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EORGIA 7^ hTUIA (7*
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XXV.
Enterprise.
Edweekly at
ill Georgia.
X ......April 17, 1890.
like is Covington Postoffice
matter. Terms, #1,00
i«mly to cash in advance,
1,55 will be collected. 1
IVE“UNCLE JIM ”
Anderson has
|Ht»i ^■a»n, fait! fully. in season
tn in> a new
- ati'l i- hi nty. He
Bwi*. private affairs and
B' tml -pent his money in
He!pthi- a:i■ l benefit
H I!'- h;t« Mwreedod in en
Blwtiami true to assist in
Htixl lauilahl.- work and it is
n -bt that the thanks of
B - rvluriii .1 to evervone
■> wy W mtrtlmti a vent
■heir time to bring the new
Bsplate, ^Wpatetuite but especially dn
t'ol. Anderson,
hia efforts and untiring
'i' 1 w h'iirve the road
■wmniethit way. We tip
Blamlhrotlifr, politest bow to
Bffortsi-,behalf ami say to him
of this pen*
Pwly built for him a monu
P* B»re lasting that hr aas or mar
p'l hills esuluring than stone.—
N hs tliruugh which this
*t way to the snow clad
r ma r «elt awav, and the
1 vaUe ™ Vhmaoh which it
F" deep bltte 6va depart
N‘t and be lost v, memory, but
,W Anderson and
r 'd work he has wrought will
“1 "" f " rw ^ and be more
*" d « rn "' brighter and
F® “‘e years draw nearer to
• With all our heart we saj*,
l live “Uncle Ji ln » and happy
f always he.”
P Uext senator.
wusderahle county nat
r'^ , interest in the
of this senatorial dis
r* * haltoi 1 county will name
p-^t S senator, • are auxiocis to
man wiU '»«?
a ^ er kas been spoken
, ?Wwt > with the position
ret* °f wore efficient gentle
tould not be presented.
™*«<1 r . v He has
for th e welfare of liis
| 7* ld , action, and we know
L !° lu!!
L [».. accord and smypa
ljr mers and laborers of
.
v 1,1 their fi ht against
- g
M oppressive un
meastires. His
,b county
«k it °f ’ s position, should
consent to serve if elee
° we know
JT Sanders Wal
nor and integ
I L° “*> Been t' uc to the princi
f th e hen
his ‘ocratic party, who
ti, ne ’ '‘is talents and bis
e v h th
- party i
» th n everv cam .
his m entitle\ »jlit* hl H- H ' S " Past HaS serv,ces paSSed
West, • t0 this *
Lea uomina
r ,Schar g e bis duty to
™gm hrafn, '! S <Vieml t0 the
en the farme
a , *S and he
had b’v ti’ ll V i‘ nd CoUra ge enough
'
UaH CSld r f ri «bt and jus
im under all cit
ees ’curu
ton should ho nor
1 this h y ^s^wing upon
! 1 ’^beTi d f . C0 Pl im6Bt
“ She
1 b ’
f S ° d0in . ^ ^ddcs
? Un,anwho would
»hom w * would PrC ^ 1ent an feel Senator, proud. and
“ MY COUNTRY: HAY SUE EVER RE RIGHT ; RIGHT OR WRONG,
HY COUNTRY r » —J KFPERSON.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 17 1890,
TOWN AND COUNTY.
everything and everybody.
..The umbrella china trees in
park are evidently killed.
..Mrs. A. H. S. Davis has
quite sick for some time past.
..Mr. R. L. Davis, of Monticllo,
spent Sunday and Monday here
..Covington must have a
ground and a base ball park.
.. Real estate is changing
here right along.
. .Do you own a buggy P /so be
sure and buy one of those nice lap
dusters at R. M. Everitt’s/
..Hon. Emmett Womek will de¬
liver the Memorial cratin at Griffin
on the 26th. iust.
. .Major J. M. Forspent a day or
two of last week atVarren superior
court.
..Mr. R. L. GRway, of Ogle¬
thorpe county, sped part of 8atur
day and all of Sunly here.
. .The Enterprsiis now only one
dollar a year alwW) in advance. Get
your friends to salcribe.
.. Mrs. Eva StJl i r ay, of
Oglethorpe count} is on a visit to
friends and relatiis here.
..Mrs. J. F. f. Hutchins and
niece, Miss Jene, have returned
from a visit to retives in Atlanta.
. .The farmer*Uiance is growing
in strength and Jmbers in this sec¬
tion May the >od work continue
. .Mr. and Mi \\ . h. McGal a,
of Conyers, *peja day or two hem
recently with frfids and relatives.
. .The very bt wagon sold in Cot- j
iiigton is the T«iessee wagon, to hi
found only at W li. Lee & Co’s. i
. .The Allianibrick warehouse i.
being erected anuvill be a handsome!
building when cipleted. 1
..Mr. BingoldMcCay, (1-iigton of New
York city, ’visit a:i old boy, ’ has
been on a to fmds here. j
m ... a> in^ton J
..
at^nce. ° S ° *] |
..A large forciof hands anrj
railr many ” ad teams are be)grading the nt-nj
-
..Stevens Potter s now ready to
furnish the finest vis ever seen in
Georgia. Write totevens Brothers,
Stevens Pottery, ^ Gj
..Live advertise) make a live
town. Our .rates allow and our list
of subscribers is opj for inspection
all who desire fvertise. '
to to
The Newton (jinty Farmer^ !
Alliance passed r(tuitions Friday i
endorsing the suit ijdury plan, now j
before Congress. |
.. Rev. Dr. Hay^id, 0 f Sheffield, j
Ala , and one of tie ibiest met in
tit somt, spent 1 hiiAiy night md j
pmt o iii a_\ in Oxfod.
..Hon. L. L. Hidielirodt till |
leave in a few days for utiionfF.s >'s. 1
it to his brother in Texa, Hit spi, I
Marvin-, will accompany lim.
.. Mr. Usher ThomasoS, of Ma.„
son, re pulling for Hon. Frank Co
ley, of Washington, for Congress
from the8th. district.
..The Intoimal Club held
regular semi-monthly meeting at
residence of Vlrs. Jane Wells
Friday eveuin;.
• •We regret to learn that
friend, Mr. C. H. White, has
on the sick list several days of
"«ek. Hope he will soon be
again,
HOME HAPPENINGS.
Patronize home merchants.
j j Subscribe Memorial day for the will be Enterprise. appropriately
! ^served in Covington on the after
mam of April 26th.
Mr. Thomas 8. Glass had a fine
horse to die on his place near* New
born Sunday night.
If the gub treasury plan won’t work
why don’t some of the kickers suggest
something better ?
Judge and Mrs James McCalla,
GTorlte° Georgia are 5 visiting - an f friends •‘"I P and 7 Ie dear ,
ones here.
afthh 40 , Che
* ° P
eaH office
Just received another hogshead of
old fashion Cuba Molasses at S. P.
Thompson’s.
Slippers, Newports, Oxford ties,
black and tan for the babies, children,
misses and grown up people at Swaun,
Stewart & Go’s
The college campus, at old Emory,
has been enclosed with a substantial
wire fence and the grounds otherwise
beautified nod improved.
If you want jars, churns, flower
pots, sewer pipes, ornamental brick,
etc., etc., write at once to Stevens
Brothers, Stevens Pottery, Ga.
Royal Baking Powders, Horsfords
Powders, Stock Powders, can corn > ! i
tomatoes, pie peaches and pickles at
Swann, Stewart & Go's.
Capt. E. C. Maclien, perhaps the
livest railroad man in the south, spent
Saturday here and was in the best of;
Ueaith. ,
Jf the Rai , mad |g R rtainty am]
We are expected to sell out our retail
and enter tile wholesale trade
we invite buyers to call at once at
S"' a[in > Stewart & Cos.
Mr. Jno. L. Stephenson spent Sun
day with loved ones in Rocky Plains
district He says the tanners
wel1 *T with their work - hxit no " beat
wiU be made ’ as the rust m ' we,i the
cro P
O ur people are more united than
ever before, and this means that the
town and county will keep
with the progressive spirit of the age.
That this section lias a grand future
before it, no one need doubt.
Speaking of Stevens Pottery the
Journal says
‘No person or paper more
ically or with more pleasure heralds
b e * n auguration, equipment and
C6stul °P el ' a t>o" of a new industrial |
e!ter prise than the Journal.
A hen the depot for the Middle Gh.
a " At ' ant ' c ra b r oad is built it will:
1>e t y ithin two hundred yards of our
pullic square, and the street care line
will he extended ti it. There seems
to be Wight and pnsperous times near
at hand for our torn and county.
Desirable building lots are getting
scarce around hcr< just now, but this
will soon he remeifcd, as several new
streets will soon li made which will
open up excclRnt'crritory for build
ing purposes, aul.he most interesting j
thing about the natter is, that the j
lots are to be offetid at reasonable fig
uros a,ld l>n ea ' , v ‘‘ r ' 118 -
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The train on fhich the delegates
to the Baptist onvention will be ear
•ievl to Fort Wctli, Tex., will be the
istest ever rntirom Atlanta to Tex
The trip \vl be made in thirty
, btrs. The tim will be composed
j otnagnificentPulIman palace and
Mt n Boudoirauffet sleeping cars,
ane t ,n solid tun Atlanta to Fort i
Wth withou change The train | :
wileave Atlrfa on Tuesday, May
b . *1H0 p. m i
A GOOD .MAX GONE.
i statesman and patriot, t'dlad!
drop a tear to his memory. He
a friend, steadfast and 'true to
south, in the days when she stood
need of the friendship and help he
«bly and willingly gave. Samuel
Kandall was born in
Oct. 10, 1821; received an
education and engaged in
pursuits. He was a member of
^ C<>l "’ Cil ° f J>h iladelphia
. .
! orL^r 1858-9. " He
j elected a member of the Thirty-eighth
! Congress and served steadily twentv-
8ix '
! J*>» ‘be House. He
speaker of the House in the Forty
fourth, Forty-fifth and Forty sixth
Congress. Mr. Randall represented
the only Democratic district in Phil¬
adelphia. His father was a well
known Democratic lawyer and politi¬
cian and his wife is a daughter of
Aaron Ward, of New York.
Messrs C. C. King & Brothers, of
Indiana, are in Covington hard at
work with a large force of hands
grading the Middle Georgia & Atlan¬
tic railroad. They expect to reach
Maclien in 60 days, and trains will
doubtless be running from Eatonton
to Covington before September first
An effort is being made to Connect the
Georgia Middling with our new road
*'mewbere near Cedar Shoals and run
direct to Atlanta. However, it is dif
hcult t0 1(11 exaetl y "bat direction
i,( ' » e ' v road "if! take when it starts
rr "'" tb,s P ° wt • Let us be patient,
‘'> r "> a short while everything
be made known to the public.
_____
On Monday last, April 14. the fo!
lowing letters remained uncalled for
!U the post office at Covington, Geor
gia : In calling for any of these
tetters say to the Postmaster that they
have been advertised in the Enterprise
md have one cent ready to pay
each letter, as this is now the law
females.—Cora Henderson, Lula
Kills, Sal lie Brown, Ha! Howard.
NN odev Willis, II P Wood*
r ,P ’ Ira Reynolds, Jim Moore, Mel
Lee > KaDS " m Lancaster, T A
Harmon, Robert Haughton, VV H
C,m ; n - F, 'ankli,i Glen, Walt Berry,
U C ' p° < X .’. J " h " C,wv b'
‘ ' s in, f ^ ost Master.
Af '' ‘ 1 ‘ - ,KVX ’ Asst. P. M. I
That eye-aore, that «4d .rdic
a bygone and barberous age, that
ice chest in winter and sweat box in
summer, that old granite hull, unsafe
and unsightly, should be torn
at the earliest possible day and a de
cent and safe jail erected. An ordi
nary wooden building would be more
safe and more suitable for a jail than
K tl»i> old structure. Lot it be s-jd
to the highest bidder, for the granite
would make an excellent foundation
tor almost any building, and doubt
p ‘ss it would bring a tair price if put
u P on tPe f p,ck ' as " e expect to see a
num ^ cr0 ‘ large substantial buildings
erected hero within the next year or
tW0 ‘ Die last grand jury was right
conde mning “the old hull."
The St7,7eBuptist "Coil^eluion will
meet in Washington, Ga., next week,
on Thursday. Mr. G. D
will be a delegate from the
Baptist church. Mr. .1
Corley will represent the Stone
Association and Rev. T. J.
the Apalachee Association.
" e insist that - ; -=: keep j
you your eyes
our P ut) b c schools, for they are
than i
0,r, g more any other one thing
build up and increase the popnla
of tins city.
NO.
WISE AND OTHERWISE
nearly aUd^ uZLv '"" “ 6ei *’°"
M v \t \t tveral _
beenmiite ’ J J sick for l
'
i, \ „ 7 8 ^ part f
°
, • friends and relatives
visit,ng
. Atlanta
-
There may be satisfaction but there
is no use in kicking against what we
can’t possibly prevent or help.
Hie juvenile missionary eocietv
will meet at the residence of Mr. 8.
P. Thompson on Saturday afternoon
at 4 p. m.
Rev. T. J. Swanson will lead the
I y««ng men’s prayer meeting at the
Methodist church Sunday afternoon
at 44 o’clock.
We change the form of our paper
with this issue because it will be more
convenient to handle and read than
it was before. The size is the sain.
as heretofore, and so is the price.
About half dozen old married men
here were stepping around Sunday
airing long tail coats and stand up
collars. Once in a while a married
man is justifiable in putting on style.
Dr. Frank B. Wright went fishing
Monday uight and caught six four
pound yellow suckers. Like the kind
and generous man he is and has ever
l>een, he presented our editor with one
of the best. Many thanks, Doctor.
Newton County Farmers Alliance
has accepted an invitation to meet
with the Almon Alliance on the 2nd
friday in July next, it being the time
for the regular quarter!v meeting of
the county organization
Uct us not forget that Esquire Har
'7 Camp lias been working for years
t( » g 6 *- a new railroad through this
county. He has never for a uioinem
bist hope, but labored, surveyed anil >
,a ^ed for the road all the while,
The railroad surveyors have laid
out all the work from town to Alcova
river, and left for the neighborhood
of Starrsville Tuesday, where the sur
vey will be continued on to Newborn
and Alacben.
Alliancemen and all others have a
right to ask questions of office seok
ers, and office seekers have the’right
to answer or well’to not, just as they please.
In fact it is know how a man
stands on public issues ta-fore lie is
elected to official position.
We are not committed to any man
for congress from this district and
therefore it will not be out of place
to remark that it will take “much of
8 man’’ to defeat Judge Stewart,
should he otter for re election, which,
in our opinion, he will most certainly
demand why not ?
The Alliance re union this summer
will lie one of the largest affair- of the
kind ever giveu in Newton county.
A basket dinner will lie spread moi
the good people invited to partici
in the festivities of the occasion
will be a social gathering and n
speeches will be allowed. It
come off in
A Covington lawyer paid $24 for a
suit of clothes and asked a party of
^»tlemen what they thought of tin
k’t and material. One said it was a
I> ve dollar suit and high at that; ; sin
wllcl rcniai 'kt-d that the pants wore
six inches two short, and that ;t sow
“ nd P'*> 8 0011 P ass l ,! tweeu the co
Ias tbe COilt r -‘ ,v lawyer’s m-ek
' vitl ‘ ease ’ another said the suit
would answer very well to seiu in. | t
Dikes a man with forbearance to ha
tu “ nia(1 of his clothes XP
e new and
. k
j' 1 a ' ,fx; down and drag out |j,.
his'fence i7, nter^Tarth/'.""' lr 10 141 new 1 "^- oH
his 8ty!ish #uit