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Official Organ of Newton County and City of Covington, Georgia:
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M. H. SINQUEFIELD, Superin tendent.
matter December 2. 1008, at tie Post OIBce at Cov
Entered as second-class
Ington, Georgia, under the Act o f March 3, 1879.
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COVINGTON, GEORGIA, JUNE 21, 1917.
“NEARER MY GOD, TO THEE’
sr-sSaSSsSSaSH
° r came the orga-tra W that
whft -?rSS oSoned sacred music amidst such secular ■ss sur
such
r0Un Thfmen soon and learned the that one was of played the men at the in simple the 17th fu¬
infantry had died music
neral services over his remains. his destination, if »
Of course, it is not for us to speak of
had known his life, as we did not, though we know he has
we “that bourne from which no trav
enterd upon the journey to
e ^ ei impersonal it teaches us each a personal
gut t in an way,
lesson which may profit every one of us.
Every man is now accustomed to the phrase “Somewhere
In France ” or “Somewhere in Somewhere Else.” And when
man lays down this life, to take up another life with which
a is but embarking for somewhere
he is not familiar, he a
whose location he does not know.
But the mah who approaches death without fear and as
one who “lies down to pleasant dream” knows that such some
where does not matter if it but brings him “Nearer My God,
to Thee.” Rather that it is a place more glorious and bright
because it brings us nearer to God is what “soothes and sus¬
tains” the Christian spirit. whereabouts of
Soon “somewhere” is the only many
which we know. Of course, when the great Army is drafted
and gathered at the various camps for training, everybody
may know the location of these camps and Where to find any
individual in them.
But the time will come for the men of this great Army
to be gathered near the ports for transportation across the
seas. It is almost certain that no information as to these
ports will be given out and the men will have to be held there
for^several weeks in some cases, awaiting vessels to convey
them across the Atlantic.
Then all we shall know of many friends and loved ones
will be that they are “somewhere in the United States.”
How important then, aye, how absolutely necessary, that
those who remain to “keep the home fires burning” and also
those who have gone out there “somewhere” to keep back the
vandal from despoiling those homes and from forever extin¬
guishing those home fires shall have in their hearts an experi¬
ence of the fullest meaning that somehow we have all come
“Nearer My God, to Thee!”
And when at last the seas sever sons from sires and
sainted mothers and sacrificing sweethearts, how can the ach¬
ing hearts keep from breaking save that they keep faith in
our God and feel surely somehow all these woes of war and
wrecked frames and fortunes of men are but to bring ua
closer to our God, from whom we so often have wandered far
in our waywardness?
When we behold these tents of the troops on every side
now, as they all point heavenward with that shape which
gives them their descriptive name of “pyramidal,” we know
that, as to their ground shape, they are true to their charac¬
ter. For they have four sides and truly have they gathered
their human souls from the very four corners of the country
and they are about to accomplish in a few short months all
our societies, fraternities, clubs, clans, guilds, and other
things to be joined have not made much progress toward do¬
ing through these centuries; they are about soon to wield into
one the world’s greatest nation and its peoples, wield into
one in war. All this but to return when peace comes again,
to go back to our old before-the-war ways of waste of wealth,
both human and material, because of our ceasing to be as one
and breaking up again in our separate selfish sins and self
seeking.
But can we ever say that the point of the pyramid in the
tent is true to symbol and that the hearts of those sheltered
there also look upward toward Heaven for help and point up¬
ward in their lives ( Can we say that our Army shall go
forth as soldiers of the conquering Cross of the Christ, as
well as soldiers of the stars and stripes, conquering only so
long as God wills it so well for us)
For we unhesitantly say with all the surety with which
the sight of saints has seen the stars of Bethlehem outshine
the stake’s flaming fires in which they gladly welcomed death,
that if our Army marching under the glorious colors of our
country shall also march under the colors of the banner of the
Cross, there will be no cause to compare with ours, and there
can be no earthly Army which will not be crimpled and de¬
stroyed by our irresistable charge.
And some of us who live away from these camps may
dismiss this subject with the thought that the matter does
not concern such persons apart. But this is an error. In all
our broad land today there is no man actually living apart and
wholly to himself, whether he would have it so or not. Every
one of us is a part and parcel of this great project to uphold
the principles of humanity and liberty and righteousness. If
he is not related to it in one way, he is in another. If it does
not touch him by taking out of his life for a new and trying
life some loved one or friend, it is only because he has neither
and so cannot be touched at the heart. If it does not touch
his feelings, it is almost sure to touch his finances.
So at last we are all brought together, some willingly
some unwillingly. The point is that, being brought near to
each other, why now should we not, being together, be
brought also near God.
And this matter should especially appeal to evry citizen
and soldier. If these four-cornered tents, having brought to¬
gether the hosts of men from the four quarters of our vast
country, do not also in truth, as in their shape, point men
toward God, we need to inquire why this is true and we cannot
escape it our responsibility for its not being true by saying that
is impossible in an Army camp to have a religious and
spiritual atmosphere.
We, ourselvs, have some responsibility if men coming to
camps seem to forget all religious inclinations and there
seems to be no religious atmosphere at all at such places.
For we must remember that every man who is now in any
one of the camps now scattered throughout the UnW ©j.
is to be in any of those soon to be created came from our
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and from our homes, and what they do and are when our eyes
are no longer upon them may indicate in tendency at least
that we ourselves really are, save for the restraint of the
eyes of others keeping us apparently righteous. society
Those who were born in our homes and in our
and reared to majority there should reflect our own character
and, if any measure they fail to do so, do we not desire the
censure as much as they. by such
Now we must come as a conclusion reached re¬
flections, to realize and acknowledge that we are now, as in¬
dividuals and as peoples, in helpless uncertainty and confus¬
ion and disturbance. We are most surely in the midst of a
world upheaval. be saved to
We may loose all other moorings and yet or¬
der and perpetuation as peoples and as individuals if we but
hold securely by one anchor. And, on the contrary, we shall
surely be shipwrecked if we loose from this sure mooring, no
matter what others we may ret ain.
Let us lose our faith in God and our sense of dependence
upon Him, and we can know nothing but chaos and confusion
as a country and aa a people,
Now, more may be than at any other time in all the
world’s history, it seems to us, we should hear the clarion
call of conditions clouding our vision to our knees and in earn¬
est prayer seek such success fr-m a Savior as nowhere else is
to be found,
Is this not a time when a nation itself should be bowed
on its knees in supplication to God that he will float out from
• his great book of accounts all our past transgressions and
make us a people worthy of the high and holy purpose which
impels our great government in all its deeds ?
We think there ought to be a great day or prayer for the
nation, in which all the nation and its people shall participate,
when we shall seek the saving power of the Ruler of all na¬
tions of all times and His blessings shall upon his guidance of
our deeds that we may indeed be his people and ever know
and experience the truth of “Nearer My God, to Thee.”
If we will but do this, we know that we shall be as a little
child who in its playing and pranks through the day has often
been disobedient and has hurt mother’s heart, and yet, ere
slumber seals the child eyes, all the waywardness of child and
pain of mother are forgotten as both become one in the child’s
lisping upon the mother’s knee its simple but sufficient, “Now
I lay me down to sleep.”
And, childlike because Christ-like, we shall lay us down
to sleep, sweet and satisfying, wehther it be beneath the stars
of a French summer or in our own little village burial plot in
our own land, with a child’s unquestioning faith that we shall
awake on the morrow.
H OTSHOT S 1
More Uninteresting than Interesting 4
-BY--1 |
M. H. SINQUEFIELD.
War or no war, the old boat
still rocks.
No, we haven’t a little “slack¬
er” in our town.
To our landlady: Please take
jur name off the Grand Old
Buttermilk list.
Evidently, Brown Tyler, of
The Conyers Times, doesn’t like
chop suey.
Personal: We are requested
to note that Mr. Luther Cook
spent Sunday in Starrsville.
Did you ever notiee how a
fellow will compensate a little
extra hustle when he has one
more to provide for?
It is our highest ambition to
live to see the day when we can
look the whole world in the
face and say: “We owe no man.”
When cigarettes, cigars, to¬
bacco, and other smoking mate¬
rials go up in price, it will be all
off with us—for we’ll be forced
to quit the habit.
Holler a bit, boost a heap,
Raise a little sand!
From this, good things you’ll reap
If you are a business man.
We missed Carey Williams’
bright column of “Jim-Jams” in
the Greensboro Herald-Journal
last week. Here’s hoping his
brilliant pencil pushing will con¬
tinue to throw its light over the
editorial page as heretofore.
He Didn’t Know.
He thought the gun wasn’t loaded,
Pulled the trigger and it exploded.
That this is “punk," we’ll not dispute;
Moral:—The gun was made to shoot.
The thing that gets our little
ole goat is to turn a bill collector
down on the first of the month,
and then he comes shooting a
statement at us about the mid
die or fifteen, and tell us that
the few days had lapsed, "Pies
Remit.”
Our Weekly Pouie.
The weather is hot.
And it just won’t rain—
We’ve spent our last ten-spot,
For a cause that was all In vain.
Comet!—We’ve Been Right There.
If a man had to stand on the street
corner alone for a minute on a cold
day he would get half frozen to death.
But he can Stand on a street corner on
a cold day and talk mushy to a chick¬
en for an hour and his temperature
will be about 99.—Walton Tribune.
Friend ,lf you are not the least sore
w m next column o amber four.
Good Night!—(?)
The priest, while robed in his cleri¬
cal garb, asked his class of young
hopefuls, “Is there any other question
you want to ask me?”
“Yes,” said a little boy, “Is you got
on any breeches under that night
gown ?”
You Blow It, Brown!
To M. II. S., of the Covington News;
You most assuredly can prove it by
us and bad cess to the man that says
us nay.
Bet your palm beach socks
you are right. Brown you show
excellent taste, but how could a
(f. THE BEST SERVICE
W e are here to give our customers the very
best car service at all times at the most
reasonable prices.
Our stock room is up-to-date and well sup¬
plied with all Ford parts, conveniently ar¬
ranged to facilitate prompt attention.
We can supply you with any kind ol tires
you may desire. We have them in all
styles and sizes, and at all prices.
Our corps of skilled workmen can repair
your car , quickly, effectively, and at re¬
markably low prices.
Ford Service Station
P. J. ROGERS, Manager COVINGTON, GA.
fellow with good horse sense
think otherwise?
In a few weeks we will be
looking into the faces of home
folk, eating fried chicken, Geor¬
gia peaches, ripe watermelons,
meeting our old chums, sweet¬
hearts, and school mates, and
enjoying the pleasures of life
with relatives at our old home
in South Georgia. God speed
the moment!
Must Have Been Superhuman.
A Kansas salesman died recently
and he was known as “the man who
never swore.” It is a safe bet he
never owned an automobile, says Ca¬
rey Williams, In the Greensboro Her¬
ald-Journal.
Or worked In a print shop.—F. L,
F., In The Henry County Weekly.
Or had any domestic troubles
during his early courting days.
A few of the many items on which
We Can Save You Mi
Men’s Pants.........................$1.00 pair. I
Men’s Overalls,.......................$ 1,00 pair
Boys Pants.....................25 and 50c. pair
Ginghams and Dress Goods.........•.. 10c yard, I
Ladies W’aists..................39, 50, 98c yard j
Embroidery,—Good quality.. •...........5c yard I
Boys Union Suits..........................25c.
Boys Romper Suits..................25 and 50c. I
Ladies Crepe Kimonas.....................98c,
Covington 10c Store
“The Store thatJCeeps Price Down ’ 1
COVINGTON, GEORGI
we • 'v, note great- ;
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pressing a "rearing"T
defend Old Glory if he
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