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MR. COUNTRY AND WESTERN
Famed country and western star Johnny Cash is
shown during one of his numbers at the benefit
show last Thursday night in LaFayette. The tele
vision and recording star brought his entire troupe
to Patton Stadium for a one-night performance.
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| Scripture Truth |
By JACK TAYLOR j
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This is an open letter. It is
written in love with a sincere
desire to see those afflicted
with hate and self-righteous
ness cured of this damnable
disease. The wording is strong,
necessary, and for no point is
any apology offered.
, Dear Friend,
You say you believe in God,
but because of the way you
live you will not attend church
because “it would be hypocriti
cal.” Do you just love living in
your misery? Be honest with
yourself: wouldn’t you rather
be a little hypocritical while
hearing the words of life, than
to spend eternity suffering
away from God and that dear
loved one whose dying words
were a prayer to God to save
your soul?
You are quick to criticize
the church and any who pro
fess Christianity; yet you prob
ably know less about the ob
ject of your criticism than do
most people. You the cynical,
self-made authority on the
church have set yourself up as
judge of all church members,
using as your authority the
unrighteous acts of one in
dividual, or a small group of
professing Christians. You have
become so convinced of the
unrighteous selfishness of
others that you fail to see your
own unrighteousness.
The Bible says “there is
none that doeth good, no, not
one.” (Ps. 14:3). Under the
inspiration of the Holy Spirit,
the Apostle Paul wrote that
“ ... ALL have sinned and
come short of the glory of
God.” (Rom. 3:23). That is all
inclusive, my friend. That word
“ALL” includes you and me.
You who walk in self-right
eousness are treading on
dangerous ground. The fact
that you refuse to be a hypo-
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does not mean that you are
any better than I, or others like
me. Nor, does it mean that you
have accomplished anything
along the way toward becom
ing a better person. You can
only become a better person
when you are found in Jesus
Christ.
By what authority do you
criticize the. church? By what
authority do you sit in judg
ment upon this God-ordained
institution? True, church mem
bers are not what they should
be: but that is just their
humanity showing through.
After all, we born-again church
members possess, like anyone
else, a nature that does not
naturally seek God. At times,
we fail in our daily duties to
God; and as a result, we turn to
sinful ways. Thus, your cry of
“hypocrite?”
Perhaps you cry so loudly
because you see yourselves in
us. Subconsciously, your self
righteous image may have been
shattered. Yet, you probably
hold nothing against us, per
sonally, but use us as a con
venient object upon which you
can release all the bitterness
you have built up inside of
you. In short, you are not re
jecting us as you would have us
think. You are rejecting God.
You reject Him because He
shows you that you are exactly
like everybody else a sinner.
You reject Him because He
tells you that you must die
because of your sins unless you
accept Jesus Christ, and that
without the strength of Christ
in your life you are nothing in
His sight.
You are human, and your
pride holds you so that you
refuse to acknowledge your
need of a Saviour. You think
you are good enough without
Free Lunch Eligibility Scale
All persons who are eligible
for free lunches in Chattooga
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CHATTOOGA COUNTY SCHOOLS
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Georgia's Consumer
Services Department
The Georgia Consumer Serv
ices Program, the first opera
tion of its kind in the United
States, is now in operation.
The program offers free assist
ance to consumers throughout
the state, with concentrated
emphasis on the lower-income
shopper. r
It is the first consumer
project in the country to re
ceive federal funds that are
administered solely by the'
state. It is also among the first
to promote individual assist
ance, rather than general, over
all advice to the customer.
The program is a division of
the comptroller general’s
office, and operates on a grant
from the Department of
Health, Education and Welfare.
The primary target of the
consumer services program is
the lower-income customer,
since he is the one most
harmed by poor buying judg
ment. A person with a good
income can generally afford to
waste a few dollars in paying
too much for a product. To the
poor, that few dollars may be
all or most of what he was
going to use for food that
week.
(1) The Telephone Informa
tion Center, open since Novem
ber 1, 1969, provides imme
diate consumer counseling
through a special telephone
line which enables the con
sumer to call the program
information center free from
anywhere in Georgia. The “dial
free’’ number is
1-800-282-8900.
(2) The consumer services
section is working to recruit
and train volunteer counselors
from existing statewide agen
cies; primarily, the Department
of Family and Children Serv
ices, community action agen
cies, Model Cities and the
public health agencies. Success
ful recruitment efforts have
also been realized from cooper
ative associations with civic
and business organizations.
Once qualified as counselors,
the volunteers in turn counsel
God, and that you really don’t
need Him. To put it plainly,
friend, because you claim to be
what you are not self-right
eous you are being after all
that which you say you despise
so much a hypocrite.
Dear friend, you need to be
saved. You need Jesus, who
loved you and gave Himself for
you. Would you confess your
sins, ask Him to forgive you,
and to save you? He will do it,
I promise. If you will, you will
become a new creature, and
will be able to say with Paul, “I
am crucified with Christ; never
theless I live; yet not 1, but
Christ liveth in me...”
(Galatians 2;20).
Give Policemen Authority
Lester Maddox Declares
ATLANTA (GPS) “If the
policeman on the job, who is in
a position to know, feels that
he needs mace, blackjacks,
shotguns or whatever, then he
should be given these
weapons,” declared Gov.
Lester Maddox in a speech to
the Fraternal Order of Police
meeting in Tucker.
“I realize,” he said, “that a
policeman doesn’t need such
weapons for routine duties, but
you never know when a rou
tine call can turn into a major
confrontation. Policemen have
been known to be shot and
killed when issuing a routine
traffic ticket. Escaped mur
derers driving stolen cars some
times object to being given a
ticket.
“Policemen should be they
must be well armed with both
weapons and the authority to
use them.”
Gov. Maddox said that if a
policeman Ls threatened and
County schools are asked to
review the following income
the families and individuals in
need of the program’s service.
(3) The training section
develops educational courses,
programs and operational kits
for low-income consumers, as
well as specialized consumer
materials. They also prepare
volunteer training teams for
work on the local community
level.
(4) The creative information
section is producing all mate
rials required by the other divi
sions, as well as designing visual
aids emphasizing general con
sumer problems. All media is
used by the information group
in a continuing effort to keep
the low income consumer
aware of the program’s purpose
and free service.
All four sections of the pro
gram have been tailored to
work in cooperation with exist
ing local program. Consumer
services works with and
through other organizations,
not in competition with them.
As a HEW pilot project, the
program has been observed
with interest by a number of
other states, including Florida,
No/th Carolina, Wisconsin and
New Mexico.
The program strives to com
municate nine main points to
Watch Out for
School Kids,
Chief Cautions
Chief of Police Griffin
Pledger this week reminded
motorists that several thousand
school children will be re
turning to classes next week.
He urged that every precaution
be taken for the safety of these
students.
Chief Pledger said that no
parking will be allowed in the
circle in front of the Summer
ville Elementary School during
the first two or three days of
school.
“We have to keep that area
open,” the chief said. “Anyone
parking there during the first
few days of school will be
given a traffic ticket. We ask
you to cooperate in this mat
ter.”
Parents taking their children
to the Summerville Elementary
School are reminded of the
back entrance to the school. As
many as possible are urged to
use this back entrance.
Chattooga Lowest
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Chattooga, 162 persons or
0.8 per cent.
Dade, 816 persons or 9.4
per cent.
Floyd, 3,740 persons or
badgered to such an extent
that he is afraid to use his
weapons to apprehend crimi
nals and protect himself in the
process, then he would be
better off with no weapons at
all.
“If the present trend con
tinues,” Maddox asserted, “and
the pressure groups and their
politicians have their way, you
shouldn’t be surprised to see
policemen being charged with
kidnapping when they made a
lawful arrest, and others cited
for speeding when they give
chase to a robber.
“I’m fed up with seeing the
police officer pictured as the
villain every time he has the
guts to do e job he’s hired to
do.”
The governor said that “the
only way we are ever going to
stop the spiraling crime rate
that is destroying this country
Ls to stop the criminals who are
committing these crimes. And
scale and for parents to make
application at principal’s
office.
.the low-income consumer;
‘avoid paying higher prices
than necessary for goods and
services.
‘learn to judge the basic
quality of goods.
‘be aware of merchant obli
gations.
‘understand the nature and
commitments of credit.
‘learn the symptoms of un
fair trade practices and what to
do about them.
‘avoid contractual obliga
tions which are not under
stood.
‘manage money properly.
‘avoid financial traps and
over-indebtedness.
The program actively re
cruits •volunteers for counselor
and training positions. They
stress that no experience is
necessary, and that individuals,
as well as representatives of
businesses, clubs and organiza
tions are welcome to partici
pate on a counseling level.
Headquarters for the pro
gram are located in Room 834,
15 Peachtree Street, N.E.,
Atlanta, Georgia 30303. All
Georgia consumers with money
management and purchasing
problems arc urged to call free
1-800-282-8900 for profes
sional advice and consultation.
Four Chattoogans
Among Graduates
At Athens Friday
Four Chattoogans will be
among the some 2,400 stu
dents who will receive degrees
during commencement exer
cises Friday at the University
of Georgia.
They are: Donald Hayes and
Sarah Agnew Myers of Trion
and Maxine Palmour and Nan
C. Rich of Summerville.
Dr. Ralph K. Huitt, execu
tive director of the National
Association of State Universi
ties and Land-Grant Colleges,
will address the graduates at
10:30 a.m. in the university
coliseum.
5.4 per cent.
Gordon, 3,586 persons or
18.7 per cent.
Haralson, 1,134 persons or
7.8 per cent.
Paulding, 4,201 persons or
32.1 per cent.
Polk, 983 persons or 3.5
per cent.
Walker, 4,988 persons or
11.0 per cent.
County’s Corn
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tack the ears.
Income was not the only
loss. There were many sleepless
nights over the best way to
salvage blight-damaged corn.
the only way we are going to
stop the criminals is to give the
law enforcement officer the
means and the authority to do
his job.”
Gov. Maddox concluded his
remarks with this warning to
the public
“If the American people do
not get behird the law enforce
ment officer and give him the
support and encouragement he
needs, then we can just kiss
this country goodbye. No
country can last without law
and order. And you can’t have
law and order without effective
and efficient law enforcement
agencies and officers.”
As far as I’m concerned,” he
added, “there Ls no group of
many anywhere more loyal,
patriotic, hard-working and
dedicated than our men in
blue, and I stand with them
100 per cent.”
Elections
Scheduled
Sept. 11
Chattooga officials of the
Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation Service are
encouraging all eligible farmers
to vote later this summer in
ASC committee elections.
“Decisions made by farmer
elected ASC committees can be
important to almost all farming
operations in the area. That’s
why we want to be sure every
farmer who is eligible to vote
in ASC elections is on the list
to get a ballot,” Harris L.
lidwards, chairman of the
Chattooga County ASC Com
mittee, said.
“We urge any farmer who
has not previously participated
in an ASC election, has
changed the location of his
farming operation, or who has
any other reason to believe
that his name may not be listed
on ASCS records to contact his
county ASCS office as soon as
possible. In this way, he will be
assured of receiving a ballot
enabling him to vote in the
upcoming election.”
The ASC elections this year
will be held Sept. 11. Ballots
will be mailed to voters about
Sept. 1. Farmer voters will
elect three community com
mitteemen and two alternates
in each ASC community in the
county.
Farmer-elected ASC com
mittees community and coun
ty are responsible for local
administration on farm pro
grams. These responsibilities
include setting individual farm
acreage allotments and bases,
approving applications for con
servation cost-share funds, pro
viding information to farm
program participants and
similar duties.
“Through the ASC com
mittee election system, farmers
can nominate and elect people
of their own choice for these
important responsibilities,” Mr.
Edwards said.
He explained that after the
community committees are
elected, the newly elected
members hold a convention to
fill vacancies on the County
ASC Committee. The county
committee makes all local farm
program decisions, with the
assistance of community com
mittees.
A list of known eligible
voters in the county is open for
inspection at the county ASCS
office.
Many Georgia growers on
recommendations of the exten
sion service and county agents
were cutting silage and saving
the crop this way.
“That is what most of the
corn growers in Chattooga
County have done,” Purcell
said.
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Parks and Recreation Board as
program director.
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Coffee County High School.
Ue received his associate of
science degree from South
Georgia College at Douglas and
a B.S. degree in recreation
from Georgia Southern College
at Statesboro, Ga.
lie is married to the former
Dianne Harper of Coffee
County.
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