The Covington news. (Covington, Ga.) 1908-current, August 04, 1921, Image 8

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Newspaper Page Texti.wlmors or iced loons Next time you eat ice cream, con¬ sider the debt you owe to Sambo Jackson, negro pastry chef in a New York tavern, who gave the world its first dish of ice cream 105 years ago this month. For years Sambo hau a monopoly on the manufacture of ice cream, because he kept his process a closely guarded secret All that is definitely known about his discovery is that it was an accident. it might not be a bad idea to erect a monument somewhere for Sambo. And, while about it, surround his black marble statue with effigies of tin¬ men who gave us the other things that help make summer endurable artificial ice, lemonade, refrigerator?, and fans. Ice, the gift of Nature. You may think it's only recently that man learned to cut it in winter and store it away in sawdust which, insulating keeps out the heat and prevents thaw ing Yet as far back as the days of Nero, Roman slaves packed snow in under¬ ground pits pounding it into ice foi summer use. Dealers in ice and packed snow were common in France 150 years ago. r n 1 ,'99, ice cut from a pond in New York City was shipped by boat to Charles ton, S. C. That was the beginning of a great ice export business? In those days artificial ice was not commercially practicable. Scientists had experimented for centuries to pr > duce low temperatures artificially, but the first American patent for making artificial ice was not taken out until It34 b John Gorrie, a doctor in Ana lacl.iola, Fla. * haiies Tellier, who died in 1913, ( v. as the inventor of cold-storage refrig¬ eration, without which Wilmington and other cities would find it very dif¬ ficult to exist. 'When he was 85 he said: "The ad vantage of poverty are overrated. The rich declare that poverty brings out a man’s good points. Well so it does— by the roots.” And Tellier knew what he was talk¬ ing about. Despite the incalculable val ue of his invention to the world, h< died in poverty. Fans are ancient. All races have them. The cave man probably fanned himself in July with a dried palm leaf or a slab or bark. Electric fans, with out which you’d find summer hard., to endure, were of slow evolution many contributing. But they were made possible by Thomas Davenport an improverished Vermont blacksmith, ,vho in 1834, built the first rotary elec¬ tric motor. Lemonade, alone of the five great re liefs from summer heat, cannot be traced to any individual. Lemons orig¬ inally grew wild in India. Arabian armies transplanted them in Asia. Tin crusaders carried them into Europi nearly 1,000 years ago. Later sailors brought them to America and planted them. It has taken centuries, thousands o. are, possibly millions, to put lemon ade. ice cream, electric fans, artificer ice and refrigeration within reach o; all. What new devices for making summer more endurable will be dis covered in the centuries that lie ahead —Wilmington Dispatch. SERGEANT YORK SPURNS ALL ASSISTANCE. L. .ant Alvin Y'ork, hero of in world war, who was in a company commanded by captain- -later Major E. C. B, Danforth, of Augusta, is about to lose his Tennessee farm, di to the deflation in value of farm pro¬ ducts. It seems that on York’s retui from the army he was given a farm in his beloved Tennessee, half of the pur i base price being paid on it by t’n donors, thus leaving a mortgage which York expected to pay from the pro¬ ceeds of the farm. The fall in valu< of farm commodities has made tin farm a liability instead of an asset and with the mortgage on the place duo, the world war hero may be ton ed to give it up. We read that there have been from moving picture magnates, chautauquas and from many otlie sources to lure York away from th farm long enough to make money to pay up Tils obligations. Then have been offers of gifts from mam individuals and attractive salary of fers, but Y'ork figures that he will be capitalizing his war service if he ae cepts them. There are few men who could with¬ stand the temptation of being lionized of l ing the cynosure of hundreds of thousands cf ayes and to revel in the admiration of the public, to say noth ing of the thousands of dollars that he could gather in at the same time. However, Y'ork is a quaint character, one whq, had to be persuaded that it was his duty to fight—since he enter¬ ed the service a conscientious objector, -—but, once convinced that it was his duty, he became the most famous of all the world war heroes. It seems that he holds equally strong scruples about capitalizing afterwards what he did in the line of duty, which is a high NO triDE.IK OI PELLAGRA Just how Washington learned that there is an epidemic of pellagra throughout the southern states, where there is, according to reports, no evi¬ dence of such an epidemic, is a mys¬ tery, the solution of which would be interesting. The scattering of this report or any other similar one is calculated to do this section of the country a great in¬ justice and injury; it is calculated to retard its progress and to delay return to those conditions of business for which we have been looking and liou ing, and which now seem near at hand. We would not charge that there has bet-n anything like a conspiracy on the part of any one to create a “scare” in the southern states to prevent this section from forging ahead as its ad¬ vantages and resources will naturally cause it to do, but in view of the fact that there seems to be no authentic information upon which to base the report that has been sent out, it seems that an investigation should he made and the re? ponsibility placed where it belongs. That pellagra has been prevalent throughout the country for a number of years past is true, but during the past half a dozen years or so we have heard it discussed very little. The rea on for this has been that there has not been enough of it to cause any alarm. Light southern states have respond ,-d to the alarm very promptly by d ■ daring that there is no such serious situation as has been pictured. The Georgia senate very promptly adopted a resolution denouncing the report ol a pellagra epidemic in this state as damning.” The secretary of the state board of health of Georgia declares that the disease shows no increase in this slate; Florida shows no increase; Alabama shows a decrease, and so it goes. The prompt denial from these states of the allgation that there is an epi¬ demic of pellagra and that famine con ditions prevail should serve to set at rest any uneasiness any one may concerning conditions in them, but when a report of this character out it i,s very difficult to overtake an. top it before it has spread and dorc considerable mischief.—Columbus quirer-Sun. WASTE IS COSTING COUNTRY MILLIONS; HOUSING Washington—Waste is the main cause, according to Herbert Hoover's committee, for the tremeddous losses this country is suffering in its building emergency. Accidents cost $120,000,000 a year, in eluding the loss of 12,000,000 days’ work. YY r aste. Unemployment costs $500,000,000 year in wages and the loss of all the work for which that amount would pay. Waste. Labor union regulations (restricting output and prohibiting the use of labo. saving devices) cause “enormuos los3 i.” YY T aste. Carelessness of contractors and won: men who learned bad habits in the war through the cost-plus plan cause grea - losses. YYaste. Duplication of estimates and design delay of architectural plans and dishorn est collusive bidding cause other hug losses. Waste. ly commendable” trait, though it is not bit practical. York couid, perhaps take advantage of some offer, to extend him assistance which he could repay in full, and an offer which would not cause him to har e to vulgarly parade his prowess as a soldier. It might bo quite true that his war record would be the direct or indirect cause of hi securing the assistance, but the fact that he was a hero should not effeetu ally shut him off from any assistance from the outside world when it is gen¬ erously proffered him. However, he is a peculier make up, a conscientious character, who sets his ideas of right against everything, saying he would rather lose his farm and “go back to work as a common laborer than to commerc ialize the fame which was on¬ ly incidental to an act of Providence —Augusta Chronicle. The News Job Printing Plant never tails to give satisfaction. STOP I HAT ACHE! Don t worry and Complain about a bad b ck Get rid of that pain and lameness! Use Doan’s Kidney Rum Many Covington people have usea them and know how effective tne.. are Ask your neighbor: Here’s a Covington case. J. D Ei ington, prop, of grocery, Bex 166, says: “ah ache settled in the small uf my back and 1 also hau pa.ns in my head, which were prety severe. I was very nervoue and oft en was d.zzy. Black specks wouia blur my sight and a drowsy feeling come over me, too. My kidneys didn't act right. Hearing about Doan’s Kidney Pills 1 bought a box and began taking them. I felt re lteved after the first few doses ana when I had finished the box, I was entirely cured.” 6oe, at « dealers, Foster-Miiburn Co Mfr* Buffalo, N. Y. rfli! COVINGTON NlSWS, ia* f’Hi *tGU. PROFESSIONAL CARDS LOYD & THURMAN ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW Office in Court House Practice in State and Federal Courts. COVINGTON, GA. Jas. F. Rogers Reuben M. Tuck ROGERS & TUCK ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW Office in Court House Practice In all Courts Phone 72 Covington, Ga. DR. A. S. HOPKINS DENTIST 8 and 10 Starr Building PHONES: Office 216; Residence 200-YV Covington, Ga. J. S. PEEK JUSTICE OF THE PEACE Starr Building Covington — Georgia. A. D. MEADOR ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Office in Telephone Building Practice in all Courts, Both State and Federal. Phone 303 COVINGTON --- - GEORGIA .JOBBING CARPENTER WORK AND PRICE RIGHT Will Superintend Contract Work and Guarantee Results WILLIAM WARD Better Known as “Dad” Box 462 COVINGTON, GA. THE U. S. NOBBY TREAD Where the going is specially heavy with snow, mud or sand, in hilly country where maximum traction on the road is a factor, no other tire tread yet devised is quite so effective, or so wholly approved by motoring opin¬ ion, as the U. S. Nobby Tread. Its very simplicity — three rows of diagonal knobs, gripping the road— is the result of all the yeats of U. S. Rubber experience with every type of road the world over. /if every one listened to experience, how muditheyd save ‘TOP and talk to the next man you see with U. S. Tires on his car. Ask him why. Most likely you’ll hear an inter¬ esting story about his tire experi¬ ments—before the answer was found. Money wasted. Promises unkept. Trouble on the road—hu¬ morous to every one except the man who went through it. Finally U. S. Tires. And U. S. Tires ever since. Perhaps it’s the experience of U. S. Tire buyers that makes them more em¬ phatic in their preference than ever this year. When these men have tried most United States Tires United States m Rubber Company X ROGERS t t m INGTON, GA. ( HURt !1 ( YLENDAR VlcUrodbit I hurt'll Conyers Street Preaching Sunday 11 A. M., and 8:30. P. M., by pastor, Rev. J. E. Ellis. Sunday School at 9:45 A. M., C D. Gibson, superintendent. Epworth League 7:30 P. M. Missionary Society Monday after First Sunday. All are invited to worship with us at all services. North Covington Methodist Church Rev. W. Carroll, pastor. Regular services second and fourth Sundays. Prayer meeting every Thursday evening. Sunday School, 10 A. M. Missionary Society, first Thursday. Baptist ('liuri'h Floyd. . Street Preaching Sunday, 11 A. M., and 8:15 P. M., by the pastor, Rev. Walker Combs. Sunday School at 9:45 A. M., J. C. Upshaw, superintendent. B. Y. P. U. Sunday at 7:30 P. M. Piayer 8:15' meeting Wednesday evening at P. M. Ladies’ Missionary Society meets Monday afternoon at 3:30, following first Sunday of each month. A most cordial invitation is extended to these services. Christian Science Church College Avenue Services Sunday morning at eleven o’clock. Sunday School at 10 o’clock A. M. Wednesday Evning Meeting, includ¬ ing testimonials of Christian Science healing, at 8 o’clock Public cordially invited. GEORGIA RA1I ROAD SCEDULE Arrival and departure trains, Cov ing'ton, Ga. Effective June 36, 1920. Eastbound Eastern Time West hound No. 2 8;46a.m. No. 13 6:55a.rn -d No. 6 2:30p.m. No. 3 6:45a.m. No. 8 5:25p.m. No. 1 12:10p.m. No. 14 8:58ii.m. No. 5 3:11p.m. No. 4 10:0tp.m. No. 7 7:43p.m. No. 15 8:01a.m.-s “D” No. 13, daily except Sunday. “S” No. 15, Sunday onlv. J. P. BI LI,IPS, G. P. A • R. C. GUINN, Agent. All other trains run daily. The number of microbes on a bill is in proportion to the dirt it has accumulated and the dirty hands thru which it has passed. Some of them around hfere look like they are mostly microbes.—Thomasville Times-Etner pr-ise. everything by the way of “staggering bargains”, “hurrah discounts”, “discon¬ tinued lines at less” and so forth they know what not to get. They want a fresh, live tire. With a good reputation. That’s everything it says it is. With the people behind it who back it up. * * * There are 92 U. S. Factory Branches. Your local U. S. Dealer is drawing upon them continually to keep his stocks sized -ip, complete—to give you service. Whenever he gets one or a hundred tires from a U. S. Factory Branch, they are newly made this season’s tires. Sold to you at a net price. Full values. Square-dealing. A reputable maker. A reputable dealer. The.whole transaction as befits the leadership of the oldest and largest rubber organization in the world. A REMEDY AT HAND M ' U 1 b COMES IN HANDY <>L0k Your Nearest Druggist THOS. F. HARDEMAN, DRUgqi St PRESCRIPTIONS A SPECIALTY PURE DRUGS, SANITARY DRINKS AND | U || 1 ? ^RTI(i AGENT FOR EASTMAN KODAK GARDEN SEED Mansfield ieorg ; J. I. GUINN’S CASH S’ NEW GOODS OF SEASON ARRIV¬ ING EVERY FEW DAYS SPOT CASH! ONE PRICE! BIG VALUES! SHOES OUR SPECIAL! w J I. GUINN 0\ INGTON GPORGIA ‘Stop and talk ' o the next rnun you see with U, S- Tires on hi* car. United States Tires are Good Tires U. S. USCO TREAD U. S. CHAIN TREAD U. S. NOBBY TREAD U. S. ROYAL CORD U. S. RED & GREY TUBES