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1 EORGlA ENTERPRISE.
XXV.
SAD ROLL.
night, M 31, near
\[ Everitt de
t the residence of her
Geo. Aged
Sunday afternoon,
hnet i 8 "
Kev. . n. «. tj
[her Pf pastor, 1
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K l ‘ itr«
f ^ who knew ... |,., her r in
irfle St won,L;
l „ Iron,
, 1 «
% y expressed it, ‘■from
Rti u-e to her Father’s
‘‘ had
\ r 47 years she
j faithful companion
1 her husband who
urm* the loss of her who
f „ri.i to him. She hud
_ H d interesting family
L* L- her home was her
mother, friend and
[, a . generous, kind and
jug her life, her labor and
t ,. p r .mote the happiness
j&e vrts & Christian wo
fullest sense of the word.
Ll made better by
I in it. She fought a
-he kept the faith, and
1 assurance while in this
lire was & crown of right
Living her in the life to
v she deep sweetly.
jRAXGE LECTURES.
■erv Howren, of Cbarles
I lectured on Temperance
time and in
■untv dnee our last issue:
1 Thursday, 29, 7-30 p in.,
■ Sikh and 1st at 7-30 pm.
ISauirday 31st, at 3 p m.
Lanky, May 31st, 7-30
lunday, June 1, at 11am.
Ires here were interesting
■five and we hope and be
Imuch good. lie found a
Itelcorae at every point he
[the Ll county and has been
complimented by many
pie, eloquent and fearless
I which he advocated and de
[cause of temperance. As
Be has few equals, and for
Id him God speed in the no¬
pe is lining for his state and
Let him continue to preach
te OB the great question of
pe, for too much cannot he
kur of sobriety —neither can
ll* said against the saloou
fceartless, cruel work against
1 the church and society. It
psary to point to the work
[tail j 1 bar or the j tig, for only
1 " :| nd you see almost at
[' door the ruin they have
[tae |' hopes they have blasted
itfci they have wrecked.
Kff WER’S DISTRICT.
praWe sickness prevails in
F" 1 just now.
generally are looking well
km
P ! 1,6 an abundance of fry
jehk kens tor the preachers
F. v «ome this way.
,ll1zen % babvs have made
teuee here within the past
311 are fi ne looking little
wfe and healthy.
!re< «e lady in our county
fronds ““asks how “will to treat a black
"ill, ami he y,,n r
eats powder
move on.” He mov
pohlic road m a hurry,
lours, Ogletree.
“Mr COUNTRY: MAT SHE EVER BE RIGHT; RIGHT OR WRONG,
MY COUNTRY ! ” —JbFPKKSOX.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 1890.
SOMEWHAT PERSONAL.
\ Mr?. Dr. Frank B. Wright has one
of the fine^ saddle horses in town.
Mias Hudson, of Washington City,
is on a visit -to Covington as the wel
come guest of her sister, Mrs i. W.
I>UfingtOD -
Bear. W. A. Parks, of Oxford, is
ceugus D BUSh enumerator Wh0 in place of Mr. H. j
’ g ° ne *° Machcn 10
aCCepl 8 m ° re ,UCraUVe ,>0Siti ° n -
JIr - J - M Ef,berts an(l *»» SO" Wil
U haye the pettiest farm here in |
t0 ”7 ee ^ r r i " 0ld NeWt0 "- il |
: " l T ! I " d
T •"*“
Mrs ' A B ‘ C,,n vers left for Manet
-
ta * rida v ’ where she will probably
-
s P en<1 tlie s,,, "i"er. We trHst this
8 ood llavc a moHt deiighful
Bflae during her absence from home
all<1 k,veJ 0l ‘ es here -
Ivsquire Franklin Wright has re
cently improved and beautified his al
ready handsome home and grounds,
Our friend and his family deserve all
the comforts that a life of honest in
dustry merits, and all the rich bless
iugs which a kind Providence has be¬
stowed upon them.
Governor Gordon says: “By ed¬
ucation from iny youth up, by per¬
sonal interest, and by every consider
ation for the welfare of our people,
my sympathies are deeply enlisted in
al! the high purposes sought to be ac¬
complished by the Farmers Alliance.”
This brief extract places our Gover¬
nor flat-footed in the Alliance camp,
and lie will be a faithful uud enthusi
astic worker there.
The legislati ve race in this county
will probably be free from vilification
and abuse, and .this is exactly as it
ought to be. Among the names so
far mentioned as probable candidates
are Messrs. T. J. Speer, J. H. Rich¬
ards, H. L. Graves, J. \V. Ander
son, G. W. W. Stone, J. F. Rogers
J. W. Robinson, Augustus J. Webb,
and perhaps others. The way to the
legislature is sometimes like unto the
route to Jordan, “a pretty hard road
to travel” without any dead certainty’
after all, of ‘getting there.
It pains us to record a serious acci
dent that befell our friend and former
fellow-citizen, Mr. Jefl. D. Stewart,
in Louisville, Ky., on Thursday last,
While out ridiiig he was thrown from
a vehicle and had his left leg so badly
fractured that amputation below the
knew was necessary. His brothers
here, Messrs. J. A. and J. A. B
Stewart went at once to his side and
will remain with him until all danger
is over. At last accounts he was get¬
ting a.oug nicely and resting well.—
His many friends ail over tlie south
will regret to hear of this great mis
fortune to this most excellent and
popular gentleman.
We regret to learn, that Mrs. L.
V O’Keefe so favorably known in
Georgia "her as a first class educator,
sever connection with the Gov
ington Public schools at the close of
the present session of the high school,
Shelias labored faithfully and effi
ciently to promote the advancement
ot the pupils in her department, w hich
has out-numbered duriug the entire
year, more than half of the whole
school, with no assistance, save her
own. We always favor the bestowal
of “Honor to whom honor is due,”
and feel assured her patrons would
award her the highest commendation,
for the patient and indefatigable ef
forts, she has demonstrated in the
training of their children. She will
bear with her the best wishes of this
community for a pleasant situation in
the new field to which she will go.
HOME AND OTHER ITEMS
AS THEY TRANSPIRE FROM QVE
WEEKTO ANOTHER.
Mr J. N. Bradshaw, of Orlando.
Fla., has been with us several days of
this week.
Morning and afternoon horseback
riding is becoming popular with some
of our maids and matrons.
A party of gentlemen from town
went on a wild cat hunt, on Bear
creek, in Gaither’s district, one night
] ast W€ek .
The North Georgia Methodist Con
ference will be held ,t Wmhingta.,
. S—*- 26, bishop
presiding.
Rev Henry Howren will lecture
temperance at the Methodist church
on the evening of June 19th. Every
body invited to attend,
It is said that 1.800 bauds are at
work on the entire line of the Middle
Georgia & Atlantic railroad, with a
weekly pay roll of over $5,000.
The Alliance ne-anion, on August
6, promises to be the grandest affair
of the kind ever held in this county.
Everybody will lie invited.
The colored public schools held an
exhibition Thursday afternoon and
night. Speeches, coni positions, mu
sic, etc , was on the program.
The commencement exercises of the
Girls’ High School promises to be
very interesting. There is plenty of
talent in this school, as will be seen
by all who attend commencement.
In the lower part of the county, on
Thursday last, Boyce Johnson shot
and killed Charlie Smith, his cousin.
Both colored. Johns '! says the kill
ing was purely accki' tal, hut evi¬
dence was secured at \ ^inquest to
warrant a verdict of willful murder.
Johnson is in jail and it will require
a trial by jury before all the facte can
be brought out.
The ice cream, strawberry and cake
festival given by the Presbyterian la
dies for the benefit of their
Monday evening, at the residence and
lawn of Mr. and Mrs D. A.
son, was a most delightful and -enjoy
able occasion, in fact it was one of the
most pleasant affairs of the kind ever
given in this city. It avas near 11
|o’clock before the Chinese
j pie were bid extinguished good-bye and each the happy peo
to other.
j £ The ] mayor the and council commissioners of Coving- of
; on aD( county
Newton should receive some pay for
their services, but it will require leg¬
islative action before this can be done.
Gratuitous public service carries with
it sometimes a careless indifference to
duty which would be otherwise if such
| service was paid for. However, our
present “city fathers” and eommis
sioners are as true.to duty as if they
received large salaries, but this may
l,ot always be thus. Again, it is not
pleasant to he “sworn in” at the first
of the year and “cursed out” to die
close (,f tlie ter'"—all for nothing.
It has been resolved by the demo
cratie executive committee of Walton
county that on Saturday, July 19, a
i primary election be held in each mi
litia district in the county for gover
; nor and other state house officers, for
congressman for the Fifth eougres
i sional district, for seuator of the
Twenty seventh senatorial district,
; and for two representatives of Walton
i county. The friends ot t he success
j ful candidates held, will where with conventions the are
to he meet execu
J Saturday, live committee July at 26, the to court select house delegates on
to attend such convention. Only
! white democrats will be allowed to
i vote at the primary.
TOWN AND COUNTY.
SEYRRYTHIN0 AND EVERYBODY.
..The post office at RichwdsviUe
is earned Kings.
• -Covington is wide awake and f.H
of lift- and activity.
.. V\ e need a few more brick store
houses here.
. .June is here and the commence
ment season is near at hand.
.. It will be “nip and tuck” between
Stewart and Peek for Congress.
.Solid a ...... work is being . put the
. on
maw streets of our town.
. - Rev Henry Howren will lecture
here again Thursday niglu, 19th.
..The summer car on our
railroad looks oool and comfortable,
..Several c i capitalists .. . from „ abroad , ,
viiu ■u probably ^ . l : move here . , before « lonf? ,
I j re long
. .Iu a few days everything around
Cedar Shoals will be full of life and
activity.
. .Mrs. Jaaoes A. Cook and chil
dren spent Sunday with friends in the
country.
..Mr. .. Frank r, , C. „ Davis T . . jotned .. , the ,
Primitive Baptist church at Holly
Spnng last Saturday.
/ Several barbecues will lie given
..
in this county within the next three
week’s.
..Mrs. W. H. LaPrade is visiting
relatives in Greensboro, Alabama.
. .The Methodist Sunday’school will
hold their pic nic at Cedar Shoals
F riday.
..Mrs. LaPrade, Senior, is visiting
her daughter, Mrs. Bailey, in Troup
county.
'
. .Elder Euhank’s and family left
j for their new home in Kentucky last
| Monday’. Good luck to them.
j un(1 --Mr Sam McCart euugnt a 12
!P° oat a set hook one night
last Weck iu Alcwa river.
.. The six o'clock closing movement
went into effect Monday and most of
j our business young men are happy,
. .It is now a settled fact that Hon
W . L. Peek, of Rockdale, will he a
j I candidate for Congress.
..Rev. 1. J. Swanson preached
t "° ^ lie sermim ' at the Baptist church
i Sundajr mom,ng and uiglu '
.. The Fulton county Alliance has
• endorsed Hon. L. F. Livingston for
Governor.
..A water spout struck Win. John
son’s plantation Sunday night and
damaged some of his land seriously,
. .The Presbyterian Sunday school
have postponed iheir pic nic until at
ter commencement of the girl’s high
school.
..Mr. Reubin Aaron, of Newton
Factory, claims to have the finest
pair of hound pups in Middle Geor
g ia -
.. Last Sunday’s Atlanta Constitu¬
tion was one of the most readable jia
pers we have ever seen of any
day issue of any daily paper.
. .Miss Farmer, a bright and beau
tiful young lady from Conyers,
been on a visit here as the guest 0
her sister Mrs. J. A. Farmer.
..Mr. and Mrs. Golden, and Mr.
Joseph Darracott, of Atlanta, spent
Sunday here as the guests of
Lucie Bagby and Miss Sallie Wells.
. .Gents in front of a bar are about
as much responsible for the existence
of the saloon as is the proprietor be
liirnht. Without the one it would
ir.r/iriwbSiiSr 1 '" w ™ ke •
NO.
OXFORD NEWS ITEMS.
The gymnasium is finished and Ma
-* or B Griffin is havin S his resi
«*•“ repaired and painted.
evening and Sunday “7"' morning, **?*** deliv
ered two of the most forciple temper
j ance lectures ever made in Oxford,
May be live to do much good iu his ’
' oko8en w «»rk.
This commencement will be the
FlUgeraI<1 ever seen. Bishop
! Wll! P"^ 1 ' “»e commence*
i ment sermon, Bishop Hay good will
preach in the afternoon and Rev
j San, Jones at night. Justice L. Q.
|C. 811(1 Lamar Rev. Hoke will speak Lraith, to the Alumni
of S. C-, will
>’ iike the address to the Literary So
j Cletles ' Everybody invited.
A party of pic nicers from Oxford
ar><l an /i ^ ,v spent a most pleasant day .
| ; un Alcova a f Saturday. , V, Boat riding
j and other amusements kept the crowd
in happy mood all the while. The
couples were : Miss Lucie Means with
Jame8 Xeese, Miss Rosa Griffiu with
Mr ' ' VaJ1 » Mis8 Pauline Hardeman
with Mr. Ihompson, Miss Mackie
St urges with Mr. Brewer, Miss Alice
Jack with Mr AustiiJi Mj- He , en
j witll Wil , Griffin. Messrs
Osgood Cook, Frank and Ed Griffin
chaperoned the party and they per
formed their part well,
The best game of base ball ever
played in this section was that in Ox¬
ford last Thursday. The Juuior class
defeated the college by the neat score
of 3 to 2 runs. Three Covington
young men played on the college nine
to wit: Messrs. E. O. Lee, Heard
Thompson and Mart Fowler. The
Seniors were hampered on account of
the sickness of three of her best play
ers, nevertliless both playetla better
game than they will ever play again,
lhe playing of Tom Pierce on 2nd
base was superb. With Griffin and
Lawrence for a battery the Junior’s
can t be downed. Thomas pitched a
splendid game for the college and
I Fowler sustained him well.
Truly Thine, W—.
XEWiS FROM STEWART.
Mr. J. A. Ivy caught a 10 lb carp
the other day.
Mr. H. White lost a fine mule by
water founder last week.
There is a fine boy stopping at Mr.
W. J. Fincher's,
Corn crops were never finer at this
season of the year.
It seems to la a hard matter to get
j a mail rider “to stick” on this route,
Mr. Geo. Aikin plants his cotton
according to “hull gull,” especially
that which lies next to the road.,
Mr. A. Bohauan had cotton squares
last week. Alex is a good farmer
and a solid gentleman.
Don’t longue on ’Lige Viuing's
counters unless you are willing to
bring a bucket of fresh water. This
is now the rule. Kau’p.
Toying with the ornamental gilded
wire and wool balls beneath the par
j lor ' chair lle and entl as they felt like “cuckle
j n,rs S y pulled them i off, and
never understood the damage done
until he stepped to the window to
throw a handful out in the street.
Col. Joseph Morgn ", of Stnrrsvillc,
j is slowly °f playing but surely catching „n to tl
art draughts acceding to
H(, y le a ‘‘d science. He found tw o
: °}' the 1 re other ™ ll,ti <ln ' ,na, who 'y war veterans her,
I ; “f’ "d - v were champions at
x a the geese” in theIr day and
hir generation, but whom he easily beat
“ *
Winch he managed his men.