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i he GiiOR g i a Enterprise
o NO 50.
!£RS IN MASS MEETING DECIDE
TO HOLD COTTON FOR 10 CENTS.
R0MINENT
|NCIV5 WFPS AND MER
HANTS PRESENT.
Ition Perfected,
Adopted and
< Speeches Made by In
ial Citizens.
[lit [merchants to a call issued to th
and bankei
l fully live hundred wer<
| n the court house Satin
to take such action
temed hest in regard t«
linder of the cotton crop,
ling w as harmonious and
Stic ai d speeches were
farmers, merchants and
eeting [oa was organized by
of Mr. C. C. Brooks,
i and Chas. G. Smith,
tentative J. W. K’ng made
|«pnech in favor of the or
hn. Hh was in favor of
k stipulated price on our
Lv 10 cents, and hold for
L, That would meet the
t edition and next year
is acii age. He believed
farmers with the aid of
!> -- men could hold their
ui get a better price. He
": l e e r- lal *f x>
“
lant less acreage, th *- v
me to our price; and that
acreage was cut down,
nId be sold next year
r t of production.
\Y. 6 •ckwell was afraid
: irm-ws \vtfr@ trying ;o j
p tiiat they could not do.
Eiiat if (he crop was an ,
' mi-, it was fol i v to
nld get high
That the cotton mar
■ very other one, p
: more or less b
a a n u.
L-aial made an interest f
He said that cotton
marketed slower, ami
;; ■ ge should be reduced
T "• He said that th
' n would do all they
5 k in the farmers carry
1 He said it was true
; merchants had bought
believing that
“'ra: : it, and that no st. of
‘1 outstanding obligations ]
bidders tit that to they the wheel would and put [
farmers down the specu
Wall street.
• G. Lester made a strong
pd said that the banks
pile to the rescue of the
and co-operate with th^m j
’Rt for that which is right
■ He told thun that the
must be cut down or a
add be paid for the staple
lr below the cost of pro-
1] ' Pa^e made a ringing
that caught the crowd,
that he didn’t have a
a|M * ^ell, but that he was
E '' in the of the
success
much as any other per
;k- Elouth.
• Meador believed that
1|J 'S should fix price
a on
l ‘‘" a nd hold it for that
He said the farmeis
were
' " bs 1 T people who fixed
b commodities, but
[other maa price and
He l„ dieved that the time
»<*»*, and non,
nake the start,
I:
' 1 s We,Vj niacl by
"
m '
Middlebrook. 7 ar ‘l. Mr. A. N. Hays
’
■°tion, a committee of one
pin eac!l district in the
was united draft
to res
Ul ' • ting then
GA. FRIDa * EMBER 23, 1904.
j-'urned until 2 o’clock to give
committee time to prepare
resolutions. Those appointed on
the Resolution Committee were:
W. M. Heard, W. L. Gibson, S
\. Brown, S. H. Avery, Tom
Smith, J. W. King, J. B. EHing
n, VV. T. Stark, f. W. Robert
on, A. L. Jackson. Ceorge Aiken,
*. T. Stone, Jas. (J. Lester and
-5 Heard.
A motion was passed instructing
he Chairman to appoint a com
nittee of three gentlemen from
ach district in the county, whose
luty it would be to organize their
respective districts and ascertain
by personal canvas how many
bales of cotton can be held for
three months, and that said com¬
mittee meet in the court house on
the first Tuesday in January, 1905
,
and report this information.
The committee appointed by the
Chair is as follows:
Leguin— W. M. Heard, I. \V.
Meador, J. T. Lassiter and J. D.
Meador.
Brewers—George Aiken, Joe
Bohan in andR. W. Ballard.
Rocky Plains—A. L. King, L.
T. Roberts, R. L-Cowan.
Oak Hilt—J. w. King, T, W.
Hicks and W. B. Living,on.
Stansells—W. D. Elliott, W.H.
Ogletree, Win. Boyd and J. H.
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p 1 y/ F|li G—Be>- , , * ^T
va - W
Stark, Henry Boggus, Jr.
Hays—A. L. Jackson,. D. ,T.
Adams and W. T. Corley. .
.
I Newborn—J. \V. Robertson, C.
C. Hardeman ami T. J. Speer.
! Oxford—D. T. S,tone, J. Z. John
son and J. X Henderson.
j Cedar hiImals— a H. Woodruff,
t .
j R. E. Cowan am! 3 om Smith
j Brick Store—J. W.
B. M, Leach and T- A. Stanton.
Gaithers—Hub Gaither, R. L.
, jjick aim r - iMoD noueii. >
! o L"st<
' i own— . • r. J k L"g- j
1 ers aird C. < ■
j The following resolutions were
adopted :
< l Whereas, there has been in j
our judgement an unwarranted re- ;
duction in the price of cotton and I
below the cost of production, and
“Whereas, we feel that we are
entitled to a fair an j lommate j
price for our crop. Therefore, j
be it !
“Resolved by the farmers of!
Newton county, m mass meeting
assembled. That we agree to hold
the remainder of our crop until
such time as we can obtain a lair
price for same; that we request
the farmers of every county in the
state, as well as in all the cotton
producing states, to jom us in this
resolve, to hold similar meetings,
pass similar resolutions and notify
Hon. Harvie Jordan, of Monti
cello, Ga., and if possible, ascer¬
tain how many bales of cotton can
be held i:i each county; that we
agree to act in concert with other
cotton-producing sections in the
reduction of acreage for another
year to the extent of one-quarter
of the present crop, fully be¬
lieving that by such reduction
j we can obtain 15 cents per
j pound for the crop of 1905 as
j well as for what is carried over
from the present year; whereas, if
we raise 12 million bales the price
may go as low as 4 cents per pound.
“That we earnestly invite the
co-operation of the banks and iner
, .eal
chnnts In tbU nndertaklng,
’ prosperity
iziQft as wa do that our
is theirs also.
| ( i That in order to carry into perfect ef¬
fect these resolution thatwe
! j a permanent organization by
electing a president, vice-president
j and a secretary and treasurer; teat
the chairman appoint a committee
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they have and agree to hold same
for a period of three months,
Ie9s the mi
price of 10 cents can be
obtained prior to the expiration
ot that time. If 10 cents cannot
be obtained in that time, to only
sell one-fourth of their holding
each month and not rush all their
cotton on the market at one time,
and that said committees report
the results of their labors to a
nief ‘t 1 ng to be held January 3,
1 ( J 05 .”
lliese resolutions were adopted
and a permanentorganization was
made under the name of The Farm
e,s » Merchants’ and Bankers’ As¬
sociation of Newton county, with
C. C. Brocks, president; Edward
Heard, vice-president, and Chas.
G. Smith, secretary and treasurer.
Beautiful line ladies belts just
111 at book’s,
U ANTED—A boy not afraid of
work, to learn good trade. Apply
to G. W. Simmons, McDonough,
Ga., or to The Enterprise. It
W. B. Corsets at Adair’s.
THE CITY COUNCIL.
j The Election Passes Off Quietly
Withoul Opposition.
j 'gi )e re ,r U i ar c i tv election of
! “‘embers *> f the city school board
were dected H>r Hie ensuing Year
without opposition.
1 he election was quiet and pass
-ed off without much interest man
I. iffi8ted ull the part 0 • ^ Xbe
primary election of Monday wee a
j. van warmly - c.,tested at which
• the ticket Monday
! lime voted on
was nominated. There were sev
eiuv-eight voies ’polled, airamst
220 m the primary.
Those electi d for the ensuing
y G. Turner, mayor: Jno. L.
St enson, Jno. H. Echols, J. L.
\yiiitehead, J. F. Henderson, C.
C. Brooks and C- A. Harwell,
council men ; Messrs J. G. Lester
and X. S. Turner were re-elected
'-n the city school board for a per
iod of three years. The other
members of the school board are
N. Z. Anderson and R. R. Fowler,
whose term expires two years j
hence and C. H. White and C. K. |
Cook whose term expires next!
year.
The new council will meet next
Wednesday night when they will
be sworn in. At this meeting a
clerk and three policemen
will be choseu for the ensuing
There are two applicants
the city Clerk, G. T. Smith
and Henry Wells. For policemen
B rad ford Bohanun, R. W. Clark,
T. N. Skelton, Henry Horton, J. j
B. Bird and probably several others
Long Jackets cut to a short price
at Adair’s.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
The Enterprise takes pleasure in
announcing to the public that a
gasoline engine has been installed
hi our office. The engine will be
used in pulling our big cylinder
press and a Gordon job press. The
engine was built by Morse & Fair
banks, of Chicago, and installed
by Mr! P. J- Huson, of the Huson
Machine Works.
For the first time in the htattry
of Covington, an engine baa been
used in turning out her newspaper
and printing this week’s issue ol
The Enterprise. 1 We have long
needed one, and we are now pre
r red to turn out a high grade f
„Tt „„ abort
In this comiccti-'U \vt desire to
I EN0INEE « AD HORSHAM HURT
A *T E "< <**■ of Two
freights Injures the Popular
Engineer.
The Covington friends of Mr.
Worsham, engineer on the
CentraI road between Macon and
Atlanta will be sorry to learn
of an acci(Jent that occurred to
him last Saturday night , iear Bol¬
tngbroke. He was badly bruised,
a 8ma11 bone in bis arm was brok
,M1 aild sholder dislocated. He was
taken to the hospital in Macon
wb<:re his injuries received proper!
attent i° n He is not so seriously 1
>
burt ,JUt tbat he will be out again |
soon.
His injuries resulted from a r°arl
end collision of two freight trains
on the Central. Mr. Worsham’s i
tram was standing on the side
track when the freight crashed in¬
to it.
Mr. Worsham is one of the most |
popuhrr engineers in this section
of the state. For years he rai: the
, passenger from this point to Macon
I | cials and is iegarded by railroad offi
as one of the best engineers
in the service.
Fur sets at Adair’s.
KILLING IN JASPER.
At Hardy Cross Roads Jack Par¬
ker is Slain by Je>se Hodges.
i T i mi . * . .
j asper ceuntv, in which Jack Par
I ker was killed by Jess Hodges.
j Parker returned the fire and Hodges
received a wound which may prob
i ably be fatal.
The exact cause ot the sho ting
j ig not known but it is believed
that whiskey vv s* at the B-ttort
G f the difficulty.
Both parties are well known here
1 Parker was about 50 years ot age
while Hodges is about 32. The
| affair is regretted by friends or
both parties.
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j There will be no regular issue
The Enterprise next week. Only a
small legal sheet will be issued.
J ' he custom ot ob ^ rvlu b r Xmas
week is general in all country
printing nffi n s
We sincerely wish for all our
frr>,lds and P fttrons a merr >' Xiaas
ajld a Jj sppy new yeai.
Bank Declares Dividend
The directors of tlm Bunk of
Covington held their semi-annual
meeting Tuesday and declared a
four percent, dividend on thestotfk
and passed up tour percent, to its
surplus and undivided profit >ic
count.
Since the organization of this
bank it bus never failed to d^claie
an S% annual dividend to its
stockholders and is in a fine shape
financially.
state that our job department is
the equal of any in the state. We
have just expended a huge amount
on new type, ru'es and border that
will be used in our job department
exclusively. There is no class of
work that we cannot handle, how
ever large or small the job mav
be. Only the newest fac s in ty,y
huvv tb.ag be „> ’ >n > l >e ,urc ol ; .ee lsf l ; ,ho, ‘ lIU “J!-’ .^hl,
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; Our Motto in the future wn. i..
j “All the news, high grade worx
1 promptly executed, lowest prices 1 ?
1 We solicit your work. Givens
your orders, we will* give you sat-
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\ patronage.
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PROPOSITION.
SINGLE GUNS FOOT BALLS
$4. $5 and $6. $L
Double Barrel Guns.
Worth $9.00, Reduced to $7.50 Worth $12.00, Reduced to $10.00*
10.00, Reduced to 8.50 " 15.00, Reduced to 12.50
Worth $7.50, Reduced to $ 14 . 00
.
BOYS VELOCIPEDES EXPRESS WAGONS
$1-75, $2.00, $2.50.; 75-cents to $ 2 00
. .
Ligh, Strong, Durable—Made to Last.
CARVING SETS. Gillette Razor sets
75c to $8.00 set. $1.50.
Star Razor, $1.50.
KNIVES & FORKS Shaving
Sets
50c to $8,00 set. $2.50 to $4.00.
I sell the Ouida and Rogers Plated ware, which is warranten ir»
cry way perfect. Agency for SETH THOMAS CLOCKS.
Any of The Above Goods Make Acceptable Presents
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J. K. STEPHENSON
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it w'c Lave the Digest, best and nicest
line of Christmas Packages r -
l h ever in :i
TURNER’S. - T-f- -n *3 »«r«» sn.rt Covington. Nothing nicer than a TURNER’S
II 1 > 1 —111 u — handsome box of LGWNEY’S. Don’t « rAHuirsi» h* 5 u - 1
forget cur home mode erndies in II
H Peanut Brittle, Cccoanui; end Taffy i
f HADE fTi : fTl\S DAY.
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TURNER’S.
^Christmas Boxes
OF-
CIGARS
FROM $1 to $2.50.
Meerschaum Pipes— $2.50, $3 and $3.50,
A fresh lot of
WILEY’S CANDY > uj IT) O
AT
i Tlie GovNlon Orug 5o
1902