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COVINGTON, GA., MARCH 20, 1912.
UNDERWOOD’S CAMPAIGN.
This week The News carries a
four page advertisement from the
Underwood Campaign Club, in which
it is set out many things Underwood,
of Alabama, has done for the party.
In carrying this advertisement The
News wants it understood that it dots
not do so because it is supporting
him. In fact The News is divided
on the presidential aspirant. It
makes no difference, however, wheth¬
er Underwood,' Wilson, Harmon or
Clark is nominated, we expect to
support the nominee.
The four pages carried today of
Mr Underwood are filled with many
things well worth the time to read,
as without a doubt he is one of the
biggest men in the south in the dem
ocatirc party and has a strong fol¬
lowing. Mr. Underwood is known as
the enemy of the tariff, and practi¬
cally all +he legislation we 'have had
in recent years against it is due to
the diligence of the Alabaman.
A HOLD UP GAME EXPOSED.
Before you pay charges on an ex¬
press package again it might be a
good idea to make sure the charges
have not been paid at the other end.
The extent to which the express
companies have been robbing the.
people by collecting charges at both
ends of a shipment as revealed be
bore" the Interstate Commerce com¬
mission is amazing.
In the case of one company alone
it was shown that it made 3000
overcharges in one day and collect¬
ed in one year $67000 as overcharges
The officers of the company ad¬
mitted that the system employed to
identify prepaid packages was faulty
but had no particular apology to
make.
“Demands for transportations
charges on prepaid shipments must
cease declared Commissioner Lane
who was plainly provoked. “The
complaints of this practice by ex¬
press companits is universal.’’
In addition to the ease of over¬
charging which come to the atten¬
tion of the Interstate Commerce
Commission it is believed that thou¬
sands of shipments are paid for at
both ends of which the Commission
never hears owing to the fact that
the victims do not know that they
ore being fleeced.—Eatonton Mes¬
senger. !
RAILROAD, CHURCHES AND
ICE FACTORIES PROMINENT
The Industrial Index, published at
Columbus, Ga., for the Southeast,
says:
“Railroads, ice factories and church
buildings are prominent in the indus¬
trial and construction news of the
great Southeast for the past seven
days, which demonstrates unceasing
development.
“The initial work has been begun
in Alabama upon an hydro-electric
plant that will be paid of a million
dollar investment
“Savannah, Ga., will have a power
plant to cost $1,000,000. At Macon,
Ga., a $1,500,000 passenger station is
to be erected.
“A $500,000 corporation of Phila¬
delphia, Pa, has begun the construc¬
tion in Florida of an extensive phos¬
phate plant
“A company with minimum capital
stock of $500,000 has been organized
at Columbus, Ga., to construct a rail¬
road between a point on the Gulf of
Mexico and Atlanta, Ga., a distance
of nearly 200 miles.
“Twenty-six new corporations have
been formed during the week with
minimum capital stock aggregating
$1,318,000.
“A contract has been awarded for
the construction of the Memphis &
Pensacola Railway. Franchise has
been granted for a railway between
Gadsden, Ala., and a point on the
summit of Lookout Mountain. Ar¬
rangements have been perfected for
the extension of railway from Dan¬
ville to Milledgeville, Ga. A route is
being surveyed for a railway between
Decatur and Austin, Ala. Surveys are
being made for a railway between
Gadsden, Ala., Chattanooga, Tenn.,
through northern portions of Alabama
and Georgia.
“Ice factories will be established
at Barnesville and Fair burn, Ga.,
Haleyville, Ala., and Palatka, Fla.
Church buildings will be erected
remodeled at Valdosta and Vidalia,
Ga.; Bay Minette, Ala., and Braden
town, Fla.
A Temptation.
The long continued bad weather
making field work impossible and
preparation for crop planting a thing
much delayed, has brought with it a
great temptation which w' 1 ’ be hard
for the average man to resist.
As the warming and enliving beams
of the sun of Spring bring the fields
into a condition for the plows to be
started, and every preparation made
for the seed to be sown, every day
the idea of the valuee of the child
as a working machine, good for today
will more and more shape itself iu
the head of the ordinary man, and
less and less will he realize his du¬
ties to an immortal mind, which is
crying out for the training which it
will be called upon to assume in the
f ture.
Let me plead the cause of the
school child of 'today. Can we not by
some means, by some extra self de¬
nial keep the boy, keep the girl in
school until May. He or she will
never be so young again, and may
never be so well situated for receiv¬
ing the Gaining which comes from
school attendance os now.
The need of our state is for the
thinking men to run the farms. No
where is there such business possi¬
bilities as in the development of the
farm.
If your boy is to be a better far¬
mer that the farmer of today, he
must first be taught to think; he
must be trained to master the sub¬
ject which may engage his atten¬
tion.
Mental training, mental supremacy
comes only with continued exercise.
In school a while, and out of school
a while, can no more cause your
child’s mind to grow than feeding for
a while and starving for a w.’ ile will
cause your pig to fatten.
Many t 1 ings regarded as necessi¬
ties have been, “at the pinch,” found
to he things which could be avoided.
A way can be found where a way is
denied.
Remember the Great Teacher has
said: “The life is more than meat.”
Sincerely,
HA^tRY H. STONE,
President Board of Education of
Newton County.
March 18, 1912.,
Hon. John M. Slaton has announced
for governor, and his friends are pre¬
dicting that he will have no trouble
in carrying the state by a large ma¬
jority.
Presidential activities are begin¬
ning to loom up all over the state.
The Woodrow Wilson faction is malt¬
ing a strong pull to car-y the state,
and the Underwood people are doing
quite a bit of advertising. May
first is the date for the primary in
Georgia.
There is considerbale talk among
the people in the county about the
dates for the presidential primary
and 'the county primary coming so
close together. It is possible that an
effort will be made to have the lo¬
cal committee change the. date for
the county primary from May fifth to
May first.
HIGH POINT NEWS.
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Loyd, of West
Newton, were the guests of the lat¬
ter’s parents, Saturday night and
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Darby and charm
ing little daughteer, Viola, visited the
latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. M.
Parker, Saturday night.
Mr. Ed Foster and family visited
Mr. Jodie Parker’s family Sunday.
Mr. Chester Vining, of Atlanta, was
mingling with friends and relatives
here Sunday.
Mr. Jim Camp and sister, Miss
Martha, visited Mr. Frank Cogle’s
family. Sunday.
Mr. Frank Britt and family visited
Mr. Lewis Calahan’s family Sunday.
Mrs. Sallie Dawkins visited Mrs. A.
T. Canup Sunday afternoon.
We are sorry to note that Mr. Isaac
Tomlin is not improving.
There will be preaching at High
Point church next Sunday morning
at 11 o’clock. We hope to see a
large congregation out.
COMING AGAIN.
For One Day Only, Thursday March
28th, Eye Specialist of Note to
Be Here.
Dr. Kennon Mott has made a life
study of the eye, its diseases; cure,
and the fitting of eye glasses for
all errors of retraction and is making
these visits to advertise his Atlanta
office, and eye suffers should avail
themselves of the opportunity to see
him.i
Dr. Mott is making some wonderful
cures of headache, nervousness and
bad sight, and his time is so taken
up he can only stay here one day.
His consultation is free and eye suf¬
fers should not miss the opportunity
of seeing him. His office will be os
formerly in the Star Building. * * *
INDIAN RUNNER DUCK EGGS..—
Eggs from the best stock at $1.50
for 11. J. L. STEPHENSO.N, Cov¬
ington, Ga.—4t
MARCH 20, 1912.
ALCOVY NEWS.
Mr. B. F. Dotry, of Jefferson, Ga.,
who has been ^pending several
days with his daughter, Mrs. G. W
Gober, left Saturday for his homo.
Miss Mamie Simons, of Social Cir¬
cle, spent Sunday with her cousin,
Miss Maggie Simons.'
Miss Kate Nash spent Saturday
night with Miss Bertha Chapman.
Miss Lois Wofford, of Social Cir¬
cle, spent a short while ' with Mrs.
J. S. Fillyaw Sunday t > li
Mr, P. G. Greer is spending sev¬
eral days with ‘his sister, Mrs. J. T.
Swords, in Atlanta.
Mrs. W. E. Savage and Jim Berry
attended the singing at Cornish Mourn
tain Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Gober, of Cov¬
ington, spent Sunday with Mr. G. VV.
Gober’® family.
Mr. Elmer Reynolds visited friends
in Atlanta Saturday and Sunday.,
Mrs. O. N. Stanton, of Social Cir¬
cle, spent last Monday afternoon
with Mrs. J. F. Nash.
Miss Nina Lane spent Sunday with
Miss Dawson Bradley.
Miss Ethel Wiley, of Jersey, spent
Saturday night and Sunday with her
cousin, Miss Mattie Juel Beam.
Honor Roll.
1st grade—Annie Lou Fillyaw.
2nd grade—Mary Darnell, Mell Si¬
mons.
3rd grade—Tommie I jane, Luther
Darnell, Lottie Darnell, Rufus Nash,
Willie Blanche Fillyaw.
4th grade—Willie Pickett, Fannie
Mae Fillyaw, Maggie Simons.
5th grade—Orion Bryan, Jim Higgin¬
botham, Neal Nash, Pauline Nash,
Robert Chapman, Odis Lane, Frank
Reynolds, Harmon Gibbs.
WOMAN TO EMANCIPATE MAN
Time, Says M. Finot in “The Eternal
Feminine,” to Throw Off Yoke
of Eternal Feminine.
Paris.—M. Jean Finot, in his new
book, “The Eternal Feminine,” reach¬
es the startling conclusion that it is
man and not woman who needs eman¬
cipation. Man must proclaim his inde¬
pendence, he declares; for thousands
of years he has borne the yoke of
the eternal feminine; it is high time
that he fought for his freedom from
woman, who, by law and custom,
keeps him a slave to her emotions and
caprices. He thus begins; “All our
trouble can be traced to the Church
Council, which was rash enough to de¬
clare that woman had a soul. Man
originally knew well enough that wom¬
an was his inferior, but as time went
on one man out of pride and vainglory
boasted that he had a handsome mate.
Another at once boasted that he had a
handsomer. The men then begin to
dress them up in fine feathers ' out
of sheer rivalry.
“When a rib was taken out of Adam
during his sleep—it was a mean thing
to have done—Adam, I imagine, felt
nervous at the sight of the first strange
creature, Eve.
“He climbed up a tree, no doubt,
and looked at her as his feet were
dangling from the branch on which he
sat. She was lying in the grass, bask¬
ing in the sun, already showing her
disposition to idle away her time.
“Driven out of Paradise, Adam had
to work to support her. When he re¬
turned after a hard day’s work Eve
said to him:
“ ‘See, I have also been working!
Look how pretty I am! I have made
myself a beautiful dress of leaves. I
discovered a lovely pink shell with
which to polish my nails—see how
they are shining. Why don’t you admire
my headgear? Isn’t it lovely? Don’t
you like these birds’ wings? Ah, this
new life of ours is hard, but I shall
have courage. I am looking well, am
I not? I slept a little when the sun
was high. But you seem to be de¬
pressed. You are not at all cheerful,
my poor Adam. Ah, I see you cannot
bear up against misfortune as well as
myself. Come and smile.”
“Adam heaved a sigh and tried to
smile.”
KANSAS STRAW IS NUISANCE
Santa Fe Road Officials Experiment
to Find Some Way It Can
Be Used.
Topeka, Kan.—“The greatest need
In Kansas is some method by which
straw may be utilized,” said J. H.
Koontz, general freight agent of the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe rail¬
way. “We need some plan of getting
rid of the straw left on the fields
after the threshing,is done.”
Hoping to solve the problem, the
Santa Fe officials have been having
experiments conducted with a view of
making a satisfactory fuel for stoves
and furnaces from straw by treating
it with fuel oil and compressing it
into blocks.
Mr. Koontz estimates that along the
line of the Santa Fe alone 20,000 acres
of wffieat land is wasted on account
of the straw stacks.
“Straw is of little value as feed,”
he says, “and of no value as fertilizer
until it has rotted. It takes a long
time for that. Burning a stack takes
several days’ time and leaves the
ground under it in a useless condition
for years.”
Dog Chews Tobacco.
Springfield, Mass.—“Teddy,” a Bos¬
ton bulldog who chews tobacco and
holds his head over a cuspidor when
he sneezes is being held by the Bos¬
ton and Maine railroad until an owner
claims him.
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PLUCKY BOY FINDS FATHER
Ten-Year-Old Traveler Makes Long
Journey Alone to See Parent
at Fall River, Mass.
Hightstown, N. J.—Tired of waiting
for a promised visit of his father, ten
year-old James Francis. Jr., ran away
from his home at Perrineville and
the following day, while relatives and
friends were excitedly searching for
him and adding to their fear that he
had been kidnaped, the youthful trav¬
eler presented himself before his as¬
tonished father in Fall River, Mass.
That Jimmie goes about with his
eyes wide open is shown by the fact
that he safely negotiated the trip from
the memory of a similar journey
made several months previous. Mak¬
ing his way afoot to Hightstown, with
money he had saved in a toy bank be
bought a ticket for New York and
spent the night at a hotel near the
terminal. Undaunted when he lost
his way next morning, the fearless
little fellow, by asking questions, final¬
ly found his way to the Grand Cen¬
tral station and was soon speeding
toward the Bay state.
Refusing to have the boy sent home,
the elder Francis has taken the lad
along for an extended business trip
through the New England states.
HAD SCHOOL TO TEACH CRIME
Californian Taught His Son and As¬
sociates How to Steal—Jail
Holds Both.
San Quentin, Cal—A father and
son are in prison here to serve fifteen
years each for burglary, and it Is be¬
lieved to be the first time in the his¬
tory of the state prison records in
California that a father and son fig¬
ured in such a unique episode.
The prisoners are Nelson Primrose,
the father, and Edwin Primrose, his
son. Both pleaded guilty to commit¬
ting a series of robberies.
The elder Primrose apparently con¬
ducted a school of crime for his twin
sons and their associates, who are
still in their early twenties. The case
is one of the most unique in the crim¬
inal annals of this country.
Hereditary Scholarship.
London.—An example of hereditary
academic distinction as remarkable as
that of Prime Minister Asquith’s sons
at Oxford is afforded by the song of
Dr. Butler, the famous master of Trin¬
ity college, Cambridge.
His eldest son swept the board of
all the chief classical honors, and the
second son, Gordon Butler, has now
repeated that performance, while the
third son, also a scholar of Trinity, is
following in his brothers’ footsteps.
In doing this the sons are repeating
their father’s record. Their mother,
as Miss Ramsey, surpassed all com¬
petitors in the Classical Tripos in
1887.
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