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COMMENTS
No more opportune time for Home Improve
ment could be chosen than spring. As the good
earth’s beauty unfolds, homemakers from time
immemorial have involved themselves in spring
cleaning.
With the advent of automatic home appliances
the old fashion ’'spring-cleaning” lost much of
its impact. But the urge to change and renew,
like hope, springs eternal. And nothing so lifts
the morale of the Queen of the Household as
freshly painted walls, a new sink, a new rug, an
added room, remodeling, or whatever the budget
Salute To Future Homemakers
“Toward New Horizons” is the overall motto
of the Future Homemakers of America, whom the
nation pays tribute to in the designation of March
31 - April 6, as FHA Week.
Never tiave the horizons been more challenging
to young women, who early in life have chosen
woman’s elemental role of homemaking as their
life’s ambition. In such a few years, the re
sponsibility of the homes of the nation shall rest
upon their shoulders. These homes are the heart
beat of our country. Upon them depends the health,
the morals, the ideals, the character, the Faith
and even the strength of the Land of the Free.
The word “Home” holds magic for most. It
is the symbol of love and security. Someone
has aptly described Home as the place where
there is, "A world of strife shut out; a world
April 21-27 will mark the observance of Na
tional Library Week. The purpose of this occ
asion is to encourage the development of life
time reading habits as the foundation of a bet
ter Informed people. Within our nation’s lib
raries are stored all the wonders oi tne world's
literature. Scientific and technical knowledge,
philosophy, economics, art, politics—every area
of imaginable human interest —await the explor
ing mind.
When man learned to record his accomplish-
Great Presidential Election Year
Shis editorial was written two weeks ago. We
ought it might be interesting to read in view
of the President’s recent decision not to seek
re-election.)
The great game of politics has been getting
off to an early start in this Presidential elec
tion year 1968. In many respects, it may be
unlike any election in the history of the United
States. While not unprecedented, the fact that
the incumbent, President Johnson, is confronted
with an uphill battle for reelection, indicates the
gravity of the decision that voters must make
at the polls this fall. On the Democratic side,
there has been some effort to unseat Johnson as
the candidate. But the likelihood of that is ex
tremely remote. As for the Republicans, several
occupy the limelight. Among leading contenders
for the nomination are of course Rockefeller,
Nixon, Reagan and the less well known Percy.
So far, it is virtually anybody’s guess who will
be the Republican choice.
There seems to be no great enthusiasm for any
one at the present time. There is a feeling that
the people are disenchanted with the game of
politics as it is being played. It might be that
the public is far ahead of the candidates in sens
ing the import of issues without precedent that
now confront us, of which three are uppermost—
Viet Nam, civil strife and inflation. The magni
tude of these three issues leaves little room for
slogans and demagoguery. Past election cam
paigns have been heavily larded with both. But
tins year, there are so few "options” for the
candidates in their approach to national and in
ternational problems that the usual open-handed
pledges and easy promises may be notable by
their absence. Certainly no one can make any
hard promises about the war in Viet Nam. There
is, as The Wall Street Journal has pointed out,
danger of a military disaster of major propor
tions.
Uncalled For Public Spending
Federal spending for fiscal 1969 was set at a
record $186.1 billion in the President’s Budget
Message to Congress. It has been described as
a "bare-bones budget.” This description is sup
posed to make it a little more palatable to ac
cept tax increases.
The plain fact is that federal budget figures
include proposed spending of taxpayers’ funds on a
business as usual basis, most particularly in
areas where government enters into tax-exempt
competition with taxpaying, private enterprise.
The budget includes a request for new loan funds
of $304 million for rural electrification—although
rural electrification is completed for all prac
tical purposes. Another $116.5 million was re
quested for the Bonneville Power Administration—
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Editor and Publisher
LEO S. MALLARD
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CITY OF COVINGTON
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Covington and all Newton County are extremely
fortunate in the caliber and number of building
contractors, appliance, building supply, furniture,
electrical, gas and department store merchants lo
cated here. Their services and merchandise are of
a variety and quality second to none; and seldom
found in areas of like size.
Here’s hoping every householder will join the
“spring-cleaning brigade” as they clean-up, paint
up, fix-up and remodel in this Home Improvement
season!
of love shut in; A place where the small are
great, and the great are small; The father’s
kingdom, the mother’s world, the child’s para
dise; The place we grumble the most and are
treated the best; The center of our affection,
where our stomachs get three square meals
a day, and our hearts a thousand!”
Newton County boasts three Future Homemakers
of America Chapters, with 230 members: The
Newton Chapter, whose advisor is Mrs. Walter
Pope; the Covington Chapter, with Miss Ellen Daniel
as Advisor, both of Newton High; and the R. L.
Cousins Chapter, whose advisor is Mrs. Allegra
Murphy.
We join the nation in a well deserved salute
to these fine young women, tomorrow’s Home
makers, and their advisors.
ments, permanently storing the sum of his know
ledge, progress became a cumulative thing, each
generation building upon the progress of the past.
Without this, we would very likely still be living
in caves. Mankind must summon the wisdom of
the ages and harness technologies yet unborn to
build a peaceful and better world for the future.
Our libraries are a basic tool of learning for
each of us--a priceless asset to a nation that
would set its feet upon the path of leadership
in a complex and changing world.
On the domestic front, lavish government spend
ing on all sorts of social welfare programs has
been accompanied by a rising level of violence
and discontent. Close on the heels of this issue
comes concern over inflation and the troubles of
the dollar. Growing lack of confidence in the
dollar abroad and the consequent drain on our gold
reserves demands the end of a guns and butter
government spending policy. Thus, as potential
Presidential candidates must be aware, the time
of the easily-given promise of vast new and cost
ly programs is past.
The next President of the United States will
be confined in his choices of action by circum
stances. The job of the Presidency, never an
enviable one, will assume ever more awesome
proportions. Beyond that, the candidates them
selves will very likely not be able to conduct
their campaigns in the usual handshaking, open
car intimacy with the people. Here again, we
face a departure from the past, a most unplea
sant departure. U.S. citizens have been used
to seeing their Presidential candidates at close
range, in parades, at speaking engagements and
personal appearances in out-of-the-way places
all across the land. This has been the essence
of the American political campaign.
What has been euphemistically called civil dis
obedience—in plainer English, riots and mob
violence--may transform the carnival like poli
tical campaign into a rather grim, heavily-guard
ed motorcade of bullet-proof cars. Great concern
has been expressed over the safety of President
Johnson when he takes to the campaign trail.
Yes, this election year 1968 promises to be
unprecedented. In the months ahead, between
now and fall, the responsibilities of self-govern
ment will weight heavily on the electorate. And
in the end, the victor will but reflect our col
lective wisdom at the polls—or lack of it.
up substantially from the previous year. Lesser
amounts were requested for other federal pro
jects, and a request was submitted for $1,276,-
000 for "planning” of the federal Dickey-Lin
coln hydroelectric project in Maine. The last
Congress rejected requests for such funds.
As long as federal spending includes hundreds
of millions of dollars to further programs in
competition with taxpaying, investor-owned indus
try that is willing and able to meet our energy
needs, it hardly makes sense to talk about a
‘•bare-bones budget.” In these days, when the
country needs every source of tax revenue, the
people should not be expected to support privileged
and costly, tax-exempt government experiments in
socialism.
MARY SESSIONS MALLARD
Associate Editor
LEO MALLARD
Advertising Manager
Entered at the Post Office
at Covington. Georgia, as
mail matter of the Second
Class.
OUR WEEKLY LESSON
FOR
Sunday School
THE VICTORY OF THE CROSS
Devotional Reading: I Corin
thians 1:18-24.
Memory Selection: I, when
I am lifted up from the earth,
will draw all men to myself.
John 12:32.
Intermediate-Senior Topic: He
Gave Himself for Me.
Young People-Adult Topic:
Jesus Accepts the Cross.
The crucifixion of Jesus was
a legalized murder, the most
shocking injustice in history. The
leaders of the Jewish church
tried to keep their hands free
of his blood and put the re
sponsibility for his execution
squarely on the shoulders of the
Roman governor, Pilate. He,
on the other hand, knowing Jesus
to be innocent, tried in every
way to free his prisoner. Pi
late was a moral coward. He
feared the accusation they might
bring against him that he was
not loyal to the emperor, Ti
berius. Accordingly, he allowed
an innocent man first to be
scourged, then outraged, then
sent to an ignominious and cruel
death.
Jesus was the only perfect
man that has ever lived. He
was brought to death not in spite
of his goodness, but actually be
cause of it. The leaders of
the Jewish church were jealous
of his popularity. Furthermore,
he had performed his miracles
without first obtaining permis
sion from them. His increas
ing popularity with the common
people threatened their authority,
and in the case of many of them
who made money out of certain
temple practices, he was a threat
to their lucrative income.
We have to go back to the
middle of chapter eighteen to get
a full picture of the pathos and
shame of the crucifixion. Pe
ter’s denial must have been hard
for Jesus to endure, although he
knew that it would take place.
Three times Peter denied Jesus,
and once with oaths denied that
he even knew the Master (Mark
14:71).
Pilate was the last person
in the world who could have
the faintest idea of the moral
stature and spiritual significance
of Jesus. Pilate knew the Jews
well enough to realize that they
had delivered Jesus into his hands
because of envy. He was sure
that Jesus was innocent, and if
he had possessed sufficient moral
courage, he would have declared
him so and released him. But
this Jesus must have appeared
to the cynical Pilate as a slight
ly demented fanatic. He talked
of a kingdom which was not of
this world. This to Pilate would
be evidence of the fact that the
man was insane. Bearing wit
ness to the truth? “Pilate saith
unto him, what is truth?
A man without faith in God,
or the gods or his fellowmen
this was Pilate. He sought to
know only one thing, namely,
how he could best arrange mat
ters for his personal advance
ment. He certainly did not in
tend to allow himself to be con
fronted by the emperor with the
charge of treason because of this
insane dreamer who said that he
was bearing witness unto the
truth and that he was monarch
of a kingdom which was not
of this world.
“Then Pilate therefore took
Jesus, and scourged him. And
the soldiers platted a crown of
HAROLD LYDA
JULIA A. PORTER
MEMORIAL METHODIST
CHURCH
We associate Joy with our
Lord’s entry into Jerusalem and
His resurrection by observing
Palm Sunday and Easter. But
stretching between these momen
tous days lie all the events of our
Lord’s passion. It may seem ir
onic, but we call this Holy Week.
During this time the horrible na
ture of human sinfulness was
measured by the cross. And like
wise, the magnitude of God’sieve
was proven when His Son was sus
pended between heaven and earth
and slain by crucifixion, for the
sins of the whole world.
How can one Innocent person
bear the guilt of the whole human
race? While we cannot fully ans
wer the question, we can agree
that this is the one Great Sac
rifice, the Lamb of God, toward
which all other sacrifices point.
In Revelation 5: 6-12 our Lord is
acclaimed as a Lamb in the midst
of a heavenly throne with twenty
four elders about Him saying,
“Thou art worthy to take the book
and open the seals thereof for thou
wast slain, and hast redeemed us
to God by thy blood out of every
kindred, and tongue, and people,
and nation... Worthy is the I.amb
that wast slain to receive power,
and riches, and wisdom, and
strength, and honour, and bless
ing.”
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thorns, and put it on his head,
and they put on him a purple
robe. And said, Hail, King of
the Jews! And they smote him
with their hands” (John 19:1-3).
Then Pilate brought Jesus forth
wearing the crown of thorns and
the purple robe. “And Pilate
saith unto them, Behold the man!”
(John 19:5).
Humanity has been looking to
that Man through the centuries,
knowing that in him perfection
once appeared on the face of
the earth and that in him is the
world’s only hope.
“If thou let this man go, thou
art not Caesar’s friend: who
soever maketh himself a king
speaketh against Caesar.” Thus
cried the brainwashed mob, and
when Pilate replied: “Shall I
crucify your King? the chief
priests answered, We have no
king but Caesar.”
This statement must have
brought great satisfaction to Pi
late. At last he had brought
these rebellious Jews to heel
and had heard them acknowledge
the political authority of Rome.
“Then delivered he him there
fore unto them to be crucified.
And they took Jesus, and led him
away. And he bearing his cross
went forth into a place called
the place of a skull, which is
called in the Hebrew Golgotha...”
He went forth bearing his
cross. He has been doing this
through the centuries and for
the same reason that he con
tinues doing it to this day, name
ly, for the sins of those he came
to save.
The execution took place out
side the city walls-“nigh to the
city.” “And Pilate wrote a
title, and put it on the cross.
And the writing was, JESUS OF
NAZARETH THE KING OF THE
JEWS.” It was written in He
brew and Greek and Latin, thus
signifying that this crucified pri
soner was to have worldwide
significance. His gospel would
be preached to the ends of the
earth. Time would be dated from
his birth. Even non-Christians
in later centuries would admit
that this Jesus was the great
est and most significant person
ever to have appeared in human
history.
There is a universality about
Christianity which we recognize
and affirm. In this life it is
worldwide in its significance. We
believe that it is part and par
cel of a life which is eternal.
We may well pause and note
the group about the cross. First,
there were the soldiers in charge
of the execution, who tore his
garments into four parts, “to
every soldier a part . . .”
Upon their crosses with Jesus
were two malefactors. John, in
his Gospel, tells us no more
than the fact that these two were
crucified with him. But Luke
(23:39-43) tells us of the behav
ior of these malefactors. “One
of the malefactors which were
hanged railed on him, saying, If
thou be Christ, save thyself and
us. But the other answering
rebuked him, saying, Dost not
thou fear God, seeing thou art
in the same condemnation? .Mad
we indeed justly; for we re
ceive the due reward of our deeds:
but this man hath done nothing
amiss. And he said unto Jesus,
Lord, remember me when thou
comest into thy kingdom. And
Jesus said unto him, Verily I
say unto thee, Today shalt thou
be with me in paradise.”
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We must not mistakenly ass
ume that Christ, the Lord’s life
was taken from Him at Calvary;
but His life, in all its sublimity,
was freely offered by Himself for
the sins of us all. Note that He
did not choose a painless ascen
tion without death, like Elijah on
a chariot of fire. He did not In
sist on being taken to the magni
ficent Court of the Temple and
there, upon its great brazen al
tar be offered up as a burnt-off
ering upon a stack of wood as was
Isac; rather our Lord gathered all
the agonies of Gethsemane, the
Indignities of a false arrest and
mock trial, the tortures of a rude
vulgar cross amidst the railing
accusations and jeers of an ig
nominous crowd, and finally left
in abandonment in utter darkness
for three hours. All of these along
with His previous sufferings were
a part of His great Sacrifice of
Himself for our sins.
Looking again Into the awesome
events of Holy Week, we see Jesus
Christ, our High Priest, on the
very eve of the Crucifixion or
daining a Sacrament which we
designate the Lord’s Supper or
Holy Communion. This sacra
ment foreshadows the cross
which our Lord transforms into
an altar from which He offers
His broken body and spilled blood
to us. Thus, by removing our
sin-guilt, He reconciles God and
men. Thanks be unto God, Christ
the Lord has redeemed us.
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SEN. PENNINGTON
AT THE CAPITOL
“The 130th Georgia Legisla
ture accomplished more—made
more history—and did more for
the people of Georgia than any
legislature in recent years,”ac
cording to Senator Brooks Pen
nington of Madison, Georgia.
“TTie 1967-68 General Assem
bly made history last year when
we elected a Governor and re
apportioned the Senate and House
of Representatives. This year
was a record year for Education
in Georgia, and included a rec
ord teacher pay raise, legisla
tion enabling the reduction of the
pupil-teacher ratio and funds for
capital outlay.
"Agriculture was one of the
prime considerations this year
and legislation was passed with
far-reaching effects to aid our
agriculture industry. The leg
islation enacted this year will
do more for this industry and aid
its growth and development than
anything in many years.
“Traffic safety legislation de
signed to reduce the slane-hter on
our highways included changing
the penalties for ‘Driving Under
the Influence’, speed limits, re
flectorized license plates, speed
detection, and requiring greater
safety measures on trucks.
“We streamlined our election
laws, and passed a new crimi
nal and corporate code for the
State thereby getting rid of an
tiquated laws that were almost
impossible to operate under.”
Senator Pennington went on to
say the Legislature had passed
new health laws and appropria
ted funds to relieve the emer
gency situation of the emotional
ly disturbed children at Central
State Hospital.
“On the other side of the ledger
—but to the credit of the Legis
lature in most cases—there are
those bills we defeated.”
Senator Pennington, Chairman
of the Agriculture and Natural
Resources Committee of the Sen
ate. explained the Committee
system:
“Over 3,200 bills and resolu
tions were considered during the
1967-68 Legislature; 1,543 in
1967 and 1,697 in 1968,” Pen
nington said. “Hundreds of
amendments were submitted,
either in committee or on the
floor of the House or Senate, and
each had to be considered.
“It would be humanly impos
sible for every member of the
General Assembly to be fully ac
quainted with every piece of leg
islation and for this reason we
work through committees.
“The Committees meet cons
tantly during the Session, hearing
testimony for and against bills,
preparing amendments if they
think them necessary, and rec
ommend either that they be pass
ed or defeated.
“The recommendations of the
Committee, in the majority of
cases, are usually followed.
Sometimes a bill voted out “do
pass” fails, however, and occa
sionally one reported “do not
pass” is amended on the floor
and passes.
“There are a tremendous num
ber of bills that must be con
sidered which pertain to local
legislation and we must act on
each one of them. These local
bills might concern the city lim
its of a certain town, the mat
ter of sewage in that town or the
salary of the town clerk; yet un
der our Constitution the entire
General Assembly must pass
them before they can becomre
law.”
Senator Pennington went on to
state: “In the General Assembly,
we need the help of every citizen
in order to serve you adequate
ly. We need your ideas on what
laws are needed and your feelings
on those matters coming before
us. Constant communication with
the people is imperative if we
are to serve and represent them
to the best of our ability.”
“In an effort to help do this,
I will try to explain some of the
more important legislation and
what it means to each of us in
the weeks to come.”
2 Ways To Pay
Medicare’s
Doctor Bill
Persons in Newton County who
have the protection of Medicare’s
doctor bill insurance will be glad
to know that it is now easier to
file a claim for reimbursement
of their expenses. This state
ment was made today by Edward
M. Womack, District Manager of
the Decatur Social Security Of
fice.
The recent changes in social
security included a provision that
permits payment on a claim filed
before the doctor’s bill is paid.
When the patient gets the money
from Medicare, he can use it to
pay on his bill. A receipted
bIU is no longer necessary. Only
a claim’s form accompanied by an
itemized statement from the doc
tor Is now necessary. The state
ment should show the name of
the patient, dates of treatment,
place of treatment, description of
treatment on each visit, the
charges for each treatment, and
the doctor’s name.
The second way a claim can
be paid is still the same. If
the docotr and the patient agree,
the patient can authorize the doc
tor to file the claim for reim
bursement direct to the doctor.
Mr. Womack concluded by in
viting anyone who has questions
or needs assistance in filing a
claim for reimbursement under
Medicare to contact the Social
Security Office. The office is
located in the Decatur North Pro
fessional Building, 755 Columbia
Drive, Decatur, Georgia. The
telephone number is 373-6547.
“I shall not seek, nor will I ac
cept the nomination of my party
for the office of President.” With
these words Sunday night on na
tion wide television President
Lyndon Baines Johnson became
a Lame Duck president and
changed the entire picture of the
presidential race for 1968.
Surprise, shock, disbelief, and
in some areas rejoicing gripped
the American people. The Pres
ident, a tired, worn, and physi
cally sick man, had made a great
personal sacrifice of ambition by
bowing out rather than further
splitting his party and his nation
during a crucial period in history.
Whether or not you approve or
disapprove of the man or his ad
ministration as an American and
as a human being President John
son can be respected for placing
the unity of the United States and
the political parties involved
above his personal hopes and as
pirations for his Great Society.
The President had just ann
ounced that he had ordered a
bombing halt over 90 percent of
Vietnam as a step toward the de
escalation of the Vietnam War.
Great Britain and Russia, co
chairmen of the Geneva Conven
tion, had been called upon to exert
every effort to bring Hanoi to the
conference table to seek peace.
He told the people of the nec
essity to call up 13,000 more men,
some from Reserve components,
for Vietnam. He explained the
need for an extra two and one
half billion dollars to fight the
Vietnam War.
Again the President asked Con
gress to pass the 10 percent tax
surcharge immediately to stabil
ize our economy and help foot the
Vietnam War bill.
If it had been possible to ad
ministrate the Great Society pro
grams put into effect by the Pres-
BLayena lilrnn
| Says..
The Bible says; “As a man
thinketh In his heart so is he.”
With this in mind it mentions
some of the things upon which
a man may think in the effort
to develop himself into a man
that God can use toward the
making of a better world; So
it goes on to say:
"And finally, brethren, what
soever things are true, what
soever things are honest, what
soever things are just, what
soever things are pure, what
soever things are lovely, what
soever things are of good re
port; if there be any virtue,
WE HAVE BEEN looking into an interesting and somewhat
shocking sidelight to the United States foreign aid program.
Not only have we been giving food away free, which we know,
but we are also paying port charges to unload it on foreign
shores. Judging from the facts thus far, this is costing the
United States several million dollars a year.
We understand a desire to feed hungry people in foreign
lands, and the United States has long been engaged in this hu
manitarian program, at a cost of many billions of dollars. The
U.S. has sent free food to friend and foe. to countries struck by
famine like India and to nations like Egypt and Indonesia which
have turned around and bit the hand trying to feed them.
We have not insisted that these nations demonstrate total
loyalty or friendship in return for United States food shipments,
and we have continued to assist them although they may
criticize our effort in Viet Nam. aid and comfort Hanoi, or con
tribute to undermine the American dollar.
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BUI WHILE. DONATING this food and other foreign aid.
are we supposed to pay the cost of unloading these goods on
the docks of nations made the beneficiaries of our good will?
That is exactly what we have been doing—contrary to for
mal agreements that recipient nations would pay port charges on
such foreign aid shipments.
All told we spend almost $2 billion a year under the Food
lor Peace Program, with about three-fourths of this involving the
foreign sale of farm goods for soft currencies and the remainder
being donated outright.
The U.S. disposed of some $309 million in free foodstuffs in
1967. which included S7I million transportation costs. It is esti
mated that we have been paying about 10 per cent of the trans
portation expense in improper port and handling charges, and
thus about $7.1 million went down this drain.
This fiscal year, free food shipments are valued at nearly
$329 million and shipping expenses at 595 million, and $336
million is budgeted for 1969 with a shipping cost of $lO5 mil
lion. Take 10 per cent of these amounts and it means that S2O
million will likewise be squandered if the United States continues
paying these port charges to unload our free food and aid.
This is ridiculous under any circumstances. But considered
at a time when we have a critical dollar deficit, restrictions on
private investment and tourist travel overseas, as well as the
possibility of more taxes, it is extremely hard to take.
Thursday, April 4, 1968
BOMBSHELL
ANNOUNCEMENT
By: Leo S. Mallard
ident the way he meant for them to
be administered, and at the level
where they were needed to alle
viate poverty and suffering he
would probably go down as one of
America’s great Presidents.
But, the times can either make
or break a President. Circum
stances at home and abroad can
ultimately create love or hate for
a President by the people he
serves.
President Lyndon Johnson has
borne the blunt of the Vietnam
War and the majority of the blame
although it was inherited from two
previous administrations. Basi
cally though, as Americans, most
of us would not have handled Viet
nam much differently., many of us
would have done far worse.
On the domestic front Presi
dent Johnson has ventured forth
with programs that have been
misunderstood, mishandled, and
unacceptable because they were
initiated during a period of tur
moil and race conflict among our
people.
His greatest failure has been
the inability to gather strength for
a unified national purpose that
would create a sense of belonging
and security among all the people
of our space age society. His wide
ranging programs have been too
far-out for the people to grasp and
support. Coupled with mismana
gement and misunderstanding the
programs have drawn the wrath
of the people.
Johnson programs have ranged
further than the programs of any
other President. .In theory they
have been good and needed in our
growing and changing society, but
their practical application has
been watered down so much that
in reality they have failed to hit
the target of their original pur
pose.
and if there be any praise, think
on these things.”
How prone we are when we
come together and report on
our friends, to tell the worst
things we know of others! and
to pass on any shocking news
we have heard!
Let us cultivate the habit of
thinking on the things that con
tribute to the building up of
character instead of the debasing
things, remembering the injunc
tion: “As ye would that men
should do unto you, do ye even
so unto them.”
Herman Talmadge
REPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES SENATE