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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 H
1908, at the Post Office at Covington, Ga., under the
Act of March 3, 1879.
COVINGTON, GA., MAY 22, 1919.
Newton is a 100 per cent county.
No chance to do better, so come on to
Covington and live in a tent.
“Sixty cents steak is near,’ says a head
line. Not to us.
A pig in the pen is worth two in the store
to the fellow who owns the pig.
Huri. Slgns are accumulating that Governor
Dorsey is not going to have a picnic
whe a he sets out to eat Hoke up up alive.
Wahon Tribune. As Alexander H. Steph¬
ens once remarked:”-----
L ike McLuke says: “A man may have
too much sense to judge a book by its
bineiag. But that won’t keep him from
judg.ng a girl by her looks.”
It is generally predicted that when the
State Senate convenes on the foifrth Wed¬
nesday in June that Hon. Sam L. Olive, of
Aug' sta will be re-elected president with¬
out opposition, which is as it should be, as
Mr. Tlive makes a satisfactory presiding
offic r.
HON. JOHN N. HOLDER FOR SPEAKER
Present indications forecast the re-elec
^e.House position when of Representatives the Georgia Legislature without con- op
venes on the fourth Wednesday in June.
In 1917 Mr. Holder was opposed by Hon.
William H. Burwell, of Sparta, and Hon.
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being cast at the opening session without
a decision. On the morning of the second
day, Mr. Burnell withdrew from the con¬
test and Mr. Holder was an easy winner
on the first ballot.
Many of the friends of the opposing
candidates m 1917 are now warm
ot Mr. Holder, whose able and impartial
rulings eliminated opposition and criticism
in a manner peculiarly identified with the
man. Mr. Holder has been a member of
eitaer the higher or lower branch of the
Georgia Legislature for nearly twenty
years, serving several terms as speaker
of the House, and it generally conceded
that he ranks among the ablest and most
impartial presiding officers in the history
of the body. His ruling, while quick and
positive, have always been fair, legal and
announced in a friendly manner indicative
of the high esteem which he entertains for
every member.
The editor of the Covington News writes
more about women and knows less about
them than any editor we know. If he was
married and broke in he would learn that
there are more things in this world than
Alpharetta are ever dreampt of in his philosophy.—
Free Press. And Jack Patter¬
son is a fine fellow at that, what’s the mat¬
ter with helping him find the right girl to
complete his education?—Marietta Jour¬
nal. Thank you, Comfort, for your
thoughtful consideration. Just a few
weeks ago the Alpharetta Free Press
complimented us on our excellent judg¬
ment in matters feminine and we know
more now than we did then.
What does it profit a man to save one
penny in the purchase of a postage stamp
and pay it out for the privilege of enjoying
a cold drink?
A conclusion is the only thing a woman
can ;unp at without displaying her hos
ier; ,—Exchange. We never did enjoy
see: ig ’em jump at conclusions, so we
woi t look until they jump at something
else
I Postmaster General Burleson under
takc i to defend his record he will have lit¬
tle rime to look after the business of his
office.. — Columbus Enquirer-Sun. He
doesn’t do any thing except raise rates,
which can be done after supper.
A few Georgia editors seem to be labor¬
ing under the impression that the zone
Postal law will decrease the circulation of
national magazines and farm journals in
this state. They are evidently unmindful
of the fact that the advertising rate of
tt^’n?v!l Li- .■ ■ sufficient —o —
Ca 10nS is to more
than pay the increased ' poetage poetage and and leave leave
a handsome profit.
m mmm# numi&At, #4* 22, 1M0,
f *sRAitrwi\<4 Mil whIsk^v 0
to Prohibition be regretted M«g that fett we opponents, prohibitionists but it do js j
not always regard the law in our zeal to 1
encompass its enforcement. The News is
as much opposed to the violation of the
prohibition law as any newspaper in Geor¬
gia, but it considered the time propitious
for registering a serious objection to the
illegal searching of automobiles and per¬
sonal effects for evidence to convict pos¬
sible owners of whiskey of violating the
prohibition law.
According to recent reports, officers in¬
vaded a passenger train approaching At¬
lanta and ruthlessly searched the suit cases
and grips of law abiding citizens to ascer¬
tain whether or not there was any whis¬
key aboard. Any person in Georgia has
a constitutional right to defend himself,
against illegal seizure and the officers will
some day.
We see no reason why Hon. Thomas
Swift Felder, of Macon should not make
the race for attorney general next year.
There is just about as little to Burleson
as there is to Government ownership and
operation of railroads.
Girls who run away with their fathers’
chauffeurs are the same girls who used
to elope with their fathers’ coachmen, but
the average chauffeur is some degrees
above the old-time coachman.—Valdosta
Times. We have always felt sorry for the
fellow who got eloped with in such cases.
With the Georgia press expressing pref
„, , , „ ,
and brunettes, The Columbus Enquirer
Sun man declines to take sides, declaring
that he is impartial, ready to take any good
thing that comes his way. Really it is all
a matter of taste, and the blonds and the
brunettes are all most charming and at¬
tractive to the average man.—Montgo¬
mery Times. In a matter of this kind we
never place ourself in a position where we
might the color regret of the it. hair There is no telling what | i
of the next lady we
shall happen to meet up with will be. In !
other words, the thing to practice is safety :
fiirst Columbus Enquirerer-Sun. We
still stick to our original proposition that
if it’s a matter of taste, brunettes taste a :
shade sweeter.
The News is glad to add the Sandersville
Progress, one of Georgia’s biggest, best
and brightest weekly newspapers, to its
busiuesIT^
Progress has just closed a contract with
the
scribers.
Governor Dorsey has his record and that
record will convict any man on any charge
which the Governor may see fit to indict
on.—Athens Banner. The above para
was reproduced from The Banner’s
j tri-weekly tirade against Senator Hoke
; Smith. There will be some fun in Georgia
(when Governor Dorsey undertakes to indict
.Senator : in the Smith. world There isn’t sufficient pow- |
e r to bring the Governor face I
j to face with the Senior Senator from this
istate. For one, we would walk some
tance to hear this predicted indictment.
j i —
“Lots of little men are bigger than the
big ones,” remarks an observant exchange,
Yes, and lots of the big men are smaller
than the little ones.
Speaking of the devil his dues,” what
is the devil’s due, anyway ?—Exchange.
Delinquent subscribers and gossips
You can’t always identify a fool by his
general appearance, but he can’t open his
mouth and keep his condition a secret.
A farmer who doesn’t take his countv
paper with cotton selling at 30 cents a
pound doesn’t appreciate his rural route.
Few of ’em look as good as some of them
are advertised in the “ladies ready-to
wear” department.
There are better men in perdition than
some of the occupants of the amen depart¬
ment of modern churches.
The bachelor editors are hereby warn¬
ed that Monroe has more pretty girls to the
square foot than any other town in Geor¬
gia.—Walton Tribune. Sounds more like
an invitation to us.
Ralph Smith has been oiling up and Sen¬
ator Hoke has been rounding up in Geor¬
gia. It appears that this team will come
out winner in the campaign next year. Boy,
please page Mr. Clark Howell.—Commerce
Observer.
Rev. Elam F. Dempsey, a former profes¬
sor in Emory college, is writing a series
of sermons “to live by” for the Athens
Banner. It strikes us that they would also
be suitable to die by.
Editor Ernest Camp, of the Walton Trib¬
une, asserts that the Monroe girls are
pretty by the square inch. Editor John
of the Commerce News, insistsi
that the Commerce girls are pretty by the j
sauare square inch. inch. Covimrton Covington girls odrls are are pretty
any way one takes them.
“GOVERfrMfcNT OWNERSHIP"
Advoca te S of Government ownership j
j 0 p era tion of railways anti other pub¬
* utilities will not feel encouraged over
announcement of the existence of a
of $418,000,000 as the result of fif¬
months management of the important
by Directors General McAdoo and
Tile deficit sustained during 1918 was
published at $226,000,000 and the
deficit for the first quarter of
1919 is admittedly 192,000,000 for all
under Federal direction.
The government has fallen short $192,
000,000 in three months in earning operat¬
expenses and the sum guaranteed the
owners as compensation for the use of
their properties. rail
Under government management
creases in salary totaling $65,000,000,1
swelling the total salary increase under
government operation to $3,000,000,000,
which goes to 2,000,000 employees. The
actual payment under increased wage or¬
ders last year was $368,000,000, according
to Director General Hines. Railroad com¬
panies estimate the increase at nearly $10,
000,000 more than the Director General.
Under Government operation passenger
rates have advanced one-half a cent a mile
and war tax, freight rates have advanced
about 30 per cent and the services . is the I!
most unreliable and unsatisfactory in the
history of the American railroads.
Another indictment against Government
operation is furnished by a deficit of $14,-
540,000 in eight months direction of the
American Railways Express, the con¬
solidated express corporation, up to March
1, 1919.
This is an age of experts in every line of
endeavor, as has been clearly demonstrat¬
ed on many occasions. It is the duty of
the government to enact laws and direct
other governmental departments. Railway
men know more about operating railways
than Son-In-Law McAdoo could learn in a
thousand years, for McAdco is not a rail
r0 ad Neither is Director General
Hines , and the lines eanrcri be returned to
the management of their owners too soon.
--
Covington needs more homes and a
of trade,
By the way, what has become of “the
most influential man in Washington?”
You may sow fields of gossip if you de¬
but in the end you’ll reap a harvest
f
use to advantage, however, are seldom
seen in the garden.
WELCOME THE BOYS BACK HOME
With one accord we should all join m
welcoming the soldiers back home from
the bloody battle fields of France, but
What of the boys who will never more
v * ew the beloved land of their birth, for
which they gladly made the supreme sacri
In a stange land beneath unfamiliar . j
stars thousands of brave Americans; many
the patriotic Georgians, are resting in
peace at the end of the path of glory—the
highway that leads to death.
To the memory of the dead heroes and
in honor of the returned soldiers, a monu¬
ment should be erected in the capitol city
of Georgia, and it is in keeping with the
eternal fitness of things that Newton coun¬
ty should arrange a special program in
compliment to the boys “over there” and
those who are at home again, after a vic¬
torious conflict against unnumbered hosts
of evil.
The News recommends the suggestion
of C. Wright Adams, published in last
week’s issue, to the thoughtful considera¬
tion of the people of this community, and
hopes that an appropriate program will be
perfected. A barbecue and general cele¬
bration at Academy Springs would assem¬
ble the returned soldier and their friends
in glad reunion, as well as provide a day
of pleasure for the citizens.
One way to get what you want is to go
after it.
The Conyers Times has been sold to a
ten thousand dollar corporation. Editor
Jack L. Patterson goes to Covington to j
devote his time to The News. Editor
Madison Brown Tyler Madisonian. takes charge We of thank The Times.— you. |
Under the law now operative in this
state, officers have the light to conduct a
search for whiskey when provided with a
warrant reciting definite charge, but no-.
body baggage has the right to search automobiles !
or for the express purpose of
ascertaining whether or not they contain f
whiskey.
lhe women go to the musical comedy to
what the women in the audience wear
as well as those on the stage. The men
—Columbus Enquirer-Sun. Per¬
the men go to see what the women
wear.—Covington News. You ought
least to be able to speak from personal
— Columbus Ennuirer-Sun
JLu speak from personal lilt experience .Z i; we
mind admitting that we go to hear
orchestra.
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to get his prescription filled. That’s our
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chemicals and pharmaceuticals, and are
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S u n d r i e s
Our sundry line is thoroughly complete
f consisting of only responsible goods. The
’ stock comprises fine quality .Stationery,
Cigars, Cigarettes, Tobacco, Chewing Gum,
Candies, etc. In fact all articles carried by
up-to-date druggists. We also serve Ice
Cream.
Smith’s Drug Store
Phune 4 !i. Covington,