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COMMENTS
“Ye shall live also”. Thus Christ comforted
His disciples in the upper room shortly before
His crucifixion. And His promise brought hope
to His bewildered disciples. It has continued to
bring hope and assurance of Life after Death to
mankind throughout the centuries since that first
Easter or Resurrection Morning, when His
mourners found the stone miraculously rolled away
from His sepulcre; and knew of a truth He was
risen.
But, the hope Christ stirred in the hearts of
His first followers, and stirs in hearts of Christ
ians today, is not limited to the future. In our
turbulent times we are sometimes prone to pigeon
hole our Hope and Faith for use in the Hereafter,
ignoring Christ’s affirmation, “I am come that
they might have life, and that they might have it
Georgia Preparing More Teachers
The outlook for an adequate teaching staff in
Georgia’s schools for 1968 is brighter than ever.
Georgia colleges and universities are preparing
900 more teachers than at this time in 1967. From
September 1967 through August 1968, the State ex
pects 3,963 new teachers to enter Georgia class
rooms.
According to Ted. R. Owens, Associate Director,
Teacher Certification, Georgia Department of Ed
ucation, many teachers from outof state have asked
for certification in order to teach in Georgia next
year. Because of the increase in new teachers gra
duating and experienced teachers moving to Geor
gia, Mr. Owens thinks Georgia will have noproblem
staffing its schools next fall and will be far ahead
of many other states in this respect. The State
High Finance Explained
The head of the foreign aid program appeared be
fore the House Foreign Affairs Committee a few
days ago to testify on the $3.1 billion foreign aid
budget proposed by the President A careful read
ing of the hearings makes it possible to print here,
in a few inches of type, a simplified lesson in high
finance. If you’ve had trouble understanding high
finance in the past, bear with us. It is all very sim
ple, really.
If you pay 6 percent or some such rate of interest
on the money you have borrowed to pay for your car,
or your house, you will appreciate the economy that
foreign governments realize in being able to borrow
money from the International Development Associa
tion at less than 1 percent. The actual interest rate
is 3/4 of 1 percent. Keep that 3/4 of 1 percent in
terest rate in mind. It is the foundation of our quick
lesson in high finance.
Now a million dollars is a lot of money. Some of
us work a lifetime without accumulating that much.
But in high finance, it’s pocket-money. Vice Pres
idents of the United States have been known to pro
mise SIOO million in US aid money over breaklast
coffee. Technically, of course, the SIOO million is
a loan. So let’s use that convenient round figure as
our example.
The head of a "developing” country borrows SIOO
million; the interest rate is 3/4 of 1 percent- $750,-
"American policy in Vietnam is frequently crit
icized. Most want the war to end, but few have any
concrete suggestions. One critic with positive
suggestions is Dudley Weeks of the Center for the
Study of Teaching About Peace and War. At a re
cent Public Forum on Vietnam in LaGrange, Weeks
presented a six-point program,” stated Steven R.
Smith of the History Department of LaGrange Coll
ege.
First would be a statement that the United States
has accomplished its primary aim in Vietnam;
"preventing the overthrow of Saigon by force.” This
declaration would include a recognition that total
military victory is impossible for either side.
Second would be the cessation of bombing in North
Vietnam. Such a move would test North Vietnam’s
sincerity that peace talks would follow. Weeks al
so pointed out that the bombing has been of little
military value. He said, in fact, that the bombing
has "intensified the fervor and will of the North
Vietnamese people.”
After the bombing has ended, the next step would
be a U. S. proposal for the "cessation of all mili
tary hostilities with the distinct stipulation that all
military personnel reserve the right to defend them
selves.” The U. S. would act with or without the
cooperation of the other side. The U. S. ought to
be the one to take this step, Weeks said, because
"it is much more in keeping with our value sys
tem ”
To deal with the basic problems of Vietnam,
Weeks calls for the establishment of an Interna
tional Crises Commission. It would furnisha team
of experts to study the agricultural, industrial, and
leadership resources and potentialities for rebuild
ing Vietnam. It would provide a medical team to
treat people who have suffered in this war. It would
include an agency to handle funds contributed by oth
er nations for rebuilding the country.
The commission also would organize the Viet-
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more abundantly”.
Easter’s promise is not just for the distant
future - it is also for life here and now. We are
now living in a segment of Eternity, for Eternity
is continuity of life here into the hereafter; and
His sacrifice on the cross was also to give us
the more “abundant life” here.
Today’s clouds of war, strife, selfishness, in
gratitude, hate, disbelief and accompanying sins
serve as a dark backdrop to more radiantly
spotlight the Suffering Christ on the Cross, and
His message of love and peace. Only as Christ
lives in the hearts of men shall we know the ful
filment of the Promise of Easter.
May we, as a Christian nation, rejoice in the
Resurrection and Promises of the Risen Saviour;
and in rededicating our lives to His Teachings.
needs an average of s,oooadditional teachers every
year.
Jack P. Nix, State School Superintendent, said,
“We have worked quite hard at the state level to
attract more teachers to Georgia, and it is grat
ifying to see such strong response to our efforts.
With higher teacher salaries, extensive teacher re
cruitment, and efforts to improve education in Geor
gia at every level, we have many advantages to off
er teachers.”
According to Mr. Owens there is still some short
age of teachers in certain teaching areas. Although
there are more teachers preparing to teach math and
science, still more are needed in these areas, es
pecially in physics. Special education is another ar
ea where many more teachers are needed.
000 a year interest.
But Washington doesn’t have the SIOO million in
hand. It has to sell government bonds to raise the
money. And it pays at least 4.65 percent on the
bonds. Any fool can see that there’s a loss on that
deal. Uncle Sam pays $4,650,000 in intereston the
SIOO million, but recovers only $750,000 when he
puts it out on loan. You can go broke doing that.
Right? At the rate of $3,900,000 a year. But as
we mentioned, the foreign aid budget is $3.1 bill
ion, not SIOO million. So Uncle Sam plans to go
broke faster.
You see? High finance is simple. The banker
who pays 4.65 percent interest on money he borrows,
and who loans the same money at 3/4 of 1 percent,
is going to be very popular. He’ll have a waiting
list of clients who want to borrow money. But it
developed in the hearings that last year banker Unc
le Sam paid out $465 million in intereston govern
ment bonds to “foreign official institutions and in
ternational organizations.” What governments?
That is “highly confidential” information.
Is it possible, you ask, that some foreign govern
ments borrowed money at 3/4 of 1 percent interest,
invested in US government bonds which pay 4.65
interest, and pocketed the difference? Could be.
Nobody can find out.
namese youth force "to work together in commun
ity development projects among the two million
refugees.” It would also set up a committee to
study "ways and means of laying the foundation for
national elections” to determine the future govern
ment of Vietnam.
To allow the gradual withdrawal of American and
North Vietnamese military forces, the commission
would supervise a "very large military peace-keep
ing force.” Tills would put military affairs under the
control of an international body and would remove
the stigma of imperialism and the burden of
unilateral armed intervention.
The next step toward peace would be an "open
door policy of travel between North and South.”
And the final step would be reunification of Viet
nam. This could take place only after free elec
tions, supervised by an international agency.
Some of these suggestions have been made before.
The halting of bombing is frequently suggested and
frequently rejected. Freedom of travel within Viet
nam and elections to unify the country are often
suggested, but are impractical until fighting stops.
Though total military victory is impossible, the U.S.
has accomplished its objective of preventing the
collapse of the Saigon government.
The idea of the cessation of hostilities on the Am
erican side is less common, but it is worthy of con
sideration. A switch in strategy from offensive ac
tion to self-defense will notend the war, but it would
be de-escalation of war and it would mean fewer
American deaths. It could lead to peace.
The proposal for the International Crises Comm
ission is unusual and valuable. It attacks the pro
blems of backwardness in a rational way. It pro
vides a more humane, more efficient and far less
costly way of dealing with international crises. It
might not only lead to long-range solutions of the
problems of Vietnam, but prevent other such wars
of "national liberation.”
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
OUR RESPONSE
TO THE RISEN LORD
Devotional Reading: 1 Corin
thians 15:51-58.
Memory Selection: Peace be
with you. As the Father has
sent me, even so I send you.
John 20-21.
Intermediate - Senior Topic;
Serving a Risen Saviour.
Young People-Adult Topic: Our
Response to the Risen Lord.
Easter is the outstanding day
of the church year. The word
Itself comes from an old Sanskrit
word meaning dawn.
Easter meant the drawning of
a new age for the human race.
The reality and significance of
the resurrection pervades the
whole of New Testament writings.
All the Gospel writers affirm it
as the triumphal climax of our
Lord’s life. If Jesus had not
risen from the dead, he would
still have been revered as a
great teacher, classed probably
with such men as Socrates, Plato,
and other wise seers. But he
would never have been designated
the Saviour of the world. It
was the resurrection which made
the difference between a helpful
ministry of teaching and healing
and the establishing of a world
religion destined to embrace all
men everywhere. (Matt. 28:
19-20).
The transforming significance
of the resurrection was four
fold. It demonstrated in divine
fashion that life is stronger than
death. It vindicated the assert
ion of Jesus that he was the re
surrection and the life and that
whosoever believed in him would
not perish but have everlasting
life (John 11:25). It gave us an
Insight into the nature of life
beyond the grave. By raising
Jesus from the dead, God the
Father also certified that this
Man was what he claimed to be,
that he was in truth the Divine
Son, that his teachings were true,
that his assurance regarding
everlasting life was to be taken
and cherished as the believer’s
most precious possession.
Christmas is an important sea
son, but it points toward Easter,
for the holly wreath represents
the crown of thorns placed upon
Christ’s head, the red berries
represent the drops of blood
which ran down over his face,
and the leaves of the holly-as
imperishable as leaves can be—
signify the nature and existence
of eternal life.
Christmas looks toward Eas
ter. Easter looks toward eter
nity. It is the great day in
which we all put our hopes.
We show our reverence for this
day by observing the first day
of the week (Resurrection Day)
as our Sabbath.
The lesson today deals with
CIVIL DISORDER, which in recent years has literally taken
America by storm, is in fact a steadily worsening phenomenon in
our country.
Starting with the sit-in syndrome about 8 years ago. we
have seen civil disorder take on many forms. It has run the
gamut all the wav from would-be peaceful picketing and street
marches to revolt, insurrection, and bloody rioting.
We have seen hordes take to the streets to denounce their
own country and condemn American involvement in Viet Nam.
We have suffered flag burnings and anti-draft demonstrations.
The civil rights issue has been taken out of the Congress and
our courts of law. and put in the hands of mobs id the streets.
In short, civil disorder has virtually become the order of
the day. And worse yet. its proponents have almost abandoned
all pretense of staying within the bounds of peaceful assembly
and lawful dissent. In fact, experience has shown them that
the more lawless they are. the better their chances of getting what
they want.
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IT IS A SHAME and a disgrace that law and order have
fallen into such disrepute. We see taking place in our country a
rebellion against all authority, whether it emanates in the home,
the church, the school, or from legally-constituted government.
One aspect of this situation that is particularly shocking is
the fact that college students in many parts of the country have
gotten into the action and turned their own campuses into
battlegrounds. One might well ask: who runs the colleges these
days, students or the administration that is put there by the tax
pavers to deal in higher education and not juvenile insurrection?
It has become almost commonplace for colleges to be dis
rupted by unruly students, and in some instances to be totally
shut down by student-produced anarchy. And. in all too many
instances, instead of receiving the discipline that they deserve,
they are rewarded by acquiescence on the part of their superiors.
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THIS IS ESI’ECI LY disturbing to me because young peo
ple today have more important things to do than take the law into
their own hands, and add to the problem of growing disrespect
for established authority.
If they want to insure for themselves a future where the law
still rules this land, and not militant rabblerousers. students
would do better to concentrate on their studies and then, if they
still have the time and energy left, to work to restore discipline
and order to our society.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
certain important events cluster
ing about the period of our Lord’s
resurrection and his lingering
among his disciples.
On that first Easter Day at
evening, “when the doors were
shut where the disciples were
assembled for fear of the Jews,
came Jesus and stood in the
midst, ...”
There can be no doubt that
although Jesus arose with the
same body which had endured
crucifixion, it was in some start
ling fashion different from his
earthly body. Mary encountered
him in the dawn, yet familiar
as she was with his beloved face
and form, she did not recognize
him but took him to be the gar
dener (John 20;15). Two dis
ciples on the way to Emmaus
encountered a stranger who
amazed them with his penetrat
ing knowledge of biblical truth.
Yet they did not recognize him
until at the evening meal a little
later he was disclosed to them
and vanished out of their sight.
The resurrection stories are
beautiful beyond description.
Mary Magdalene and the other
women went to the tomb on the
first day of the week at early
dawn, taking spices that they
might prepare the body of this
dear one for permanent burial.
But they found the stone rolled
away from the tomb, and enter
ing in they found not the body
of Jesus. Two angels announced
to them that Christ was risen.
Hurrying away from the tomb,
they sought out the apostles and
told them these marvelous things,
but “their words seemed to them
(the apostles) as idle tales and
they believed them not. Then
arose Peter, and ran unto the
sepulchre: and stooping down,
he beheld the linen clothes laid
by themselves, and departed,
wondering in himself at that which
was come to pass” (Luke 24:
11-12).
The amazing thing was that the
linen in which he had been wrap
ped was not unwrapped. Neither
was that which had been about
his head. Very clearly, no one
had unwrapped these linen
clothes. He had simply emerg
ed from them because he had
a new body which was no longer
bound by earthly requirements.
The women saw angels in daz
zling apparel at the tomb. Peter
and John ran to the tomb, and
John coming first, stooped down
and looked in. Then he depart
ed to his home wondering.
The resurrection demon
strates to us that Jesus at his
death left the earthly life and in
the resurrection received a spir
itual body which fitted him for
the heavenly life in which he was
to hold his conspicuous and eter
nal place of honor.
Herman Talmadge
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Editor
The Covington News
Covington, Georgia
Madam:
If this letter has not been writ
ten many times before, many of us
have been derelict.
The writer spent last week in
our local hospital, and though he
has spent time in the major hos
pitals of Atlanta over the past 20
years, he has never seen the type
of devotion and service equaled to
what our local hospital offers.
Both the hired and volunteer
help seem to show a loyalty and
dedication that I have never seen
equaled.
Every employee in Newton
County Hospital seems to feel
that it is his or her obligation
to make the patient’s comfort
and welfare his or her individual
responsibility.
I have never enjoyed more
tasteful food when I was allowed
to eat, and the 8 days in the hos
pital I did not see one single
frown or evidence of anything but
dedication to the patients and to
the hospital.
Now that I have this off my
chest I would like to say it all
over again and would appreciate
your publishing this as the high
est tribute I am able to pay to
dedicated public servants.
Yours very truly,
Wendell W. Crowe
The Covington News
Mr. Leo Mallard
Covington, Georgia
Dear Sir:
In response to your article in
the Covington News a few weeks
ago, Intitled the "Union Wind
Bag”, I feel that you did not
take the initiative to explore the
other side of the fence, so to
speak. Your article could only
be called bias towards the big
corporations.
I am a member of a large
corporation called the American
Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany. lam also a member of
a large Union, called the “Com
munications Workers of Am
erica”, and without my member
ship in C.W.A. I feel it would
be virtually impossible to exist
in this company as a “crafts
man”, of which we are called.
You spoke of the Union as vll
lians who steal from the mem
bers, who In general take from
the member more than he re
ceives. Let me say this, at no
time in my twelve years as a
member of a union have I re
ceived less, than the most my
membership dues could obtain for
me and my brothers in our union.
Mr. Mallard, you must real
ize Unions are here to stay, and
Unions will be organized, where
ever working class of people join
together as a common body, and
only demand their fair share of
the profits, that they are re
sponsible for any corporation to
make.
I am a Southern born, Georgia
boy and proud of it, Unions in
the South are far less common
than in the North because indus
try has been established in the
North for many, many years,
and only recently since about
the end of World War n have
they started to move South.
Therefore people in the North
are more educated about
“Unions” than most people in the
South, but let me say this, people
will be educated, and people will
join Unions, no matter how many
detrimental articles are written
against Unions, because the
power of the people and their will
to want a better way of life
will overshadow articles such as
“The Union Wind Bag”.
Sincerely Yours,
Georere H. Coun, Jr.
Steward C.W.A.
Covington, Georgia
Dear Mr. Mallard,
I think it was admirable of
you to print the other view point
concerning unions. That shows
you respect anothers view and are
not really bias at all.
If the lady that wrote in de
fense of the union had really
read your article she would have
seen in the third paragraph where
you upheld the initial purpose of
it. However progress must
march forward. The things that
applied to the past can not begin
to compare to the innovations
of today’s man.
My dad worked for the same
company for 28 years and has
never been in the union. He
holds a high ranking job for a well
known company and brings a very
ample paycheck home. This was
not due to a middleman from the
union. It was due to his ability
and hardwork (which never hurt
anyone) and his quest for know
ledge to better himself his job
and his fellow workers.
My husband is not in the union.
He works for a world wide com
pany and believe me we never
had it so good. He has put in
a lot of overtime hours (which
he was well paid for) and works
most weekends but he has never
regretted it. He is a company
man all the way and not because
of the union but because of the
fair shake he gets from the com
pany for his hard work.
No company in the world is
going to give you something for
nothing which is as it should be.
So if a man works for one com
pany for many years and does
not advance to a better position
and better pay it is his own fault
and not the company’s and no
union middleman or anybody else
can help a man if he does not
have the fortitude to help him
self.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Iris Thompson
Americans were shocked and
ashamed over the assassination
of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
in Memphis Thursday night. He
was a man of God and a leader
of the Negro people who had
managed to hold their respect
and obedience during the recent
years of struggle for civil rights.
An advocate of non-violence,
Dr. King was loved by his fol
lowers and hated by many people
who protested the Negro fight for
equality. He spoke out boldly
in a peaceful manner that de
manded action and pricked the
conscience of the American peo
ple.
Dr. King preached peace and
non-violence to his people and
urged them to put their faith
in God and work for a better
lot in life through responsible
living. He urged obedience and
sacrifice by his people in their
efforts to change the Negros’
status in America. He urged
faith in God to black men who
often found it difficult to find
God in a white dominated nation.
This man will be missed by
his people and by the nation.
The vacuum his death has cre
ated could easily be filled by
other leaders who did not share
his “dream” or his manner of
accomplishment of that dream.
Though many white people, es
pecially in the South, did not like
or accept Dr. King, they admired
the course of non-violence that
he advocated. They hated the
coming change in America’s so
ciety that accepted the Negro
as an individual and a human
being with feelings and ambitions.
Bold men with dreams and
La tuna Liana
Says..
All this notoriety and praise is
making me uneasy, for the Bible
says: “Woe unto you when all
men speak well of you!” Luke
7: 26.
Now that must mean that you
become so vacillating and un
steady that you change as with
the wind; whereas the Christian
should be so dedicated to the right
that he will be able to stand firm
I Tieport :
R By MrS ' Robert *• Burall
u Tenth District Director
M wJL J Georgia Congress of Parents ;
and Teachers
The Georgia congress of Par
ents and Teachers, Inc. calls upon
Its membership to send duly acc
credlted delegates and represen
tatives to the PTA convention at
the Dempsey Motor-Hotel, in Ma
con, Ga. April 16, 17, 18, 1968.
It will be our Fifty-fourth Ann
ual Convention. Ilie theme is:
"THE RESPONSIBLITY OF EV
ERY TRUE AMERICAN.” Reg
istration will begin at 10:00 a. m.,
April 16.
I urge all local units within the
Tenth district to send their dele
gates and representatives. It is
the summation of the ending of
the 1967-68 PTA year and thebe
ginning of the New year, 1968-
69.
Much time and effort has pro
duced a very interesting and in
formative program for your ben
efit.
One of the many awards to be
presented to deserving Local Un
its is THE GOLD LEAF HONOR
ROLL Award. The requirement
for this award is: Associations
reaching or surpassing their pre-
REV, JOHN B. TATE immortality. it is contained
ALLEN MEMORIAL in the word of our Lord: “I
METHODIST CHURCH am the resurrection and the
life...” St. Paul said it too:
"As in Adam all men die, so
We lose the meaning of Easter in Christ shall all men be made
if we make it only an occasion to alive.”
attend church and show off our Easter celebrates the empty
new spring outfit. Many of us tomb and a living Lord whose
catch only a glimpse of the Eas- presence and power are at work
ter fact then turn again to the in the world. He walks by our
temporary trivialities of our pas- side when the way grows hard,
sing world and forget the mo- He suffers with us when the go
mentary thrill of a chanced view ing is tough. He gives us strength
of hope. when our strength is low. He
Easter is more than a casual dwells in our hearts when we
mood induced by blooming flo- Sive Him our all. To be sure
wers, barren trees and Alle- we shall ultimately come to the
luia choruses. All these are valley of death and die, as far
glorious and wonderful. But as this earth Is concerned, but
there Is a deeper significance when our soul is in His keeping
than appears on these surface we shall rise in Him to live in
evidences. the Father’s house.
The message of Easter Is the So let us be strengthened In
RESURRECTION OF JESUS our hope and in our faith, NOW
CHRIST. This is central in our in the presence of our Risen
Christian faith. It is ground Christ so that we shall have
on which we build our hope for fellowship with Him forever.
Thursday, April 11, 1968
MARTIN LUTHER KING
By: Leo S. Mallard
ideas are not accepted easily,
even in America. John F. Ken
nedy was assassinated by a man,
or men, with sick, prejudiced
minds. Dr. King paid the same
price for the freedom of his
goals and his people. He was
martyred before his people by
a sick mind filled with hate
and armed with a rifle.
Reaction to the death of Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. can
either aid the cause for which
he lived and died, or destroy
the accomplishments that he and
his people made in the civil
rights field.
Non-violent determination in
seeking civil rights within the
framework of the United States
Constitution can be the greatest
tribute paid to the late Dr. King.
He had achieved more for his
people in civil rights through
speeches and non-violent march
es than any other Negro in the
past hundred years.
He spoke out about the plight
of the Negro in our opulent so
ciety and America, and the world
was beginning to listen. He
realized that his “dream” could
not be accomplished easily or
over night. He knew that work
and sacrifice would change the
plight of the American Negro
faster than riots and violent act
ion.
Though he preached non
violence, his words often fell
as seeds for action in fertile
violent ears that he was not
able to control. In this way
he and his people suffered their
greatest defeats as they pressed
onward singing “We Will Over
come”.
agalnst any and all Influence to
do wrong.
So, I ask all of you who believe
in prayer to pray for me that I
fall not into temptation, but just
know that all the praise and adul
ation coming my way is because
I have tried to be faithful to our
Lord and give Him the glory.
Glory to God in the highest.
ceding year’s membership, or
i attaining 100% of all teachers
and parents, and getting the state
and National portion of member
ship dues to the state office by
December 1, will be eligible for
, a place on the GOLD LEAF HON-
OR ROLL. 100 percent of mem
bership means that all parents
• or guardians of children in
school, and all teachers are
, members. If the association
has paid dues for 100% member
i ship by December 1, the state
office must be notified by Dec
; ember 15.
There are 7 Local PTA Units,
within the Tenth district, to be
placed on this Honor Roll. They
are: Baldwin County-City Gram
mer, Northside, Peabody; Mor
■ gan County-Madison; Rockdale
■ County-Rockdale Co. High; Wal
ton County-Monroe, and Walker
s Park.
I am looking forward to see
t ing each PTA delegate or rep
> resentatlve from the Tenth Dis
• trlct, at the Convention next week.