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Telephone 159 —:— Covington, Ga.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
JACK L. PATTERSON,
Editor and Proprietor
Official Organ of Newton County and the
City of Covington
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Entered as second class mall matter December 2
1908, at ; he Post Office at Covington. Ga., under tie
Act of March 3, 1879.
COVINGTON, GA., April 17, 191 9.
THE SALVATION ARMY DRIVE.
It is the opinion of The News that the
Salvation Army should receive anything
fcr which it asks and it will for the once
vary from its announced policy of January
1st to participate in no more drives by
urging the people of Newton county to do
nate one thousand dollars to this noble or¬
ganization of Christian men and women.
How long has it been since such a mod
eft contribution was requested from the
people of this county? Since when has a
“c rive” been inaugurated for such an in¬
significant amount?
Returned soldiers are lavish in their
commendation of the effective work of the
Salvation Army on the field of battle.
V herever help was needed most, wherever
pain and discouragement abounded, there
n embers of the Salvation Army were to be
found unselfishly administering to the
wants of the wounded sufferers.
Willing to sacrifice their all on the altar
' duty without and without
H o Salvation Army money price,
e was ever found in the
fiont ranks. Other organizations have
been subjected to stinging criticsm, with
or without cause, but not one unkind word
has been directed at the members of Hie
“base drum corps.”
We doubt not that God Almighty was
closer to these earnest workers than he
was to any other people and that they were
closer to their Creator than any other or¬
ganization. " ,
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The New Dresses.
Are Springlike, both in design and material, Georgettes, Taffe¬
tas, Foulards and other soft materials easily win their place
as the season's newest designs. Upon close inspection you will
find that they are made right, every stitch in the right place
and every seam protected and finished right. You will be de¬
lighted with the jaunty, refresh ing styles that we are showing.
$12.50 to $30.00
if You Are Not
Already a Shoe customer of ours, we want to make you one.
If you once buy our Shoes you will get the ,satisfaction and
style that you want. Here you vill find all the newest shapes
and leathers in the up-to-date leathers. We also have the
biggest stock of every-day Shoe;* that you will find any¬
where, and the most of these Shoes you can buy at consider¬
able less than you could if we had to replace them. Give us
your Shoe business and you will save money, besides get¬
ting the satisfaction that you are entitled to.
M. H. PLUNK! Conyers,
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After mature Consideration, the leaders !
of the Salvation Army have deemed it wise
to discontinue the tambourine collection \
except at the street meetings. No more
will the quiet soldiers of the cross solicit, i
funds in restaurants and at the entrance j
of motion picture shows and smile over the j
donation of a penny, just as appreciatively
as' if it had been five dollars. That’s why
we admire and have faith in the Salvation
Army; its members are always thankful
for what they receive, be it much or little,
and nobody else on earth can derive such
wonderful results from the expenditure of
a quarter. through W. B. R. Pennington,
The Army,
C. A. Harwell and The News is asking the
people of Newton county for one thousand
dollars for the maintenance of the work
in the Atlanta Zone, which action was
rendered necessary by the discontinuation
of the tambourine system, which required
too much of the valuable time of the solic¬
itors.
If every person in the county will con¬
tribute three cents Newton will go “over
the top” for Christ. It has gone over fo •
everybody and everything else, and it can •
not afford to miss the hearty “God 'Bless
You” with which the Salvation Army re¬
ceives every penny.
There are men and women in this coun¬
ty who will gladly contribute ten, aye,
twenty-five dollars, to this great work and
the committee should experience no diffi¬
culty in realizing the desired amount.
Can any man, woman or child refuse to
respond to this modest solicitation? Con¬
tributors to this fund will have the satis¬
faction of knowing that no other invest¬
ment could be productive of so much
good.
Many people decline to contribute to for¬
eign missions on the ground that “they fa¬
vor home missions.” Those people now
have an excellent opportunity to show their
faith by their works, as did St. Paul in
the days of the Bible.
Good people of Newton county, co-oper¬
ate with the committee of which Mr. Pen¬
nington is chairman and your donations
will be as “bread cast upon the waters,”
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BUILD MORE HOUSES. i
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There never was a more general demand
for homes in Covington than there is to- j
day and something should be done for the j
relief of the situation. Recently Recently one one of
Newton county’s most prominent and pro¬
gressive citizens issued a building chi 1
lenge to other business men through the
columns of The News involving the erec
tion of a thirty thousand dollar apartment j
house, but he has received no encourage
ment from the men of Covington who have ;
If you appreciate real
worth see our New
une ot
Stetsons
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They have “atmosphere”—
tone—real distinction. And
their wearing qualit is unques¬
tioned.
It’s Stetson workmanship and
high grade material that give
the Stetson its unique value.
If you are a steady customer
we want to urge you to drop in
and look over this fine selection.
It you don’t know us yet we
invite you to come in and get
acquainted.
money to invest in the improvement of ex
isting conditions.
The News had hoped that the apparent
demand for homes would inspire some of
the local capitalists to action, but nothing
material has developed. It is to be regret
ted that there are no homes in Covington
for people who are desirous of locating in
our midst, for the government census will
be taken next year, which will fix Coving¬
ton’s standing in the percentage column
until 1930.
This newspaper would profit less from
the erection of homes in this city than any
other enterprise, but any project that im¬
proves a city or community benefits every
citizen within its limits. That’s why we
are in favor of speedy and definite action.
THEY’RE AT IT AGAIN.
It looks like the Victory Loan is to be
run on the same advertising basis that for¬
mer loans have been run on: Get all of the
newspaper advertising for nothing that can
be gotten, and then ask the merchatns and
bankers to put up the rest.
An advertising agency representing the
treasury department is sending out an ar¬
ticle asking newspapers to publish it, and
what do you suppose it is about? It tells
of the millions of posters the government
is having lithographed, the cost running !
into hundreds of thousands of dollars. The
posters are paid for just like the govern-;
ment pays for everything else it gets—ex¬
cept newspaper advertising. The newspa¬
pers are modestly asked to print a twenty
dollar story about these high priced pos-,
ters, introducing them to the public, and
to do **■ it for nothing, Will newspapers fall
for it?
Most of the posters that have been sent
to this county for advertising War Savings
Stamps and Liberty Loans have been
thrown in the trash barrels. Nobody had
confidence in them, and they were used to
a very small extent. The money invested
in them would have paid for quite a lot of
newspaper advertising, but there was not a
cent from the government for this purpose. :
A committee was forced in each instance to
go around town and beg advertising money ;
with which to carry on the campaign.
The present Secretary of the Treasury
is a newspaper man, and we looked for a j
change under his administration, but tip j
change has not materialized.—Moultrie j
Observer.
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An expert writing for the Dawson News
says you must not kiss blondes. Brunette-,
he says, are safer. We have noticed that
blondes are pretty gabby.—Savannah
Press. Brunettes are delicious, but we
are acquainted with a few blondes that are
worth taking chances with.
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FURNITURE
Don't forget to look at our FURNITURE. Make Conyers
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Hello, Spring!
AND YOU TOO, READER !
Welcome to our parlors again, where ice cream um.1 soft driu|
always to your liking! Every flavor tha best made’ f .
are that can be
Price? Well, that is the small part of if.
Toll you, friends to meet you hore—thn popular spot in town
You see most everybody here, anyway.
Then, too, you can always get the best candies.
Just join the throng and you will find yourself at one of our tables
They all do.
Smith’s Drug Store
IPhone 4!i. Cor/ngton, (in
Job Work neatly and quickly
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1 am now with the
Briscoe Marble & Granite Works
Ms Selling anything my friend*) want in the Marble and
Granite line. And 1 have got prices down right—work
1 that can’t be beat. If you \v$nt ‘something elegant and
-gY can’t M-e me drop me aiine and I will see you.
Yours truly,
rf* H LUKE COWAN,
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Covington . Ga.
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