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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. . . Dentist Dr. Deborah Y. Makerson and Dr. Reginald L Makerson tM Ia-Ti Shi If, illM. U 3ML UUUIH lu)db|lW|ttrMl Call for an spsninlment Ural itoi-ii tsrafira (hwtnn «»i . Cosmil : Denliilry r Endadantlci i ImplihtL /llnvlu ipn ' nnhnaontici -In Sfllcr bleaching And mar* Call For A Free Estimate TODAY! 706-526-6686 Brinson’s Tree £ Stomp Removal Tree it Stum p RCmgvgL Trrnkintf. Storm Cleanup. Land Clearing Bmsti Cutting. Busli Hogging. & Skid Slier Work.