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Official Organ of Newton County and The
City of Covington.
Tax on Coca Cola Would
Bring Much Needed State Funds
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be loud in one and in a minor key in the other but the li
ing melody continues on and on in every particular.
That melody may turn to a sour note if not handled
properly but if it is handled skillfully it will not turn sour, j
Mr. Talmadge has a wav of waving the baton over the
Legislative groups and if he selects the right overture he
will no doubt conduct a skillful concert.
One and all so-called intelligent commentators on the !
future of our State agree there must be additional funds
to finance the old-age and social security program. How :
these funds are to be raised has not been suggested.
Although we are by no means endowed with super
intelligence, we could be able to furnish some pointers to
our esteemed legislators on this particular subject.
A tax on each bottle of Coca-Cola of one penny and
a proportionate amount on each gallon of syrup would be
the means of adding this much needed income, together;
with the economies in government which Governor Tal
madge is sure to inaugurate
We have heard it said that there is such a strong 1
“lobby” maintained by the Coca-Cola people that tax on
this product would be impossible of passage. We doubt
this but are only giving you what is common gossip in the
i halls of the Capitol during legislative time.
We also understand that the Coca-Cola interests main
tain a special press bureau. A press bureau is one of those
places where some individual gifted in the art of writing
sends a release each week to the daily and weekly press
, of the State gratis.
This weekly release contains some news and much
propaganda. Of course, the gentlemen who run these bu
reaus must eat and have the creature comforts of life. So—
public officials, public utilities, etc., who wish to be well
and favorably known throughout the state, pay these pub
licity bureaus certain fees for certain publicity which they
are enabled, under the guise of news, to get published in
the city and country papers.
The more papers which carry this type of camou- !
! flagecf news the more money they get. You understand
, there is nothing ever given in this world and everything
! run must be paid for at a pro rata basis so much for each
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article in each paper. The only man who does not get paid
for this sort of publicity is the man who owns the newspa
per and who obligingly makes it possible for these so
jailed publicity bureaus to ex'st.
We have been told that one of these well-known bu
-eaus was established with the understanding that the
1 Coca-Cola Company to them straight commis
j was pay a
1 idon of $500.00 monthly for looking after their interests.
: This also includes the services of two men at the capitol
luring legislative sessions contacting various representa
ives.
That this establishment is doing yoeman service has
I been denied. It has two men of known talent at it*
) .ever
lead and has a very nice suite of offices in one of the large
iffice buildings in Atlanta. We know the gentlemen per
onally and have had them to call on us regarding the mat
I er of printing their camouflaged publicity.
There are various and sundry lobbies in each session
if the legislature. One ~.oup is lobbying for the passage
! if this bill and another group for the passage of another:
till but by far the greatest number of groups of lobbyists
i I naintained in the capitol during legislative sessions are
i ;roups of people to protect the interests hurt of their their interests. clients]
o see that no bill is passed which will
If there is a group maintained to protect the interests
,f any such firms as the Coca-Cola Company, public
-ies and others of like nature the members of the legisla
ure should do their duty and shun such lobbyists. Only
n this way can the best interests of the state be preserved,
We call on the members of the state legislature to in
i Carolina system of taxation Coca
estigate the South on
lola and pass such a measure in the i
j tate and thereby come to the aid of Governor Talmadge
! i financing the Old Age and Social Security program.
We intend to call the attention of each legislator, each
Q iember of the House and Senate to this plan and see lor
■ y urselves personally if the lobby is stronger than the desire
f these men to serve their state.
If a doctor knows what kind of life his patient has
** ved he can diagnose his case much easier.
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111 The difference between a statesman and a politician
i that the statesman plans for his country’s future and
ie politician plans for the next election.
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i One world man is who the spends fellow his who life makes helping step-ladders. others to get up
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The only man who can serve two masters is the one
'ho has both a wife and a daughter.
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I! If his white pants are a little dirty he is a poor guy,
ut if they are very, very dirty he is a rich sportsman.
The measure of a man is the amount of money re-
1 ! uired to make him feel bigger t/ian the law.
i lk., 'ouldn’t enjoy it if there were no poor ones to turn
mm leir noses at.
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Sunday School Lesson
The Use and Abuse of Wealth
Lesson: Proverbs 11; Luke 16:
1-13.
Golden Text Lay up for your
| selves treasures in heaven. Mut
! thew 6:20.
Wise men in the earliest days of
j Israel’s history had observed the
devastating effect on men’s char
acters of too much wealth. They
had pondered the evil inherent in
covetousness and greed. They had
seen many an otherwise fine life
ruined by the fascination of earth
ly things. Their conclusion, there
fore, was that men should avoid
everything that would cultivate
in their hearts a mean and grasp
ing spirit.
Jesus on the other hand, ap
proached the thing from the posi
tive standpoint. His teaching was
that the way to avoid the evil ef
fects of material things was by
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that as we give we get, and that
as we hold we Iose A11 we carry
with us into the next world is the
effect that money, and everything
else, has had on our souls.
Some years ago a wealthy man
in this country announced to his
friends at a dinner party that he
was celebrating the acquisition of
his one-hundredth million. When,
fifteen years later, his estate was
settled in the courts, his heirs re
ceived less than $5,000,000. This
was the fallen glory of a fortune
not one thousandth of which
was at any time shared with needy
men.
Another wealthy man who left
$50,000,000, will in reality leave
t0 his h eirs a miserable pitance af
ter the government has taken its
share for taxes.
In the case of both these men
they might have given away a
i arge portion of their wealth and
still left their heirs as much as
they actually did, if not more
The y held on ,0 ,he last pennv
dunng their lifetime, and their
)® * war ™‘h was °rs t ^ iat not'enrkhed! they f ied am “j
w h e
In contrast with these men are
to be found the thousands of good
stewards among both rich and
P°° r who put aside for the Loras
work out of their first fruits -
Even those who have little find
what they put aside constitutes
an amazing contribution to God’s
work.
Contrary to popular opinion,
there are many wise and godly
stewards among the rich. Through
their generosity, colleges, hospi
tals - and churches have prospered
without measure. Their lives have
been a demonstration of the fact
pointed out by the writer of the
book of Proverbs: “There is that
scattereth, and increaseth yet
more; and there is that withhold
eth more than is meet, but it tend
eth only to want.”
It is hard for the world to under
stand that when we give we get,
and when we withhold we lose.
This does not mean that in a
calculating spirit a man can begin
to give because he believes it will
result in more gain. What it means
is that when a man is truly gen
erous and relies upon God for his
security, everything in his life—
including his capacity to acquire
—is vitalized and made more
healthy.
Nothing gives greater joy than
true stewardship, and nothing is
more important for a man than
the establishing of habits of
stewardship early in life. The lib
eral s°ui is indeed enriched, “and
“'jhlTeu"'"’ Sha "
The Rewards of Generosity
The statement, “He that troubl
eth his own house shall inherit
the wind; and the foolish snail be
servant to the wise of heart,”
Probably means very little to the
average Bible reader. The mean
i„ of the verse really is that he
who gti his own household
comes to the end of his ]ife with
empty hands. Furthermore, a man
as foolish as that generally loses
all that he has and becomes slaves
to the Wlse man -
St.. Paul said, “If any provideth
not for his own, and specially his
own household, he hath denied
the faith” (I Tim. 5:8). Probably
no counsel even in the Word of
God itself would have much ef
fect upon a person who is nig
gardly in his attitude toward loved
ones.
People who believe that they
can more profitably invest their
means in things other than their
home and children, end indeed by
inheriting the wind.
The tendency today is not to
stint our households, but to b* too
lenient and give our children too
much. The man who gives them
too little inherits the wind, but
the one who gives them too much
reaps the whirlwind.
Enough for opportunity and too
little for selfish indulgence is a
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men will grow happy and profi
table life throughout the whole
world, and the open sores of in
justic, lying diplomacy, and war
will be healed by nothing else but
fair and honest dealing among
men.
Last of all, we are reminded
that if the righteous man has to
suffer on earth, how much more
will a just God bring suffering
upon the evil man?
Sometimes it seems as if the
righteous always suffer and the
evil go scot free, but this is the
exception, not the rule. The rule is
that like begets like—goodness be
gets happiness, and evil begets
suffering. The most encouraging!
truth in all the universe is that ;
eventually in the justice of God !
all good and all evil receive then
appropriate reward. “Be not de
ceived. God is not mocked: for
whatsoever a man soweth, that
shall he also reap’’ (Gal. 6:7).
Stewardship of True Riches
The teaching about the use and
abuse of wealth found in the first
part of our lesson is summed up, ;
as it should be, in the teachings j
of Jesus.
There were few subjects about |
which Jesus spoke so often as he I
did about the use and abuse of,
wealth.
Jesus believed not in repudiat
ing wealth and living the ascetic j
life, but using what he called the
mammon of unrighteousness to th c !
glory of God and the upbuilding 1
of his kingdom.
In the three vesres with which
our lesson closes, Jesus says very j
pointed things about the right use
of money. We are here in the |
world to prepare our souls for j j
eternity, and our Lod assures us
that if we canot be faithful in out
handling of earthly treasure, we I
will not have committed to our S
trust the true riches of heaven.
We know that there is to be
treasure in heaven as there is
treasure on earth, only it is to be ;
of a different quality. To that man
who has been faithful in the ad
ministration of earthly treasure
God will trust the administration
of heavenly treasure. But the man
who has been made mean, grasp
ing, covetous,, and self-indulgent
with earthly possessions will have
demonstrated his inability to han
dle the true treasure.
Furthermore, earthly posses
sions do not belong to ours, but to
God. If, therefore, we have been
unfaithful in handling what be- j
longs to God, we shall not receive
that which is entirely our own,
namely, our inheritance—the king
dom prepared for us from the
foundation of the world (Matt.
25:34).
Men are overcome by the de
ceitfulness of riches not because
richs are evil, but bcause the way- !
ward heart of man allows the ma
terial things of life to be placed >
before the spiritual.
Jesus declared that there was!
nothing in the world so hard as to '
use riches to the glory of God, J
yet nothing so rewarding when'
men discovered how to do so and !
gave themselves joyfully to the j
enterprise.
The trouble is that men try to !
serve money instead of having j
money serve them to high and no
ble ends. “Ye cannot,” said Jesus, j
“serve God and mammon.” I
God alone is to be served. We
are to serve Him, and we are to
use the material things of life in
such a way that they will serve
Him.
Serve God, and to this service I
devote everything you have as
well as everything you are—this ]
is the principle upon which a life '
of Christian stewardship is based
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