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A h Loyd the Covington news
Volume J3 NUMBER BO.
>'■ BEHHIKN- JR-.
R. embezzled state funds
Atlanta, „ a ' rrt a —Neither the governor’s
-
gtate Superintendent of Edu
t
11 L. Brittain had up to going
tjtion information of the
press gotten any
, Berrien, Jr., for
hereabouts of U. N.
warrant was issued Tuesday
•fternoon at tlie instigation of Mr.
rittain charging embezzlement of at
$ 35,000 of state funds. •
.as!
Pinkerton detectives who were engag
several days ago to shadow Berrien,
nd „. h0 are still engaged on the case,
eporteri no information of his where¬
as since Sunday morning.
It is learned that, soon after the ern
loynient of the Pinkerton men Berrien
earned of it and himself employed a
siiple of men from the Adams agency
shadow the Pinkerton men for him
i
t,d in this way kept track of the state’s
■tectives. Complaint was made and
He Pinkerton men made request that
be police department pull off their
hadows, but there was no authority
m( 3er which that action could be done.
Probably the most important devel
ment in the case is the fact that the
ounties whose advance school war
uts Berrien is alleged to have used,
largest of which is said to be a
hatham county warrant for about
10,090, will in all probability lose the
Honey since under the law the war
Ms were properly drawn by the gov
mor, forwarded to the county boards
nd endorsed by them before being re
urned here and delivered to Berrien
r discount. When the county endorse
ient went on the paper that acted as
receipt to the state from the county
nd there is no authority by which the
uvernor can a second time make pay
bent from the same appropriation and,
tasmuch as the state guarantees pay
sent of the warrants on their face,
hen properly signed and endorsed, the
ms, it is believed, will fall upon the
'(•unties . That, however, is a feature
'~hich the governor is preparing to re¬
ft, with other features of the ease, to
[he attorney general.
Another development of great impor
Imce is that Bond & Co., the New York
louse which has been discounting the
'Wants for Berrien, has wired Gov
: inov Hardwick it will honor his draft
or $50,000 of warrants on which he
(topped payment, or any other Georgia
;ihool warrants which the governor
hi indicate to them has his approval,
hat means, according to the governor,
hat no time will be lost in the discount
‘any future warrants. Just how those
.-at rants will be drawn hereafter,
hough, is a matter which has not yet
; determined. Heretofore it has
dan the unbroken custom to draw
,hm according lo the county allot
em. payable to each of the county
*irds, because of the fact that some
/ counties did not take advantage
f >he discount arrangements made bv
f ants 16 * Iale ' l JUl discounted their own war
| m local banks. It is permissible
Mm the law for the governor to draw
"arrant for the monthly amount
a ' u,n P sum, and make it payable
to
0 shite superintendent; but that has
[' ' n practicable for the reason
; att, l. However, it is understood
that
111 > \\ai rants may take that
s ' course,
USU e 01 tbe allotments for those
•
t which locally arrange their
dismunt. At all events, there will
m ° le Sch ° o1 warrants delivered
L Aith a • s,i:Ut r time between
" their de
I 0)1 an<J the receipt of the ctual cash
f^uing from them.
- he ij' enjen Xl<t ainount transaction Probable loss on
cannot be as
L ' '* ' et '”rom the executive de
‘
IU ,lle ‘‘‘formation is that to
- | a
m.'un $ 1(100 iS inVolved; but of that
' tht ‘ re may be reductions
l t 9 'earned when
whether or not all the
* m " arded by Berrien to the
ious va
"unties have passed through all
channels.
only Understood at first that the
* wa ''''ants involved
those were
Wat- 1 ' 1 "" 3 Couple of
week ago, ag
lo lmcin° $,r ' (, ' U0 ° for the October al
• aCC0Unt
900 of ’ and only about $50,
*' Berrien had gotten. How
ev er ,, .
' tarn ed that of the checks
Sep; Berrien
by t jj and turned down
( .
°ftobe ■ "ita banks some are from
r , ( °verning
the September
^ks (* 1 lnent ‘he October ’ and some November
allotment. One
n u. Come hand, it is stated,
W D BrUtai "'s office. sent out by
‘ n ,n July
”°nie for the June account.
of t u ne authorities
express the
Mtinteq rrien 8 absence can be ac
faise " eff °rts he is making to
f *°
they Cover his deficiency and
.
days. s belief that he will, in a
show up and “make good.”
WAR LAW VIOLATORS
MAY BE PARDONED
Extension of Executive Clemency to
Political Prisoners Now Serving
Sentences is Planned.
\\ ashington—Extension of executive
clemency to offenders against the war¬
time laws now serving prison sentences
will be given early Consideration by
Pi esident Harding it was said at the
White House. The subject was dis¬
cussed at the cabinet meeting and it
wms understood that a policy of lenien¬
cy toward these offenders where pos¬
sible was generally approved.
The president has asked the attorney
general for a digest of each of these
cases and Mr. Daugherty expects to
have the histories of the war law pris¬
oners completed in two weeks.
Under the administration's policy
there would be no sweeping proclama¬
tion of amnesty, it was said officially,
but^each case wiuld be considered on
its merits separately, and military as
well as civil offenders would be consid¬
ered. However, the presidnt is under¬
stood to view with disfavor the release
of persons who advocated property de¬
struction or industrial offenders, al¬
though particular attention would be
given service men guilty of infractions
of disciplinary regulations of more or
less seriousness.
There are, according to Mr. Daugh¬
erty, about seventy-five civilian war¬
time law offenders now serving sen¬
tences in federal prisons and fourteen
soldiers who would come within the
clemency program.
A study of the treatment of this
class of offenders by foreign nations as
well as the precedents established in
this country after the Civil War has
been begun by the department. Mr.
Daugherty declared, to aid the adminis¬
tration in reaching its decisions. He
indicated that the justice department
would favor freedom for these prison¬
ers, by pardon, commutation of sen¬
tence or parole, where the facts in the
various cases and good conduct records
would warrant it. Mr. Daugherty also
declared he intended to obtain from the
district attorneys throughout the coun¬
try a list of the cases of war law offend¬
ers still pending for consideration w v ith
a view to bringing them to a close.
The question of freedom for Eugene
V. Debs, socialist leader, impisoned at
Mr. Daugherty said, adding that recom
Daugherty said, adding that recom¬
mendations to the president on the
subject have been completed, although
it was understood there would be no
possibility of action for several days.
Any affirmative action in the case, he
said, would be either a pardon or a
commutation as Debs was not eligible
for parole, which requires that the
prisoner should have served one-third
of his sentence. Debs will not have
served a third of his ten-year sentence
until next August.
Brief but bitter debate on the sub¬
ject developed in the house Tuesday
when Meyer London, socialist, New
York, read resolutions urging general
'amnesty for persons convicted of violat¬
ing war time laws. Mr. London said a
group of prominent men and a number
of former service men including four
holders of the congressional medal of
honor had signed the resolutions.
Representative Lineberger, republi¬
can, California, immediately expressed
opposition to amnesty, declaring men
who died in France would turn over in
their graves “if such men as Eugene \ .
Debs were released from pison.
Miss Alice Robertson, republican, Ok¬
lahoma, only women member of the
house,' contended that persons unpatri¬
otic during the war should remain in
jail.
THANKSGIVING TURKEYS STOLEN
Dr. and Mrs. R- L. Hollis, of Hays
ton, suffered the misfortune of losing
two fine, fat turkeys Sunday night.
Evidently the theif was familiar with
the premises. Burglars are making
quite free with people's fowl houses,
these days, realizing the salable value.
Dr. and Mrs. Hollis have thesympa
thy of their many friends in their
Thanksgiving deprivation.
THREE WOMEN THROW THEIR
HATS IN WAYCORSS RING
Waycross, Ga.-Th^e prominent
Waycross women announced at tht
eleventh hour for three vacancies of
the board of education and simultane¬
ously the total registration for the De¬
cember primary jumped several hun¬
dred over the total expected.
It has been estimated that three wo¬
registered to one man during the
men closed Tues¬
dav. and when tfce books
day night over 500 women had regis¬
tered.
For Newton County and Her People.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1921.
REDUCE THE RENTS
With everything else falling it is time to reduce the
rents from the high war prices. The Federal government
has been investigating the conditions and finds that rents
are out of all proportions to other costs. Rents are found
to be higher in thirty-two- of the leading cities by about 9
per cent than they were last December an'd 60 per cent
higher than in 1913.
The present rents are unfair. The landlord is buying
everything he needs at lower prices, yet he is holding his
rentals above the means of the tenants.
High rents reduce the buying power of the public,
stifle business, force congestion, menace public health and
breed discontent.
Rents must follow other living costs in the slide to
normal or we cannot hope for any great degree of prosper¬
ity. People must have money for other purposes than to
pay the greedy landlords or they cannot live in comfort,
and unless there is a softening of the hearts of the rent
hogs there will come a time when they will have tenantless
properties upon their hands; for with the reduction in the
price of building materials there will be building operations
that will enable the oppressed tenants to become home
owners. .
“TO PLEASE ONE WOMAN.”
Adam ate an apple—“To Please One
Woman.” What would you do?
Sampson had his hair cut—-“To Please
One Woman.” What would you do?
King Manuel lost his throne—“To
Please One Woman.” What would you
do?
Harry K. Thaw went crazy—“To
Please One Woman.” What would you
do?
Marc Antony lost an Empire—“To
Please One Woman.” What would you
do?
Shonts gave away a fortune—“To
Please One Woman.” What would you
do?
Some men buy the earth—“To Please i
One Woman.” What would you do?
When Adam yielded to Eve and ate
the fatal apple, he didn't know he was
furnishing the theme for the feature
picture to be shown at the Lyric Theat¬
re next Friday, November 25th. But
it’s the truth.
Not that Lois "Weber’s latest picture,
To Please One Woman,” has pre-his
toric settings or is one second later than
up-to-the-minute. But the habit Adam
started of doing foolish things to please
the ladies persists to-day, and Miss
Weber has graphically portrayed just
what happened when an unsophisticat¬
ed young man tries to satisfy the whims
of a pretty and selfish woman with a
tendency to “vamp” all and sundry.
“To Please One Woman” is a good
picture. It’s life—not only as it is led
is the locale of the story—but as one
in the seaside village of Seagirt, which
meets it in New York or Napa. The
central characters, as noted before, are
a selfish woman and a gullible man. In
love with the latter is a nice girl. She
sees her romance shattered by her
sw-eetheart’s infatuation for his tleshy
charmer. More than that, the latter’s
influence spreads like a blight through
the innocent girl’s family. But before
the film flashes “finis,” the “vamp”
meets her reward, and good old true
love comes into its own.
You’ll like “To Please One Woman.”
Maybe it’s partly on account of the good
cast Miss Weber assembled. There's
Claire Windsor, a good-looking blonde
and a newcomer to pictures; Mona Lisa,
the “vamp” with the wonderful eyer;
the veteran Edward Burns; Edith Kess¬
ler, George Hackathorne, and others.
Miss Weber wrote and directed the pic¬
ture, which is a Paramount.
HARDWICK PRAISES
FARM BUREAU FEDERATION
Atlanta, Ga.—Credit for recent re¬
ductions in freight rates, which have
already saved shippers 50,000,000 dol¬
lars a year was given the Ameican
Farm Bureau Federation by Governor
Thomas W. Hardwick of Georgia, in
an address before that body.
The passage of the packer and live¬
stock control act was also laid at the
hands of farm organizations by Hard¬
wick, who charged that this legislation
was effected despite an expenditure of
twenty million dollars a year by the
packers in an effort to defeat it as well
as similar legislation.
Hardwick reviewed the work of the
five commodity marketing committees
of the federation and welcomed the
delegates to Georgia.
NO COUNTY FUNDS TO FIGHT
WALKER’S CONTEST IN COURTS
Sparta, Ga.—Hancock county will
provide funds for Sheriff J. M. Jackson
to go to San Antonia, Texas, to return
John D. Walker, former Georgia bank¬
er wanted here to stand trial on em¬
bezzlement charges, but none will be
expended for attorneys to resist habeas
corpus proceedings which W alker is ex¬
pected to file soon as he is arrested, ac¬
cording to an announcement made by
the county board of roads and reve¬
nues.
This is understood here to mean that
no formal resistance will be made to
the habeas corpus to be filed in behalf
of Walker, as Attorney General Napier
has given opinion that there is no pro
vision of law authorizing the state to
bear such an expense of such, and So¬
licitor General Doyle Campbell and W.
H. Burwell, county attorney, are not
expected to be willing to bear the ex
pense of a trip to Texas.
UNITED STATES SENATE
REJECTS LINK JOHNSON
Henry Lincoln Johnson, the negro
republican national committeeman
Georgia, who was appointed last
to be register of deeds for the
of Columbia, was rejected by
senate in executive session with
one dissenting vote.
The fight against Johnson's confir¬
had been led by Senator Wat
both in committee room and lastly
the floor of the senate. When the
first came up before the
committee of the senate, the
senator from Georgia made the
of Johnson being personally ob¬
to him but the committee on a
party line, voted in favor of
confirmation and so reported.
Carrying the fight to the floor Sena¬
Watson, it is said, explained in de¬
why Johnson was personally ob¬
alleging that ■ the negro com¬
had printed an interview
a Baltimore negro paper to the effect
he would “rather be in hell with¬
Tom Watson than to be in heaven
him.”
Senator Watson, it is said, also plac
before the senate the record of John¬
in alleged legal transaction in At¬
which he claimed unfitted him
a position of trust under the gov¬
It is understood that Senator Harris,
Georgia, joined Senator Watson in
Johnson to be personally ob¬
noxious. When put to a vote it is said
there was only one affirmative.
Johnson has been a factor in republi¬
can politics for many years and held
the position of register of deeds in the
district during the Taft administration.
His election at the last national con¬
vention of the republicans as national
committeeman from Georgia brought
about the movement for a reorganized
party in Georgia under white control.
The rejection of Johnson is final and
eliminates him from national politics.
It is reliably understood that President
Harding will not make a vacation ap¬
pointment of Johnson to any office
since it has been made known to the
president that Johnson is personally
obnoxious to both Georgia senators.
THANKSGIVING SERVICES AT
THE METHODIST CHURCH
A union prayer and praise service
was held at the Methodist church
Wednesday evening in which the sev¬
eral denominations worshipped to¬
gether.
An anthem “O Give Thanks” was
rendered by the choir, to Mrs. R. R.
Fowler’s accompaniment.
A timely talk was delivered by Rev.
C. B. Tomb, minister of the Presbyteri¬
an church. Rev. J. E. Ellis and Rev.
Walker Combs took part in the devo¬
tional.
MISS HIGDON PRESENTS
THANKSGIVING PROGRAM
The pupils in the sixth grade of the
Covington Public schools were pre
sented by their teacher, Miss Lucile
Higdon, in an attractive program Wed¬
nesday afternoon. The Thanksgiving
spirit was told in song and story.
The exercises were held in the audi
torium with the mothers as an audi
ence.
HUNTING SEASON
OPENED MONDAY
A number of hunters have
in the official privilege granted
day. Parties have been in the field
Week with gratifying success.
REV. TOMB’S
THANKSGIVING
SERMON
Splendid Sermon of Thanks Delivered
by Presbyterian Pastor in Methodist
Church to Large Congregation at
Union Services Wednesday Evening.
Ps. 103: 1. Bless the Lord oh my soul
and all that is within me, bless His
holy name. Bless the Lord oh my soul
and forget not all His benefits, who
forgiveth all thine iniquities, who heal
eth ail thy diseases.
As the season of the year approaches
our thoughts turn toward Thanksgiv¬
ing it is well for us to remember that
the things for which we' should be
thankful far out number the things
that cause disappointment, heartache
and adversity. Many temporal bless¬
ings; life, health, home, liberty and
the wonderful opportunities for educa¬
tion, all are the generous gifts of an
infinite God.
Praise and thanksgiving are assign¬
ed a prominent place in the Bible, the
David had experienced many
sorrows, had undergone many tempta¬
tions and his heart could not help but
sing the songs of gratitude to God who
had done so many good things for him.
The Apostle Paul gives us so many
expressions of thanksgiving, he warns
us against turning to physical stimu¬
lant^ advises that when we are worn
and spent in body and mind, or soul to
turn to the ministries of the Spirit,
giving thanks always for all things.
This is indeed a great country. Our
hearts are filled with joy when we see
the stars and stripes and we are proud
that this is a land of the free and the
home of the brave, and we ask is this
a Christian nation. What other nation
of the world has stamped on its coin
“In God We Trust?" What other nation
opens its assemblies of legislation with
prayer? How many other nations have
a Thanksgiving Day? What other na¬
tions observe the Sabbath day more
consistently? Why do the other na¬
tions of the world look to the United
States? What other nation has played
the altruistic spirit like the United
States?
Rarely has any year found us with
greater occasion to be thankful than
year, except the year that saw the
close of the world war. There are
clouds of doubt and gloom, business
depression and many without work.
But this nation is the envy, of the
world. The conference on limitation of
armament gives us an idea as to the
thought of the world today. The princi¬
ples of the religion of Christ are be
ing enacted in the hearts and lives of
the nation. Soon war will be abhorred
and abolished.
We are so prone to forget God and
that which He has given to us at the
greatest sacrifice we appreciate often
the least.
You have often heard it said that the
more you do for some people it seems
the less grateful they are.
This evening we face this fact that
must be stamped upon our minds and
that is we are ungrateful creatures.
You say this is not altogether so. But
how many of us today are really grate¬
ful to God for His spiritual blessings.
II. The church of the living God is
the greatest blessing often forgotten.
The pillar and ground of the truth.
It pays to go back to the fundament¬
al truths to discover what are the
foundations of ultimate reality.
We treasure in our memory that
which most interests us. The miser re¬
members anything that will help him
in accumulating money. The grateful
heart remembers benefits. Too requent
Iy injuries are remembered and bene¬
fits ar forgotten.
God’s benefits should not be forgot¬
ten. Every benefit should increase our
obligation and encouragement to trust
in the Lord.
Have you ever stopped long enough
to consider the benefits you enjoy from
the church? Your association with
God’s people? Your coming into His
house of worship? The people of Cov¬
ington should be grateful to God for
spiritual leaders here. Men who have
the interest of your town at heart.
Your own Christian home is what it 13
today on account of having your
church here to do the world needful
for the development of the spiritual
life. Where the spiritual life of a town
is dead you will have a dead town.
Your leaders should be men of grate¬
ful hearts consecrated to God and His
church.
III. Gratitude for the unhonored and
unsung.
That unknown soldier gained
honor of the land by his sacrifice
selfishly for his country.
dreaming of fame but thinking of
HARDWICK PLANS EARLY
PAYMENT OF VETS’ PENSIONS
’ jm
If the supreme court’s decision in
the Western and Atlantic funding case
involving the question of whether or
not the state has authority to issue
$2,500,000 deferred warrants against
the rental of that railroad is favoro
ble to the state, the pensions of Con¬
federate veterans amounting in the ag¬
gregate to $1,883,686 will be paid with¬
in three weeks after the decision is
handed down, Governor Thomas W.
Hardwick announced Tuesday.
JOHN*TAYLOR ANNOUNCES
I hereby announce myself for re
election as councilman of Covington,
election December 19, 1*21.
I will, if elected, give my best efforts
to the city as 1 have in the past.
Thanking' you for past support and
assuring you of my interest in our city,
I am, Respctfully,
JOHN TAYLOR.
vice.
Have you thought quietly of the good
and graet of whom the noisy world
takes little account? Have you thought
of how much we depend upon these for
the comforts and conveniences and the
essentials of life? Some of those who
work right on. You never see their
faces on the bill boards nor their names
In any paper. We accept their pres¬
ence in life as a matter of fact? Great
stories are coming from the unosten¬
tatious in life.
IV. Thankful for the withheld and
unseen in life.
Give your hearts to God and He will
take care of all your problems. Give
you joy for sorrow, peace for pain and
hope for despair.
Many things that we regard as mis¬
fortunes are blessings. Trials and
crosses are often blessings. For through
discipline is character perfection.
George Matheson, the well known
blind preacher of Scotland said: “My
Lord, I have never thanked Thee for
my thorn^ I have been looking for¬
ward* to a world where I shall get
compensation for my cross but I have
never thought of my cross as itself a
present glory. Teach me the glory of
my cross. Teach me the value of my
thorn. Show me that I have climbed
to Thee by the path of pain. Shew me
that my tears have made my rain¬
bow.”
V. Gratitude is the best stimulant
in the world.
Paul warns us against turning to
physical stimulants and advises that
when we are spent in body, mind or
soul, to the ministries of the Spirit
Giving thanks always for all things.
If thankfulness exhilarates the soul,
what about all of the constant com¬
plaining and fault finding with those
about us? Thankful people always
carry a smiling face and cheerful word
and thankfulness gives us a deeper in¬
sight to the sacredness of life and the
blessings of even the ordianry things
of the world. God is seen in the lowly
shrine. The common meal becomes a
sacrament. Today “Thank you,” and
mean it keeps the soul awake to the
divine.
Summary:
I thank God for Christian parents,
whose solicitude and prayers have fol¬
lowed me every day of my life, have
succored me in the hour of temptation,
and a constant buoyancy to my soul
when the fire burned dim.
I thank God for that spark of divin¬
ity in me which teaches me that I was
not made for meanness and urges me
upward toward God.
I thank God for a spirit of human
sympathy which brings me into touch
with the great throbbing humanity and
will not let me lead an entirely selfish
life.
I thank God for pure women and hon¬
est men, whose clean lives are an inspi¬
ration to make me believe in the possi¬
bility of my being better.
I thank God for that true friend,
whose presence grows sweeter every
day. Who forgives and stays with me
when others doubt me.
I thank God for a church, for mv
church, where I can work and be a
means of helping to promote His
kingdom on earth.
I thank God for my faith in Him and
the strength He gives me to hold faith
in humanity and everl helps me to see
something good in every individual.
I thank God for faith to see the
brighter in life, to be sorry for the
faults of others and to forgive those
who have wronged me.
I thank God for enough sorrow to
keep my heart tender to be able to
suffer with those whose hearts are
aching.
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