears virtually
certain now that the present sess
ion of the General Assembly will
modify the Mortor Vehicle In
spection Act of 1964 in response
to a public outcry against It.
But It is not likely to be re
pealed.
This question, far more than
the Administration’s $1,200,000,
000 biennial appropriations bill,
has been foremost in the minds
of many members of the House
and Senate Appropriations Com
mittees who were in Atlanta last
week. It was what they were
hearing from home about.
Finally, Chairman Bill Wil
liams of the House Motor Ve
hicles Committee decided to hold
two hearings last Monday to learn
at first hand what the people are
thinking. The committee split
into two bodies, one going to
Macon and the other to Savannah.
What they have heard there will
influence amendment of the origi
nal inspection act on which the
House and Senate will act when
the full General Assembly re
convenes for five weeks more
next Monday, February 8.
It seems likely that the rigid
requirements for inspection of
headlights and brakes will be
modified. Also it seems likely
that additional safeguards will
’be written into the law, to pro
tect the public from “gouging”
by the few licensed inspection
stations that may be tempted to
profiteer on unneeded repairs.
** * *
Meanwhile, the House and Sen
ate Appropriations Committees,
sitting jointly to go over Governor
Carl E. Sanders’ budget for the
next two fiscal years, scheduled
for Monday the largest item-ihe
approximately one billion dollars
that Georgia will spend on educa
tion during the next biennial. The
Department of Education and the
University System will account
for about 52 per cent of the total
spending.
The sharp rise is made necess
ary by implementation of Gover-
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extends this denial of Interest I
deduction, subject to certain ex
ceptions, to life insurance, en
dowment, or annuity contract I
purchase plans which contem- ।
plate systematic borrowing of
part or all of the Increases In
cash value of such contract.
Document 5074 which furnishes
more detailed Information on this
subject is available upon request
from the Internal Revenue Ser
vice.
nor Sanders’ Master Plan for
Education which was approved by
the General Assembly last year.
It Is designed to bring Georgia
up to the national average of
states in education over a 10-year
period.
There has been some talk
among legislators of revising the
tax law to exempt from state
taxes amounts paid to the Federal
Government in income tax, as was
done until about six years ago.
But enthusiasm was dampened
after State Revenue Commiss
ioner Hiram K. Undercofler told
the committees the amendment
would cut $30,000,000 from esti
mated income.
During last week the commit
tees heard: Director H. R. Bur
son of the Corrections Depart
ment plead for more funds for
prisons, saying a Wayne County
penal building was a “fire trap;”
Chairman James Dunlap of the
Board of Regents plead for more
money for buildings of the Uni
versity System; and Director
Horace Caldwell of the Parks
Department plead for money to
expand the state parks system.
And a committee representing
five counties in the Metropolitan
Atlanta area neared agreement on
setting up an 11-member author
ity to supervise building of a
66-mile rapid transit system by
1980.
Ficquett Fifth
Grade Honor Roll
The honor roll for the fifth
grades of the E. L. Ficquett
School consists of: Gail Cost
ley, Claudie Cowan, Anita Hays,
Mary Thigpen, Janice Tuck,
Vince Evans, Emory Johnson,
Charles Vaughn and Hamp Vin
ing.
Sixth Grade honor students are:
Huanne Moore, Deborah Patrick,
Vicki Shepherd, Dennis Veale,
Ronny Wiley and Gail Wood.