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;[).VY......May 1, 1890.
L at the Covington Postoffice !
L; tiles class matter. Terras, $1,00
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Kse$1.25 will he collected.]
PORI A L SERVICES. :
[annual decoration of the sol
[raves came off in Covington
■day afternoon at 5 o’clock.
[ T. .). Swanson offered a fer
rayer, appropriate to the occa
iliile Rev. \Y. H. LaPrade in
f il tin* orator of the day, his
j- being clothed in eloquent lim¬
ped [. convincing historic facts.
E. F. Edwards, himself a true
plant soldier, delivered the nie
| address, and a master effort it
r'<i in thought and patriotic in
hit, it was appreciated and ap
I by tbe large audience present.
Prevents giving the oration in
j.i [r the m> synopsis could do the ad
speaker justice,
Iry grave, about 90 in number,
livers of beauty placed -upon it.
tninry of our dead soldiers will
F'died so long as time s’hall last
r' r graves will never be neglec
I their heroic deeds forgotten,
p ■Wed we honor died for a cause
to lie right and were
»Wy and to their convictions.
■ cm never pay full tribute to
IN 5 ® and self sacrifice of the
N‘e knd soldier—be lie dead or
while we fleck with flow
: place where many sleep, wo
11 iove all( > admiration all who
N>en spared to ns. f,» r lke y are
representatives of a chivalrous
M that 'has demonstated what
ttt'i mis, is and will he when
Mb her sons to face death and
f ^ ts > tre love the old Con-
1 te solder, and our devotion in
A gradually draws near
The living and the
f Happreciated by all, the
F the earth more and more
Bttdite gives way to reason, and
I Ringed angel of peace
r above the roar of sec
L a,!,i brutal passion, the
“ a,, , l patriotism
- of the Con-
1 J 'rill be acknowledged
'“ en 'vlwse opinions
, J are worth
i;. “ e L'tiire historian will
“'justice to the South and pos
* |J understand that sol
i" tre our
Patriots ____not a n d traitors.
f " iIPS °N-ROBINSON.
ktirsday afternoon last Mr.
■ noi 1)ps(M i was united in
'-Gs Genie rnar
; LaPrade Robinson, Rev.
r officiated. All of
pt). The groom is a young
of Cner bT and industry,
ln S a ' Ta f ,a lloa
KUIV to and a gener
L; L ' lhe bld nndejsalove.lv and
y whose qunlifica
‘■ of her gal
bf'u '•'“'t Ughter happy aiul , contented.
of Mr - J- K. Ilol>
lrs R i * Georgia railroad. Mr.
- H. Thempson, father
! f the groom the
pany ’ Save
jnj - eceptmn and supper in
F"tmei a r ? amoste mplet6 ' in cgant
o »H
fvieiuU ' a DUmber of
lnr- S JJ ,d relatives were in
e 6 ^ for
r ami i Cbarmiu Liend
g hride a
life peace aB<i prosperity
" ail(I rest etei-nal in that
***r life to come.
“ VK COUNTRY: MAY SUE EVER BE RIGHT; RIGHT OR WRONG, MY COUNTRY! ”_Jeffersok.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1890.
SOMEWHAT PERSONAL.
The girl’s high school here will go j
on a May day pic nic before long.
Mrs, R. M. Everitt coutiuues in
very feeble health. j
Jud S e T - M. Meriwether, of Wash
ington, spent Monday night here,
The annual Sunday school celebra
tioti comes off’ in Oxford Friday.
Messrs. D. W. Titshaw and C. F.
Adams visited Walnut Grove Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Horace Thompson
have returned to their home in
lant.% after a pleasant visit here.
T Uncle . . Samnne „ . Johnson T i i has the , h«- n
est held of new ground corn we have
seen this season.
We learn that Mrs. M. A. Melton,
of this city, will open a first-class
millinery establishment in Rome.
Mrs. J. A. Stewart went up to At
lanta Monday to see her sick brother,
Mr. Augustus Robinson.
Rev. Dr. McDonald, of Atlanta,
will deliver the animal address at the
Sunday School Celebration in Oxford
F liday.
Mr. William Thornton, one of Al¬
abama's nohle young business men, is
visiting relatives in Newton and Cov¬
ington this week.
Mr. R. M. Everett is erecting a
new brick business house below his
carriage, buggy and harness establish¬
ment. Good luck to our friend.
Among the many improvements in
this immediate section we notice that
Dr. Brooks has just turned out :i new
set of blonde chin whiskers.
Mr. Butler Rogers can now he
found at the popular store of Mr S.
P. Thompson. We are glad that our
friend has returned to town, for their
are fen better or nobler young men in
this country than Butler Rogers.
Mr. VV. S. Marbut was married to
Miss Fannie Brown mi Thursday last,
April 24th. Both of Covington, Ga.
May health and happiness bless our
young friends all along life’s eventful
journey. We learn they will make
their home in Rockdale county.
Rev. Dr. Cuyler, who formally re
tired from the pulpit at Lafayette Av¬
enue Presbyterian church, in Brook
lyu, on Wednesday evening, was giv
en a purse of $30,000 by the 'Congre¬
gation. This is more than we pay
our preachers fora whole years ser
vice.
Rev. T. J. Swanson and Messrs. J.
T. Corley and G. D. Butler attended
the Georgia Baptist Convention re¬
cently held in Washington, and re¬
port having had a most pleasant and
delightful time. Every home had a
welcome for the delegates and all were
royally entertained. The Covention
will he held in LaGrange next year.
Mrs. J. T. Corley, Jr,, has painted
in oil a life size picture of our dear
old friend, Col. Newton Anderson.
The picture represents him on horse¬
back, returning from a fox chase, j
with his hounds about hint. It is a :
w<«*k of art and admired by all who
have seen it. She has also painted a
life-size picture of Dr. J. T. Gibson,
of 'Cokji, which is very line.
Some of our people are disposed to
grumble because Miss Winnie Davis
is to wed tltfe grand-son of an aboli
tionist. Ti\e Augusta Chronicle tells
us that the future husband of Miss
Really Winnie it is make's a gate’s rights little Democrat. difference
very
what his politico ma y be, so long as
he is a gentleman tfdjd loves “the fair
daughter of the (J 01 ’iederapy.” Jef¬
ferson Davis was an Democrat
a »d ran av ay with the >S ht l ot ‘
1
ITEMS FROM OXFORD.
Sunday school celebration Friday,
Let everybody come.
The yonng people of Oxford spent
a pleasant day on the river last Sat¬
urday. Few fish but plenty of fun.
Mr. Jesse Speight, principal of the
high school at La Fayette, Ala., paid
us a short visit last week. What
meaneth this ?
The Sophs spoke for places Friday,
^ 2 ^1 The f ^ lo ' vin S brilliant
gentlemen wdl appear on the
f Look, ag ? \\ G Crawley, M T Gleckly,
R p DykeS) j T Eak , S) Frank Murf
Joe Sherman, Joe Sharp, M M Parks
and II N R Hard well. W.--
NEWS FROM STEWART.
Farmers are about through plant¬
ing cotton down here.
Mr. Ballatd, of Stewart, has got
his saw mill running again. Robert
is a thorough going fellow.
Some nice fish are being caught in
this section, Mr. Alex Bohaunan
tried his luck with a silver hook the
other day and caught a fiue string.
Professor Thomas has a flourishing
school near this place. The people
like the Professor and are going to
patronize him.
Mr. J. M. Fincher is getting ready
to commence the erection of his new
residence. He will build on the road
fronting J. J. Harwell’s.
Mr. Lige Yining looks like he wa¬
in the right place when he steps be¬
hind the counter Lige is. a clever
man and a good salesman.
Mr. J. M. B. Fincher lias returned
to old Newton again. He lias been
trying his luck in the wire grass re¬
gion since October 18-88.
There was talk of a w ild cat being
in this section not long since. Some
one said it must be a tame one, as it
wore breeches.
Young man don’t think your friend
has gone back on you if he leaves the
parlor. lie only wants you to have
a chance to talk to her of the “sweet
bye and bye ” Calup.
TOO POOR TO ADVERTISE.
There was a show in town the oth¬
er night that didn’t believe it payed
to advertise. Being sick and desiring
to find a quiet place we stepped in.
There were only a few present and it
was past 9 o’clock. Most of those on
hand were dead heads, and the place i
was as quiet as a haunted graveyard,
while the audience looked as solemn J
as stall-fed ghosts. Our two marshals
came m ami the solemnity of the sur
roundings 1 hey pulled almost off their moved hats them and to tears, j
rover
entlv bowed their heads. I he show I
worked , , off few , old ,, moss-back , ,
man a
tricks and told some gray-haired an¬ I
ecdotes, but could not create a even a
dry grin. One or two became so se
riouslv effected that they had to step
out between acts to get a stimulant in j
order to keep from fainting. When j
the show broke up the small boy sang j
, . The people are too wise to patronize j
A bob tai t show too poor to adveriiie.” j
I
TEMPERANCE RALLY. i
The Temperance people of Newton;
county are earnestly requested to |
meet at the court house, in Coving- 1
ton, on the First Tuesday in May, at'
11 o’clock a. m. Delegates will be
appointed to attend the state couven
tion in Atlanta on May 8th, aud oth
er important business will be transac
ted at this meeting. By order Tem
Executive Committee
TOWN AND COUNTY.
EVERYTHING AND EVERYBODY.
. .No more dove shooting until Au-!
gust first. ° j
. . Mr E. O. Lee will remodel and
greatly improve his residence.
..The sound of the hammer and
saw can be heard all around us.
..Sunday drunkenness is getting
to be too common around this town.
eet overseer Smith is doing
some first-class work on Floyd street,
..Mr. Jack IV. Carroll speaks of
erecting and operating a plaining mill
here.
. .Protracted services will be com¬
menced at the Methodist church next
Sunday.
. .A brother of Mr. James Wright
of Covington, is dangerously sick at
his home in Eatonton.
. .The blind tiger must be caged,
else Sunday drunkenness will continue
to increase.
..A party of Covington gentlemen
spent Monday night fishing at Hen¬
derson’s mill.
..Dr. Carroll will give any good
man an acre lot who will build a
81.20(1 house on it.
. .Capt. J. M. Pace made his young
friend, W alter Evans, a present of a
nice walking cane the other day. !
..Mr. Barton Hollis and familv
will move back to Covington this j
summer.
..Col. Middlehrook, and his SOU
Marvin, are having a delightful time
in Texas.
dollar . .The Enterprise always is in now only one j
a year advance. Get I
your friends to subscribe.
. .Col. Womack says this kind of
weather reminds him that the barbe-!
cue season is on hand. I
. .Over 100 Newton county people
attended the memorial services in At¬
lanta Saturday. j
i
. .A large number of bur citizens
attended memorial services in Atlanta j
Saturday. j
Franklin Wright, Esq., left on a
visit to friends and relatives in Sa- j
vannah Monday, to be absent a week,
..The colored Odd Fellows have
named their lodge, after this paper.
We thank them for the compliment.
. .Street cars will run Friday so
accommodate all '
to who desire to at
tend the Sunday -School Celebration
in Oxford.
..Harry Watterson asserts in his
lecture that the possession of money !
will harden and corrupt nine times
where it would elevate and soften once
. .bee .... the advertisement of Carroll, ’
Mooley & Co., and , buy . yAur milli i
nery and fancy goods from them.
They have an elegant new stock. j
... The good work of grading the!
new railroad goes bravely on much to
the gratification and :
delight of all
our people
..Rev. Dr. J. N. Bradshaw, of
Madison, Fla., will preach in the
Presbyterian church on the 2nd Sun-;
in May. *
- .Rev. J. A. Geiger will lead the ,
m en s prayer meeting at the
* fethod.st church next Sunday after
noon at 4 i 0 cloek.
;
. .Miss Julia Scott, one of our love-;
best young ladies, has returned from
delightful visit to Augusta as the
welcome guest of Rev, R. J. Bighain
wife,
NO. 29.
HOME HAPPENINGS.
Patronize home merchants.
^ *egh Irish potatoes and strawber
r ‘ es have appeared.
fincoura « e th « new railroad and da
a yoU Can t<>r rL
Large residence, 45 acres land near
depot, will be sold cheap.
The lakes on Alcova river are fast
filling and drying up.
Our street car line has treated itself
to several fine young mules.
Mr J M. Hearing will erect a
slaughter house near town at an early
day.
Levie Christian has opened a first
class ice cream saloon one door below
the Pitts Hotel.
Were Gib Shaw here he would
drop a tear as lie saw his old slaugh¬
ter house lowered to the ground.
The rivers in this sectiou have been
lower and clearer lor the past month
than we have ever seen them in the
early spring.
If you are subject to Internal Rev¬
enue Tax or special tax of any kind,
the same must be paid during the
month of May. It would be well to
bear tliis fact in mind.
We cannot be responsible for the
language and opinions of others, nor
do we approve or endorse any words
would twrand the feelings of au
ot her. Life is too brief to waste in
thr °"' in8 " ,Ufl Ut each oth er Sup
-
pose we all stop it and live . in . peace ?
Quietly but steadily Covington is
forging to the front as one of the best
towns in Georgta to buy goods and
se [[ cotton and country produce.
new railroad will soon be com¬
pleted and then look out for live
times,
I be tailored Baptists held an inter
es ting general meeting here Saturday
aud Sunday. A large delegation of
visitors from abroad attended the ser
vices and were well entertained by
the home people. Preaching came off
in the court house Sunday and able
sermons were delivered.
There was a large crowd in town
Saturday and trade was lively. It
gratified us to see that the people were
patronizing those progressive mer
chants who invite trade through the
columns of their home papers. It is
always safe to trade with the nier
* “ Ultb " h<> advertise.
Somebody or somebody else is de¬
bauching some of our boys and young
men by selling them liquor, else why
much drunkenness ? We arc sure
tnat no licensed saloon keeper would
sell liquor on Sunday,, neither do we
believe that minors can buy liquor
from our bar rooms hut it B bein'
sold on Sunday and to miuors by par°
ties who have no license and who have
„ 110 regard ____________, whatever , , for , the , law. , The
i,„,„i lalK ‘ °f , etety honest man should be ,
ia ' s ed to strike down the blind tiger
and put a stop to the sale of liquor
the Sabbath day.
On Monday last, April 28. the f<iJ
lowing letters remained uncalled for
in the post office at Covington, Geor¬
gia : la calling for any of these
Enters say to the Postmaster that they
have been advertised in the Enterpn .'tj
d have one cent ready to pay f,, r
letter, as this is now the law:_
A Thom? -on, -
Maggie Lackey. Fannie ik r
ry . Lillie En( | gpri v. t , |)i; . s liaw .
kins> g allie w „ liis Nftncy f t . wj ^ E
(j lt]vcr Males.-Janies V 8am
mons, M H Smith,' Alton Ladinn r,
w L Limly, Joe Jackson, E M Aa
,
Master Jimmie Johnson, J F Pickett,
P- 11. Fe .iutsos, Post Master,
M. Levy, Asst. P. M,