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Editorial
COMMENTS
Editors Note This week as W. Cohen Company holds Grand Opening for its newly expanded and re
modeled clothing store in Covington, we are proud to reprint an editorial written by the late A. Belmont
Dennis Editor and Publisher of The Covington News, in 1947, when Cohen’s reopened their store after it
was destroyed by fire in March of that year. We feel that this editorial is fitting at this time, just as it
was 20 years ago, as Leon Cohen and son Phillip Cohen again renew their faith in their community.
Countless lives and property have been destroyed
by fire. Even cities have gone up in flames. But,
significantly, no fire ever has been known to destroy
the faith that people have in their cities. That, we
note with gratitude, is particularly true in Coving
ton.
There was a disastrous fire here last March. It
didn’t destroy the city, of course; itdidn’teven sp
read, thanks to the efficiency of our fire-fighting
volunteers. It did, however, virtually destroy the W.
Cohen Department Store, a tragedy in itself in that
this was the oldest such landmark of its kind in the
city, a store which, like the community and the
people of the community, had weathered the trials
and tribulations of the years with the strength and
progressiveness so typical of the established lea
ders of this community.
It is comforting, therefore, to know that instead of
destroying the faith the owners have in their com
munity, the fire only served to inspire them. True
to the Cohen tradition of service and progress-—a
tradition that dates back to the founding of the firm
in 1893—the present owner, Leon Cohen, looked
forward—nbt backward, and began planning for a
bigger and better store; a bigger and better com
munity.
The result as evervone can witness, is a com
pletely new store—not a store to replace a store,
but a modern, larger business establishment which
may well be a forerunner to other such develop
ments. The new Cohen store not only is larger,
but it is constructed and equipped with modern,
fire-resistant materials. It is a credit to the city,
as well as to the owners.
It now being official that the price of a first
class postage stamp is going to be 6 cents, an in
crease from the 3 cent price just ten years ago,
we were set to thinking about this monstrous Go
vernment monopoly.
Unhappily, the founding fathers outlawed compet
ition in this area. "The Congress shall have
power. . .to establish post offices," the Constitut
ion states. And the Congress has established 40,-
000 of them at our last count. No one is permitted
to carry first-class mail in this country, except
Uncle Sam, unless he negotiates one of those sub
contract arrangements for hauling from point to
point.
One marvels that this monopoly has never been
overturned, or even seriously challenged. Contrast
the mail delivery system, for example, with tliat
for delivering milk. More pounds of fresh milk
are delivered every day of the year than pounds
of mail. And it is more prompt, and lower priced
tian mail delivery. Consider also tliat milk is a
perishable, and mail is not, except for checks we
are expecting and maybe some love letters.
Leonard Read, of the Foundation for Economic
In this hurried world, there are still a few times
when we pause and with humility and reverence
recall our heritage and give thanks for our spiri
tual and material blessings. Thanksgiving is such
a time. The first Thanksgiving Day was observed
by the pilgrims at Plymouth Colony after their first
harvest in 1621. President Lincoln in 1864 pro
claimed the fourtii Thursday of November as Th
anksgiving Day, and it has been so since that time.
Legislation is now before Congress which would
shift the observance of five of our national holidays
to Mondays, on the theory that this would avoid
breaking up the working week and provide five
clearly defined three-day weekends. Shifts are
proposed for Washington’s Birthday (to become
Presidents Dav). Memorial Dav. Independence Day,
Veterans Day and Thanksgiving. Whatever may lie
Save Coupons For Funeral
One critic of the cigarette industry and of ci
garette smoking in general, recently suggested that
coupons to help defer funeral expenses be included
in each pack of cigarettes sold
While tids proposal has little appeal to the ci
garette companies, it is stimulating, for the doctor
making the suggestion is saying, in effect, that
heavy smoking is sending many to their graves.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
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MABEL SESSIONS DENNIS
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LEO S. MALLARD
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AND THE
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Yet, that is only typical of the family who has
operated the popular shopping center for the last
54 years.
First, it was A. S. Cohen who saw the business,
as well as the civic, social and cultural possibili
ties of the community, before the turn of the cen
tury; 1893 to be exact. Eventually, the store moved
into the hands of the founder’s brother, the late W.
Cohen, whose name it still bears.
Then, in 1920, the business passed into the equa
lly capable hands of Leon Cohen, nephew of the pre
vious owners. But ownership was the only change
in the general picture — the store continued op
erating on the same policy of service and progress
that was the motivating spirit behind the success
of the previous owners.
Then came the fire, and a mercantile land
mark that had stood here for more than a half
a century was gone. But, we are happy to say.
that was all that was destroyed. It did not touch
the Cohen faith in this community. Instead, out of
the charred ruins has risen an architectural gem
that not only stands as a memorial to the men who
have gone before, but also as a new milestone
in this city’s postwar expansion program.
The Covington NEWS joins the rest of the com
munity in extending congratulations and best wishes
to the owners, the officers and the employees of the
W. Cohen Company, on this, the opening date for
their new store. We hope the days ahead will be
as successful as those of the past; that another half
a century will find the name Cohen still among the
leaders of our community.
Education, put the mail delivery problem in per
spective very pointedly back in 1964.
“Let your imagination take you back,” wrote
Mr. Read, “just one century. . .Suppose at that
time you had been asked to select the easiest of
the following assignments:
“1. Deliver the mail;
“2. Deliver a dozen individuals from San Fran
cisco to Miami in one day;
“3. Deliver the human voice a thousand miles;
“4. Deliver an event visually a mile from where
' it takes place at the time of its occurrence.
“Which of the four would have seemed easiest
to accomplish in 1864?”
Obviously the first option seems the easiest if
one reverts to 1864. Yet, radio, telephone, TV, and
jet airplanes have made the other assignments
commonplace. The free enterprise system has a
way of working such wonders.
It’s time for a review of tiiat monopoly estab
lished by the Constitution. The fact that the Con
stitution ordained it doesn’t make it right. It is
recalled that the Constitution also condoned sla
very. And still does for taxpaying postal users.
said for this proposal as it affects the rest of
these occasions, one may hope that Thanksgiving
is not finally included among them. As things now
stand, tliis is quite generally observed as a four
day holiday. A time for families to get together—
schools and colleges are closed from Wednesday
till Monday. This would be sharply changed if
Thanksgiving were just another three-day weekend.
For more than a hundred years, the fourth
Thursday of every November lias been the time
for families to serve that reminder of the Lord’s
bounty—the traditional Thanksgiving Dinner. Chan
ging this day would to many minds detract from
its significance. Traditions are an important part
of the continuity that lends strength to a people
and to a nation. In these times, it would seem
well for us to keep as many of them as we can.
Recent statements issued by The Public Health
Service dealing with extensive tests and studies of
the smoking danger support the conclusion tiiat
there is no longer doubt about its effects on health.
Yet many continue to smoke heavily and a number
will pay the price—sometimes a fatal one. Even
funeral expense coupons might not stop these con
firmed addicts. Only a growing realization of the
facts, and will power, offer hope.
MARY SESSIONS MALLARD
Auociiti Editor
LEO MALLARD
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OUR WEEKLY LESSON K»K
Sunday School f
HOSEA: GOD SPEAKSTHROUGH
TRAGEDY
Devotional Reading: Psalms 46
Intermediate - Senior Topic:
When My World Falls Apart.
Memory Selection: God is our
refuge and strength, a very pre
sent help in trouble. Psalms
46:1
Young People - Adult Topic:
God Speaks Through Personal
Tragedy
Memory Selection: And I will
betroth you to me for ever; I
will betroth you to me in righ
teousness and in justice, in st
eadfast love, and in mercy, I
will betroth you to me in faith
fulness; and you shall know the
LORD. Hosea 2:19, 20.
Most of the lessons for this
quarter are taken from the pro
phecy of Amos. We recall how
Amos, a shepherd living in the
Southern Kingdom, crossed over
into the Northern Kingdom and
denounced the idolatry and In
justice which prevailed there. But
Hosea was a prophet who not only
prophesied In the Northern King
dom but also was a subject in
that kingdom and probably re
mained there during his lifetime.
Amos was a prophet of social
righteousness; Hosea emphasi
sed the love of God and attemp
ted to appeal to his generation
on that basis. Hosea prophe
sied during the reign of four
kings of Judah: Uzzlah, Joth
am, Ahaz, Hezekiah, The king
of the Northern Kingdom under
whom Hosea prophesied was Je
roboam 11.
There were prophets, of cour
se, before Amos, but they were
“non - literary,” meaning that
they left no record of their ut
terances. Elijah is certainly not
to be surpassed in the whole list
of prophets. But we have no
word of his message save the
few taunting remarks he made
to the priests of Baal when he
subjected them to a test on Mount
Carmel (I Kings 18).
Also, the prophets are classi
fied as “Major” and “Minor”,
The Major Prophets are Isaiah,
Jeremiah, and Ezekiel. The
Minor Prophets are twelve in
number and are so called par
tly because they were of minor
Importance compared with the
three great prophets and also
because their “literary re -
mains” (or writings) were much
smaller than those of the Major
Prophets.
Amos and Hosea are both lis
ted under the Minor Prophets.
J Herman Talmadge
REPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES SENATE
THE RECENT MARCH on the Pentagon to protest United
States involvement in the war in Viet Nam probably gave more
aid and comfort to the enemy and cheered the hearts of more
Communists than anything since Castro took over Cuba.
Moreover, without a doubt, the hand of the Hanoi regime
was strengthened and the Viet Nam war prolonged.
The mass demonstration brought together all kinds of
people: hippies and so-called flower people. American ( om
munists and socialists blatantly peddling their wares, radicals
handing out pictures of Che Guevara. "Black Power advocates
militan' civil rights agitators of the Rap Brown ilk, and a smatter
ing of what might be called "ordinary people—but not very
many.
No doubt some well-meaning people were drawn into the
demonstration with the thought that they could accomplish some
good. And no doubt they were shocked by some of the things
they saw and heard, and hopefully they began to feel that they
were in the right church but the wrong pew.
To my way of thinking, no good can come from undermin
ing our government, or by accusing the United States of war
mongering. certainly not at a time when we have almost 500.000
soldiers in the field who deserve all the support and protection
the American people can give them. No one here wants this war
and Americans want to see it ended as quickly as possible. But
at the same time, so long as we intend to keep our commitment
to help stem Communism in Southeast Asia and keep troops in
the battlefield, then it is incumbent upon every American citizen
to support his government and not to pour fuel on the fire by
helping the enemy
Perhaps the net effect of the demonstration was best summed
up b\ the Communist Viet Cong spokesman who reportedly said
this march made these people "our comi ides in arms "
• * •
IT WAS IN 11 RI SI ING if not surprising to see what hap
pened to the people who were arrested trying to storm the
Pentagon
After being carted off in paddy wagons, most of them were
promptly slapped on the wrist and sent on their way.
This demonstration falls into the same category as some
of the mob violence we witnessed this past summer. When the
law is enforced without fear or favor and when lawlessness be
comes unprofitable, then mob action in the streets will cease.
Again we remind ourselves
that these men prophesied in the
Northern Kingdom, and although
their prophecies resembled each
other in many respects, they were
different in their emphasis.
Jeroboam I had fouled the sp
iritual life of the Northern King
dom when he set up golden cal
ves as objects of worship and de
clared that these had led the
people of Israel out of Egypt.
Moral life suffered, as it always
does, under idolatry. The people
fell into every sort of dissolute
living. Furthermore, the rich op
pressed the poor.
The division of the Hebrew pe
ople into two kingdoms had taken
place In 938 B. C., when Reho
boam, the unwise son of Solomon,
had refused a reasonable petition
for justice which his subjects
made. Ten of the tribes therefore
decided to set up a new kingdom
with Jeroboam as their king.
This state of affairs continued
until 722 B. C., when Samaria,
capital of the Northern Kingdom,
was overwhelmed by Assyria and
Its people were carried off into
exile.
Thereafter these ten northern
tribes are known to history as
"the lost tribes of Israel.” The
Jews of our time and Jews of
the modern world are descen
dants of the subjects of the Sou
thern Kingdom.
Both Amos and Hosea were
shocked by conditions they en
countered in the Northern King
dom. Believing as they did in the
righteousness of God and the
moral standards which had been
set up in the law as given th
rough Moses, they viewed the
debauchery of rich and poor alike
with anger and dismay. Amos
was particularly Incensed at the
callousness of the privileged cl
ass who “sold the righteous for
silver, and the poor for a pair
of shoes” (Amos 2: 6). The
name “Hosea” means “sal
vation”. He was the son of
Beerl, or “son of my well.”
The prophet’s name, therefore,
was connected with the word ‘ ‘wa
ter”. His background suggested
spiritual refreshments. Jesus
was later to declare that the wa
ter that he would give one would
be in him a well of water sprin
ging up into everlasting life (John
4: 14).
Hosea stood, in his limited way,
for the things that Jesus emphas
ized and brought to full fruition
in his ministry more than seven
hundred years later.
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Vietnam Veterans
May Apply For
Insurance Policy
Veterans of Viet Nam and all
servicemen recently separated
from active duty are reminded
by A. W. Tate, Manager of the
Atlanta Veterans Administration
Regional Office, of the right to
apply for an individual life in
surance policy within 120 days
after separation from service.
More than 99 per cent of the
servicemen participate in the
Servicemen’s Group Life Insur
ance program and are eligible
to convert to private insurance
when they are discharged, Mr.
Tate added. Veterans are cov
ered by the group policy for 120
days after separation, without
further payment of premiums.
During the 120-day post-sep
aration period any insured vet
eran may apply for an Individual
life insurance policy from any
of the 540 participating insurance
companies without taking a phy
sical examination, the manager
explained.
Because they are no longer
paying premiums many return
ing veterans forget about their
life insurance and fail to apply
for individual insurance policies
until after the 120-day period
has expired, Mr. Tate said.
These veterans lose the advan
tage of becoming insured without
a physical examination and, if
they have a disability, may not
be able to obtain private insur
ance at standard rates, the mana
ger cautioned.
Take It Easy For
Safe Winter Driving
Take it easy, when you are
driving on an ice-glazed or snow
covered road, the American In
surance Association cautions.
Take it easy on the power, easy
on the brakes, easy on the steer
ing and most Important, easy on
the temper.
When starting your vehicle, the
Association says, begin very
slowly to secure maximum wheel
traction.
In applying your brakes, do so
by gentle taps on the pedal, once
or twice a second. This will
slow your vehicle without break
ing the traction between the
wheels and the slippery road,
and help avoid skidding. Re
member, it takes 200 feet or more
to stop at 20 m.p.h. on snow
or ice, the Association notes.
Traction is a prime factor
in Steering too. So, turn the
steering wheel slowly, and go
slowly enough into the turn so
you do not need to act sudden
ly-
When you get stuck in snow
or ice, don’t just sit there spin
ning your wheels and racing your
temper. Every spin digs you
deeper. You can save your tem
per by carrying some sand and
a shovel In your car to help
move your vehicle when it gets
stuck.
New Booklet
Tells Where
Alumninum Used
The Aluminum Association has
just published a new booklet wh
ich details hundreds of aluminum
applications ranging from siding
to the F—lll jet. “Usesof Alum
inum” describes Important ap
plications in construction, trans
portation, electrical, packaging,
consumer durables, machinery
and equipment and aerospace.
The full color, 32 page booklet
Is illustrated with over 50 draw
ings and Is designed to give the
reader a quick, overall look at
aluminum and its markets. An
Introductory section gives infor
mation about basic aluminum ch
aracteristics and a brief history
of its development.
Early applications for alum
inum by the New York, New Ha
ven and Hartford Railroad in
1894 and in the three-wheeled
1897 Clark automobile are re
called, along with such newly
emerging uses as easy-open cans
and aluminum fishing boats.
Single copies of “Uses of Al
uminum” are available free from
The Aluminum Association, 420
Lexington Avenue, New York,
N. Y. 10017.
Attend (fyuictt
Sunday
By H. N. Earnest, Pastor of
Porterdale Baptist Church
Satan has convinced multitudes
of earnest people that true reli
gion is based on the acts of man,
acts fired with great enthusiasm,
intense loyalty to a cause, and
much, much hard labor. Give a
man some sort of holy cause,
let him become really sold on
that cause, and let him devote
his life to that cause, and you
have a real religion. This is the
language of the earthling, the one
who is not acquainted with the
word of God.
Let us read the scriptures.
“But I bear them record that
they have a zeal of God, but not
according to knowledge. For they
being ignorant of God’s righ
teousness and going about to est
ablish their own righteousness,
have not submitted themselves to
the righteousness of God. For
y Layona Glenn
& Says . . .
Stand up men and take off
your hats in honor of Ernest
Rogers who has just written “30”
to his life column.
Illustrious son of the “Good
Dr.”, of whom he so often, and
so lovingly wrote, he made a
success of life in spite of phy
sical handicaps that would have
downed most men. Instead of
succumbing to pain and suffer
ing, he made of them stepping
stones to higher achievement, and
produced his daily column which
brought comfort, courage and
strength to countless readers
who accepted his Christian phy
losophy, and kept marching on.
He accepted and made his own
God’s order to Moses: “Speak
to the people that they go for
ward!”
“The Good Dr.”, Rev. Wallace
Rogers, who for so many years
was such an outstanding leader
in Methodism, had instilled in
Parents desire so very much
for their children these days,
and never before has there been
a time when the PT A was more
determined to meet the needs
of children and youth.
Last week at our PTA Fall
Conference, many of our PTA
members were appalled at the
facts given to them concerning
the Smoking problem among the
young. The evidence is over
whelming. There is no longer
any doubt that cigarette smoking
kills and disables.
We are very concerned for
the children in trouble and must
strive hard to meet the demands
of an ever changing world in
Veterans And Dependents To
Receive Increase In Benefits
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Con
gressman Robert G, Stephens,
Jr., announced today that veter
ans and their dependents now
receiving benefits in Georgia’s
10th Congressional District are
expected to receive an increase
of $453,810 in benefits from the
VA during the next 12 months.
The added payments go to ve
terans and their widows and
children in various benefits pro
vided by the Veterans' Pension
and Readjustment Assistance Act
of 1967 recently signed by Pres
ident Johnson. The increased
benefits went into effect October
1, 1967.
"A major provision of the new
G.I. Bill is a cost of living
increase,” Congressmen Step
hens said. “For an estimated
2,970 Congressional District
constituents, this will account
for nearly $167,310 of the added
benefits."
Congressmen Stephens esti
mated that additional readjust
ment assistance for approx
imately 100 eligible veterans will
cost about $23,720, with the in
crease in educational and train
ing benefits for more than 1,020
eligible veterans and dependents
totaling approximately $262,980
tn the first year of operation
of the new G.I. Bill.
Congressman Stephens said
that veterans and their widows
and children in the 10th District
Thursday, November 2, 1967
Eni? Sy
Christ is the end of the law for
righteousness for everyone that
believeth.” Romans 10: 1-4.
The heart of every intelligent
and honest man is concerned
about God. It is anxious about
eternity and what it holds for the
soul. No thinking human being
can ponder eternity without some
interest in it. So most men look
for some sort of religion that may
guarantee the safety of their souls
in the forever of forevers. The
tragedy is that they are not bot
hered about the type of religion
they have, just so it is some kind
of religious exercise. Mostpeo
ple seem to think that God al
mighty Is not at all particular
about what we know of Him, or
what we have to offer Him, just
so it is done with some degree
of sincerity and with a bit of
enthusiasm. The more enthu
siasm, the more effective the
religion is, and the more impres
sed God is with it.
him such an unquestioning faith
in Jesus Christ the Savior, that
he was able to endure as a good
soldier of his Lord, trusting in
the assurance that “The eternal
God is thy refuge, and under
neath are the everlasting arms,”
and with this certainty accepting
the promise: “As thy day is
so shall thy strength be.”
With God’s blessing he re
ceived many honors, and awards,
all of them he richly deserved.
May we all be as wise as
he, and follow our Lord as faith
fully.
“Seek ye the Lord while
He may be found, call ye upon
Him while He is near. Let
the wicked forsake his way,
and the unrighteous man his
thoughts; let him return unto
the Lord and He will have
mercy upon him; and to our
God for He will abundantly
pardon.”
By Mrs. Robert I. Burall |
Tenth District Director I
Georgia Congress of Parents I
and Teachers |
behalf of all children. The PTA
counts on you to take part in
the things that must be done
for the Nations children. Much
can be done within the home.
The most Important influence in
your childs life is you. Your
personal attitude toward smok
ing, health habits, religion or any
other phase of life, makes a
strong impression on your child.
The home is where many bad
habits or attitudes start and the
home is where it should stop be
fore it starts. Be responsible
parents. Help all children and
youth combat the smoking pro
blem, or any other problem that
affects them.
may obtain detailed information
on the benefits and services to
which they may be entitled under
the Veterans’ Pension and Re
adjustment Assistance Act of
1967 from any State Department
of Veterans Service office or
from the Veterans Administra
tion.
Back Pay Still
Awaits Talmadge
ATLANTA (GPS) — The sll,-
502.61 in back pay that U. S,
Sen. Herman E. Talmadge refu
sed to accept as Georgia gover
nor 14 years ago is still waiting
in the state coffer should he
change his mind.
This was brought to light by
State Auditor Ernest Davis in
an audit of the governor’s of
fice. He said Georgia can do
nothing with the money at pre
sent except hold it for Tal
madge or his heirs to collect
—without Interest.
In 1953 when Talmadge was
governor, the Legislature voted
him a salary Increase, He cr
eated a stir when he refused
to accept It. He contended at
the time he wanted only the pay
prescribed when he was elected,
and that the act should become
effective with the next governor.