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IHE COVINGTON NEWS
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Jackson Hay Dinner
We attended the Jackson Day Dinner Saturday night
at the Henry Grady Hotel as the guest of our neighbor. It
was a very interesting and we might add, enlightening
experience.
Oar Jackson Day Dinners are the place where mem
bers of the Democratic Party are supposed to meet and
embibe of good food and good fellowship, and incident
ally contribute to the national coffers of the Democratic
Party.
Over the dinner at this meeting all differences of
opinion are supposed to be leveled and the grand old good
fellowship of the Democratic Party is supposed to erase
all difficulties and differences of opinion.
We had heard rumors of differences of opinion in
our party affairs of the state and it was interesting to
note just what was happening within the party.
Lon Duckworth, the chairman of the Democratic Ex
ecutive Committee, and the leaders of our present admin
istration in the state were conspicuous by their absence.
Gene Talmadge and Ed Rivers were there greeting :
their friends but the other supposed candidates for Gov
ernor were absent. It was evident that there was a dis
tinct rift in the party in Georgia.
Upon some investigation we learned that the Nation
al Administration had failed to play ball with the State
Democratic Executive Committee and therefore the State i
Democratic Executive Committee had placed a boycott
on the affair in toto.
There were some good Democrats there though, and
some also of the supporters of the present administration
but the large majority of those present belonged to what
is known as the “Rivers Party” and the “Talmadge :
Crowd.”
We don't know with what “party” or “crowd” we
were placed but at one time or another over a period of
years we had voted for both Mr. Talmadge and Mr.
Rivers. *
Abyway there were so many of our friends present
and we thoroughly enjoyed meeting with them again
Some of our friends were absent. They probably had reas"
ons of their own, though we did not inquire.
Also conspicuously absent were the photographers
from both the Atlanta papers. While there were three
photographers present we did not recognize them as be
ing employees of either of the two large daily papers in
Atlanta .
The next day this opinion was verified in that no
picture of the affair was carried in either of the Atlanta
papers. This was in sharp contrast to last Jackson Day
Dinner when the affairs was liberally illustrated the day
following in the Atlanta papers.
This may have been a coincidence or the papers
might have determined to join the Democratic Executive
Committee in their boycott of the affair. They had a
perfect right to do this and we are not criticizing them
for their action. We are just browsing around about the
results and conjecturing about the reasons.
Seated at the speakers table were various factions
of our State Democratic Party and they all seemed to be
having a good time. Anyway we haven’t had a good old
fashioned scrap within our party in a long time now, not
since President Roosevelt tried to purge Senator George.
Such differences of opinion are healthy and tend to
lead to good government. When the family splits up many
skeletons are taken out of the closet and given a good
airing.
Airing our troubles seems to be a very good way to
eliminate them and we predict there will be many skele
tons shaken to the breeze these torrid summer afternoons
while barbecue is served at noon time.
Airing of skeletons gives the voters a good oppor
tunity to believe just what they want to believe. It is hu
man nature to indulge in wishful thinking. In this indulg
ence we often believe just what we wanted to in the first
place and frantically clutch upon some rich morsel against
the man we didn’t want to vote for anyway.
Chairman Dick, who presided at the Jackson Day
Dinner was third choice. Ryburn Clay had first been se
lected and he had been discarded after protest from the
Georgia Democratic Executive Committee. Another gen
tleman who is employed bj r the First National Bank in
Atlanta was then chosen and some one whispered some
thing in his ear and he resigned. Then the prize package
was entrusted to Chairman Dick and he made a very
creditable affair of what had been forecast to be a flop of
the first magnitude.
Those good sons of Democracy who were present
made the welkin ring, probably more so than otherwise,
to take the place of those who absented themselves for one
reason or another.
The grand old Democratic Party was not allowed to
suffer, however, as those who were present at SIOO.OO
per fi>T mignon probably made up the amount necessary
anyway.
We think healthv disagreement in this one-party state
will Ijring much good to the state as a whole, as long as
we disagree in a friendly spirit. Politics is too changing
for any man to take it too seriously. Above all things let’s
disagree and remain friends. Friendship of man to man
is the greatest boon on this earth. Let’s not throw it away
a mess of pottage—or politics.
(Largest Coverage Any
Weekly In The State)
I.esMm
A Nation Demands a King
1. Evil among the People
In the early part of the chap- j
, ter fiom which our lesson text
j is taken, we are told that when
; Samuel was old he made hia
j sons to be judges over Israel.
But as often happens when par
; ents are godly, these sons walk-
I ed not in the way of their fath
er. They ‘‘turned aside after
’ lucre, and look brides, and per
• verted justice.”
In the face of this situation,
the elders of Israel came to
Samuel demanding a king. It
■ was to their credit that they
resented the action of Samuel’s
corrupt sons. In most Oriental
countries bribery and perversion
of justice were accepted with
out question.
The unwillingness to be dif
ferent from the unthinking mul
titude and to take a conspicuous
' stand for right things is the
) cause of much of the world's
i compromise and sin.
Samuel was greatly displeased
'at the suggestion made by the
elders. To the natural grief
that he must have long experi
enced over the misconduct of his
sons was added the realization
that the people were departing
from the pathways in which
God would have them walk, i
Moses had told them (see Deut. I
17:14-20) that in due time God I
intended to give them a king.
But the elders had acted with
out seeking God’s counsel.
They had planned after their
own ideas of what was right,
and this always leads to disast
er.
Samuel took the matter to
God in prayer. Fine servant of
the living God that he was, he
stifled his own disappointment,
his sorrow over the evil of his
sons, his anxiety over the mis
taken course which his fellow
countrymen were following and,
with that resignation and faith
which had characterized his life
, from child hood, he laid the
whole matter before the throne
of the Most High.
2. Warned of Their Folly
The word that Samuel receiv
ed from Jehovah was this
“Hearken unto the voice of the
people in all that they say unto
i thee; for they have not reject
■ ed thee, but they have rejected
I me, that I should not be king
over them.”
Their evil lay not in their de
sire to have a king but in their
desire to have a king like the
rulers of .the nations round
about. Also they erred in ask
ing for a king before God was
ready to give them one.
We have to leave in God's
hands both what He will do and
when He will do it.
Any system of government
works well if administered by
good men, but even the best of
all possible systems fail if ad
ministered by the unworthy. It
was not monarchy which God
branded with his disapproval,
but his disapproval, but the evil
in the hearts of his people which
। caused them to want a king
■ who would lead them not in
I spiritual things but in the ful
. filling of worldly ambitions.
Theocracy had failed under Eli.
It had in a measure failed un
der Eamuel solely because of
the evil of his sons. Monarchy
was destined to fail ignominious
ly under Saul.
This is the lesson for every
generation to ponder: The kind
of government a nation has is
not nearly so important as the
character of the men who ad
minister it. Good men can make
the lamest of systems work; evil
men can nullify every benefit
I which could flow from an al
i most perfectly conceived sys
-1 tem.
3. Jehovah Grants Their Desire
The people were obstinate in
■ the face of Samuel’s counsel.
: “Nay,” they said* “but we will
; have a king over us . . . We
will have him whether or no,
they cried. And we can almost
see them resolutely shaking
their heads and crying their de
fiance of God’s will as express
;ed through his servant Samuel.
| When men affront the will
of God after this fashion, we
know what the end of the story
will be.
They had a reason for their
। choice, and they voiced it in
no uncertain terms, namely,
“that we also may be like all
the nations, and that our king
I may judge us, and go out before
| us, and fight our battles.”
I God permitted the Israelites
to have what they wanted. He
I often permits us the fulfillment
of our foolish and wicked de
sires, not to punish us but to
teach us. Israel would take no
I counsel. The rulers of the peo
। pie stopped their cars against
Samuel's words and shook their
heads and cried Nay, nay, as he
i warned them what would hap
j Pen.
Unregenerate man consistent
j ly refuses to heed divine coun
sel. He insists on learning in
i the hard school of experience,
i which, as someone has said, has
| fools for its pupils and charges
; high tuition.
| Let us not forget in this lesson
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that God had plans for the !
Israelites which involved the
setting up of a kingdom. When
the time was ripe, he would
have given them a king. This
king, if they had accepted him
and followed his leadership,
would have led them to the
establishing of that divin? king
dom of which Christ, would be
the head. The evil of their dis
obedience to God's plan was in
a measure offset by the choos
ing of David later tc be king
and the establishing of his dy- '
nasty But the hearts of the :
people were alienated from
God.
Even the best of God’s plans
fail when this is the case.
4. What Makes the Life of a
Nation Sound?
Let us turn now to a consid
eration of the memory selection
for the day. It is taken from
the thirty-third psalm and reads :
as follows: “Blessed is the na
tion whose God is the Lord.” ■
Here is the answer to the sit
uation we have confronted in
today’s lesson. One thing is
needful for happy national life,
and this the Israelites had re
jected. They thought that a
change in the form of their gov- |
ernment would make them I
happy and strong. They did not |
realize that the government is
never better than its people and
that even the best of systems
will fail if they who lead and
they who follow have cold and
wicked hearts.
Let us not fail to observe that
on this occasion the people were
unanimous in their decision. But
they were wrong neverthless.
Unanimity of opinion does not ,
necessarily reflect sound judg- i
ment. In democratic countries
we are very liable to fall into
the mistake of believing that the
voice of the people is the voice
of God. But the contrary is oft. I
en true. The voice of the ma- ’
jority is sometimes the voice |
of the evil one. If the hearts ]
of the people are wrong, they ■
will seek wrong ends and make I
wrong demands.
We may well ask ourselves
whether or not the passing to
day of many old and homely i
virtues is not a danger signal!
to be heeded. The rapidly in
creasing divorce rate of our ;
country indicates that all is not l
well in the home. More people I
are suffering from mental disor
ders than from all other diseases
combined; and these, psychia
trists tell us, have in many cases
been doomed to their unhappy
state by home conditions which
produced frustration, prevented
the normal growth of resourc
fulness, or made deep wounds
in the mind which festered and
became focal points of infection.
No one can look on the drink
ing habits of America today
without feeling a sense of alarm.
The repeal of the Eighteenth
i Amendment and the moving of
I the bar into the game room or
' the pantry have produced no
improvement in national morals.
Years of tremendous decision
lie ahead of us because of the
dislocations which war has pro
duced. We may well ask our
selves whether the generation
which must handle these prob
lems is fitted, spiritually, to do
so.
God had a great ideal for
Israel, and Israel failed. From
the time He led the Israelites
out of Egypt, they had con
stantly held back, unwilling to
fulfill the glorious destiny which
was intended to be theirs.
Israel lost her chance for true
greatness when she lost a warm,
hearted fidelity to the living
i God.
This should be a warning to
every modern nation. The de
sire to measure themselves by
their neighbors and to outdo
i them in display fundamentally
interferred with the plans God
had for his chosen people.
National greatness can never
|be set forth in statistics. It re
sides only in the hearts of the
people.
Ga. Governor Praises
Mate Health Director
•
Governor Ellis Arnall has high
ly praised Commissioner T. F.
Abercrombie, of the State Health
I Department, for his successful
fight to acquire Battey General
: hospital from the federal govern
; ment for use as a state tuber
' culosis hospital.
In a recent letter to Dr. Aber
crombie. Governor wrote ? “I
want to congratulate you sincere
ly upon your enterprise, initia
tive and preservance in the ac
quirement of the Battey General
hospital at Rome for the State
Department of Public Health.
This is one of the greatest ser
vices you have ever rendered to
the state. It will stand as a last
i ing monument to your interest
in public health in Georgia. ’
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gluing together layers of wood
with the grain of all layers run
ning in the same general direc
tion.
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