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IN THE DIVORCE COURT.
Reports from many cities of Anienca,
particularly those in which cantonments
were located, indicate an abnormal increase
in the volumes of business occupying the
time of the divorce courts. If the girls
elect to marry in haste and repent at the
divorce court, it may be no concern of ours,
but sounded a note of warning m time
we had they been
to prevent that exeginecy
in a receptive mood. divorce
Reports show that many of the
case? were the result of the ill advised
marriages* of girls to soldiers prior to em
barkment, the evidence being to the effect
that manv were already married and that
others should never have been permitted to
impose upon any unsuspecting girl.
Marriages may be made in heaven, but
it is recorded that there will be no marry¬
ing and giving in marriage in the great
white city. Be that as it may, the un
marrving is done at the expense of happi¬
ness and at much temporary inconvenience.
The Peactree street barber in Atlanta
who charged us 85 cents for a shave and
shine last Thursday is our conception of a
profiteer whose permit ought to be rescin¬
ded by the city council.
- X
But no one has heard Mr. Burleson say
any thing about surrendering the post
office department.—Columbus Enquirer
Sun. By resigning before he is kicked out,
Burleson could win the applause of the
nation.
- X
The women go to the musical comedy to
see what the women in the audience wear
as well as those on the stage. The men
don’t.—Columbus Enquier-Sun. Perhaps
the men go to see what the women don’t
wear, Tucker.
Senator Hoke Smith grows stronger with
the people every day.—Madison Madisoni¬
an. Well, why shouldn’t he, with the At¬
lanta Constitution, the Macon Telegraph,
J. A. Holloman and George H. Long
against him and willing to go the limit?
-X
The Dawson News thinks it is impossi¬
ble to measure a man’s brain by the noise
he makes, as one pea can rattle in a dry
pod mightily. All of which is true enough.
We have known men whose brain wouldn’t
make as much racket in a coffee pot as a
mustard seed.
--X-
The Thomasville Times-Enterprise and
the Madison Madisonian are waging a
campaign against ‘ germ-laden” dollar bills.
They may be right about it, but until fur¬
ther notice we’ll accept one in connection
with fifty cents in exchange for a years’
subscription to The News.
-X
Mrs. Vernon Castle is married again. She
occupies a unique position among New
York stage women. She has had two hus¬
bands and not one divorce.—Savannah
Press. And she annexed No. 2 just a week
after she stated that she was “not even
thinking of getting married.”
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Acting on the opinion that few people
care for editorials in a weekly newspaper,
the editor of the Barrow Times cut them
lout recently.'—Madison Madisonian. We
are of the opinion hat The Times made
a serious mistake. Surely the readers of
that excellent weekly are not so unappre¬
ciative as the editor thinks they are,
-X
Tifton, pleasantly and conveniently sit¬
uated in the garden spot of South Georgia,
has been awarded the Costal Plains Ex¬
periment Station, which was a wise action.
Other larger and richer counties made
strong bids, but Tift maintained its record
of achievement. Editor J. L. Herring, of
The Gazette, was prominently identified
with the progressive movement.
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If we cannot carry home advertising we
are still able to hold our own with the
foreign advertisers. Our columns will
show a foreign patronage equal to any
weekly paper in the state.—Swainsboro
Forest-Blade. Evidently the merchants of
Swainsboro haven’t sufficient intellect to
appreciate a live newspaper. The town
needs five big fires and seven funerals.
‘
-X
After a service of about twelve years as
editorial writer on the Ilearst newspapers,
Hon. John Temple Graves, Georgia’s jour
alistic mocking bird, has arrived at the
parting of the ways with William Randolph
Hearst, whom he indorsed in a widely pub¬
lished paid advertisement several months
ago. Mr. Hearst has done nothing since
that time to cause Colonel Graves to revise
his original opinion, but nobody who knows
him has ever accused the Colonel of being
consistent.
The Valdosta Times is responsible for the
following; . “The authorities down at Tybee
declare the ‘shimmy’ dance will not be al¬
lowed there the coming season.” If the
good mothers of Athens do i^ot start a cam
paign to eliminate the tendency to ‘shim¬
my’ at the dances given in this city some
more preachers and the Athens Herald will
open up the matter.—Athens Herald. We
don’t know much about the dance mention¬
ed, being of the opinion that the garment
from which its name was derived had been
discarded, but we hereby apply for a front
seat at the “opening.”
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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 the Post Office at Covington. Ga., under the
Act of March 3, 3i879.
COVINGTON, GA, MAY 8 , 1919.
Good roads bonds are winning everywhere
-X
Most rules and regulations will break
under high pressure. -X
We hope that Burleson won’t succeed in
slowing down the aerial mail service.
Why should Newton county pay tax to
construct permanent highways in other
counties?
THE SALVATION ARMY DRIVE.
The News learns with much concern and
genuine regret the committee in charge
has received meagre response in the Sal¬
vation Armay drive for one thousand dol¬
lars for district work in the Atlanta zone.
The Salvation Army is engaged in a glo¬
rious work in which it should receive the
liberal^ ested in co-operation the welfare of of all humanity. the people inter¬
selfish Its un¬
members are performing duties
that the church of God has not always
elected to recognize, with the result that
the world has been belted with a golden
gospel chain, to which all sinners may
cling when forsaken and despondent.
The people of Newton county have “gone
over the top” in many drives and they can
not afford to ignore the modest appeal of
the noblest organization in the world_an
organization whose members were first in
every crucial test of battle field and hos
Prtjj* The “By committee their fruits is composed ye shall know of W. them.” B
Pennington and R
C. A. Harwell. The Cov¬
ington News will also be glad to receive
subscriptions. Tim need is urgent and the
cause worthy of the unstinted support of
every person in Newton countv. See the
committee.
Remember the dates—October 7-11
The Newton County Fair.
-X
Build houses and invite people to come
to Covington, the best city in Georgia.
-X
We are still of the opinion that Coving¬
ton needs more homes and a board of trade.
THE STONE MOUNTAIN MONUMENT.
The News regards with disfavor the
proposal to so enlarge the Stone Mountain
Memorial, planned in honor of the Soldiers
of the Confederacy so as to include all the
soldiers from the war of American Revo¬
lution to the European war. This newspa¬
per would not withhold from any soldier
any honor that is due, but this monu¬
ment should be sacred to the memory of
the Confederate Veterans as the original
plan contemplated. A general monument
in honor of the soldiers of several wars
would detract from the significance of the
world’s greatest memorial—It would not
be a Confederate Monument to be admired
and cherished by coming generations of
the South, but a monument with no espe¬
cial meaning to any section of the United
States.
Such suggestions as have been made in
connection with the memorial contemplat¬
ed the sole recognition of the soldiers of
the Confederacy, and no other sentiment
should be allowed to supercede that of the
old South.
A fitting monument should be erected to
American soldiers in Atlanta, but let Stone
Mountain remain true to the memory of
Robert E. Lee, Joseph E. Johnsston, Stone
wall Jackson, Jubal A. Early and the Con
federate hosts.
The News is under many obligations to
somebody connected with the Georgia
Railroad, p robably General Passenger
Agent W. W. Croxton or Colonel Sam W.
Wilks, Supervisor farm products market¬
ing, for an interesting booklet, the title of
which is “Georgia.” Either Mr. Croxton or
Colonel Wilkes will be glad to send a copy
to all who apply for it.
Than Hon. A. O. Blalock, collector of in¬
ternal revenues, there are few finer men in
Georgia, but it will be the part of wisdom
for him to refrain from responding to the
solicitations of those who would have him
make the race for Governor in 1920.
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Victory Bonds art* better.
The Victory Liberty Loan is the Gov¬
ernment’s best proposition.
It is Burleson’s patriotic duty to re
sign in the interest of Democracy.
Newton county cannot afford to not go
“over the top” in the Victory Liberty
Loan.
The Easter hats and frocks looked
mighty good, as displayed by some of the
girls of Newton county.
It looks like the 1 people who are desirous
of locating in Covington will be compell¬
ed to live in a tent.
It doesn’t hull to tell the truth occa¬
sionally, but some folks appear to be
afraid to take the chance.
We sometimes wonder if a weekly
newspaper in Atlanta that published state
news wouldn’t be a lucrative investment?
Covington has an attractive white way
that Monroe could emulate to advantage.—
Walton Tribune. Also sixteen miles of
paved sidewalks.
The honeysuckle is blooming and the
dogwood is all aglow; and all nature is
beaming with her annual spring-time
show.—Walton Tribune.
Can you tax a loafer without taxing
his wife’s loaf?—Elberton Star. Uo,
therefore he should be sent to the chain
gang.
Only a few votes were polled against
good roads bonds in the recent election
in Walton county. Bonds are winning n
many counties. Why not Newton?
Mr. Burleson may need a little more
rope, but he appears to be gathering it
in quite rapidly.—Columbus Enquirer
Sun. Well, he will soon have rope enough.
We notice that a number of weekly
newspapers are still riming the Castoria
advertising, for which the Centaur Com¬
pany agreed to pay us about 2 12 cents
an inch.
The News is always glad to receive obit¬
uaries and resolution when the cash ac¬
companies the copy. Don’t expect to pay
tribute to your relatives and friends at
our expense.
The News has nothing more against
Burleson than it has against any other
inefficient man who is being allowed to
destroy the efficiency of everything with
which he comes in contact.
Some faces seen in a church choir dur¬
ing revival services would look more nat¬
ural in a five handed poker game.—Win¬
der News. And they would accomplish
just about as much good.
There is no tone woman out of ten
in Georgia who cares anything about the
ballot. Such a proposition would be over¬
whelmingly defeated by the women them¬
selves.—Wilkes County News. Correct.
Go to the head of the class.
We may be in the wrong, but the Com¬
merce News, Greensboro Herald-Journal
and the Madison Madisonian are among
the Georgia newspapers agreeing with us
concerning foreign grand “opery.”
Postmaster General Burleson is fast
wrecking the Democratic party. He
should be dismissed at once if the Demo¬
crats want to win in the next election.
—Jackson Progress-Argus. President Wil¬
son could win two positions in the Hall
of Fame if he. would fire Burleson by
wire.
The song birds have flown and all is
quiet again in Atlanta. The golden
voiced Caruso, the fellow who smokes ci¬
garettes on the stage between swaying
the mighty audience with songs, was the
last to make his departure. He and Mrs.
Caruso were the lion and lioness of the
menagerie; likewise of the hour.
There was no “battle in the air” in At¬
lanta last Saturday, but thousands of mer¬
chants were battling for the trade that
the announcement had brought to the city.
—Alpharetta Free Press. As a “circus in
the air” the exhibition was also a wonder ¬
ful fake. Looks like Atlanta succeeded in
putting another one over on willing thou¬
sands.
We wish the new stock company, which
recently puchased The Conyers Times,
much success. Brown Tyler, from whom
the Editor of The Covington News purchas¬
ed a managing interest in The Times Pub¬
lishing Company in 1917, reeentlv re¬
ferred from overseas service, is again in
charge of iho new ten thousand dollar cor¬
poration, which has applied for a charter.
I he editor of The News acknowledges
receipt of an invitation to be the guest
nf ’ iberty Loan Executive Committee
m Atlanta on the occasion of the visit of
Hon. Carter Glass, Secretary of t^e Treas¬
ury, to that city on May 1 st. Scores of
newspaper men will be there and here’s
hoping that he tells us why he doesn’t he
liove in paid advertising just like he did
before he quit the newspaper business.
TJiE UNIVERSAL CAR
Ford cars are more useful today than
ever before; a necessity in village, town
city and country: the utility of farmer
merchant, manufacturer, architect, eng j.
neer, salesman, docaor, clergyman; a profit
able factor in the life of the nation. R lm
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about, $500; Touring Car, $525; One Ton
Chassis, $550; Coupe, $650; Sedan, $775
—these prices f. 0 . b. Detroit. We can get
but a limited quantity. Please give us your
order at once as first come will get first
delivery.
P. J. ROGERS
Phone 62 Covington, Ga.
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