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COMMENTS
Your Future Social Security
In a scathing denunciation of what it calls
“Robbing Peter and Paul,” Barron’s National
Business and Financial Weekly goes into some of
the present day facts about social security and
adds two distinguished names to its . .honor
roll of independent thinkers...” who have analy
zed the Old Age, Survivors and Disability In
surance system (OASDI). They are Colin D.
Campbell, professor of economics at Dartmouth
College, and James M. Buchanan, chairman of
the Economics Department at the University of
Virginia.
Messrs. Buchanan and Campbell demonstrate
convincingly that from the standpoint of young
people just entering the labor force, the social
security outlook is bleak indeed. At age 65, the
new breadwinners can never hope to receive
more than a fraction of what they (and their
employers) will contribute over a working life
time. Moreover, as Professor Campbell points
out, recent amendments to the law will but widen
the sizable gap between potential benefits
and costs.
For example, a generation ago President Roo
sevelt claimed that under the proposed social
security program the annual payments "can be
ample for a comfortable existence bearing some
relation to customary wage standards.” For a
while this claim looked reasonable. In 1950,
monthly benefits of a retired couple amounted
to half of the family’s budget, but by 1959,
OASDI benefits covered less than 40 per cent of
the budget and by the end of 1966, less than 30
per cent. As a result of continuing inflation,
the Social Security Administration now fears
that people choosing to retire before age 65
Sen. Pennington Reports
estate Capitol, Atlanta-Llghts
shown from the State Capitol and
late hours were the order ofbus
iriess almost every night as the
General Assembly debated and
voted on tax measures in both
houses of the Legislature. Al
most every committee room in
the Capitol was occupied as com
mittees met each evening con
sidering legislation yet to come
before the House and Senate.
The State Senate arduously de
bated and passed three House
tax proposals and amended all
three. These were a wine tax
increase, amended to include in
creases in state tax on beer and
cigarettes; a personal and cor
porate income tax revision de
signed to crack down on those
people who had been evading the
payment of State Income Tax; and
a 11/2? increase in the gasoline
tax which was first amended to
remove the State sales tax on
federal and state excise taxes
on gasoline.
Senator Brooks Pennington of
Madison, said in an interview in
the Senate Chamber that he had
vigorously opposed all of the
tax Increases except for an in
creased tax on beer and wine
because he felt he could not
"support any more tax Increases
to further burden the already
overburdened tax payers of Geor
gia.
"The one exception was the
beer and wine increase," Pen
nington stated. "I introduced and
led the fight for passage of an
amendment in the Senate to raise
the tax on beer by an additional
Bank Sold
(From Front Page )
Butler had considered at least
12 other banks throughout the
Southeast before making his dec
ision to buy First Citizens Bank
in Covington.
Mr. Butler, 34, was bom in
Athens, grew up near Daniels
ville, attended Athens High
School, Baylor Military Aca
demy, The University of Geor
gia, and has been in business
and a resident of Atlanta for the
past two years. He is married
and he and his wife have four
children.
Mr. Butler said that he is
not only impressed by Covington
and Newton County as he sees
it today, but that he believes it
to have the greatest potential of
any area he has considered over
the past year.
“The future outlook for Cov
ington and Newton County is tre
mendous,’’ Mr. Butler said, ‘‘and
I have no doubt that First Citi
zens Bank has a place in that
future!”
He stressed the fact that he
would be active tn the Bank and
that he was looking forward to
meeting and "getting to know”
the people of this area.
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may be forced to apply for welfare. Moreover,
as Messrs. Buchanan and Campbell point out,
"There are more than 15 million persons now
receiving federal old-age pensions—probably not
one of whom paid in the full cost of his insurance
benefits.”
Even friends of the Social Security System of
today term it an outright fraud in terms of
insurance. "A young person starting work,"
concludes Professor Campbell, “in 1968 at the age
of 22 and earning at least $7,800 per year for
the next 43 years is scheduled to pay OASDI
taxes (excluding medicare) worth $83,053, if 4per
cent interest is assumed. . .After aeaucung 20
per cent of the total value of his taxes for sur
vivors’ and disability insurance, the amount’
paid in for old-age insurance alone would be
$66,442. The maximum retirement benefit that this
young worker is scheduled to receive is $3,876
per year. . .A pension of this amount could be
financed at age 65 with accumulated tax pay
ments of only $42,183.. .As an insurance policy,
the explicit terms offered to a young worker
under the federal old-age insurance program
are not attractive.”
In calculating social security tax payments,
Professor Campbell’s figures include employers’
contributions which, as Barron’s points out, most
economists agree really come out of the em
ployee’s pocket As times goes on, the inequi
ties of federal social security are bound to be
come issues that cannot be swept under the rug.
A growing number of authorities appear to be
convinced that social security will become one of
the top problems of a "Pandora’s Box” of pro
blems that seem inseparable from a burgeon
ing welfare state.
2 1/2? per can. It is true that
some additional revenue must be
raised to fund such worthwhile
services as the school lunch
room program for needy child
ren and an expanded mental
health program, and since beer
is certainly not a necessity of
life, it was my feeling that pos
sibly some additional revenue
could be raised in this area.
"I did a great deal of re
search before I offered this
amendment, and one Interesting
thing I found was that the job of
picking up litter on our highways
was costing the taxpayers almost
a million dollars a year,” Pen
nington stated.
"Further investigation showed
that this litter was found to be
81% by weight beer cans and bot
tles, and I felt the people who
put them there should certainly
help pay the cost of picking them
up. When additional research
proved that the extra 2 1/2? tax
I proposed would bring into the
State Treasury approximately sll
million dollars per year in re
venue, I presented It to the State
and was successful in its pas
sage.
“This beer tax will hurt no
one, since It Is not a necessity
of life, and those people who can
afford to pay 35? per can will
certainly be able to afford the
extra pennies, and those worth
while State programs that need
the money will benefit to the tune
of almost sll million dollars,”
Pennington continued.
Senator Pennington mentioned
that this beer proposal had been
well received when discussed with
people in several cities over the
state where he had made speeches
this week, including Louisville,
Vidalia and Perry, and he felt
it would be well received by the
people of Georgia.
This heavy speaking schedule,
coupled with an editorial comment
in a widely read Georgia news
paper which stated: “The rumor
is out that Senator Brooks Pen
nington will resign from the Se
nate shortly and may be a can
didate for Commissioner of Ag
riculture. Reports say that
Pennington had told new Com-
Architect Named
For New School
Henry M. Whitehead, Jr., of
Atlanta has been named architect
by the Newton County Board of
Education for the new elemen
tary school to be constructed on
the Brown Bridge Road.
Superintendent J. W. Richard
son stated today that $781,000
has been made available by the
Board of Education for this new
facility. Initial plans for the
building are to be presented by
Mr. Whitehead for consideration
by the Board of Education at its
meeting on April 1.
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mlssloner Tommy Irvin that he
will run ‘if you don’t do a good
job’. . .”, gave impedence to
the rising rumors In agriculture
circles and around the State Ca
pitol that Pennington was a can
didate for the all important job
of Commissioner of Agricul
ture.
When questioned as to the ru
mors and his plans for a pos
sible race In 1970, Pennington
said; ‘‘My plans are Indefinite
as to what political office I might
seek in the forthcoming election
or later elections. My interest
In politics and good government
is a keen one and has always
been so. lam certainly int
erested in seeing that our citi
zens have the best represent
ation possible in the matters of
handling their business and will
continue to closely follow and
observe with interest any and
all developments in our State
government. If and when I feel
I can better serve the people of
our State in a capacity other
than my present one, I would
certainly endeavor to do so.”
Pennington’s name has been
mentioned more and more freq
uently during the past weeks as
a possible candidate. He is a
young man, highly successful in
the agri-business field and widely
respected by the people in agri
culture, and would have the back
ing and financing for a hard
hitting state - wide campaign,
according to reliable sources
at the Capitol.
Rev. Anglin Is
Kiwanis Speaker
The Rev. Kent Anglin, Pastor
of the Oxford Baptist Church,
will be the guest speaker at the
Covington Klwanls Club weekly
meeting today (Thursday) at the
Teen Can at 1 p. m. Dr. Laverne
Cowan is the program chairman
of the week and he will intro
duce Rev. Anglin.
Rev. Anglin Is expected to talk
on the many youth programs now
underway at the Oxford Church.
A program which spotlighted
Girl Scout work In Newton Coun
ty was presented at the Coving
ton Klwanls Club meeting Thurs
day at the Teen Can. Mrs. B.
D. McCoy and Mrs. Phillip Milli
gan, leaders, were In charge of
the program. They were intro
duced by Kiwanian Jack Meadors
who was club program chair
man for the week.
Scouts who spoke briefly on
their work as members of the
Newton County units were:
Sarah Hay, Brownie; Sharon Mc-
Coy and Lori Mizelle, Girl Sc
outs; and Janice Tuck, Cadette.
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PREARING FOR FLIGHT
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Jesus Prepares for His Death
DEVOTIONAL READING: John
17:1-11.
Memory Selection: Father, all
things are possible to thee; re
move this cup from me; yet not
what I will, b,ut what thou wilt.
Mark 14;36.
INTERMEDIATE-SENIOR TO
PIC: Courage for Crisis.
YOUNG PEOPLE-ADULT TO
PIC: Jesus Prepares for His
Death.
From the day of his baptism
Jesus undoubtedly knew the full
significance of his life. How
ever, as time went on he as
sumed an atitude of authority
which enraged his opponents and
led at last to his death.
We must never forget that Je
sus was very human. The basis
of our faith is that he is the
divine Son of God, yet this di
vine Person was incarnate in a
human body, and throughout the
whole of his life Jesus mani
fested the human characteristics
which he held in common with
all men.
In the last week of his life
Jesus began to view his coming
death with anxiety and with an ap
prehension which is perfectly un
derstandable. He was a loyal and
practicing Jew, and such being the
case, he entered into the require
ments of the Jewish religion in
every particular.
We shall view him today par
taking of a supper with his
friends, which through the cen
turies has become what we call
today the Lord’s Supper. In all
branches of the Christian Church
this supper is regarded as a
sacrament. The word "sacra
ment” comes from the Latin
word sacramentum, which was the
oath of allegiance taken by Roman
soldiers.
In the Lord’s Supper we re
consecrate ourselves to Jesus
Christ as our heavenly king.
This Is not the only signifi
cance of the sacrament, as we
shall see from further study, but
reconsecration is one of the things
that take place when we partake
n
By Rev. Kent Anglin
Oxford Baptist Church
A clinical psychologist decid
ed to do an experiment with a
monkey to determine what ef
fect complete isolation would
have on the monkey. So, he se
cured an infant female monkey
and placed it in complete isola
tion. The walls were completely
covered, so that not even a re
flection could be seen. Specially
built mechanical devices fed the
creature, so that at no point
would she see another living
creature, or even the reflection
of another living creature. At the
appropriate time, the monkey
was artificially bred; and now the
psychologist waited until she
would give birth.
The day of birth arrived, and
the results were devastating. The
mother was totally frightened by
the baby. In great frustration
sne took the baby and flung it
against the wall. The young baby
feebly crawled back to its moth
er. In complete horror the baby
was again hurled against the
wall. Time after time the ag
gressive child was met with fear
and anger until the baby had been
killed.
Hie psychologist then reviewed
the films an endless number of
times until finally he reached his
conclusions. From all that had
taken place, he came to two final
thoughts. First, he observed the
baby. Even though thrown against
the wall a repeated number of
times, the child kept returning.
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of the elements of bread and wine.
Jesus had made preparation for
the observance of the Paschal
Supper by himself and his dis
ciples. ‘‘ln a large upper room
furnished and prepared” the dis
ciples had made ready for the
sacred observance. In the eve
ning he came with the Twelve,
and as they sat and ate, Jesus
disclosed to them that one of the
disciples would betray him. He
indicated the person only by say
ing: “It is one of the twelve
that dippeth with me in the dish.”
Judas had already gone to the
chief priests with his offer to
betray his Master unto them.
It only remained that he find
a convenient way to bring about
the betrayal.
The Paschal Supper is best
known as the Passover, which
commemorated that night in Egypt
when God smote all the first-born
of the land of Egypt by passing
over the houses of the Israelites
who had sprinkled blood on their
doorposts. A lamb was roasted
and eaten with unleavened bread
and bitter herbs. The shed blood
indicated expiation. The bitter
herbs symbolized the bitterness
of the bondage they had exper
ienced. The unleavened bread
was the emblem of piety.
Christ, about to shed his blood,
was to be the Lamb of God that
taketh away the sins of the world.
This sacrament instituted a new
testament (New Covenant). Moses
had instituted a convenant (or
promise) whereby the coming of
a deliverer was assured. The
new Covenant (or testament) was
the assurance that the shed blood
of this lamb of God would wipe
from the human heart the guilt
of sin.
We look for the Lord’s return.
We are not sure of the meaning
of our Lord’s statement that he
would drink no more of the fruit
of the vine until he drank it anew
in the kingdom of God, but we
believe that it has to do with his
eventual return and triumph. The
hymn they sang was undoubtedly
the Hallel, consisting of Psalms
113-118.
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Therefore, the conclusion
one needs love. Perhaps we
would rationalize and say that
the baby needed food and it was
that force alone that drove him
to the mother. But through past
experience we have learned that
“man does not live by bread
alone.” The thing which man
needs is not that which gives
physical strength alone—out that
which gives the feeling of being
wanted. To be sure, all of us need
love, and pathetic is the man who
lives his life denving that.
The second conclusion came
from the psychologist’s observa
tion of the mother. Remember!
She had experienced complete
isolation. Thus, it was con
cluded that one cannot give love
unless one has first received
it. The mother could not embrace
because she had never been em
braced; she could not kiss be
cause she had never been kis
sed. In a word, she could not
love because she had never been
loved.
Perhaps, what I am really try
ing to say is that through this
clinical experiment we see again
the nature of the church. The one
mission of Christ’s church is to
love—accept. That mission is
uniquely the church’s, for those
who compose it should know what
it is to be completely loved.
Thus, because we have been lov
ed, we can love. Remember—
“ Man does not live by bread
alone.”
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meet Mrs. Walter Pope, and her
friends on the Square with a
clothes line..." Ain’t seen no
tubs fer washin” but you better
be there and see what she’s er
bout. Somebody whispered to
bring your pennies..so bring doll
ars and pennies and see what
you can buy to help crippled
children and adults.. This is truly
going to be fun., and anybody in
the County missing out in parti
cipating in this will regret it.
We heard somethin’ about big
Bunny Rabbits.. Please don’t let
them eat the grass on the square!
Just sent them out to bring fri
ends of crippled children in to
find out about the wonderful par
ticipation they can have in this
project.. YOU TOO! Maybe we
bought a lily..it was $1.00; A
B. A. C. Button $1.00; a cake
$3.00 or $4.00...but you had your
lily, your coffee and your cake
AND WORE THE LILY, DRANK
COFFEE ON GOOD FRIDAY
WITH THE B. A. C. BUTTON
YOU BOUGHT, AND I BOUGHT..
BUT fellers! Stop and think! We
want to help those children.,
how much did we give..we had
the pleasure of that Easter Lily
to wear to Sunrise Services; We
drank all the coffee we wanted
FREE with our B. A. C. Button.,
and so help us “we had our Cake,
and ate it t00”...50 let’s dig
down as deep as we can for as
we say, so ofter, what the Master
Said.. “Unto the least of these
unto me...” Let’s really help...
withour receiving.
Seriously friends, we put the
Office Boy out..and we want to
get in a word. In 1968, your
Easter Seal dollars helped to
provide 43,048 service units for
Crippled children and adults.
In 1968 a total of 1,144 wheel
chairs, walkers, and other aids
to help Crippled children and
Adults.
At Augusta our monies, 1968,
made it possible for Severely
handicapped persons, unable to
compete in usual labor markets,
by giving them the opportunity
to earn wages in actual job sett
ings at the Center there. Your
opportunity to help in 1969 ends
in this dirve, on Easter Sunday.
However you can give the trea
surer Mr. Henderson, a check
any day of the year... Let us have
a special prayer on this Thurs
day that WE in NEWTON County
have done our best in Sharing
and caring! If we have failed we
have time to undo that.
We are hoping all will serve
in this project..as we "do our
job” of jest..“SWEEPIN’ UP.”
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A By Mrs. A. A. Guritz A
Mrs. Janette Kinnett and Patti
returned Thursday from a most
enjoyable visit with Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Kinnett and Lynn at Alex
andria, Virginia. While there
they toured many places of int
erest in Washington, D. C. and
Arlington.
* * *
A large group of the M.Y.F. of
the United Methodist Church en
joyed an ice skating party Friday
night at Belvedere.
* * *
Among those attending the
basketball game last Thursday
night at the Alexander Memorial
Coliseum were Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Neely, Mr. and Mrs. Don
Helm, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Berry,
Mr; and Mrs. Herman Nelms,
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Wyatt, Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Dobbs, Charles
Berry and his date, Dianne and
Ricky Wyatt, Claudine Stowe,
Darrell and Steve Helm and Von
da Stone.
* * *
Phil Hammond left for Germany
Saturday after being home on
leave from the armed services.
* * *
Ronald Garrett is home on a
15 day leave before leaving for
Vietnam.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. Avery Granger
and children spent Saturday night
with the Don Helm family.
* * *
Mr. Albert Fouche, Stanley and
Vickie visited relatives in
Greensboro Sunday.
* * ♦
Mrs. Janette Kinnett visited her
sisters, Mrs. Greer Christian
and Mrs. Moody Smith Sunday
evening in McDonough.
♦ * *
Miss Virginia Smith of Buck
head, spent Saturday night with
the Gordon Tanner family who
took her home Sunday evening.
* * ♦
Guests for dinner Saturday of
Mrs. J. F. Kinnett were Mr. and
Mrs. C. T. McCart from Bar
nesville, Mrs. Nana McCart, Cov
ington, and Mrs. Janette Kin
nett.
* * *
Emmett Arrowood is living with
his sister, Mrs. Lois Collins and
Chuck while working in Conyers.
* ♦ *
Miss Elon Ricks of Porterdale
spent several days last week with
Mrs. W. H. Smith.
♦ ♦ *
Mrs. Wylene Baird, a niece of
Mrs. Artelia Kinnett is visiting
her son, Don Baird on Ohio.
Registration
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been verified.
Children must be six years old
on or before December 1, 1969
to be able to enter school in the
wn
All of a sudden there has
been a whole lot of “fuss” about
the Alcovey Watershed Project
which is planned for Alcovey
River. There must be some poli
tical implications connected with
the project that haven’t come to
light yet.
The headwaters of this river
are in Gwinnett County. It flows
through a part of Walton County,
through Newton County, and emp
ties into Jackson Lake.
The Alcovey floods it’s banks
each year when the heavy rains
come, but this flooding does more
damage in Gwinnett County than it
does in Walton or Newton.
Now flood controls, such as
catch-basin lakes, are needed
and this is recognized by the
Georgia Game and Fish Com
mission, but the Commission,
through the Atlanta newspapers,
have led the people to believe
that the entire Alcovey River is
to be channeled as a part of this
project and that this “would re
sult in losses as high as 90
percent of game fish in the Al
covey and Jackson Lake; destroy
the habitat for deer, ducks, rab
bits, raccoons, mink, otter, mus
krat and beaver; and drain 4,-
000 acres of surrounding swamp
land—at government expense—
to make a rather large profit
for some private landowners who
have or would be selling their
lands for factories and/or sub
divisions.”
I was always taught that a half
told story was worse than a lie,
and all the facts on the Alcovey
Watershed Project haven’t been
told for some unknown reason.
Nine years ago, when this pro
ject was being planned, the Geor
gia Game and Fish Commission
was in on the planning with the
U. S. Soil Conservation Service.
Everything seemed to go fine,
although slow, through all the red
tape until project approval time
came at a meeting in Monroe
earlier this month.
Then the opposition to the pro
ject from the Georgia Game and
Fish Commission burst forth in
all its fury. The Atlanta Journal
Outdoor Editor, Bill Robinson,
led readers to believe that this
Roman Crucifixion
By DR. DAVID I. NAGLEE
Religion Department,
LaGrange College
Most people are familiar with
the Christian symbol of the cross
but few persons realize what Ro
man crucifixion was like.
It was originally an oriental
death penalty. First appearing
in Persia in the sixth century
B. C., it spread westward to Asia
Minor and a century later to
Greece. Plato made several re
ferences in his writings to its
usage.
From Greece it was carried
to Rome in the early days of the
Republic. The Romans used it
almost exclusively for executing
slaves guilty of serious crimes.
Roman citizens were never cru
cified. During the days of the
empire, non-citizens of the pro
vinces were generally put to
death by crucifixion when author
ities considered them guilty of
treason. In this context, Josep
hus, the Jewish historian of the
first century A. D., described the
death of over 3,000 Jews by cru
cifixion in one day during a siege
of Jerusalem in 70 A. D.
The Roman crosses consisted
of two crossing beams. General
ly, one was driven into the ground
as a post which extended heaven
ward. Near the top a transverse
beam (called a “patibulum”) was
fastened with a bolt. The victim
usually carried it to the place of
his execution. Contrary to popu
lar tradition, a victim seldom
had to carry the whole cross.
It was customary for the con
demned person to be taunted and
mocked as he carried his “pati
bulum.”
Prior to his attachment to the
cross, the Romans stripped the
victim and beat him severely. Na
ked and bleeding, he was then fas
tened either by cords or by nails
and cords to the cross. When
nails were used, they were dri
ven through his wrists, since his
palms would not provide suffi
cient anchorage for the nails.
Wrists and feet were secured to
the cross, the wrists first and
then the feet at the ankles.
Just beneath the feet, a small
platform was placed in a stra
tegic spot. If the victim stretc
hed, his toes could reach this
platform or “hypopodium.” With
great effort the victim could push
against this structure and lift his
body, easing his breathing.
Breathing was most difficult
the wounds attracted insects,
upon the arms and chest, mak
ing normal breathing impossible.
This was the whole principle of
crucifixion—death by strangula
tion. But the “hypopodium” en
abled him to live as long as his
strength would permit him to
lift his body.
When the Romans wanted to
shorten the dying process, they
simply broke the legs of the vic
tim so he could not lift his body;
then death came swiftly. Strong
persons might live for several
days, but they seldom died of
thirst of starvation. It was ge
nerally strangulation which
claimed life.
In addition to breathing diffi
culties, there was great suffer
ing involved in crucifixion. Often
Thursday, March 20, 1969
ALCOVEY WATERSHED
PROJECT
By
Leo S. Mallard
was a U. S. Soil Conservation
Service project in his “Ramblin
With Robinson” feature in the
March 16, Sunday issue.
This Alcovey Watershed pro
ject is a local project of the Al
covey River Watershed Asso
ciation. It is made up of local
people who banded together in the
Association and sought the water
shed project through the Soil
Conservation District Office.
The District Office got the help
the Association wanted from the
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
in the form of a watershed plan
which was presented to the Al
covey River Watershed Asso
ciation for their approval. The
Association has approved the plan
and are to be commended for
doing so»
Here’s what the plan will do.
From Jackson Lake, up the Al
covey to Henderson Mill, noth
ing at all will be done. From
Henderson Mill to Highway 278
in Newton County logs, trees,
and brush will be removed from
the river and banks. From High
way 278 north to Highway 78 in
Walton County spot improve
ments of the existing channel
with draglines will be made.
Above Highway 78 a flood re
tention lake will be built.
The City of Covington will
participate in the building of a
retention lake on Flat Creek
which will serve as water sup
ply for the city in the future.
Newton County will participate
in the building of a retention lake
on Little Cornish Creek in the
northern part of the County that
will serve as a county water
supply.
The Alcovey Watershed project
is not the “evil thing” that it
has been blown up to be by the
Georgia Game and Fish Com
mission. It will not destroy all
the wildlife on the Alcovey Ri
ver and neither will it ruin the
fishing in Jackson lake.
It will help stabilize the water
level on Jackson Lake. Fishing
should be better than ever there
when the watershed project is
completed and wildlife through
out the area should be as plenti
ful as ever.
the wounds attracted insects.’ Th
en too, exposure to the elements
created intense pain. Meanwhile,
a placard was affixed over his
head which gave his name and
crime. The Romans referred to
it as the “titulus.”
The Romans' used this method
until the days of- Emperor Con
stantine, in the fourth century
A. D., when it was finally abo
lished.
Jesus of Nazareth was put to
death in typical Roman fashion
by crucifixion. His crime was
that he was a political threat to
mighty Rome; He said he was the
king of a Kingdom, and this was
the crime placed on his ‘‘titu
lus.” Quite ironically, the in
strument of his crucifixion has
become a universal symbol that
Jesus indeed is the King of
Kings and Lord of Lords, and
“of his Kingdom there shall be
no end.”
Rotarians Hear
Os 4-H Work
The Covington Rotary Club held
their regular luncheon meeting at
the Teen Can Building Tuesday
with J. W. Morgan, president,
presiding.
Mack Johnson was in charge
of the program for the day and
he introduced Ed Hunt, County
Agent, who in turn presented three
4-H Club members who have re
ceived honors in 4-H work in
the county.
Sandi Ison, who is currently
serving as State President, and
is also a past president of the
North Georgia District, recently
returned from a trip to Toronto
and Ottawa, Canada where she at
tended the Canadian 4-H Con
ference. She gave a very int
eresting talk covering brieflyher
trip to Canada and showed beau
tiful colored slides to give more
interest as well as beauty to her
talk.
Carol Thomas has recentlyre
turned from a 4-H Conference
in Washington, D. C. and she
gave an interesting talk on her
trip along with showing slides she
had made. Carol has held var
ious offices in the local organiz
ation and sponsors a group of
4-Hers in her community.
Tommy Curtis, President of
the Newton County 4-H Clubs
was a State winner in Agronomy
Crop Development and recently
attended a conference in Chicago,
Illionois and Kansas City, Kan
sas. He gave the club a brief
outline of his trip and showed
slides he had made in these cities.
Morgan expressed the thanks of
the club to this group for their
interesting talks and for the
work they and others are doing in
4-H.
County Survey
(From Front Page )
of 4 foot height. We are further
considering supplying a safety
officer to determine safety con
ditions prevailing for spectators
and racers before a race is run.”
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