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VOLUME 12, NUMBER 1.
HAS
TAKEN OATH ANO IS
PERFORMING DUTIES
OFFICERS FOR 1920 WERE ELEC¬
TED ON MONDAY NIGHT, DE¬
CEMBER >2ND—NEXT SI
SION MONDAY NIGHT
Hon. Henry Odum, 'elected on j,
eember - icii loth, __ wa duly in.stiil.led , ,, ,
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Mayor of Covington on Monday
night, Dee^SBer 22nd, succeeding
ex-Mayor E. W. Fowler, who retired
after serving the city t\yo term*.
Alderman .John Toy.lor, J. T. Swanii
it ml It. E. EYeritt were also sworn in
on tiiat occasion, the first named to
^j^i^jiiiuself’ a«0 the othet two
tW sdccee,f : l4 p. Lester and -.John
Sfepiiensoti. who did not offer for re
**&&£■**’ Mayor Odum’s Message CT pn
Following the installation exercise*
Mayor Odum delivered si message to
Council, which follows in' part:
“It is my desire to shun power and
control over people and to'Seek to
serve and to' help all—to respoc-f every
liuman being find to despise none—to
shrink from spoiling man's hope-s-to
value a human soul above all religions
and laws ar.d'to prize Tirrt greater than
institutions-?*!® make Christ my mot¬
to and doing right tny i>latform. so
hely me G^tOTOl \o t
"It is my plan that the City Govern¬
ment shall have nothing behind glpsed
doors, and I trust that we may all re¬
alize that a new day, is dawning and
the time of secret government is a
-41ltef*f%«fee the Council: i 4M£]r A>| * TV
“To T offer foil co-op
oration and in you I have faith and
i (infldence/ May we. each of us, plan
as near as possible to proye equal to
any ’occasion and Jndeavor to give all
a square deal. Lets make up qur minds
that we are'nrt fhjs Hflitreil Tot seft
ide. I<et us ifo fight Ourselves and he
'Ure \\y are right in acting for the
good and progress of this town. Lei
us-think often of the children and
the|r atuifle welfare an be sure education. that our ex
* i» wftrthy of May
fAye live, not for ourselves, but for
£ others.
|w|‘T‘o the Officers: May w| to* p make
j»re that we lire doing li.qng right;, 1 ..( 11 1 ss
.
w,. are trying t,v do i . right w«> ....... a e not ,
eligible to bold -our . oda #-I want
4^>u to lot me he one of you and \Vill
promise %v§ fcgHsL
‘worthy, both td yon and our town
tsidpen "V' though we he separate.
s? To the i>eople of Covington: 1
thank you for tite tiust|that you hn|e
bestowed npoir me: and dt is'our plan
.^.to give you faithful service away*
0$* "That n and above believe board, t|y I U am so (glad
you we .do fight
fgjjbile we ore trying to arrive at
what is best in City affairs. Help
.dfl and give Tus time to Farlr justf what
4s the best way before you condemn.
- "Tm tlm - l’ed)ile pf'Ncwtun County:
^Covington ‘is your town: lut its help
'foil—you are helping us; we want to
offer co-iqicratiou to ^yeryf one pf
^ydu, and to the ynrtiig people: Tab
s faruve of the county is yours. Let us
-gel closer together by helping one
another.
’JCTo Every One: We have heard it.
l|id that often that Hi or e was
16ne enough in Hoalven*-this \Vqfld
like unto Heaven, so let us take a
little more time in doing good and 1>P
^jjrepared hetfore we go—Today we
have everything we have wished for
aid yet we fail to pay our debt to
God—Surely history will not pi
A’ repeat Itself; * surely the Story of
Christ has not grown old. Won't yqu
Afrelp some eiie > to. do right -before;it
too late?* Jesus paid the price for
- Wl—today .be gives me strength and
I.Cburage and iligtys me Singing a si I
J#
--yfJ’Tf I smile at you, will you smile
./*£ me? I thank you.’’- ; |
HENRY ODmf
Officers Elected
;*jjll20 • ipificers to serve the city., dujnug
were elected follows: ’
os
?3&ty Mayor Pro Tem—J. E. Philips.
Recorder—C. C. King.
Clerk and Treasurer— T. .T.
■ |f^|hief *Hly Physician—Dr. W. D. Travis.
of Police—B. L. Johnson,
IM trolimuk—j|tmd .Rolian non. George
fdPatson, pyri Iiiiad ft
Ranitary offWr~W. 1. Skeleton,
Clerk SUiiekl* .was re-elected Vm he
fcMrenth ^Wbetefl. time and all others
iCT jpiy haying «lrtCnfi^fOi y*erved the i*itr )
and
Meeting Monday Night
%r-At a meeting to he held next
nay night ihe work of
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COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY7 1, 1929 L
LIHOTTPE SCHOOL TO
OPEN IH ICON IN
MONTH OF
PRINTERS’ TRADE WILL
TAUGHT BY COMPETENT MEN
CONNECTED WITH GA.-AIA.
COLLEGE
q l ^Q uiQary great has been the demand
-"setters ----- in the - South, ~ - the
iSl/u . _ .paper Publishers’ As¬
aociation ia*.- established at Macon,
Ga., a well-equipped school lo teach
the operation of the typesetting ma¬
chine.
The pay for the operators on this
machine ranges from $30 to $75 a
week, and yet hardly more than half
enough operators can be had.
Young people have been overlook¬
ing the opportunities in this great
field. The hours of work are short,
and the chances to secure a splendid
education are great, and the pay is
perhaps higher than for any similar
class of work.
The publishers have for years had
a struggle to keep operators. A Lino
type or Intertype machine costs ap
proximately five thousand dollars, and
when a publisher has to watch two
or three such machines stand idle day
after day, because operators are noi
to he had at any price, his nerves
begin to suffer.
The scarcity of typesetters was felt
so keenly that, early in 1919 some pub
lishers waited on Mr. Eugene Ander
son, president of the Georgia-Alabama
Business College, at Macon, Ga., and
urged him to start a typesetting school
in connection with his business col¬
lege, which, for thirty years, has been
drawing commercial students from all
parts of the South. Mr. Anderson was
^selected as the right mart because he
had been a printer and publisher be¬
fore going into the school business,
and'had attracted considerable atten¬
tion, through the text-books he had
Written on hte English language, show¬
ing how to master it the more kuiekly.
He said he could not establish a type¬
setting school as a private enterprise
because the cost of the equipment
would be prohibitive, and the publicity
or advertising expense would bank¬
rupt the school in a few months.
The matter was taken up with the
S. N. P. A. at its Asheville conven¬
tion alst summer, and the daily pa¬
pers of the South signed individual
contracts guaranteeing the expense of
the school and agreeing to furnish
jjeqejisary equipment and ample pub
licity to gei students. Mr. W. T. An
dersen, id .Georgia, 'was made chair
mart of the school committee; Mr.
Woodard was selected to represent
Kentucky, and Mr. Moore, Louisiana.
The Georgia Press Association met
in Macon on December 5th, and agreed
to write editorials and news stories
fqr the next six months to show young
people the great advantages to be had
at the school.
Other conventions of employing
hUhters have invited Mr. Anderson to
appear before them to show how they
can contribute to the success of the
enterprise. More than two hundred
applications for literature were receiv¬
ed during the first three weeks after
the- appearance of the school’s adver¬
tising. The school will be open for
business at Macon by January 1st. and
inquiries should be addressed to the
Georgia-Alabama Business College.
W. THOMPSON' APPOINTED
AS FIRST LIEUTENANT
R. YV. Thomiison. of Mansfield,
has boon appoint^ First Lieutenant of
of Company G, Georgia School
Technology Regiment of tha Re
sPrxi* Officers Truinng Corps. He
was selected for This rank and duty
account of his special fitness a s
on
m„wn by both his sehoHastie and mil
itary records.
There are a thovisaiid students in
rhe ngiment: therefore the distinc¬
tion he enjoys and the honor conferred
upon him are rewards which be should
be proud of. The way to further
promotion and rewards is open to him
as well as to the other members of
the regiment.
uey. [Miliceman for North Covington
end street overseer.
In Fine Condition
Tiie city enters into the New
ip excellent condition and under most
encouraging prospects. Among the
progressive measures that will be
considered in the early months is
paving of the eublie square and
imi>rovement of the Central
thiin whidi there are few prettier
<fe?Ma The council during
will consist of Mayor Henry
and Alderman C. L. Harwell, A.
McGaritv, John Taylor, James
Philips. .T. T. Swann and R. E.
iti. all of whom should receive
of tlie citizenry.
1919 RING OUT THE 0L0 RING IN THE NEW 1920
(EDITORIAL .)
GOOD-BYE, 1919—WELCOME, 1920. Like the
fleeting winds of the lonely desert one more year ,4*
lots receded quickly down the silent vistas of time
and another made its advent at 12 o’clock Wednes¬ **bu-*n
day night, heralded by the ringing of bells, blowing
of whistles, e xploding of fireworks, and demonstra¬ : iV? 1
tions of celeb rat or s who remained awake until the $?C!
dividing hour of mid night to witness an event
which cannot be seen, hut which all must realize
as one who submits with becoming grace to the
inevitable.
’Pile expiring year was one of great enjoyment
and prosperity lo the countries of the world, which
for four long, agonizing years had been cursed with fw jui loi(
bloody and destructive war—But now the awful
roar of gun s lias been succeeded by the musi¬
cal hum of industry in many Urn's of arrested en¬
deavor—Peace again reigns over the land and
prosperity is in full blossom like tlie fragrant dew- %
.
ey rose of tiio early sun-lit morning after a cloudy
night of darkness. Z ftiif
Reign on, Sweet Peace; roll on Prosperity, for
upon no land did rhe benevolent smile of the Al¬
mighty Creator rest with more favor than upon
patriotic Dixie, the wonder land of thrilling ro¬
mance and historic tradition—“the land of cotton,
where old times there are not forgotten,” of which
Georgia, the New Eden, is the Garden Spot.
Tlie constant passing of time can no man de¬
fine. Like a mighty rushing river grand and glo¬
rious it flows on and on and on, passing, here,
there and everywhere, hut never ending its on
ward flight to Eternity, the vastness of which is
beyond the mystical veil of human comprehen
to 8 if:>
sion. bus
•
Time is divided into three perods—the past; 'rre'T
'jd-A
th* present; the future. These periods are change¬ i<onrt
less and well might they be. •nj
baa
The past with its sWeet and sad memories; it*
joys and sorrow's is dead and buriedf—let it rest,.
Tlie future over which none can give direction,
Sfll
is-in i RhI s guiding hands. It is man’s privilege to
but unto God is tlie of disposing. edt
propose, power ■•lit
.
The present, passing like a comet of indetermi-..
mite duration, is all that we can truly claim IN* ! "
(■ I ? jj | #* n o o<4 son 911
our own. It is with us day by day and hour h.v
hour in all its magnificent splendor and should
Is* pri>f»erly appreciated—give a smile, speak a .
.
kindly word of good cheer: do something for
9 2tg
somebody today, for you may never again pass
thin way.
Tlie News is not unmindful of its obligations to
the pepople and it takes pleasure in expressing
fo Us friends, patrons, subscribers, enemies and
jijSSiy ‘ -f%j -a i ^ &£.1 "'tiiJ.i! cordial jo iy*y
others its happiest gteetings and most
good «ishe* for the future with its flattering pros¬
pects and unlimited possibilities—livery good wish
radiates to one and to all.
tM
GEORGIA LEADS STATES
IN MOONSHINE PRODUCT
High Cost of Whiskey Has Led Moun¬
taineer to Run the Risk
of Arrest.
.rs’ Washington. business in D. the C.-The United Stated mooig&n- has
doubled during the last fi^csil year,
cording to the annual report of
C. Roper, commissioner of tlie bureau
of internal revenue. A total of 5,909
illicit stills was seized by revenue of
fleers during the year ending
compared with 2,739 tor the
fiscal year.
The largest number of seizures was
made longest, in Georgia states that leading have the beenr'gpt’ list ydth
virtually one-third of all selatrtres
made. North Carolina accounted for
one-fourth. Both slates have been
legally “dry” for ten years. Revenue
officers believd that the ratio is in
creasing, vigilance. despite the ^exercise '^pR
The increase in moonshine activity
is credited largely to the high price of
whiskey. This leads men to run the
risk of arrest and imprisonment, of
fleers assert. v
‘ an; ‘mia—Iwa WW“
HE THINKS ALL
PRINTERS ARE CRAZY.
I know a Man
Who thinks Printers are Crazy
And jnst to prove They
Are Crazy
Whenever he needs Any Printing
He writes to
Half a Dozen Printers
, And Asks them to Qupje
,
^ wrotfe for bids
The ^ T Lowest Bid was ^
One Hundred and Sixty-five Cents
And the Highest Bid was
One dollar and Ninety dents.
H e ^ Spent Twelve cents for Postage
^ ng H - g Rfds And
j He spent Three Cents * 4 ',
j Foj , His E nvP i5pes
j j An d he Siient Fourt Cents ' “ >i;
For Wis paper,
And hp pa j d
R j ghteen Dollars
, A week to tjj e
J F j erk w j K » wrote the letter*
And Di cke q the Staraixs ••
_^ n< j g 0 ]M flB£U ow jtsdsii e'hiiow
iHe sent tlie Job
(to the Imwest Bidder,
Who bid One-sixty-flve.'
But It Cost Him Two-fourteen., ■>£
l thank you.
Albert M. Freeman, in
FORCED TO SUSPEND
3 *r S--1n; - ' i —" ■ ' 1 —
FROFITEERJNG METHODS 01
MANUFACTURERS AND SHORT
AGE OF NEWSPRLNTPAP
itlliruO m dimJ OPERATE ' a
AGAINST
r PUBLISHERS
Hn'*H «h1T' . • • ■
between ‘tii’i t, 3. .■ --- ■»-
2,500 and 3,000 small news¬
papers, face suspension, if not extinc
tjQt?, unless, the newsprint situation is
§?°P .remedied, Representative An
mon^,.Republican, house of Kansas, told the
postoffice committee today in
urging favpcable action on his bill to
hunt to twenty-four pages daily news¬
papers and. periodicals using the sec¬
ond-class mail privilege.
The present acute paper shortage,
lie said, is due to the large size of
the big city dailies and some maga¬
zines. The large newspapers, he added,
could eliminate fifty or more pages of
mature, coi^ al jd magazine matter
published in Sunday editions without
lqss to the public.
The volume of advertising should
be drastically reduced during the
preseht 'shortage, he said.
Replying to Chairman Steenerson,
■Repre^entatiye khortale 'Anthony sajd the pres
ent of newsprint paper “is
due largely lo' fhe rapacity of the
buying gfeat publishing companies which are
up every pound of newsprint
they can lay’ their hands on. The
cOurtfry'tihd small city publishers ce.n
this powerful competition.”
Jasdn Rbgei-s, prtblisher of the New
York Globe, speaking in favov of the
bill, declared that some great news
E&tfM'Ji 5 at the ex¬
pense of all the others by publishing
Ikge editions and carrying great quan¬
tifies 'rif advertising.
‘‘Small city and country papers sim¬
ply cannot get newspiint,” he said,
‘‘and the big fellows must begin to
think of the little fellows soon or
many of the smaller papers must go
out of business.”
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FOUR ECLIPSES WILL
OCCUR THIS YEAR
? -:sd ke --: _____
MAIN EVENT BEUAUSE OF THE
SCOPE WITH WHICH IT MAY
a: BE OBSERVED WILL BE TOTAL
ECLIPSE OF MOON MAY 2ND.
'iVitlp twq," total .eclipses of the moon
and two partial eclipses of the sun,
the i.'ij.pchedulf’d interesting' phenomena to witness four of the of
si
?eft'fitirtf‘‘ bodies upon which the peo
W of Crrifflh' and the rest of the
earth always Took with mere worth
f4s§* interest and awe.
The main event of the list, because
of the s-fcopb with which if may be
Observed, wiiThe a total eclipse of the
rthobh ofl M# 2, visible here. The be
ginhlng' wttf he visible generally in
W^SterflT Asia, Africa, the
Indian Ocean except eastern portion,
the Atlantic ocean, eastern North
Afnerii^ ffjeeept the extreme north
we<i!^ei■n , portion, South America, and
the eastern portion of the Pacitie
Qfc-e&if KhfHYse'R will be as follows:
■’*' A prtrtirtT eotlpse of the sun will be
Mhy 27; vfklblei hdre, visible to the
greater part of Australia and the In¬
dian ocean. * —
* .A lottl ’drtipse 6 f the moon on Oc¬
tober 27, invisible to eastern part of
North America.: The beginning will
bn visible generally in western North
America, tfee Pacific ocean, Australia,
Awatexcept the western portion, and
portion of the Indian ocean; the
easing visible generally in western
Africa- and Europe except the west
'frtHHvmilsetib oolzeM to HcR erit the
A: partittl -eclipse of the sun on
morning of '.November 10, visible
here, k. -
The year 1920 comprises the latter
part.vpf the 144th and the beginning
ef the 145th years of American inde¬
pendence, and corresponds to the
year 6623 of the Julian period; the
year 56M of the Hebrew era begins
gt sunset .September 12; the year
2672 since the foundation of Rome,
.according to Varro; tlie year 2580 of
the Japanese era, and to the 9th year
of the period entitled Taisho; the
ygai;. 1339. of, the Molmmmedan era,
or, $he fra of the Hegira, begins at
.
sunset on September 14. The first
day of the yearJs the 2,422,325th day
*iAq*,*h* a*jqqu 0 cyment..of the Julian
soU ttoda
< miVHSSIONERS FOR 1920
ARE ELECTED AT OXFORD
Oxford Ga., T>ec. JO.—At the recent
;frtv-fiqn the fbllowicjr were chosen as
.the Board of Commissioners for 19-
20 ; Dr J. A. Sba.-o. J. Z. Johnson,
\Y. K. Branham aoj F. A. Henderson.
Pwrfessrs A. T. Hinds. W. S. Mann
i>*k? Wiffiam -^herwoed tied for the
r fhrt places.
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An Ad in The New]!
Worth Formal ' % f i :f: i
The Fence,"
$51.50 Peg, " tea: 1;; Advance
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THE AMERICAN FARMER
LEADS WORLD IN
WORK OF PRODUCTION
AGGREGATE VALUE OF CROPS
THIS YEAR IS MORE THAW
$15,873,««0,000 WITH BIG
FIVE-YEAR AVERAGE
The American farmer leads tlia
world in the individual production of
crops, according to the annual rqport
of Secretary Houston, of the depart¬
ment of agriculture. Mr. Houston
notes that countries such as Belgium
under intensive cultivation, give a
higher acreage yield, but taking both
acreage and yield per acre into con¬
sideration the American agriculturist
produced this year two and a half
times as much as his Belgian and Ger¬
man rivals, two and three-tent us
times as much as the British farmer,
three and two-tenths times as much
as the French, and more than six
times as much as the Italian.
The aggregate value of all crops
produced this year is placed at $15,-
873.000. 000, as compared with $11,-
222.000. 000 in 1918, and an average
of $5,829,829,000 during the five-ye ir
period preceding the European war.
The nation can expand still furth r
its output of commodities by cultivat¬
ing unused tillable land, estimated M
more than 60 per cent of the total,
the report states. Expansion, how¬
ever, is limited by the supply yof la¬
bor and capital.
FARM BUREAU D0IN6
MUCH GOOD WORK IN
VARHTRICT3
ORGANIZATION IS NO-POLITI¬
CAL AND EVERY CITIZEN IS
URGED TO JOIN AND CO¬
OPERATE IN EVERY
MOVEMENT
The Newton County Farm Bureau
held its second meeting at the Court
House on Tuesday morning, Decem¬
ber 16, at 10:30 o'clock. There were
about twenty farmers present at'this
meeting, practically every district in
the county being represented.
Mr. Tom Asbury, district agricuk
tural agent from the eighth district,
gave us a very interesting talk on
what the Farm Bureau is doing for
Morgan, Oglethorpe and Oconee coun¬
ties. One of the most helpful things
that the Farm Bureau is doing lor
these counties is the finding of a good
market for their farm products. They
have already shipped several carloads
of hogs and potatoes, receiving the
very top market price. They are
planning to have a cotton grader fer
each county and shipping cotton co¬
operatively, thus receiving the “real”
value for their cotton.
The Farm Bureau in Newton Coun¬
ty is just being organized and it is
our plans to visit every district in tlie
county, holding night meetings at
school-houses. We have got to have
three or four real live ^Raders in
every community, and what we want
to do at these meetings is to select
these leaders.
We will have several men along at
these meetings to explain the Farm
Bureau to you and we also are plan¬
ning to give a moving picture show
on “How to Fight the Boll Weevil.”
We are going to have several ter¬
racing demonstrations, showing how
the terraces should be run, throwing
terraces up with ditching machine and
demonstrating how the tractor can
help in this work.
We will also hold several pruniEg
and spraying demonstrations, showing
the farmer how to prune and spray
his orchard.
These are only a few things which
we hope to accomplish through thrt
Farm Bureau. If anyone is intereste 1
in either of the above things which I
have mentioned and wants one of
these demonstrations and mee*iu . ■ to
be held in his community, be should
see me at once, for several of the
communities have spoken for them
already, and we will have to visit
them first. We v;”l, however, be able
to visit every .munity if w r e know
your wants in au/ance.
“The Farm Bureau is the greatest
organization the farmers have had a
chance to join.” These are the cor¬
rect words stated by the United StateB
Department of Agriculture.
This organization is non-political and
its sole purpose is to help the farmer,
his wife and children.
Watch for the announcement of the
meeting in your community and be
sure to come.
J. K. LUGC.
