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I-DAyTTT .April 24, 7890.
LTatthc Covington Terms, Postoffiee $1,00
L S jjass matter.
lijeSl.25 ! nly will to cash be collected.] in advance,
pEGKIPPK’’ SET RIGHT.
j f , w e were vigourous, strong
9 !thv we allowed ourself to lie
Lishout the new ailment call
We said it was a name
r rich anil fashionable people
!,,, 0 ),1 fashion cold”—that poor
licouldn't have any such a disease.
>tad now, we retract it all. It
Lhtetli to wrestle with a poor man,
I the harder up he is financially
Uoettohiin itstieketh. It get
[ kwktftd hi»V the leaders in the back
gallopeth down his
I t (o sides of his feet and up
l eI „p,if his cranium again. His
I t kitli and his flesh feeleth as
fteli red Imt coals of fire over and
r it. His head swimmeth and h<
Ih no n it or ease in any plac.
fitimu What he eateth tasteth
I green persimmons served with
let uf beef cail and decayed gar
[The mure he grunteth and the
Ir he gmaneth the more horribl
leletli and the more nervous be
Itii. lie feareth he will die and
bieth frightened at his own shad
Iphicli groweth beautifully less at
I breath he drawetli. We know
fcof we speak, for we have been
[quite Vitv, recently by a very large
and cheerfully bear test!mo
ItW fact that the grippe maketh
t just at much at home in the com*
lif a poor man as it does when it
siflli to sojourn a few days with
Ivo weareth “purple and fine lin
j It is like unto the fifteenth
[ilment, inasmuch as it apjieareth
Bat all alike •‘without regard to
I color or previous condition, etc ’’
per to set ourself right we repeat
'‘the grippe” is general in its vis
In.aiiil lias none of the elements
none corporation in its make up.
Ice tn “the grippe” demands that
iblicly say this much.
•LIND TRiHIl’ CAUGHT.
Jripplcd lew Stapleton negro by the name of
was arrested for
Is liquor without a license last
He was “bound over” in a
['mil to answer at the fall term
r superior court. Over four gal
K whisky was found in hu hut
li ought to the court house, and
jue Ed was him. released Our this whisky was
I" Marshak say
I'.e confident Andrew continues
li.tti' his “blind tiger,” and that
* iug this illegal work as the
Vi other able bodied negroes,
ipendon Andrew’s infirmaties
E’l him from the punishment of
■ It is said that this same ne
| I’i :l idling liquor in the dry
Lithonia. Covington cannot
rb'n a “license law with close
I' 1 b unprincipled characters
|tr 4 '’* allowed 11 li( l uor under in any circum.
I I any manner,
r ‘ )ru! H >s not
' uncommon
■Partiesalmost every Sunday on
r under the influence of li
I! 1 ; 5 11 %lH ’believed that there are
I, 11111 b 3 efs than one in and
1 - town, and we are glad to
I 1| ' our Marshals are determin
T° a!1 >n their power to have
I f s PUt to tW « illegal sale of liquor
" DS >rho care nothing for the
P affl e of our community.
“HY COUNTRY: HAY EHE EVER M , m M
BE RIGHT; RIGHT OR WRONG, NY COUXTRY!”—Juvnm§.
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COVINGTON. GEORGIA. THURSDAY. APRIL 24. 1890
femperance rally.
The Temperance people of Newton
county are earnestly requester! to
meet at the court house, in Coving
ton, to the First Tuesday in May, at
11 oclock a. m. Delegates will be
appointed to attend the state
tion in Atlanta on May 8th, and oth
er important business will be transae
ted at this meeting. Bv order Tern
perace Executive Committee.
DECORATION POSTPONED.
The Ladies’ Memorial Association
of Covington have changed the Me¬
morial Services this year from Satur
j day, 26th, to Monday afternoon at
3 o’clock, April 28th Hon. E. F.
Edwards will deliver an interesting
and patriotic address. Let everybody
attend the exercises. It is hoped that
ail business houses will be closed du¬
ring decoration hours, and let us all
honor ourselves bv paying tribute to
the memory of our heroic dead.
OXFORD ITEMS.
flie temperance entertainment was
i most enjoyable atl'air.
Our gymnasium, when completed,
will lie one of the finest in the south.
Our base ball ground having lieen
put in order, the junior class downed
the college by a score of 16 to 4.
Grand Concert next Thursday, to
which the people of Covington are
cordially invited.
I)r. Callaway, after a painfull ill¬
ness, is able to attend his college du¬
ties again.
Our new strict car driver is polite
and accommodating and is giving gen¬
eral satisfaction.
We would take this opportunity to
thank Mr. W. B. Lee for the loan of
his roller. Mr. Lee has always been
kind and generous to the Emory col¬
lege students.
Miss Lena fctovall, of Madison, and
Miss Jessie Hopkins, of Atlanta, are
visiting Miss Mamie Corley. Miss
Mattie Belie Robinson, of Atlanta,
has been on a visit to Miss Patilh,
Yerv Trulv
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A Demorest Medal Contest was
recentlv held in the church at Oxford,
The contestants were: Misses
Patillo, Lucy Means, Ola Scomp,
Maggie Moore, Rose Griffin, Annie
Dearing, May Belle Bonnell and
rinne Scomp. Miss Annie Dearing
won the medal. It was an elocution
j ary contest, the medal being presen
! ted by W. Jennings Demorest, of N
Y., who makes the munificent offer
of furnishing silver, gold or diamond
medals any where, to persons under
21 years, who will engage in these
contests. The recitations are Prohi
I-™-.. b».k
for tnr the tlif* occasion. fM'Pfifiitin The I ir» mnm/> music nvi was q an «»n
interesting feature and greatly
ed. Solos by Mrs. J. W. Branham,
Mrs. H. H. Stone and Mr. Frank
Griffin, Choruses by the young la
d ' es- ^ •
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n 3 oiniay last, April 21. the b’ 1 -
lowing lettcis i em.lined uncalled foi
m the post office at Covington, Geor
gia. In calling foi any of these
letters say to the Postmaster that they
have been advertised in the Enterprise
and have one cent ready to pay for
each letter, as this is now the law :—
Females.—Gussie Davidson, Elisbeth
Peaterson. Males.—Frank Dunn,
Jas L Grier, Isibel Shew, J H Me
Guigan, 2, Walter M Poindexter,
M Mayriner Stare, Reuben Varner,
P. H. Ferguson, Post Master,
J as. M. Levy, Asst. P. M.
TOWN AND COUNTY.
everything and everybody.
———.
..Neighbor E. O. Lee has one of
the finest cows in the county.
.
.-A colored Odd Fellows Lod®e
has been opened here.
. . The AtlaB% Evenin Jol|rnal
continues to grow i n popularity here.
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' i„ =::,r.i I A' T ~rc;,.r 1,1 C T
.. Mr. James Polk Horton can beat
any man in the county picking good
fishing [mles.
..Capt. A. J. Webb will improve
and beautify his property on Wash¬
ington street at an early day.
.. W’e believe that property is cheap¬
er in this town and county uow than
it will ever lie again.
. .Do you own a buggy ? If so be
sure and buy one of those nice lap
dusters at R M. Everitt’s.
. .The Enterprise is now only one
dollar a year always in advance. Get
your friends to subscribe.
..Rev. and Mrs. \V H. LaPrade
spent several days of last week with
friends in Washington.
. .Mr. J. T. Corley has about dig
posed of all the Jong staple cotton
seed he can spare this season.
. .No paper in this country has a
better news service than the Atlanta
Constitution.
..Dr. L. S. Means has returned
from Louisiaqp and will hereafter
make his home iu Oxford.
..Building lot on Washington
street. Only 8100. Must be sold
at once.
. .The ladies here take considerable
interest in watching the hands work
on the new railroad.
..Mrs. Eva St. Clair Callaway re¬
; turned to her — home ------- iu — Oglethorpe r
county the first of this week,
,. It is prcsume ,| that our
| I chants will close their stores at 6
o’clock iu the afternoon this !
’ -summer, summer
as they did , last.
D ■ -Me* J»«- V. Woodson is
j t, "« b1,, "« fi " ely but he wiH live !
lhe neW CWe<lerate
hnme ^’ Cn U is C,ini P lete<1
..Live advertisers make a live
town. Our rates are low and our list
jot subscribers is open for inspection
to all who desire to advertise.
..Mr. O. S. Porter was forced to
kill his fine Shepherd dog Saturday,
on account of it showing signs of go¬
ing mad.
..Prof. Frank Florence, of this
city, attended the marriage .uurrmge 01 of air. Mr. «
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.. Covington has more wide awake
I progressive meu to the square inch
j than any other town of its size in |
Georgia. j
. .The Midway mud hole has been :
“posted” and all persons arc forbidden
to fish in this pond without permis- j
; g ; OI) f rom the chairman of the street
C( , mniittee . j
j Mr j 0 Harwell of Eatonton, |
_ . , lOUlOtl,
says he will vist his many friend
here just as soon as the cars i a mi on wic
new railroad begin to run from that J !
town to this. !
..It iasuggested that if the dogs
in town continue to make their head
quarters on the street that it would
be a good idea to enforce the dog law
and collect a dollar for each canine.
The towu dog should be taxed.
SOMEWHAT PERSONAL.
(»en. R. »I Hender^m spent sever*
al d *J* ,,f last week here,
Judge - J. G. Lester _________ and family ..._____,
movedt0 their new home, on Wash
street, Monday.
CoL f C - Maehen will probably
* *° reI,re8ent Jas P er count y
1,1 lhe next state legislature.
*'• B. U, .111 .coep,
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Miss Mattie Belle Robinson, a very
attractive and beautiful young lady
from Atlanta, is visiting friends here
as the guest of Mrs J. A. Stewart.
Mr. John Wright, sou of Esquire
W. J. Wright, of Hays district, has
been seriously sick for some time, but
is being slowly nursed back to health
again.
Mr. Flowers, of Florida, spent a
short while in Covington last week as
the guest of his brother, Col. J. C.
Howers. He will make Philadelphia
his home for the next few years.
Miss Annie King, a cultured and
charming young lady from Union
Point, has been on a visit to friends
in this city, as the guest of Mrs. J. A
Stewart.
Mr. Charles C. Robinson, of Social
Circle, was recently united in mar¬
riage to Miss Mamie Beal, of Wash¬
ington. Rev. Wm. II. LaPrade, of
Covington, officiated
In a railroad accident, near Jug
Tavern, last Friday, Road master
Wm. F. Robinson, formerly of Cnv
ington, now of Augusta, was painful¬
ly, if n-t seriously hurt. By some
unknown e!U® r ffie fiasse nger~ouch
of the pay train was turned over
while traveling at the rate of25 miles
an hour, and all the inmates in the
car were hurt and bruised. Fortu
nately no one was killed.
When it comes to difficult and del¬
icate surgery Dr. J. C. Anderson, of
Starrsville, has few if any equals in
this country. Several years ago he
cut a wen from the forehead of our
editor ......—— and no sign - e - of it has ever again
appeared. Saturday last he removed
a small tumor from the upper eye lid
the same pereon in less time' than
". ,ake * ‘ pe " t,U * ' tem ' As a P h V
-
simi. and surgeon ^ lie ............ stands at the
head ot his profession, aim as a man
and a cituen he » deservedly popular
wmi a i i i.d-m > Q t in peo[) e .
The Savannah independent gives!
us i the the following following railroad railroad news news - “VVe
have the Middle Georgia & Atlantic, •
engineered by by Col. Col. Maehen, which
looks to the building of a road from
Atlanta to Sava tin ih, and which is
now being built, which will take in
Cuvi "8 t(l ". Eatonton, Sai.dersville,
Ef
fingham counties, a saving of some I
sixty miles w or more more in in reaching reaenmg At- At
j ailtu - a great consideration in this
day of rapid transit. * * Should
the Atlanta and Savannah road be
built by Col. Maehen, which will he
a hid for much of the Central’s trade !
and travel on account of its direct
uess ! then the Central will no doubt
to save itself, and hold its own, build j
a load from Tennille to MilledgeviJlc,
fc,0Clal ^ e " C f CllTio ®_“ 40 ponton, an<l tllellL and b tlio thence Geor to J 1
' e v
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gia road to Atlanta. The Central
a, n . r t0 Sl,cb eimipetition
" ' see
without an effort to check it in a de
which in our opinion it will do.”
old Central will have to “get a
on her” before she can keep up
with our matchless Maehen, who has
brains and money, and who
how to use them to the
advantage.
NO. 28.
HOME HAPPENINGS.
F ranee has her lilly,
And England her rose,
And everybody knows
H here the shamrock grows.
Scotland has her thistle,
But Flowering on the hill.
the American emblem
Is the One Dollar Bill.
Patrouire home merchants.
Memorial exercises have been post¬
poned to Monday afternoon.
Rev W. D. Win burn preached at
the Baptist church Sunday night.
Preaching Suuday at Presbyterian church
next morning and night.
What’s the matter with Col. J. W.
Anderson for the Legislature ?
King Brothers are hard at work
grading the new railroad.
The Informal Society will meet at
the residence of .Mr. W. B. Lee Fri¬
day evening.
Mr. E. P. Carr left for Tennessee
yesterday and will be absent several
mon tlfs.
Andersonburg, in Hays district,
will proliably have a depot on th<
line of the new railroad.
Legislative candidates are springing
up in many counties. Four have al¬
ready announced in Clarke county.
Hon. Fred. C. Foster, of Madison,
has been spoken of for Congress. He
would make an able and useful rep¬
resentative.
The grading of the new railroad
through town will soon be completed.
The line from here to Maehen will 1«
finished in three or four months.
The Jackson News is said to have
gone the way of all the earth. This
flSMTfiflfe us that “man’s a vapor, full
of woes ; starts a paper, up he goes.’’
This paper may be poor but it can’t
be half as dull and trilling as we feel.
The conclusion is forced upon us that
a man don’t feel well when he’s sick.
Mr. Win. Bailey had to kill a con
belonging to Rev. J. M. Geiger on
Thursday Just, on account of the
having gone mad because of Ijeiiig
bitten by a dog.
Let mei every every memoer member attend attend the tne an
nual meeting of the Newton Count*
Neterans Association in Covington
Saturday at 10 o’clock a. m. Eiet
tion <’ f "ill take plu
We can almost 1]ear the we(]di „g
l(ells ,. iuging . A frieml all(1 nei hbor
Si|J3 that the sun ghines brighter(
birds sing sweeter and the breeso
T™ ^ ‘” g ^ fT h ' m 40 hK ‘ flU ' C "' eil ^ t0
, , h ake Vl
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In speaking of Stevens’ Pottery,
the Macon Telegraph, among other
things, says : “The number of work
men has been increased to 100, ami
the buildings and works have been
exten,led s< * a s to cover ten acres of
----- lhe ------------ annual output of [iot
<»ry now amounts to about $250.00(1."
A sociable and candy pulling came
<>«'at the residence of Mr. and Mr,.
< H. White Monday evening. It wu
g' v «n in honor of Miss Mary Steph
nson, of Culioden, w ho has been on
visit here. Quite a number of yuan„
people were present and a most dt -
H-htful time experienenl.
Mr. l J. O. Adams, of Newton emin
tv . was united in marriage to Mi„
Marv L. Davis, of Morgan cmii.u,
on Thusday last, 17th inst. E!d. r
Win. Adams officiated. The bride i,
a most excellent young ,adv possessed
of grace and beauty and beloved bv
all who know her, while the groom i»
a young man of energy and industri,
being a prosperous farmer. May pros¬
perity and sweet conteutuicnt be their
lot through life.