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The COVINGTON NEWS
Official Organ of Newton County
and the City of Covui^ton
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TIIIKSDAY. OCTOBER «7 1 ^- 1 -
England is much concerned at find¬
ing that she has 2,000,000 surplus wo¬
men. What is to be done with them
is an absorbing topic. If England
would give them an opportunity to
earn a living and take care of them¬
selves the problem would be solved.
If every gardener will take the pre¬
caution to destroy with fire all the
accumulations of rubbish in his gar¬
den, after gathering the crop he will
lessen the bug crop of the coming
year, and his labors will be amply re¬
warded by greater production next
Considering the amount of cham¬
pagne that is being imported into this
country for medicinal purposes there
must be -ome kind of an epidemic
raging in America. Whatever it is we
hem little about it, except that enor¬
mous quantities of spirits are requir¬
ed in its treatment.
According to a statement of Con¬
gressman Nicholas Longworth the
new tariff bill will increase the na¬
tional revenues from $150,000,000 to
$200,000,000. One of its principal feat¬
ure is Die substitution of the Ameri¬
can for foreign valuations as the ba¬
sis of tariff duties, necessitated by
the fluctuations of foreign exchange.
England may solve her surpus wo¬
men problem by aiding them to go to
the Canadian northwest and placing
them upon farms, where there is am¬
ple opportunity. All through western
Canada women are owning and run¬
ning farms for themselves, and they
are succeeding and adding to the
wealth of tlie nation.
The action of Poland in sending an
ultimatum to Soviet Russit, threaten¬
ing to break off diplomatic relations;
a Serbian force invading Albania, and
other warlike demonstrations in Eu¬
rope and Asia, are evidence that
there is plenty of work for the court
of nations; but it is also evidence that
powder will burn before settlements
are reached.
New York may pride itself upon
being a great city, but it takes no
special pride in the knowledge that
two-fifths of its population were born
outside the limits of the United States.
New York City is the logical place
for one of the greatest melting-pots in
America. It can be worked over-time
there without disturbing the peace of
the community. Strange as it may
seem New York newspapers oppose
the present immigration laws and fi¬
ver the removal of all restrictions.
Slowing-up on your job may mean
that you will get a vacation and come
back to find some other fellow hold¬
ing down a situation that would have
been yours had you kept up to the
standard of efficiency. There are too
many men out of a job today to take
any chances, and the best there is in
you is demanded and must be forth¬
coming or the other fellow will hang
his hat upon the peg which for years
held yours. This is no time to be look
ing for another job. If you have a
good job consider yourself fortunate
and put forth your best efforts that
you may hold it and keep your salary
up to the required standard.
The high cost of living has been an
all-absorbing topic for several years;
but that is passing as the prices of
food declines, and now the minds
men turn to the high cost of
ment. and, notwithstanding the enor
mous cuts that have been made
the present administration it is
that the expenses of the president
his office force for this year
amount to $216,000, including the
president’s salary of $75,000,
expense of $25,000, office expense
$80,800, and a contingent expense
$36,000. The cost of Congress to
resident of the United States,
the fiscal year, was 18 cents; the
capita cost of the state department
was eight cents; department of
16 cents; labor, eight cents; treasury,
$4.t>5; war, $10.50; navy, $6.18; com¬
merce, 30 cents; postoffice $1.26;
< ulture. $1.1-4; interior, $3.40; shipping
board, $1.24; interest on the public
debt, $9.51; payment to rairoads.
$6.96. Compare the president’s salary
of $216,000 with the $2,500,000 cost
King George to the British empire.
The Covington News, exponent
principles and progress, whose
fully covers the ground because he
a Light foot.—Waltno Tribune.
! I H IN KINK OF THINGS
WORTH WHILE
,
Hum many people are there within
youi circle of knowledge who are fill
! jig their minds with rubbish and ex
i eluding therefrom all well-directed
thought? How many of your acquain
I tances can Improve their status in life
2 > careful study good reading and
i thoughtful observation? You may
tank tins is none of your business
and that your neighbor and your
friend has a right to think and act as
he or she may elect, and there may be
truth and logic in your line of thought
but you are a member of society, a
unity in this body politic, and you
have art interest in the welfare of
your community; therefore it is your
duty to see that it is well provided
for in the way of educational facilities
other than those which your local
school system affords to the young.
There should be object lessons in
thrift. There should be object lessons
in public welfare, and that means ed
ucational work that will open to the
minds of all within your circle of in¬
fluence means of self-improvement.
The big men and women of your com¬
munity do not spend their time in
idleness. They may not always be
working at some mechanical employ¬
ment, but they are always doing
something. They may be reading,
studying or thinking of ways and
means to improve the standard of liv¬
ing and of making life’s battles less
arduous. Get out of the rut. Get your
neighbor out of his rut and instill into
his mind the necessity of broadening
out and making himself bigger and
better that he or she may fill a more
important place in the world. Encour¬
age patronage of the public library,
the reading of good books and papers
and a general habit of industry, riot
only of a mechanical nature but of
mental improvement. The narrow¬
minded man is not a progressive, and
if he is not getting ahead as he should
the reason for it may be found at his
own door. Get the think habit. Get
the reading habit and make your
mind a storehouse of general informa¬
tion, and when your services are need¬
ed, as they will be, and also the ser¬
vices of every other well-thinking man
of the community, there will be an op
portunity to slip forward into a posi¬
tion that the wool-gathering mind
cannot occupy. There are opportuni¬
ties everywhere for thinking men. Get
the think habit and success is yours.
THE PRESENT AND PAST
Within the memory of some of the
oldest citizens there were few rail¬
roads and no electrical contrivances;
no telephones, no fast printing press¬
es, no talking machines, no wireless
telegraph, no electric cars, no type¬
writers, no adding machines, no mov¬
ing stairways, no elevated railroads,
no subways, few anaesthetics, no
painless dentisty, no airships, no sub¬
marines, none of the terrible life-de
stroying gasses that were used during
the war, no automobiles, no fighting
tanks, no guns with a range exceed¬
ing 75 to 100 miles, no X-rays, no
preserving of fruits in hermetically
sealed cans, no steamships, no iron
ships, no concrete ships. There were
some courtships, but no dictaphones,
no electric lights or beating appli¬
ances and a thousand and move other
necessities that we think lightly of
might be added to the list. Did it ever
occur to you that “in the good old
days,” that so many long for, there
were no linotypes or typesetting ma¬
chines of any kind, that have made
the big daily newspapers possible;
that there were no conveniences as
we know them, and few household ne¬
cessities. There were not even the
good .schools we have today; yet there
are many who would turn back the
pages of time and live as their grand¬
fathers did in the colonial days of
America. They say so, and perhaps
they think so; but there is little doubt
that even one day of such existence
after having lived in the. atmosphere
of the present, would be sufficient to
convert every man and woman of
antiquarian ideas into progressive
citizens, and it would be well
many communities if it were possible
to send some of their citizens back
over the course of time to the goal
they would seek. The experience
would be worth while; for when these
antiques returned to the present day
existence they would be ready and
willing to accept progressive ideas and
go along with the procession, and
there would be few consciencious ob¬
jectors to movements for public wel¬
fare.
World peace may not be secured
by disarmament, but it is quite cer¬
tain that nations that are tothlly un¬
prepared to fight will take time to
consider their differences, and by the
time they are ready to go forth to
slaughter each other they will have
found a means of peaceful settlement
of whatever differences they may
have. Any nation that is willing to
seek the clear principles of justice
rather than domination will need no
army to support its claims; for in an
international court a peaceful adjust¬
ment may be found.
!H£j COVINGTON NEWS, CUviritt <W*C «MillA
tTNtH SA’NTERS,
tVhell Cindy sa'nters down de road.
De work seems takin’ holiday;
My back fergits de achin’ load
Hit’s been er groanin’ ’bout all,day;
I straingens up an’ ’gins to grin,
My soul wid res’ is overflowed
When Cindy comes er sa'nterin’
So easy-lak. long down de road.
De cotton fiel’s is white all ’round,
De gin keeps up er steady click;
Dat gal habit pick er lock, 1. boun’,
Sence fust hit ready to be pick.
Well, whut’s de use? Des let her be!
Hits seems lak slavin' ’s all I knowed
Tell Cindy’s purty self I see
Er coinin’ sa’nterin’ down de road.
Dat she’s done choose de better part
Dis nigger huint no call to doubt;
Wid ease an’ res’ she’s fill her heart,
An' res’ and ease she sheds about.
De jabirds streaks de air wid blue,
De mock’n’bird boilers fit to sploide;
I s blin’ an’ deff to bofe, plum thoo,
Tell Cindy sa’nters down de road.
Oil! den de jilue sky smiles all round,
De trees from kisses wid dey leaves;
De vines run skippin’ long de groun’
An’ sweetsome is de breaf I breaves;
\ly heart chimes up and 'gins to sing.
Er keepin’ time in sweet accord
Wid Cindy’s ca’m an’ peaceful swing,
Her coinin' sa’nterin’ down de road.
Dar’s some folks praise de silver moon
Er sailin' in de fer off sky;
De moon dat's shoAo please dis coon
Is de gol-moon face now drawin’
nigh.
Ob! when I sees dat shinin’ face,
I craves no bigger gif’ fruin Gawd
Dan des let Cindy set de pace,
Me sa’nterin'wid her down de road.
Fuller Hollis.
SWEETEST THINGS ON EARTH
What are the sweetest things on
earth?
Lips that can praise a rival's worth;
A fragrant rose that hides a thorn;
Riches of gold untouched by scorn;
A happy little child asleep;
Eyes that can smile though they may
weep;
A brother’s cheer, a father's praise,
The minstrelsy of summer days;
A heart where never anger burns;
A gift that looks for no returns;
Wrongs overthrown, pains swift re¬
lease;
Dark footsteps guided into peace;
The light of love in lover’s eyes;
Age that is young as well as wise;
An honest hand that needs no ward;
A life with right in true accord;
A hope-bud waxing into joy;
A happiness without alloy;
A mother's kiss, a baby’s mirth—
These are the sweetest things on
earth.
Emma L. Dowd, in Success.
ENDING WAR.
How to end war. A sensible sugges¬
tion comes from the First Pan-Pacific
Educational Congress, meeting in
Honolulu.
It urges governments, scientists
and edifeators to make scientfie re¬
search into war, its causes and pre¬
vention.
That’s on the right track. War is a
mental and spiritual disease. To curb
it, then eventually stamp it out. handle
it like tuberculosis or typhoid. First,
resarch. Then, education.
To get the war germ out of the hu¬
man brain, schools should teach how
to avoid the ravages of war epidemics
and enjoy the benefits of peace-time
health.—The Rome News.
RAILROADING ATTRACTIVE
NOW AS EVER
That railroading is as attractive as
ever, that its opportunities and re¬
wards are equal to those of any busi¬
ness is the contention of W. A. Win
burn. president of the Central of
Georgia Railway. In an advertisement
published in newspapers along the
lines of the Central of Georgia M>\
Winburn brings out some interesting
arguments in support of bis state¬
ment. x
In taking this position the railway
president is at variance with the aver
age man who rarely has anything to
say in praise of the vocation in which
he is engaged. Few fathers want then
sons to follow in their business foot¬
steps. If the average man has any¬
thing favorable to say about bis trade,
business or profession he dates it back
to “the good old days.”
But this is not the case with trans
portatlon. says Mr. Winburn. He af
firms that opportunity, compensation
and adventure in railroading equal or
exceed those factors in other business¬
es. Admitting that railway romance
no longer centers around the frontiers
of civilization he suggests that the
railroad man may find a more engross¬
ing pursuit in solving the big problem
of development of the country’s re¬
sources.
There are more than ten thousand
employes on the Central of Georgia
Railway and its executives and officers
have practically all come from its
own ranks. Of the men filling execu¬
tive positions one was a ticket-seller,
one a rodman, a third started his rail¬
way career as a station clerk and
several were stenographer*. This
would seem to indicate that the door
of opportunity Is open to the young
man of energy and ability.
Subscribe for the News while it is
$1.00 the year. Offer soon closes.
Taste is a matter
tobacco quality
We state it as our honest belief
that the tobaccos used in Chester¬
field are of finer quality (and
hence of better taste) than in any
other cigarette at the price.
Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co,
Che sterfield
CIGARETTES
of Turkish and Domestic tobaccos—blended
COUNTING CHICKENS
BEFORE THEY’RE HATCHED
The other day a chicken fancier was
recounting how many and oft the time
he’d gone fo the m-st in supreme elu¬
tion thinking a splendid young chick¬
en was there, because the egg was
"pipped” when he last saw it, and it
was natural to suppose the chicken
would act well its part.
This fancier told, too, how many and
oft the time he was disappointed, for
tlie “pipped” egg came to naught.
A homely illustration, trite, but very
true to life.
In every department, in every
we are counting our chickens that
never hatch.
The little child with its dreams of
toys; the lover, with fond delusion
given; the over-confident maiden, vis¬
ioning wedding bells and orange blos¬
soms; the mother in plans for her
children; the business man in greed of
.gain; the student, in aspiration; the
human being in longevity of life. All
are counting their unhatched chickens.
'Tis well to have a plan—'tis more
so to let moderation be our guide in
all our acts and doings.
High today is low tomorraw, and dark
Turns shininf weather.
COL. BRAND AND HIS WORK.
(Athens Banner)
The farmers of Georgia and of the
entire country have reason to thank
Congressman Charles H. Brand for
his energetic work in their behalf.
Judge Brand is naturally most vitally
interested in the farmers of his own
district first and then the farmers of
his own state and of the whole coun¬
try. He has not only introduced a
number of bills for their relief but has
also made several addresses in which
he has endeavored to show the domi¬
nant party how they are falling down
in this work that is so necessary to a
restroation of satisfactory conditions
on the farms.
Recently he made a speech oL.jxot
able strength in the House and it has
been commented on most favorably by
many on both sides of the national
House of Representatives. It was a
plain and powerful plea for justice to
the farming interests of the South and
West, a plea that was couched in re¬
spectful language, yea language that
could licit be misunderstood by the
Republicans who have the whip hand
on all legislation now.
Judge Brand called attention that
more than one hundred million dollars
profits of the Federal Reserve Bank
System and asked that this money be
loaned to the Federal Farm Loan
Bank so that it eould relieve the situa¬
tion among the farmers.
Judge Brand is a faithful sentinel
on the watehtower. Just now he is a
member of the minority party in the
House, but he loses no opportunity to
call the Republicans to taw and to
urge them to do their duty.
Judge Harry M. Fisher of Chicago
has ruled that a city has no right to
sue for libel, taking the ground that
a city possesses no trade, business or
other inherent earning power that
could be injured. This ruling resulted
ed from a suit brought by the city of
Chicago against the Chicago Tribune
for publishing a statement that the
city was in financial straits, : ' that
the aforesaid statement had (
the sale of its bonds.
Forget the unkind things that >
said about you and your mentality v I
be greater than that of those who say
them.—Ex.
TO THE PUBLIC
We are in position to
either loose or sacked, any
surplus Peanuts you may
have for sale. Be sure they
are clean of dirt and free of
trash. They do not have
to be washed.
We handle (he Oil
Mill just as we Cotton
Seed.
We will be in the market
the year-round for Peanuts
and Cotton Seed.
COVINGTON COTTON
OIL COMPANY
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