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COMMENTS
Independence Day Message
WE CAN NEVER KNOW or fully appreciate
the hardships and grievances of the courageous
men who in 1776 signed the Declaration of In
dependence. But I think many present-day Ameri
cans, in viewing the tragic conflict and lawless
ness in our society, can feel something of their
concern and anxiety for the cause of liberty and
freedom under law.
We owe a great debt to our Founding Fathers who
were willing to sacrifice all for the right to es
tablish a system of self-government in which
men and women would have a choice and a part.
Because of their valiant efforts, today we live
in a Nation which offers its citizens more equa
lity, more justice, more freedom, and a greater
opportunity to pursue happiness than ever provid
ed by any other system in recorded history.
The privileges we share as Americans are
not available to all people. Millions of people
living under oppressive and tyrannical govern
ments cannot understand the unrest and turbulence
in our communities. They long for a concept
of living which provides the ideals and principles
of self-government Unfortunately, many Ameri
cans today have become so accustomed to our
inherited rights that they tend to take them for
granted. They want and demand the privileges of
a free society, but they do not want to be bothered
with the attendant responsibilities. They shrink
from duty and service.
“Free as the air” has become an archaic
expression. Air is far from free—that is,
reasonably pure air. A major oil company
(Mobil Oil Corporation) has just issued a little
booklet, entitled “A Primer on Air Pollution,”
that spells out in an ABC manner a few of the
problems and the cost of correcting air pol
lution. As the booklet points out, air pollution
”, . .involves your money, your health and your
emotions. It involves politics. And science.
And superstition. And economics.” The book
let then undertakes to explain in nontechnical
language the prime causes of atmospheric pol
lution and what to do about them. In each in
stance, the point is clearly made that whatever
is done will cost money and must be paid for
by all of us.
For example, the pollution-causing sulfur con
tent of petroleum can be refined out of heavy
fuel oil. "But,” says the booklet, “be ready to
pay the piper.” A barrel of heavy fuel oil nor-
Unidentified Flying Objects
It seems improbable to us that any substantial
number of our citizens changed their views about
unidentified flying objects—UFOs—as a result of
that expensive study conducted by Dr. Edward U.
Condon and his associates. The giant report,
1,465 pages, is rather more verbiage than most of
us will wish to wade through.
But one might feel more assured about the re
port and its findings if the editors had been even
slightly less conclusive. The Scientific Study of
Unidentified Flying Objects states: "We consider
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DECEMBER
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Our system of freedom and justice is not, as
some people seem to believe, a system under
which they get what they want and do as they
please without any regard for the rights of others.
Under our rule of law and democratic process,
all citizens are entitled to the same rights and
freedoms and the same opportunity to progress,
each according to his own ability. Likewise,
liberty is not a license to choose which laws
will be obeyed and which will be ignored. If
we are to fulfill the visions of our forefathers,
we must remember that lawful process is the
only means a free people should use to resolve
differences and effect changes.
Certainly, we must never downgrade the con
stitutional safeguards of dissent and petition.
These and other rights of expression are vital
to our existence as a free society. On the other
hand, we must not permit the abuse of these
safeguards by dissidents who unlawfully force
their will upon the majority of citizens. The
truth is all Americans, if they choose to be ob
jective, have far more reason to praise than cri
ticize our Nation.
As we commemorate our independence, let us
renew our faith and pride in our country. Let
us make patriotism a common virtue. Let us
acknowledge the abundant blessings we share, and
let us remember that every privilege has a re
lated responsibility. J. Edgar Hoover.
maHy seUs for about $2.00 in the U. S. Re
ducing the sulfur in that barrel to 1 per cent
costs about 60 cents, less 10 cents the recovered
sulfur and other by-products are worth in today’s
market. So the original $2.00 barrel, with its
sulfur lowered to 1 per cent, could now cost as
much as $2.50. The U. S. consumes 650 million
barrels of heavy fuel oil each year. That’s an
extra $325 miUion annually to be added on to pro
duct prices.
As the booklet concludes, cleaning up the air is
a national problem. Just wishing for it won’t
make the air cleaner. It will costa lot of money,
and the cost will faH on the people. The main
thing to remember is that curing air pollution
is far more than a political issue. The solution
lies with scientific research and sensible plan
ning so that communities, industries and util
ities can make sensible schedules of what needs
to be done. Above all, remember that clean air
is no longer free.
it safe to assume that no ILE (Intelligent Life
Elsewhere) outside of our solar system has any
possibility of visiting earth in the next 10,000
years.”
Don Condon is excessively certain, it seems
to us, when oqe reflects that between 1903 and
1968 “Intelligent Life Here” learned first to fly,
and then to circle the moon, and return.
The best rejoinder to Dr. Condon that we have
seen appeared in a letter to the editor of the Lon
don Economist, signed by Diana S. Knop of
Washington, D. C.
NATIONAL NEWSVAFER
MARY SESSIONS MALLARD
Associete Editor
LEO MALLARD
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OUR WEEKLY LESSON
FOR
Sunday School
GOD’S PLAN AND
MAN’S REBELLION
Devotional Reading: Genesis
1:26-2:3.
Memory Selection; So Go d cre
ated man in his own image, in
the image of God he created him;
male and female he created them.
Genesis 1:27.
Intermediate-Senior To
pic; God Plans; Man Rebels.
Young People - Adult Topic;
God’s Plan and Man’s Rebellion.
This lesson is introductory to
a six-month series on “The st
ory of God and His People.” The
place to begin a study of the Old
Testament is with the first verse
of the first book of the Bible.
The lesson today involves the Be
ing of God, his existence and
his creation, and the fall of man
into sin.
The purpose of this series will
be to review the Old Testament
history and the continuity of God’s
redemptive purpose In the Hebrew
nation.
After the Introductory lesson
on Creation and man’s fall into
sin we pass over to Abraham and
God’s covenant with him, which
marks the choice of a certain
nation and people to receive God’s
revelation and to whom the Mes
siah would eventually come to
complete the plan of redemption.
We then have lessons from the
patriarchs Isaac and Jacob. We
shall study the delivery from
Egypt under Moses and the giv
ing of the law and Mosaic cove
nant. We follow the people as
they refuse to go into the Pro
mised Land and are condemn
ed to wander for forty years in
the wilderness. Then the entrance
to Canaan under Joshua and less
ons from the time of the Judges.
The series contunues under the
kings of Israel to the death of
Solomon.
The second half of the course
will follow the history of the divid
ed kingdom down to the New Tes
tament times.
We are to trace God’s love and
care for his people, which con
tinued in spite of the fact of their
waywardness and continued dep-
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arture from their God and his
ways and their tendency to re
vert again and again to idolatry
and sin.
Since the Scripture must be the
normative force In our faith and
life, we need repeatedly to study
the Old Testament as well as
the New. In this six-month course
of lessons we meet great char
acters, but the emphasis is al
ways on the critical events in
the history of the Chosen People.
In many instances the lessons
will be taken from various por
tions of several chapters. We
shall need to do much background
reading to fill in between the
high points touched in our print
ed lessons.
Looking forward then to a six
month study of vital interest, let
us consider the introductory les
son of God, Creation, and the
fall of man.
The Bible is both a volume and
a library. There are 39 books
in the Old Testament and 27 in
the New Testament. The Bible
contains the complete revelation
of God. It starts with the “be
ginning” before Creation. The
last verses of the New Testament
speak of the return of Christ and
the end of the world. Hie one
theme of the whole Bible is red
emption. Our lesson today sets
the stage for redemption as we
see how our first parents fell
into sin and were thereby est
ranged from God and could only
be reconciled by redemption that
would atone for sin and make it
possible for man to enter again
into the presence of a holy God.
The fact of God is taken as
axionmatic at the beginning of his
revelation. We do not need to
prove God’s existence. Nature and
life must take for granted an in
tellect and power far beyond our
own.
Think what a tremendous flash
of revelation is contained in this
first verse of the Bible. At the
time it was given, the imagina
tion of man had peopled the hea
vens with a multitude of strange
gods and the earth with evil
spirits. With one lightning flash
Jo
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Dear Editor:
I am a handicapped veteran,
living on a small pension. My
vision and hearing are slowly
leaving me. The doctors say
they can do nothing, so I have
made projects to keep busy with,
in an effort to forget my defects.
One of my projects is the his
tory of calendars. I am collect
ing real old calendars to use as
illustrations and have four that
are 1882, 1883, 1887, 1896 and
looking for others.
While I am collecting old post
cards, bookmarks and reward of
merit cards, most of my pro
jects concern histories of holi
days like Easter, Halloween and
St. Valentines Day. To make It
interesting, I am collecting real
old valentines to use as illustrat
ions and plan to give them to a
museum when I finish.
I have two valentines that are
over 125 years old and four that
are over 95 years old and a few
dating back to 1880, but on my
limited funds, I am having a hard
time getting a better represented
collection of real old valentines.
I was in hopes that perhaps a
few of your readers may have a
few real old valentines they do
not want, because I would be
happy to have any they may care
to send me, and be glad to get
them.
Eventually, I hope to try writ
ing a book about my projects, In
an effort to earn enough from it
to get off this small VA pension
and have some medical care,
which the VA is unable to afford
me, so my projects have a dual
purpose.
Thank you for your time and
kind consideration in reading my
letter. I hope I may be hearing
from a few of your readers.
Respectfully yours,
Leon Thompson
623 Federal East
Seattle, Washington 98102
of truth all these are swept away,
and in their place is one true
God, the Creator of all in earth
and heaven.
This knowledge that God was
in the beginning is to be supple
mented by the New Testament re
velation of John 1:1, “In the be
ginning was the Word and the
Word was with God and the Word
was God.” Then we need to note
Genesis 1:2, “And the Spirit of
God was moving over the face
of the waters.” So as Chris
tians look at the whole of reve
lation they see God the Creator,
the Word or Christ also as Crea
tor, and the Holy Spirit also in
the act of creation. So “in the
beginning” the act of creation in
volved God the Father, God the
Son, and God the Holy Spirit.
As we think concerning the st
ory of creation In Genesis we
should remember that this is not
intended in any way to be a scien
tific account, science is not re
vealed in the Bible but is left
for man to work out. The Bible is
written to show the relation of
God to creation and to show the
way of salvation. It is interest
ing in the first chapter of Gene
sis to draw a line from the
word “God” to the next time
the word is used, and see how
“God” is in almost every verse
of the chapter.
The first verse of the Bible
in ten words gives the basic re
velation which is a foundation
for all that follows. As revela
tion progresses, many more tru
ths are given until Christ becom
es incarnate to complete the
course of revealed truth concern
ing God.
TICKS ON DOGS
Dogs allowed to roam in wooded
areas can become heavily
infested with ticks. If ticks
become attached to dogs on cer
tain sections of the body, they
can cause paralysis. To con
trol ticks on your dog, Exten
sion Service entomologists sug
gest that you dust the dog with
Sevin or malathion.
OFFICERS
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LEON COHEN Vice-President
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J. L. McGIBONEY Sec'y.-Treas.
GRACE COOK Asst. Sec'y.-Treas.
DIRECTORS
Leon Cohen S. M. Hay
A. H. David J. R. Sams
Greeley Ellis H. H. Vining
ATTORNEYS
Greeley Ellis Roy Lambert
A. D. Fears Charles Strickland
Jere Field R. C. Whitman
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As you read this column the
officers of the NEWS are headed
for Savannah and the Georgia
press Association Convention.
One of the highlights of this
gathering will be the awards night
banquet where outstanding news
papers from throughout Georgia
are honored for their work dur
ing the past year.
The NEWS has been notified
that it will receive some honor,
or honors, and for this we are
pleased. After a hard year’s
work of trying to publish a good
newspaper it’s thrilling to know
that other newspaper people, who
are considered to be profession
als, have selected your product
for recognltion...no matter how
small!
Awards are nice to win, but you
can’t eat them. They do how
ever, honor both the newspaper
and the community that the news
paper represents. You’ll never
find an award winning newspaper
In a second-rate town. We find
ourselves constantly challenged
by Covington and Newton County
to publish a paper worthy of this
fine area.
Our entire staff was pleased
this week to learn that the Na
tional Newspaper Association had
honored the NEWS and Bob Greer,
News and sports Editor, with an
honorable mention citation for the
“Best Sports Story” in our cir
culation category.
Bob’s story: “Mrs. Sherrod
Smith Reminisces” won the
award. Mrs. smith, widow of
THE
CHATTER
♦♦♦EOX-
non, of Oxford, husband of our
Past President of our Sunday
School Class was sitting up in
bed with his legs dangling like
he wanted to go home..but we
knew better... Doctors are busily
taking care of a hospital full of
friends, out there, and we are
wishing them all an early re
covery.
We did not get to see aH our
friends out there so we will be
going back soon. We are writ
ing this column early because we
have some other things that will
take up our time completely later
on.
My! Oh! Me! We came home,
blue, tired, lonely to an empty
place we call home...but you know
it takes a family and a lot‘o livin’
in a house to make a home..and
whatter you think? Right in my
mail box I found the nicest, the
prettiest jar of orange Marma
lade you ever saw, or tasted..the
printed tape on the top said ‘‘From
the kitchen of” and it gave the
name of a lovely lady whom all
Covington loves! One we do not
see often but she does work with
the Hospital Auxiliary ..and we
have already thanked her. Thanks
seems so inadequate, unless you
were completely alone and hated
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REPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES SENATE
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IN THE PAST twenty years we have witnessed an abnormal,
and to my mind, an unwarranted and unconstitutional extension
of Presidential authority in foreign affairs at the expense of the
Congress.
The U.S. has become greatly overextended throughout the
world —both militarily and economically—mostly on the basis of
no more than a few vague promises.
We have seen our country, its men, its honor, and resources
committed to shooting wars in two instances—in Korea and
Vietnam—both of which have been fought and funded by Ameri
can citizens solely on the direction of the executive branch. We
have also seen the U.S. committed to armed intervention, as in
the Dominican Republic, again without any expressed Congres
sional mandate.
* ♦ *
THE U.S. CONSTITUTION grants the power to wage war ex
clusively to the Congress. The only exception to this is a provision
to permit the President, acting in his capacity as Commander-in-
Chief of our armed forces, to employ those forces in the case of
a sudden and armed attack.
Nowhere have I been able to find any authority which gives
the President a totally free hand to use our troops as they were
employed in Korea and the Dominican Republic, and as they are
now being committed in Vietnam.
* * $
THE SENATE recently adopted a resolution. S. Res. 85. which
1 fully supported, meant to strengthen Congressional authority in
the field of foreign relations.
This was not intended to be a slap at the present administration
or at any previous administration. The past two decades have been
perilous indeed, and I feel that our government has endeavored to
act in the best interests of the U.S. and the free world.
This resolution is an expression of our desire, which 1 believe
retlects the thinking of the American people, that any future in
volvement ol U.S. forces, where they are committed to any battle
field, will more directly involve Congressional decision and action.
Hopefully, it will restore the proper balance of authority, and it is
an important step toward creating a more effective partnership
between the Congress anil the Executive in foreign affairs.
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NEWSPAPER AWARDS
By: Leo S. Mallard
Sherrod Smith, the great south
paw pitcher for the Brooklyn
Dodgers in 1916, had visited New
ton County last August to attend
a Braves baseball game on New
ton County Night at Atlanta Sta
dium.
The story appeared in the NEWS
after Bob interviewed Mrs. Smith
and talked about her famous hus
band who was born and reared in
Mansfield.
We of the NEWS staff think that
we have worked hard in an ef
fort to produce a newspaper that
reflects the spirit of our dynamic
county and the county seat city
where we publish. Any award
that we receive will be accepted
for our town and county and the
people that reside herein, for
these are our people who have
made the news; utilized our cir
culation service to advertise their
products; and read our paper to
keep abreast of local happenings
throughout the year. For your
I support and patronage we thank
I you.
We hope that we have record
ed your activities in print in a
manner that has pleased the jud
l ges. Awards night is the best
. way found yet to let you know
[ your strong and weak points
, in the newspaper business.
i somehow it builds a fire under
i you to return home and do a
■ better job next year in the areas
where you didn’t get recognition.
I Wish us luck; we hope to bring
> home some prizes for you our
f readers and advertisers.
so to come to an empty house.
All the beautiful courtesies, and
sweet thoughtful gestures of fri
ends truly makes you want to
live and SEE the Sunshine and
beauty of the world..when the go
ing is hard. Bless you my sweet
friend, for the joy you brought
with your lovely gift!
We have the sweetest friends
and neighbors in the world and
we KNOW it and thank the Heav
enly Father for them each day.
They make the rainy days of life
ring out with sunshine because
they care...because they nevei’
forget to share the beautiful th
ings of life that come their way.but
the sunshine of their smile means
more than anything else. I’m
afraid they have spoiled me terri
bly for the few weeks I have
been ill...but I only hope we can
be a better neighbor in the fu
ture, remembering that no mat
ter what sorrows or joys come
our way, life does go on, and God
does provide wonderful friends to
bridge the way over the hard
places..besides the dear relatives
not too far away..who keep the
telephone busy ..Wow., we are
waxing sentimental., and we’d
better say to all of you..just
how much we love you for all
you mean to me..and “git to my
job” of “SWEEPIN’ UP.”
Carelessness by the home
owner and the growing number of
portable valuables in the home
are two reasons given by Li
berty Mutual Insurance Compan
ies for the rising number of
home burglaries reported in this
country.
Thursday, July 3, 1969