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TT AND CITY OF COVINGTON,
R. F. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher
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cember 2, 1908, at the post office at
Covington, Ga., under the Act oi
March 3, 1879.
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the rate of one cent a word.
COVINGTON, GA., JUNE 2, 1915.
How about that Rail Team?
Come to Covington Chautauqua and
enjoy yourself.
The editor of the Meriwether Vin¬
dicator says that there is sixteen wid¬
ows in the small town of Greenville
and devotes much space describing
their charms and virtues.
Now is the time and Covington is
the place to sped the balance of tin'
week enjoying yourself at the Chau¬
tauqua. (lot your season ticket and
attend each entertainment.
What's the trouble with the fisher¬
men this year? We haven’t heard a
real good story this season from
anyone here, though there’s lots of
them happenin’ in Georgia these days.
That sixteen page Board of Trade
Edition of the Conyers Times yeste
•day was an example of what a Board
>f Trade can do for a town. The ed
tion was well gotten up from a news
itid mechanical standpoint.
Senator Hakes, of Rockdale coun¬
ty, will introduce a bill in the Senate
to have the office of county treasurer
urert of Rockdale county abolished.
Walton county’s representative will in¬
troduce a similar bill. Last year’s
Legislautre made it possible to abolish
this office in the counties that did not
want it.
We heard some talk a few weeks ago
of a sufferage meeting to be held in
Covington : in fact a young lady from
Atlanta called at our office and said
it was their intention of hawing a
meeting in Covington. No more has
been heard of it and we suppose that
it was given up for lack of interesr.
Covington's beautiful new hotel open
ed for business yesterday and it cer¬
tainly deserves the patronage of the
people. It is a first-class hotel in
every particular and the manager
knows his business. The owners of
the property are to lie congratulated
in giving Covington one of the best,
hotels in the state.
We believe that the city fathers
could spend a little money that would
suit all the people of the town in mak¬
ing a few improvements at Ihe Acad¬
emy Springs. Some weeds need cut¬
ting and more seats are needed. The
ones given some years ago by the pub¬
lic spirited men of tile town are get¬
ting too old for service and new fines
are neetle. What about it Mr. Mayor
and Council.
At two or three games in the past
few days, the boys of Covington are
showing that this town can have a
good ball team. We belive that if they
had the support of the people that it
would no trouble to get one of the
best teams here that can lie gotten
anvwhere. Let's get togethe,. and get
behind the boys who want to have a
team here and help them.
The Men and Religion Movement has
taken up tli<» offers of the brewers and
distillers to the weekly patters. In an
article last week quite a number of
the weekly patters expressed their
views on this class of advertising and
the Men and Religion Forward Move¬
ment had them incorporated in a very
interesting article ia tin* daily papers
of Atlanta.
A booth has been opened in New
York City for the people to sign a
petition to the Governor of the State
of Georgia to commute Frank’s sen¬
tence to life imprisonment. It is said
that this petition of New York will be
signed by more than one million peo¬
ple. This ease has attracted more at¬
tention than any case ever tried in the
United States in so fa r as having pe¬
titions and letters to the state au¬
thorities is concerned. Three legis¬
latures have petitioned the Governor
of this state to commute the sentence
and a large number of daily papers
and weeklies have taken up the fight,
lint no one knows how it will finally
be disjiosed of.
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01 R GASOLINE LAW.
Back in the olden days about 1777.
the Puritans, the first settlers of this
country agreed among themselves,
though no law was tint on the statute
books at that time, that the old Mosiac
taws were good odps. We agree with
them so fa r as we know, which is lim¬
ited. but there is one that "> do not.
In those days the only means of
transportation was a rudely construct¬
ed wagon, a sail boat, horseback riding
or walking. No motor boats or steam¬
boats plied the waters; no motor cars
traversed the trails, but in these days
of good roads and automobiles one of
these laws in particular does not fit
in exactly with present conditions.
Under the city ordinances no person
can buy gasoline on Sunday without a
permit from the Mayor, a member of
the City Council or a member of the
poli-c force. The people soiling gaso
line In town are allowed to sell to an
out of town party or one in town if it
P t o -'ll that it 5s a cas. of emergen
oy, where permission is given. We do
not beleive that this right. We believe
tliaf if any is sold to any person that
it should be sold to all alike, with no
restreition on any one. whether a resi¬
dent of Covington of New York. Tf
we are to allow the sale at all. sell to
everybody. If we are not going to sell
everybody, let’s stop the sail alltoge
ther.
We do not want to be misunderstood
in the matter either. The Mayor fined
-me of the dealers Monday morning
for a violation of this ordinance. We
lo nof criticize him for liis action; in
fact we would have thought less of him
if he did not place a fine on anyone
who violiated a section of the ordinan¬
ces of the city. What we do believe,
however, is that the ordianee is not a
good one and should b e stricken from
the statute, and we havn’t an automo¬
bile either. We do not know of a city
or town anywhere around here where
gasoline cannot he secured on Sunday.
This is the only day when many of the
antmohile owners can get out for a
few hours with their family, and if he
forgets to till his tank on Saturday,
why not let him get it Sunday. W“
would not advocate opening the st nes
on Sunday, but when other towns of
the state allow their dealers to sell
gasoline on Sunday, why not Coving
ton? It seems that this town could
enjoy some of the same privileges.
Another thing; wo do not mean by
this ail ire that we wan* a wide open
t vn. far from it. We do not. hut we
believe that the lid is on just a little
biotoo tight for the good of the peo
nlc generally and that the lid should
b,. i ric(! up just a 1Crl-t .
THE OFFICE OF COUNTY TREAS¬
URER.
Last year’s Legislature made it pos
siii'e for the individual counties of the
State of Georgia to abolish the office
of County Treasurer, believing that it.
wan an unneocessary expnse to the
county.
Quite a number of representatives
will introduce bills to abolish this ofti
•••>. among them being two neighboring
counties. Rockdale and Walton. Var¬
ious i»lans will be made by the different
<•<mnties for the handling of the conn
tv's funds. Some will place the funds
in th • hands of the county commission¬
ers. or commissioner, if onely one.
Some of the counties propose
to lot tlie banks handle file money,
making them give bond t<> cover same.
The office of Treasurer of this coun¬
ty pays something like eighteen hund¬
red dollars a year. Though it requires
(li? time of a man to till the office, there
! s little work attached to same. lie is
eomnolled. however, to devote all his
time and is therefore entitled to oom
oensation.
We believe that these funds of the
county could he handled just as well
iiv the commissioner or by one or more
.f the banks of the county and do away
with the expense. It seems to us that
*he Commissioner and his clerk could
! ssue the same kind of warrants that
are now being used in this office and
that the warrants could he handled
by the bank that lias the county funds
and save the eighteen hundred a year.
Let the warrant be treated as a cheek
and the bank that is under bond to the
county could cash it. Eighteen hun¬
dred dollars is not such a large amount
of money from the tax money of the
county, but it could he used in a very
profitable wav iiv the authorities.
Newton county’s representative lias
made no public anouneement of his
views on tills matte,, of public inter¬
est. but we are sure that lie would in¬
troduce the bill if he believed that the
majority of the people of the comity
wanted it.
There is a good deal of talk about
Covington having a Farmer’s Day and
a big barbecue in Covington in August
this year. We know of nothing that
would give more pleasure to the peo
ple of the county generally than hav¬
ing a day of this kind. Just a little
work mixed with some public spirit
and a little money will carry it
through. Shall we have it?
THE COVINGTON NEWS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2,1915.
LIV-VEK-LAX
All Hie Effectiveness, Not the Effect
Of Calomel,
LIY-VER-LAX is one of the most
important medical discoveries of recent
years. For a long time medical ex¬
perts, realizing (lie harmful effects of
calomel, have been striving to find a
liver cleanser that would be .just as ef¬
fective as calomel, and yet be absolute¬
ly harmless in its action. Recently
this remedy was actually put forth
by L. K. Grigsby in liis LIY-YER
LAX.
LIY-VER-LAX is a harmless veg¬
etable compound, designed solely for
the treatment of live,, complaints. The
immediate favor it has met with in
thousands of homes is proof positive
of its real value.
If you feel worn out. tongue coated,
and skin sallow, don't delay until it
becomes dangerous, nip the trouble in
the lmd with LIY-VER-LAX. Insist
on tli(> genuine, hearing the signature
and likeness of L. K. Grigsby, which
is guaranteed to give satisfaction or
money refunded. For sale by all drug,
gists.
BILLIOUS ATTACKS
When you have a bilious attack your
liver fails to perform its functions.
You become constipated. The food
vou eat ferments in your stomach in¬
stead of digesting. This inflames the
stomach and causes nausea, vomiting
and a terrible headache. Take
Chamberlain’s Tablets. They will tone
up your liver, clean out your stomach
and you wil soon he as well as ever.
They only cost a quarter. Obtainable
everywhere.
There is a photographer in your
town.
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You don’t save money when you hvy cheap or big-can
a king powder. Don’t be misled. Buy Calumet. IPs
more economical—more wholesome—gives best results.
Calumet is far superior to sour milk and soda.
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COTTON SEED FOR SALE
Celebrated Dickson Cotton, while
they last at $1.00 jier bushel.
HARRY II. STONE,
Executor, Oxford, Ga.
D I K E C T O li Y
COVINGTON and OXFORD SECRET
ORDERS.
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EDGAR R. GUNN, Councilor.
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3rd, Friday night in each month. A
warm welcome to visitors.
EDGAR R. GUNN, Con. Commander.
BARN IE E. DIAL, Clerk.
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ROUND TRIP FARES VIA
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAY
To SAN FRANCISCO and SAN DIE¬
GO, CAL., account California Repo¬
sitions . Tickets on sale March 1st to
November 30th, limited three months
from date of sale, except that no
ticket will bear limit later than Decem¬
ber 31st, 1915.
RICHMOND, YA., United Confed¬
erate Veterans Reunion, .Tune 1-3.
ATHENS, GA., Summer School Uni¬
versity of Georgia, June 28-July 31.
For fares, schedules and ffull infor¬
mation call on your local ticket agent.
J. C. HAILE,
General Passenger Agent.
F. J. ROBINSON,
Assistant General Passenger Agent.
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAY
“The Right Way.”
No little one. you cannot get a shim*
on Sunday morning at the barber
shops, if you get your shoes muddy
Saturday night going home that's
your hard luck.
Mia
FITZHUGHLEE—LAWYER
Mr. Lee thus announce, to the people ol Newton and surrounding counties that he
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I.ODGE NO. <i. F. am.
A. M., meets every
first and third Erida.i
night of each month.
Jr. Order Amer¬
ican (Mechanics,
Council 108. Meets
2nd, and 4tli, Fri¬
day nigths, Post
office building. Vis¬
itors welcome.
White Oak Camp,
Woo(lmen of the
Meets 1st, and
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IMP. (). Ii. M. Meet Each
Tuesd ay’s Sleep. Visitors
E. It. GUNN. Sachem.
II. 15. THACKER, K. of W.
ew RACKET STORE
SPOT CASH! N«*w goods of aso]
ONE PRICK! arriy .
BIG VALUES! • u "!
'» iMuny lines ni ‘0
added, nioro to folic vv.
Q mucins puces o.i tow (]uifer *
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J. I. GUINI
The South Will Feed Herself
17 ROM this year on, the South will
1 plant an increased acreage of small
grains. Planting, of course, means grain harvest¬
ing. Even though the field is small—not more
than ten acres — the binder will save enough of
the grain ordinarily wasted with the cradle to
make it pay.
If you have grain in, now is the time to con¬
sider buying a McCormick binder, the oldest
and in many ways the best of the lot.
Come in and talk it over with us.
Stephenson Hardware Co
COVlrtGTO/t, GEORGIA
