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Page 6 — Wednesday, August 25, 2021 The Millen News
Library changes schedule due to
COVID concerns
-Sharon Blank
The library has had to
transition to curbside-only
service due to COVID-19. So,
what does this mean?
First, it means that no patrons
will be allowed in the library.
Our staff will be happy to pull
items off the shelf for you and
deliver them to your vehicle,
but we cannot allow you in to
browse, watch us copy things
off, etc.
If there is something in
particular you would like to
check out, please either put it
on hold through the PINES app
or call us at 478-982-4244. We
will schedule a time with you
for pickup and have it ready to
go when you arrive.
You can print items out by
emailing them to jcml@sjrls.
org. As with checkouts, please
call when you arrive so that
we know to bring them out to
you. There will be no charge
for printing.
To fax, you will need to
bring the items you need to fax
to the library and call us. There
will be no charge to fax.
If you are wanting to return
items to the library, please
re him them in the book drop.
This includes any movies you
have checked out. During this
time you may put DVDs in the
book drop without the usual
$1 fine. The only exception
to returning items in the
book drop is a laptop - if you
have checked out one of our
Chromebook laptops, please
keep it until we are open to the
public again! There will be no
overdue fines accrued on any
items during our curbside only
service time.
For further updates and
the latest news, please visit
www.sjrls.org and check
out our Facebook page at
www.facebook.com/
j enkinscountymemoriallibrary
Well, that’s all for now - stay
safe and healthy!
CHURCH NEWS
August 29:
Bethel AME will hold
a Fifth Sunday Worship
service at 11 a.m., via
teleconference. Please call
515-604-9714 and use
code 530683.
August 29:
St. Michael’s Episcopal
Church, Waynesboro;
will hold their 5th Sunday
luncheon immediately
following 10:30 a.m.
morning worship services.
Come join us!
August 29:
Saulters Grove Baptist
Church will hold its Ush
ers Union 11 a.m. Sunday,
Aug. 29. Sermon will be
delivered by the Rev. In
man Godbee. The public
is invited.
September 19:
Bethel AME Millen will
reopen to the public for
their Sunday service.
Please contact Rev.
Jerlyn Hudson for more
information at 706-
750-2985. The public is
invited to attend.
Celebrate National Dog Day at
a shelter near you
-Joe Brady
themillennews@gmail.com
National Dog Day is August
26.As we approach the dog
days of summer, you’ll get no
arguments that it has been a
grueling 17 months. For those
with dogs or those consider
ing adopting a dog, National
Dog Day is the perfect time
to the appreciate the joy, com
fort, and companionship, dogs
provide.
According to the American
Pet Products Association, dog
ownership increased by 11%
in 2020, with roughly 108 mil
lion dogs in U.S. households,
up from 97 million in 2018.
That’s a lot of new pet parents
celebrating dog day.
It’s the perfect time to con
sider adopting, because accord
ing to recent data, adoptions are
down 3.7% . Adopting from a
shelter literally saves lives. For
more information on adoption,
the friendly folks at Jenkins
County K911 Rescue are al
ways willing to help. They may
be reached at 478-982-3224 or
The Humane Society of States
boro & Bulloch County may be “Dozier”
reached at 912-681-9393. Sam Eades, Parent
In The Garden
-Sam Eades
sammillennews@gmail.com
One of my Grandmother’s favorite hymns was “In the Garden”. As a young child, I remember
the church choir of the old Methodist Church singing it as my Grandmother hummed along. One
of my fondest memories is of my Grandmother during the winter months sitting on her “favorite”
pew by the heater near the window of that old Church.
In The Garden was written by composer C. Austin Miles (1868-1946). He was originally edu
cated and trained as a phannacist, but after achieving some success as a songwriter, he became a
full-time music editor in 1898, and he continued in a similar capacity until 1935.
Miles’ most famous song by far is “In the Garden.”
This song was first published in Gospel Message magazine, which Miles co-edited. He wrote
the words and the music, containing three stanzas with a chorus/refrain. A version for solo voice
was published in 1917.
The opening line, “I come to the garden alone” comes from John 20:1, with Mary arriving early
at the tomb, and the garden context coming from John 20:15. The references to Jesus speaking
with Mary relate to John 20:14-17. Parts of stanza 1 “the dew is still on the roses” and all of
stanza 2 are an insertion of what Mary might have seen and felt. In the third stanza, the mention
of Mary wanting to stay “tho’ the night around me be falling,” is a stretch of time. The rest of
that stanza is based on Christ’s resistance to being touched or embraced (“Do not cling to me”)
and his instruction for Mary to announce his pending ascension to the disciples, as in John 20:17.
Mary’s experience is relived by every person who confronts the risen Christ and real
izes His presence in the routine of daily life. We too can “walk and talk” with Christ and
be assured that we belong to Him. This experience is very real to a believer and brings
a joy that is beyond any other satisfaction. Indeed, it may sometimes seem that no one
else has ever known as much delight as we experience, walking each day with Christ.
Here are the words to “In The Garden” by: C. Austin Miles
I come to the garden alone
While the dew is still on the roses
And the voice I hear falling on my ear
The Son of God discloses
And He walks with me
And He talks with me
And He tells me I am his own
And the joy we share as we tarry there
None other has ever known
He speaks and the sound of His voice
Is so sweet the birds hush their singing
And the melody that He gave to me
Within my heart is ringing
And He walks with me
And He talks with me
And He tells me I am his own
And the joy we share as we tarry there
None other has ever known
C. Austin Miles
Happy Heavenly Birthday!
In loving memory of my husband, Mr. Gus Pinkney, Sr., the love of my life;
our precious son, Gus, Jr.; and a special lady, my mother-in-law, Willie Pearl Daughtry.
Three generations bom on the same day, August 25.
You three are missed every day and we love you!
Your wife, Juanita
Children, Schenise and Zavis
Grandchildren, Emily and Noah
Happy Heavenly 97th birthday
Mary Madagelene McClain Hayes
August 28, 1924 - May 10, 2019
If Roses and Sunflowers Grow in Heaven
If Roses and Sunflowers grow in Heaven Lord
Please pick a bunch for us.
Place them in Our Mother’s arms
And tell her they’re from Us.
Tell Her that we love and miss her
And when she turns to smile,
Place a kiss upon her cheeks
And hold her for a while.
Because remembering her is easy,
We do it every day.
But there is an ache within our heart
That will never go away.
Lovingly submitted by her children,
grandchildren,
great grandchildren, and
great-great grandchildren
LAWTON cont. page 4
so, and repeated clashes with
governors (including the ex
plosive and belligerent Joe
Brown of Georgia) over mov
ing troops between and within
states on state railroads, and the
rights of railroads to prioritize
their own business.
While the Confederacy es
tablished a Railroad Bureau to
inspect, liaise, and arrange for
essential transport, ultimately
this provided little more than a
depressing series of reports of
depot and station inspections.
Enumerated in these pages
are a consistent issue with the
Confederacy; its failure to ex
ert executive sovereignty over
states and essential industries
in support of the war effort.
The Railroad Bureau staff
document occurrence after oc
currence of government char
tered freight trains destined for
Virginia and other war theaters
filled with fodder for horses,
salt, bread, meal, and salted
beef and pork for men; the
trains set motionless on sid
ings, their cargo slowly being
pilfered as it rotted, while train
after train passed loaded with
private cargos of cotton, head
ing north for Wilmington for
exchange with Great Britain,
or clandestine and illegal trade
across the front lines with inter
ested Northern factors.
After a crop failure in Vir
ginia and other northerly Con
federate states in 1863, the
government had encouraged
the Deep South states to grow
food stuffs. Which they did
with wild success. Georgia was
consumed with fields covered
in com, Alabama had produced
enough pork that 500 tons
were in government storage
by April of 1864, not counting
the amounts kept for private
sale or personal consumption.
Across the South, there was
more than enough supplies and
food stuffs for the Confederate
armies in the field. But there
was little profit in using even
the decrepit and unconnected
Southern rail system to send it
north with celerity when there
was money to be made off
the blockade runner trade and
private cargo shipped at higher
rates. Indeed, in 1864, 90,000
bushels of corn were shipped
from Columbus, Georgia to
Richmond for Lee’s Army of
Northern Virginia. The us
able amount that arrived after
rot, theft, missing cars, and
its miserable journey north,
was 1,000 bushels. That is a
98 percent loss. If there is a
silver lining to this story of
bureaucratic ineptitude, greed
of private industry, and foreign
luxury goods, it that it’s quite
likely our guards bivouacked at
Lawton were close enough to
the supply line point of origins
to benefit from the new com
and pork belt of the South that
sprouted in 1864, though there
are clear elements to supply is
sues affecting Lawton as well.
But we’ll save that for next
week. . .
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Dr. Deborah Y. Makerson and
Dr. Reginald L Makerson
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