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OFFICIAL ORGAN NEWTON COUN¬
TY AND CITY OF COVINGTON, GA.
R. F. TAYLOR, Editor and PublUher
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COVINGTON, GA., JUNE 9, 1915.
And we hear that you can buy all
the gasoline you want in Oxford on
Sunday.
Now that w e have a ball team let’s
give it the support that it deserves. Go
to the first game on the local grounds
and “root” good and hard.
We can’t believe that it is because
the paragrapher on the Macon Tele¬
graph is afraid of his job that he
doesn’t slip one over on the boss.
And Mexico continues to make infor.
maI efforts for peace. Won’t be long
before there will he anothe r ex-pre-s
ident to Mexico’s growing colony of
ex-presidents!
Tlie Emory boys are burning gaso¬
line this week. We believe it is worth
ninp months of hard study in college
for just a wed. ,’ motoring with some
of these fair ones \vp have seen in Cov.
ington.
And the baseball team is assured,
work on tlie grounds and the grand
stand have ACTUALLY BEGUN. Also
I»lans are being made to get the team
in shape to play some good games in
the next few days.
If the paragrapher on the Macon
Telegraph fails to attend the press
meeting at Eastman, there will be a lot
of disapointed editors—may drive
them to drink something stronger than
Methvin’s grape juice.
If. Hon. M. L. Brittain accepts the
offer of the Board of Education of Ful.
ton county to head the schools there,
the state of Georgia will lose a mighty
good official. Mr. Brittain’s adminis¬
tration has been one of the best and
we bate to give him up.
Not long until the Legislature will
meet and then the fight will he on for
various and sundry pet measures and
few good laws, as usual. Prohibition
will be fought out again this year and
that will give the members a good sub
jeet to work on.
It seems to us that a well drilled on
the square for the use of the people
who come to town would not be a bad
investment. There’s no public place
in town where water can be had. ex¬
cept the city wate r and that is no good
to drink in summer.
That Paragrapher on 'tlie Macon
Telegraph is one of the best, and we
do not see why Editor Anderson should
want to blue jiencil anything that he
writes. We would like to see him at
Eastman this year and see just how he
looks.
We would like to have a few letters
from some of the citizens of the county
on whether or not a hill should be in¬
troduced by our representative to abol¬
ish the office of treasurer of the county
We would like to have some on both
sides. Rend them in.
And now Edito r Rucker, of Alpha¬
retta. wants to know if there is any
chance of the paragrapher of the Ma¬
con Telegraph going to heaven. A cur¬
rent writer for newspapers says that
he holies to meet Horace Greel.v and
diaries Dana there and this caused
Mr. Rucker to ask the question.
Judge Ben J. Edwards, of Walton
county, representative-elect, is a can¬
didate for Rpaker of the next House
to succeed Hon. W. H. Burwell. Judge
Edwards is well equipped for the
place. He has served as representa¬
tive before from Walton county and is
a very popular man and will no doubt
receive a good support.
Just wait until Covington’s ball team
gets in good shape and then we are
going down to Jim Williams town and
bet him our office safe against his air¬
ship that we take the series. Another
thing, if Bacon at Madison gets sar¬
castic about us cleaning up for Greens,
boro we will stop off at Madison and
‘lean up for the Madison team. Then
we will be ready to go to Eastman and
enjoy the meeting of the Press Associa¬
tion.
KI3
PRESS t I* m I I £
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The civilized world of to-day is a
vast school room, wlmt class are
you in?—-Butler Herald.
Arithmetic. We are just figur¬
ing out how long it wll take those
dear Dodge girls to knit up the
silk socks to be furnished us at
Eastman.—Walton Tribune.
While you are figuring you might
give us an idea of how many more
people there Is left in Germany. Ac¬
cording to newspaper reports, we fig¬
ure they have all been killed, and then
some.
A fellow can’t get into society
these days unless he owns an au¬
tomobile. and then the society he
gets in is some times awful.—
Greensboro Herald-Journal.
In that case, the only advise that
we can offer, is to get you a Ford.
The season lias arrived for
transparent costumes and fire¬
cracker hosiery.—Covington News.
All right, Taylor, save us a seat
on the front row.—Walton Tribune.
Where, friend Camp, in the peanut
gallery or at the next circus we have?
My good friend, Jim Williams,
of Greensboro, has a hoy named
Cranston, who is now in New York,
and who is sending hack home
sketches of his journeys there. He
sent me one the other day. It ap¬
pears to me that Cranston has the
old man “skint,” when it comes to
handling the pen. and that’s saying
about as much as I care to say
this lime.—A. B. C. in Crawford
ville Advocate Democrat.
Well, you have sia<i a whole mouth
full already.
In Savannah the girls marry in
order to avoid becoming old maids;
in Atlanta they marry in the hope
of getting a divorce or permanent
alimony; in Macon they marry in
despair; In Augusta they marry
in vain; and in Greensboro they
marry In good old-fashioned love.
—G reensboro Heratd-Jou rnal
And In Covington they don’t marry
at all.
Right now, across the way from
Covington, we can hear Fields
Taylor singing at Ids work as he
jilans for that trip to Eastman—
and. helieve us. Fields Is some
planner.—Walton Tribune.
Thanks, friend Camp, hut we are
making no plans this year, because
we believe Editor Jim Williams will
fly by the court house tower, on his
way to Eastman, and we intend catch¬
ing liis airship, so \\e will depend on
you to look out for the “Buffalo.”
Glad Editor Fields Taylor gave
up that Census job and came back
to Covington. We just feel bet¬
ter with Fields close by.—Walton
Tribune.
It occurs to us that if you feel that
way you would run up here for a few
hours.
This is a hard season on editors
in Georgia. They have to know
how to spell such words as Prze
mysl and Chautauqua right off the
hat.—Savannah Press.
Close your eyes and see if you can
spell Ethylhydrocupreinhydroehloride.
We understand that this will cure
something, but have forgotten what
it is.
There’s this much about the
threat of Earnest Camp, of the
Walton Tribune, to take a cat to
Eastman if we carry our canary:
When we get there we’re going to
look him over. If he’s a little
squab, we’re going to walk up to
him and say. “Hey you. drop that
dern catIf he’s midling-sized,
bordering on husky, we’re going to
get him to one side and tell him
there’s no sense in the way he’s do¬
ing. And if he’s one o’ these six
foot home products., weighing
something like 200 on the hoof, we
ain’t going to say a word. But
we’re going to watch him like a
hawk.—Macon Telegraph.
’Pears to Us that Methvin had bet¬
ter run a little want ad in his paper
something like this: WANTED—More
policemen to begin work July 13, 1915.
For fea r some of these paragrnnhers
start something they on n't finish at
Eastman during th ( , Press Association.
An evangelist in Tifton is going
to preach a sermon on thirteen
ways to hell. We fear he is an¬
gry because Savannah didn’t get
on the Dixie Highway route—Sav¬
annah Press.
Is via Savannah on the thirteenth
route?
fHE COVINGTON NEWS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9,191$.
Senator Hoke Smith, of Georgia,
is one of the those whose -activity in
of the cotton shippers is based
motives entirely apart from con¬
siderations that have to do with diff¬
between the United States and
Seuato r Smith i s working
an eye singeld to obtaining relief
those who are deeply interested
in the export of cotton to
European continent He has taken
vigorous stand in presenting the
of the cotton people, but has
sought to complicate it with the
war zone issue.
Seuato r Smith made a statement
night reviewing the cotton de
situation and making clear the
of those who believe that the
attitude toward American cot¬
shipments is unfair.
Seuator Smith’s review is directed
perticularly to the Thursday night
of the foreign office, which
he says “surprised all familiar with
the facts and astonished students of
international law.” He expressed
gratification over the state depart¬
ment’s denial or responsibility for any
actions that have to do with diff¬
erences of citizens. “It is the duty
of our government,” he declares, “to
protect our citizens in their legal con¬
ditional eantraband trade.”
No principle of international law, he
says, is more fully established than
that a blockade cannot be made by a
belligerant of a neutral port. Sen¬
ator Smith points out that Great Rrit
tain has never answered the American
note of March 30th, In which it was de¬
clared that “innocent shipments may
he freely transported to and from the
United Staes through neutral coun¬
tries to bellingerent territory without
being subject tot contraband! traffic
or British blockade, much less to de¬
tention or confiscation. Great Brit¬
tain’s answer” he asserts, “ has been
to continue to seize vessels carrying
non-contraband goods belonging to
American citizens, and destined to
neutral ports.”
The Georgia Senator takes issue
with the implied assertion in the for¬
eign office statement of Thursday, that
a representative of American cotton
interests was authorized to make any
such agreement as that outlined in
the statement He thinks it strange,
in view of the expressed position of
the United States government, that
Great Britain should have reached the
conclusion that this arrangement was
acceptable to the United States. Re¬
lying on a communication of October
26, from the British ambassador to th.>
state department, that cotton would
not be seized, cotton merchants in the
United States contracted in January
and February for the sale of cotton in
Europe. For Great Britain to seize
tbia cotton In these circumstances,
Senator Smith says, “because an acr
especially severe, and will subject
Great Britain to heavy damages.”
“No one had the authority,” he de¬
clares, “to waive the rights of Amer¬
ican citizens to ship non-contraband
goods free from British seizure to non.
tral ports.”
Senator Smith gives figures to show
the losses to American cotton growers
caused by the British policy. The
losses may mount high in tlie millions,
he says.
Speaking of the cotton shippers,
Senator Smith says:
“No person has been named in this
country to hear tliei r claims. No in¬
telligent procedure has been presented
by which their claims may be adjust¬
ed. No definite provision has been
made for settlements. It is a matter
which passes lie.vond the powers of the
individual to protect himself. It is
a ease in which our government must
act to right the wrongs of he r citizens.
“Back of it all is the fact that the
whole procedure hv Great Britain is il.
legal. Trade and commerce in cotton,
tobacco, and all non-contraband is in¬
jured. We are also denied the privi¬
lege of using German products
“I earnestly hope Great Britain will
realize that this country cannot per¬
mit the notice of March 1. or the order
of March 12. to remain as a burden
upon our citizens. Pro-English senti¬
ment in this country must yield before
the manifest injustice of Great Brit¬
ain to our citizens.
“At the last session of Congress
there was a strong sentiment in favor
of stopping the exportation of muni¬
tions of war to the allies. Unless this
order is modified when congress meets,
the exportation of munitions of war
will l>e stopped, and the action of con¬
gress may go much further.
“Again let me hope that the Brit¬
ish government, in accordance with
the cordial good will which existed
lietween the people of the two coun¬
tries for more than a hundred years,
will cease disregarding international
law to the Injury of ou r people.”—
New York Times. May 23. 1915.
New York City is following the ex¬
ample of smaller and more progres¬
sive municipalities in establishing a
regular “clean-up-week.” Street Com¬
missioner Fetherston, In forwarding
the movement, proclaims a motto
which is of application to every town,
hamlet and countryside. It is, “Rem¬
ember the three D’s—Dirt, Disease.
Death.”
It seems strange that people have
been so long learning the connection
which hinds these three D’s in a dead¬
ly chain. A famous baby specialist
states in his hook fo r young mothers
that "a bar of yelow soap and a scrub,
king brush backed by a strong pair of
arms are worth all the patent 'dis¬
infectants’ in the world for keeping,
the house safe for the baby.”
Slowly it was learned that Fies and
mosquitoes were responsible fo r much
disease and death. Still more slowly
has it come to public knowledge that
only by eternal vigilance in the matter
of keeping premises clean and free¬
dom from mosquitoes and fleas he pur¬
chased.
Houses, hack yards, city streets,
country roads, garbage disposal, sew¬
age. drinking water—all need to be
watched lest tlie first of the chain
enter. So surely as dirt gets in it will
drag after it the other two. It’s a
good motto: “Remember the three D’s
—Dirt, Disease. Death.”—Augusta
Chronicle.
THE LETTER “E."
Someone has advanced the opinion
that the letter “e” is the most unfor¬
tunate character in the English alpha¬
bet. because it Is always out of cash,
forever in debt, never out of danger,
and in hell all the time.
But we call his attention to the fact
that “e ’ is never in war and always
in peace. It is the beginning of ex¬
istence, the commencement of ease ahd
the end of trouble. Without It there
would he no ment, no life and no heav¬
en. It is the center of honesty, makes
love perfect and without it there would
he no editors, devils, nor news.—Char¬
lotte Ga Gazette.
AUTOMOBILE NUMBER LOST
Lost between Snapping Shoals, Cov¬
ington and Oxford, Saturday after¬
noon. automobile No. 17928. Notify
H. A. DeLoaoh, R. F. D. Porterdale,
Ga.
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any quanity.
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