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THE COVINGTON NEWS
BELMONT DENNIS
Editor And Publisher
W. THOMAS HAY
Advertising Manager
Official Organ as
Newton County
and the
City of Covington.
Bootleggers War Among Themselves
For Sale Os Bootleg Liq uor
A rather odd eifGumstance has come to
®ur attention regarding the tremendous traf
fic in bootleg whiskey now being sold in
Covington. It seems that the “old reliable”
dealers are jealous of the fact that some of
the newcomers are encroaching on their
territory.
It has become common knowledge among
those who frequently buy bootleg liquor
that when the “old reliable” dealers find
that someone else is trying to sell bootleg
liquor they are immediately reported, ar*d
this is followed by a raid by the city police.
We have been reliably informed tlxat
there are approximately 11 “old reliable”
dealers in bootleg whiskey in Covington who
have never been arrested. Why this should
be true we are at a loss to understand. For
several weeks we have been quietly having
one of our staff to investigate the bootleg
traffic in our county. We were astounded to
learn that the sale of corn whiskey is so
extensive.
This corn whiskey racket has all the
marks of big business. They have a manu
facturer who resides in the Gum Creek
District. Corn whiskey is brought in to the
retailers every Tuesday night and every
Thursday night. However, should the de
mand for corn whiskey exceed the supply
brought in on Tuesday and Thursday nights,
there is a wholesaler out near old Bent lev
Schoolhouse, and a certain taxi driver who
drives a Kaiser automobile will, when called
upon, rush out to the wholesaler and bring
in a supply of more moonshine.
The only trouble with this is that the
wholesaler charges $12.00 per gallon, which
is $3.00 above the manufacturer’s charge.
The manufacturer gets $9.00 per gallon
when delivered to the “old reliable” boot
leggers. They, in turn, sell it for $1.50 a
pint, and their profits are cut down if they
do not get an adequate supply on Tuesday
a..d Thursday night deliveries. Even at
that though they manage to eke out a living,
making 00 per gallon, even at the higher
price.
We have a list here before us as we write
of some of the known bootleggers who will
supply anyone who is thirsty, and if you
will call at our office, we will be very glad
to give you this list.
For instance, there are two brothers who
are noted bootleggers in Harris Town and
in between their houses is a house run bv a
woman, who is their agent. There is a cer
tain case in Harris Town where one may
find a crap game or buy a pint of moonshine
or both anytime they desire-
There is a well-worn path at the foot
of Usher Street, which winds its way up to
a large apartment house where there are
four know’n bootleggers. This path is patro
nised by both white and black alike and
sales made to either party. Occasionally one
of the celebrants gets overloaded and falls
by the wayside on this path and remains
there until some kind Pharisee comes
along and sees that he is taken to his home.
Recently we were told of a raid which
was made in a certain part of the county
which has ah the appearances of a farce
We were told that this was an obliging
maker of moonshine liquor. We cannot
vouch for the truth of this statement, but
we will pass it on te you for what you
think it is worth.
This very obliging operator of a whiskey
still, after he had completed making his
run. very carefully took the still to pieces
and piled it all together, being careful not
to injure any of the parts. According to
the story, the revenue officers raided the
SOUR WEIKLY (Q WSJOH FOR
UNDAY SCHOOL
Scripture Psalm* 50:10—12;
Proverb* 3:5—8; I Corinthian.
16:1—5: II Corinthian* 1:1—8;
Phlllippianc 4:10—18.
Memory Selection: Each on*
must do ai he has made up hi*
mind, not reluctantly or under
compulsion, for God loves a
cheerful giver. II Corinthians 9:7.
Since monej can become so de
structive to character, if used
with-out reference to Christian
ideals, it becomes very important
'hat every Christian familiarize
umself with the gospel teachings
•n this matter.
The Christian attitude toward
money is usually referred to to
day as “stewardship.” In the
(jreek of the New Testament,
two words are used to indicate a
steward. One is derived from a
yerh which "io turn toward" oi
to 'urn <vr fi" nr “| o cunmit
1 entrust to. The other word
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। for ‘'steward” means, literally,
1 “house manager.” A steward,
therefore, according to the origi
nal Greek in w'hich the New
Testament was writteen, is “a
person to whom a rich man en
trusts his goods for adminis
tration.’’ He is the manager of his
lord’s household.
When the translators of the
Bible came to put these two
'Greek words into English, they
chose the word "steward.” which
•in Anglo-Saxon (and later in
Middle English) meant the “ward,
or keeper, of the sty.” Among the
ancient British, wealth largely
consisted of livestock, especially
, of swine, and the keeper of the
sty was n important personage
i in the household of a landed
noble So the word “sti-ward’
bream?. and the manner in
1' which the steward administeied
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MABEL SESSIONS DENNIS
Associate Editor
MARY SESSIONS MALLARD
Associate Editor
T *
Entered at the Post Qffice
i»t Covington', -Georgia, as
mail mattar,of the Second
Class.
still and found it destroyed and made a re
port to the state officers that a still had
been raided and destroyed. We did not see
the still, therefore, we cannot vouch for the
truth of same. " . J
Where there is so much smoke, there
must be some fire, however, and we are
distressed at the amount of bootleg whiskey .
which is still being sold in our county. Cer
tainly if one who is not accustomed to buy
ing whiskey can question two or three people'
and find out all the details of traffic in
whiskey in our county there must be away i
of stopping same.
Frankly, we have long been, at a doss
just what to do regarding the sale ofmdiis- 1
key throughout the nation. Prohibition’laws
are ineffective because people do not obey
them, neither do they report others who are I
engaged in either purchasing or selling.
We have considered this traffic in liquor
from every angle. We believe the bootleg
era is much worse than the legal sale era.
Looking at the entire matter with the same
point of view, taking consideration with i
the desire of people for the sale of whiskey '
and the desire of others for strong drink,
we do not believe complete prohibition will
ever be effected.
We are definitely and positively against:
the sale of beer or whiskey in our own coun
ty. If the larger cities in the state desire to
allow whiskey to be sold, we believe state
owned and state-operated liquor ‘ stores
should be the way to handle same.
Through state-owned and state-operated
liquor stores, regulation of the sale of whis
key to confirmed drunkards could be coh
troiled. In certain states, a jnap is allowed
what is known as a whiskey-card. He-can'
purchase whiskey, beer, pr wine at state
owned liquor stores as long as he retains
this card. . ~. ..
If, for any reason, the holder of a whis
key card should be brought .into court ,frer
quently on charges of being drunk, this card
could be taken away from him, and the only
way he could secure whiskey would be by*
having someone with a whiskey card, pur- 1 ,
chase it for him.
This would not entirely correct dhejsitua- -
tion but it would tend to control the flow
of whiskey to this confirmed drunkard to ’
such an extent that he probably could not
get drunk so often.
Looking at it from the state’s point.of
view, the state would derive a tremendous
income from the sale of whiskey, and some
good might be derived there from. We rea
lize that whoever handW whiskey, whether
it be a state official or a private party,
there are always the elements of graft and
bribery. However, this may be one way of
helping to control the sale of whiskev in oUr
state.
As it is now, the sale of whiskey in obr
state is controlled by A.Vefry few persons
who have become immensely wealthy
through th* misfortune of others- We do
not say that this system will prove success-,
ful. We do state that it has helped in some
places and might help in buY-own state.
Frankly, we are willing to try anything
which will help to control the flow of whis
key to those who are unfortunate pnough
to have their system Trave strong drink.
If you have a better solution, we- will be
very glad, indeed, to print your letter in
regard to same. We are sincere in our desire
to find some solution to the whiskey probr
lem and especially the control oft Fie sale
of whiskey in our own county by bootleg
gers.
for hit lord wgs termed steward
ship, ' ’ * ” " ■” ’
Translated .into modern terms,,
the steward is a trustee. He holds
in trust the possessions of some
one else. Since all things come
from God. the Christian steward
it a believer who recognizes this
fact and administers everything
God has given him by applying to
ita administration the principles
of the gospel
When the dedication of our
lives to Christ includes the de
dication of. all we possess, thiee
very important spiritual result*
ensue. In the first place. Chris
tian stewardship produces within
us a marked growth m Christian,
character. In the second place, it
gives us great joy. In the’ third
I place, by administering our pov
sessions according to the princi-'
pies of the gospel, .we. find th;*t
we avoid the serious and some
times ruinous complications of
life in which a wrong attitude to
. ward possessions can easily in
| volve us. • *
The Christian life involves
I Christian stewardship. The Chris
। Jan believer must establish a
i right relationship with money
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j nd throughout his life main
■ ,ain this relationship "if he is
going to live a full, happy life
ahd be plejasipg* in the sight of
! Christ. ’
In Psalms 50. we encounter the
•atateriient thAk»e\^ry beast of the
forest belongs to God “and the
cattle upon a thousand hills.”
The world is God's and the full
ness thereof. -We may believe
that we own certain things, but
if we are truly Christian and rs
we ponder’ this J matter in the
light of the gospel, we see that,
as a matter of fact, we own noth
ing. If we appear to have “made’
our money, let us always remem
ber that God gave us the energy,
the prudence, the skill, and the
opportunity without which we
could have made nothing.
No matter how pl’ominent we
may appear in the picture, let
us t realize that everything we
have has been given to us either
directly or indirectly by God.
the ' passage from Proverbs
(3:5—9) ; warns us to put our trust
in God and not to lean upon out
own understanding.
“In all thy wa/s acknowledge
him,
And he will direct thy paths.”
We are to honor God with our
substance, and with the first
fruits of all our increase.
The teaching here is that we
should neveT lean on money— ■
that we should never put our
trust in it. Money is a broken
reed; a wait which, if we leak’
against it, will crumble and let
us fall. Jesus was most insistent
that his followers avoid the ter
rible pitfalls which open before
the feet of those. who put their
trust in earthly possessions (Matt.
6:19—34). It we seek first God’s
kingdom spd his righteousness,
we can bb sure, that all the
material—as well' as spiritual—
things our lives require will be
। added- unto us.
Do not make a show of your
charity, warned Jesus, as the
Pharisees „difl • who gave huge
sums to the church amid the blare
of trumpets,. £uch giving often
। hides much wicked hypocrisy.
God is interested not in the
amount w^ give but in the spirit
। in which we give. The amount
we give is of minor importance;
. the amount we have left after we
give is of overwhelming im
pqrtqn^y
■' 1 'Corinthians 16:1—5 is a re
markable passage (of Scripture. In
'the glosi^us fifteenth chapter
i which immediately precedes this
passage." Patil'has been speaking
about the resurrection. In all
Scrjptur* there not fifteenth
chapter of Corinthians. It ends
With these Wotds: “Wherefore my
beloved brethren, be ye known
that your labor is not vain in the
Lord.” Then, astonishing as it
jnay appear, Paul’s next words
are: “Now concerning the col
ledtion. . . .”
In other words, Paul, in the
same breath, speaks about the
glories of the resurrection and a
collection about to be made in
the church at Corinth for the poor
in Jerusalem..
Byltt^ we are taught that God
Te^ardg th& stewardship of money
as ■lnimCasurgbTy. sacred in the
fife iff ever^Chystian.
Therefore never look
down 1 - on the financial side of
church life as being something
unworthy. Paul, without apology,
places his directives concerning
fflP^ey-rgising right beside his ex
position of .the significance of the
doctwne of- the resurrection.
The way in which a Christian
spend his money and the spirit
apd liberality., with which he
gives to Christian causes are ac
curate measuiwanents of his com
mitment to Christ.
Ifi hts Setdnd Epistle to the
Corinthians, Paul tells the bretb ?
reh that he mtmids to visit them'
soon and that he wants them to
have a generods collection ready
^ hjeh. snd „ eertain of the
brethren may take to the needy
, r wims, Jn,. Jerusalem. Have the
money collected before I get
there, t he urgss„ go/that it will be
a matter of your bounty and not
of extortion.
Paul never asked his eonverts
do give hmra-perftiy for himself.
He jvorked as a .tentmaker and
gA^ hit iet-vide to the churcn
free. But he waft upesly unabash
ed in the earhesfn&ss with which
he pleaded with . Christian h»-
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lievers to contribute money to
Christian causes.
Here is a great Christian truth
we get out of life what we put
into’, if
The, Christian in his giving is
to give "'according as he hath
'ppyjosed in. his haayt.” The tithe
is suggested but it is not com-I
pulsory. Let a man give to the
cause of Christ as he values tlie
: cause of Christ. Let his gener
osity disclose the measure of his
love, ' ‘ ■
7\nd the, way we give is im
portant. I'he sour curmudgeon,
I who gives grudgingly or because
he has to if he would hold up
his head in the congregation, the
ilia'll who gives just in order to
get, a reduction on his income
lax—-these are sorry varieties ol '
believers. "God loveth a cheer
ful giver.” • • t
The spirit .in which we give’is
more important than the gift it
self. ‘ - I
iAmd do *not worry lest your
Christian generosity may involve
yotisin Want. God’s grace is so"!
abounding that you can meet .
your full duties as a Christian
steward. .confident that God will ,
make it possible for you to meet
every , legitimate need in your
life and i.i the lives of your lov^d
onesi*
God never lets us down if;
we are conscientious in uhe
practice of Christian stewardship.
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