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Official Orcan of Newton County and The
City of Covington.
Curb State Troopers
The wanton killin gof a youth on the Athens road by
a State Trooper Sunday night has aroused the anger of all
conservative citizens of the state. That this same trooper
is Also awaiting grand jury action on a warrant of assault
due to an incident in Milledgeville should be cause for his
immediate dismissal from the force.
We have been told that this trooper, in talking to
others at a local drug store last week, made the boast that
if any speeder attempted to run away from him he would
use his pistol. What was considered a boast by Coving- j
ton citizens was evidently true, as later developments
lave proven.
When the state troopers were first organized their
icts of courtesy were legend throughout the state. As the
eel of authority settles upon them, however, they begin
o act arrogantly, and carelessness enters into their actions,
Two weeks ago when a serious accident occurred be
ween Conyers and Lithonia, a state trooper car passed
hrough Covington on Saturday night, with the square
crowded with people, going at a rate in excess of sixty
miles an hour. This excessive speed was altogether un
necessary and was truly dangerous to the citizens of Cov
ington.
Instead of having one man dead from an unavoidable
accident, if the fates had not been kind that night there
would probably have been many more dead from what
could have been an avoidable accident. 8here is no ex
cuse for excessive speed in passing through the limits of
any city and if state troopers violate this law they should
be held accountable even as any other citizen.
When an accident ... occurs due , to , carelessness, , the ,, tact , ,
that the party is a state trooper is no excuse. The person
killed is just as dead as if they had been killed by a hit
ed run driver. In any event the. state trooper is just as
liable, to the law as any other citizen.
We believe those in authority over the state troopers,
should continue to stress upon them the fact that they are
servants of the people as well as guardians of peace and
they should act courteously and never use a pistol except
in self-defense. !
OUCCCSSOT c to . r Congressman ^
Tfct m. to stop into the ehoeiof Congressman Owen
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ran only two anf well known throughout thl district.
BiZu ~
Two others had announced but rumor has it that
they were satisfied via the trade route not to run. Rumor
had it that Philip Moore has been promised something or
other by Mr. Blalock if he will remain out of the race and
he has joined the Blalock camp. Goodrich was promised
something or other, so dame rumor has it, if he will remain
out of the race, so there you are.
While the race has hardly gotten under way as yet
there seems to be little doubt but that the race will be
between Camp and Blalock with Camp holding the edge
due to his larger and more varied experience and his ac
quaintance in the district.
A rather embarrassing situation prevails in relation
to the Progressive Democrats. Lawrence Camp is a dis
tant relative of Blalock and not related to Sidney Camp J |
yet Sidney Camp is one of his best friends and is his first
assistant United States attorney.
The race will be short and sweet and will probably
rest more with the town voters. It is unlikely that many
of the farmers in the district will quit their work and
come in to vote in a called election. Therefore most of
the voters will be citizens of towns who can vote in a few
minutes and will have to go to no trouble to go to the polls,
Sidney Camp trailed Owen by about eleven hundred
votes last year and if he holds his friends of last year and
the other candidates take any of Owen's votes that would
go to Blalock it is very likely that Sid Camp will be the
next congressman from this district.
Textile Minimum Wage Hearing
During the Textile Minimum Wage hearing being
conducted in Atlanta by Administrator Andrews it was
again demonstrated that Ihe War Between the States is
still flourishing in a commercial way.
The testimony of the C. I. O. leaders and the large
mill ... of j- the North xt ,, resorted to to try to make .
owners was
the wages in the South high as possible so as to eliminate
the South in competition with the Northern mills.
Not content with a ruinous differential in railroad
freight rates, they want to impose a higher wage scale
also. Those of us who have visited the Northern mill vil
lages know *that a 25c hourly rate in the South is
to an 80c rate in the North.
Most of the Northern mill workers live in cheap tene
ments and pay high rent for terrible living conditions.
They have at least 100 per cent higher living costs than
the Southern mill workers. This does not include the dif
ference in climatic conditions.
The Southern mill worker has a nice clean cottage
with reasonable rentals. Has the opportunity to grow
fresh vegetables in a garden plot. Has also an oppor
tunity to beautify his home with flowers and shrubbery.
His employer is a man with a heart who has an in
terest in his welfare. Knows his children by their first
names, probably knows his family for a generation. He
sees to his well being and takes a personal interest in his
welfare.
The Northern mill worker has no personal contact
v.uh his employer. He is known onh as a number and his
misfortunes are his own and he has to take care of him
sel , toe nest way he can. I! hr is «ick or disabled it is
just too bad. He gets just what he works for and lio mole.
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juf?t his hard Juck.
The Southern mill owner on the other hand cares for
for, his people. that they He have sees medical that his attention loyal employees that their are children caredj
have schooling and are taught to play in their leis- 1
proper athletics and other ofj
ure time. They encourage their workers means happy
social enjoyment. They try to make
and contented, realizing that a contented worker is a great
asset.
There is no way to measure the difference in living
conditions in the North and South in dollars and cents. As
one worker expressed it, it is the difierence between a
happy life and bare existence.
England Mill do not hesitate _ to
The New owners sa.\
that the movement of the cotton mills to the South must
cease. They know that the South is gaining every day
in manufacturing industries and that living conditions and
working conditions in the South are much better in every
way. They have tried to stop it by other means and now
they are appealing to the government to bankrupt the
Southern Mills so that the Northern Mills may continue to
monopolize the textile business.
Their testimony and the testimony of the C. I. O. of
fj c j a ls is unfair in every way. The C. I. O. officials know
the Southern worker is content and happy in their lot.
They know they will have to go to work instead of living
n ff {he workers if the cotton mills continue to move South,
That is their main interest. In the foreign-born population
0 f the North they can continue to breed hate and discon
tent hut they realize that in the true Anglo-Saxon blood ol
the workers in the South there is reason enough to know
when they are being well treated and are living a happy
contented life.
Nearly mill worker in the South have their own :
every them have their
radio and electric refrigerator. Most of
own automobile with which to enjoy liTe. They have the
privilege of enjoying all the luxuries of liie as well as the
necessities. On the other hand the Northern mill worker,
made up of mostly the foreign-born element, know very
little of such luxuries. Hardly one family m one hundred
owns an electric refrigerator and few possess a radio.
Practically one in five hundred own an automobile.
The Southern mill worker has much to be thankful
for and are contented workers. That is why the C. I. O.
organizers join with the New England mill owners to try
to stop the moving of cotton mills to the South. If the
workers in the South were not so well treated the C. I. O.
organizers would not care whether the mills were in the
South or the North, but like the New England mill owners
they realize they will lose out also if the mills are moved
South. number of
The North, due to its superior and congressmen they keep
and senators, has a much better freight rate
this advantage by their superior voting strength in Con
s They uge this f re i g ht rate advantage to try to stifle
^ Sout y, ern competition. This applies unwilling to all industries to equal- as
af , the textile industry. They are the North
. the f reig ht rates in the South and West with
and East due to this fact only. rates if they
With this added advantage in freight
j ns j s t that the Southern mills pay the same rate of pay,
w { ien ^ j s unnecessary due to the bankrupt lower the cost industries of living in in
g South'. ou th. they will eventually have
t h e The Northern# Manufacturers never
ceased to fight the Southern industries. Although the
War Between the States ended in 1865 as far as men and
a rms were concerned, the War Between the States lias
Administrator Andrews will make a thor
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f or the Southern workers,
Sunday Scliool Lesson
.TEROMOAM: A MAN WITH A
• GREAT OPPORTUNITY
Lesson: I Kings 11:26-43.
acLCedgThim, In all thy ways
And he will di
tect thy paths. Proverbs 3:6.
Last week we observed with what
promise the life of Israel’s illustri
ous King Solomon began. The fa
vorite son of King David was prom
i SPd by the Eternal that if he met
ihe divine requirements, his reign
would be without comparison in his
tory. Filled with the idealism of
youth, he chose among all life's gifts
that of an understanding heart, and
the divine assurance was that hav
ing ' chosen the best thing, the lessor
things would be added to him.
But he fell away from his earlv
Bromine. In the opening verses of
the eleventh chapter of First King"
we are told that he loved many for
eign women. This was in dpfiance of
God's command that Israelites
should not marry women from
among unbelieving tribes, lest these
forp,ffI1 women would turn mv
,hpir from thB ,rua
of God. It came to pass that when
Solomon was old his wives did turn
, way his heart aftPr ot h Pr gods so
, hat hP worshiped Ashtoreth and
vrilcom. Chemosh and Molech.
The Lord was angry with Solo
mon because his heart was turned
away from the God of Israel, who
,iari appeared unto him twice and
nad warned him against, this very
evil.
he’had nofkTpT the^Lorf^
covenant and statutes. God would
rrnd the kingdom from him and
give it to another. From that time
on Jehovah raised up enemies
ogainst Solomon—Hadad the Edom
ite. and Rezon of Zobah.
Solomon was a failure because he
failed in the field of character. His
domain was extensive, his court re
'■piendant. his wealth fabulous. But
God looks to the inner things of
every man We are judged by out
fruits, not by our roots; by our end
ing not by our beginning. The end
Solomon was idolatry, weakness,
ranny He thought wealth and
Mrndor would compensate for <
I betrayal of God and a neglect of
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saith Jchova ^» the rTOd of Lsiaf>
Behold, I will rend the kinadorn out
0 ^ th * iia ” 0 a
Few men m n the history h oi isaiei
haw been more favoied than was
Jeroboam. He was the choice of his
choice – o?°the eternal divine! God
for the carrying out of a
plan. We shall see before the close
of our lesson that Jeroboam’s end
was far from successful, but it can
no t he denied that he had great
ability and that both his king and
his God gave him the fullest oppor
tunity to use it. God. who knows ail
things, knew' of course w'hat Jero
boam’s end W'ould be.
God puis the responsibility for
our failures definitely upon us. Ev
en though He knows we will fail in
some commission, nevertheless He
gives us every opportunity to suc
ceed if w’e will.
It can be said at one and the
same time ihat jn Gods universe
everything is given away yet every
thing is sold. God gives his help
freely to all who will take it, but
we must meet certain conditions to
get it.
This principle upon which the di
vine economy is operated was made
plain to Jeroboam by the prophet
Ahi.jah. Jeroboam w'as to reign as
divine things, But when God
weighed Solomon in the balance he
wr.s found wanting.
And now we come to the chief
figure in today's lesson -Jeroboam,
tl ? son of Nebat. We can under
stand the life of Jeroboam only
when it is projected against the life
of Solomon as a background.
Jeroboam appears to have been a
man of humble birth in Israel, but
he had such unusual ability that he
soon rose to a high position in Sol
omon's kingdom. The ruling passion
of Solomon's life was to build, and
he continually had great Rimies of
workmen erecting beautiful build
ings. Among such public works Sol
omon built Millo and repaired the
breach in the wall of Jerusalem,
which his father David had allowed
to remain open because of his trust
in God. Jeroboam's energy and abil
ity soon caught the eye of Solomon.
The king was struck with the in
telligent industry of this young fore
man of his ant elevated him until
at last he had charge of the erec
tion of all public works of the ter,
northern tribes. There can be no
doubt about Jeroboam's outstanding ;
ability. He was what we would call \
today a self-made man. Evidently it 1
was his policy to do humble jobs
well, and this policy, in his case, led
to Uie throne.
His early career teaches two great j
lessons girst. that by doing well the !
work a t hand we prepare ourselves
for greater tasks We can be sure
that the world is always looking for j
leaders. When a man combines abil ;
it.y and energy in the doing of even j
the most humble tasks, some person :
of influence will be sure to see him j
and press for his promotion.
Solomon, when he saw Jeroboam's ;
ability, picked him out for a posi
tion of leadership and responsibility
it is interesting to note that God
picked Jeroboam out for the same
reason. We are told that a certain
prophet of the name of Ahijah mer
Jeroboam in a field and conveyed to
this rising young man the startling
announcement that God had chosen
him to be king over the ten north
ern tribes Ahijah's announcemeu'
wa c made in dramatic fashion. T>
proph-t ws« c'ad in a new garnien
This he tore into twelve pieces, ten i
Israel and to have all
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a condition attached to it. Gods fa
^ would be accorde d him only as
long as he kept his heart open to
me lov. „nd guidance oi the Mort
High.
He was told that he must hearken
unt0 a11 that Go<1 commBnded hlm
The way of truth was plainly writ
ten in the Law. He was to return
therein and follow directions. Fur
thermore, God would reveal his pur
pose to him in a daily life of devo
tion. He would not be forsaken so
long as he sought guidance.
None of us can claim ignorance as
the cause of moral failure. The
Word of God will guide us if we will
but read it, and the counsel of God
may be ours if we ask it in prayer.
Furthermore, Jeroboam was com
manded to do tvhat was right in the
eyes of God by keeping the law' of
God. He was to avoid contact with
foreign influences w'hich would en
tice him from the worship of Jeho
vah. He was to allow nothing to
come before true "worship.
The promise was that if Jerboam
wmuld meet these divine require
ments God wmuld build him “a sure
house.” Perhaps Jesos got his figure
about the two foundations of rock
and sand from reading this account
in that portion of the Old Testa-
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ment now referred to as First Kings.
But of this we are sure—if we
build on God we build on rock; if
we trust our own powers our house
is built on shifting sand. Obedience
uprightness and righteous living are
requirements God makes of us all.
if we seek victory over life’s circum
stances.
As soon as Jeroboam got into
power, he disobeyed the command
ments of God Fearing that, as his
subjects went up to Jerusalem to
worship, they might forsake him as
king and merge again into a united
kingdom, lie set up two places of
worship in the northern kingdom.
This was in direct violation of the
Law of God which designated Jeru
salem as the central and only place
of worship His greatest mistake,
however, was that he fashioned two
golden calves and set them up at
Dan and Bethel and said to the
people, “Behold, thy gods.”
Throughout the remaining history
of Israel Jeroboam is referred to ns
Uie mRit who, above all others, led
the peopV into national ruin. He
always spoken of rs “Jeroboam, the
son of Nebnt. who made Israel to
sin.” What a record! What an epl
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one's last resting-place. “Judas Is
cariot who also betrayed him;”
"Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who
made Israel to sin.”
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