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THE COVINGTON NEWS
BELMONT DENNIS
Edirer And Publisher
Official Organ of
Newton County
and the
City of Covinaton
Faith in American Way
Reaffirmed by Tour
We had the privilege of touring the
mammoth €olonial Stores warehouse in East
Point last week duving the Georgia Press
Association’s ad end eirculation elinie. The
tour guide explained the operations of the
warehouse in terms of eavloads shipped
each day, in tons of coffee roasted each
day, hundreds of pounds of tomatoes pack
ed daily, thousands of dozens of eggs ean
dled and_packaged each day, thousands of
cakes and.loaves of bread baked daily, tons
of meat Btored and shipped daily — the
figures are colossal.
Such mass buying, distribution and
selling are a major contribution to the high
standard of living which Americans enjoy
in an increasing degree. Budget dollars
are made to go further through the efforts
of the big organizations such as Colonial
Stores, Kroger, Big Apple and A&P.
Frequently the criticism is heard that
the big chains — big business, for that
matter — are a threat to little businesses,
the neighborhood grocer, butcher and bak
er. An examination of the records reveals
the truth. Small businesses continue to
flourish in an astoundingly healthy way;
their numbers increase and their take of
the weekly wage continues to increase.
The reason for the continued good
health of small businesses, in spite of—
— because of— big firms such as
the grocery chains, is purely and simply
the free enterprise system which is the
American saga. It is a dramatic manifesta
tion of the workability of the capitalistic
system, the right of every tan to make
his own way.
“Yankee ingenuity” describes well the
trait which determines that small business
can continue to thrive in an atmosphere
which also nurtures big business. For small
businesses can extend certain services and
conveniénces which big businesses cannot
- and big businesses,can stimulate greater
activity and practice certain econemies
which represent savings to customers
which can be spent on other needs and
wants. :
True enough, some small businesses
do fail, but their failure in most cases can
be attributed to the lack of a market in
the first place, or the failure to exercise
the best business practices, or lack of
judgment in dealing with customers — the
list is perhaps as lengthy as the number
of failures.
We believe our economic system will
continue to thrive so long as business can
offer goods and services in a competitive
atmosphere. Certainly the huge operations
carried on. by Colonial Stores and its
fellow chain stores are manifestations of
that competitive atmosphere; they do not
represent a threat to small business; in
stead they stand as a challenge to the
“vankee ingenuity” of small business to
search for means of better service, more
service and convenience.
It was a real pleasure to tour the
Colonial Stores warehouse. It reaffirmed
our faith in the American way which
stimulates human growth outside the pro
tective cloak of government. When busi
ness shall have become the ward of gov
ernment, the competitive atmosphere of
the American scene will be smogged with
the “guaranteed good life” of socialism —
and for uswe want the way of free enter
prise. :
World Affairs Institute
- Proves Interesting And
Instructive to Community
A World- Affairs Institute was held at
FEmory at Oxford last week and proved in
teresting and instructive to hundreds of
citizens of Newton and surrounding coun
ties. Every speaker was outstanding and
the interest of the audience was evidenced
l}v the attention during the talks and the
earty applause. The interest shown during
the panel discussion also evidenced the
thirst for -knowledge regarding foreign
affairs of the ecitizens of this community.
The World Affairs Institute was an
other evidence of the value of Emory at
©Oxford.to this community. They give the
citizens of this community many oppor-
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ous task and especially for appointing C.
David Anderson as director, Mr, Anderson
didcflro'oughjoh,mm-uchagood
job offielels of Emory in a visit here said
it was one of the best orgenized forums
they had witnessed in the state of Georgia.
We also wish to eongratulate each and
everyone who had a hand in making this
World Affairs Institute such a tremendous
success.
Pitchmen May Be in
Trouble for Practices
“Pitchmen” of radio and television face
New York Grand Jury investigation to
what may prove wunlawful practices, ac
cording to the Saturday issue of the New
York Times.
Television and radio advertising,
whose “pitchmen” often have irritated
home audiences, may be prosecuted for un
lawful practices.
Edward S. Silver, Brooklyn District
Attorney, said yesterday that the methods
of some of the electronic hucksters consti
tuted a racket involving more than $1,000,-
000 a year. _
The Kings County rackets grand jury
will begin on Monday to investigate Mr.
Silver’s charges. Representatives of the
seven local television outlets and sixteen
radio stations have been invited to attend
the grand jury session.
Mr. Silver said that he had requested
County Judge Samuel S. Leibowitz to
charge the grand jury after an investiga
tion that lasted for eight months.
During the investigation, policemen
and policewomen, posing as householders,
responded to television and radio adver
tisements for products including sewing
machines, vacuum cleaners and freezers
and services such as upholstering and food
plans.
The investigation, involving fifteen
concerns, was directed particularly toward
programs on which a response to an ad
vertisement was followed by a visit to
the potential customer’s home by a sales
man. Recordings have been made of tele
phone conversations leading up to the
salesmen’s visits and discussions in homes
between the salesmen and the undercover
police, Mr. Silver said.
According to the District Attorney, a
typical high-pressure sales operation that
was investigated worked as follows.
The pitchman demonstrated a sewing
machine that was supposed to sell for
$26.50. A prospective buyer, responding to
the advertisement, would be visited at
home by a salesman, who would discour
age the customer from buying the adver
tised machine by pointing out its faults.
The salesman might warn that the
needle on the sewing machine could not
be replaced if broken. Then the salesman
would suggest another sewing machine
that, he maintained, sold at $139.50 al
though worth $189.50. It would be guaran
teed for twenty-five years, according to
the sales talk.
Mr. Silver said that one sewing ma
chine company operating along this line,
had sold 3,500 machines last year at an
average price of $l7O each.
An upholstering company, advertising
a furniture renovation job for $69, did a
business of $117,000 last year, averaging
$l6O from each customer who responded,
Mr. Silver added.
Describing the pitchmen’s technique
as “A vicious scheme,” the District At
torney said that ‘“‘everyone guilty of a
crime will be prosecuted.”
He warned consumers “to beware of
sweet talk and glowing offers of bargains
that are loaded with misrepresentation and
fraud.”
Many of our ewn citizens have come
in contact with this same thing as in the
identical items listed in this presentation
to the Kings Countyv Grand Jury.
The moral as we see it is that you
never receive something for nothing and
all of our citizens would do well to buy
their needs at home where they are assur
ed of fair and courteous trading and where
they can see the merchandise which thev
purchased.
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[ Man's Nature and Need
f Background Scripture: Genesis
1:26—31; 6:5—6; Matthew 6:9—
10; Mark 7:21—23; Luke 6:35—36;
Romans 3:23; Hebrews 2:6-18.
Memory Selection: What is man
that thou art mindful of him, and
the son of man that thou dost
care for him? Yet thou hast made
him little less than God, and dost
crown him with glory and honor.
“Man’s Nature and Need.” This
is a fitting title for today’s lesson.
It destribes man as God made
him, man as he has made himself,
and man as Christ has re-made
him.
The nature of man is both di
vine and human. To meet the
need of this man, God sent a
divine human Saviour.
The Divine Image
“And God said, Let us make
man in our image, after our like
ness. . . . And God created man
in his own image, in the image of
God created he him; male and
female created he them.”
Our understanding of this les
son will depend upon the extent
to which we appreciate the cor
respondence between the divine
human nature of man and the
divine-human nature of the Sa
viour of men.
God provided in his orginial
creation that among all his crea
tures there should be one who
would be more than a creature.
This one should bear in his mind
and upon his nature the image
and likeness of the Creator.
A knowledge of this divine
truth should lead us to have a
brotherly feeling toward every
member of the race. Savages in
the jungle, criminals in prison, in
sane persons behind bars, de
relicts sprawled in the gutter—
through every one of these shines
the bright effulgence of the di
vine nature. Judas Iscariot, Geng
his Khan, Hitler, Himmler, Stalin:
these all are of the divine nature
—along with St. Paul, Augustine,
Luther, Calvin, Florence Night
ingale, and Lincoln. The divine
nature is never eiiminated from
man. God stamps his imprimatur
indelibly upon the human soul.
Men sin against this image; men
live their lives not after the like
ness of God but after the image
of Satan. Yet the image and like
ness of God remain.
You and I are brother to every
living soul that has lived or that
ever will live,
~ Singularly enough, we are told
'in Hebrews 1:3 that Jesus is “the
very image of his (God's) sub
stance.” This is something differ
ent from the relationship of God
to the ordinary man. The Greek
word here meaning ‘substance” is
hupostasis, the basic meaning of
which is “something underlying—
reality, guarantee, substance.”
We are by nature both human
ScHoor
| and divine, Christ is by nature
| both human and divine, but the
|quality of his divine nature is
Idifferent from—superior to—ours,
|He is “the very image of his
(God’s) substance.”
We bear the resemblance to
God, but Jesus Christ, the Only
'Begotten, is God. That is the dif
ference between creature and
Saviour. . .
l We need to bear this in mind
when later in our study we exa
‘mine the remedy which God has
prescribed for man’s sin.
; The Mighty Fall
In this brief statement from the
| Epistle to the Romans, we learn
;that all have sinned and fallen
| short of the glory of God. Al
| though Genesis 2 is not indicated
| for today’s study, nevertheless
'that chapter sets forth truth ger
mane to an understanding of the
| situation we are studying.
| “God made the world, and, be
| hold, it was very good.”
| “Good,” according to God’s
| standards, means “perfect.”
| Man vras endowed with a capa
city to make « oices. God made it
plain that He intended man to
develope spiritually through ob
edience to the divine will, But
man would not have it so. He
must learn through trial and
error. He ate the fruit of the tree
of the knowledge of good and
evil , and both he an# the whole
world around him fell from the
perfection in which they were
made From that time forth animal
began preying upon animal, no |
longer subsisting on herbs and{
grass but in many instances upon |
the flesh of the weak. Man be-,
came conscious of his sin, and hid
himself from the presence of God. }
Among the first recorded words |
uttered by human lips were these: |
“l was afraid” Twentieth-cen- |
tury man is still afraid. Thus has |
the curse of Eden continued. 5
Adam and Eve were cast out of ‘
the Garden. They brought forth a |
son, and, significantly, this son |
was a murderer. Then the long
tragic march down the ages be- |
gan, with cruelty, treachery, li- |
cense, and every other form of |
gin, thus debasing both the world, I
which was very good, and also
the creature into whose nostrils |
God had breathed the breath of |
life, and upon whom were the
image and likeness of his Creator. |
| Look at this original pair as
| they leave the Garden. They had
once known perfect bliss and
contentment. Their abode had
| been a paradise of peace. This
was when they obeyed God. Then,
listening to the tempter’s assur
| ances that if they tasted evil they
iwould be able to compare it with
| good and would be as God Him
|self in®knowledge and judgment,
| they ate—and knew that they
, were naked. For naked they then
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were, bereft of the perfection
in which they had been made.
Only the lingering image, only
the faint likeness of their original
perfection réemained in them.
Now they were out in a world
cursed withthorns and thistles,
and at the gate of their erstwhile
paradise the Cherbim stood with
flaming sword to keep them away
from the tree of life.
Here is a perfect picture of
man’s history. God made him
perfect. We read in Genesis 5:3
that Adam “begat a son in his
own likeness, after his image.”
He not only begat a son; he begat
a civilization, away ,of life, a
highway drenched with blood and
made hideous by the agonizing
shrieks of those who had entered
into the legacy of “knowledge”
which the tempter said would
make them the equal of God Him
self.
In the third chapter of Genesis
there is a promise of the coming
of a Saviour. The seed of the
woman will bruise the head of the
serpent. Furthermore, after man
tride to hide his shame, with a
girdle of fig leaves, God “made
for Adam and for his wife coa's
of skins, and clothed them” (Gen.
3:21). The first animals were kill
ed, not for meat, but that their
skins might cover man’s shame.
This was the symbolic setting
forth of the practice, carried on
for centuries, of offering up ani
mals as a sin offering in the tem
ple. “But when the fulness of the
time came, God sent forth his
Son . ... that he might redeem
them that were under the law,
that we might receive the adop
tion of sons” (Gal. 4:4-5)
The Nature of Sin
This passage of Scripture is not
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in the printed text of today's les
son but is in the suggested Back
ground Scripture.
“For from within, out of the
heart of men, evil thoughis pro
ceed, fornications, thefts, murd
ers, adulteries, covetings, wick
edness, deceit, lasciviousness, an
evil eye (an evil eye, revealing
malicious design—not sorcery)
railing pride, foolishness: all these
evil things proceed from within,
and defile the man.”
Jesus is this statement clearly
set forth the nature of sin. It is
inner corruption.
In the original Hebrew and
Greek, the word ‘‘sin” has many
meanings: “guilt,” “error,”’ “trans
gression,” and probably most
significant of all, “missing the
mark.” But they all add up to
the same thing. Sin is an essen
tial inner corruption, a disease of
the soul. It is not just mistake or
error or ignorance or weakness.
All these are at one time ac
companiments of sin and at
another time contributing causes
of sin, but the deep, underlying,
continuing cause of sin is inner
corruption.
Man is a fallen creature.
keep in mind as we reflect upon
the nature of man: the image and
likeness of God are upon him.
Degraded though he may be and
regardless of the depth of his de
gradation, the divine light shines
out of his soul. But man by his
own choice has fallen. Not only
did Adam make a choice which
caused this inner corruption, but
we as his sons and daughters con
tinue to seek after a knowledge
of good and evil by the same
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method of §!al and error. This
has involved®God's perfect crea
tion in a chronic state of sin.
This calls for something moie
than mere palliatives, salves,
nostrumas, or remedies, This ealis
for cure.
Poor foolish Adam tried to hide
his shame with a girdle of fig
leaves, and we try hide the shame
of our sins with and pretense. Qur
best institutions, such as schools,
international organizations for
peace, sound governments—these
are in themselves a girdle of fig
leaves which, when they wither,
fail away and reveal our shame,
We must have a coat which was
secured at the cost of death, as
were the coats of skin with which
God clothed Adam and Eve.
This is the way St. Paul put it:
“But put ye on the Lord Jesus
Christ and make not provision
for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts
‘theréof” (Rom. 13:14).
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