The COVINGTON NEWS
official Organ of Newton County
and the City of Covington.
Published every Thursday by the
News Publishing Company.
W. E. LIGHTFOOT, • 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.
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THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1922
CAREFUL CROSSING
CAMPAIGN
The railroads have initiated a care¬
ful crossing campaign. Signs have been
posted everywhere, warning people of
the danger of recklessly attempting to
cross a railroad track ahead of an ap¬
proaching train, or to make the cross¬
ing without first taking the precaution
to slow down the machine and satisfy
oneself that there are no trains near.
Eternal vigilance is the price of safety.
Carelessness may mean death or seri¬
ous injury. People cannot be too careful.
There is no sense in trying to get
through this world at high speed. Less
than a hundred years ago our ancestors
did business with the aid of one or more
pairs of oxen, trudging along by the
side of the crowding and slow walking
animals, and now and then jabbing the
sharp steel point of the goad into an ox
to keep him from falling asleep. Those
were the days of slow transportation,
yet those hardy men and women lived
to ripe old ages. They were happy and
generally prosperous. Some rode to
town on horseback, and sometimes there
were several people upon the back of
one horse. It was not an uncommon
sight to see a man and his wife and two
or three children upon one horse. There
would have been more had the horse
been longer, but the excess needed an¬
other animal, in the absence of which
they went afoot. There are many of our
citizens who can remember when horse¬
back riding was popular, when the hitch
ing posts which were numerous along
the sidewalks of every town were used
to secure saddle horses, and a bird’s-eye
view of the main street showed a double
row of horses. Later carriages and oth
er horse-drawn vehicles came into favor
as the roads were improved. All through
the middle west were plank roads, or
roads one-half the width of which was
planked to keep vehicles from sinking
to the axles in mud. Those, too, were
happy days. There were few accidents,
and few trains to watch out for, and a
trolley car or an automobile had not
been thought of, or at least had not been
produced. In those days it was practi¬
cally a case of “go as you please” and
they did. happily and practically safe.
Today it is different. There are approxi¬
mately 252,000 grade crossings in the
United States to watch out for, and eter
nal vigilance is necessary. Trains are
more numerous and are running at a
higher speed; automobiles have been
developed to a high degree of excellence,
and everybody that can afford one is
riding, whether they desire to go to
some place or not. The burning desire
is to ride, ride, ride, and the higher the
speed the greater the joy. Trains, cross¬
ings and other autos are unheeded, and
the result is death and destruction. One
railroad alone reports that 3,012 autos
were struck by its engines on grade
crossings in 1920, resulting in 1,257
deaths and 3,977 injuries. The record of
the entire country is alarmingly high,
yet the motorists take the chance and
the undertakers and the doctors are
reaping a harvest.
WELL-FILLED BASKETS
Years ago the “full dinner pail” was
a political slogan, and on it depended
the success or defeat of a national par¬
ty at the polls, but the man who coined
the phrase was not acquaited with the
“well-filled baskets” which are so much
in evidence in Cobb County at this time
ofe the year.—Cobb County Times.
And what is behind the well-filled
basket that warrants this prominence?
The question is readily answered. The
well-filled basket means that somebody
has worked early and late. It means
thrift, energy and perseverance. It
means an everlasting "keeping at it. It
means a triumph over the boll weevil.
Think of the country homes where
chickens were a luxury, milk and butter
a rarity, while eggs were a commercial
commodity only, and even that when
they could be found in the weeds or the
woodpile.
A certain Covington man moved some
six weeks ago to a nearby town. During
that time he has made a garden that
yields sufficient vegetables for the home
and for selling purposes as well.
On that place he had previously plant¬
ed fruits and berries that are producing
abundantly. He has also his chickens
and cow'.
So three hundred and sixty-five days
of planting, watching and working each
year will be the means unto the end—
The Well-filled Basket.
Ytf* COVINGTON KEWfe, e®nNGTU«,
OUR IMMIGRATION LAW
Under the new immigration laws, —
which refuse admittance to the men and
women of the kind that made America
■what it is, few' are now coming, com¬
pared with the great numbers that flock
ed to our shores before restrictive laws
made it hard for foreign immigrants of
certain classes to get into our country.
During nine months under the new law
524,478 arrived in this country and 488,-
639 departed, making an increase of on¬
ly 35, 839. This is really refreshing. It
means that America is having a breath¬
ing spell and an opportunity to assimi¬
late the vast numbers that have come
here during the past quarter of a cen¬
tury. Americans are born, not made, and
it will be at least two generations from
the immigrant to the pure American,
imbued with the spirit of America. No
man with his thoughts in Europe can
be a good American. He may obey the
laws, and he may live as near to Amer¬
ican ideas as he knows how, but he
thinks European or Asiatic, according
to the country from whence he came,
and his children live and breathe the
atmosphere of the home in which they
were reared. They hear the language of
the fatherland spoken by their parents.
They live in accordance with the cus¬
toms their parents brought v'ith them
from their old home. They listen with
eagerness to stories of the homeland,
and they arrive at manhood or woman¬
hood only half Americans, at most. It
will be the grandchildren of the immi¬
grant that will become good Americans.
By the time they arrive the American
spirit will have developed, and they will
grow up Americans in the true sense of
the word. No law has been made in re¬
cent years that promises so much as the
law' restricting immigration. Old-coun¬
try people had come to America in
such numbers that they were coloniz¬
ing—herding together and perpetuating
their European or Asiatic customs and
learning little or nothing of the mean¬
ing of the great principles on which this
nation is founded. We have in our cities
an Italian quarter and various other
quarters, inhabited by people from for¬
eign lands, reading foreign language
newspapers and often teaching their
foreign languages in the free schools of
America; something that should not be
permitted. It is our desire that these
peoples should separate and mingle
with the older American communities,
learn their ways, and become Ameri¬
cans at the earliest possible moment.
It is for the best interests of the coun¬
try that they should do so, but when
they come in such numbers that segre¬
gation is next to an impossibility it is
not good for them or for us. The melt¬
ing pot ceases to function when the al¬
loy ceases to mingle, and the dross be¬
comes a disturbing element in our body
politic. It is true that we have vast
areas of unoccupied land that could be
made available for settlement, but the
family will in a comparatively short
natural increase of our great American
time demand every acre for the use and
behoof of generations yet unborn. To fill
that space with European immigrants
and shut off every avenue of expansion
would mean that the time will come
when America will need a dumping
ground for its surplus population, and
where shall w'e find it?
The bars were not put up any too
soon. In fact they were not closed early
enough to save this nation a world of
trouble and expense. The tax problem,
the housing problem, the educational
problem, and various other problems,
including the criminal, the pauper, dis¬
ease and low mentality are confronting
us, and warn us that a further influx of
Europe’s surplus will tax our resources
to the limit of endurance and have a de
teriorating effect on future generations.
SAFETY FIRST
Statistics show' that during the last
four years more Americans have been
killed or seriously injured by accidents
than were killed on both sides during
the W'ar. Deaths from accidental inju
lies average about 60,000 a year, or 165
per day. Add to this death list the seri¬
ous accidents and w r e have a total that
is appalling. Most of these accidents are
preventable.
Automobile accidents are frequent,
but they are not the most productive of
fatalities, for in comparison with 67
killed by accidents of this nature, 68 are
burned to death, 86 are killed in rail¬
road accidents, 56 are drowmed, 26 lose
their lives in mines, 34 are asphyxiated
by gas, 21 killed by machinery, 23 are
killed by street cars, and 111 by falls.
Watch Your Step!
Last w’eek a Douglas county man
rode fifteen miles and back to attend an
important meeting, and found after ar¬
riving here that the meeting was not
till the following day. Cost him, includ¬
ing loss of time, not less that ten dollars
The date of said meeting was published
in the Sentinel, but he was not a sub¬
scriber. Lost enough on that one occa¬
sion to pay for the Sentinel five years.
It’s not so much a question of whether
you can afford to take the paper as
whether you can afford to do without it.
—Douglas County Sentinel.
A modern battleship uses about 8,000"
gallons of fresh water daily. j
FACTS TO BE REMEMBERED
WITH REFERENCE TO
THE WATER POWER BILLS
_ l
There are 160 counties in Georgia.
Only fifty or less of these counties are
touched by the wires of the pow’er com¬
panies, using water-power to develop
electricity.
More than 100 counties, approximate¬
ly 2,000 villages and towns, over 2,000,
000 people in Georgia are unable to get
light and power from the companies con
trolling the little water power devel¬
oped in he state.
More than 2,000,000 horsepower, some¬
thing over twice the highest estimate
ever made at Muscle Shoals, is undevel¬
oped in the water-powers of Georgia.
This pow'er, if developed, would add
over 6,000,000,000 kilow'att hours to the
electricity produced each year in the
state. This would be enough to supply
the people in all of our 160 counties. It
would make industrial development pos¬
sible in every county of Georgia, instead
of limiting industrial development to
the few counties now served by the
power companies.
Approximately two-thirds of the peo¬
ple who now' use electricity in Georgia
get their current from municipal plants
Of these municipal plants, 51 are loca
ted in 25 counties in North Georgia
These 51 municipal plants buy their cur
rent at wholesale from the Georgia Rail
way and Pow'er Company and sell it at
prices fixed by the municipalities to the
people. Only five men are required to
handle the central station at Tallulah
Falls, from which the company sends
the current to these 51 different towns
in 25 of our counties.
In the 100 or more counties which
can get no service from the pow'er com¬
panies, the municipal plants must use
steam to generate their electricity, or
do w'ithout light and power. To the
towns which build steam plants, the
cost of generating current is approxi¬
mately six times as much per kilow'att
hour as the cost of current to the munic
ipal plants in the 25 counties served by
the Georgia Railw'ay and Power Com¬
pany.
These 100 and more counties, w’ith
their towns, are helpless. The state can
give them no relief.
The Constitution, limiting the borrow
ing powers of the state, and making it
impossible for counties and municipal¬
ities to combine, or to borrow more
than seven per cent of their taxable val¬
ues, makes it impossible for them to
develop water-powers for themselves.
Virginia puts no limit on the borrow¬
ing powers of her municipalities for the
construction of income producing public
utilities. Exclusive of this, the limit is
18 per cent. In Texas, in addition to all
other bonds, 25 per cent is the limit for
the purpose of preventing overflow, im¬
proving rivers and streams, reservoirs,
dams and drainage systems. South Car¬
olina has no limit on debts incurred for
water, light and pow'er, but imposes a
limit of eight per cent on debts incurred
for other purposes.
Alabama has no limit for schools and
water-works, and the City of Dothan
has recently defeated an attempt to
keep her from borrowing money to
build a magnificent power plant in con¬
nection with her water works.
Oklahoma has no limit against debts
for public utilities. This is also true in
Ohio, w'hen the debt is solely against the
utility. North Dakota has no limit, when
the debt is incurred for income produc¬
ing properties.
Seventeen states, Florida, North Car¬
olina, Tennessee, Mississippi, Massachu¬
setts, Michigan, Minnesota , Nevada,
New' Hampshire, New Jersey, Connecti¬
cut, Delaware, Idaho, Rhode Isdand,
Kansas, Oregon and Vermont have left
the limit out of their constitntions.
New York has no limit upon debts
incurred for water-works and leaves the
limit off of debts incurred for public util
lties, where the income is sufficient to
meet expenses and a sinking fund.
Upon other debts the limit is ten per
cent.
In Arizona the limit is 19 per cent,
in South Dakota 15 per cent, with 8 per
cent additional for cities of 8,000 and
over for street railways, light and power
In Nebraska and California, the limit
is 15 per cent.
The water power bills propose, if two
thirds of the people so vote, to enable
the town or county to borrow’ an addi¬
tional seven per cent for the purpose of
acquiring or constructing public utili¬
ties, which w’ould pay the debt incurred
from tHeir earnings. This increase
w'ould make the total borrowing capac¬
ity of the Georgia municipality only
fourteen per cent, less than that in the
constitutions of the states listed above.
The Bills also w'ould enable municipal¬
ities and counties to combine their
strength, so that all over Georgia, wher
strength, so that all over Georgia, If
water pow'er is available, towns and
counties, if their people so desired, can
get together and build plants to serve
many municipalities and counties, as
the plant of the Georgia Railway and
Pow’er Company, handled by five men at
Tallulah, is serving 51 towns in 25 coun¬
ties in North Georgia. But the towns
would do it at a cheaper cost to their
people,
No steam plant in Georgia can gener-
ate current as cheaply as a water power
No sfnall water power development can
proc * uce current as cheaply as a big
plant, such as that supplying the peo¬
ple of 51 towns in North Georgia.
Why should the people of other towns j
and counties in Georgia be denied the
right and power to construct such a
plant for themselves?
The water pow’er bills do not impose
one penny of tax or debt upon the state,
or upon any county or municipality of
Georgia, nor do they force any town or
county to build a plant.
If passed by the Legislature, these
bills would only make it possible for the
people of Georgia to vote in the No¬
vember elections for or against giving
their representatives the authority to
make the laws necessary to enable them
to develop their w r ater-pow r ers for them¬
selves, and to deal on equal terms with
the power companies.
Today more than 2,000,000 Georgians
live in sections untouched by the pow'er
companies.
No power company using water pow’er
has proposed or is proposing to serve
them. Shall they not be permitted to
serve themselves?
Is it right that these Georgians should
be deprived of the service of our water
powers?
The Municipal League of Georgia
This difference in laws is pointed to
by the Municipal League as the expla¬
nation for the fact that in California
over 2,591,578 people live in reach of
electricity, w'hile in Georgia over 2,266,-
499 live in sections where it is impos
sible to get current at any price, more
than 100 Georgia counties being unable
to get a single kilow’att hour from Geor¬
gia’s water powers. In California, the
League says, the corporations have to
give service, because they know that
the people are in a position to serv.e
themselves, and will do it, If the corpo¬
rations do not.
In Georgia, the people are helpless.
THE DIPPING VAT
SITUATION
The dipping vat situation in Echols
county seems to be very serious.
In most of the counties of south Geor¬
gia, where the cattle tick menace was
originally more prevalent and serious
than in the northern part of the state,
the work of eradication has been assis¬
ted vigorously by the stockmen and citi¬
zens generally, and carried to comple¬
tion
But there are tw’o or three counties,
of which Echols is one, in which the
spirit of opposition has been so bitter
and intense that it has been impossible
for the authorities to make much head-
B
0 NOTICE!
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ON JULY 1ST, 1922, WE WILL PUT OUR STORE
ON A STRICTLY CASH BASIS. WE BELIEVE THAT
BUSINESS WILL BE BETTER WITH ALL CON¬
CERNED BY THE CASH SYSTEM THAN ANY OTH¬
B ER PLAN.
WITH ALL CREDITS ELIMINATED, DULL SEA¬
IIS SONS COUNT FOR LITTLE.
B ON THE CASH BASIS, WITH A LARGE PER¬
IS CENTAGE OF OUR OVERHEAD EXPENSES AND
B ALL CREDIT LOSSES REMOVED, WE KNOW THAT
WE WILL BE IN BETTER POSITION TO SERVE OUR
n FRIENDS AND CUSTOMERS AND SAVE THEM
IS MONEY.
IS WE THANK YOU ALL FOR THE LIBERAL PA¬
B TRONAGE ACCORDED US IN THE PAST, AND EAR¬
NESTLY SOLICIT A CONTINUATION OF THESE FA¬
IS VORS IN THE FUTURE. WE WILL MAKE IT OF IN¬
B TEREST TO YOU. --V. L |
CITY PHARMACY
way
Vats have been dynamited by the
lawless element, operating clandestinely
under cover of darkness.
Even the lives of Federal and state
agents engaged in tick eradication work
have been threatened anonymously. Sev¬
eral times those authorities have been
fired upon from ambush, and in one or
two instances murder has been done.
The dipping law was enacted for the
purpose of giving Georgia better cattle.
Men of experience declare such a law’
a necessity, and we believe if the Echols
county people would accept as correct
the views of those wl\o have had expe¬
rience in this line, and permit the dip¬
ping of their cattle, they would be very
much pleased with the final results.
But the question has become one of
much more importance than mere cattle
dipping. It seems to have resolved it¬
self into the matter of law and law’ en¬
forcement against disorder and outlaw¬
ry. There can be but one answer to this.
The law must be enforced.—Ex.
TYPHOID FEVER INCREASING
The typhoid fever season has come
and many people in Georgia are still
protected so far as being vaccinated
concerned. Time and again the
Customers and Our Success
Everyone here is at your service, and, best of all, we
are happy to serve you.
One point in our creed is never to forget that our cus¬
tomers are responsible for our success. So it is only natural
that we make no room here for formality, but cultivate close,
personal relations with clients.
Courteous and reliable, helpful bank service are won¬
derful builders for your business and for ours.
Farmers Banking Company
COVINGTON, GEORGIA
Board of Health and the
of health have 00um ly
sent ou ,
advised, even begged
vaccinated. Last People
year 798
turnod a deaf ear „«ch
crossed to the unknown.
Any one who wants ‘ yph0
this year had better « vac**
, ord?r J q ®
supply is by no means imii mi
Order your vaccine fr
Board of Health oni , hp
today. Have adminkj •
sician or Health Officer f
Georgia State Board „f Hp
A Detroit woman had a man
because he pinched her. The “rrest.
not impersonating eh; ar Se
an officer.
FITZHUGH Le e
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Office Announced
Covington,
PIANO TUNING
AND
REPAIRING
by
W. E. STILLWELl
CALI.
Everitt Furniture Co., Phone
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