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0WIH YOUR OWN HOME
And have something more than rent receipts to show for the privilege
of occupying a house. Enjjoy the privilege of living in your Own Home-■-*
the home of your dreams—this means much more than just living in a
house.
V «J When you build your Own Home you build into it your own individ¬
uality—a home of your own is more than just a house or place to live in.
There is a world of satisfaction in your own home, a hom^abuilt the way
you want it.
Don’t just wish for a home but put your wish into action and own
your own home. With our extremely low prices on all lumber, wood work
and building material the erection of a home of your own is made easy.
The manufacturers of lumber tell us that the selling prices are below the cost of pro¬
duction. Our prices are based on the present below the cost of production prices of man¬
ufacturers. Every item in our large stock is now priced on the new basis, our original
cost has been forgotten. Our reduction of 40 per cent on common framing and sheath¬
ing lumber together with a big reduction on finish and wood work makes possible the
i UWSSfaS building of your home at a surprising low' cost.
Grasp this opportunity and build now that home of your own. We’ll be glad to talk
this over with you. You can rely upon our suggestions for designs to lit your family
and pocketbook and for advice on those materials which will prove most economical in
the long run.
I YicGord Lumber Co. CONTRACTORS BUILDING MATERIAL ami DEALERS
AT i HE OLD D. A. THOMPSON LUMBER YARD.
Phone 12 Covington, Ga.
I in; TWO-DOLLAR BILL
That tic two-dollar hill is unpopular
■tmmr a great many people, who are
'in'ci'siitious, .,.,11 is a to well be other known fact,
ih,.., appears reasons
Vi» y ;. it i- unpopular and the growing Mobile to Reg- he
1110 e Accor ding to
i n has come into such disrepute
in that city that it is actually being re¬
fused at the bank counters there.
Slowly, hut surely,” says the Regis
ti-r, "the two-dollar bill is being dis
rded by the people of Mobile, and a
larger supply than ever before is be
jug kept in the Mobile* hanks because
people refuse to take them at the pay
ljii*, teller s w indow, the hankers say.”
The Register continues:
"Xuaibers of reasons have been giv¬
en tu explain the graving unpopulari
ty of the once common bill, which
tang! ft mi the common-sense state
mint of the business men that cashi
i-rs frequently pass them out for $1
hills in making change, to the common
uiivrstitlon that they are just
iiliy unlucky.
The recent issue of the $2 note
through the federal reserve bank are
exactly like the one dollar note,
uie difference in the corner figures,
ms this is given as the principal
ic fur the death warrant of the hill,
A second glance is always necessary
tii dnguu h the- Iigure two, and most
cashiers are too busy to give the sec¬
ern! glanm*. in prcs*-tit-day business,
die bill has been dubbed un-economic.”
Many older people can remember
when tin* mints of the United States
icmcsl a three-cent piece and a twen
L cent piece, but one does not see
either of them these days. They have
nut bet*n in circulation in many years.
'! 1 m, iv was good reason why each ,
mil ’hould have been retired
caileii in. it will be recalled by those
who have seen these coins that the
tliii't-Ctm piece was just about the
' 1 of a dime, although it didn’t con¬
tain anything like the amount of sil
cr that is contained in a dime. It was.
---- •
™'‘V madt ‘ ot a composition of sil
’’ and >11111 other metal nuital or i it* metals, mutola that thu I
about as bright as the dime, and.
al a klance, was easily mistaken for
a it has been many years since
pieces were in circulation, and
ere never sees one except in a collec
Don of old coins.
-Mid it was much the same with the
h'ent.v-eent silver piece. It was fU
* but not quite, as large as a
:"fter took occasion of a to dollar, examine and, it, unless might one
lejdily he
mistaken for a quarter. These
Piet., like the three-cent pieces, are
" 1,1 found only in coin collections. *
As tu the two-dollar bill, unless there
'“it something more marked than
,' ". l! n Tdistinguish 11 would he well it from enough tin, dol- for
*
‘ [ 'i be retired. There is little real
' ’ T'' h»r it, anyway, and the pos
handling probability, of making
'-'■.x 1 in it, is an argument
m favor of its retirement.
^ far A 1,1 as course the two-dollar there is bill’s nothing being
tu , lha in
tlius." ;.u ' "Pei 1 titions . 1 *f i s - D is only one of
mu ; n die ; some people have,
( sanu* as that regarding the
'' " ll ’foen.—Columbus Enquirer
Su n
revenge IS SWEET
the There is *tory going the rounds of
1 *’ut will give enjoyment to
then, ' N Sl ' rvi0e man. for while
their ‘‘ e ' ountless officers for whom
tier, 11:1,1 on !y respect and affec
'“litae!' .j, 1< le man Who too* ad
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der “npleuV.m S01Tu> times P°wer for to make the it very
them men un
u ! s tol<1 s° es this way:
Lee, , M'tiimng days at Camp
Berman , '.' und j himself Private named
of ’ under orders
a , f?® . fr New
nan,., ™n York by the
<f tin , Captain Fink was one
his men V '"' made wanted to lord it over
tieuiat ’ ' Berman
i the par
' mm "t dirtiest ’^.vanity. work He in put the
la ugh’inj. uT-m . hll f s, anding by and
’he 1 "»• As a matter of course,
t "ith ..’.'i 1 / 0 Captain ,’ 1 v °w to some day
not Fink.
Link s:ule( l into him. Ho gave
’ h ii'pcviV r ‘ , ,,H ndous wallmimcr irsni/
.^5filled ‘hat he had that he was so h'.dW
d milk _ to “eat soft-boiled
that hu f - °r “VbLny' swoUei!
; I/"
■hum "as
fr’ink ’snii n .°A w sol ° rk for three days.”
d rtia n ,,f dier for damages as
'M 11 * 1 tf .,1 j 1 ’ Sor t might have been
,ha thn* , no
t B “* e rrna and the court decided
just as an n a ed pay no damages—
have , I * -v American meriean court should
. ■ am tigusta ,.... Chronicle.
Tr ^ay i et
than me do the task better
1 'ht:>, not to-morrow.
COTTON GROWERS ASSOCIATION
DRIVE I'OR MEMBERSHIP
Gratifying progress is being made
toward completion of the plans of the
Georgia Cotton Growers Co-Operative
Marketing Association. The Depart¬
ment of Agriculture is looking forward
to the big drive for memberships
which will come about July 15.
• Organizations have already been
perfected in about 25 counties,”
Commissioner J. J. Brown, " and the
association is adding to these every
day.
j ••|t is the purpose of the
to get these organizations perfected in
between fifty and one hundred coun¬
ties before undertaking the drive, and,
i am informed the organizers will fin¬
ish this work between July 1st and
15th, so that when we start in the
minimum of 300.000 bales will he
signed up without delay,
,
, “I feel confident that the number of
. itales represented in the association
will go way beyond that iigure, because
j when Georgia cotton growers under
j stand for them, what there the California will he no plan hesitancy will do
I
about their taking memberships. All
j whom hr about I have it. It talked is going to to are make enthusias¬ a ma
j fecial difference in the marketing of
our 192L crop, as well as the cotton
held over from last year, and a differ¬
ence which will he decidedly in favor
of the farmer.
"We are handling one product at a
time, hut we do not propose to stop
with cotton. Just as soon as the final
organization ot the cotton growers as¬
sociation is perfected, and it is ready
for business, it is our purpose to take
up the organization of the potato
, growers otXieorgia, forming one asso
, f j a tj on for the marketing of sweet, and
the other for Irish potatoes, both on
the Sapiro or California plan.
‘ Georgia is right up at the top of
the list of states in sweet potato grow¬
ing, and it will he recalled that it was
the Georgia State Bureau of Markets
which WI1UT1 succeeded SUvT Cl in having tills pro
dlK . t , )Ut on the United States army
ration «• list, at a time when it had been
wholly ignored.
“These two associations will not on¬
ly stabilize the market for Georgia
sweet and Irish potatoes, and bring
the growers a fair margin of profit,
hut will further popularize Georgia
Yams, already so famous in many sec¬
tions of the country. The Department
of Agriculture would lie glad to hear
from those interested in this move¬
ment, and invites suggestions from
them.” s
NEWTON COUNTY SUNDAY
SCHOOL CONVENTION
More than one hundred and twenty
five County Sunday Schol Conven¬
tions will be held this summer, during
the months of June, July and August,
under tlie auspices of the Georgia Sun¬
day School Association, according to
an announcement made by R. D. Webb,
General Superintendent. At eat it of
these conventions, two specialists in
Sunday school work will he present to
assist on the program, and in personal
conference to present modern methods
in Sunday school work that will make
for bigger and better Sunday schools.
In order to put through the program
adopted by the Executive Committee
of t lie Association, which is composed
of fifty-seven men—pastors. business
men and other professional men, it was
necessary to supplement the force of
einploved workers by securing the ser¬
vices of Prof. W. S. Nicholson, of Au¬
gusta, for the months of July and Au¬
gust, and Prof, and Mrs. Floyd Field,
of Atlanta, for the month of August.
Other workers who will help in these
conventions include Miss Rosa May
King, of Atlanta, and J. G. Jackson,
of Macon. These workers are well
qualified by experience and study to
help the Sunday schools in this partic¬
ular way. The employed workers who
will attend these conventions include
R. D. Webb, General Superintendent,
Miss Daisy Magee. Children’s Divis¬
ion Superindentent, Miss Myra Batch
elder, Superintendent of Atlanta Di¬
vision, and Miss Cora Holland.
Specific results in the holding of
I County Sunday School Conventions
1 meet ing their problems in the religious
[ education of their pupils. School
' Th “ Newton County Sunday
Convention will be held on August
17th at the First Methodist church in
Oxford. Ftuither .ynouncement about
the convention will appear later.
BUY
Advertised Products
They are not only BETTER
than Non-Advertised Prod¬
ucts, but often CHEAPER.
THE COVINGTON NEWS, COVINGTON, GEORGIA.
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF
GEORGIA’S GREAT SEAL
By James A. Hollomon
The ceremonies of inaugurating a
governor, within themselves, are sim¬
ple but highly significant.
.The administering of the oath and the
delivery unto the new executive of the
great seal of the state, are the two
incidents that serve to give the event
its historic significance.
As to whether the event shall be¬
come immortalized in history thereaf¬
ter depends upon the record the ad¬
ministration may make.
* * •
The delivery of the great seal to the
new executive by the retiring execu¬
tive means the transfer of authority as
willed by the people, for the great seal
is the most sacred possession of the
state, and, with all of its symbolical
significance, represents the integrity
of democratic institutions co-ordinat¬
ed under the fundamental or organic
law of the empire.
* * *
What the public actually witnesses
in the physical transfer of the great
seal is of little interest. Two silver
discs, which impress upon wax the
two sides of the seal are in a silk con¬
tainer, the container is handed to t,he
retiring executive by the Secretary of
the state, the former hands it to the
incoming executive, who in turn hands
it back to the custodian, the Secretary
of State.
It will then take its place in the
vaults of the Secretary of State, to
be used only upon those official docu¬
ments which the imprint of the great
^ ea [ j s required.
But the significance of the great seal
of Georgia, in all that is signified, is
as monumental as are the principles
of a democratic government that serve
a free iieople, and thus hinges the re-1
sponsibility of the executive to whom
it is transferred, representing as it
does a transfer of the will of the peo¬
ple.
The great seal of Georgia was au¬
thorized by the legislature of 1799,
during the administration of Governor
Jackson, at an hour when the fires i
of the revolution had scarcely been
extinguished; and when a-*qiew and in
dependent union, based upon the sac
red idealisms of democracy, was
struggling for a place among the lib
erty-loving nations of the world—
And if the fathers who designed
Georgia’s great seal in that day as
typifying the forward movement for
Americanism as a birthright, had they liv- j
t'd in this hour and generation
could not have symbolized to a more
marked degree the new Americanism,
horn of the recent great war of the
world. I
\ * * *
Indeed—and I say' this in all sincer
Ity— symbol¬
The great seal of Georgia
izes Americanism as no other great
seal in the union of states does.
The arch of the constitution pro¬
claims the omnipotence of democracy
in that the will of the people, express¬
ed in their constitution, is the supreme
law of the land.
The three columns in the Georgia
great seal represent the three separate
but co-ordinate and equal depart¬
ments of government, the legislative,
executive and judicial.
Supporaing, as these columns do the
arch of the constitution, emphasizes
that all must obey the will of the peo¬
ple—the constitution.
The soldier, standing with drawn
sword, which represents the executive
department (the governor, under the
constitution, being made the com¬
mander-in-chief of the army), symbol¬
izes the fact that the military is al¬
ways inferior to the civil authority,
and is always obedient to the civil au¬
thority; the governor simply being at
the head of the civil establishment.
This great seal of Georgia, too, more
than anv other great seal—even that
of the United States, itself—symbol
izes the fundamental principles of
American institutions, the rule of the
people, the fact that the people make
the rule, or their own government,
and can alter or amend that rule—the
constitution— at their own will.
The great seal of Georgia—it is well
to pay a new reverence to its stirred
symbol, and to rededioate our lives to
a fruition of the inherent principles
of our patriot fathers—
Means Americanism, through co-or¬
dination, anti not dictation.
COUNTRY CU B A GREAT ASSET
We never go out to the
Club that we do nof feel we have re
oeived a new vision of the value of the
club to the people who are fortunate
enough to be members of the organi¬
zation.—Quitman Free Press.
A community’ without a Country
club is over-looking a great opportuni¬
ty. Many a town ossifies for the lack
of such recreation cepters.—Commerce
Observer.
PEN PICTURES
OF SCOTLAND’S
BONNIE BRAES
Rogers Davis Writes Interestingly of
Old World Scenes and Dreams. Ro
tarians Enjoy Wonderful Trip.
Letters received by friends of Mr.
Rogers Davis contain glimpses of his
travels in Europe, both instructive and
interesting.
* After a calm and uneventful sea
voyage, the trip wound up in a blaze
of glory, by passing close to the Island
of Aldernoy, then along the coast of
clear Normandy, blue sky. to Cherbourg, under a j
How forcefully we are reminded of!
the dear old Dickens days when we j
lead of Mr. Davis' ride across London I
in a taxi; over Westminister Bridge,
by the Houses of Parliament, right in
front of Buckingham Palace, then by
St. James Palace, and Marlboro House,
where the Prince liev: ; thro Piccadily,
to Charing Cross Station—a two dol¬
lar ride—“worth more'll a
Under his magic pen, Cathedrals
and palaces pass in stately grandeur;
then out into the open, across the
great “Lincoln’s Plain,” the most
highly cultivated country of all—and,
so beautiful. England’s coal country,
Northumberland, too, passes in re
view.
Mr. Davis rather boyishly
“New Castle-on-the-Tyne,” as the place
where people carried coals, when they 1
“hadn't oughter.”
However, “New Castle-on-the-Tyne” !
afforded pleasing diversions; the even
ing meal in the sunset’s radiant glow,
strolls around historic streets, view
ing magnificent cathedrals.
to The Edinboro last three and pronounced half hours’ wonder¬ ride j
was
ful. Historically interesting and mar- j
velously beautiful. For miles, the train j
ran along in sight of the North Sea I
and finally in sight of the Firth of
Forth, the British which “Grand was the Fleet,” rendezvous during the of j I
war. The country is rugged and hilly,;
the coast being cliffs. The farms, bet
ter called gardens, extend up to the
edge, forming stone walls. An English
train is better for sight-seeing than an
American, much narrower and divided
into compartments.
From his room in the hotel, Mr. Da¬
vis gazed upon Edinburg castle, with
the handsomest church in Edinburg
in the foreground in the park,
Alsa a vista of Prince street, the
most beautiful in the world.
A jolly party carried Mr. Davis to
see the famous Forth Bridge, the great
est in the world. He attended divine
service at St. Giles Cathedral during
his stay. \
At Edinboro Mr. Davis found some
seventy-five “auld acquaintance” and
readily- acquired an enlarged circle in
that grand council of Rotarians, in
session there. v
Among the subjects discussed during
the conference were educational pub¬
licity, the application of the Rotary
ideal to business methods. Vocational
openings and other work for boys were
strongly urged as part of Rotarian ac¬
tivities. Mr. Davis was among the dis¬
tinguished speakers. He is chairman
of the boys committee of the Interna¬
tional Association. Crown heads have
greeted and entertained this great
body, and French will he hosts in Paris
on July 4th.
Mr. Davis has kept a diary for his
parents delectation of this glorious
journey abroad.
CHARLIE TILLMAN AT
WORTHYILLE
Beginning on Sunday afternoon.
July 3rd. at 3 P. M.. in the Worthville
Methodist church. Charlie Tillman and
his daughters will conduct a series of
revival services for the people of that
community.
Rev. E. C. Wilson, the pastor, is very
fortunate in getting the services of
this strong company, but after telling
Brother Charlie about the great oppor¬
tunity at this place for a meeting, Mr.
Tillman agreed to come for a week
just before he leaves for the West
where he goes at the close of these
services to conduct several big camp
meetings. Tillman is the greatest song
leader in the South and his daughters
are unsurpassed in religious music.
Services every day at 11 A. M., and
7:30 P. M. There will not he any ser
vices at the 11 o’clock hour Sunday
morning at Worthville, hut beginning
at 3 P. M.
Y T ou are invited to all these services.
•gate In ChMa.
In China an inferior upon horseback,
meeting a superior, dismounts and
waits until the ot In*’ iim- passed.
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'T'HIS is a better roof coating made of preservative oils,'
A genuine asphalt and real asbestos rock fibre. It pene¬
trates old dried-out roofs, resaturates the old felts, fills all
pores and softens dry scales.
The asbestos fibre cannot rot, burn or evaporate. It
acts like hair in plaster.
Fibre Coating is equally effective on old wood, metal,
or composition roofs. Apply it with a brush, just as it
comes from the can or barrel.
Adds years of life to any roof at very sma 1 ! cost.
H. F. Meadors
Cleaning*, Pressing:, Dyeing- and
Altering.
ALL WORK GUARANTI ED
We Call For and Deliver your
Clothes Promptly.
Phone 309 Covington, Ga.
PUBLIC FARM SALE
Will sell at public auction at the
Farm, on July 8th, our farm and
home, situated right at Bethany
nch, Newton County.
Farm contains 24 1-2 Acres fine
InncL Splendid dwelling, barn, pas¬
ture. orchard,etc. Easy terms.
Watch for further announcements
Covington, JAS. A. RAMSEY
(tcL MRS. L, J. SULLIVAN
}. 1. GUINN'S CASH STORE
NEW GOODS OF SEASON ARRIV¬
ING EVERY FEW DAYS
SPOT CASH!
ONE PRICE!
BIG VALUES!
SHOES OUR SPECIALTY “
J. I. GUINN
X)VINGTON GEORGIA
SUMMER EXCURSION FARES
GEORGIA RAILROAD offers reduced round
trip fares to points East and West. Let us plan
your Vacation trip.
Tickets on sale daily good for stop-overs.
For full information communicate with
J. P. BILLUPS,
General Passenger Agt. Atlanta, Ga.
