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r he Georgia Enterprise
L 40 NO 16
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R ATOR!CAL postponed.
ill be Held on May 13th—One
Week Later.
Because of the field day exercis
'
in Atlanta on May Gth, in which
Uie of the Emory (quartette par
ipate the county oratorical will
,
postponed one week, or till
ay 18 th. The Emory quartette
9 g nch an attractive feature of
o ratorical last year that the
ie should
anagenient thinks it not
) left, off the program t his year.
Unusua 1 interest is shown in the
•atorieal all over the county, j t :
thought at least 8000 people
1] attend. A traction engine
cuision will run to Oxford from
Idem <>n (flat day bringing all
’0111 that section at 15 c each.
Two ox-teams drawing two or
ore wagons each will come from
uui Creek and H«vs district.
| The four school wagons used in
lauliug the children to and fn.m
:hool in Brewers district, will
ring m a large crowd on thatday.
Capt. Geo. M. Nupier will be
hairman of the committee of
ltdges.
There will be two session, morn
ng and afternoon, and an old time
jasket dinner.
Besides the regular speakers the
Irogram will be interspersed with
)ng8, violin, piano and vocal
> 1 os and duets, and the Emory
luartette. Altogether a great day
1 expected. More than $50 in
irizes will be given.
Everybody is very cordially in
ited.
Promotion of Bud Robinson.
j W. E. Robinson, of Atlanta, has
keen appointed to succeed H. c.
(Allen as soliciting freight agent of
|he Atlantic Coast Line, the ap¬
pointment to take effect on April
■ 5 th. Mr. Allen has been trans
■eied to Montgonery as commer¬
cial agent of the A. C. L. Mr
Robinson has been connected with
Ithe transportation department of
[the (ten Georgia railroad for the past
years, having been assistant
cashier of the Atlanta agency half
(of (friends the time. He has a host of
m Atlanta and over the
ptate who will be glad to learn of
p s well deserved advancement.—
(Atlanta Journal.
The above news will be read
with genuine pleasure by Bud
Robinson’s many Covington
(friends where he lived until a few
years ago. He is a sou of Super¬
visor of the Georgia road, J. E.
Robinson, and is held iu high
esteem by everyone
To the People of Newton County
” hiie receiving the hearty con¬
gratulations of my friends at
[honiM; and those who have known
rne since my childhood; my heart
fiias not failed to reach out with
everlasting gratitude to the good
[people oi Newton county.
| I came to you practically a
stranger, and you took me in.
^ ->u showed your faith in me by
the handst ’me majority you gave
1116 on last Wednesday.
1 now desire to take this oppor
tuuity to than k you from the very
bottom of a grateful heart, and to
declare to you that by the help of
I shall endeavor to make you
as R (, od solicitor general as the
ni0!, t excellent gentleman who now
fills the office.
Assuring those who opposed my
P“ > mu ni that I have the kindest
feel and not the
-will to a living soul,
gratefully yours,
Wm. Schley Howard.
R- ■'.amber please, that can
Sell we
Vou the I fenderson-Cranford
Bung! -S'ts in Covington cheaply
as
as the v are s °ld in Valdosta. Try
■
115 Eftd see. lb E Evr.RKTT.
ELECTION NOTES,
Hon. J. Y. Carithars. of Clarke
was nominated State Sen
at“r of the 27 th district on the!
20 th, This district ’■ includes;
Ciarke, Rockdale, Newton, VVal
ton and Oconee counties.
When the legislature meets in
June, a bill will be introduced by
our representative to cut d wi, the
representation of the Board of
Commissioner® to three. Two sue-'
ce88 £ ram * juries have so recom
mended the change. With the
passage of this hill in June, the
question arises will there beacon
test for this office in the regular
election this fall. Five men were
nominated in the primary last
week and only three will be elec
ted m the fall. If the two lowest
men drop from the ticket, the
board will be composed of three
Toms. Tom Perry, Tom Swann
and Tom Speer.
Ordinary Anderson won over
Capt. Heard by a majority of ten,
He is safe 111 his office now f >r
four years. All the other county
officers hold for two years.
Congressman Livingston has a
holt on his office that can’t be
shaken. He will remain as Con¬
gressman as long as he wants the
office and no one need tackle him.
He has made the Fifth district the
best representative she has ever
1!U1( * Uie people will not. con
sent to turn him loose lot' untried
material. He has fought hard fox
every political promotion and it
has just came about in the last few
years that the peanut politicians
have given up all hope of beating
him out.
The voters of Newton county
paid Judge L. S. Roan, of the
Sione Mountain Circuit a fine c< m
pliment by giving him more votes
than any other man in the primary
Judge Roan is not only popular
with the people of Newton but is
regarded as one of the ablest men
who has ever filled his present of¬
fice. Judge Roan, before his ele¬
vation to the judgeship was one of
the State’s ablest lawyers, and as
a judge his career has vindicated
the wisdom of his call to this high
judiciary, He is learned in the
law, and the deep research and ripe
scholarship apparent in his opin
ions render him an ornament to
the Beuch.
Hon. Wtn Schley Howard,whose
sweep of the Stone Mountain cir
cuit for Solicitor General, puts a
voung man in office who, someday
will be a national figure. He is
one of the brainest men of Georgia
aud a stump speaker who ranks
with Emory Speer and Tom Wat
sou. With Roan as judge and
Howard as Solicitor the Stone
Mountain circuit will measure
with any circuit in the state.
The friends of Hon. J. W. King
are expecting a record for him as
brilliant as his father-in-law, Con
gressman Livingston, No man in
the county is held in higher es¬
teem than the man who will rep
resent Newton in the legislature,
and he can be counted on in doing
his best at all times and his vote
will be cast for what he considers
the best interest of the state.
The vote as published last week
for Starrsville was incorrect—the
table shows t his week a correct one
of each candidate in all precincts.
Genial Sam Hay ran all over
the county like a prairie fire. He
led all the candidates with oppo
sition and when mttht came, lay
down to lest on a 1084 majority,
Sam is popular with everybody,
One of his enthusiastic admirers
said the bight of th? election that
COVINGTON, GA. FRIDAY, APRIL 29. 1904,
to beat him th ey would have to
run voters in from other counties,
-
Fietch Lunsford is noted oi
his close shaves and hair-splitt our
majorities In his first race lor
Tax Receiver Henry Horton de
feated him by 19 votes. In his
second race he wod by a majority
of 37, and in this race he led over
Joe Wright by 14 majority. That
record cannot oe duplicated by
another candidate in Newton
county.
Six tickets were thrown out at
the town precinct. The voters of
these tickets did not care to vote
for the state house officials and
tore the ticket into halves, voting
only for local candidates, These
t.ckets were thrown out. The state
executive committee ruled that
only tickets would be counted
where all the names of the candi¬
dates were on said ticket.
To be elected to the same office
twice within twelve months and
by the same majority is something
unusual, aud yet this is true in
the Ordinary’s race. Capt. Heard
was defeated last year by Mr.
Anderson by 10 votes and this
year was again defeated by 10.
Major Davis is firmly entrenched
in the Clerks office for another two
years. It is doubtful if there is
another county official in the state
more popular than Major Davis
He has served the people of the
county for a long term and his ef¬
ficiency iu the office is acknowl¬
edged by everyone. And it is not
fulsome praise to say that he never
had an equal in his preseut office.
No business ever went through
tht office that lie could not give an
enquirer information about in a
very few minutes, and the people
have shown their appreciation of
his service by the handsome vote
giveu him last Wednesday.
Mr. W. S. Ramsey made a fine
race for Tax Collector and won
over some of the most popular men
of the county. He is at present
chairman of the Board of County
Commissioners, which position he
has filled tor many years and his
splendid services for the countv is
well known and this deserved com¬
pliment comes from the people for
the services he has rendered in the
past.
Mr. Jack Stephenson had a clos¬
er shave this year than in many
years. He is known as one of the
county’s shrewdest politicians and
most popular citizens.
CITY ORDINANCE.
Resolved by the Mayor and
Council of the City of Covington,
That all awnings on the streets,
or public square of said city ahull
be the owners in a safe
condition and in good repair.
In default thereof, such awnings
shall be removed by the owners, or
by said city at expense of such
owners.
Passed at regular meeting April
6, 1904 .
J. M. Pace, Mayor.
Geo. T. Smith, Clerk.
Death of Harris Anderson.
Mr. Harris Anderson, an old
Newton county boy, died last Fri¬
day night at Hot Springs, Ark.,
after a short illness of appendicitis,
aged 29. Ala.
His home was at Bessemer,
where he had lived for several
years and went to Hot Springs
with the hope of recovering, He
is survived by a wife and onecWd,
of his Covington mother. Mn.Salhe and several Ambers brotheis ,
and sisters, . . His interment was in
Bessemer-
CHEERS FOR THE LIVING;
FLOWERS FOR THE DEAD.
Covington Memorial Service last
Tuesday Were Beautiful
and Impressive.
1 he Memorial Day exercises in j
Covington Tuesday were both in- :
teresting and impressive, The
whole city paused in its work to
drop tears and flowers on the graves I
of the Confederate dead and to live
again the davs of the sixties, when I
the Stars and Bars floated in the i
Southern breezes. The day was
marked by practically a complete
suspension of bushiess during the
afternoon, the factories were closed
and all came in to join in the ob¬
servance of the day.
The line of march was not as
long as last year, owing to the in
clement weather. The school chil
dren with their bright faces and
beautiful flowers, were missed in
the parade which started at the
park, but tonk up tbeir line of;
march rom the college.
The old veterans, the Covington
Light Infantry, Marshal Henderson
and his aids, and the entire proces
sion made a fine showing as they
wended their way to the cemetery
to pay a feeling tribute to the fall- ,
en grey.
All during the morning at the }
cemetery loving hands had been at
work and on each grave was placed
a wreath and blossoms.
The usual exercises at the graves
during the afternoon were dispens¬
ed with on account of the weather
and all sojourneyed to the Metho¬
dist church to listen to the address
of the day by Dr. Roberts, of Em¬
ory College. It was a strong pre¬
sentation of the old story and his i
eulogy of Gen. Jno. B. Gordon
was Fb'OMg and classic. He was
warmly congratulated at its con¬
clusion.
Royal Arcanum Delegates.
Hendrick Council No. 721 Roy¬
al Arcanum is being well repres¬
ented at the Grand lodge meeting
in Albany this week; Those from
here iu attendance are P. W. God¬
frey, grand representative; R. P.
Lester, Grand secretary; R. R
Fowler, member of committee on
State of the order and Mayor J.
M Pace. The order ii. this state
has experienced a most, sneessfu!
year and has a net gain of over
five hundred new members. Eigh
iv six deaths have resulted during
the year and forty-seven of this
nu nber died of pneumonia.
R. E. Everett carries the Hen
derson-Cranford High Grade Bug
gies, and sell them on positive
guarantees. Why not patronize a
home concern if the value is as
good or better. See their add on
page 3.
The many friends ot Dr. Travis
will be gratified to learn of the
honors recently conferred
him. Gov. Terrell has appointed
him Assistant Surgeon of the
Third regiment, with rank of first
lieutenant, and the surgeons of the
Ga. Central R. R. elected him
president of their association at
their meeting in Macon. These
are high tributes, but we believe
them worthy bestowed.
FOR RENT—To an acceptable
tenant, five rooms of my dwelling
house, including dining room,
c«ok room and garden. Apply at
once to W. H. PICKETT.
Rev. S. R. C. Adams, who is
preaching in the protracted meet¬
ing at the Baptist church is a very
able and impressive speaker. His
sermons are full of thought, and
calculated to do great good.
The best calico; io yards for 45c
at XV Cohen’s.
PICTURE. FRAMES TO ORDERE
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Still Another c
FRESH LOT OF
Wiley’s 'Gandy.
NEW BOXES.
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COVINGTON DRUG CO. 1
North Side Puplic Square, Phone 43 I
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ULctnon (phosphate
mm
VERIFY WHAT T HE Sharp, real sour Refreshing of the Lemon, and
WE SAY Fruit-tart. You ought to drink
the best Soda in town.......
ABOUT OUR
;* SODA Five Cents
BY MAKING A Will buy the best—the second
VISIT best costs that much. If our soda
is the best in town—as we cer¬
TO OUR tainly claim it lis—it is because
FOUNTAIN. there is more thought and care
put into its making.
X 1 V * I X TURNER’S
THE GEOKGIA ENTElfPRISEEst’d .S65 CONSOLIDATED
THE COVINGTON STAR, • 1902
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CERTAIN
LADY
% OOKING our $2 store at remarked Jardinieres that in
our 50 goods were bet¬
ter, aud really pie! tier than ones II
prices at $3.50 elsewhere. The
small expense attached to our bus¬
iness enables us to sell you cheaper.
In Jartiineres especially we are
offering some beautiful new pat
terns, from 403 up—about half
price Three shipments of Enam
eled ware in one month proves that
we are giving bargains. Regular
40 and 50c goods to go at 25c here.
If you will make our store vour
trading place, you will find you
will save a little ou everything.
The Same rule of of low prices ex
tends.through all departments.
THE
HARRISON
CO.
'vaMi’viévTELlNE BASEBALLGOODS