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Georgia Enterprise
VOL 40. NO 35.
SPALDING WON BY DRY PARTY
Hk County Gives the Prohibi.
«“■* * Ma, ° r " y °'
179 Votes.
Griffin, Ga. Sept. 12 ,—Spalding
eoii’o local option election re
gu ped in a victory for the prohibi
tio.s!'-* 9 The citv of Griffin gave
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04c, majority for the antis, but the
district Is outside of town gave the
5 ^,1 luanists 425 majority, giv¬
ing t in majority of 179 . There
W ill be no couteft.
EMORY COLLEGE OPENS
NEXT WEDNESDAY.
Everything 1 !’ 0 Readiness and a
Lar^e Number is Expected.
Emory college will throw open
its doors to the voung men
Wednesday, the 21 st. ;
Everything is in readiness and
Pn bidt nt Dickey thinks that there
will be a larger attendance than | !
usual this year. Several addresses j :
will be made at the opening Wed- j
nesday morning and what is pre- j
dieted tor the most successful year j
iu the history of this noted insti-1
tutioii will be started off with ap
propriate exercises. begun
The boys have already to
arrive and each train adds to the
number on hand.
NEGRO GAMBLERS FLUSHED.
Chief-of-Police Bohanan Gives j i
Them a Chase.
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Hushed j 1
Chief Bohanan a covey
of negro gamblers in Charlie I
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Moore’s house Sunday afternoon ^
and chased them off into the woods.
There were six in all interested
ha the gatsc, five u.-gioes anti one
[white mao, Tom Vaughn.
Chief Bohanan succeeded in get¬
ting to the window and viewing
the game for a few seconds when
his presence w as discovered, which j
broke up the game and put the
plavers on the run. They went
through di 01s and and made a re -1
barkably thief. fast sprint, says the j
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Chief Bohanan says that they I
flaying the “skin” game, ten cents )
ach with about two dollars on the
Boor.
Those in the game were Tobe
sag well, "Angel” flight, Claude |
key, Lon Smith, Charlie Moore, J
plored, and Tom Vaughn, white, j
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A Warning to Merchants
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n Don . , handle !
t Battle A xe Shoes!;
>w«rchant „ , , had , his . store robbed 1
_ and , Battle Axe 1
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nu er reason s |
l f'* lrrT'^ 01 . ™* 1 set b >° Sl! ^ j
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L f Another , ° a1 ’ there c0, " riKin is ;
. reason
is Pt«h ,0 yo „ „ nd fflore service
your customer.
H. T. Huson
^presenting f Reliabl e Fire, Life
Accidet Ual Insurance, and
P !erin Real Estate.
OR SALE— 2 Jstory dwelling,
L ar street i 3 nice dwellings
| | r/ers person street; , nice dwelling
av e
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PuEKous Other Bargains.—
pres of land 2% miles of Cov
I 1 298 acres 6 miles of Cov
“’ 250 acres 3 m ii es of Cov
I fe Lrc:: 5 ” 3 " lots
‘ TLD -Several houses for
■ at once.
L ■ H - T - huson,
■ “0 Estate Agent.
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INGTON, GA. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 , 1904
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ANtHER TIGE" LANDED
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JohnSmith, Colored, Pulled
idav Night for Selling '
Whiskey.
Johamu i, colored, was pulled
} P<J e ^“' llul -an Friday night!
or se tig w.■ iskey without 1«
a
sence. Smith was arraigned be
fore i \ /or 1'uce Saturday morn
Dig aii toii“^ guilty. He was
fined ®.0u und cost or 30 days
on thek,reels. South is serving
out hiaeuieuce.
Pt)F. 1
A. H. FOSTER
Succeed Prof. Williams in the
Co ngton Public School
Prof . 11 Foster, of Jonesboro I
Wa9 e * P( e< * superintendency
e ^ ’ v i' gtftn Public School
at the u etug of *_h e Board Tues
day mgl tosucceed Mr. Dudley
VVillia m whj r, signed after being
re-electt .
Prof. Foster comes with the
highest commendations a9 a gen
tleuian nd tear hers. He is at
present cntecl at J nesboro and
has tallfj t successfully at Social
Circle ai 1 other places. He is
a graduajte >4 Emory College of
the class d 1399 and ranked high
as a stm |nt.
Prof, ’BTr will arrive in the
city wit i a the next few days to
take up Hs work.
Don’t n liss this last chance to
Ket a g° uc picture made. You can
get made picturesof for ^css than vour the whole family
customary
price of one.
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MILITARY BOYS AT HOME
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Returned Tuesday From the Ma
nruvstri; _af M *na«ctv«
lieutenant Simms and his com¬
pany of veterans arrived home safe
arid sound Tuesday morning at 11
o’clock.
Ihe company left Manassas .Sun
day evening at 6 o’clock and when
they reached home had been on
the road without change of any
kind for about forty hours.
The feature of the trip was that
neither <joing or returning was
there an accident of any kind to
any one ot the men. Net one of
them was taken ill while away and
when they lighted from the train,
though dusty, begrimed, weary,
and sleepy, they all looked as if
they had profited by the trip.
The maneuvers was not what
they , had , expected , , to . find. _ , When
they boarded the train here for the
famous f , buttle . ground, , they . im
agmed , they , to
' were * going * a picnic
It dawued , otherwise.
soon
By day it was march, march, and
when they had sunk into their first
slee„. the sound of wa,
broke their slumbers and they were
forth t0 ae€t the enemy u „.
cover o{ da[kneM
The local , , assigned ,
company was
the 1st brigade of the 1st divis¬
Blue army. The brigade was
of the First Georgia”; the
New Jersey, the 74th New
and 5th Massachusetts, and
of the 5th Infrntry (reg
The brigade was commanded
by Brigadier General Wint of the
regular army, while the division
was under command of Brigadier
General Grant. The first brigade
bore the brunt of the fighting,
The Covington boys were warm¬
ly received and heartily congratu¬
lated on all sides. They showed
up as well as any company on Ihe
ground. The work was very hard
the boys, and many dropped
out each day from exhaustion but
th^ local boys kept on with sore
feet and were iu at the last.
In a word—speak well of our
town.
Tax RATE LOWER.
Decrease Over Last Year—Com •
Wissioners Determined Rate
Last Monday.
Newt county property owners
will pay this year to the county
$ 6 . 60 " on each $1000 worth of tux
able property they p ( , ssess.
This was determined upon at
the September meeting of the
L/OUiify Commissioners held here
Monday. The rate is cheaper
this year than last by just 19 cents
on the thousand.
This year the state rate is $ 4.80
miikinff the aggregate state and
county tax $ 11.40 on the thuusaud.
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Land For Rent
Six horse farm, lying on Yellow’
river in Leguii district. About
Fifty acres of firm bottom land on
the place.
Will rent it as a whole or will
cut it up in one or two horse farms
to suit renters. Finest pasture in
Newton county on the place, con
tuining about 150 acres, e 0 c.c„d j
with new four strand wire fence.
No need to teed either horses or
cows the year round, when not '
working them. Apply to
W. H. Pickett.
Newton County
Tax Assesment
FOR THE YEAR 1904
His Excellency, the Governor,
having assessed Four and Sixty
One Hundredths of a Mill on all of
the taxable Property of this State
for the year 1904. It is hereby
ordered by the Board of Comtnis
sioners of Newton County, that
the following assessment be made
as the County Tax of said
County for the year 1904 for
purposes herein mentioned, and
that the same bo collected by the
Tax Collector of »aid County and
paid over to the County Treasurer
as the law directs
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For general county purposes
Eighty-Three (83) per cent on the
State tax.
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To pay Grand and Petit and
Tabs Jurors, Eleven (11) percent
on the State tax.
Ill
To pay Pauper expenses Six (6)
per cent on the State tax. J
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And also Two-Tentli3 (2-10) ot
One per cent on all oi the taxable
property of Newton county, to be
known as the Public Road Fund.
This Sept. 12, 1904.
W. S. RAMSEY
Chairman Board County Com.
Collar Bazaar
The ladies of the Presbyterian
church will give a Collar Bazaar
during this month at the new resi¬
dence of Mr. N. S. Turner on
Monticello street.
The lunds will go to the benefit
of the Presbyterian church and
they ask a liberal patronage by
their friends.
Also, the ladies of the Presbyte¬
rian church will give a doll bazaar
sometime in December.
NEWTON SUPERIOR COURT.
Convene Monday
and Will Consume a Week.
Superior Court will be called to
dpr Monday morning at nine
c l°ck by Judge L. S. Roan,
This session of the Superior
is full of work and will re
t ,lire at least a week to clear the
The first several days
‘ be ttt ken up with the civil
' ,U8 ' ne89 which is quite heavy,
crim:nal business will con¬
several days, there being
murder cases to be tried.
DEATH PRODUCED BY BLOW
Negroes Engage in Quarrel
and Results in Bloodshed
Henry Smith and Bill Willis,
two negroes, while working on the
new building of Brooks & Smith,
last Friday afternoon, came to
blows about a trival matter and
resulted in the death of Bill Willis.
W illis, who was drinkiug, and
had been cursing the workmen all
afternoon, accused Smith of mis¬
treating his child, when Smith
without farther notice stiuck him
across the forehead with a scant¬
ling, producing dtath within a few
hours, i he blow was of sufficient
force to break the skull. He fell
to the floor and never again re¬
gained conscienceness.
1 he homicide made effort to es¬
cape and ran a distance of a quar¬
ter of a miles when he was stopped
by Will Berggren, who happened
to have a shotgun, and marched
him back to town. He is now be¬
hind the bars to await trial in the
Superior Couit oi next week,
suiuh claims that he could not
niaiid the insulting remarks ot
W mis and^lid not intend to hit
Eitai Atv dear ft.
Board of Tfade Meetings
A meeting of the Board of Direc
tors of the Covington Board
Trade will be held Friday alternoon
Sept. 16th, at 4 o’clock, in the
Council room. A full attendance
ls important,
The regular monthly meeting
the Covington Board of Trade
b e held at the Court House
dry night, Sept. 20th. Let
member be present.
T. C. SWANN, Pres.
J. J. Corley, Sec.
Veterans Attending Reunion.
The Newton county
fifteen or twenty ui numbers
in Rome this week attending
annual state reunion. One
two at a time began leaving
day and this was kept up until
Wednesday morning. There
no pretense of going in a budv.
The veterans are having
time of their lives this week
ihe hands of the Romans.
Reflections of a Bachelor.
Most people who set out to reform
the public forget to reform them¬
selves first.
It takes a man to look for bak¬
ing powder in the cooler and the
butter in the kitchiu oven.
The time a woman is crazy to
into business is when she adds
column of figueres four times and
gets only three results.
It makes a womam proud of
husband, in a kind of ashamed
way, to have her husband
how to button the children up
back.
Call around duriug court
and get your picture made at
car. 25 pictures for 25 cents.
Cotton is rolling in last and
busy season is on.
Covington Cotton Market
Good Middling 10J&
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YOUR WIFE DESERVES A /V' NEW
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and you have no right to neglect her any longer.
Her work is always hard enough.
We Boil Over Like a Teakettle with
Enthusiasip
When it comes to showing these
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artd you may rely npon it they ure sdlendid ba¬
kers, clean, strong, graceful, durable, handsome,
sensible, economical, convenient, aud will last a
life time with ordinary use.
fames Si. tftephensen.
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business that requires cleanliness more 0
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persona] attention to the making of all Creams.
# Special flavors made to order and guarantee the 'Si
quality to be the best.
fry our Pineapple anti Strawberry Creams, made
J from fruit. Nothing to equal them hereabout. e
I It you want to carry two or three portions home ©
with you we fix it in ice cream pails that will
[ keep it. Nothing but the Best at our Fount.
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i room next to
/ ^v Bradshaw’s Book store. We
& are now prepared to fill pre¬
scriptions and furnish all kinds
of drugs. Call and see us.
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