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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.
\Y. E. LIGHTFOOT ................ 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, JULY 5, 1923.
THE PRINTING PRESS
The printing press has done more to make America
great than any other element in history. The first printing
I cesses ever installed in the new 7 world were not brought
U North America. They were set up in Mexico and in
Peru; but since the tirst press was established at Cam
bridge, Mass., in 1639, the development has been rapid.
Growth and development has followed the printing press
into every section of the American continent, and the
printing press paved the way to freedom and the great na¬
tion -of the United States of America. It taught men to
think and art, and while all men did not think alike, or
even think good thoughts, the great majority absorbed
Knowledge from the products of the printing press that
laid the foundation for a national progress unequalled in
the annals of history.
The freedom of the press was early recognized as an
essentia! element in our American institution, and for that
reason the press has been the great educator of the people,
spreading knowledge and understanding throughout the
length and braedth of the land, uniting our people in i
common V>ond of union, with one thought, and that, the
United States of America.
The press of the United States has been recognized
the greatest and most indispensable utility in solidifying
various and refractory elements of our population into a
compact whole. It has taught the alien immigrant the
first principles of Americanism, and it has educated him
and his children to be good citizens. It has spread abroad
a knowledge of passing events, inventions, theories, meth¬
ods and practices that have been of incalculable value to
every citizen of the country.
From the small hand press of Franklin’s day the press
has grown and developed into a mighty machine, turning
out its products at a rate of speed that is astonishing, and
giving to everyone an opportunity to obtain knowledge at
a cost so low that there is not a person in the entire coun¬
try too poor to enjoy and profit by the reading of the great
papers with their hundreds of columns of news and ad¬
vertising down to the little four-page weekly of the bud¬
ding settlement in some newly developing section of the
country. Each has its mission to fulfill, and so far as it
relates to the community in which it is published the little
weekly is fully as important as the big daily and fills its
mission as sacredly and with a far greater number of read
pi s in proportion to the field it covers.
The little weekly, published in the small town, may be
looked upon by the big city man as a newspaper joke; but
the fact is that its editor is a far more important individual
in his community than the city editor is in the field cov¬
ered by his hundreds of thousands of copies. There are
comparatively few who know the city editor, and fewer
v ho care who or what he is, while the country publisher,
who has his fingers upon the pulse of the people he serves,
is known to the majority of his readers and is a power for
good in his community.
The printing press is an absolute necessity to our daily
life, and few there are that appreciate its value. Not only
is it the power that controls the economic, political, indus¬
trial and religious elements of the country; but it is the
power that makes fortunes for those who are wise enough
to wse it as a means of securing business. The successful
business man is an advertiser, and his announcements are
as early read as any other part of the paper, hence his
success.
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PROGRESS
Is the world progressing? Every reference to history
proves that it is, and that with each decade it is growing
bother and more fit for human progress; for the reason
that the minds of men are broader and superstition has
practically ceased to be an obstacle to progress.
In 1066 the battle of Hastings sealed the Norman con¬
quest of England. Thirty years later there began all over
Europe a movement to wrest the Holy Hand from the in¬
fidels. Today Palestine is free and in the hands of its
people.
In 1172 Ireland was subjected to the English crown.
Today it is practically free, and recognized as a nation, al¬
though still within the British empire.
In 1492 Columbus discovered America. Today
United States is the leading nation of the world, and the
South and Central American republics are generally
perous and on the road to higher development.
In 1609 the Hudson river was first explored. Today
there stands upon its banks the greatest city of the world.
In 1620 the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock. Today
that settlement has been succeeded by 7 immigration
development until all America is peopled with intelligent
men and women who have conquered the wild and budded
a nation of more than an hundred millions of people.
In 1773 the steam engine was perfected by Watt. Today
the power of steam is drawing millions of cars across
every 7 land, driving millions of ships across every sea, ana
energizing innumerable industrial establishments.
In 1784 the first daily newspaper was published ir.
Philadelphia. Today the great dailies of the cities of
world are an indispensible necessity.
In 1803 the Louisiana purchase added a vast territory
to the United States, and later the acquisition of Texas and
California rounded out our territory to vast proportions.
In 1835 Morse invented the telegraph. Today wires ot
the telegraph and telephone companies encompass the
earth, and the wireless completes a systm of communica¬
tion that has brought the ends of the earth together.
Elias Howe perfected the sewing machine in 1846, and
today there is a sewing machine in practically every house¬
hold in America, and millions of them running at high
speed in clothing and shoe factories everywhere.
Hundreds of thousands of other inventions have light
er.ed men’s labors, and yet the era of progress has but
just begun.
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The Greek Prime Minister has declared that Greece
will renaw the war with Turkey in case Turkey insists
upon indemnities. The Greek position is that while the
Greek army was defeated in Turkey, Greece is still able to
trke care of herself and send an army 7 into the field, suf¬
ficiently armed and equipped to maintain the honor and in
Ugrity of Greece. The Turks already manifest a fear that
Greece is callable of executing her military threat and is
not as insistent as at first.
THE COVINGTON NEWS, COVINGTON, GEORGIA
AMERICANS I
Wbuh we speak of America and Americans we mean
thut portion of the Western Hemisphere included within
the boundaries of the United States and the people of the
several states included in this great republic. We do not
mean Canada, South America, Mexico or any of the Central
American states.
Canadians do not style themselves as Americans. They
are Canadians, subjects of Great Britain and therefore are
not Americans. That there is a dividing line between the
United States and Canada is lamentable. The interests of
the people of the United States and Canada are to a great
degree common, and there should be hut one nation upon
the North American continent. This fact is recognized by
thinking people on bothe sides of the arbitrary line that
extends from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and divides the
North American continent into two sections; one American
in sentiment and the other British. That the division
exists is due to an error made nearly one hundred and fifty
years ago, when the thirteen American colonies won their
independence from Great Britain. Canada should have
been included in the treaty, and doubtless would have
keen had there not have been such a preponderence of
French people in Canada, who were at that time indiffer¬
ent regarding the form of government under which they
might live, realizing that, whether British or American, the
dominating classes were English or of English descent, and
for the most part separated from the French people by
both language and religion. Taking this view of the matter
they made no attempt to participate in the formation of a
new 7 and independent republic, a condition of affairs that
in the light of present day understanding is clearly under¬
stood to be specially unfortunate.
Canada is Canada and will remain such perhaps for
many years; but it does not seem possible that the two
peoples, whose interests are now recognized as common,
can forever maintain separate allegianoes. The stars and
stripes should float over the whole of North America, united
in one grand and powerful nation.
The South American countries do not appreciate our
appropriation of the name of America. They, too, feel that
they are Americans, and that w 7 e are misappropriating a
term that should be used only when speaking of the whc’o
hemisphere, and doubtless they are correct as far as accu¬
racy is concerned, and they have really ais good a claim as
we have to style themselves “Americans.” But the world
thinks of the United States as “America.” The immigrant
seeking a new home on this side of the Atlantic comes to
•‘America,” the United States of America, or he goes to
Brazil, Chile, Peru. Argentine, or some other South Amer¬
ican state as an individual nation, but not to the continent
as a whole, as he does w 7 hen coming to the United States.
On this side of the big ocean we do not speak of Euro¬
peans as French, English. Spanish, German, Russian or any
other nation in particular. Europe is a disjointed commu¬
nity of independent republics, and we, in speaking of any
one of them mention France, England, Italy or some
specific nation, just as we do in speaking of the countries
of South America.
The great American republic, the United States of
America, is a community wholly unlike either of the before
mentioned continents. It is a community of states that are
united under one central government, having a common
interest and but one sentiment and one language, which i3
fundamentally English, but American in usage and expres¬
sion. We w 7 ill continue to use the term; “America;” for it
is ours.
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WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE?
Governor Smith, of New York, enjoyed a manufactured
prominence for several weeks in a matter that means really
nothing at all. New York State had and has an absolute
tight to modify or abrogate any law made by it. It has
abrogated the prohibition enforcement act made by it. The
act was no good anyway. It was never enforced. It never
would have been enforced had it remained on the books
for a thousand years. The principal causes of the receat
eruptions in print were the desire to make Governor
Smith’s action a decisive blow at the Constitutional pro¬
vision regarding liquor and, secondly, to enhance his im¬
portance as a presidential candidate—or, to be perfectly
honest, not a candidate but a name with which to trade
state delegations. Both these efforts have failed. Govern
oi Smitlf did not act with the directness and decision of a
statesman, and what New York does in the question at is¬
sue makes no difference whatever. If the federal govern¬
ment desires to enforce the Prohibition law in New York,
it can do so, but such a course would probably be unpopu¬
lar except with the small American colony residing in New
York City. The American colony in New York, like the
American colonies in other foreign cities, would doubtless
be glad to keep on loyal terms with the government of the
United States.—Dearborn Independent.
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We hear considerable talk about the 'TOO per cent
American,” but, unfortunately he is not very much in evi¬
dence in business or social circles. He is usually kept upon
a reservation and deprived of the privilege of following his
tribal customs, and many of them are fed and clothed at
government expense. So much for the “100 per cent" in
blood and tribal characteristics. The 100 per cent Ameri
an, though of European ancestry, is the man who has ac¬
quired by birth and education a love of country that super¬
cedes all other interests. He is loyal, patriotic and generally
optimistic. He thinks; “America First,” and he has little
use for the weaklings and degenerates who see in Europeans
a superior race, and who court the favor of titled aristo
i rats. The 100 per cent American is patriotic through and
through. He is all-America in sentiment, asking not favors
he does not deserve, bearing upon his countenance the in
dellible stamp: “Made-in-America,” and he is a man who re¬
sents every insult to the flag, every unjust criticism of
America, and who is ready and willing, if need be, to sacri¬
fice his life in the defense of his country’s honor. Are you
an American, if so. what is your percentage?
Statistics in some states and in some municipalities
show an increase or decrease in arrests for violations of
the prohibition law. Does an increase in arrests mean an
increase in such violations, or does it mean that the enforce¬
ment of the law in these states or municipalities is more
rigid or more lax? The probabilities are that where the
number of arrests is high, even higher than in some previ¬
ous periods, enforcement of the law is pursued with greater
viligence. Public opinion and the quality of the officials
has much to do with the execution of the law, whether it
lie for the violation of the Volstead act or any othec law
of the land. Thus it is clear that statistics of that nature
are not always to be relied upon. Arrests under license
were few in comparison to the cause; while violators of the
law under prohibition are more rigidly prosecuted. Under
license drunken men reeled through the streets or were laid
away in less conspicuous places and were not disturbed by
the police. Today conditions are different, and thus the
j number of arrests may mean that the officials are doing
I their duty or evading it.
PERMANENT HIGHW AYS
FOR STATE OF GEORGIA
Macon, Ga., July 5.—Evidencing the
widespread interest in the campaign
launched recently by the Macon Cham¬
ber of Commerce for the construction
of permanent highways in Georgia,
letters approving the plan and pledg¬
ing support in the campaign liave
been received by the Macon organiza¬
tion from every section of the state.
Chambers of Commerce in Atlanta,
Savannah. Augusta, Columbus and
other cities, civic clubs and other or¬
ganizations have endorsed the pro¬
gram and are engaged in promoting
the campaign.
It is planned to build such addition¬
al concrete highways as needed to con
nect all important sections of the
state, facilitating passenger travel and
bettering transportation in Georgia.
Land Settlement Campaign
Under the auspices of the Macon
Chamber of Commerce, the Middle
Georgia Development Association is
being organized and will have for its
immediate program the utilization of
the 3,(100,000 acres of idle farm lands
in Middle Georgia.
At a recent meeting of the Land Set¬
tlement committee of the Chamber of
Commerce and representatives of rail¬
roads serving Macon, the program of
the chamber was endorsed. The rail¬
way representatives declared that the
plan was the most practicable they had
been apprised of and they pledged to
the movement their enthusiastic sup¬
port.
The fact that there are 3,000,000
acres of idle farm lands available for
cultivation, within a 60-mile radius of
Macon, was brought out in a recent
survey by the State College of Agri¬
culture.
It is the plan of the Macon Cham¬
ber of Commerce to conduct an exten¬
sive publicity campaign in the north
and middle west that the farmers in
that section may become better ac¬
quainted with the possibilities for su.>
cussful farming in Georgia. A selling
campaign then will be inaugurated
with the purpose to bring these middle
western farmers to Georgia, to con¬
duct extensive cultivation in this idle
territory.
In the publicity campaign, represen¬
tative newspapers will be furnished
news articles and their columns also
will carry specially prepared advertis¬
ing for the campaign. It has been as
sured that the program is strictly a
“facts campaign” and that the western
farmers will be “sold” on Middle Geor¬
gia through the merits of the proposi¬
tion of land settlement in this section
Revive River Transportation
Macon, Brunswick, Hawkinsville
and other cities and counties border
ing on the three rivers in the Altamaha
river system—the Ocmulgee, Oconee
and Alfcamaha—are giving enthusiastic
support to the program for the devel¬
opment of these waterways.
The Macon Chamber of Commerce,
co-operating with the Brunswick
Board of Trade, has inaugurated
campaign looking towards greater use¬
fulness of these waterways, now prar
tically idle because the fund available
for dredging the streams is inadequate
to the needs.
The campaign will be for $5,000,000,
asking special appropriation by con¬
gress, for the development of these
streams, calling for an expenditure oi
$1,000,00^ annually for [five years,
Senator William J. Harris has pledged
his support to the program and has
declared that he will introduce a bill
at the next session of congress calling
for the appropriation.
Much of the preliminary work has
been done; the river association has
been perfected and the residents of cit¬
ies and counties on the rivers are look¬
ing forward with eager anticipation
to the rehabilitation of this important
waterway system.
YOUR MOTHER STILL PRAYS FOR
YOU, JACK
(Courtesy of B. L. Cox, Augusta)
The night was dark and stormy.
And the winds were howling high
When an aged mother gasped upon
The portrait of the child.
As she gasped on the baby's features
That once filled her heart with joy;
But now he’s in the wide world roam
ing.
A mother’s long lost boy.
CHORUS
Your mother still prays for you, Jack,
Your mother still prays for you—
In her home far away o’er the ocean,
Your mother still prays for you.
Far away from home and mother;
Far away in a distant land,
Some comrades said, “Come along,
Jack,
Let us go to the army band;”
’Twas in a rough old barrack,
And the meeting had just begun.
When something touched that wild
Jack’s heart,
As sweetly the soldiers sung.
Next night there came a letter:
It was deeply edged with black—
From a comrade long forgotten.
But he still remembered Jack;
‘They have laved your dear old mother
In her grave so dark and cold,
And she wants her hoy that's roaming
To meet her o* the streets of gold.
—Unknown.
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