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Entered as second-class matter De¬
cember 3, 1908, at the post office at
Covington, Ga., under the Adt of
March 3, 1879.
COVINGTON, GA., February 24, 1909
Boost Covington’s advantages.
Deceit and subterfuges are poor ex¬
cuses for a plain, old-fashioned tale.
Covington should pass a law requir¬
ing the owner of every dog to place a
muzzle on it.
“Little Joe” has again had to tell
the anti’s where he stood on the pro¬
hibition question.
A canning factory is one of the
numerous enterprises that would pay
handsomely here.
We have no boast to make that this
paper is the best in the county. We
leave that for the public to decide.
It is said there is a time for all
things. Seems about time Covington
was getting a real live Board of Trade.
The citizens of Newton county want
to see the condition of their financial
affairs and should be given the oppor¬
tunity.
It has been truthfully said that no
man can lay up much treasure in
Heaven until he quits dodging taxes
here on earth.
The only secret service the state
has ever had was the hiring of a de¬
tective to investigate the ni-beer sa¬
loons of Atlanta.
The good roads movement is sweep¬
ing the Southern States and in many
instances is moving the obstacles from
the public highways.
There are a number of people who
live out of cans and paper sacks and
the “home manufactured article”
would appeal to them.
If the local merchats do not adver¬
tise, how can they expect the people
to patronize them in' preference to
the mail order houses?
The time has come when Covington
should begin to show the outside
world the advantages she has and the
things she is accomplishing.
It is up to the gentlemen compos¬
ing the next Grand Jury to make a
recommendation that the County
Clerk’s report be published monthly.
The grand jury of Hall county re¬
commended the general presentments
be published in all the papers in the
county and that each paper be paid
$15 for the service.
Since the beginning of the water
and sewerage system this city is be¬
ginning to take on city manners prop¬
er. We suppose the next thing will
be the sheath gown.
Mail order houses believe in printer’s
ink and advertise extensively. Half
the people who patronize them don’t
know that their local merchants keep
similar goods.—Winder News.
If there is anything in the columns
of this paper that hits you don’t think
we are aiming at you. We are merely
stating facts as we see them, believ¬
ing that this is what the people of
Newton county want.
We have received several commen¬
dations on the fight we are making
for the advancement of Covington in
the manufacturing line. We apprec¬
iate these kind words, but the thing
we want to see is the factories.
When men have their money in any
business or corporation they have a re¬
port of its business given them month¬
ly. Still, we are all interested in the
affairs and financial condition of the
county, and tliere is not one man
of twenty-five who can even tell you
what the total tax receipts were for
the year 1908.
The fact that our fifty cent proposi¬
tion has closed does not keep the
people from subscribing to The News.
We have received within the last few
lays something like twenty-five
new' subscribers at the regular rate of
>ne dollar, and they seem to be sat
sfied.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
OBITUARY.
Tis sad to part with those things we love, and sadder still when
it is one that has always been a source of comfort to us. It is particu¬
larly sad for the writer to speak of the merits and helpful influence of
this departed one, but we feel that we are called upon to pay tribute
to the memory of deeds accomplished, and although we feel our incom¬
petence we will do the best we can. We have all said our last fare¬
well to Covington’s Board of Trade, whose death occurred in Covington
last year. Its death was caused principally from stagnation, but after a
long struggle a complication of diseases set in and death resulted, from
acute indifferentia, lazitis and chronic billiousness. The entire commu¬
nity (except the business men) mourn over this sad and untimely end of
so noble and worthy a friend. Its influence is sorely missed and it
seems that the city as a whole is still in gloom and despondency. This
noble, helpful and beloved brother should have a monument erected to
its memory and upon this marble shaft should be placed, “The Life of
the Departed Was Good, But Not What it Might Have Been.”
SOME THINGS AS WE SEE THEM.
Along about the time the News made its first appearance several things
came up which made us feel that we were not being treated square, among
which was a thrust at the offer we were making to send the paper a year for
fifty cents. At that time, (or for that matter now,) we saw nothing to stir
up ire in the offer. It was just a business proposition with us and we took
advantage of it. We came out boldly and made the offer to all. The source
from which the thrust referred to came, has seen the expediency of letting
some of its patrons have the paper at the rate of fifty cents. We want it
understood that the price of this paper is the same to all and at no time will
we receive subscriptions at different prices. It is true that under a clubbing
proposition it is hard to tell just what each publisher gets, but in this case
we know what price is being received and we also know that in the case
above referred to that the fifty cents was all he received.
GOOD ROADS AND SOME OF THEIR BENEFITS.
The last issue of The News mentioned a very commendable undertaking
on the part of the citizens of Rocky Plains district, whereby they intend to
put the public highways of that section in perfect condition. This is a move¬
ment that should receive the hearty encouragement of every citizen of New¬
ton county.
Good roads are essentials to every good town, to every good county, and
to up to date and progressive farmers.
There is no denying the fact that Newton county needs good roads. Ev¬
ery one will admit that fact. There is some difference of opinion as to the
best way to secure them. This is a matter that must be settled by our citi¬
zens and one that we believe will soon be settled, as there is a growing senti¬
ment in every section for better public highways. The importance of good
roads and their economic value has been pointed out many times.
The city of Covington feels the need of good thoroughfare, the county of
Newton and her citizens feel the need of good thoroughfares. Poor roads
cost a county several thousand dollars every year and the amount of damage
otherwise done to a section cannot be estimated.
With good roads in every section of Newton the value of real estate
would rapidly advance and we would see right here one of the most progres¬
sive and enterprising counties in the state.
Good roads are the best advertisement a county can have. Capital will
come here rapidly. People will move to a county with good roads more
quickly than they will where the roads are poor. Capitalists and promoters
are looking for counties with good roads to locate and invest their money.
Good roads to a county mean a saving of time to every citizen. It is a
small matter when a farmer can put four bales of cotton on his wagon and
trot his team to town with more ease than he can put two bales on the same
wagon and climb the hills and wear out his vehicles and kill his stock over
some of the roads that have to be traveled under conditions where the roads
are poorly worked and kept up. It is no small matter when a farmer will
drive twice the distance over good roads to market instead of coming to his
home town because of poor roads.
Now, why can’t the citizens of this town and county come together and
form some plan for better highways in this county ? All roads must be made
to lead to Covington. This city must be made the center; of the rich sur¬
rounding country. Then you will see Covington grow and you will see the
county in a prosperous condition.
THINGS THAT ARE MAKING COVINGTON WHAT SHE IS.
It has come under the observation of all thinking men that those things
which go to make a live progressive town are the manufacturing enterprises,
public improvements and the right kind of hustle and progress behind It all.
Covington, at present, is in her infancy along these lines, with the exception
of progress, and her citizens, or some of them at least, are hustlers in every
sense, but the thing that is most needed is promoters. In speaking of pro¬
moters w T e do not mean the class of men traveling the country selling stocks
and bonds in some corporation that is a veritable Aladins’ lamp, and which,
as a matter of fact, is nothing more or less than blue sky. We mean capi¬
talists who are looking for a place to invest their money to bring them a fair
and honest return on their holdings. There are a number of men with small
capital in this city who would unite with men of sound business principles in
establishing manufacturing enterprises here that would reap a good harvest
for the stockholders. There is no better place in the state to live, and as for
the enterprises we have, they are all making money, notwithstanding the re¬
cent financial stringency, and during the past year or tw'o there has been
several new ones added to our list.
The fact that the different interests here are prospering is the strongest
testimonial we can present to outside capital. Other factories would pros¬
per in the same proportion, and there are a number of the smaller factories
that could be conducted profitably here if some of our enterprising citizens
would start the ball rolling.
Covington is making preparation and putting in a number of public im¬
provements and necessities for the convenience of her citizens, and realizing
the need of water and sew'erage she is going right along laying the pipes on
a thoroughly modern system all the way through. Do you think she would
do this if there was no probability of it drawing citizens to the ciiy? wedon’t
think she would spend $60,000 just for the convenience of the peo¬
ple living here if it was not for the fact that these things will have a ten¬
dency to increase the population to a very great extent during the next
twelve months and we see nothing to keep her from growing more in the
next two years than she has in the past ten. But it will never do for us to
sit down and let things take its course. The greatest gift God gave man was
energy, and the best time to use it is right now, while conditions are right
for growth and progress—and above all, if you don’t want to see this city
grow, don’t knock, just quietly “sneak out” to some other place.
During the past few years Covington has made unusual progress, and
among other things she now has a 15,000 spindle cotton mill, a $50,000 cotton
oil mill, a $20,000 public school building, a $6,000 buggy and wagon factory, a
$75,000 water and sewerage system, a $30,000 electric light plant, a $15,000
Baptist church contract let, a cotton compress with capacity of 1,000 bales
| dailj, a $5,000 ice plant, a $25,000 lumber company, besides the largest
eantile interest of any town in the state of the same population. This city
is within three miles of the Bibb Manufacturing Co., at Porterdale, capital¬
ized at $300,000 and working about 600 hands. Besides all the above she has
a number of small industries, a public park, two railroads, a street railroad
The New's and one other weekly paper.
The city is in one of the most thrifty agricultural sections of Georgia is
the county site of Newton, with a population of 25,000 of the best people’ in
Jie world, and she wants more manufacturing enterprises and offers the best
kmd of inducement for men with money to invest. We’ve got the goods
right here and Covington is going to grow and the thing to do, is for the cit
zens There to help her nothing'more hurry.
is conducive to the rapid growth of anv place than a
good, live Board of 'Irade, made up of the progressive citizens of the citv
and who will put their energy and ability into it to make the best of the
natural advantages we have. Almost every day letters come to the citv
from people living at a distance, inquiring into conditions with a view of
locating permanently, and they are looking for a live town. This would
come under the work a Board of Trade could handle, and it is a positive fact
that if our location, advantages and conditions could be given them in a clear
concise manner nine out of every ten people looking for a location would
eorne here. These are things our citizens should think about and offer
gestions for the advancement of Covington sug¬ K
ABOUT THE REPORTS.
When the municipal officers were
installed into their respective offices, ,
one of the first things to come up for
consideration was the passage of a ;
resolution that the city would publish
a monthly statement of the city clerk
of the financial matters and other
items of public interest. This resolu¬
tion was passed sometime during the
first part of January.
We have always stood for publicity
in public affairs, through no lack of
confidence in the officials, but from
the simple fact that it is the people’s
affairs and should be submitted to
them in a condensed form, that they
may see the exact status of affairs at
all times. After this resolution was
passed by the mayor and council The
News tendered that body a letter in
which its columns were offered the
city for the publication of the Clerk’s
report, there to be no charge what¬
ever for the space. The letter was
sent in something like a month ago
and up to the present time w'e have
heard nothing from it, and do not
know whether it is now the intention
of the city to publish the reports or
not, or whether the columns of The
News were accepted.
We would like very much to keep
up with the affairs of the city whether
they are published in this paper or
not, and await their publication with
interest.
CAN IT BE TRUE.
A statement recently made by the
State Prison Commissioner to the ef¬
fect that if frauds were not practiced
in obtaining pensions for alleged Con¬
federate veterans those who are real¬
ly entitled to pensions could be better
cared for has stirred up considerable
comment fn Georgia.
Can it be true that frauds are prac¬
ticed to such an extent as to have
such bearing upon the payment of
pensions as indicated ? We are loth
to think so. Truly debased would be
the man who would use such a senti¬
ment as that which prompts the pay¬
ment of stipends to the old soldier to
defraud the state; and still baser
would he be to practice that fraud
when in doing so he detracts from the
benefits that is intended shall accrue
to those who braved hardships and
death for their country’s sake and
w'ho are now at that age and physical
condition in which aid must be given
them to help them pass their latter
days in comfort and in many cases
without suffering. We are loth to
think we can have such debased be¬
ings in our midst.
But, if we have, every effort should
be put forth by officers and the public
generally to detect and stop such
frauds. Especially should old
be zealous in trying to f erret out
fraud perpetrators. As long as
are permitted to practice the
an odium is placed on the entire
sion list of the state, and we
ly do not want to see any odium
tached to the old soldier.
It may be possible that some
these frauds are practiced in our
ty, but we can’t believe there are.
Peculiar conditions give
one among the largest pension lists
proportion to the population of
county in the state. This comes
the fact that one or two
that went from this county to the
were so stationed that they had
little fighting to do and hence
death rate during the war was
the average. This was no fault of
members of those companies.
performed the duties assigned
w'ith as much fidelity as did any
soldiers and would have been as
and loyal had they been stationed
the thickest of the fight as any
be. The large number of
of these companies gives the
a pension roll that would seem to
above normal, and hence the
ion might go out that frauds were
ing perpetrated even if they are
This would make it more urgent
our county that none but those
led to pensions get on the roll.
sioners and officers should be
tionally diligent in this line,
should they find that any have
ticed fraud in securing stipends
tended for veterans there should
no hesitancy in exposing them
having their names removed from
lists. This ought to be done
delay that the public may be
ed that the large list of pensioners
this county is not due to the
of frauds.—Oglethorpe Echo.
The Baptist Helper.
Volume one and number one of
Baptist Helper is on our desk. It
published by the Covington News and
edited by Rev. A. C. Shuler,
of Gresamville and Buckhead
churches. It is published under the
auspices of churches and their allied
The religious and benevolent enterprises.
purpose of the publication is to
unify and strengthen and advance the
work of these churches and foster a
feeling of common interest and com¬
mon purpose among the membership
of these churches.
Tiie first number is neatly printed
and carries interesting reading mat¬
ter relative to the work of the two
above-named churches, as well as
some attractive advertisements.
It is published twice a month, and
mailed at Buckhead as second-class
matter. The subscription is 25 cents
a year.—Madisonian.
Hot and Cold Drinks
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NEW RACKET STORE
We appreciate your liberal
patronage in past and try to
show our appreciation in a
sabstantial way by giving
you the same Big Cash Val=
ues in future. New Goods
of the season arriving every
few days.
J. I. GUINN, Covington, Ga,
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HORSES - AND - M ULES
Do you want to buy, sell or swap or ex¬
change in any way? If so, come to see
me when in town. My place is head¬
quarters for all kinds from best down to
first Tuesday kind. Prices and terms to
suit purchaser. My Motto is
Qaick Sales anil Small Profits.
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