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COMMENTS
A few years ago, a U. S. Supreme Court Justice
is credited with remarking that if the Bill of Rights
were to be voted on today, he doubted that it would
pass. The Bill of Rights, like the rest of the U. S.
Constitution and other great documents that came
into being during the formation of our country, are
the basis of all that has been accomplished in the
United States in the past two centuries. We will
shortly be commemorating the adoption of one of
the greatest of these documents -- the Declaration
of Independence.
In 1776, the American colonies declared their
independence from Great Britain. And so began
"the great experiment” in self-government. As
we approach another July 4, we should not let the
tumult of the purposeless dissenters blind us to the
On May 27, 1961, General Rafael Leonidas Tru
jillo was assassinated in the Dominican Republic.
The press accounts which appeared in Central and
South America, and in Europe, were rather more
open and accusatory in attributing that event to
the United States’ Central Intelligence Agency than
were the newspapers in this country. But because
Trujillo had been an object of invective in this
country for many years, nobody seemed to lose
any sleep over the matter, and more than one pub
lication dismissed the matter as "good riddance.”
In August, of 1963, Fidel Castro was riding in an
open jeep through Matanzas Province in Cuba. A
bullet which certainly was meant for him ploughed
into the body of his bodyguard, instead. Fidel
didn’t take very kindly to that narrow escape. A
few days later, he attended a reception in the
Brazilian Embassy in Havana. Here, verbatim, is
the Associated Press account filed from Havana
on September 8, 1963;
"Prime Minister Castro said Saturday night
‘United States Leaders’ would be in danger if they
helped In any attempt to do away with leaders In
Cuba.
"Bitterly denouncing what he called recent U. S.
prompted raids on Cuba territory, Castro told a
reporter in an impromptu interview; ‘We are pre
pared to fight them and answer in kind. United
We, and many other Americans, are sick. And
tired.
Sick of those who think the U. S. can never do
anything right. Tired of those who think no other
country can ever do anything wrong.
Sick of those who promote disobedience. Tired
of those who ignore injustice.
Sick of the brainless mobs who burn and loot.
Tired of their apologists blind to the truth.
Sick of white racists who deny the black man the
right to set up a home wherever he wishes. Tired
of black racists who deny the white man the right to
set up a business wherever he chooses.
Sick of those who are always demanding some
thing. Tired of those who never want to give any
thing.
Sick of those who oppose helping even people
who can’t help themselves. Tired of those who fa
vor helping even those who won’t help themselves.
Georgia’s growing urbanization trends in the
suburbs of smaller county seat towns as well as
the fringe areas of her larger cities are creating
problems for many different segments of state
and local governments.
Possibly tire major problem with which govern
ment agencies must deal is that problem concerned
with environmental changes which influence public
health. „ ,
So many facets of urbanization directly affect
the healthful environment of the public that they
are difficult to enumerate but basically the air
we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat
and equally important, the wastes we create, all
must come under the scrutiny and control of
professional sanitarians to prevent our choking
on our own progress.
One of the major factors influencing the growth
of planning commissions in more and more Geor
gia counties is the need for some kind of co
ordinated effort and control to protect healthful
environmental factors now in existence while seek-
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everlasting need of preserving the spirit and form
of the political system that was bequeathed to us by
our forefathers. One of the troubles today is that
we have lived within the protection of that system
for so long that we have lost an awareness of what
it means in terms of personal liberty and oppor
tunity. We have never known royal oppression, nor
degrading class stratification by birth. We are not
subjects. We are citizens. And as citizens with
due regard for the rights of others, we are free to
speak and act as our conscience dictates and to
advance in life as far as our abilities permit. Our
homes are our castles.
These things began with the Declaration of In
dependence and that is why July 4 is a mightly im
portant day, whether we realize it or not.
States leaders should think that if they are aiding
terrorists’ plans to eliminate Cuban leaders, they
cannot themselves be safe.’”
On November 1, 1963, President Ngo Dinh Diem
was assassinated in Saigon. The record of US
Government involvement in that affair has been
published too widely to require repetition here. If
it was not a CIA operation, then it was certainly
the logical culminationof the massive, orchestrated
character assassination campaign inspired against
Diem by American authorities, official and clandes
tine.
On November 22, 1963, JohnF. Kennedy was assa
ssinated in Dallas.
On June 5, 1968, Robert F. Kennedy was struck
down in Los Angeles.
The purpose of laying before the reader the above
chronology is simply this: there are a great many
people in this world, in Asia, in South America, in
Europe and in our own country who viewed the
events described and concluded with horror and
dismay that the Brothers Kennedy had set upon a
course of living by the CIA. Whether or not tliat
conclusion was justified will be left to the reader’s
judgment. But thinking Americans should realize
that these attitudes did, in fact, exist and engender
the seeds of tragedy.
I Sick of teachers who prefer to preach. Tired of
preachers who fail to teach.
> Sick of bathless boobs who are desecrating our
colleges. Tired of the spineless educators who are
letting them do it.
I Sick of youngsters who scorn the wisdom of age.
Tired of oldsters who spurn the ideas of youth.
Sick of those movie makers whose films reflect
their depravity. Tired of those movie goers who
■ support such screen scum.
I Sick of tiie authors of latrine literature. Tired
> of the readers who elevate them to the best-seller
lists.
Sick of the New Left. Tired of the Old Right.
Sick of those politicians who promise one thing
and do another. Tired of those voters who blindly
1 endorse them from one election to the other.
Sick of the mess we’re all in. And too tired to
, say any more about it. — Washington Daily News.
ing to reverse non-healthful trends that have deve
loped because of a lack of planning and control.
The professional sanitarian, with knowledge and
understanding of environmental needs, is becoming
more and more in demand. His area of knowledge
and understanding of environmental needs neces
sary to protect minimum public health standards
is necessary to orderly planning for expanding
populations.
Water and air pollution, sewage and industrial
waste disposal, food cleanliness, rodent and in
sect control and disease prevention all become
matters for his concern. Naturally, his profess
ional training and knowledge of how to deal with
such matters make him invaluable to those govern
ment agencies bearing responsibility for protection
of community health.
In recognition of the role professional sanitar
ians are playing in the orderly progress of Geor
gia, her cities and her counties, Governor Les
ter Maddox has designated the week of June 23-29
as Environmental Health Week in Georgia.
MARY SESSIONS MALLARD
Anociiti Editor
LEO MALLARD
Advertising Manager
Entered at the Pott Office
at Covington. Georgia, at
mail matter of the Second
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OIR WEEKLY LESSON
FOR
Sunday School
Man’s Way and God’s Way
Devotional Reading: Romans
12; 14-21
Memory Selection: The wisdom
from above is first pure, then
peaceable, gentle, open to reason,
full of mercy and good fruits,
without uncertainty or insincer
ity. James 3:17.
INTERMEDIATE - SEN
IOR TOPIC: Man’s Way and God’s
Way
YOUNG PEOPLE - ADULT
TOPIC: Man’s Way and God’s
Way
We have already had occasion
to remind ourselves that this man
James, whose epistle in the New
Testament bears his name, was a
sort of Christianized writer of
wisdom literature. His inter
ests were distinctly practical.
It was his firm and earnest con
viction that faith without works is
dead. If you can’t deliver the
goods morally, he said in sub
stance, then keep quiet about
your religious orthodoxy.
Faith and righteousness must
go together. If we try to link
unrighteousness with faith, we
degrade that holy power by which
God makes it possible for us to
discern religious truth.
Over and over again we need to
keep reminding ourselves that
salvation is the gift of God. We
can never purchase our salvation
by good works. It is never possi
ble for us to be so righteous
that we put God in a position of
being practically required to ac
cord us salvation. He accords
us salvation if we are worthy to
receive it. We have that sal
vation when we accept both his
requirements and his gift.
Wisdom is first of all know
ledge - not necessarily higher
education or Information about
anything or anybody. It is the con
viction that the God of love and
power rules the world, that his
hand controls the creation which
came into being at his word, and
that to the smallest detail of our
lives his interest, love, and jus
tice permeate and prevail.
It is interesting to note that
James put first among the fac
tors of wisdom the ability to carry
on a good conversation. By this
he did not necessarily mean a
brilliant, or even interesting,
conversation, but certainly one
that would not degrade those who
listened to It and probably would
encourage and elevate them.
Jesus remarked on one occas
ion that "every idle word that men
shall speak, they shall give ac
count thereof in the day of judg
ment” (Matt. 12:36). Did he mean
by this that we must always be
Marriage Rate Increases
Sharply In Newton
Newton County will be witness
ing a sharp increase in its young
adult population in the next few
years, with a consequent rise in
the local marriage rate and in
the number of new household
formations.
It is not idle speculation. It
is based upon solid, statistical
evidence.
The latest Census Bureau fig
ures show that approximately
2,124 young men and young wo
men in the local area are now
in the 20 to 25 age bracket—the
young adult category.
This is a big increase over
the number that are normally
in that age group. In 1960,
for example, there were only
1,232.
Why the sudden increase? It
harks back to the second World
War and to the extremely high
birth rates in the years just
following it.
The babies that were born in
that period have now reached
adulthood and are in the prime
marrying ages. They are going
to work, getting married and
forming families of their own.
All of this is sweet music to
local retail merchants. Each
new wedlock means a new house
hold and each new household
Law Boosting Employment Os
Older Worker Now In Effect
Atlanta- Employment of the
older worker based on ability ra
ther than age got an official boost
June 12, when the Age Discrim
ination in Employment Act went
into effect, according to Henry
A. Huettner, regional director,
Wage and Hour and Public Con
tracts Divisions (WHPC), U. S.
Department of Labor, which has
the responsibility to enforce the
law established by Congress last
year.
“The act prohibits arbitrary
discrimination in employment
and helps employers and em
ployees find ways to meet pro
blems arising from the impact
of age on employment.
“It protects individuals 40 to
65 years old from age discrim-
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serious in our conversation? Not
at all. He meant that our con
versation must never be charact
erized by folly, and folly indeed
blights the conversation of a per
son who Is skeptical, cynical,
hateful, or untruthful.
Jesus required men to be at
peace with themselves and the
world, not only by the things they
did but by the words they uttered.
We need in this day and gen
eration to remind ourselves that
loose, profane, and sometimes
immoral and obscene con
versation often characterized the
life of certain individuals and
groups. We can expect no good to
come of this. When people have
nothing better to do than to sit
about conversing in a corrupt
fashion, they are doing them
selves immeasurable harm and
infecting with a deadly virus those
with whom they come in contact.
Do we have bitter envy in our
hearts? Does evil boil up within
us as we meditate strife and He
against the truth? If such states
of mind do not produce revulsion
of feeling and repentance, then we
are in a bad way spiritually.
The Christian life is a life of
light. It is a life of clean speech,
clean acts, and an outgoing spirit
of helpfulness to the world in gen
eral.
"This wisdom descendeth not
from above, but is earthly, sen
sual, devilish. For where envying
and strife is, there is confusion
and every evil work.” This would
appear perfectly evident, yet it is
amazing how often good, upstand
ing citizens who pride themselves
on their reputations find them
selves falling into these vices
either through little com
promises or through flagrant sin.
Verse seventeen reminds us
that true wisdom is from above.
It is part of that divine salvation
which comes to us as God’s gift.
It is “first pure, then peaceable,
gentle, and easy to be entreated
(reasonable), full of mercy and
good fruits, without partiality,
and without hypocrisy.”
We can liken wisdom to a pat
tern and assert that wisdom Is
the plan of life adopted by per
sons who have love for God, for
fellowmen, and for the unyielding
moral principles of God’s uni
verse.
Purity and light go together.
Vice and darkness are sinister
companions and accomplices.
Jesus spoke ofhimselfas the light
of the world (John 8:12) and de
clared that his true followers are
the light of the world (Matt. 5:14).
"Let your light so shine before
men,” he admonished, "that they
may see your good works and
glorify your Father which is in
heaven” (Matt. 5:16).
represents thousands of dollars
of consumer business.
On the basis of surveys that
have been made of the bridal
market, an estimated $1,500 is
spent by a couple, with parental
assistance usually, in connection
with their engagement and wed
ding.
Another $3,000, on average, is
spent within the first year in
equipping their home. Some of
it is paid for in cash and the
rest is bought on credit.
At this rate, the amount of
potential spending in Newton
County from this source comes
to a healthy $4,725,000. Ulis
assumes that nearly all those in
2 Organizations Get $350/206
Funds For Training Projects
Atlanta—William U. Norwood,
regional manpower administrat
or for the U. S. Department of
Labor here, said that U. S. Sec
retary of Labor Willard Wirtz
today announced approval of the
allocation of $350,206 in Federal
funds for two Manpower Deve
lopment and Training Act (MDTA)
projects for Georgia for training
ination by employers of 25 or
more in an industry affecting in
terstate commerce. From June
12 to June 30, the employer crit
eria is for 50 or more employ
ees,” Huettner reported.
He stated that employment
agencies are also prohibited from
discriminating against the 40 to
65 year olds. Labor organiza
tions have the same prohibition
as employers.
Huettner reported that inquir
ies about the act will be ans
wered by mall, telephone or per
sonal interview at any office of
the WHPC. The Atlanta regional
office is located at Room 331,
1371 Peachtree Street N. E„
Atlanta, Georgia 30309, tele
phone: 404-526-5801.
Thursday, June 20, 1968
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Bentley Asks
School Officials
Help In Summer
Fire Safety Commissioner
James L. Bentley Tuesday cal
led upon school superintendents
and principals across the state
to aid his office in securing
their schools against loss from
theft and fire during the summer
months.
In a letter to school officials,
Bentley noted that of the 113
school fires investigated by the
Fire Marshal’s Office during his
administration, approximately 67
per cent of the fires occurred
while school was not in session.
Os these 113 fires, 79 were in
cendiary, 16 were accidental and
17 were undetermined.
"Due to the limited staff which
we have in the Fire Marshal’s
Office, we are unable to make
a last-minute check of some
2,000 school buildings here in
Georgia as an additional pre
caution against fire and vandal
ism. We are, therefore, asking
you to pass along to your staff
the attached suggestions which
we have carefully listed hoping
they will be of benefit to you
in the protection of life and pro
perty from fire,” Bentley told
the official.
In the list of 17 suggestions,
Bentley asked the school per
sonnel to check such things as
fire alarm systems, storage of
laboratory chemicals and the
maintenance of electrical sys
tems.
He also suggested a periodic
check of the school premises,
especially in the late evening.
"If each of you follows this
list and makes such corrections
in your school as may be nec
essary, we will have virtually
Inspected all school buildings,
statewide, in the next week or
ten days. Such a last minute
review by all of us in every
school in the State, before many
of our schools are at least par
tially closed for the summer,
would contribute greatly to the
security and safety of school
property during these summer
weeks,” Bentley declared.
Let us make man in our
image.—(Gen. 1:26)
Many times we long to help
someone who seems unrespon
sive, disinterested, bound up
within himself. How can we
reach him, how can we help
him? The greatest, perhaps
the only, help we can give an
other is to think of him as he is
in Spirit. When we pray for
another, let us think of the
true self of him; let us behold
it; let us praise and bless him
for the divine possibilities that
are within him.
the young adult age group get
married during the next few years
and that some 1,050 new house
holds result.
All segments of the local eco
nomy stand to gain from the zip
in business that this new spend
ing will produce. Marketers of
furniture, rugs, dishes, drap
eries, blankets, clothing, elec
trical equipment and other house
hold necessities will all benefit.
TTiese initial outlays will be
followed by others, as family
income increases, enabling the
newlyweds to acquire homes of
their own, buy new cars and add
to their furnishings.
purposes.
One project, to be conducted
by Georgia Furniture Manufac
turing Corporation, Dublin, will
train 161 unemployed and under
employed workers as machine
operators. MDTA funds will be
$200,621.
The Upper Ocmulgee Economic
Opportunity Commission, Inc.,
Covington, will train 300 persons
In various occupations for 30
weeks, MDTA funds $149,585.
On - the - job training under
MDTA is arranged by the Man
power Administration, U. S. De
partment of Labor, in cooperat
ion with the State Employment
Service. The on-the-job train
ing is given by private industry
with the Federal government re
imbursing for Instructor fees
and Instructional materials only.
The trainees receive wages, paid
by the employer, during the per
iod of training.
Norwood said nearly all on
the-job trainees continue to work
for the employer who trained
them. Further Information con
cerning apprenticeship and on
the-job training can be had from
the Manpower Administration,
Room 740, 1371 Peachtree Str
eet N. E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309.
Bill Allgood is the Information
Director.
Most Americans abhor vio
lence even more than they do the
ever creeping government con
trols over every facet of our
lives. Presently the heat is on
"gun controls” in this country.
The gun helped settle this coun
try and protect its people on the
frontier, but our society has
changed, and with it, the role of
the gun in our lives today.
Most people own at least one
gun, either a pistol, rifle, or
shotgun, and keep it in their
home. This weapon is used more
for sport than for protection, if
it is used at all.
More guns hang on walls as
collectors items, stand in clo
sets, corners, or occupy space
in drawers than are ever used.
Our enlightened society leaves
most protection to law enforce
ment officials.
It is a comfort however, to know
that we have a weapon in our home
in case we ever need it. Most of
use pray we will never have to
use it, and probably would not
do so except in self defense if
we or our families were in dan
ger.
A responsible person who owns
guns should have no objection to
having his weapons registered
with law enforcement offices.
Such a control would help police
recover the owner’s guns if they
were stolen and would also aid
law officers in tracing weapons
used in major crimes.
To place restraints on the sale
of guns to undesirable persons
Rev. W. G. Davis
Oxford, Ga.
Our Lord said: “Do not judge
others, so that God will not judge
you - because God will judge you
in the same way you judge others,
and He will apply to you the same
rules you apply to others.’’ Mat
thew 7:1-2.
We need to remember and fol
low this teaching today. It ap
pears that nearly everybody
wants to judge every other per
son today, accusing all of our
people of causing the various per
sonal and national problems of
our day and of having a first
hand part in the recent assassin
ations in our Country. This is
a general bad judgment against
200 million of the finest people
of God’s creation. The vast
majority of the citizens of these
United States are good, honest,
law-abiding, religious people and
they abhor what is happening
to some small minority and a
few individuals in our country.
Our people have a deep desire
for right, justice and peace. And
I think they have been demon
strating their beliefs and hopes
in their own simple ways, in
their homes and states.
However, the question can be
asked each of us, have you been
doing enough outside yourself and
your family for the betterment
of our country? Let us think
about that question. When some
one judges you as having had a
part in the recent assassinat
ions, I am sure that you know
that you did not have anything
directly to do with them, but
have you been free from the
great amount of ugly criticisms
and careless judgments against
others that is going on today -
in your family, in your commun
ity, in your State and in your
country? The great and total
amount of this has gotten our
people disturbed and fearful.
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GUN CONTROL
By: Leo S. Mallard
would almost be impossible. Who
would determine who was an un
desirable person? Would mer
chants over the nation turn down
a sale and its profit? If they
did, wouldn’t these weapons be
come quickly available on the
black market?
It is most likely that some
type of federal gun control law
will be passed in the near fu
ture, but its effect on crime
in this country is questionable.
The reasoning is good, but in
reality, will it curb the actions
of criminals or just be another
control and cost to responsible
citizens?
To turn in our guns is not
the answer. Licensing of guns
should be required at the time
of purchase of any weapon. Mail
order sale of guns should be
curbed in some way. An age
limit and permit to purchase
should be required on the local
level.
Prohibition didn’t stop the sale
of liquor to the persons who
wanted it, and neither will gun
controls keep weapons out of
the hands of persons determined
to use them for crime.
Controls on the sale of wea
pons would lie heavy on the mer
chant who has guns for sale as
well as on local law agencies.
Gun controls are needed, but
just as many other laws, they
would affect the responsible cit
izen and sportsman far more than
the delinquent or criminal.
WnrbsSn
This is “ungood.” It can be
one of the means by which our
Nation is weakened. The story
is told of a churchman who in
vited his pastor home with him
for Sunday dinner at which they
had delicious fresh fish. The
pastor asked if the fish were
caught on Sunday morning and
the host replied that he set the
lines out on Saturday and went
down on Sunday morning and the
fish were on the lines. The pas
tor said, “That’s OK. You had
to relieve the fish, but tell me
this, did you rebait the hooks?”
The host quietly answered, “I
just barely did.” That is the
way we are about criticizing
or judging others today, “we just
barely do.” That is, most of
the time, but it is that “little
bit” that is building up into
something dangerous and ser
ious. And your criticisms may
be made just to that one person
who is a fanatic and who might
become mentally deranged to the
point of going berserk by what
little you say. It is happening
with more frequency throughout
our country and Atlanta has had
73 homicides so far this year.
I do not know how many Cov- :
ington has had. So, beware of ‘
any ugly criticism or vicious |
judging. Beware of gossiping.
I have learned long ago that
one does not know all the bur
dens that one’s friends and ne
ighbors are carrying. Some of
them carry very heavy ones which
only God knows about and He
alone can help them carry them.
“Be ye kind one to another” so,
I have resolved today to say only
commendable and kind things ab
out anybody, whether in my com
munity, In Newton County or in
the United States, or in the world.
I am leaving the judging up to
Almighty God. I want to be
a part of the answer to today’s
problems. What about you?