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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., JUNE 16, 1915.
It is with pleasure we watch the
blackberry patch.
Now you got ’em, what you gona
do with ’em?—To clash T5.
Ding! Ding!! Electric street cars
for Covington in the near future.
W. J. Bryan thinks he can prevent
the war, now that he is a commoti
citizen.
Dear Brother Editors, what shall we
do? Street tax and dog tax are both
now due.
Some time vve wonder what women
would think of men if they wore short
trousers.
If jitney busses was music, Coving¬
ton would have the best brass band
in Georgia.
We would take a day off and go Ash¬
ing if we were not afraid some would
surprise us—pay their subscription.
The fact that President Wilson ac¬
cepted Mr. Bryan’s resignation, may
be a warning to the rest of the cabinet.
Wonder if the paragraphe r on the
Macon Telegraph joined the machine
gun regiment recently organized in
Macon.
We’re going to the very next picnic
we hear of—invitation or no invita¬
tion—want some yellow legged chick¬
en, we do.
If the time ever comes when you
can buy a Ford for a dollar down and
a dollar now and then, we intend to
have one.
It looks very much like Editor Jim
Williams or Editor George Rucker one
will get whipped, if they both attend
*th e Press Association at Eastman.
These hot days make the expert fish,
errnen of Covington want to go Ashing,
but they advertise in the News and
have to stay at home and wait on
(lie trade.
We congratulate Editor Anderson,
of the Macon Telegraph, on being so
fortunate as to secure this uncompar
able paragrapher. We never take
time to read the head lines on the
front page until we have read his
paragraphs.
The daily patters carry accounts of
automobile accidents nearly every day.
This is on account of reckless driv¬
ing. Driving an automobile over
twenty miles an lion,, takes the joy
out of a joy ride, and it also endangers
the lives of the ones riding.
Another prohibition Aght in the com¬
ing legislature. This will give jorne
of the new legislators an opportunity
to get some of their eloquence out of
their system. Almost any measure
looking to the betterment of the pro¬
hibition law 7 vve believe will be passed.
Macon Telegraph paragrapher with
a canary; Walton Tribune Camp with
a cat: Telfair Enterprise Simmons
with a white possum and Claud Meth
vin can't furnish the buffalo to com¬
plete the circus. WANTED—Some
good performer to furnish a perfectly
good buffalo for the meeting of the
Georgia Press meeting in Eastman.
Send all application with description
and Specifications to Ernest Camp.
Monroe or Jim Williams, Greensboro
and mark these applications personal.
This month’s Everybody’s Magazine
carries an interesting article about
what the United States is doing in the
manufacturing line since the war be¬
gan. There is any number of articles
that have heretofore been manufac¬
tured in the warring countries than
cannot l>e secured now and new man¬
ufacturing plants are being established
all over the United States, among them
lieing a half million dollar textile mill
at I^agrange that Everybody’s Maga¬
zine mentions.
THE DEATH OF JUDGE REID.
In the death of Judge Charles S. Reid the Stone
Mountain Judicial Circuit lost one of the best judgest
that ever presided over her courts and one of the best
men that we have ever had the pleasure of knowing.
The state of Georgia loses one of the best Judges on the
bench of the state.
Judge Reid was appointed Solicitor-General in 1913
and served in that capacity until he was appointed Judge
by Governor Slaton- His services as Solicitor-General
was more than satisfactory to the people of the circuit.
Since he has been on the bench his decisions, his charges
to the Grand Jury and the trial juries have shown the
calibre of the man- He was a Christian in the true sense
of the word and was a friend to the weak and the mighty
alike.
His friends in this county as well as the other coun¬
ties of the Circuit and the state sympathize with the
bereaved family in their hour of distress.
SUPPORT THE BASEBALL TEAM.
The first game of the Covington Baseball team will
be played this afternoon on the new grounds that have
been made possible by some of the public spirited people
of the town. A few men and young men have been
working hard for the past several weeks to make this
possible for the people of Covington and Newton county
and it is now up to the people to show their appreciation
by going to all the games and giving the team their
support.
The first games of the season are rarely, if ever up
to the highest standard. A team has to play some to be
able to play games- Go out and show the players that
you appreciate their work in giving Covington a good
team and that you will support them during the entire
season.
The grand stand is completed and you will be as
comfortable as possible in seeing a ball game. Go and
carry your friends with you and let’s make the team a
go from the first game to the last.
SECRETARY BRYAN RESIGNS.
Did you ever see a crowd of boys start to play a
game of ball—“scrub*’—and start to yelling, pitcher,
catcher, etc., and one get mad and say. “I wont play if
I can’t pitch ?” We have, and the fact that W. J. Bryan.
Secretary of the United States, resigned, reminds us
very much of the school boy who refused to play unless
he could pitch. Mr. Bryan resigned because President
Wilson would not follow his suggestion in regard to the
note recently sent Germany.
That Mr. Wilson is the most universally loved and
admired president we have had in fifty years, is conceded
by almost all. Even his political enemies acknowledge
that he is the right man in the right place- He has thus
far manifested the greatest coolness and ability in man¬
aging this war affair between Germany and the United
States.
The majority of citizens of the United States do not
want war, and wish to avoid it at any cost. They do
not think that the sinking of the Lusitania is reason
enough to justify President Wilson to declare war
against Germany. While this is true, isn’t it also true
that if President Wilson ever needed Mr. Bryan’s advise
and support in this almost present crisis, that now is
the time he needs it? It occurs to us that he could help
more to prevent war, as Secretary of the United States,
than as a common citizen.
If Mr. Bryan had America’s interest at heart would
he turn a cold shoulder to President Wilson ? Would he
leave the best friend he ever had to fill two offices at
such a trying time ?
Mr- President, this nation is behind you, in anything
you see fit to do. Accept all resignations, if it breaks
the entire Cabinet. We have the utmost confidence in
your ability to maintain America’s honor, the greatest
nation on earth.
McGILL—WALKER.
Miss Maggie Lou Walke r and Mr.
Arch K. McGill were quietly mar¬
ried at the home of the bride’s mother,
Mrs. M. O. Walker, Wednesday morn¬
ing at 8:30 o’clock, Rev. J. W. Wes¬
ton, pastor of tile Methodist church,
performing the ceremony.
Only the nearest relatives and a few
friends were present
For th e past several mouths Miss
alker has been connected with the
editorial ^uid business ’departments
nf the Lyons Progress, of which Mr.
McGill is editor and proprietor.
Immediately after the ceremony the
couple left for Atlanta from which
point they will go to Parrott for a
few days’ visit with Mr. McjGUH’s
mother.—Lyons Progress.
Just wait until Covington’s ball
team gets in shape and then we
are going down to Jim Williams
town and bet him our office safe
against his airship that we- take
the series. Another thing if Ba¬
con at Madison gets sarcasm
about us cleaning up for Greens
boro we will stop off at Madison
and clean up for the Madison team
Then we will tie ready to go to
Eastman and enjoy the meeting
of the press association.—Coving¬
ton News.
And, believe us. Bud, that's
where you'll get cleaned.—Macon
Telegraph.
Now, lookahere. Fellow, we’ve been
taking up for you all the time, and
then you come threatening to clean up
for us—ain’t right.
THE COVINGTON NEWS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 1915.
I WITH THE GEORGIA | I
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WELL, ALL RIGHT.
We never tried our hand at
cubic poetry, but we believe we
can get one over. Judgment on
this one:
•‘Oh, luotherj may I go out to
swim?”
“Oh, yes, my darling daughter,
But if you see a submarine ap¬
proaching from the west,
Gather up your little bathing suit
and beat it in an easterly dir¬
ection.”
—Macon Telegraph.
Your Logic is all right, brother,
and your admonition is safe and
sane, but we offer the following
as more urgent just now:
“Oh. mother, may I go to swim?”
Hang your clothes on a hickory
limb,
But for goodness sake don’t Vie
looking back over your shoul¬
der
And bowing and waving you r hand
at every strange man that
should pass along.”
—Lincoln Journal.
The two above poems are all right,
but we offer the following for criti¬
cism as better and more appropriate
to maid and season:
Mother, may I go out to swim?
I’ll hang my clothes on a hickory limb.
I’ll stay in water ankle deep
And hide my fac e so the men can.t
peep.
■-—or
Mothe r may I go out to swim,
Yes, my darling daughter,
Pull off your clothes when you go in
And stay in ankle water.
-or
Mother may I go out to swim
Yes, my dear Sal lie Jim,
But stay in water ankle deep
And hide your face so the men can’t
peep.
Next time anyb dy, managing
editor or whatnot (woof!), slips
anything in this colyum while
we're at praye r meeting, o r some
place like that, he’s got to meet
us at sunrise next morning with
a coupla cold ones and an explan¬
ation. Sick and tired o’ having
fun poked at us.—Macon Tele¬
graph.
Add another “cold one” and we will
run down and be your second.
Since the sparrows got all of
our english peas, the cut worms
swiped our tomatoes, and the cat
birds got all our cherriefs and
raspberries*, we don’t think the
preacher should ask.us for any
missionary money. “We’ve done
our share."—Commerce News.
“Iskahihble,” Brother Shannon, the
blackberries are getting ripe.
Bargain sales say waists are
one-third off hut they are still go¬
ing up—the back.—Butts County
Progress.
It occurs to us that the ladies’
waists is not all of their costume that
is inclined to lie moving upward.
The finest editor in the world;
we'll make it stronger than that,
the finest editor in all the worlds
there are; the finest editor that
eve r was, is, or ever will he, is
over here on the Covington News.
Listen here to what he says:
“That paragrapher on The Macon
Telegraph is 1 one of the best, and
we do not see why Editor Ander¬
son should want to blue pencil
anything that he writes. We
would like to see him at Eastman
this yea r and see just how he
looks.” That is what we call a
journalist and a Southern gentle¬
men and a hot cat and everything
like that. (Copy to \V. TA—Ma¬
con Telegr vph
This is a rare compliment, friend,
hut we fear that you have taken in
too much teritory. We would give
both our river farms and our other
shirt if we could paragraph like you.
nation They is persistently wholly unprepared tell us our for
war. Rather glad to know it. Hope
she wil stay so, and avoid going to
war until she is prepared.—Ogle¬
thorpe Echo.
You're wrong, Brother Shackleford,
the thing we want to do is to make
them think we’re going to wa r so they
will increase the navy’s efficiency, then
if we go to war. we'll be ready fer ’em.
And we hear that you can buy all
the gasoline you want in Oxford on
Sunday.—Covington News. But what
vve are talking about Is, can you buy
it on credit?—Macon Telegraph.
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