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The Right Direction
Indications are that the local judges
are going to mete out stiffer penalties
in connection with crime in Chattooga
County.
Indicative of this trend, was the 10-
year sentence imposed by Judge Paul
W. Painter in Chattooga Superior
Court this week to a Chattanooga man
who entered a plea of guilty to bur-
No Moral Ethics
President Nasser of Egypt has pro
vided an instructive lesson on the mor
als of government. According to news
releases, he has informed the world
that Egypt would repay no loans to
those who would not make new loans
to Egypt. His threat was directed pri
marily toward the United States.
In case you are tempted to try Nas
ser’s startegy on your local depart
ment, it might pay to consider a word
Youth Opportunity
While it would be impossible to as
sess the exact number of young Amer
icans for whom the Youth Opportunity
Campaigns of 1965-66 meant the re
ality of returning to school, the num
ber is certainly in the hundreds of
thousands.
In addition to those who were able
to return to school, only because there
was a “Youth Opportunity Campaign,”
there were many thousands who began
training in job opportunities that will
lead to meaningful, productive careers.
All youngsters involved in the pro
gram benefitted. They were exposed to
the responsibilities associated with
holding down a job and taking home a
paycheck. The experience was not only
an introduction to the adult, working
world, but a logical extension of their
schooling: beneficial now, in their
formative years, and in the future.
This campaign, inaugurated in 1965
and continued last year, found more
than two million extra jobs for the
Count Your Blessings
News reports from Yugoslavia tell
how a one-man campaign challenging
that nation’s communist system has
led to a four-and-one-half-year prison
term for a 32-year-old intellectual con
victed of spreading propaganda hostile
to the government.
The judge said freedom of opinion,
guaranteed by the Yugoslav constitu
tion does not give freedom to express
ideas against socialism (communism)
or ideas aimed at undermining the
government.
A red /ess A oise
Legislation is pending in Congress
to set standards for noise of new planes
coming into airline service. The Na
tional Aeronautics and Space Admin
istration is working on schemes for
reducing the noise of jet exhausts and
the piercing whine of engine turbines.
While worrying about the noise in
the sky, it might be well to also elimi
nate disturbance that can be remedied
closer to home: exhaust racket of cars
| Minister Speaks |
By KEV. W M HOTCHKISS
I‘a.stor, Summerville
Pnwbyterian Church
Not long ago, a tragedy
happened in our family. Our
dog. “Whitey" was killed
when he was run over by a
car What happened was
worsened by the fact that I
did the killing One can be
come quite attached to pets
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glarizing a food store several months
ago.
We have experienced an increased
number of burglaries in the county in
recent months. Some deterrent is
needed if we are to see an end to crime
in the county.
This action by Judge Painter seems
to be a step in the right direction.
of advice: . . . don’t!
When it comes to getting away with
“heads, I win — tails, you lose” chi
cancery, private citizens are not in the
same league with governments whose
officials can write the rules to fit the
game.
The Egyptian dictator’s action illus
trates why a government of limited
powers is best.
young people (16 to 21) of this coun
try.
As the 1967 program gets under
way, the solid base of the last two years
will be invaluable. We know, and we
can prove, that extra jobs in the sum
mer can be provided and can be of
great help, not only to the young peo
ple of America, but to all Americans.
Before the crisis of the post-war baby
boom, America was already confronted
with the problem of having skilled jobs
available, only for those skilled enough
to fill them.
We see, before all others, save par
ents, the frustration that is visited
upon the young, in so many cases,
through no fault of their own. We
know that the denial of opportunity
in these formative years can seem a
denial of opportunity for life.
We must be first in the ranks of
those who would help, and the last to
ignore this appeal.
The trial lasted about thirty min
utes.
What would happen to republicans,
democrats, socialists, Negroes, liberals,
pacifists, conservatives, college stu
dents and others in the United States,
if a communist one-party system was
in control. The Yugoslav system shows
you.
Dissenters had better be glad they
live in the U. S. and do everything in
their power to uphold the freedom they
are privileged to enjoy here.
and trucks. Apparently, there is no
need for a noisy exhaust. As cars and
trucks go by, some will be as silent
as an Indian on a cougar hunt and
others will be as loud as a mortar bar
rage.
If standards are to be set to make
the world more quiet and peaceful, a
good place to begin their application
would be on the ground .. . where most
of us have to live.
Everyone in our family loved
this mut. A kind and gentle
dog. he seemed to fit beau
tifully into our family along
with another dog and two
cats When I knew he was
dead, I brought him back
home, where I buried him
between two young fruit
trees which he had watched
me plant as a young puppy
wallowing and snorting in
the freshly dug earth while
I planted them.
It is quite natural for us
to grieve over a pet that
dies. However, there are
some who carry this grief of
love for animals and other
objects to the point of being
ridiculous. There are some
who have developed such
attachment for pets that
they have buried them in
expensive caskets, interred
them in marble mausoleums,
willed pets large sums of
money One man in Atlanta
left SIOO,OOO to a tree.
The tragedy of such grief,
when carried to extremes,
can best be summed up in
asking the question: “How
is it that people can become
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Conservatism: A Youth Movement
Anyone who has visited American
colleges and universities and seen the
vitality of campus conservative groups
knows that conservatism is not only a
healthy public philosophy but a vigor
ous youth movement in the United
States.
Tired liberals, brought up on the
doctrinate thinking of the New Deal of
the 19305, try, of course, to present
conservatism as an outlook for grey
beards. But the liberals face an impos
sible task, for they are, in effect, at
tempting to rewrite the history of our
times, which testifies to the growing
strength of conservative concepts.
The young Marine lieutenant in
Vietnam, who recently signed over his
monthly paycheck to the conservative
magazine, National Review, because he
believed in the kind of America it is
striving for, is one of a numerous breed.
Indeed adult conservatives need not
fear a lack of conservative recruits. The
returning generation of Vietnam vet
erans, who have fought in the rice pad
dies against communism, understand
the international realism that conserv
atism has been emphasizing in recent
decades.
The statisticians tell us that America
is an increasingly young nation, as the
big crop of post-World War II war
babies become young adults. These
young adults want to play a part in
a more prosperous America. Only a
very small element among the young
is interested in marching in demon
strations or in trying to overthrow our
basic social and economic order. The
vast majority of the young are prop
erty-minded, in a healthy manner.
They are interested in getting a good
job. buying an attractive home, and
enjoying the leisure-time activities
that this affluent and beautiful land
affords. The young, moreover, are
smart enough to know that these
things are the fruits of free enterprise.
The liberal politicians are making a
great mistake in emphasizing federal
subsidies for the non-productive ele
ments in American life. The alert
young people of America expect to
work for a better future, and there is
considerable evidence that they don’t
want all their earnings drained off for
wasteful handouts for drones.
Thus conservatism is in position to
so attached to an animal
and yet be so thoughtless of
their fellow beings?”
Grief is a part of life The
Bible tells us In the Gospel
of John that “Jesus wept".
He wept over the loss of a
friend whom he loved
dearly. That friend was
Lazarus. John Sutherland
Bonnell, the famous psy
chiatrist and minister, says
that "grief is the bridge
that brings us to accept the
death of a loved one gone”.
As a minister, I have felt
strongly the loss of a loved
one or a friend. However,
the grief that comes to my
heart and that causes me to
feel so deeply is that which
comes from seeing a man or
By Thurman Sensing
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
Southern States Industrial Council
make a powerful pitch to the young,
productive adults of America. These
well-educated young people can under
stand that, at heart, conservatism
means accenting the wealth-producing
features of our society instead of the
leveling, non-productive, wealth-shar
ing programs characteristic of social
ism. Conservatives, after all, are wealth
creators, not people who simply con
centrate on cutting up the economic
pie. And a great nation becomes great
er through fresh accumulation, not di
vision of what it has.
Young people today are very specific
in their interests. It is not enough, for
example, to praise “constitutional gov
ernment.” Established conservative
leaders should carefully spell out what
they mean, illustrating in a modern
manner how personal freedom cannot
survive in an environment of rigid bu
reaucracy and master-state controls.
If conservatives hail “free enter
grise,” they should — wherever possi
le — give examples of the superiority
of the free market system over a con
trolled economy. The world scene, to
be sure, is full of useful examples.
Young people should be advised, for
instance, to consider the sad case of
England, where reactionary socialist
concepts have retarded the growth of a
people with a proud tradition and
brought them close to national insol
vency.
Communication is tremendously im
portant in the modern world. Words
count in trying to sell ideas to people.
And established conservatives also
must recognize the problem of
“image.” There must be an unceasing
effort to present conservatism as posi
tive, not negative. Conservatism isn’t a
defense of the status quo or a static
outlook. In truth, conservatism is the
faith of community and nation-build
ers, a belief that freedom from govern
ment controls gives people a better,
more affluent life.
Fortunately, great numbers of young
people already are sold on this idea.
Even more recruits will be gained if
adult conservatives keep trying to im
prove communication with those
young Americans who haven’t yet got
the message that conservatism is the
nation’s greatest youth movement.
woman face eternity without
Christ. My heart is filled
with sadness when I observe
man's Inhumanity to man.
My heart aches when I see
those whose only ambition
in life is to "get ahead”, re
gardless of what it does to
their soul. One day. Jesus
told the parable of the
"Rich Fool”. He had money,
but he wanted more. That
night, there was the star
tling question which God
asked of the man, “Thou
fool, this night your soul is
required of you, then whose
shall all these things be
which you have acquired?”
Life's greatest tragedy and
grief is when men seek the
attainment of things—the
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pursuit of pleasure, the wor
ship of power—to the de
struction of their souls.
Rufus Jones, the great
Quaker preacher, tells us
that "faith in God accom
plishes what the attainment
of money, the quest for
power and the pursuit of
pleasure only seek to do.”
It is one thing to grieve
over the loss of a pet. The
real test of our feelings
should be this: "Do we
grieve over those who have
lost their way?”. Jesus tells
us that there Is joy In
heaven when one sinner
finds his way. Let us turn
our grief into light and ac
tion with the hope that we
may help some lost man
find his way.
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COMMENT
By WOODROW ESPY
Congratulations, Herald, Helen, Herman
The Jackson Herald at Jefferson was 92 years old
last week. The newspaper was first published on June
12, 1875. . , . . . ..
We take more than a passing interest m noting
this anniversary, due to the fact that the present
owners, Helen and Herman Buffington, were with us
here for so many years.
They have done a fine job since taking over The
Herald in July 1965.
Helen and Herman have made many improve
ments in circulation, advertising, news and general
appearance. They have doubled the newspaper s cir
culation in their two years of ownership.
We wish for the Herald — and the Buffingtons
— many more anniversaries.
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May Be A Solution . . .
A Coney Island concessionaire may have come
up with the answer to solving the world’s political
problems. , . ,
The operator, who runs a 150-foot ferns wheel,
has proposed that President Johnson and Soviet Pre
mier Kosygin get on his wheel and go round and
round until they come to terms.
The ride would be on the house, he said.
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Thank You, We’ve Met . . .
Sen. Herman Talmadge was en route to Monroe
for a Democratic Party speech. Near Walnut Grove,
he stopped at a service station for a drink of water.
He greeted several people and then stood inside the
station involved in conversation.
Mrs. Talmadge had been waiting in the car but
decided to go inside to avoid the sun. Outside the car,
she was stopped by a station attendant.
“Are you a Georgian?” the young man asked.
“Yes, sir,” she replied.
“Well,” announced the attendant excitedly, “Do
you see that man standing inside? THAT’S Herman
Talmadge. * ♦ ♦
Perfect Attendance . . .
A former resident of Chattooga County, Robert
H. “Bob” Alexander, who passed away last week in
Oklahoma City at the age of 92, probably has set a
record for Sunday School attendance.
Mr. Alexander had a perfect record for Sunday
School attendance of over 40 years.
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Editor
The Summerville News
Dear Sir:
It was a pleasure to read
your editorial, “Danger to
Free Enterprise,” which lists.,
point by point, the major
disadvantages of the pro
posed Federal Electric Bank
Bill. Many people look upon
this bill and the controversy
surrounding it as a mere
difference of opinion be
tween the national trade as
sociation lobbying for its
passage and the investor
owned electric utilities. In
stead, as you pointed out,
the American taxpayer
would be the real loser
should the bill be passed.
The fine way you’ve pre
sented the facts in this im
portant economic issue is a
great service to the tax
payers and may help save
them millions of dollars in
the future. Thank you, and
best wishes to you and to
your staff.
Sincerely yours,
Edwin I. Hatch,
President,
Georgia Power Co.
Editor,
The Summerville News
Dear Sir:
As a newspaper which
has consistently supported
constructive efforts to im
prove our area and state, I
thought you would be inter
ested in the work being
done by the Farmers Home
Administration in small
towns and rural areas of
Georgia.
Recently, our town of
Lyerly, which has a popu
lation of about 480, received
n loan fr>!. L m nrmers
Home Administration to ob
iuin a dependable and per
manent source of water. For
many years we have been
troubled with a short supply
of water and have had to
resort to various emergency
measures that were inade
quate, inconvenient and ex
pensive. We now have a
start in providing our citi
zens with the basic facilities
that are necessary to help
stop the flow of our young
people from rural to urban
areas. Already new homes
are under construction and
others are planned.
Although we cannot go
back and undo what we per
mitted too long, surely we
must now support the Farm
ers Home Administration In
assisting the rural people of
our state. Help is available
through this agency (in the
absence of other credit) to
finance community facilities
such as central water sys
tems, sewer facilities and
recreation projects, all badly
needed by most small towns
and rural areas.
I am sure that my city
friends, like myself, do not
want a barren rural Geor
gia, nor overcrowded cities.
To slow and change this di
rection, more resources must
be available to this agency
to serve numerous other
communities still on the
waiting list. It is to the in
terest of this and all future
generations to see that ade
quate funds are made avail
able to the Farmers Home
Administration, which is
trying harder than any
agency in my experience to
make rural Georgia and
America a better place for
its people to live.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Grover C. Jackson, Jr.
Mayor; Town of Lyerly,
Georgia
Editor
The Summerville News
Dear Sir:
I should like to commend
your paper for the wonder
ful news it has continued to
give to your community and
to those who have been for
mer members of your vi
cinity, but who still enjoy
reading your paper.
My father, (Robert H.
(Bob) Alexander), who
passed away the Bth of this
month, was one of those
who continued to enjoy your
paper, though he had been
gone from that area for
more than 47 years. You can
see from your records that
he has been a subscriber to
your paper for all those
years.
Dad would look forward
each week to Saturday—as
that was the day The Sum
merville News was brought
to our home. He often even
watched for the postman, so
eager was he to get the
paper. He read, I believe,
every word of it. He had a
great interest in all the
people, and even more than
that, he had a tremendous
memory of all the people.
After his retirement, he
wrote a genealogy of the
Alexander family, which
proved his great interest in
family and in all people.
I want to express my per
sonal gratitude to you for
keeping so much alive this
newspaper and giving my
father so much enjoyment
through reading about those
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