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Telephone 159 —*:— Covington,-Ga.
PUBLISHED EVER T THURSDAY
JACK L. PATTERSON,
Editor aud Proprietor
Official Organ of Newton County and the
City of Covington
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1008, at the Post Oilice at Covington, Ga., under the
Act of March 3, 1879.
COVINGTON, GA., JANUARY 9, 1919
We’ve heard that it is easier to marry
than it is to stay married.
When a woman knows she has a small
foot she doesn’t care who else knows it.—
Thomasville Times-Enterprise. The same
might be said of her hosiery.
HITTING THE THIRTY-FOURTH
DISTRICT.
The News is seeking neither popularity
or political honors, therefore it does not
hesitate to again refer to the dubious opin¬
ion of Attorney General Clifford L. Wal¬
ker denying the Thirty-fourth district
representation in the State Senate of 1919
and 1920. In this connection, it is most
emphatically submitted that the Attorney
General is in error in his construction of
the law amendment to the Constitution,
providing for the re-arrangement of the
forty-four into fifty-one districts, in sub¬
stantiation of which the following ex¬
tracts are reproduced from the acts of the
general assembly of Georgia, adopted last
Augusta and ratified by the voters in the
election of November 5th, 1918:
Paragraph 1. The Senate shall consist
cf fifty-one members. There shall be fif¬
ty-one Senatorial Districts as now arrang¬
ed by counties and each district shall have
ONE Senator.
Section 5.....If a majority of tile
electors qualified to vote for members of
the General Assembly, and voting in said
general election shall vote in favor of said
proposed amendment, then said amend¬
ment shall become a part of Article 3, Sec¬
tion 2, Paragraph 1, of the Constitution
of this State, and the Governor shall make
proclamation thereof, and SHALL CALL
SPECIAL ELECTIONS IN EACH OF
THE SENATRIAL DISTRICTS so creat¬
ed for the election of a Senator for EACH
of the said districts in the NEXT General
Assembly, as is provided by law for the
filling of vacancies caused by death or res¬
ignation. Approved August 17, 1919.
The amendment places Newton, Rock¬
dale and DeKalb counties in tire Thirty
fourth district but, under the ruling of
the Attorney General, accepted without
question by Governor Hugh Dorsey, no
election will he held in this district on Jan¬
uary 7th, despite the fact that no Sena¬
tor resides within its boundaries.
The counties of the Thirty-fourth, ac¬
cord ng to this official opinion, will be rep
re seated by Senators from other districts
who were voted for in the primary of Sep¬
tember llth. The amendment provides
for fifty-one districts and that each dis¬
trict shall have ONE Senator, yet the At¬
torney General has delivered an opinion
that allows some districts two or more
representatives while others have none.
It has been generally supposed that no
di~t • ict could have move than one repre¬
sentative and that he must be a resident
of the district, but it seems that all laws
in confliction with the opinion of the At¬
torney General have been repealed.
The intelligent suffs don’t approve of
those women who burned the President’s
sr eeches and neither do you or we.—Thom¬
en ville Times-Enterprise. Still those mili¬
tant sisters are leaders in “the cause.”
Sometimes it seems that there isn’t any
such variety as is mentioned in the para¬
graph taken from the Thomasviile paper.
Editor Patterson, who puts The News
in Covington, and keeps up with The
Times in Conyers, is receiving a cordial
welcome to his old home here. Mr. Patter¬
son is a genuine booster of Covington and
Conyers. He is always loyal to his home
town, and deserves praise for what he
is doing for it.—Griffin News and Sun. We
enjoyed our visit to Griffin to the limit and
never felt more at home than when paying
the News and Sun office a visit. We ap¬
preciate the kind words of Editor Dake
and the warm welcome extended to us by
our many friends on our recent visit to the
Gem City.
' THE COVINGTON NEWS. COVINGTON. 0A.. THURSDAY JANUARY 9. 1919
THE PASSING OF COL. ROOSEVELT.
If .it be true that “death loves a shining
mark,” he made a center shot when he
pierced the heart of Col. Theodore Roose¬
velt, ex-President of the United States,
early last Monday morning, in whose
death the nation witnesses the passing of
its most picturesque and strenuous char¬
acter; a man who will be missed in all
probability more than any other political
factor in America.
The News has not always agreed with
Colonel Roosevelt, because at times it
seemed that be allowed his extravagant
prejudices to submerge his usual excel¬
lent judgment with the natural conse¬
quences incident to such action.
While Colonel Roosevelt was often the
subject of unfriendly criticism there has
been no occasion to doubt his intense pa¬
triotism, nor has it been necessary to
speculate on his position concerning any
public issue. removal from the field of mund
The ane
action always occasions regret, regardless
of the position occupied by the deceased.
Colonel Roosevelt had many political en¬
emies, it is true, but not one who did not
pause for a moment to lament his sud¬
den death at Sagamore Hill, his Oyster
Bay home. Possessing enemies in large
numbers, the Colonel also possessed more
warm personal friends than any other
man wh ; .;us ever made his home in the
City of Washington, which is a splendid
testimonial of the high esteem in which
the man was held by those who knew him
best.
To question the profound loyalty oi
Colonel Roosevelt was to attack the cor¬
rect definition of the word, for none loved
his country more than he, and few 7 accom¬
plished more in the promotion of its in¬
terests. As President, he was forceful
and fearless, and if there was a precedent
that he didn’t disregard, it was doubtless
a case of unintentional neglect.
Many times honored as the holder of
office, Colonel Roosevelt performed well
the duties devolving upon him, leaving to
his credit a record of achievement. He
won fame as an explorer and as such lie
went forth without warning on his last
expedition, mourned by the millions of
Americans who appreciated him and many
of the political leaders of other nations.
Jack Patterson says this seems to be the
open season for sweet potaio liars.—Grif¬
fin News and Sun. We fear the editor of
The Covington News has been reading the
Bainbridge Post - Searchlight, the Tilton
Gazette and the Columbus Enquirer-Sun.—
Savannah Press. Of course, Jack Patter¬
son reads the Enquirer-Sun. He is like a
great many others who could not very well
get along without it. But he hasn’t been
reading any sweet potato lies in this pa¬
per.—Columbus Enquirer-Sun. We always
read the three papers mentioned in the
above paragraph with much interest, even
if Postmaster General Albert Sidney Bur¬
leson does insist on delivering a week’s
supply to us at one time.
THE SPACE GRAFTERS.
It is about time that the space graf ters
let up on the weekly papers of the country.
Every mail that comes still brings them.
Eveiy organization founded seems based
on the idea of hogging the press out of the
one thing they need—publicity. Will it
never cease?—Bainbridge Post-Search¬
light. Post-Searchlight and other
It will if the
Georgia weeklies join the Covington News
in the adoption of a business basis. So far
as this newspaper is concerned, no more
free publicity nc .d financial be expected deals by of organi¬
zations involving any
kind anywhere.
During the war The News responded to
the limit of its ability to every patriotic
call, but now that the war is over, all space
grafters, including government superin¬
tendents and publicity directors and ex¬
perts, are hereby notified that cash must
accompany copy to insure insertion.
The readers of The News are not es¬
pecially interested in rat killing campaigns,
fly swatting expeditions, the extermina¬
tion of Feed bugs in Siam nor the protec¬
tion of oiphan pole cats in far away Alge¬
ria. Newspapers have nothing to offer for
sale except space and subscriptions, and
it is with pleasure that the management
announces the discontinuation of the free
department of The News. Every editor
in Georgia accomplished material results
in the various enterprises promoted by the
Government, but now that the circus is
over the side shows may as well close so
far as The News is concerned. It is not
and has never been the patriotic duty of
newspapers to shoulder the expenses
thrust upon them by the government and
its multitudinous publicity directors and
the curtain is down on the little stage oc¬
cupied by tins newspaper.
Luke McLuke says.: “Th e reason why
girl of 20 acts so innocent is because
knows a whole lot of things she is not
posed to kno\v.“ And many of them
know a whole lot of things that they
know.—Covington News- And a whole
of others know a whole lot more than
have any business
Enquirer-Stm.
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iNow, that Henry Ford has launched
newspaper he will realize that manufactur¬
ing automobiles is an easy undertaking.
P1AN $40,000,000
FOR STATE ROADS
PATTERSON WILL SEEK CHANGE
IN CONSTITUTION TO ALLOW
ISSUE OF BONDS
STATE NEWS OF INTEREST
•ri«f News Items Of Importance Gath
ered From All Parta
Of The State
Atlanta.—Amendment of Georgia’s
constitution so as to leave the state
clear to issue forty million dollars of
bonds to construct a two thousand
mile highway system will be the plan
to be laid before the special highway
commission of the legislature by Judge
T. Ev Patterson, chairman of the state
highway department, at Its first meet¬
ing January 16. Judge Patterson sup¬
ported his argument in a statement,
which, in part, follows: “It would be
unfortunate if there is an effort made
to provide for the construction of a
system of state highway by piecemeal.
I do not believe the people of the state
would approve of the highway depart¬
ment taking all of the automobile tax
and, in co-operation with the counties,
begin the construction of a state sys¬
tem of hard-surfaced roads, when It
is realized that the automobile tax
at present would not pay for more
than 10 or 15 miles of such roads a
year; that we would never get any¬
where, nor would the counties over
the state be willing to give us their
share of the automobile tax to secure
such inadequate results.’’
Pneumonia Serum For Use
Atlanta.—The state board of health,
after working night and day for the
past week, has produced a vaccine
whic hit offers to the physicians of
the state for the use through them
of the people of Georgia to lessen the
serious complications following influ¬
enza and In this way prevent pneumo¬
nia. Enough vaccine has been produc¬
ed to vaccinate one thousand persons,
and as the demand for the serum In¬
creases more will be made. The state
department has been assisted by the
federal authorities, and the bacteria
from which the vaccine has been made
were obtained from Fort McPherson,
where splendid results were obtained
from the use of the vaccine.
Condemned Land Returned
Macon.—-Owners of property in Bibb
and Twiggs counties which was con¬
demned by the government for an ar¬
tillery range and the expansion of
Camp Wheeler, have been notified they
may return to their property at once,
as the government has no further use
for it. The only exception made is the
site of the base hospital, which will
be retained in the site of Camp Whee¬
ler proper, which Is under private con¬
tract and not concerned in the an¬
nouncement. Of the land involved fif¬
teen hundred acres are located in Bibb
and fifteen thousand acres in Twiggs
county.
Columbus Camp Work Continues
Columbus.—While the war depart¬
ment officials and congress are dis¬
cussing the Fort Benning project at
Washington, the actual building of the
fort continues steadily. Col. H. EL
Tames, commanding officers, said that
they had received no new orders, and
construction operations au proceed¬
ing as usual. It is learned that twenty
additional carloads of building mate¬
rial were received at the fort site.
Muscogee county forces In conjunction
with the government began the con¬
struction recently of a n w midge over
Upatoie creek near fort 1;. adquarters.
Road Ownership By U. S. Opposed
Atlanta.—Almost without discussion
„ a large number of shippers, from all
3 parts of the Southern states, who met
here, unanimously agreed that they
would not support government owner¬
ship of railroads, but would advocate
that IHev be turned back to private
owners within twenty-one months af¬
ter the war is over, as the government
law now requires.
Big Produce House Lost By Fire
Bainbridge.—The wholesale produce
warehoue of Baggs & Co., was de¬
stroyed by fire here, also nine mules,
one horse, $300 worth of pigs and about
forty chicken, 1,500 buhels of corn and
several tons of peanuts and a large
quantity of hay. Farm implement,
machinery and all book and docu¬
ment of the firm were conumed
Land Owners Will Meet
Tifton—A meeting of the member
*hip of the Georgia Land Owners' As¬
sociation and an official meeting of
the board of control will be held in
Tifton between January 10 and 15, the
exact date.to be governed by the time
at which a representative of the Unit¬
ed Ftates reclamation service can be
present.
German Cannon Wanted By Atlanta
Atlanta.—Efforts will be made at
once by Mayor James L. Key and Pres¬
ident W. H. White of the Atlanta
j chamber of commerce, to secure for
Atlanta one of the big cannon That
have been turned over to the United
States government by the Germans,
which, if secured, will be mounted at
Five Points or some other suitable
place in the city, or at Grant park. An
effort will be made qlso to secure one
of the German airplanes that have
1 been turned over to the American
forces by the Huns.
aggravated by neglect has caused the death of more than one
person who was wise in many things, but not in that.
This Is Good Weather
For Colds-----
Use your wisdom in this and you will live longer. We sell
Cold and Cough Remedies for a few cents. They get results
quickly. It's better to be a wise one than a dead one.
We recommend Laxative Cold Tablets.
SMITH’S DRUG STORE,
Phone 43 Covington, Ga.
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Covington, Georgia
and Good Cheer together
like'Possum and Sweet Potatoes
- JAUSL 1 Lucianao
, , radts llw best-lasting
cup ol coffee j :u ^ver dcanl:. It’s roasted
u When It just rriht The fragrance can’t L-rcct it
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Pours, It And the flavor is delicious.
Pei tins’ Coffee-lovers know that Luzianne just hits the
spot, for it’s full of punch and pep.
If you don’t think that this good old Luzianne
is worth what you paid, then tell your grocer
and he'll give you back every cent.
Fifty 1 housand Number 2
Pine Shingles
For Sale at
$ 4.00 Per Thousand
D, A. THOMPSON LUMBER COMPANY
Phone No. 12. Covington, Ga.
