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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 is second class mail matter December 2
1909, at the Post Office at Covington, Ga., under the
Act of March 3, 1*879.
COVINGTON, GA., APRIL 24, 1919.
We are still of the opinion that Coving¬
ton needs more homes.
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The report that the farmers of Newton
county are manifesting much interest in
tl e organization of a Board of Trade is
encouraging, x
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BURLESON’S INEFFICIENCY.
The News has no interest in the Postal
Telegr. ph and Commercial Cablegraph
Compa ues further than to expect the
naintc lance of satisfactory sendees, but
it does not hesitate to condemn the unpre¬
cedented ousting of Clarence H. MacKey,
president and principal owner of both en¬
terprises by Postmaster General Albert
Sidney Burleson. of
When the cablegraph was in course
perfection by the father of President Mac
Key, the government refused financial aid
for experimental purposes, but now comes
Burleson, who, in a high-handed manner,
seized the property in the name of the gov¬
ernment and ousted the president, the son
of the man who spent his life in the work
of construction.
The seizure of the cable lines as a war
measure after the signing of the armistice
was a doubtful proceeding at best, even if
it had been precipitated by a man compe¬
tent to manage them, instead of one who
has destroyed them or reduced the efficien¬
cy of everything which has been placed un¬
der his management.
Did the war eliminate property rights?
Under what law did Burleson oust Presi¬
dent MacKey ? Wiiere are we at, anyhow ?
The News is eternally opposed to govern¬
ment ownership and operation of public
utilities. If such men as Burleson are to
l>e placed in control it is opposed to gov¬
ernment regulation, as are hundreds of
others who were silent during the war.
Now that the war is over Tne News pro¬
poses to discuss many issues that are of
general interest and some men, including
Albert Sidney Burleson. The government
has demonstrated that it is incapable ol
managing railways and telegraph systems,
thereby justify mg the opposition to the
imaginary “public ownership” scheme. Af¬
ter endeavoring to operate the railways a
tew months and scoring a miserable failure
witn the resources of the greatest country
in the world at his command, Secretary
William Gibbs McAdoo wisely concluded to
resign his office and sign a motion picture
contract, for which he should be com¬
mended.
This newspaper has always been 100 per
cent Democratic and patriotic despite the
handicaps of Burleson's policy and it will
continue to stand four-square to every
loyal wind that blows, but it is high time
that t ome publications, even if it is a local
weekly, should speak right out in meeting
against autocracy.
Who knows wiien Burleson may decide
to tane over the newspapers and garages
as a var measure and kick out all tne op¬
posing editors and operators? Tne News
calls upon Georgia’s two senators and
twelve representatives to file an objection
to Buriesonism, four more years of which
would cause this Democratic state to vote
a Republican ticket.
.President MacKey has issued a challenge
that Burleson should be forced to accept—
an ofi i? to operate the Postal Telegraph
and C ommrecial Cablegraph, paying the
pre\ a; ing salaries, at the old service rates.
Since Burleson’s seizure of the wires ev¬
eryth ig has gone except the service, which
seems to have gone to the devil.
Another party we would like to locate is
the old fashioned dude who used to use hair
oil—Luke McLuke. What in the 1 thunder
do you want with him Luke, unless to use
as a scare-crow in your water melon patch ?
x
The Barrow Tirrfes is the latest addition
to the exchange desk of the Covington
News and it is welcome, being a bright
newsy little paper ably edited by a splendid
gentleman.
X
The Atlanta Georgian is hot after the
milk profiteers in Atlanta and here’s hop¬
ing that it wins this just fight in behalf of
the consumers. We have always thought
that Atlanta milk sold too high for the
quality offered. 'V
' COVIN(TIOWi t!A* TBU*fWA», APRIL 21,1.910,
DOUSEV VEttSCS SMITH.
A number of the most persistent and ac¬
tive of the enemies of Senator Hoke Smith
including the Atlanta Constitution, the
Macon Telegraph and the Athens Banner
have already commenced to wage a cam¬
paign against his re-election. The methods
that are already being employed by these
newspapers will insure the re-election of
Senator Smith by a handsome majority, for
the people of Georgia have long since mas¬
tered the curves of the editors of the three
worthy publications that are against Sen¬
ator Smith, wright or wrong. influence
It is being intimated that the
of President Woodrow Wilson will be direc¬
ted against the Senior Senator in 1920, but
for the once this factor will fail of result
Thousands of thoughtless citizens whe
voted against their convictions in 1918 and
others who refused to vote at all, have real¬
ized their mistake and will not again be de.
bided into relinquishing their God-given ;
privilege, now that the war is over. As one
of the admirers and supporters of Presi¬
dent Wilson, and as editorial writer on the
onlv Georgia daily newspaper that support¬
ed him in his first campaign, the editor of
The News was opposed to his interference
in State politics last year, believing at that
time and now, that the people of any State
have sufficient intellect and patriotism to
olect their representatives without Federal
dictation.
Tlie editor of this newspaper was one of
the orginal Hoke Smith men in Georgia and
has supported him in every compaign and
he sees no reason for reversing his former
indorsement. That the Senior Senator has
elected to inquire into the advisability and
legality of certain measures before sup¬
porting them should rebound to his credit,
for the people of Georgia do not admire
figure-heads and “me too” Statesmen.
Tt is being rumored that Senator Smith
will indorse the appointment of Governor
Hugh M. Dorsey as assistant judge of the
United States court of the Northern Dis¬
trict of Georgia, but The News joins the
Augusta Chronicle in the belief that the
Senator will not throw away a United
States Judgship for the purpose of elimi¬
nating opposition that is weakening with
every passing day.
Anybody who imagines that Senator
Hoke Smith will .not be a powerful factor in
the senatorial campaign next year is due to
wake up the morning after the primary,
and it is known that he would enjoy few
undertakings more than that of defeating
Governor Dorsey.
Georgia will need men of courage and
ability in the United States Senate during
the perod of re-adjusment—men who have
the ability to stand on the floor of the
senate and assert the rights of the State of
which they are the representative. It will
need a man capable of comprehending any
issue that may develop; of fighting Repup
lican hyprocracy and national cussedness
in high places.
Such a man is Senator Hoke Smith and
it would be foolish to exchange him for
some light-weight politician who is
incapable of recovering from former over¬
whelming efeats.
Advertising isn’t worth any thing to a
merchant who hasn’t the goods. All others
receive more than they expect. “An ad in
The News is Worth Four on The Fance.”
X
Speaking of jobs for returned soldiers, it
depends largely on what sort of a job he
will take, those who will take what they
can get have Iready got jobs and will get
better ones soon.—Marietta Journal. True
Comfort. Let’s all discard our uniforms
and go to work.
THE VICTORY^LIBERTY LOAN.
The signing of the armistice did not
eliminate the obligations of peace. The
United States owes war debts aggregating
ten billions of dollars that must be paid in
order that govermental integrity may be
maintaned. This country has never repu
diater a debt and it will not do so at the
close of the world's most disastrous war in
which it was the power that won victory
for the allies.
There are only two ways of liquidating
this enormous indebtedness—to over-sub¬
scribe the Victory Loan or pay higher tax¬
es. Money invested in Government bonds
is as safe as the government, but money
paid out in taxes is like water that has al¬
ready turned the old mill wheel; it will
never return. The patriotic and progres¬
sive people of Newton county have been
asked to loan money in the sum of $238,000
to nay the price of whipping the Germans,
with the guarantee of the United States
that this money wall be repaid at a specified
time. Failure to comply with this request
will result n the enaction of laws increas¬
ing the tax rate, which no person or organi¬
zation can resist, for the debt must be paid
in full. The people of Newton countv al¬
ways go “over the top” and they wall not
be found wanting in this, the last loan—
The Victory Liberty Loan—and the work
of the county committee of which Homer
I*. Hitchcock, cashier of the First National
Rank of Covington, is chairman, should be
made as pleasant as possible.
The duties t
many patriotic of the war pe
riod have been paid in full, but the obliga
tions of peace are stiff upon us. Don’t for
get the Victory Liberty Loan.
§
A IJlSTftKT WITHOUT A SENATOR.
The roster of the Georgia Legislature
in the Atlanta Journal last Sun
indicated that the Thirty-fourth sen
district, composed of the counties of
Rockdale and DeKalb would be
represented in the next Senate by Hon.
?ar A. Nix, of Gwinnett county. The
redistricting the State of Georgia provides
.hat there shall be fifty-one districts and
iffy-one senators, one from each district.
The code of Georgia, Section No. 6422 Re
luires: “The senators shall be citizens of
he United States, who have attained the
age of twenty-five years, and who shall
ave been citizens of this State for four
/ears, and for one year residents of the
listrict from which elected.”
Governor Hugh M. Dorsey and Solicitor
tenoral Clifford L. Walker have declared
his section of the code null and void so
s it affects the Thirty-fourth and other
‘istrics involved in the work of rearranging
he counties.
So far as The News knows Mr. Nix is
over has been a resident of the district j
mtosed of the counties of Newton, Rock-;
ost excellent gentleman, but he is not and !
de and DeKalb. How, then, can he legally ■
^present this district in the Senate?
Prior to the redistricting of the State
r e\vton, Walton, Rockdale and Oconee
nmties were in the same district, in which
fon. Josiah BlaBingame was elected a few
veeks before the general election at which
he amendment was ratified by the people.
Under the ruling of the Governor and
v e Attorney General, the wildest that was
ver conceived in Georgia, is not Mr. Blas
ngame the representative of the counties
■>f Newton and Rockdale and Mr. Nix of
DeKalb? The News hopes that the voters
before of Newton them county while will making consider the. issue i
up their minds
n the gubernatorial election next year.
The Atlanta Constitution, Macon Tele¬
graph and Athens Banner are tuning up for
the campaign against Senator Hoke Smith
in 1920. As they are already showing evi¬
dence of using the same old strings there
is no occasion for he Senator to worry.
X
H is remarkble that the Athens Banner
should elect to accept the unsupported
statement of J. A. Holloman, who is paid
to misrepresent Senator Hoke Smith, to
that of, W. G. Sutlive, editor of the Savan¬
nah Press, who enjoys the confidence of all
who know him.
X
According to the Macon Telegraph, Hollis
Randolph, of Atlanta, who has always been
an “anti Hoke Smith man,” may be in the
race for the United States Senate next year
even if Governor Dorsey decides to run.
Of course Mr. Randolph’s one qualification
is amply sufficient to guarantee a strong
following, but what we don’t understand is
how he managed to live in Atlanta as long
as he did before anybody succeeded in hear¬
ing of him.
x
It has been several weeks since the Win¬
der News made its appearance on our ex¬
change desk, but we presume that Editor
Bob Ross is still publishing one of the best
small town weeklies in Georgia. We ad- |
mire Bob, because he isnt’ afraid to tell
’em about existing conditions and condi¬
tions that should exist.—Covington News.
Had the Covington News failed to appear ;
on our exchange desk, we should have miss¬ i
ed it in less time than several weeks. For
we, too, admire such editors as Jack Patter- !
son, John Shannon, Jim Williams, T. S.
Shope, in Ernest Camp, etc., editors who deai
wholesome commendations and legiti¬
mate criticisms to the betterment of the
communities that sustain them. There is
a wide difference between criticism with a
wholesome object in view and just plain
knocking to satisfy an inclination to gos¬
sip. The commonplace, smooth-running
stream attracts little attention, but the
sparkling brooks bounding down the moun¬
tain side shows activity.—Winder News.
Thanks. We missed the first copy of the
Winder News, but refrained from saying
anything, hoping that omission was un
oversight.
A hint to the wise is not always sufficient
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We have with us this week the Victory
Liberty Loan. The people of America are
oeing asked to subscribe for bonds in the
sum of four and one-half bllions of dollars.
Newton county’s quota is $238,000.
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THE SOUTH’S NEW I)AV.
“When every farmer in the south shall
eat bread from his own pastures and dis¬
turbed by no debt, shall sit amid his team¬
ing gardens, and orchards and vineyards,
and dairies, and barnyards, pitching his
crops in his own wisdom and growing them
in independence, making cotton his clean
surplus, and selling it in his own time and
in his chosen market, and not at a master's'
bidding—getting his pay in cash and not in
a receipted mortgage that discharges his
debt, but does not restore his freedom—
then shall be breaking the fullness of our
flay.”—Henry W. Grady, 1888.
President Wilson’s first official action on
his return to America should be the firing
of Postmaster General Albert Sidney Bur
leson. It is just as important to eliminate>
Burleson as it is to maintain world-wide
peace.
fiction Seed for sale
*'*'*'*'* --.
Farm Lands For Sale:
*
loti acres in Rocky Plains district can sell you, worth the money.
54 acres near Almon, Ga. Well improved. $4,000.00 *
100 acres one mile from Covington on public road leading to *
Alcovy. Will sell as a whole or sub-division.
*
J. T. Swann, Covington, Ga:
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Single Comb Buff Orpingtons
Eggs for hatching after April 25th, will he $2.50 per setting of 15
The best birds of the year are hatched late. The first |, r j ze
cock, Atlanta, Ga., 1918, was hatched in May, 1917 This
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bird sold for $50.00. The first pen cock, Atlanta. Ga,, Png
was hatched in June, 1917.
A few good breeding birds to sell along at $3.00 each, and up.
Two months old chickens, when 1 have them to spare, are y/.ou
and $2.50. These chicks are the very best.
if you want the REAL Buffs, I have them, but if you expect to get
stock and eggs at eating prices, don’t bother me,
L. F. BOGGUS, OXFORD, GA.
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J. I. GUINN’S GASH STORE
SPOT CASH! New goods of sea¬
ONE PRICE! son arriving every
BIO VALUES! few days.
J. I. GUINN
Covington, Georgia
Hello, Spring!
AND YOU TOO. ltEADKK !
Welcome to our parlors again, where ice cream ami toft drinks
are always to your liking! Every flavor the best that can bw made.
Price? Well, that is the small part of it.
Tell you, friends to meet yon here—the popular spot in town. ,
You see most everybody here, anyway.
Then, too. you can always " t the best candies.
Just join the throng and y..u will find yourself at one of our tables.
They all do.
Smith’s Drug Store
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can If, according allci- u.inu OUAHANTES to entire directions, contents of the iHZjAbi \
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the money you paid for It. w>- {Cy
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You y will like Luzianna '*» Oa uja * UD
It is real coflee. Real
because it is CArefully
selected ed——and .properly roast
odness becau se its ’
go is sealedln. oF LuzP
every is sold pound indi
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vidual air-tight tin can.
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The Reilly-Taylor Company
S/tw Orleans
Cleveland Big* Boll, $ 2,00 Pet
bushel. L. W. JARMAK AN
Covington, Ga., Route 6