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THE COVINGTON NEWS
Published every Thursday' by the News Publishing Company.
W. E. DIGHTFGUt '... ............ EDITOR-MANAGER
Official Organ of Newton (bounty and the City of Covington.
Entered as second class mail matter December 2, IDOS, at the
Post Office at Covington, 6a., under the act of March 3, 1870.
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Thursday, August 30,1923.
So many dogs have gone mad in the vicinity of
Calhoun, Ga., that, as a matter of precaution,
the city council has ordered that all dogs seen
running at large be immediately shot, and have
published notices to this effect. We hope the dogs
of Covington will be good and not go mad, for it
would be quite expensive for the city government
to have to furnish amunition and to dispose of
the carcases of all the dogs running at large here.
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We have been honored by the city council?
They have made it possible for us to pay more
city tax than any weekly paper pays in taxes to
their respective towns in the state in so far as we
have been able to find out. We have been kicked,
sat down on, “cussed”, and mashed by some folks
because we said nice things about this body in the
past, but we will be more careful in the future.
All citizens’ tax have been raised, and ours have
been hoisted.
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Sometimes we meet an old friend and of course
we greet them with a happy reception; it comes
natural, but recently it ivas our misfortune to
meet a sister that has been our friend, and when
we shook hands and smiled, lo and be-hold you,
she thought we were flirting with her. Don’t it
beat business how city life changes some folks.
Miss Conti’ition we are as harmless as a chicken
that has never left the shell yet, and we don’t
believe the Angels will wait to flop their wings
until the Heavens are filled with feathers on ac¬
count of your goodness,
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THE MOTHER OF JAMES MADISON
(By Frederick H. Law)
Nellie Conway, the mother of James Madison,
the fourth President of the United States, was not
a strong, vigorous girl, but she lived to the great
age of 98, saw the United States come into being,
saw the long years of the American Revolution,
saw her famous son increase in power and in¬
fluence, saw him become the fourth President of
the new country, and then enjoyed his company
for many years after he left the Capitol for the
retirement of private life. This, in itself, is all a
remarkable story, a story such as can be told ©f
the mother of no other President of the United
States. Nelly Conway was a Virginia girl, the
daughter of a prosperous Virginian, Francis Con¬
way.
In the days when Nelly Conway was a girl no
one in the colonies had what we of today should
call luxuries. Nelly Conway had to survey her
features in a glass that did not reflect all her
charms. She had to endure fireplaces that heated
only a part of the house and left the rest cold. She
had to use tallow candles, and to make journeys
on horseback, most uncomfortably—and, worst
of all, most ruinous to clothing. At the same
time, she had more than many of her neighbors
and was looked upon by th£ rough backwoods¬
men of 1740 as a sort of princess.
Nellie Conway was 17 years old when she
stepped down the stairs in her father’s home and
gave her hand to young Mr. James Madison, a
fne healthy man of 27. She had married a man
of about her own station in life, a man better off
than the average, but still a pioneer. When her
first son was born she named him after the father
—James Madison. In the long winter evenings,
when darkness came dow y n over the frontier trees,
Nelly Madison, who was a very well educated and
a very religious woman, read to her son, and
taught him all she knew. She did for him all
that a college preparatory school does for boys to¬
day. She did so much for him, indeed, that he
never forgot it, but cherished her always. In her
extreme old age he insisted that she continue to
enjoy her old home. He felt that he owed all his
greatness to her, for she had set him on the way.
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A scientist declares the next war will be fought
by radio. It will be interesting to watch a strate¬
gist lulling the enemy to sleep with a bedtime
tale.—Ex.
None of us is faultless, and the man who will
not lie about anything else will give any dub a
letter of recommendation.—Ex.
NEWS, COVINGTON, GEORGIA —
THE COVINGTON
V" T‘
THE FIREARM IN GEORGIA.
We see it stated in the Savannah Press that,
during the past three years, 2,01i persons lost
their lives in Georgia through the use of firearms.
The record includes 396 homicides in 1920, 405
in 1921 and 427 in 1922. Of those committing
the homicides 763 were negro men, 279 white
men, 23 white women, and 133 negro women.
During the same period there were 259 suicides
by the use of firearms, and 550 persons were killed
through the accidental discharge of guns and pis¬
tols.
“This is not a very enviable record” comments
the Press. “It sounds more like the report of some
of the battles of the great war tkan a recital of
conditions in peaceful Georgia.”
“The figures show that this State has to its
credit—or to its discredit—more than one homi¬
cide a day for the three years under review. And
they seem to grow in number each year, starting
with 3% in 1920 and going up to 427 in 1932.
“We await the figures for 1923 with some mis¬
givings “says the Press, “for it does seem to us
that we had more accounts of killings in Georgia
for the first eight months of this year than for the
same period of any recent years. Homicides do
not seem to be coofined fro a»y particular section,
nor to any particular community. The country
seems to have relatively just as many shootings
and cuttings and deadly encounters as have the
cities. There seems te be a fine opportunity for a
reform, both in the urban and suburban sections
of the city.”
The hip pocket—carrying deadly weapons con¬
cealed—is greatly responsible for the homicide
record .—Augusta Chronicle.
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FACTS ABOUT FIRES
An Augusta fire insurance agent has handed to
T/he Chronicle a clipping on “Facts About Fires,”
which affords opportunity for suggestive study.
Some of its statements are amazing: AH of them
ore interesting.
All fires are the same size when they start;
every second counts.
The property burned in the United States each
year would line both sides of a street stretching
from Boston to St. Louis.
Seventy-five per cent ©f the fires occurring in
rural communities result in total losses.
More than ive thousand are killed and fifty
thousand injured annually as a result ®f fire.
Eighty per cent of the fires occurring in the
United States are due to preventable cuus^s and
carelessness.
Fire losses and the coat of fire prevention in
the United States amount annually to more than
the total American production of gold, silver, cop¬
per and petroleum in a year.
The annual per capita fire wasfe in the United
States is eight times as great as Europe’s per
capita loss; the reason is that Europe enjoys bet¬
ter construction, less carelessness and increased
responsibility as regards property owners.
If the United States were as fireproof as Eu¬
rope, more than $200,000,000 would be saved an
nually; that amount would buy twenty loaves of
bread for every man, woman and child in the
country.
Electricity has superseded the old kerosene
lamp as a fire hazard; «heap insulation, amateur
wiring, short circuits and arcs cost the United
States a property loss of more than $25,000,000
last year.
An obsolete fire alarm system is costly econo¬
my; a bucket of water at the start is more ef¬
fective than a high pressure pump ten minutes
!ate.
Twenty per cent of all fires are strictly prevent¬
able; forty-five per cent are partly preventable
and could be eliminated with proper precaution—
Augusta Chronicle.
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The Columbia Sentinel, Tom Watson's paper
has suspended publication. Tom Watson's per¬
sonality kept the paper going during his life time.
Newspapers all over th© country are suspending.
Very few of them are making expenses.—Winder
News.
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A CLOSE CALL
I slipped, I fell, I sat down hard
I landed on my rear,
I cursed, I swere, I damned my luck
My heart was filled with fear.
I felt, I looked, I felt again
I ceased to euss and chafe,
I smiled, I grinned, I cried aloud,
“Thank God, the stuff is safe!”
PRAISE FOR NEWTON
COUNTY CHEESE
That was an elegant chunk of
cheese that Mr. Clarence T. Ay
cook was exhibiting on the street
here last Wednesday afternoon.
It was sufficiently temping to
cause a number of our people to
wonder why, if Newton county
people eould organize, even on a
small seal©, and turn out a prod¬
uct like that, couldn’t the busi¬
ness men of Monroe, as an ex¬
periment, if nothing more, do
likewise. We are told that for
their output the Newton county
cheese makess are receiving a
neat profit, and because of the
interest taken and faith in their
enterprise, are receiving the en¬
couragement of the bankers of
their county. If we have any¬
thing here in Monroe from
which we can realize a profit,
and at the same time provide the
populace with labor and money,
those who are able to finance
and back up an industry, after
once put in operation, must take
the initiative. The sample shown
here by our friend Aycock cre¬
ated considerable interest, and
he advis'es that if our people
would like to visit the plant, see
it made and get just such infor¬
mation as is necessary, they
should g© over early in the day,
between the hours of eight and
ten.—Walton News.
THE LEGISLATURE
Well, there is at least one
source from which we need not
look for anything to help our
condition. That is the Georgia
Legislature. When it is all over,
which will be pretty soon now,
we will take stock of what has
happened to us and to the state,
and we will find that we have to
pay higher taxes on some things
than we ever pa|d before, and
that nothing in particular has
been dene to help our business
or profession, or the general fi¬
nancial situation of the state
we get at the end of the Legis¬
lature is a rest fnom expectation
and surcease from trouble. The
news of the day will change a
bit. We shall hear of more trou¬
ble in Eusope and less trouble
in Atlanta, but we will still have
to work for a living, if we get it,
and we will have to go further
down nto our pockets to get tax
money.—Moultrie Observer.
Bring us your job printing.
This Drug Store Sells
RELIABLE DRUGS
AT VERY
POPULAR PRICES
EVERY PRESCRIPTION
Is a demonstration of the quality of our drugs and
the Carefulness and ability of our Pharmacists.
WE ARE AT YOUR SERVICE
STATIONERY ^ complete line of plain and fancy stat¬
ionery is a feature of this store. Your
every wish can be gratified both as to style and to price.
Economy, though, prevails in every purchase.
TOILET Toilet ^ articles of sold every at variety low for prices men
unTiriro an( women are very
AKULLLiJ an d the quality is always of the best
Face creams and other beauty preparations for women
represent the best products of the market. .No article
of an injurious nature is sold at this store.. They make
good.
CITY PHARMACY
Drugs—4 PHONES Soda Fount a
SCHOOL DAYS
WILL SOON BE HERE
Your child in school should be equipped
with a nice Fountain Pen or Pencil.
We have Eversharp Pencils in gold and
Silver makes, and Fountain Pens at reason¬
able cost.
ALSO HAVE A COMPLETE LINE OP
JEWELRY, WATCHES, CLOCKS,
SILVERWARE, Etc.
JOSEPH SEI6EL
“GIFTS THAT LAST”
HARTFORD AETNA
NORTH BRITISH ATLAS
LIVERPOOL AND LONDON AND GLOBE
TRAVELERS LIFE AND ACCIDENT
FIRE ASSOCIATION
THESE COMPANIES REPRESENTED IN COVINGTON
AND NEWTON COUNTY BY
LUCY WHITE INSURANCE AGENCY
EVERY FORM OF INSURANCE WRITTEN
Fire, Life, Health, Accident, Bend, Tornado, Rain, Automobile
Another fine thing about rural
life is that you can’t hear the
neighbors daughters cultivating
their musical talent.
Your vacation may be chiefly
valuable because it also gives
your friends a vacation.
A man who has the faculty of
minding his own business is a
satisfaction in community.
He that would judge the fu¬
ture must know the past.
NO TIME TO HUNT for a doctor
or drug store when suddenly
seized with agonizing intestinal cramps,
deadly nausea and prostrating diarrhoea.
CHAMBERLAIN’S
COLIC and DIARRHOEA
REMEDY
gives instant warmth, comfort and eaae
from pain. Never fails.