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Senator James W. Wadsworth, in
a speech at Rochester, X. Y., said
"The next war will be a chemical war,
and it will be up .to Amerionn chemists
to win it for their country by such tf
fectice means as only chemists can pro¬
vide.’’ Why this talk about war?
Why not talk about peapce and meth¬
ods to promote harmony among the
nations, The world has had enough
of war, and the burdens of the people
because of the folly of war, will be
handed along from generation to gen¬
eration, a constant source of hardship.
Why not cease this constant war cry'
Why not disarm the nations and adopt
a policy of peaceful industry.
A measure providing for the division
of the State of Illinois has been intro¬
duced into Congress. The proposition
is to divide the state so that eight
northern counties shall constitute the
State of Northern Illinois, and the
other ninety-four counties shall com¬
prise the State of Southern Illinois. It
looks as though Chicago wanted to be
the centre of a little world, all her own.
and that too the richest in the United
States. However, if the people of Illi¬
nois desire to divide their state it is
a matter of their own concern, regard¬
less of the fact that it seems t<> he e.v
tirc-ly unnecessary.
LID PARTLY CLOSED.
The emergency hill. limiting the
number of aliens to 3 per cent of the
number of each nationality resident
in the United States in 1910 has passed
the Senate by a vote of 78 to 1. The
Senate struck out the provision to ex
empt from the 3 per cent limitation
those emigrating to escape religious
and political persecutions.
Thus one step has been taken to
close the door upon the undesirable
immigration that has poured into the
United States almost without restric¬
tion, until in many of our cities and
in all of our manufacturing centers
the foreign population is equal to or
in excess of the native, and the lan¬
guage of the people is as mixed as that
of the throng that attempted the erec¬
tion of the tower of Babel, after the
“confusion of tongues.”
This act of Congress is a step to¬
ward the preservation of America for
Americans. It is a movement toward
relieving the housing situation and the
preservation of our American customs;
a move to check the tidal wave of alien
humanity that is threatening to sub¬
merge our American institutions be¬
neath an un-American element.
The door is closing too late, how¬
ever, far too late to preserve much
that has been lost forever; hut that
it has been done at all should he and
doubtless is hailed with joy by the
great majority of American people.
America will now have a breathing
spell and an opportunity to American
ize its surplus of alien energy.
We do not want citizens of the Uni¬
ted States voting as Germans, Irish¬
men. Russians. Austrians, or any oth¬
er race or people. We do not approve
of American citizens speaking a for
eign tongue, reading foreign-language
papers, or conducting their affairs af¬
ter the manner of European customs.
This is America. and Americans
should be imbued with the spirit that
has made this country great. They
should talk United States, think Uni¬
ted States, and bring up their children
to love and respect the United States
and its institutions.
if the United States is not good
enough for any of our alien people
they should pack their worldly goods
and go by the most direct route hack
to the country from whence they came.
Let every American citizen speak
the language of America, think in the
language of America, and in all his
dealings act as a good American should
Let every American citizen think
“America First,” and love the llag of
the United States above all other. If
he does not he is not worthy to be an
American citizen, and we do not want
him. If his interests are not in Amer¬
ica he is a dangerous element in our
body politic, and should be invited to
depart for the country where he be¬
longs; for there is no place for him
in America.
THE CYNICAL ( KITH
"For I’m nothing, if not critical."
Sometime, somewhere, you have all
met this kind “who is nothing if not
critical." Critics of literature, music,
art and journalism.
The constructive critic is skilled in
judging merit—as well as demerit; beau¬
ties as well as imperfections. True
critics are useful and helpful.
Cynical critics delight in fault find¬
ing. They perch themselves, like a
jackdaw, upon a pinnacle, and, with
the assumption of pretended superiori¬
ty. claim to Know-It-All.
Criticisms and innuendoes are heap¬
ed upon those who are not their fav¬
orites. like frost upon the flowers.
They lay the flattering unction to
their souls, that it is so VERY- SUPE¬
RIOR—Don’t you know?
Henry Ward Beecher said: ‘‘He who
seeks for flowers will find flowers, and
he who loves weeds will find weeds.
It is impossible to indulge in severity
of opinion upon others, without injur¬
ing the tenderness and delicacy of our
own nature. ‘There is nothing so
kingly as kindness.”
The COVINGTON NEWS
official Organ of Newton County
and the City of Covington.
Published every Thursday by Die
News Publishing Company.
W. E. I.IGHTFOOT, Editor-Mgr.
Entered as second class mail matter
December 2, 1908, at the Post Office
at Covington. Ga,., under the act of
March 3, 1879,
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
One Year, (in advance) ........ $2.00
Six Months, (in advance,) ....... $1.25
THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1921.
During 1920 the U. S. government re¬
ceived $25,000,000 in taxes on women’s
cigarette cases and other articles of
jewelry.
John D. Rockefeller, according to
financial papers, is $200,000,000 poorer
than he was a year ago. Poor John.
He has the sympathy of more than an
hundred millions of people, 999 per¬
cent. of whom do not believe the state¬
ment.
What is a glutton? Watch a robin
upon your lawn some fine morning
and note the number of angle worms
he will pull out of the ground and
swallow. You will then think Mr. Rob
in is larger inside than he is out. In
any event he has a good app^fite.
Eighty out of every one hundred au¬
tomobiles in the world are American
made. The automobile has cut deeply
into the profits of the railroads, and
will cut deeper, unless the roads re¬
duce their rates of transportation so
ihat railroad traffic will again be with
in the limits of an ordinary man's in¬
come.
Commenting on the statement of a
London suffragist that ‘‘only women
van keep men out of war,” Col. George
Bailey says:
“Of course. All nature proves that.
Let two roosters occupy a lot, an!
they will be friendly. Let one little
bmwn hen fly over, and the fight
is on.”—Exchange.
The popularity of the “movies'' has
Invaded the churches, ami today the
preacher illustrates his sermon or his
lecture with a movie show, designed
to impress upon the minds of his hear¬
ers the salient points of his theme.
I’ietures are not new in the churches.
For many centuries painting and scul¬
pture have combined to make religious
services impressive.
The state of Ohio proposes to rid
itself of one hundred of its foreign
horn criminals, now in its state pris¬
ons. it finds that it is hoarding 400
such foreigners at public expense, and
that 100 of them are liable to depor¬
tation. Why not the whole bunch?
It' foreigners come here and violate
the laws of the land to the extent
that it is necessary to put them In
prison, it would he in the line of duty
and economy to send them back to
the country they came from, as dam¬
aged goods and not acceptable.
The soldier's bonus hill, now before
Congress, seems to have sruck a knot.
The present Congress is pledged to a
policy of economy and a reduction of
taxation, and its pledge cannot be car¬
ried out with a soldier's bonus of ap¬
proximately five billion dollars to add
to the taxes of the people. The law¬
makers are between two fires. If the
bonus bill becomes a law they will be
censured for extravagance, and many
of them will lose their jobs. If the
bill does not pass they will be cen¬
sured for neglect of the soldiers. Which¬
ever way the matter turns the pres¬
ent congress is in a tight box.
A drive is to be made in the state
of Vermont to re forest denuded areas.
Something of this sort must he done or
the "Green Mountain" state will be rs
bare and brown as a Nevada desert.
The tirnbermen and forest fires have
taken from Vermont her birth-right
and left her in appearance like a pick¬
ed chicken—rocks and ledges exposed
and the blackened stumps like pin
feathers in her hack. To remedy this
condition 500,000 trees are to be set
out annually; but it will be. under the
most favorable conditions, many years
before Vermont can again lay just
claim to being the “Green Mountain"
state.
The city of Fiume is again in trou¬
ble. The Italian Facisti. or extreme
Nationalists, have seized the city hall
and proclaimed a provisional directo¬
rate under the presidency of Ricardo
Giganti. former mayor of the city.
Peace is of short duration in Fiume
and other near eastern sections. The
great trouble seems to be that' there
are too many aspirants for the high
places, and who in order to obtain
them are willing to overthrow the
government. When a court of nations
shall preserve the peace of the world
the people will have an opportunity to
work out a problem in wise and effi
ient government.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA i - gp r
THE COVINGTON NEWS,
Most Advertisers Have Come
to Rely Entirely Upon the
Public for All That They
Make and Sell
By J. R. HAMILTON
Former Advertising Manager of Wanamaker's, Philadelphia
It is an ordinary tiling these days to pick up the paper and
see the manufacturer of some well-known automobile, for
example, asking you for any suggestions toward the improve¬
ment of his car; or to find a clothing manufacturer asking you
to suggest a name for a standard suit that he is putting out; or
even to see some maker of a staple product offering to have you
try his goods at his expense.
A short time ago the whole of New York city was treated
to a can of milk for breakfast. A little bit later another city was
invited to a dinner of pork and beans absolutely free.
There is hardly a product today that you cannot buy and
send back again if it does not live up.to the statements that were
made about it in the advertisements.
You go to a store for a suit of clothes and later you find the
color fades. You take it back without the slightest hesitation.
The storekeeper thanks you for helping him catch the error. I le
sends it on back to the manufacturer, ami the chances are the
maker in turn will thank the storekeeper for helping to locate
the trouble in time and so saving his commercial neck.
Now, with a condition like this—with every effort possible
being made to serve you, the buying public, docs it seem fair on
your part to overlook this most important feature of trade—the
advertising?
If it weren’t for the advertising and for the effort of every man¬
ufacturer and every distributer to live up to what he says in the
advertising, you would be robbed forty times a day and nobody
would care two straws.
The point is that the thing that protects you most, you pay
attention to least. It is absolute carelessness oil your part to
spend your money with any concern of any kind that does not
place itself on record behind its merchandise. And not only is
it careless to do so, but it works a positive harm to the men who
are trying to uphold the standard of their goods and protect your
interests.
Now, suppose you lend your aid to the general cause and
maintenance of good goods.
Whatever you are going to buy, make up your mind to buy
through advertising. Give these makers and merchants the ben¬
efit of your trade. Turn to the advertising in this paper and see
what they have to sell. Patronize them with your pocketbook.
You will get better service, better goods, better prices, and, best
of all, you will get more security than has ever been known before
in the history of trade—and far more than ever would have been
known if it hadn’t been for this great publicity plan.
The constant reading of advertising is the price of commer¬
cial liberty for all of us.
(Copyrighted.)
TALKING WITH ONE’S
CHILDREN.
Explorers recently home from the
arctic regions of Alaska tell a strange¬
ly poignant story rtf amian who could
not talk with his children. John Bart¬
lett. as he is called, having wearied of
sea-roving, settled as a pioneer trader
in that hinterland of civilization. So
well did his dealings prosper and so
hearty and hale was the life, that he
grew thoroughly attached to the snow
clad country, came to relish its cus¬
toms and at last took unto himself an
Eskimo bride. The wooing was mostly
in sign language, as she knew no Eng¬
lish and ho a mere syllable or so of her
tongue. But love is not loquacious.
Nor is it always foresighted. As Dr.
William Barton tells the sequel of the
mating: “Four children were born to
them, and Bartlett assumed that it was
a woman’s business to bring them up.
They learned their mother's language,
not their father’s. As they grew, he
saw in them more and more that ki.i
dlod his interest, but when finally he
essayed to teach them to talk with him.
their experience an dhis were opposed,
his attempts were awkward, sporadic,
futile—and he gave it up."
Thus it was that the explorers came
upon a lonely man, watching from his
storehouse, where the natives and trav¬
elers traded, four children at play in
the distance—-the oldest ten; the young¬
est a toddler. “Yes,” he told the stran¬
gers, “they’re mine. But (and his eyes
were misty with heart hunger) they
can't speak my language, and I can’t
speak theirs.”
How often, how sorrowfully often,
does this same awareness dawn upon
fathers, even upon mothers, who while
looking dilligently enough to their
children's food and dress and health
and all outward concerns, have learned
and taught no converse of spirit, no
merry comradeships, no gleaming con¬
fidences with the little lives. Slowly,
grimly the awareness cornea—“They
can't speak my language, and I can’t
speak theirs!"
To the back door of the house of a
lonely spinster there came a seedy look¬
ing person who after being given some
food, made so bold as to proffer this
additional request: “Will you please
ask your husband if he ain't got an
old pair of trousers to give me?”
The spinster, anxious not to expose
her solitude, replied: “I am sorry, but
he—er—never wears such things.”
T1IE MAKING OF A MAN.
The making of a man is like that of
a building, it all depends on the foun¬
dation. Few men seem to realize this
important part of life. Most of us are
like the man who first builds ji weak
foundation for his house, then tries to
get good results in the rest of its
making.
If we are without something stored
up in us in our early days, we find as
we grow older, that the years of our
best chances for success are getting
away from us. Few men are self
supporting at the age of sixty. That
has been proved a great many times,
Some of us take the trouble to learn
something each year, while others let
their minds drift off into things that
do us more harm than good. You have
all heard of the man who says: “If I
only knew what I know now I would
have done quite different." But
still he’s going on doing the same thing
he has for years. He seems to forget
that a little extra hard work and study
would still do him a lot of good. He
wants to stay in that one rut; he
thinks it's too hard a pull to get out
of it. They say a man may be down,
but never out. But this type of man
takes it for granted that he's out to
stay.
Not until a man learns that constant
development of the brain is necessary
will he ever get out of the old rut ne
has been in for years. There is only
one man to beat you, and that’s your¬
self. Find out how much yourself can
learn. Don't wait or the other fellow
will be ahead of you. Do it now!—*
Dr. Eberle.
l.O! THE POOR ADJECTIVE.
What will you do with it? This fav¬
orite of bards and sages?
Superanuate, render obsolete or abuse
it at will?
Echo answers: “Use and abuse all
you wish”—in CONVERSATION.
Exclaim fervently, “O, she’s a Delic¬
ious Person." That's quite English
you know—Charles Dickens made it
so.
Rave panegyricallv over the “prec¬
ious dress, and the little tot. just too
precious for anything. Custom i: - ot
stale its infinite variety.
Declare everything and everybody to
he odious. Are not Thackeray’s pages
liberally sprinkled with the mal-odorous
word?
Rapturously announce anything from
a newly hatched biddie to the bald
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
NOTICE.
You will take notice that it is the
of the Board of Drainage
of Gum Creek Drainage
District to issue bonds for the pay
of of the the balance balance of ot the uie cum. cost of
,
age si'sgars"^ District, whatever
ty Thousand Dollars, less
amount may be paid in cash by land
owners who do not desire to go into
the bond issue. These bonds are to
bear eight per cent interest, payable
the first installment due the
third year from date of the bonds and
payable in ten annual installments
thereafter. Said bonds to bear date
of April 1st, 1921.
the district . not
Any landowner in
wanting to pay interest on the bonds
may on or before the 21st day of May,
1921. pay to the County Treasurer the
full amount for which his land is as¬
sessed, which for
Class A land is $56.710
Class B land is 53.2568
Class C land is 39.9426
Class D land is 26.6284
Class E land is 13.3142
said amounts having been ascertain¬
ed from the classification sheet and
the certificate of the Board showing
the total costs of the improvement.
The lands on which assessment is
paid shall be released from liability to
be assessed for the proposed bond is¬
sue, but said lands shall continue lia¬
ble for any future assessment for main¬
tenance or for any increased assess¬
ment authorized by law.
W. A. OWENS, Chairman,
20-23c REUBEN M. TUCK, Sec.
SHERIFF’S SALE.
GEORGIA, Newton County.
Will be sold before the court house
door of said county on the first Tues¬
day in June, 1921, within the legal
hours of sale, to the highest bidder
for cash, the following described prop¬
erty, to-wit:
One Chevrolet 490-1920 Car, No.
49170, Motor No. D-12521.
Levied on as the property of T. T.
and J. J. Kelly by virtue of a Superior
Court fifa, issued by C. O. Nixon,
Clerk of Newton Superior Court in fav¬
or of G. W. Ramsey vs. T. J. and J. J.
Kelly. This May 3, 1921.
B. L. JOHNSON,
Sheriff of Newton County.
SHERIFF’S SALE.
GEORGIA, Newton County.
Will be sold before the court house
door of said county on the first Tues¬
day in June, 1921, within the legal
hours of sale, to the highest bidder
for cash, the following described prop¬
erty, to-wit;
110,000 feet of oak and pine lumber,
on the farm of Robt. Lee, consisting of
framing, weather boarding, inch plank
etc.
Levied on as the property of
Robt. Lee by virtue of a Superior
eourt fifa, issued by C: O. Nixon, clerk
of said court, in favor of J. T. Stubbs
and Troy Stubbs vs. Robt. Lee. This
May 3rd, 1921.
B. L. JOHNSON,
Sheriff of Newton County.
DIVORCE NOTICE
TOM W. SMITH vs. OPIIELLA SMITH
In Newton Superior Court,
July Term, 1921.
Libel for Total Divorce.
To Ophelia Smith:
In pursuance of an order to perfect
service on you by publication in the
above stated case, the same being a
libel for total divorce, you are hereby
required, personally or by attorney, to
be and appear at the July term, 1921,
of Newton Superior Court to be held in
and for said county on the 3rd Mon¬
day in July next, then and there to
answer the plaintiff's complaint, as ia
default thereof said court will pro¬
ceed, as to justice shall appertain.
Witness the Honorable John B. Hut¬
cheson, Judge of the said court, this
2nd day of May, 1921.
C. O. NIXON,
Clerk of Newton Superior Court.
22-27
NOTICE.
The Federal Farm Loan Bank is now
lending money to farmers on farms at
6 per cent interest, on five to forty
years time. First come, first served.
Apply at once to Reuben M. Tuck, Cov¬
ington, Ga. tf.
summit of Stone Mountain, TRULY
WONDERFUL.
But, never, no never, use an adjec¬
tive in journalism! That's the af¬
front unpardonable. The Cardinal
Crime against good form in the Fourth
Estate.
Hew to the line! Say prunes and
prisms, without so much as an an, a,
or the, and primly announce that, “Ann
can spin flax." That’s so “splendidlv
null,” but. for heavens sake don't com
mit the blunder of describing Ann, her
manner of spinning nor the kind of
flax employed in the art thereof.
Let the dead past bury its dead.
the little word, so faithful in
picture portrayals to the volumes'of
years and gently, sorrowfully
“Requiescat in pace”—“Quoth
Raven never more.”
TOWN'S COUNTRY.
Dr. L. H. Bailey, a close and life¬
student of the country problem in
United States, in a recent article, I
“The fundamental need of the
is, to place efficiently educa¬
men and women of tranied minds
clear vision, in the open country.”
Town's Country is the ar-’a which
with it, which makes a common
CITATION
GEORGIA, Newton County.
To all whom it may concern.
L. F. Livingston of said State
ing, in form ha
proper applied f, for
»«•«« <*««•« pe r ,
estate of W. on th«
B. Livingston, late °f
county, deceased, this is sail]
to cite all and
singular the creditors '
and next of ki
of W. B. Livingston, deceased,
to ba
and appear at the Court of Ordinary
at if the June they term, 1921, and show cause’ !
any can, why permanent i
ters of administration et
should not b
granted to said 1,. F. Livingston
sajd estate. on
Witness my official signature, this
12th day of April, 1921.
A. L, LOYD,
Ordinary
CITATION.
STATE OF GEORGIA,
Newton County.
The appraisers upon application of
Mrs. E. J. Jackson, widow of said E J
Jackson, for a twelve months’ support
for herself and five minor children
having filed their return; all persons
concerned hereby are cited to show
cause, if any they have, at the next
regular June term of this Court, why
said application should not be granted
This April 22, 1921.
4t A. L. LOYD, Ordinary.
CITATION.
GEORGIA, Newton County.
Whereas, Mrs. E. V. Moore, Admin¬
istratrix of the estate of E. V. Moore,
deceased, represents to the Court in
her petition, duly filed and entered on
record, that she has fully administer¬
ed said estate. This is therefore to
cite all persons concerned, kindred and
creditors, to show cause, if any they
can, why the said Administratrix
should not be discharged from her ad¬
ministration, and receive Letters of
dismission, on the first Monday in
June, 1921.
Witness my official signature, this
2nd day of May, 1921.
4t. A. L. LOYD, Ordinary.
DIVORCE NOTICE
L. W. HODGES vs. EMMA HODGES.
In the Newton Superior Court
March Term, 1921.
To the Defendant Emma Hodges:
The plaintiff, L. W. Hodges, having
filed his .petition for divorce against
Emma Hodges, in this Court, returna¬
ble to this term of the Court, and it
being made to appear that Emma Hod¬
ges is not a resident of this county,
and also that she does not reside with¬
in the State, and an order having been
made for service on her by publication,
this therefore is to notify you, Emma
Hodges, to be and appear at the next
term of the Newton Superior Court to
be held on the third Monday in July,
1921, then and there to answer said
complaint.
Witness the* Honorable John B Hut¬
cheson, Judge of the Superior Court,
Stone Mountain Circuit.
This, 4th day of May, 1921.
C. O. NIXON. Clerk.
BOND VALIDATION NOTICE.
To the Public:
Notice is hereby given that on the
13th day of May, 1921, at 2:45 o’clock
P. M., at Covington, Georgia, at the
court house of Newton County, before
the Superior Court of said county, and
the Honorable John B. Hutcheson,
Judge of said court, will be heard the
case of The State of Georgia vs. West
Bear Creek Drainage District, No. ••
of said county, being proceedings for
the validation and confirmation "f
bonds issued by said drainage district
on the 1st day of April, 1921. in ac¬
cordance with the law.
This 2nd day of May, 1921.
C. O. NIXON,
Clerk of Newton Superior Court.
22-23.
j cause with it in buying and selling
The Town's Country is also the area
which comes to it for play and recn
ation. At last the towns have begti' 1
to realize that they owe a duty to the
farming people, upon whose well behu
and prosperity, to a considerable <'
tent, depend their own. Surely d
“Country’s Town’ should arouse itse' f
with a a wide, enthusiastic awakenii -
and stand squarely back of every mon
ment for the betterment of the "Town
Country” in financial, educational
social life.
STARTLING
The summer girl in days of yore
Has startled us, upon the shore,
But—no use talking!—
That bathing suit’s a quiet gown
Compared to what she wears down t 1 '
When she goes walking.
—Washington Sta"
.They were talking iWt dwarf 1 '
None ’em you’ve mentioned, sai'*
of
I km ''
Smith, “can come up to one
Why, when his corns hurt him
“Yes?” came the chorus as h>
tated. „
“Everytime his corns hurt him.
thought he had tb»
peated Smith, “he
headache."
