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jpovinghra eaehers have elected anoth-1
to serve
'High School—Prof
'iti, Principal; Misses !
H Julia Tucker, and
teachers ir the liters
Mrs. Annie Corley in
nt, with a teacher in
rtment to be selected ;
-•fling. Male Academy
L. Florence. In fact
)chers were all re-elected
Jtion of Mrs. O’Keefe,
kreat her own will,
have been retained if
t o. tor a more
at educator could
jnvwhere, and our peo
|Vri!Urh teachers to bid Iter who even
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ily popular.
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Hided by a board
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s, w know that the
t s; in attendance and
iteWn watched with
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mg to see thnt
beyond all question, at
(first year of its exis
■wng time, at Cedar
f- »tar-seeing practical
ta whittled pine,
tofewnpunion, “you
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•MY COUNTRY: MAY SUB EVER BE RIGHT; RIGHT OR WRONG, MY COUNTRY !”— Jefferson.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1890.
promise or obligation to in
it. On November 19,1887,
bill was defeated for want of a
majority, the vote being D5
for, with 90 against. Its friends took ;
in the hour of defeat and 15 i
months thereafter, Feb. 4, ’88, the
sceond election took place and the
system was endorsed and adopted by
a vote of 151 for, to 25 against, in a
poll of 176 votes. The president an d
members of the board are entitled to
great credit for the solid work done in
that election and for their gratuitous
but faithful services even to this good
hour. Our whittling friend was right
when he said that the schools would
’'be an honor to Covington—a
ing to the people”—for they have al
ready been. Hurriedly, briefly, "we
have given part of the history of the
| events which led to the agitation and
then the adoption of a system of pub
lie schools for the city of Covington,
and if we are in error will some one
ite kind enough to correct us?
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SOMEWHAT PERSONAL.
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.Miss Parulie Brotherton, of Allan
ta, and Miss Maidee Smith, of La
j Grange, ladies two beautiful and charming Flor
j young are visiting Miss
rie Henderson, on Floyd street.
J Rev. R. J. Bigliam! of Augusta,
Lpent several days of this week with
friends and dear ones here and in Ox¬
ford, Everybody was delighted to
see him and shake his hand and hear
him talk.
Dr. I. S. Hopkins and Bishop A.
G ; Hayg'iod^both^former presidents
of Emory college, have been
I ing commencement this week. Bish
* ... ,t rald .. Justice . . Lamar T Co „ , >
*S” > ’
\V. A. Hemphill and many other
prominent gentlemen from abroad
have also been in attendance.
Rev. Henry Ilowren delivered an
able, logical and pathetic address on
the subject of temperance, at the M.
E. Church Thursday night, to an ap
preciative audience.' Rev. Wm. II.
LaPrade closed with an earnest ap
peal in behalf of sobriety, reform and
absolute prohibition. He wielded a
sharp blade when attacking the liquor
traffic and the license system, and he
meant every word he said.
Judge L. Q. C. Lamar, of the su¬
preme court of the United States,
Saturday night and part of
Sunday r u, ;r J morning T...... at the Pitts 1 Hotel | :
Covington. - Many ot people
1,1 our j
called to see this good and great man, 1
for r ^ he • of /. tins place; i i
once was a citizen county‘well j
represented Newton
and faithfully in the state legislature
when he was a young man. He was
a democrat then—he is one now, and
has never been anything else. A
warm welcome direct from the heart |
ever awaits him here. The hand that I
of a h-teud.IIew.il , in T ?' iS C ;; unty> return is to th \7 Wash- U : 1 1
lllg u l M>r,,i, l )8 t,Mlay - I j
„ " T Frida ‘"g'A pleas
antly e s P ent - V very j
at the hospitable home of Capt.
f be an,es ow Hemlerson, Mont,cello. who His lives good 9 miles wife,
CUlt Ured daUghter and ,10hle SO,,S
, Uldeed at home The
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is a ^id farmerand an hon
est man. and has been asked hv rnanv
‘d ri.e old school, a representative "f
the old south and a life-long demo
cnit. He was a gallant soldier and
, honorable
carries FF"iL scars h t
ien,ll >ig a cause that he loved and be
lieved to 1 be right. • - ■" We - love this
grand old patriot and would be grat¬
ified to see him represent old Jasper
in the next legislature.
A Would-be Rapist Killed,
Saturday afternoon last, about 5
o’clock, Mr. S. O. Cook, a prominent
young farmer, who lives 3 miles south
0 f Covington, at the old home of Mr
P. E. Banks, was forced so kill a
black out law, by the name of Tom
Robinson, for attempting an assault
on his wife. The facts are these :
Mr. Cook is a very industrious and
thrifty farmer who is trying to make
something for himself and family.
He left home after dinner to go out
in the plantation, telling his wife he
would be back about 4 or 5 o’clock.
Near that time Mrs. Cook began to
look for her husband's return, and
we nt down a path toward the field ex
peering to meet him. While waiting
near a negro-house, where some wo¬
men live, two negro men came along
from toward Covington, one of them
acted strangely and Tom Robinson
went into Mr. Cook’s lot ami began
firing a pistol. This frightened Mrs.
Cook very much, and she appealed to
I the women to go with her to the house
j as she was afraid to stay where she
! was or to go home by herself. One
of the women started with her and
Tow Robinson followed them, stop¬
ping at the wood pile to load a pistol,
as Mrs Cook thought. She and the
girl started in the house, the negro
followed, they closed and bolted the
hall door, he attempted to get in but
found he could not, then went to an
other door, this they had also closed
and locked, he went around to the
front porch and raised a window, but
could not get in, he then went off but
in a few minutes came bac : t
the house. About this time Mr. Cook
came along and the negro left. Mr.
Cook found the house closed. Upon
getting in he asked what was the
ter? The negro girl told him that the
negro Tom had frightened Miss Huey
He took his gun, went out and
the negro about the lot, and told him
to leave his P remises > or he " ould klil
him - The Re « r " went off and Mr.
j his Cook " wife. 1 went In back hack short in in his his time hou?e house the to to T
j a
retured, notwithstanding that
Hurst, Mrs. Cook’s brother, and a ne
gro named Scott, tried to keen
away, When Mr. Cook saw him com
ing back he seized his gun, went
the back door, met the negro as
fired, the shot took effect in the
gro’e * breast and he died almost imme
* 1,1 , y Cook wr in j 1 C U ^
condition and prostrated with ..
was 1 ex
^Endhis^
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IT” 1 77 ,/TA'T" 0 i . E _ V
r j 0( ] t(> j x Cook'* ° home i
where ghe could ba more erson^ quie
rr and* had on his '
^ a fetol influeno^of several cartridges liquor n n(
was under the
fl)l . e he teft tuwil lhat n f U . ru „ im . Mr .
/'.„.t- Cook W has the i i,o sympathy i„- of „f the the
( , omnnlnitv , an'd while all regret
neees .ity of the killin ” ' it is
a , imt onr wiveSi mot hers,
ters alld daughters must be
at all bazar,Is. After hearing the
i,fence the Coroner’s jury rendered
verd i c t justifying Mr. Cook, thus
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hear d of one that has made some
, ly y threat threat _ anJ „e take this occasion
t(J to say say t0 to the the ne2roes negroes that that the the
ni^Sri^li, 1 :" he
in all their legal rights, b when
comes to assaulting our wives and
daughters, death will be the portion
of the brutal wretch who dares
the attempt, as sure as virtue aud
truth will last and live forever.
CONGRESSIONAL RACE.
The fun will commence in the ear¬
nest when the joint discussions be¬
tween Col. Livingston and Judge
Stewart begin in this district, which
will be early in July. “Our Lon” is
prepared for tlie campaign and will
tell some mighty truths before all the
primaries are over. The Henry
County Weekly tells us that “The
farmers of the United States recog
nize Hon. h. F. Livingston as being j
the most able man id the order. They
request of the people of the 5th Con¬
gressional district to send him to <
Congress.
Coweta, recognizing his ability, has
endorsed him for Congress.
Newton county has endorsed him,
and request the good people of the j
5th to send him to Congress. |
Fulton county has endorsed him, I
and adopted the Henry county reso -1
lutions. They say Livingston first,
last and always.
Walton county Alliance has adopt¬
ed the Henry county resolutions.—
They say Farmer Livingston is good
enough for them.
Brother Goode, Secretary of Rock
dale county Alliance, says, “Rock¬
dale is solid for Livingston—Stewart
had as well come home.”
Spalding county endorses Living¬
ston or any other good man, so says
Brother Miller, Secretary of the coun¬
ty Alliance, notwithstanding the pe¬
culiar methods uf Judge Stewart to
force an endorsement.
Douglas county, says Brother W.
j A. Bagget, Secretary of the the county
\ Alliance, is for Luingston in spite a
j feeble effort by made politicians to
control theffarmers.
! Wo have it from good authority
that the masses of the farmers in
Clayton are for Livingston tooth and
nail.
Campbell county farmers say, ‘Liv
ingston has fought a good fight for
! the farmerS ’ and we wlU ^ ve h,m
|our I j Dekalb suppmt. county is for the farmers
j friend, Fayette Hon. L. F. always Livingston,
I county, true to
interests, came to the front and de
j dares, “we are for Livingston
he is for us.”
Hickory Grove Alliance,
1 county, gives Col Livingston a unan
| imous endorsement.
I Emor v colle f 1,as J ust closed
-
mos ^ commencement
in its history. The sermons on Sun
i day , by Bishops , . , v
i akE “ d
. highest order. The alumni
by Justice L. Q. C. Lamar, Tuesday
! afte ri,o °n, \s said t.° have been equal
u> ettort this g reat mal, ’ s lif 'e.
< A ;ker distinguished gentlemen
• speeches aud delivered addresses.
E,a " r >' f noble w,,rk ail(1
.endowed «snc soon will be, we
sul ‘ e ,l wdl be one of the largest edit
catll,nal . , ..... '‘ stltat ' 0 " s 1,1 the 8,>uth -
s tead ot 300 students we believe
more lka " 1 ; 000 .' vi11 ia,tcr her «
before five years have
L“ d S 0ne l__;_
Tax Receiver J. W. Stephenson will
close his books after Tuesday, July 1.
Make your returns at once, else do
not blame anyone if you have to pay
double tax. The Receiver has taken
especial pains to give the people time
and opportunity to attend to this im¬
portant matter. He has discharged
his duty well and faithfully, now dis¬
charge yours by making your returns
just as soon as possible.
Our paper is somewhat filled with
school items this week, some of whicli
way prove interesting to the reader
NO. 37.
TOWN AND COUNTY.
evezyth:ng and everybody.
Subscribe for the Enterprise.
Confederate Veterans Association
meets in Covington Saturday.
Miss Sallie Wells is visiting rela¬
tives in Montgomery, Alabama.
A criminal assault on a woman in
Georgia means sure and death in case
the viliian who makes it can be
caugh . This is as it should be.
It is believed that the new railroad
from Covington to Macheo will be
completed in time to move at least a
part of the cotton crop of the pres¬
ent year.
We have brought out no candidates
kir od * oe and Until certainly not ask
an 7 0,,e tli retire > prefer ing that the
P e,, ple do that when they vote in the
primary, July 24th.
Mr. Arch Belcher, of Covington,
was awarded the Bigliani gold medal
at Emory college, Tuesday night, for
the best Sophomore essay. He is a
hard student and a brilliant young
man. Success to him.
In the Gwinnett county primary
election Saturday 1.200 votes were
east. Northen got 989, Hardeman
109 votes for governor. Commission¬
er of agriculture Henderson received
766, Nesbitt 252, Hunnicutt 30.
Madison and Oxford played three
games of baseball in the former city
last Thursday and Friday. Oxford
won the first game by a score of 3 to
2 runs. The second game was 2 to 0
in favor of Madison, while the last
game was poorly played, resulting in
a defeat for Oxford by 15 to 3 runs.
A fearful wiud storm and cloud
burst visited the county a few miles
above Oxford Friday night. .Mr.
Newton Floyd had 125 acres of cot¬
ton almost totally destroyed by the
storm, besides losing 400 dozen bun¬
dles of oats that were washed away,
being on bottom land near a creek,
Mesrrs. Henry Boggus, John Cook
and other industrious farmers sustain¬
ed serious losses by having their crops
ruined and their lands washed to
pieces.
Mr. Robert Whatley, a white muu
about 35 years of age, was murdered
near Almon, on Saturday night last
by a negro named Charlie Glover.—
A party of negroes were gambling in
the woods while Whatley, who was
present, is said to have been selling
them “blind tiger” liquor. Whatley,
so the story goes, made some remark
about the game which angered Glov¬
er. who arose ami fired two pistol
j shots at Whatley kiliiug him almost
instantly. ‘i Glover escaped. A a -
diet of murder was rendered by the
Coroner’s jury and the body of the
deceased was buried at the expense
of the county. He leaves a wife and
four children. Officers are on trail
of Glover, who will doubtless be cap¬
tured in a short while.
As something lias been said about
the vote against the resolution en¬
dorsing Col. Livingston for Congress,
at the recent mass meeting here, we
deem it proper to say that only three
or four voices could ite heard to an¬
swer, “no,” when the negative side
of the question was put by the chair,
although about 150 or 200 men were
present at the time. No one can in¬
jure Col. Livingston by attempting
to create the impression that he is not
the choice of Newton county for Con¬
gress. Hi ms,dt nor his I'rieml.i have
the will or the inclination to abuse
Sudge Stewart or misrepresent him
i>y act, word or deed Let us have a
fair, square, decent, manly contest,
and stand by whoever gets the nomi¬
nation.