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THE COVINGTON NEWS
Official Organ of Newton County and
The City of Covington,
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
C. L. Snewden, Editor and Publisher
Entered as second class matter, De
cember 2, 1908, at the post office at
Covington, Ga., under the Act of
March 3, 1879.
Subscription Rates, Payable in Advance
1st and 2nd Postal Zone $1.50 a Year
FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 1929
LIQUOR PROPAGANDA
Practically every daily paper in the
United States is filled with stories of
the cruelty and blood-thirstiness of
prohibition agents who shoot unof
fending citizens, gather in the mothers
of large families and otherwise offend
the sensibilities of the dear, sweet,
bootleggers who are strenuously en
deavoring to nullify the law of the
nation.
The most of the stuff is, of course,
the purest bunk, written from the
liquor standpoint and appealing to a
minority sentiment in almost every
community. Any intelligent newspaper
man can read between the lines and
find the old polecat of propaganda and
propaganda has its roots somewhere in
money, except in the instances where
the unintelligent publisher lends him
self for nothing.
Half a century ago temperance ad
vocates were murdered in cold blood
by the booze interests of the day and
the brewer and distiller became so
shameless in swaying city councils and
legislatures that outraged public senti
ment broke the unholy alliance of
booze and legislation by the passage
of the Eighteenth Amendment and the
Volstead Act. Since this time liquor
has been outlawed but it is fighting
just the same.
Editorially the Christian Index
says:
“We have not had a greater problem
confronting this country than the pres
ent liquor propaganda. Lawlessness is
sweeping the nation. Every time a
bootlegger is arrested, the newspapers
make him a martyr. He must not be
bothered. He is a free man in a free
country. It is tantamount to saying
that here is a leper. He has a deadly
disease, but he is a free man in a
free country. Dare to deal with this
leper and you are vitiating the very
genius of the constitution of the Unit
ed States. Or, here is a man with acute
appendicitis. He will he dead in a
little while if left to the mercy of
the pent up poison in his body, but to
take that man to a hospital and apply
law to his condition would be to con
travene his personal wishes. He does
not want to be carried to a hospital.
He refuses to have an operation. Thus
the drunkard is pictured by the liquor
ites. He is in a dying condition. No
argument can be brought against that
fact, but he doesn’t want to give up his
liquor, therefore, he must have his
liquor. i hat, silly as it sounds, is what
we read every morning and every af
ternoon throughout this country. Boot
leggers and drunken sots can shoot
down all the officers and innocent citi
zens they may feel deposed to shoot,
and they are within their rights, but
lot one arresting officer, even in self
defense, shoot one of these glorious
bootleggers or distillers and such
screaming headlines! Apparently,
some arresting officers have lieen
Celebrating the sale of
a million Frigidaires
The second N ational
DEMONSTRATION
of the
Frigidaire HI
“Cold Control”
is now going on
rriHE “Cold Control” is being
A shown in actual use. De- zz in*:
licious frozen desserts are
being served. We’re giving A
away a souvenir book con
taining recipes. We’re dis- |j|^| /A ■■m
playing the “Million Model” an, R cs
Frigidaire ... all porcelain Itejif ' m a
enamel finish . . . priced at up sin
only $205* completely in- vl M j
stalled. And we’re making a \ SypH
special offer to all who buy
Frigidaire during this special
demonstration.
COVINGTON ELECTRIC CO.
Covington, Ga.
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quick to shoot; who knows, or can ev
er know, what faced them if they
didn’t shoot?
“Millions ui»on millions of dollars
will he spent from now until 1932 by
Raskob and Curran and Sabin and
the other leaders of the liquor move
ment to break down conviction on the
question of law enforcement. Mrs. Sa
bin has organized an anti-prohibition
movement among the liquor-drinking
women of Chicago and she proposes to
’make it nation-wide. It is an auxiliary
of the association against prohibition.
Raskob announces that he will not re
linquish his control of the machinery
if one of our major political parties,
however much the members of that
party may pray for his removal. He
said when he took over the control of
the party that his purpose was the
overthrow of the “damnable affliction
of prohibition.” Mr. Box, assistant
floor leader of the Democratic party
stood in the house the other day and
openly denounced Raskob’s usurpation
of the party leadership, declaring that
no enlightened person would deny that
he (Raskob) lias been a lofe-long Re
and is only using the Demo
cratic party as a cat’s paw with which
to fight the battle of the association
the eighteenth amendment.
And yet. we go right on admitting day
day that we are in a terrible mess
how to deal with it is not appar
HISTORIC JULY FOURTH
No day in the year is fraught with
significance for the American
as July 4, the anniversary of
signing of the immortal Declara
of Independence. The story of the
has been told and retold
it is a part of the consciousness
every American, old and young.
While other events which have
on that date have been
by the annual national
it may be interesting to
that July 4 is also the anniver
of the following happenings:
Founding of Providence, R. I., by
Williams, 1636.
Nathaniel Hawthorn horn, 1804.
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
Stephen Collins Foster, song
born, 1826.
James Monroe died. 1831.
Cornerstone of Washington monu
laid. 1848.
Surrender of Vicksburg, 1863.
Calvin Coolidge born, 1872.
The first week in July Is filled with
anniversaries, among them
tjie following:
Battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3. Ii862.
Battle of Santiago, July 1-3. 1898.
Washington took command of the
Army. July 3, 1775.
Admiral Farragut, born July 5,
John Paul Jones horn July 6. 1747.
United States annexed Hawaii, July
1898.
Tweed patterns in rubberized rayon
some snappy new raincoats
dull days. They are very light
and attractive,
News of discovering the ruins of
the Circus Maximus in Rome should
be received with cauti&ft, as no pea
nut shells were found.
A portable crime detection la hara
tory, equipped with much scientific
apparatus, is used by the sheriff at
Los Angeles.
THE COVINGTON NEWS, COVINGTON, GEORGIA
HE IS WHERE HE BELONGS
(From the Greensboro, N. C., News)
How much truth lies in the report
that President Hoover is considering
I)r. Howard W. Odum for commission
er of Indian affairs the Daily News
does not know. The country has al
ready learned that when it conies to
filling federal positions, many are
mentioned but few are chosen.
We have never heard that Dr. Odum
is interested in the work to be han
dled by such an official any more
than he Is interested as a sociologist
in human affairs generally. But that
he could fill the position ably we
have no doubt whatsoever. He is an
administrator of ability and. what is
more, an unusually intelligent man.
But the commissionership of Indian
affairs is small stuff to the work I)r.
Odum is doing at the University of
North Carolina. There as professor of
sociology, director of the school of
public welfare, leader of the insti
tutes which come within his field and
exponent of the social ideas which
have made this institution’s contribu
tion, among the most notable in the
country he is an immensely valuable
and well night irreplaceable man. He
ought not to l>e permitted to leave.
President Hoover can find a hun
dred men who would make acceptable
commissioners of Indian affairs, per
haps a thousand. We doubt if there
are many men in the country who
could fill Dr. Odum’s place at the uni
versity. That is where he belongs.
Problems of College
Life Unchanged,
Says Barnett
Human nature and the problems of
college today are the same as in the
stirring days of the sixties, said Sam
uel A. Barnett, 78-year-old president
of the class of 1869 of 1869 of the
University of Georgia in expressing
regret that he would be unable to at
tend his class reunion.
Modern co-eds are approved by Mr.
Barnett as he reminisced of his days
in the university as fellow student of
Henry W. Grady and Federal Judge
Emory Speer.
Girls will develop all right in a uni
versity, he said, adding, “they will be
thrown on their own resources there,
and I believe they can take care of
themselves.” / *
The horse and buggy of the sixties
that brought its problem to students
and professors lias been supplanted by
the rented automobile, be pointed out,
but basically the problem is the same.
“I have rented a horse and buggy
for $3 an afternoon and ridden
through the beautiful roads around
Athens.” Mr. Barnett said. “Every boy
knew all the girls around Athens, and
we acted then pretty much as they do
now. We would sit out on the lawn in
stead of in automobiles.
“Some of the boys thought it was
smart to brag about holding a girl’s
hand. On the other hand, some had
too much of a gentlemanly feeling to
give the girl away.
“The problems of today were faced
by students of Georgia when I went
to school there.” he declared. “We had
the problem of cheating on examina
tions exactly as Dean Sanford has it
now. Our professors would put long
oaths on the blackboard for us, but
the cheating continued. It will con
tinue as long as humans are like they
are now.”
Boys in that time, immediately af
ter the War Between the States, could
not be too careful as they went out
at nights, according to Mr. Barnett.
Threats were continually being made
in those days, and every student car
ried a pistol in liis hip pocket.
“As we left our coats and hats, on
the rack when we went calling, we
deposited our pistols in a corner of
the room.” he said. “We never knew
when we would he attacked.”
The daily schedule of the students
was not exciting, according to Mr.
Barnett. There was a chapel period
early every morning, followed by a
class before breakfast. Then classes
were not called until about 11 o’clock.
Latin, Greek, mathematics, mental and
moral ethics, logic and sciences—those
constituted the ordinary studies.
Mr. Barnett is heartily in favor of
the junior college idea as now being
adopted by several leading universi
ties.
‘•The average college boy was too
young in my time. I never had a ser
ious thought about life until I had
finished college,” he said. “College
hoys now are more men. and are bet
ter able to absorb than they were
then.”
Mr. Barnett, due to injuries received
in an automobile accident several
years ago. will be unable to attend the
reunion of his class. H. H. Cahaniss
and I. T. Callaway, both of Atlanta,
are the two remaining members. He
is not certain if N. J. Bussey, of Co
lumbus. Ga., is living, and he is al
most sure “Big Billy” Barnwell Is
dead.
Would
Spangled Banner”
National Anthem
WASHINGTON—For more than 11
years Representative John Charles
Linthicum, of Maryland, has been try
ins to persuade congress that “The
Star Spangled Banner” should be de
clared the national anthem of this
country.
He has had a bill to this effect be
fore the house almost continuously
since 1918. Little success, however, has
been his. Invariably the hill has died
in committee or else has been crowded
out in the ruth of legislation.
But Mr. Linthicum refuses to be dis
couraged. Each session he drops his
pet measure in the house hopper. He
is confident that he will yet get a
break.
The Maryland chapter of the Na
tional Society of United Daughters of
1812 first interested him in the pro
posal. At the request of that organiza
tion he introduced the measure for
the first time in March, 1918. War
conditions and the accompanying rush
of legislation, however, prevented his
bill getting very far.
He re-introduced Jhe bill in April,
102K but it met the same fate.
Linthicum by this time had come to
regard his bill as something akin to
an affair of honor. I
Therefore, when President Hoover
convened the special session in April,
despite the fact that it was to be
limited to consideration only of tariff
and farm relief, at the first oppor
tunity he dropped his bill in for the
fifth time.
And if it dies again, then as soon as
the regular session opens in December
he will try again.
Linthicum’s contention is that “The
Star Spangled Banner” now is con
sidered by all as the ntaional anthem.
Since 1889, under orders from the na
vy department, the song is played at
both morning and evening colors. It
also is played at retreat in the rainy.
The anthem for the service, he says,
certainly should he the anthem of the
people.
The quickest move ever recorded by
a member of his profession was made |
by an Illinois plumber, blown out of a
ditch by a gas explosion.
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INSURANCE AGENCY
General Insurance
Phone 101
GEORGIA RAILROAD
Effective Aug. 19, 1928
TO AND FROM COVINGTON
EAST BOUND
No. 2 from Atlanta arrives 8:30 a. m
No. 8 from Atlanta arrives 4:50 p. m.
No. 14 from Atlanta arrives__8:45 p. m
From Social Circle.
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WEST BOUND
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rives 7:05 a. m.
No. 1 from Augusta arrives 12:12 p. m.
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POST- GRADUATE
LECTURES FIRST
DISTRICT DOCTORS
Through the eo-operatlon of the
Children’s Bureau, Washington, D, C.,
and the volunteer service of Professor
J. R. McCord, Emory University, the
State Board of Health is holding a
post-graduate school in Obstetrics for
the physicians of Southeast Georgia
at Savannah, beginning at 3:30 o’clock
on the afternoon of June 24.
. The daily sessions will last just as
long as the physicians desire to re
main, and the following subjects will
be covered:
Monday, June 24: "The Mechanism
and Management of Normal Labor.”
Tuesday, June 25: “Puerperal Infec
tions.”
Wednesday, June 26: “Occiput Pos
terior Positions—Forceps.”
Thursday, June 27: “Versions—
Breech Presentations.”
Friday, June 28: “The Hemorrhages
of Pregnancy. Abortion. Placenta
Previa. Accidental Separation of the
Placenta.”
The high mortality rate in our moth
ers is certainly a challenge to the
physicians throughout the State. Con
sequently, we believe that in offer
ing to the physicians of Georgia this
opportunity we are giving them a
chance to be of better service to the
mothers of their communities than
they have been in the past.—Georgia’s
Health.
2 New Health Officers
Two counties, Clinch and Jenkins,
have joined the ranks of counties hav
ing full time commissioners of health
and have on duty Dr. J. H. Sessions
and Dr. S. H. Haddock, respectively.
Both counties also have a public
health nurse.
This makes a total of thirty-three
counties that have the full working
program of the Ellis Health Law. Ev
ery county in the State should have
the protection this law gives the citi
zens of ouff State. .
Prevention is better than cure and
far cheaper.
Co-Operation Firet
Team work is that little cog which
takes all the separate parts of a ma
chine and co-ordinates them into a j j
smooth-working whole. It is just an
other word for co-operation, without 1
which very little Is accomplished in
life.—Grit
Cast your bread on the waters, but
don’t expect it to come back with hot
dogs and mustard.
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28 Util I
Federal Season on
Doves Now Same
as State Seaso
The Federal migratory-bird
act, applying to doves i n “ia treatj
been changed "'" r ha,
so that the new huntiji
season for doves will coincide
the proposed Georgia hunt!
it was announced 118 season
State by L
Deputy Game Warden Largi
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m s, Ttemhe
1st to September ,30th and fr
vember 20th to January °m Sj
Peter Twitty. 31st
State Game ^’ariei
appeared before the United St ates
partment of Agriculture a,
and finally got them to '■•liange
law applying to Georgia. th
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ping Board traveled more Uuji
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