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THE COVINGTON NEWS
Official Organ of Newton County and the City of Covington.
Published every Thursday by the News Publishing Company.
W. E. ElUHTFOOT ................ EDITOR-MANAGER
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, MAY 31, 1923.
HAS FRANCE RIGHT TO ENFORCE?
The German claim that the French are acting illegally
in taking possession of the Rhur district seems to be witn
out foundation in fact; for the treaty of Versailles clearly
defines the lights of the interested nations to enforce the
collection of reparations. In Annex 2, part 8, Articles E
and 18, may be found the authority for the action France
has taken, and the execution of which Germany has agreed
not to regard as an act of war.
“Article 17—In case of default by Germany in the per¬
formance of any of the obligations under this part of the
ju-esent treaty, the Reparation commission will forthwith
give notice of such default to each ot the interested powers
and may make such recommendations as to the action to be
taken in consequence of such default as it may think nec¬
essary.”
“Article 18—The measures which the Allied and Asso¬
ciated powers shall have the right to take, in case of volun¬
tary defauK by Germany and which Germany agrees not
to regard as acts of war, may include economic and financial
prohibitions and reprisals and in general such other meas
ures as the respective governments may determine to be
necessary in the circumstances.”
it appears that under the provisions of these articles
France is wholly within her legal rights, and especially so
as France, Belgium and Italy are in agreement regarding
tine course pursued. England alone holding aloof.
Article 19 defines the manner in which payments may
be made and gives to Germany every opportunity to pay
cither in gold, or other assets such as may be accepted by
the commission.
Germany, according to the evidence, has voluntarily
neglected or refused to meet the terms of the treaty, and
having done so, has no right to expect that Fiance or any
other of the Allied powers or all of them collectively, will
neglect to foreclose the mortgage upon Germany’s resources.
Should the powers neglect to do so their claims would be
invalidated, and this may be what Germany hoped for
and expected.
It. is not the desire of the world that Germany be crush¬
ed entirely, and the present course of France to force pay¬
ment, does not signify that France even desires to extin¬
guish the German government, but that she intends to pro¬
tect hefiself, and at the same time awaken Germany to a
realizing sense of her obligations and the penalties of neg¬
lecting to do so.
France needs money to restore her shattered finances,
and she believes that underneath the veneer of the dimin¬
ishing mark there are ample resources to meet the obliga¬
tions without seriously crippling the German government
or pushing it over the verge into hopeless bankruptcy.
France believes that with the burden of militarism re
moved from the lurcks of the German people the payment
«*f the reparations is within the power of Germany to ac
oemplish, and that the exploitation of the paper mark is
for the purpose of blinding the eyes of the world to the
time situation. i
All of Germany's industries are intact. Her railroads
were not damaged, nor was any other asset ruined or in¬
jured that laid within the limits of the German territory.
The war left Germany a going concern, not an inch ot
her terrioty despoiled by the enemy, and with her military
burdens removed so that she could go to work without
obstructions to pay her debts, and France is determined
that she show her hand.
GEORGIA WEEKLIES
Mrs. Florence M. Rucker, who took over the manage¬
ment of The Alpharetta Free Press upon the death of her
husband. George D. Rucker, is holding The Free Press
fully up to the standard established by her husband. She
has rather a direct manner of addressing her constituency,
as witness, for instance, this:
“We fail to see how we could live, much less lay
by teoinething for a rainy day, at less than 25c an
inch for advertising space. Paper bills and labor
come high.”
Paper lulls and labor DO come high, in the smaller
communities just as in the big cities. The relative cost of
publishing in Alpharetta is as- high as it Is in Atlanta—
probably higher.
The Georgia Weeklies play a splendid part in the con¬
structive and progressive affairs of Georgia. The cost
advertising in the average Georgia weekly Is cheap enough
at the price—maybe cheaper than it should be.—Atlanta
Georgian.
We would hate to live in a twenty room house and have
to hunt our hat in every room.—Ex.
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When the Bible tells us to love our neighbors as we
love ourselves, why should our wives kick just because the
nieghbors happen to be young and pretty?—Oconee Enter¬
prise.
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The Conyers Times has asserted that the south is bene
fitted by the exodus of the negro. And advises that a good
class of foreigners be imported to replace the deserting
blacks. Well, we suppose that settles it, and a movement
will be on foot immediately to rush what negroes are left to
the north.
Henry Ford lends money to the City of Detroit, charg
ing 4 per cent interest and is willing to lend more, enough
to finance the city-owned subways. This will not enham e
h* standing with the Wall street gentelmen.
Lending money without a rake-off and at 4 per cent
would be considered the unpardonable sin by that crowd.—
Arthur Brisbane.
Oliver Flanagan, a negro farmer of Newton county,
brought to town this week 11 pecks of English peas. He
stated that they were picked from three 70-foot rows. At
the sate received for the 11 peeks, an acre would have netted
him $150.
The above being true, who would dare say an acre-of
land is not worth $50, especially in this section of Georgia?
—Conyers Times.
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WOMAN SUFFRAGE IN EUROPE
Women have come into their own in the United States,
so far as suffrage is concerned and are now equal co-part
nera with men in the administration of government; yet
notwithstanding the rapidity with which suffrage has devel¬
oped in this country they have moved almost as fast in
Europe and today the majority of the states of Europe per¬
mit women to vote and hold office.
In all Europe today Spain, France, Greece, Bel
garia and Jugo-Slavia are the only countries in which wo¬
have not gained certain suffrage privileges and these
men
will undoubtedly fall into line in the near future.
Woman suffrage came as one of the results of the
great war, during which women proved their ability and
demonstrated their right to franchise. Men were reluctant
to throw' down the barriers that prevented women from shar¬
ing with them the rights of suffrage; but the experience ot
the few years that women have enjoyed this privilege in
America has proven beyond question that they are equal
to the responsibilities that the franchise has imposed.
For a number of years women have shared the rights
ot suffrage equally with men in Finland and there have
been women in the Finnish parliament for years. Germany
has thirty women in the reichstag, and in Austria, Russsia,
Hungary, Poland, Czeeho-Slavia and Holland women are on
a par with men in political matters
England in granting suffrage to women required that
a woman be 30 years of age before she can vote. This is
a discrimination that has no justice in it and it cannot last.
Already there are two women holding seats in the house ot
commons.
In Sweden women voted for the first time last year,
and five were elected deputies in the national assembly.
That is quick work; but the example of her neighbor, Fin
land, had no doubt prepared her women for determined
work and they lost no time in preparation for the acquisi¬
tion of political recognition.
Women, wherever they have the right of suffrage, are
taking upon themselves the obligations that go with it with
knowledge of political affairs that is a gratifying sur¬
prise to the so-called sterner sex, and they are showing
that they can think and act as quickly and as wisely as
their husbands and brothers, who have felt themselves su¬
perior, and who have looked upon the advent of women
into politics as a hazardous experiment.
Thus far there are no regrets that women have been
igranted political recognition and equal rights to franchise
in America, except it be among those who desire to hold
offices that women have been elected to fill.
Woman suffrage has an uplifting influence. It is teach¬
ing men to have greater respect for their mothers,
wives, their sisters and women in general, and its
result will be cleaner politics, better schools, better
conditions and a general moral uplift that will make
felt in every community, whether it be in the United
or in Europe.
It means a higher education of women, the opening
them of the trades and professions and less dependence
the male sex. It means better homes and a higher intellec
t.ual standard that will be noticeable in the rising
tions of both men and women.
ONE IDEA MAN
Men who have but one idea may not be popular or coni
panionable. They may not be able to converse upon gen¬
eral topics or to participate in the diverse spots of the day;
but they are worth far more to the nation and the world
than an hundred or even a thousand of those lively com
!*anionable fellows w'hose knowledge is superficial and whose
wit is entertaining.
Columbus was a man with a one-track mind, and he
followed the lead of hfe inspiration, overcoming all obsta¬
cles. until he had discovered a new' continent and started
the nations of Europe upon a campaign of discovery and
colonization that resulted in the founding of mighty nations
and a new impetus to civilization. The world has advanced
more since Columbus’ time than in tw r o thousand years
before.
Galileo w r as another one-idea man. He believed that
the world revolved, and that it wals not flat, as had been
previously supposed. His idea has been proven and science
has made greater advances since his day than ever before
Edison is another type of a one-idfea man and he has
given to the world more wonderful and practical labor
saving utilities than any man who ever lived, and the end
is not yet. His discoveries along the lines of electric gen¬
eration and control have revolutionized the business and
social condition of the world.
Marconi is another one-track fellow, and his discove¬
ries have been of inestimable value to all mankind, binding
Europe and America in close wireless communication, sav¬
ing thousands of lives annually by locating vessels at sea,
und in many other ways benefltting mankind.
James Watt had one of those one-track minds, but the
steaming teakettle upon his mother’s fire was the inspira¬
tion that resulted in the construction of the steam engine,
and every man, woman and child in the civilized world
knows what that meant to mankind. It made ocean navi¬
gation swift and paved the way to the thousands upon
thousands of miles of railroads that now reach every quar¬
ter of the four continents.
Goodyear, poor and despised for his one idea, passing
for a man demented, gave to the world the invention that
made all rubber products possible.
Robert Fulton was ridiculed for his crazy notion that
vessels could be propelled by the power of steam; but today
steam propelled vessels are upon every sea and every navi
gable w'ater.
The list is long; but the one-idea men have contributed
more to the w'orld than all the other varieties of mental
construction. They have thought and acted and won.
Hiram Maxim’s inventions resulted in the machine gun,
smokeless powder and other destructive agencies that have
added to the horrors of war. and his brother. Hudson, the
inventor of the silencer has made it possible to kill without
detection. These latter were not inventions to be proud of,
unless there is pardonable pride in agencies of destruction
for use in war; but civilization has not been benefitted by
these productions, even though they were evolved from one
idea men. People must consider these things upon their
merits.
It is the "crank,” the one-idea man, who has advanced
civilization, regardless of the fact that his excentricities
have been regarded as undisputahie evidences of insanity.
What of the critics?
Our idea of fun is a dentist having his landlord for a
patient.—Ex.
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Dempsey says fast footwork is necessary in fighting.
It is often necessary in not fighting also. —Ex.
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Ten per cent gain in the auto trade is noted, This
means a certain per cent loss in pedestrians.—Ex.
PLAN UNDER WAY FOR
RURAL PROSPERITY
Ashburn, Ga,, May 24.—The plan of
restoring rural prosperity by means of
"the hog, the cow, and the hen on
every farm,” which is being sponsored
by the Georgia Association, was carri¬
ed into 27 Georgia counties in April,
and will be carried into an equal num¬
ber in May, George Betts, of Ashburn,
president of the association announced
today.
The growing production of pork,
eggs and butter by Turner county far¬
mers, and the resulting prosperity,
Which has come about largely thru the
carrying out of the Georgia Associa¬
tion plan, has aroused considerable
Southi-wide attention. The Columbia
State, S. C., has recently made a thor¬
ough survey of farm conditions in Tur¬
ner county and is now devoting several
columns of space each day to a descrip¬
tion of it in order to popularize the
plan in the rural counties of South
Carolina.
“It is the aim of the Georgia Associ¬
ation,” according to Mr. Betts, “to de¬
velop every rural county of Georgia as
Turner has been developed by hogs,
cows and hens on the farms. The proof
of this plan is in the success that it
has achieved here and is achieving in a
large number of other counties. Farm¬
ers over the state who have adopted
this plan are as prosperous today as
they were in the halcyon days when
cotton was a sure cash crop and the
boll wevil was unknown, and the hog,
the cow' and the hen are the reasons.”
During the summer months the asso¬
ciation plans to stress feed production,
particularly in the meetings over the
state. At all of these county
specialists from the state college and
other organizations will show the far¬
mers and the farm wives the most mod¬
ern and practical method of poultry
raising and feeding, the grading and
marketing of eggs to bring the highest
price, practical dairying and hog rais¬
ing.
Conditions in Georgia are ideal for
egg production as well as for dairying,
according to Mr. Betts, since the cli¬
mate is such that the hens can be kept
in the open almost all the year round.
Consequently, he declares, there is no
good reason why Georgia should import
$25,000,000 worth of eggs each year,
when Georgia farmers should export
that many, or even more, dollars’
worth of eggs to other sections of the
country.
DESTROYED
Enough trees to yield 32 billion board
feet of lumber were chopped down in
our country last year. No figure is
available to show how many more trees
were cut down than were planted. But
it’d be a mighty big figure. Few econ¬
omic perils are more dangerous than
the rapid depletion of our forests. Why
kill, by degrees, the goose laying
golden eggs?
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carbon removal, valve grind¬
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We use Havoline ourselves
and recommend it highly.
We’ll sell it to you any way
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