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1 Official Organ of Newton County and The
City of Covington.
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Sidney Camp Seems To Be Winner
Although very little interest is being' displayed in the
forthcoming Congressional election for this district, it is
evident that Sidney Camp, at this writing, has a satisfac
torv lead. This is probably due to the energetic
which he waged last year against Congressman Oden.
Sidney Camp is the only man in the race who
the background which could fit him for the Congressional
post. His experience as Assistant United States Attorney
for the past several years will be worth much to him after
he has been elected.
Especially beneficial to him and this district will be
the personal contacts which he has made while on many
trips to Washington in an official capacity. He knows the
heads of most of the important bureaus through having
represented them in various matters pertaining to the
office of the United States Attorney.
Born on a farm, he was forced to go to work at the
early ago of eleven, helping his widowed mother run the
farm. He knows the problems of the farmer. As he
grew older he went to work in a cotton mill to earn money
to finish high school. In this manner he has learned of
the problems of the laboring man.
Sidney Camp never ceased to study. After graduat
ing from high school he secured a position and worked his
way through college, graduating from the law school of
the University of Georgia with distinction in 1915.
Following a short individual practice of law, the
World War engulfed him along with many others of our
youth. He served faithfully and honorably during the
World War and at its conclusion again entered the practice
of law. He acted as Chairman of the Coweta County
Democratic Committee from 1920 to 1924 and was a dele
gate to the Democratic National Convention in 1924.
Past State Commander o fthe American Legion, he
Is very active in this work. Altogether he has a most
rounded experience and should prove to be a very suc
cessful Congressmen after he has been chosen as the
Representative from this district at the election next
Tuesday.
A free land is one in which you can do what you
please unless you are a school teacher.
It’s funny how things work out. When the potato
erop isn't short the consumer is.
The WPA Strike
The public's attitude toward the strike of WPA work
ers is not one of sympathy toward the strikers. It is one
condemning them. However, before adjudging guilty
these who are biting the hand that feeds them, some
thought should be given to the fundamentals and policies
that underlie the whole vast relief structure. Those fun
damentals and policies are in Washington.
When thought is given to that factor, public contempt
for the WPA strike may well turn, for it should not be
difficult to see that the strike is an inevitable offshoot of
a Federal relief policy as deplorable as the strike itself.
The relief system has operated on a theory that re
lief workers in the skilled trades should be paid the wage
prevailing in private industry. That means they have
received the same wages as workers in private employ
ment doing the same kind of work.
No one will begrudge a worker getting as much for
his labors as possible, but it is an unsound policy for
private employers who have to earn payrolls to have to
bid against relief projects supported by money exacted
from taxpayers. It is unsound simply because it kills initia
tive and makes employment on relief more attractive
than honest labor at a real job. This has been reported
from many communities where employers, workers especially quit relief farm- J 1
ers, complain they cannot get to pro
jects and take private employment. Reports from many
sections of the country tell of crops rotting in the fields
because of this intolerable situation.
The bone of contention now, and the thing that has
precipitated the strike, is simply that Congress has ruled
that WPA’ers must work 130 hours for their pay. That is
not an unfair demand, and those who are striking are
only aggravating an already weary taxpaying public.
You can always tell a great man from a four-flusher.
Because the great man isn’t afraid to say what he doesn’t
know.
Digestion is like a child. It’s usually on its best be
havior when you let it alone.
The Story With a Moral
In a Philadelphia court six joyful refugees who had i
just been granted U. S. citizenship offered to buy an
American flag to hand in the court room. There were
three Italians, two Czechoslovakians and a Russian. The
Russian was a refugee from a Communist country, and the
others from Fascist countries.
Said the six after being granted their citizenship
papers: “We are so happy to become American citizens
that we thought Your Honor wouldn’t object if we put our
money together and bought a flag for your courtroom.”
The judge thanked the new citizens but refused their of
fer and ordered that a flag for the room be purchased im
mediately with the proper funds.
The plea of Ihc refugees was a fine gesture, and thev
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should prove to be valuable Americans, for they may help
to convince some in this country that life in the “ism”
countries is not what the dictators would have us believe
that it is. Furthermore, it should stir other Americans to
vigilance to fight down the spread of these “ism” doctrines
in the United States.
When Rome folks borrow trouble, they are too prompt
in paying it back.
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Sunday School Lesson
JEHOSHAPHAT: A LIFE OF
OBEDIENCE.
Lesson: II Chronicles 17:1-19.
Golden Text: Seek ye first his
kingdom, and his righteousness
Matthew 6:33.
In our last lesson we studied
about Asa, good child of an evil
father, who in opposition to every
factor in his environment lived a
life of trust in God.
Today we study the life of Jeho
xhapbat. He had reigned with his
father a number of years before
Asa's death. In the lesson today we
study the life of a good son who
followed a good father, and this ol
course, is much more normal than
the picture which last week’s lesson
gave us.
We shall see in Jehoshaphat, an
, outstanding man of righteousness,
, who. in an age of unbelief and wick
! edness, devoted himself by word and
act to the cause of right. He was a
true follower of the God he served.
No matter how righteous and
faithful a king might be, he did
not know at all that his successor
would carry on his good work. This,
is, of course, a situation which oc
curs in every age and within eveiy
circle of experience. Fathers ard
mothers build faithfully in the Lord
over a long period, establish Christ
ian homes, and give themselves un
remittingly to the church. But this
does not necessarily mean that their
children will do the same. Some
times religious parents take too
much for granted in their children
and believe that because they have
been born into a Christian home
they will be religious. But this is not
always the case, and accordingly we
sometimes see one generation in n
family devoutly religious ana the
next generation indifferent to *pir
ituai things.
Jehoshaphat was made all the
more commendable by the fact tha'
he t-ook his stand against a type of
worship that was popular. With res
olute courage he sent his represent-*
atives out through the kingdom and
had them destroy every vestige of
false religion.
We must always tear down the
false before we can build up the
true. We must banish sin from our
iives before we can establish our
selves in the righteousness of God
A politically-minded king who
kept his ear to the ground would not
have taken the course Jehoshaphat
took. He would have reasoned that
since the people seemed to like Baal
worship, the wise thing to do would
be to let them have It. But Jehosha
phat was not a politician, although
as events turned out he won the
devotion of his people to a greater
extent, probably, than if he had
tried to curry favor with them.
Righteousness that really counts
is the righteousness men maintain
in the face of unpopularity. It is
easy to do right when the world
applauds. We show the kind of stuff
we are made of when we espouse a
good cause which happens to be un
popular.
Jehoshpahat was a man of gen
uine religious feeling and impulse.
We are told that he walked “in the
first w’ays of his father David;
which means in the faith David had
before he fell into his great sin.
Jehoshaphat's reform sprang, as
true reform always" musC from a
devotion to religion. Reform apart
from religion is always sterile.
"Therefore Jehovah established
the kingdom in his hand ...”
God does not govern bv caprice,
according to principles ol just
iff
T ° this very hour God is looking
for Jehoshaph–ts through whom He
may work in office and: factory, in
,cl5001 ' colle «*‘' and social 8 rol, P’ the
Spirlt of ,he living God is eagerly
seelting for ,h0s * wh0 Wl11 leno
themselves to the divine will. Je
hoshaphat was a king and the re
sponsibilities laid upon him were
great. But God’s reward is given to
men not just because they do great
things, but because whatever they
do. they do in a great way. God
makes one man a king and puts an
other man in life's most humble sta
tion.
The immediate result of Jehosha
phat's fidelity was that his people
loved him. Because he did not try
to curry favor with them by pander
ing to their weaknesses, they loved
and respected him all the more. We
are told that all Judah brought him
tribute, and he had riches and hon
or in great abundance.
Jehoshaphat thought not at all
about pleasing men. His only idea
was to please God.
As long as we try to please men,
we shall find ourselves miserable
and restless mast of the time. 8in
ful humanity is hard 10 P !eas< *- If
on ,hp othfT hand ' ourselves
into the hands of God with the true
. ... ’ d, of ‘ sha " indp
'. ie " g °' ir sp r,, ' we f !
find thai his yoke is t easy and his
burden light.
What a great mistake that we
should consider God a hard task
master! It is man who is the hard
taskmaster, and they who forsake
God and try to please men end up
amid sorrow and suffering.
The result of Jehoshaphat's fidel
was that his reforms prospered j
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"He took away the high places and
the Asherim out of Judah.”
We get a further insight into the
character and wisdom of this fine
king when we read that he taught
the people of Judah. He believed in
education centuries before the edu
cational ideal was widely accepted
He took the book of the law of Je
hovah and saw that it was every
where made available to the people
He sent out princes and priests, anti
these men constituted a sort of trav
eling university. They went from
place to place and instructed people
in the ways of the Lord.
True religion and education al
ways go together. Had it not been
for the Church, education would
probably be hundreds of years be
hind where it is today. Until mod
ern times, practically all institutions
of learning were founded by priests
or ministers.
But not only did Jehoshaphat be
lieve in education; he believed in
religious education. He sent his
teachers out with the book of the
law of the Lord. Doubtless Jehosha
phat, if he could return to this mod
ern w’orld, would be shocked at
what we call today "secular educa
tion." He would not be able to un
derstand how men can take the
position that education is beneficial
even though it does not address it
self at all to the enrichment of a
man's spirit.
Thus Jehoshaphat in his devotion
to education showed himself to be
dominated by what we call the mod
ern spirit and. by emphasizing as
he did the necessity of training in
religion, to be even wiser than many
modern educators.
When Jehoshaphat's reputation
went abroad, his neighbors respect
ed him as did his subjects. They
made no war against him! first, be
cause they had a wholesome fear of
his armies, and also because they
believed that Jehoshaphat wor
shiped a god more powerful than
theirs.
Ancient people believed that every
nation had its god, and this god j
was supposed to fight for his wor
shippers. It seemed, therefore, to
Jehoshaphat's neighbors that it was
the better part of wisdom to keep on
good terms with this deity of Israel
who seemed so successful in battle.
The Philistines brought Jehosha
phat presents, and silver for tribute
The Arabians brought him flocks of
rams and he-goats. “And Jehosha
phat W’axed great exceedingly; and j j
he built in Judah castles and cities
of store.”
Here is the picture of how every
one came to revere a man who dealt
firmly with evil, lived righteously
busied himself with the welfare of
his people, and kept himself at all ]
times prepared against his enemies.
There was nothing soft and senti
mental about Jehoshaphat's good- |
ness. He was a virile, energetic rul
er, but humble withal, and devoted j
to the service of his god the result i
was that everyone respected him j
and feared him.
Thus did he demonstrate the j
truth that "When a man's ways
please the Lord, He maketh even hi
enemies to be at peace with him.” j
The life of Jehoshaphat is a les
son in obedience.
Places of trust are usually filled
with people who early learn how to
obey; the prisons are always filled
with those who refuse to learn thi:
great lesson.
Obedience is the first step in the |
direction of self-control.
Liberty is the key word of the 1
Christian gospel. But the liberty of
the gospel i* not the liberty of li
cense; it is the liberty which is bom
in obedience to higher powers.
LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR
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A. Belmont Dennis, Editor,
Covington News,
Ga.
Dear Mr. Dennis: — In my own j
and in that of the Catholic!
Association of Georgia. I
to express to you heartfelt ap
of your fine editorial |
Intolerance,” in the June!
issue of The Covington News.
The religious prejudice which so|
afflicted our state,
years back has been happily !
in recent years and it is our |
prayer that we shall have no
of those sad days. No re-!
editorial expression on this!
has been more reassuring i
yours.
Very sincerely yours,
RICHARD REID.
Editor The Bulletin.
Ga.. July 18. 1939.
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BOB JONES _ - 1
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HEREAFTER
Mr. R. G. LeTourneau, the Christ
ian inventor and manufacture,, has
(Minlpted at Toccoa, Georgia.
a ' ar 8 e plant for the manufacture
i. road machinery. On Tuesday,
Ju * y D. at 2:30 in the afternoon the
P lant was dedicated to the service
tlle Lord. At the dedicatory sei
j v * ce the governor of the state and
a United States Senator spoke. Gos
pel messages were given by out
standing preachers and evangelists.
God occasionally raises up a man
■ike Mr. LeTourneau to demonstrate
in our materialistic age that you
can “mix business and religion.” Mr
LeTourneau has given many thous
ands of dollars out of his income to
Christian work. He is interested in
a definite Gospel program. The
writer broadcasts a transcribed Gos
pel message weekly over a large
number of radio stations in the
United States, Canada, and other
lands. He reaches million* of people
with these Gospel messages because
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of the philanthropy of Mr LeTour
neau. who paid for the making of
the recordings. When the proposi
tion of making the recordings was
submit!ed to Mr. LeTourneau he
said, “I thing this means people will
be saved and that is the biggest
business in the world.'’ Mr. LeTour
neau has his own airplane and goes
from city to city telling the story of
God's saving and sustaining grace.
Mr. LeTourneau is a unique char
acter with a unique message. God
calls some men to preach, some to
teach some to practice law, some
to practice medicine, some to farm,
and some to run manufacturing
plants, but He calls all Christian^
to witness for Him.
We read in the fifth chapter of
Luke that as the people pressed up
on Jesus to hear the Word of God
He stood by the Lage of Gennes
arett.” He entered into one of the
ships and asked that the boat be
pushed away from the land. When
this was done He sat down and
taught the people out of the ship.
This ship was a man's stock in
trade and it was turned over to Je
sus Christ to be used by our Lord
as He saw fit. That is what every
business man should do with his
business. A man may hold a title to
a farm but all land belongs to God,
so our farms should be given to God
to be used according to His will.
Thurs day, -
All the money in the world
longs to God. He put the gold in the
mine, the mint got it from
mine, the bank got it from the
and man got it from the bank.
all of our money is a trust fund
be used for God. I don't owe
body anything and I do nothing
charity,” a very healthy,
business man said to the writer
day. That man was a fool. He was
breathing God's air. enjoying God's
sunshine, and using a strong body
that God gave him. Every good and
perfect gift comes from God. It
seems to me that the least any ol
us could do would be to give back
to God for His service the things
He has given to us. We should give
Him our hands and feet and eyes
and tongues and every faculty of
our being to be used for His glory
We should sing and mean it, ‘‘Take
my life and let it be consecrated
Lord, to thee.” Someday we shall
have to answer to God for the use
we make of the talents He gives us
The talent to make money is as di
vinely given as the talent of elo
quence. We speak of men entering
a sacred calling. All callings are
sacred—plowing and washing dishes
are just as sacred as preaching the
Gospel or singing songs of praise to
Him. All ground is holy ground, ev
rey bush a burning bush, and every
place a temple of worship when a
man is in the center of the will of
God for his life
I happen to be
president of a college
wide experience W H
1,1 e ' ^n»
work. I try t 0 see
out 01 kit
of a college president |
of a hd th,
an evangelist at the
I know what is 801n
8 on i n ^
universities, and high school
During a recent ev »ngelist
paign in the city ic
the writer's Privilege Toronto,; ;•
the first time ** tttti
Edwin Orr \*j
evangelist, twenty-^
age. Mr. Orr has J'Sll
many books. A "Titten «
few years s ?0ij
a call to go into man y
world as an evangelist, Parts j
on has faith done and gave his te J
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