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GE()R(jrlA ENTKRPRISE.
VOL. XXVI.
,C0X AND WOMACK.
i!a?t was a live day in Cov
tDwing to sickness Gen. Gor
si not be present to make a
the Senatorial question,
but an able representative in
ratfCol. Albert C(*x. At
-e the colored band struck up
One in front of the court
it 11 o’clock a multitude of
in the bouse to hear
m Hon. .1. G. Lester
i chairman -of the meeting.
Lsrry Gaunt, of the Athens
lliveretl a speech to the far
lUiing to a severe headache
■is frustration, he was fore¬
st his remarks short. Col.
" tfollowed as the advocate
iGordon as U. S. Senator,
ft the finest, most eloquent
swing address we have heard
u ears. It made many friends
fcGeneral. His speech was
atel by almost every one
-flit. At the hour of 1-4?.
people were called together
3m. huecs T. Ceok was
'test, of the meeting. Hon.
-t Womack delivered «n able,
ail powerful speech setting
i! wons why Alliancemen
® : well support Gen. Gordon
fente, AH of the speeches
•iireceived and frequently ap
liie best of humor prevail
l** 1 )one present went home
v *!thing to talk about.”
WT0RI.lL PRIMARY.”
ptiaary held ; u this county
'■secure an expression of
for I. S. Senator passed
%• The opponents of Gen.
Go order to unite their votes,
Allots for Col. “Emmett
^Against Gen. Gordon.”
°f the General voted for
lr representative desired an
choice and the Execu
siittee gave the people an
‘‘ t0 v °t e on the question.
-J the votes were consoli-
111 the following result:
Womack. Gordon.
*’ 161 - 152,
K 03, QQ
».
pit,
tteeit.
413. 328.
ve 741 votes Col. Womack
-D«ty of 85. In the consol
Kor 'vood received 23
Hammond 3 and
7 nd total—783 votes.
D reek district
e 7;'ted, no Womack
, but Norwood re
' Whoun 12 and Gordon 4
• " polls were opened in
lower part
• ^ otea w ere cast
? ^ r ' Sorwoo< li Gal-
8S(m ^ ‘ aud others, which
, Bne * fiai Incorporate
“blicat V
10,1 of the result, as
'll have been elected be
^ J nl reaches ? give any the of its rea
0rder that the vote by
result may
6 People and be kept for
trenCe ’ for this is the first
er held in the county to
^presentative for whom
• S - Senator—and
1 we
the last.
( ' OU ’ IfTIir ' MA y SHE EVER RE RIGHT; RIGHT OR WRONG. ITT COUNTRY!
JitprawKw.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOV. 20, 1890.
SOMEWHAT PERSONAL.
Mr. Alfred L. Hays, of Hays dis¬
trict, speaks of moving to town.
Mr. T. J. Shields spent a day or
two of last week in Eatonton.
Mrs. J. C. Flowers'spent a day last
week visiting friends and relatives in
Gonyers.
Mr. Frank C. Davis has been ap
Panted guano inspector and has given
the 15,111(1 required by law. The salary
* 8 $1-200 per annum.
| Hon. Henry L. Graves spent Sat
urday and part of Sunday at his home
iti Brick Store district.
Col. R. W. Rugby has gone to
housekeeping and occupies the resi¬
dence recently vacated by Mr. C. E.
Cook, on depot street.
Mr. Robert Borders, who has been
so near death’s door, is slowly regain
ing his health, to the gratification of
his many friends.
Let every tax payer in Newton
county vote one way or the other in
the bond election to come off on
Tuesday, December 2nd.
lion. James Henderson, of Jasper,
Hon. Mr. Ingram, of Putnam and
Hon. T. M. Meriwether, of Wilkes,
all representatives in the legislature,
spent Sunday in Covington.
Rev. Samuel Scott, a prominent
Presbyterian preacher, well known in
this county, died at Indian Springs
recently. Ilis remains were carried
to Rockdale county for burial.
It is almost certain that Col. Robt.
F. Wright, of Elberton, will be ap¬
pointed Assistant Keeper of the Peni¬
tentiary. The Colonel is an old New¬
ton county boy and son of our fellow
citizen, Esquire Franklin Wright.
Hon. H. L. Graves has been ap
pointed chairman of the Auditing
Committee in the House. He is also
a member of the General Agriculture
committee, Educational committee
and Finance committee.
Capt. James P. Loyd tells us that
the survivors of the old 19th Georgia
Volunteers are called to meet at the
Capitol in Atlanta, on Friday, Nov.
28th, to arrange for a re union next
year. Let every company in the reg¬
iment he represented at the meeting
on the 28th.
The Atlanta Constitution pays this
compliment to cne of Newton coun¬
ty’s favorite daughters : “Miss Flor¬
ence Childs, of Covington, a young
lady of rare beauty and many accom¬
plishments, is visiting her friend Miss
M&ttie Bell Robiuson, on Courtland
avenue.”
We remind our readers that Mr.
Thomas Camp offers his elegant resi¬
dence on Floyd street, for sale. It is
situated in the best part of the city,
with excellent water, the premises
newly painted inside and out and a
new railroad leading this way. Some
one will get a bargain in this place.
Terms easy. Address,
Thomas Camp, Atlanta, Ga.
It pains us to learn that Mr. John
T. Henderson, Jr., departed this life
at the home of his parents, in Atlan
ta, on Friday last, Nov. 14th. Aged
about 30 years. He had been quite
sick with fever in Americus, where
he was engaged in business, but had
improved sufficiently to be brought to
Atlanta, where he relapsed and never
recovered. He was born and raised
in Covington and has many relatives
in this county and state who will la¬
ment his death. In the prime of a
v '8 orous and promising young man¬
hood our friend has been called from
the busy scenes of this life. May his
sleep be sweet and his rest undisturb¬
ed until the resurrection morn.
TOWN AND COUNTY.
EVEEYTHINO AND EVERYBODY.
Let all the business houses here be
closed on Thanksgiving Day, Thurs¬
day, Nov. 27.
The Texas pony season is upon us.
A fine drove of very nice ones were
in town Saturday.
We are told that track laying con¬
tinues on our new railroad, commen¬
cing at Machen and coming this way.
Cotton is being rapidly gathered in
this county and the fields are not so
white as they were a week ago.
Tax Collector Davis is anxious for
everybody to pay their taxes just as
soon as possible.
The county commissioners held
their regular meeting Monday and
disposed of all the business before
them.
The colored Odd Fellows had a big
supper at their hall Friday night.
Their lodge is said te> be in a prosper
ous condition. The proceeds of the
supper amounted to about $65.00.
A sweeping prohibition bill has al¬
ready been introduced into the legis
lature, which if passed, will prohibi
the sale of intoxicating liquors in this
state in quantities less than a quart.
It frequently turn out that nasal ca¬
tarrh begins with influenza and ends
with consumption. Old Saul'sCatarrh
Cure is the sure remedy for quickly
driving it from the system. Price 25.
“Want an item ?” asked a ten year
old Covington school boy Thursday.
“Of course.” we replied. “Well, the
’Fessor whipped eleven of ns boys
yesterday in less than an hotir.’’
The advertising columns of the lo¬
cal papers always tell the prosperity
and activity of the towns in which
they are published. Live advertisers
always make a live town,
A healthy looking set of vagabonds
with a hand organ remained a day or
two in our town this week. We need
a vagrant law that can be speedily
applied to all such dead beats.
Quite a number of Alliance mem¬
bers of the legislature held a caucus
in Atlanta Thursday night and decid¬
ed to support Hon. Patrick Calhoun
for Uw S. Senator.
The stockholders of the Adams Ex¬
press Co. held its annual meeting in
New York last week and resolved to
have nothing to do with lotteries by
carrying money or drawings or
tickets.
“Speak this speech, as I tell you,
trippingly on the tongUe." Say that
one of the great benefactions of the
age is a small bottle of Salvation Oil,
the greatest cure on earth for pain.
Only 25 cents.
Covington is paying the highest
possible price in hard cash for cotton.
The couuties around us have returned
to their “first love” and are again sell¬
ing their cotton here. Our compress
is busy and our buyers are happy.
Mr. Graves, of Newton, has intro
duced a bill in the legislature to allow
all county boards of commissioners of
education to be paid $2.00 a day for
each member when in actual work
for the county schools. If this gen¬
eral bill fails, a local bill for this
county will be secured.
Now that all the elections are over
let our people forget any unpleasant¬
ness that may have arisen during the
heated campaigns which they have
passed. Let us & et to g ether a nd
work for the interest of Newton coun¬
ty as one man. We cannot afford to
be at outs with our neighbors about
so small a thing as differences of opin¬
ion as to the fitness of anv particular
man for any particular office.
GORDON IT IS.
Senatorial Election.
THE LEGISLATURE BALLOTS
FOR A U. 8. SENATOR.
The Georg a Legislature was call¬
ed on to elect a United States Sena¬
tor Tuesday, Nov. 18th, There were
three active caudidates before the
General Assembly, to-wit: General
Gordon, ex-Senator Norwood and
Col. Patrick Calhoun. When elect¬
ing a Senator the two houses vote
separately on the first ballot and if
any candidate should receive a ma¬
jority of each house, he is declared
elected, but if the same candidate
fails to carry both houses, the matter
goes over until the next day, when a
joint ballot will be taken until one
candidate receives a majority of all
the votes cast, which secures his elec
tion. The Senate ordered a vote at
11 o’clock a. m., while the House vo
ted one hour later, or at 12 o’clock.
Ou the first ballot in the Senate
Gen. Gordon received 25 out of the
44 voles. On the first ballot in the
House Gen. Gordon received 89 out
of a possible 175 votes, giving him a
clear majority in both houses, there¬
by electing him to the Senate, for six
years, by a majority of 4 votes, hav¬
ing received 114 votes out of a possi¬
ble vote of 219 in both houses.
Now that the election ef a United
Senator is over let all Democrats in
Newton county forget past differences
and come together again as brethren.
A Democratic Legislature has made
a selection and we are confident that
Senator Gordou will be true to the
people of the state, and he will ad¬
vocate and urge some wise measure
that will bring the financial relief
which the south and west have been
working for for so many years. His
election strengthens the Democratic
party and will in no way cripple or
weaken the Farmers Alliance, for
Senator Gordon says with earnest em¬
phasis that he has been a life-long
firiend to the farmers and working
men of this state &nd country.
WISE AND OTHERWISE
Some mischeivous persons broke
several railings from the foot bridge
over Dried Indian creek, on Wash¬
ington street, one night last week.
A fine yoke of Oxen, suitable for a
saw mill, will be sold cheap. Call at
once ou F. M. Nix, near Starrsville,
Ga.—3t.
Mr. S. P. Smith, of South Caroli¬
na, a competent druggist and very
agreeable young man, is now with
Dr. J. A. Wright, and can be found
at the Doctor’s popular drug store.
It is the duty of every voter in the
county to vote one way or the other
ou the boud question Dee. 2nd. This
question is of more importance to the
county than all other issue* now be¬
fore our people.
Hon. Luke Campbell, of Jasper,
was in town Monday on his way to At¬
lanta, to see “the boys.” Luke made
a fine representative in the last legis¬
lature aud has many warm friends
and admirers in the present house
and senate.
The Legislature hn» agreed to pen
mit the Ben Hill Monument associa¬
tion to remove the statue from Peach¬
tree street to the inside of the capitoi
building. This is done to prevent
evil effects of the weather and the
work of vandalism.
NO. 7.
OXFORD NEWS ITEMS.
Howdy do 1
Bird hunting now in order.
Dr. Candler’s health is improving.
Oxford must and shall have street
lamps.
Dr. Callaway is able to attend his
duties, after a short illness.
Beautiful weather has blessed the
far mers for two weeks.
Tfee impromptu debate will be on
the 4th, Dec. Covington cordially
invited.
Protracted services has been in
progress for some time. Much good
has been and is being done.
Gordon carried Oxford like a flash.
Gordon 93, Womack 3 and Calhoun
3. Oxford polling 99 legal voters.
Oxford had quite(?) a fire Satur¬
day night. Tlie wash-house near Mr.
Howell’s residence was burned, 'crea¬
ting much excitement. This is the
work of an incendiary and must be
stopped.
Rev. W. H. Eaks has been quite
sick, but we are glad to note his im¬
provement May God bless ibis no¬
ble servant and wherever he go«s he
carries with him the wishes of this
whole charge for his faithfulness and
untiring zeal.
Truly Thine, W—.
We copy from the Atlanta Journal,
of Saturday last, the following opin¬
ion of a most worthy man, who is
well and favorably known to many of
our readers ; “Hon. James Hender¬
son, the member from Jasper, is one
of the most faithful leaders of his
home Alliance, and one of the ardent
supporters of Gen. Gordon. He is a
venerable old gentleman whose con¬
versation carries conviction. Here is
a sample of his talk ; “Gen. Gordon
is, by all odds, the strongest and the
longest friend of the agricultural peo¬
ple. He embraces as much of our
platform as we embace ourselves ; he
has been battling for its principles
muen longer than we have; and he
will have more influence in continu¬
ing the battle in the senate than any
man we can send there. There is no
inconsistency in our sending him.
And every impulse of gratitude, pa¬
triotism, love for the past, desire for
the respect of the democratic states
all about us, urges us to send him.
He would wield a greater influence in
the senate than any other Georgian,
and the Alliance ought to honor itself
by sending him there as our represen¬
tative. “As for Mr. Pat Calhoun,
his candidacy is a funny thing to me.
For an Allianceman to vote for him
is, in my opinion, to go back on the
principles for which we have been so
long fightiug. We had as well go
home as do this.”
On Monday last, Nov. 17. the fol¬
lowing letters remained uncalled for
in the post office at Covington, Geor
! gia : In calling for 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 :—
Ladies—Miss Mattie Boines, Marian
Stair, Sarah Carr, Minnie Hyatt,
Rebecca Kitchens, Josie Hyher Far
mer, Sallie Taylor, Sallie Simms, J
D Thomas. Gents.—Richard Black
well, W C Black & Co., Izir Benton,
John Gaither 2, Jefferson Caught, J
E W dess, G E Hairiss, J M Hen¬
ry, R E O’Kellr, Richard More, (4 1.
Wifferd, Milton Thomas, J T Ted
well, J P Thomas, Ellik Johnson,
James Norris.
Office hours from 74 a. m. to 8 p. m.
P. II. Feugusow, Post Master.
J as. 31. Levy, Asst. P, M<