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YOU Make the Choice
Newspapers all across the land are
celebrating National Newspaper Week
Oct. 7-13. This is the time of year when
newspapers from the smallest tabloid to
the largest daily take stock of them
selves to determine if they are serving
their respective communities as best they
might, and to appraise their respon
sibility to their readers.
To make an intelligent decision, to
make a tree independent choice, you’ve
got to have the facts all the facts. That’s
where newspapers come in. Our job is to
supply you with complete information
on everything important that is happen
ing in the community, the state, and the
nat ion.
The responsibility of newspapers is
to present its readers with all the news
good or bad, news that isn’t slanted one
way or another by personal opinion;
unbiased, objective, information you
need to base a decision on. And that’s
exactly what you get on the news pages
of America’s newspapers: facts without
distortion.
Os course, you may want to know
how others think and feel about a parti
cular situation before making a choice.
Somebody Cared a Lot . . .
Somebody cared an awful lot for the
little tow-headed boy they brought into
a county hospital the other evening. The
ambulance drivers wheeled him in a
still, small form covered by a starched
white sheet.
A second wheeled bed bore a little
girl, her right arm splintered with boards,
a knee swathed in gauze, her empty eyes
gazing only at the last seconds of the
boy's short life.
Somebody loved the dead youth on
the litter enough to spend five hundred
dollars on a fancy miniature motorcycle
for him to ride, t he boy’s parents even
bought him a crash helmet. But the
helmet was probably more for show than
out of concern for the lad's safety, or
the helmet law.
It is against the law' and extremely
unsafe to allow children to ride mini
bikes on the street or highway.
Having bought their son a “toy"
motorcycle and a "grown-up” helmet,
the box 's proud parents must have for
Salute to Chattooga's l-H'ers
Chattooga County's 411 Club
members this week are joining more than
5.5 million other 4 H’ers in celebrating
National 4 11 Week
Traditionally. since 1927, National
4-11 Week has been a tune for 4-H
members, their leaders, and friends to
take stock of the year's accomplishments
and achievements. And it has been a
time to look to the future of the 4-H
program.
Ihe theme of this year's special
Look to Junior ('alleges
Ihe National Association of Manu
facturers offers some advice worth listen
ing to: “Many high school graduates are
uncertain as to how and where to seek a
career.
“The junior college may have the
answer. It offers many career-oriented
courses Flexible time schedules provide
h|ic opportunity to work and go to
School at the same time.
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That’s where the editorial pages go to
work, expressing other people’s personal
opinions, sometimes even your own,
should you desire to express yourself by
writing to your editor.
And our editorials are clearly labeled
as such, not as unbiased news facts.
Newspapers are loaded with infor
mation on almost every subject in the
world. We never tell you what to choose.
We merely provide you with informa
tion facts and editorial opinion separ
ately. Whatever you choose to do or
think is up to you.
But that’s not all newspapers do for
you. Newspapers render a valuable
public service by providing you with
advertisements appealing to you as a
consumer. Ads tell you where the sales
are, what quality is, and where to get the
most for your money. Naturally, adver
tisers aren’t unbiased; they all want your
business. But by comparing competitor’s
ads, and by shopping intelligently and
selectively through your newspaper, you
are provided with all the tacts you need
on which to base your choice.
Newspapers are your foundation tor
free choice.
some reason stopped loving him at the
five-hundred-dollar mark. How else
explain their failure to teach the child to
safely ride his mini-bike? What other
explanation but unconcern can there be
for allowing an untrained, unlicensed,
unregistered, third grader to ride an
underpowered “toy" down the middle
of the highway?
she wobbling mini-bike and its
screaming riders came suddenly into the
truck driver's view as his vehicle plunged
down a steep slope. The terrified junior
bike rider threw' his machine into a
30-foot skid, knocking his little girl pas
senger off the rear, and hit the truck
head on.
Some parents seem to think the only
wax their children can learn the impor
tant things in this world is by making
mistakes. Htex call it “experience." The
I reck Ie d-faced third grader being
ticketed for the county morgue the
other night had learned something very
important: He learned how to die.
week is “4-11 Gets It All Together." and
in countless ways, 4-H has got it together
by involving more young people and
adults than ever before.
Ihe purpose of 4-H work is to give
equal training to the Head. Heart. Hands,
and Health of young people, and to help
prepare them to become better leaders
and citizens.
We salute the more than 750 4-H'ers
in Chattooga Counts on the occasion of
their special week.
"It is estimated that in the next 10
years the rate of demand for technically
trained workers will be twice that of all
other careers.
“If you feel that you would like to
become technically trained for a worth
while career, consult the staff of your
nearest community college. It just might
provide the answer you have been
searching for."
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NATIONAL NEWSPAPER WEEK " Journal
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CONGRESS APPEARS to be on the
way toward winding up its first session
without acting to stop runaway federal
spending. The fact is. our economy is in
worse shape today than it was last Jan
uary when Congress seemed to be so
concerned about fiscal reform.
I do not understand this ostrich-like
attitude of the Congress. The problem is
not going to get any better all by itself.
It is getting steadily worse, and pretend
ing it isn’t there will not make it go
away.
We are seeing our nation being
driven deeper and deeper into debt, and
we are fast approaching the SSOO billion
mark, more indebtedness than all other
nations of the world combined. We have
seen the American dollar put in disre
pute abroad, and officially devalued
twice and unilaterally on several other
occasions. We have seen rampant in
flation rob working people of their earn
ings, the elderly of their savings, and
consumers of their buying power. We are
being out-traded and out-negotiated at
just about every turn in our trade rela
tions.
Other nations prosper and corner
comodity markets, driving prices higher
and higher, while our own economy slips
and slides. In short, we are in our present
precarious economic situation because of
an unwise and, in tact, impossible fiscal
policy of trying to play policeman,
banker, and Santa Claus for virtually the
From Our Early Files
10 Years Ago
OCTOBER 17, 1963
The City of Summerville has decided to change its fiscal year from a
calendar-year basis to November 1-October 31 ... Riegel Textile Corpora
tion has installed an inter-plant telephone exchange in its main office ... A
large quantity of food was stolen from Welmyer School during the weekend.
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20 Years Ago
OCTOBER 8. 1953
At noon. Friday. Oct. 2. members of the Milk Producers Association of
Chattooga Counts began cashing their milk checks tor silver milk dollars
al Farmers & Merchants Bank . . . The Menlo Improvement Association
Monday signed the 1954 entry blank for the Champion Home Town contest,
the fourth time that community has participated.
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30 Years Ago
OCTOBER 14. 1943
From Quality Food Store advertisement: Corn Flakes. Box. sc; V-8
Cocktail. Can. 18c and two points; Duke’s. Durham, or North State
Tobacco. 6 Bags. 25c; Fresh. Lean Pork Chops, Pound, 39c ... A lovely
wedding of wide interest Sunday was that ot Miss Loraine Espy and George
I übanks of Rome.
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EARLIER THIS YEAR there was a
considerable clamor in Congress for
budget reform. 1 don’t know where all
the enthusiasm went, but it is regrettable
indeed that momentum toward fiscal
restraint and balancing the budget ap
parently has lagged.
When members of Congress go home
for the adjournment period, 1 hope they
get the same reading of public opinion
that 1 have been getting. American tax
payers are becoming increasingly fed up.
Notwithstanding the so-called Watergate
investigations, or anything else, the de
plorable state of our economy is the
most critical problem facing our nation
today.
We have spent too many years trying
to patch up our economy on a piecemeal
basis, jumping from one stopgap pro
gram to another which treat symptoms
but do not get to the fundamental cause.
If we are going to halt inflation,
bring prices down, restore confidence in
the dollar abroad, recapture our rightful
position in the world markets, and
generally stabilize our economy, there
must be an end to excessive federal
spending.
It is as simple as that, and I hope
Congress will eventually do more than
just pay lip service to fiscal reform.
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FORGIVE US IF WE BRAG A LITTLE, BUT . . .
National Newspaper Week, Oct. 7-13 will probably
be met with its share of “so-what’s, but for those who
like a taste of freedom, it will be a time to pay tribute
to one of the most important guardians of free expres-
A newspaper’s talents and responsibilities are many,
it is a community soapbox, companion and entertainer
on lonely evenings, bearer of both good and bad news
on the local and state level, advertiser of needed goods
and services, and a governmental watchdog.
Each day the thunder of the nation s presses may be
heard throughout the land as a free people let their
voices be heard.
So it has been for 200 years. Can any other country
make the'same claim? The answer is, of course, No,
for an alert, articulate Press is the dictators nightmare;
it is our salvation.
Perhaps we may be forgiven if we brag a little
during our special week, but the newspaper you are
holding in your hand right now is part of a vast,
independent information network that is a main pillar in
the temple of human freedom as we know it in the
United States.
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LEST WE FORGET
At a recent district American Legion meeting in
Rockmart, one of the speakers admonished those of us
present to be more aware of the American Flag and to
display it more frequently.
It was rightly pointed out that the Stars and Stripes
can be flown on any day-not just on holidays. The Flag
stands for almost 200 years of pride in the American
way of life. We should not be ashamed to display it
proudly.
Old Glory has seen many changes in her lifetime. As
she rippled majestically above the American landscape,
she watched 13 fledgling colonies grow to mature
adulthood; she suffered the hell of war and the joy of a
surging economy; she has heard cries of doubt and
despair turn to a voice of confidence as her people made
their way into the uncertain arena of global affairs.
In more recent times, she has seen herself burned,
trampled on, and shown every degree of disrespect.
Many Americans have been aghast at the indignities to
which the Flag has been subjected.
It is for these, reasons that we must rekindle the
flame of patriotism in our hearts. We must show those
among us who have no respect for the Flag that they are
greatly in the majority, that most Americans are patri
otic citizens who still respect our symbol as a nation.
Everyone who is proud to be an American should
dedicate themselves to becoming once again more aware
to the things this Flag stands for. And at the same time,
we must see to it that our constitutional rights and
freedoms remain inviolate.
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK: “Life must be worth
living. The cost has more than doubled in the past few
years, and we still hang on.”
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SIGNS OF THE TIMES: Roadside sign in Ken
tucky: “Pray for a good harvest, but keep on hoeing.”
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ON THE LIGHTER SIDE: “What do you have for
the man who has everything?” a clerk at Tiffany’s was
asked.
The clerk replied, “Envy. Nothing but envy.”
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By JOE C. HUMRICHOUS, PASTOR
Calvary Baptist Church
THE ROMAN'S ROAD TO HEAVEN
Many people have said to me, “1 wish that I knew
how to lead a soul to Christ. There are many in my
family who are not bom again but I don’t know what
scriptures to give them.” In this article, 1 want to share
with you what is called, “The Roman’s Road To
Heaven.” This has been used over and over again by
many eager soulwinners who have led many to the
saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.
Here are the verses, each one being found in the
book of Romans: Romans 3:10; Romans 3:23; Romans
5:12. *
In these verses we find that each and every person is
a sinner. Before one can really know Christ, he must
realize that he is a sinner in need of a perfect savior.
(Romans 6:23)
In the first part of this verse a person can see the'
wages for sin as being death and in the last part he is
introduced to God’s eternal life. (Romans 5:8)
These verses reveal the fact of God’s love to the ’
sinner in spite of his horrible sin: (Romans 10:9, 10;
Romans 10:13)
After a person has seen from God’s word that he is
a sinner and has sinned, realizes that sin brings destruc
tion, knows of God’s love, he then must know how to
receive Christ and these last verses will tell him.
Underline these verses in your Bible and write the
next verse in order at the end of each preceding verse.
By doing this you will not have to rely on memory and
will have more confidence as you witness.
If you claim to know Christ, you should be willing
to share Christ with others who are lost. Let’s go
soulwinning.
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