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Published Every Thursday
Official Organ of Newton County and
City of Covington Georgia.
FRANK REAGAN, Editor and Publisher
A. S. ADAMS, Superintendent
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COVINGTON, GA., JUNE 22, 1916.
PURPOSELESS PARAGRAPHS
“Painful but not Serious.”
W. J. B. says he is for peace
but he was in Chicago during the
Bull Moose and the G. 0. P. Con¬
ventions.
Covington’s champion black¬
berry picker is Scout Eugene
Lee. We are willing to chal¬
lenge all comers with him.
You may knock this paper all
you please if you pay for the
privilege. The man we hate is
the fellow who knocks 'us on
credit.—Marion Star.
As many knocks as you can
pay for, at so much per knock.
Bryan says he is willing to
ride again in the Wilson band¬
wagon.—Savannah Press.
That’s all right, but don’t let
him play an instrument, f or the
only chords he knows are dis¬
cords.
The country’ll hold its breath
now until it finds out who Wil¬
liam Randolph Hearst will sup¬
port.—Macon News.
Who cares whom he supports ?
Who has ever found out wheth¬
er Hearst is a Democrat, Repub¬
lican, blating calf Moose, Social¬
ist, or Selfist?
Ah. ha! so Mr. Wilson walked
every foot of the way in that
Washington Flag Day parade;
a thing neither Taft nor Roose¬
velt were ever able to do. Now
who d’ye think is going to win?
—Augusta Chronicle.
We wager Wilson will win in
a walk.
The first question that is pop¬
ed to you when you enter an un¬
dertaking establishment i s :
“Where is he?” A jew store:
“Thirty-nine cents special.”
Newspaper office: “See the ‘dev¬
il’ 1 didn’t write it.” Lawyers of¬
fice: “A good case, fifty dollars
please.” Over the telephone:
"The line is busy.” Grocery
store: “Yes, mam, it’s fresh,
just come in.” Cafe: “We are
out.” Last but not least at the
police court: “Eleven seventy
five or fifty days in the stock¬
boro ade.”—Jim-Jams, in the Greens¬
Herald-Journal.
That boy knows a lot for such
a youngster in years.
We shall always think of the
guy who comes in on press day
and stands over the stones,
while we are busily engaged get¬
ting the last forms ready for the
press, talks his eyeballs out, fin¬
gers everything in his reach and
at last picks up the paper’s most
important news item, “pyeing”
it completely, then sits down and
waits to get to read a paper
when it is printed. We just can’t
help loving that fellow, and we
shall cherish his memory when
he is dead and gone.—Just Stuff,
in Swainsboro Forest-Blade.
Yes w r e love the same fellow,
so we desire his company in the
office instead of the composing
room, and, by cards on all our
doors to the composing room,
kindly invite him to make his
visits reach only as far as the
office and not back to the com¬
posing room.
THE COVINGTON NEWS. THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1916.
I begin with the postulate that it is the law of our nature
to desire happiness. This law is not local, but universal; not
temporary, but eternal.
It is not a law to be proven by exceptions, for it knows no
exceptions. Example: The young desire happines's more
keenly than others.
This desire is innate, spontaneous, exuberant and noth¬
ing but repeated over-flows of the lava of dissappointment can
burn or bury it in the human breast. *
On this law of our nature, then, we may stand as on an
immovable foundation of truth.
Whatever fortune may befall our argument, our premises
are secnire. The conscious desire of happiness is active in all
men.
Now if the people of this country are owned by the gov¬
ernment, will not that overflow of the lava of dissappointment
be repeated over and over, until that desire is buried in the hu¬
man breast?
Cannot every one realize that such a law as compulsory
education is a strong point gained by the government, and that
we are so much nearer to becoming slaves of our government ?
And do not all of us value our freedom above all other earthly
things ?
Perhaps it is growing dull upon some of our memory how
difficult it was for the Barons to compel King John to issue
the magna carta or (great charter) some seven hundred
years past, about this season of the year. >
Of course we all know what that charter provided for,
and several of the articles that composed this charter has
been in effect all these years.
Now are we willing for them to be repealed ? If so, then
our government will be as despotic as England’s during King
John’s reign.
Now, I realize that education is a necessity to all nations,
but liberty is dearer to us still. But why not have both ?
Let us turn to our rural schools of today for a moment,
and we will see that they have a length of term from five to
seven months, and their salary is from $35.00 to $50.00 per
month, which barely enables them to procure young and inex¬
perienced teachers, comprised mostly of girls from seventeen
fo twenty years of age.
Now, why not use this money that would have to be ex¬
pended extra, should there be compulsory education, and pro¬
vide an ample salary and nine months terms, then every school
could procure an experienced teacher.
Now, let us travel across the water to far away Japan, a
country that the United States has been sending missionaries
to, and we will find natives of the rural districts very poor,
where'they work m water up to their knees re-setting rice,
which is their chief farm produce. Two to three acres is an
ordinary farm ami a twenty-five acre farm is considered an ex¬
ceptionally large cne.
But still these small farms occupy all of their time, only
their children attend school ten months out of every year, for
their length of term is ten months, and their attendance is 97
per cent. Yet, they have no such law as compulsory educa¬
tion.
Why can’t we have nine months school every year as well
as Japan has ten without compulsory education ?
If we should have compulsory education in the United
States, it is easy to see the next step, and that w 7 ould be com¬
pulsory militarism, and that carries misery with it whereever
it may go.
I will give you a little illustration. While on my travel one
day in the city of Marseilles, France, I made the acquaintance
of a young French soldier- and, after listening to his story, I
realized the injustice of compulsory militarism.
He said that he left home at the age of sixteen and went
to New York and after many hardships in mastering our lan¬
guage and other ways, he finally succeeded in procuring a posi¬
tion, and was doing w r ell, when he received a letter from his
father stating that the French government was going to sell
his (the father’s) property if he did not return and serve his
time in the army or navy (as was the law', of that country of
compulsory militarism) and he immediately gave up the posi¬
tion that was so difficult to procure, and returned to serve
the time for his country, the country which seems to us had
been so unjust to him.
Now, do the people of America want a government of that
kind ? Still France has a republican government in name, and
so has the United States. But if the present state of affairs
exists in the future, how long will it be until we are under the
rule of a monarch?
But we have too many intelligent people in America for
that.
We realize how harsh the word compel sounds when defin¬
ed. It means to force one against his own free will.
Now, I would like to ask of our fellow country-men, to let
us take our government for what it is, “A government of the
people, by the people, for the people.”
JOHN B. DEWBERRY.
SUBSCRIPTION HIGHER AFTER NEXT WEEK.
As we announced some time ago, on the first of July our
subscription rate will be advanced to $1.50 per pear.
At the same time our whole list goes on the cash-in-ad¬
vance basis. All names which are not paid up in advance at
that time will be dropped from the list.
This advance is made absolutely necessary by the tremen¬
dous rise during the past year in the price of everything which
is used in producing a newspaper.
Until July the first, a person may subscribe for as many
years as he wishes at the old rate of $1.00 per year.
The improvements we are making in our plant are expen¬
sive and we are compelled to collect our unpaid subscription
accounts without further delay.
We trust those who owe us will enable us to do this by
prompt payment.
AN EXPLANATION.
This week and for several weeks we shall be both busy and
in considerable confusion in moving into our new building and
arranging everything in its place again.
This will explain any shortcomings in our paper during
that time. We trust our readers wdll be glad to endure this in
order that we may in the future be able to produce an even bet¬
ter paper than heretofore.
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§ OTHERWISE
i By A. S. ADAMS
Have you any little Jigg fam¬
ilies in your town?
*—ir—*
The blackberries and roasting
ears are plentiful in South Geor¬
gia.
*—IF—*
Our highest ambition is to
have the last fly hemmed up in
an air tight room with a swat¬
ter.
Our excuse this week for not
doing justice to this column, is
because we haven’t gotten back
yet.
*—A-*
“Let’s go to war,” seems to be
the latest slogan. Nope, we’ve
got to stay home and take care
of the folks.
---1J-*
One fellow- in referring to this
column, called it “foolish and
otherwise,” while another sug¬
gested “Ys and other Ys.
*—u—*
It now seems very appropriate
to write that old familiar sen¬
tence, “now is the time for all
good men to come to the aid of
their country.”
*—if—*
You can’t appreciate Coving¬
ton thoroughly until you take a
little trip and let your optics
gaze out on small insignificant
towns.
Thirty-one members of the
Baraca class were out last Sun¬
day. Let’s everybody be there
next Sunday and elect officers,
and make plans for our barbecue.
*—IF—*
Two or three Covington boys
have already joined Uncle Sam’s
boys, while others are talking
of joining. Guess they want to
find out if Sherman was right.
*—IF—*
Thought about going to Sav¬
annah while we were down in
that section, but heard that was
so dry until nearly everybody
had moved to Tybee, so we back¬
ed out.
We are pleased to learn that
Mr. Covington is seriously ill
with baseball fever. At time of
going to press his fever was 197
degrees above normal and still
rising.
*—IF—*
One reason why some people
never make a success in this old
world, is because they spend so
much of their time trying to at¬
tend to other people’s business,
and thus neglect their own af¬
fairs.
The Editor of this paper has
introduced a system that will
prohibit gentlemen of leisure
from entering the mechanical
part of the office. But if he will
go a step further and keep the
bill collectors from getting in,
we will be deeply grateful.
*—IF—*
Wonder if Morris, of the Hart¬
well Sun, believes in prepared¬
ness. If he doesn’t- we would
suggest that he finds out what
his Lavonia friend intends doing
in regards to attending the Press
Convention at Decatur.
The Atlanta Journal has shown
its patriotism by promising to
hold its employees’ jobs for
them until they return from
the front, in case they feel like
taking a shot at a Greaser. But
if many join it isn’t at all impos¬
sible that there will be an open¬
ing for some perfectly good men
after the war is over.
~Tr
To get along writing this col¬
umn without the Covington
News, Walton Tribune, Monroe
Advertiser, Talbotton New
Era, Marion County Patriot,
Cuthbert Leader, et al, w 7 ould
be like paragraphing without
Webster’s. It just can’t be
did.—Lumpkin Independent.
And without the Lumpkin
Independent, et al, on our ex¬
change list, The News would
cease to be classed with such
good company. It is the inspir¬
ation received from such papers
that make paragraphing possi¬
ble with us.
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Real Estate
For Sale:
268 acre farm 8 miles from Covington. Can sell on
easy terms.
130 acre farm 2 1-2 miles from Covington practically
new six room house, and good barns and out-houses. Terms
/
Cash.
' *100 acre farm 6 miles from Covington, 6 miles from
Covington, 6 miles from Mansfield. Can sell on easy terms.
80 acres 2 miles from Mansfield, extra good land, with
two tenatnt houses on it. This is an ideal small farm and is
worth investigating.
6 room home in Oxford. Can sell you. Worth the
money. Terms Cash.
4 acres in North Covington can sell all or part. Terms
to suit purchaser.
9 room home and lot in Mansfield. Can sell you on easy
terms.
One nine room Bungalow on Floyd street with all the
conveniences of water and electric lights. Lot 200 by 400
feet.
One 10 room house with eight acres of land on Floyd
street with water and lights. This is one of the best loca¬
tions you can find for a good large home.
One ten room house and eight acres on Floyd street.
FOR RENT:
One 7 room house on church street, with water works
and electric lights.
One 9 room house in Mansfield. ,
J. T. SWANN
Ileal Estate and Loans
Covington, : Georgia
