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Official Organ of Newton County and The
City of Covington.
American Legion Fair.
The Newton County Post of the American Legion de
cided at its last regular meeting to again put on a Newton
County Fair this year. It was decided to improve it as much
as possible and to bring a larger midway for the enter
tainment of the people of this county.
The premium list is being enlarged also and is in pro
cess of being assembled and will soon be printed- They
passed a resolution also to keep the Fair on the same high
plane that it was last year and to allow no gambling or
lewd shows on the midway.
We commend them for this stand and believe they
will have the hearty cooperation of the entire community.
All money realized from the advertising in the premium j
list goes for prizes for those who have exhibits. They mon-|
ey derived from the Fair goes toward the building of the
Legion Hut which will be operated as a community house,
therefore all money derived from the fair in its every as
pect will go toward the betterment of this community.
Preparedness Being Accelerated.
As the United States News recently pointed out. this
country seems to be copying Great Britain in getting ready with! ,
for possible war. “The United states is getting tough
Japan in one ocean,” says the News. “It is promising toj
use force to keep Hitler from taking title to territory that:
may be his through right of conquest in another ocean. It
is denying Hitler access to investments inside the United
states that are owned by peoples he has conquered. It is
talking about ways to let Britain have warships as well as
airplanes and guns that belong to the American Army and
Navy. Any one of these gestures, overnight can lead to
trouble. Yet the National Government is proceeding in 1
slow motion to get set for the time when somebody, ' some-!
where, may call a bluff.” ;
There can be no doubt that the American people, by
an overwhelming majority, approve this government's ag
gressive pro-British, antl-AxiS policy. The government thus
simply which is reflects what it the is supposed thoughts to and do. emotions On the other of its hand, citizens,j it is|
probably, true that the American people at large have no
conception of the lethargy with which the rearmament
program is proceeding. They have read in their newspa
pel’s that Congress has approved or is about to approve de
fense measures involving appropriations K. of close to $15,- ’.
non 000,000.000. nnn non mu- This money is • to u be turned . , into . , clouds . of
fighting planes, swarms of tanks, and a two-ocean fleet
which will dwarf the naval might of any other power. All
that makes an encouraging picture. What is not encour
aging is the hard fact that government officials, and the
distinguished industrialists in charge of defense prepara
tions, are experiencing a very difficult time in turning the
dollars into arms.
According to the War Department, an army of 2,000,.
000 men is necessary to defend this nations interests in
the Western Hemisphere. The Department is certain that!
such an army can be raised, in an orderly manner least dis
ruptive to the social and economic life of the nation, only
by compulsory, selective conscription. Yet, due largely to'
political reasons, the conscription bill has floundered about i
^wZ . at e the zMti late ol 15,000 to i 20,000 h n e nol, rmy new . h recruits “ be r a month,
/ 11 authorities agree that a gigantic air fleet, what
ever the exact number of planes, is absolutely necessary.
But military plane production has been increased compar- 1
atively little. The Germans are supposed to be able produc-! to pro
duce up to 4.000 planes each month- August plane
tion in this country will total about 895 ships, of which a
considerable proportion are non-military, or are built for
export.
The two-ocean navy, under the best of conditions
not be completed for five years. And the best of
are not in sight now. Some ship contracts have been signed
but nothing seems to have been done to provide needed
new Iie\s facilities Idcinues for ior making makimr tne the npcessarv necessarj armor aimoi plate. nlaio
e aie e\en moving slowly in producing that
arm—the rifle. Gerrand rifle production runs around 500
a day, which is considered far under the desirable
Tanks are considered by many to be as vital as planes
—it was'German tanks which won the battles of Belgium
and Flanders and France after aircraft had done the pre
liminary work of destroying factories and towns and
tary depots, and disorganizing and terrorizing the civilian
populations. We have not yet put in orders for big tanks,
of the kind the Germans employed so effectively, and we
have less than 700 light tanks on order.
During June and July, military contracts signed total
$1,250,000,000. ThaUs a big sum—but the bulk of it was
s foi Naval ilt j purposes under , a program which , . . has been un
derway tor a considerable time. Only about $200,000,000
represents orders for the Army, bo, unless the unexpected
happens, it will be a long time before our defense amounts
to much except on paper.
Ali this does not mean that we are unable to prepare
against war—no nation on earth possesses our potential
production. It simply illustrates the tremendous obstacle S
that an.se when it is necessary to change from a
economy to a war economy. The tax factor has been a
jor difficulty—present laws make it difficult and in
cases impossible for a company to expand sufficiently
meet arms program needs. The legal factor is another as
William Knudsen of the Defense Commission, has
out. Red tape slows matters down, and officials are in fear
of * doing things that might later be I construed , J a violation , V. of
the precise letter of the law. No one can be blamed for
this—that's the way government normally works. The
problem is to readjust the functioning of our government
to emergency preparedness needs in such a manner that
when the crisis is over we will not find ourselves saddled
with dictatorship, and the liberty we sought to preserve,
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Sunday School Lesson
CONFESSION AND FORGIVE- ,
NESS
Lesson: II Samuel 12:1—14; j
Psalm 51:1—17; 32:1—11.
Golden Text: Confess therefore
your sins one to another, and
nrpv one for another, that ye mav
be healed. James 5:16.
We have to go back to the verse! elev-!
enth chapter of II Samuel,
L 10 find the beginning of this :
sordid Story. The Israelites were;
warring against the “children of;
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his life David did not ead hisi
so idiers into battle, but sent Joab
instead.
There was no reason for this]
tarrying at home except that he
had begun to grow a little soft j
and self-indulgent. He pur
posely avoided on this occasion
th * ^ of J 3 ™* lif ^
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. t hardnesJ
in the field enduring the
0 f battle that David fell into s in.
He went up to the roof 0 / "his
palace one afternoon to take his!
siesta, when his eyes fell upon
a beauti,ul woman in a near-by
courtyard. She was the wife
KraveJ biavest soldiers. IiSr r Castmg T ° f aside David alU ';! I
restraint, David took her as his
own, and let her husband upon I
his return discover their guilty!
attachment he ordered Joab to
set tl ‘ m ' n f° re front of battle
and ret ‘ re fl ' 0 ™ b "n that he might!
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David look the first step in
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and sent other men out to the
Held of battle.
A .v' ear and David, hap
pily ma rrG£ ,8 rtath-sheba. an
peaied t0 1 v ‘ forgotten
"ITJ" W ^ Ch uni .° T n had
complain to David about a great
injustice. It seemed that a very
rich mar >' who had everything
bear t could desire, had not
led to steal a ewe ,amb which
^ , " eighb ° r cheri ,t ed
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David in anger.' Pointing his fin
ger at him, Nathan cried, “Thou
art the man.”
This _ wonderful account in the
‘' e ^‘ ond book of Samuel of David’s
f m^ shot fT hOW quickly sin ■ ° f Ms
break down the best Of lives.
Nathan was really the
friend David ever had. He stood
unafraid before his king and
buked him in the name of God.
Best ° f a11, Natban brought
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: when he thus humbled his heart
and confessed his sin that Nathan,
as a representative of God, was
ab!e to promise forgiveness.
fifty-first Psalm bears this
when 1‘7 Nathan the *7™ prophet °! David:
came
unto him. after he had gone in to
Bath-sheba.”
Evidently this psalm was writ
tcn by David when the awfulness
nf bis crime dawned upon him
Have mercy l, P° n me - ° Ged.”
1 he cried, “According to thy lov
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blot out my transgressions.”
This was no longer the self
indulgent David, living complac
ently vvitb bis sin - was the
cry of a borrific d man to whom
God haa revealed ,he dire wicked
I n °Tho The deafest 777,17! reality in ■ all u the *h
world Ls the love of God. As some
| one has said, “Hope, not despair
is the mother of godly sorrow
Tbe R°°dness of God is before
!ile badness of man Men are
i won back to the heart of God
i by divine justice, but by divine
loving. V.'e tremble at the
’thought that God is enexorably
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just; we turn with gladness and
with ardent hope of a new start
in life when we recall that God
is love. David in his youth had
thought of God as the good
Shepherd tending his flock; now
when sin had overtaken him, he
turned to the merciful and
God seeking forg,veness .
Let us not re £ ard David from
any loity heights of self-right
e °usness. There is corruption in
our hearts which only Jesus
, . , . .
That it has not broken forth to
our ruin is due n °t to our good
ness, but t 0 the mercy of God.
David could cry, “Wash me
'horoughly from my iniquity, and
cleanse me from my sin,” hut
those very words have added
t °. f because Jesus
u through
bas given us cleansing
the sheddin g o£ his blood.
David’s assurance of
ance lay in th e fact that he had
come to appreciate the enormity
of his “f know my
Sressions, he cries; “and my sin
ls ever before me -
Repentance is never repent
anc f. u f 11 we ^t down to
particulars and begin pointing the
accusing finger at 0 ur own hearts,
As long as we see the mote in our
brothers eye and perceive not the
beam that is in our own, God can
do nothing for us.
We are in a fair road to re
pentance and forgiveness- when
we can say, “I know my frans
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Sin is a corruption Of the in
ner nature, and it cries out pri
manly not. for escape from pun
ishment, but for cleansing and
cure.
In such a spirit does David rry
s* , cr“«d , irs
create such a heart within him.
A clean heart means first of all.
a heart that is free of all double
dealing. It must be a heart that
can stand unafraid before the
thr one °J G ^ d ’ not because
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selves to believe that we can de
ceive God. If we have a heart that
is double in its dealings and full
of deceit. God will know this even
deceit. God will know this even
bef ore ws do -
A A clean , heart t .is also a heart
j ir which thoughts desires and
purposes are free of all wicked
Stain. That man is indeed living
in hell on earth whose mind is an
art gallery of lewdness, a foun
tain of avarice, a breeding place
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something more than good reso
lutions. He needed a fixd pur
pose in his heart that would arise
only from a renewed spirit. He
did ask for a new power. He ask
f that God take a power, namely.
his will, which had crown flabbv
through sinful indulgence, and
make it new to the living of a
disciplined and good life,
David was a good an through
whose life there burst on one oc
casion the defiling torrent of gross
wickedness. It could easily come
““‘."1,“;
we look back- having given our
selves to God in a season of ex
altation, we cast ourselves info
the embrace of Satan in a mo
ment of temptation.
The saddest sight in the world
!T a fallen Christian. Moral su
penoritv always accentuates and
intensifies moral catastrophe,
David’s promise to Jehovah was
that if the Most High would give
him back tne joy of salvation and
make his heart willing to do right
at all times, David on his pari
would consecrate this renewed
life to the service of God. Sin had
destroyed his happiness and
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Mrs. Welcome Walton and
daughter Agnes spent Tuesday
with Mrs. Ruth Goodman and
daughter Virginia.
Mrs. A. P. Smith had as hei
guests Tuesday Mr. and Mrs.
Franklin McCulloughs and Misses
Louise, Sara Prances, and Dorothv
Curtiss.
Mr. Huby Mask of Covington
ed his desire for righteousness.
If we want to be happy, let us
resolve to do what is right and
dismiss from our minds the de
ceitful illusion that sin can bring
anything but suffering. Our great
est need is not to be spared pun
ishment, but to be so inspired by
the Spirit of God that we shall
not deserve it—that ij. to be up
held by a willing spirit to do what
is right. Then only are we wor
thy or capable of teaching others
or leading sinners info the way
of truth.
When David acknowledged his
sins and brought them out where
God and man could see them, then
did the greatest of all miracles oc
cur—he was healed of his iniquity.
There is an infinite mystery
about forgiveness, and we may
well be thankful that we do not
have to understand it in order to
avail ourselves of it.
It is waiting to be given to ev
| ery sinner who will take it. When
David acknowledged his sin and
turned from it with godly sorrow,
Jehovah, who is full of loving
kindness and tender ^jiercv, re.s
cuec [ him from the power of sin
and delivered him over to the
1 everlasting power of the Spirit,
Writing In the light of a fuller
revelation, the apostle John said,
If we confess our sins, he is
faithful and righteous to forgive
. ^ . , ,
all unrighteousness” (i John
t:9).
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day night with his brother, Mr.
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Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Smith had
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