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OFFICIAL ORGAN NEWTON COUN¬
TY AND CITY OF COVINGTON, GA.
R. F. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher
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COVINGTON, GA., MAY 26, 1915.
Well, the Chautauqua ain’t nothing
but to keep a good man from feeling
h-a-a-d.
Have you bought your Chautauqua
ticket? If not the time is drawing
near for the entertainment and you
should get your ticket now.
You can call the Chautauqua, you
can call the Chautauqua, just any old
thing you p-l-e-a-se. but the Chautau
qua is something that wil cure the
"blue” disease.
The Season has arrived for transpar¬
ent costumes and firecracker hoiser.v,
and we might add that the hoisery for
both sexes this yea r is just a fraction
louder than before.
What’s the matter with our proposed
electric line? Since the way began we
have heard but little about it. It
seems to us that this line would pay
while the war is going on.
The R. F. D. men of the Eighth
District will meet in Elberton on May
31st. An interesting program has been
arranged for the letter carriers and
a pleasant day is anticipated.
And now the “jitneys” are operating
In competition to the railroad com¬
panies. and another lengthy paper goes
to the Railroad Commission. Nothing
like having plenty of different ways
to travel.
Once upon a time—long ago—Cov¬
ington had a sprinkler that cost some
perfectly good money. Whethe r it is
still an asset of the city we do not
know. We have not seen it for sev¬
eral years.
Newton county's rural schools have
just closed one of the most successful
years in its history. Newton is at the
head of the other counties of the state
in rural schools and should be proud
of the fact.
And now the Telegraph says that
Claude Methvin has put a taboo on the
"Buffalo” for Eastman for this year.
Times do change. The “Buffalo” goes,
but Jim Williams will he there in an
airship to give us a thrill (?)
If you have decided to take that
trip to the big exposition, it would pay
you to communicate with us in regard
to rates, hotels, and side trips. We
represent the McFarland Tours, one °f
the best and most reasonable.
Congressman Sam J. Tribble was
here for a short while Wednesday en
route to I’orterdale where he gave his
illustrated lecture to a good crowd
there that night. Col. Tribble has
been making these lectures since Con¬
gress adjourned and lias engegements
up until July 1st.
The Conyers Times is getting out a
newsy sheet these days. Mr. Tyler,
who lias been in Conyers but a short
time is showing the people of Rockdale
county that lie is a newspaper man and
that lie knows how to get out a good
weekly.
Already there is some talk about the
prospective candidates for the county
officeV-s next year. The four year
term for the county officers will apiieal
to many and will no doubt put a lot
of candidates in the field for the var¬
ious offices.
The Greensboro Herald-Journal, the
first paper to publish an article say¬
ing that it doubted the guilt of Leo
M. Frank, carries an ediotrial in its
last issue saying that Frank’s sentence
should l>e commuted to life by Gover¬
nor Slaton or Governor-elect Harris.
The joke is always on the Ford, but
the owners of these cares that have
purchased them sinco August 1st, will
receive their rebate of $50.00 for each
ca r purchased. This was offered if
the Ford factory built 300,000 cars in
this year. From all indications they
will go over this amount. More than
90,000 cars were built in March and
April.
Nearly every town the size of Covington in the State of Geor¬
gia has a good ball team. Why can’t Covington have one too ? We
are told that there is plenty of material in Covington and Oxford to
have one of the best amateur teams in the state, and all that is
needed is for someone to get behind the movement and get them
together and form a team.
Few things in the way of sport give as much pleasure to the
people generally as baseball and none gives more. Several years
ago Covington had an excellent team, with nearly every place filled
by a home man- Most of these men are here yet and are still good
ball players if they are a little older, and there is plenty of young
men that would take the places of the “retired” Two years ago
Newborn, with less than one-third the population of Covington,
had one of the best teams in the state in amateur baseball. They
worked together and had the support of the people of the town.
There is plenty of people in Covington) who would be glad to give
a little time and some money to have Covington get a good team.
What we need is a leader.
Why can’t a few of the fans get together and form an asso-'
elation and elect a committee to see what can be done toward form
inp a baseball club for Covington ? We have talked to several and
they are all in favor of it if we can get a man to get busy and get
a bunch of the interested ones together we believe that it will re¬
sult in a ball team for Covington.
ELBERT HUBBARD.
What splendid literary value Elbert Hubbard gave to the
world of letters in his classic “Little Journeys ” and now he him¬
self has gone on one of these, his own “Little Journeys.” How
bereft are we, and how helpless, for his life’s journey can never be
told us in the irresistible manner that he described the lines of
other great people. Whose life can be so interesting as his. or so
replete with good works ? Who can measure heart beats with him
when it comes to love for his fellow being, his sympathy for all,
and his great capacity to uplift, to help and to educate ? He was
an individual, unique and unlike. If it were possible to determine
the greatest deed of this great man, would it not be that he suc¬
ceeded in dispelling the horrible and deadly influence of fear?
Years ago he took this text: “Fear is the root of all evil.” He
taught us and we gradually and surely learned his meaning, that
fear is hate, envy, belief in hell, jealousy, revenge and all evil that
hurts to harm.
It is plain that in the beginning Hubbard lived close to Emer¬
son, but in Emerson’s own words. “Limitation is the only sin.” and
after awhile Elbert Hubbard spread his mental wings till they
reached far and wide, dropping as they expanded, beautiful feath¬
ers of truth. Emerson helped the few; Hubbard th many.
They say of Hubbard that he knocked the religious props from
under one, and then failed to replace them with something better.
I wish I could hear him give his georgeous. happy laughter over
this, it would more than compensate for a displaced religious prop
By the way is Religion a prop—made of wood or brass, oh me, oh
my, don’t we get all mixed up and confused when we begin to
criticize. One delude person accused Hubbard of believing in free
love. “Oh no,” said Hubbard, “I believe in love being free.” I’ve
often wondered if this person ever understood
A certain woman once said to Whistler, “I can’t see those bril¬
liant colors of red and blue and pink and purple on the ocean that
you put in your pictures.” He re plied. “Don’t you wish you could.”
Alas poor woman.
Some say that Fra Elburtus was a Poser. Am I not safe in
saying that the last pose he’ll take will be in the Hall of Fame,
and these, his critics, will be satisfied to repose in a few feet of
earth—Alas, poor critics.
W. C. T. I. NOTES
At the celebration of (lie fiftieth
anniversary of the National Tenqier
andee Society simultaneously in Bos
‘on. New York. Philadelphia. Chicago.
Atlanta and Los Angeles, the rise of
nrohihition was hailed with enthusiasm
Ex-Secretary Long, who presided at
the meeting in Boston, said, "I know
>f no college president who is not on
the side of abstinence. If we could
bring home to the rising generation a
realization of the dangers of drink, we
would do more than the colleges In the
■•duration of their students.” Presi
lent Murlin urged a united front for
prohibition. Mr, Tupper said, “We
need only one thing for a saloonless
nation in 1920. that is to give our wives
and mothers the vote.” I am afraid
however, that his hopes are not built
ui a firm foundation. When the ques¬
tion was up in one of the Western sta¬
tes where women were allowed to vote,
the “wet” ticket won. while in an ad¬
joining state wehere they were not al¬
lowed to vote, prohibition won. It is
sad to think women failed to use their
vote against the destroyer of the peaee
and happiness of their homes, and that
has caused them so much suffering and
misery and the loss of so many loved
ones.
A cheering note comes from Terrell
county. At the spring term of the Su¬
perior court the civil docket was light,
and for the first time in thirty years
no murder case was up for trial.
Strict enforcement of the prohibition
law is given credit for the general ab¬
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THE COVINGTOI\ NEWS, WEDNESDAY, RIAY 26, 1915.
sence of crime. Like results would
follow everywhere with strict prohibi¬
tion.
It is said that the ban on Vodka
a Russia lias caused a reduction in
the trade of the pawn shops. Despite
the increased cost of food and cloth¬
ing caused by the war, the people are
steadily losing their dependence on
these institutions, as it proved by sta¬
tistics.
MRS. A. M. TRAVIS. Press Supt.
SHIPPED CAR LOAD OF
CORN TO NEWTON COUNTY
Mess. Patrick and A’niand. who by
the way are among the livest of ('Oli¬
ver's younger business men and mer¬
chants. shipped from Denvers on May
15th a solid car load of corn. The
corn was shipped to R. \V. Campbell
at Social Circle to be sold to the far¬
mers of the lower part of Newton coun¬
ty. This was the first solid car load of
corn ever shipped from this county and
it is not only evidence of enterprise
of Messrs. Patrick and Almand, hut
is also testimony of what Rockdale
county can and is doing—one of the
few counties in Georgia that is
ing more corn than it actually con¬
sumes. —Conyers Times.
The July term of the Superior Court
will no doubt Vie a busy one, for the
county jail is full now. If many more
lawbreakers are arrested and cannot
give bond, the county will have to
make arrangements for more room.
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EDGAR It. GUNN, Councilor.
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Friday night in each mouth. A
warm welcome to visitors.
EDGAR It. GUNN, Con. Commander.
BARNIE E. DIAL, Clerk.
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cough she coughed so hard at one
time that she had hemorrhage of the
lungs. I uas terribly alarmed about
her condition. Seeing Chamberlain’s
Cough Remedy so highly recommended
I got her a bottle and it relieved the
cough at once. Before she had fin¬
ished two bottles of this remedy she
was entirely well,” writes Mrs. S. F.
Grimes, Crouksville, Ohio. Obtain¬
able everywhere.
LAME BACK.
Lame back is usually due to rheu¬
matism of the muscles of the back.
Hard working people are most likely
to suffer from it. Relief may he had
by massaging the back with Chamber¬
lain's Liniment two or three times a
day. Try it. Obtainable everywhere.
FITZHUGH LEE—^LAWYER
Mr. Lee thus announces to the people of Newton and surrounding counties that he w
practice law at Covington and wtll appreciate any le*d business entrusted to him. He*'
admitted to the bar by examination in Fulton county, Ga., July, 1901.
His Office is Room 16 tn the Starr Building, over Fowler Brothers Store.
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night of each month.
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Council 108. Meets
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office building. Vis¬
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Woodmen of (he
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Tuesday’s Sleep. Visitors
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SUMMER HATS
Reduced Prices
Come and see this beautiful dis¬
play and select vours while we
j j have such a complete lire
Mrs. Vera Harper will
| be with for remainder
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of Season.
Powell Millinery Co.
Mrs. C. P. Powell, Mgr.
(Formerly Miss Mattie Carroll)
) Covington Georgia
mer tailoring hfcksh
arrived and i! le
big va'ues ss
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y°" > n other lines
styles qually v ,
ship fully g ua
vcme and see die
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