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onner Simms has return-
7orsyth
l Adair is taking a va
Tnllulah Falls.
j R Perkins is spending
; week in Augusta..
C. Cook was in the city
of days this week.
D Travis has returned
rannah and lybee.
| 0 . Cooper left this morn
(visit to Monticello.
Maggie and Carrie Beck
|e visiting in Atlanta.
M. Pace has returned
leasant visit to New York.
Lnler Lama Rogers and children
visiting relatives.
lamie Gaillard, of Marion,
[the guest of Miss Ackie
,llie Chancellor, of Savan
te guest of Mrs. Juo. B.
P. Henderson was here
j looking the picture of
dm A'ken has returned
isit to her parents at
M. Travis is at home
t .
br a months visit to Sa
Gladys Trellibone, of
s the guest of Mrs. Lake
E. Price has returned
Springs where she spent
has. R. Powell, of Monroe
id to visit relatives here
illian Clark is the guest
[ir.nie Stephens in New
sveek.
tlni Florence, of Atlanta,
tg the week with Mrs.
Jreer.
ikia Smith, of Griffin,
iflay here as the guest of
tie Smith.
iniiie Mobley has return
■ pleasant visit to relatives
nutgrove.
Edith Sehlesenger, or
'ga, Tenn., is the guest
ara Simms.
T. Schlesner, of Clmtta
“nn. has been with friends
the week.
lril Simms is spending
with a party of Atlanta
I Cumberland.
• A. Jarman has returned
| 011 afier a pleasant visit
■ b Jarman here.
[ H. Pickett, Henry and
p N nre visiting friends in
Greely, Colorado.
h C. Lee and Miss Larue
F" to Indian Springs soon
r lp month of August.
r W. R. Brown and i
•lanne, of Dennison,
'isiting relatives here.
I Mrs. Clarence Cash
ler 'lie hotel in the ab
ls - Bradshaw at Lythia
p n k Swanson and chil
F lkp City, Fla., are the
Key. and Mrs. T. J.
[ 1 revival Dunaway ia con
| at Oak Hill,
U| g will be concluded
lay.
■ pearman, of Social
r ”' Tom Freeman, ol
lrp the guests of Mrs.
Jreer.
A. B. Simms, of
ewte the
r Ch " County, left Wed
^ autauqua, N. Y.
PaUy Wlth Mr.
Ua 't'u>d the Chautau
f Nuri, s «t this noted place.
** n about three
Rhv Rembert, Smith, of Emory
College, filled the Methodist pul
pit both morning and evening
Sunday, delivered beautiful and
impressive sermons.-Walton News
Mr and Mrs. Tom Bryan, of
Launderdale, Fla. who have been
the guests of Mrs. Bryan’s mother,
Mrs. Clara Perry for several weeks
,
left Thursday for a visit to friends
at Marietta.
Messrs. Clarence and Bain Ter
rell, witli their big red automobile
have been in the city during the
week. They brought Lee and
Bradshaw down from Atlanta cn
Monday morning.
Mr. C. A. Rockwell has pur
chased a 2 -horse power gasoline
engine which will be used to pump
water from Dried Indian creek to
the Gate City Ginnery, a distance
of nearly a quarter of a mile.
Mr and Mrs. Mortimer Hays
have returned to Covington and
will make their home here. Mr.
Hays will be associated with his
father in the rock warehouse that
was recently purchased by him.
Miss Lila Arnold, who is re
membered as being at the head of
the millinery department of Mr.
C. E. Cook is quite sick at her
home, West End, Atlanta. Miss
Arnold has many friends in Cov¬
ington who regret to learn of her
illness.
Mr. Boyce Ficklin, of Washing¬
ton, Ga. is cashier of the Bank ol
Newton County in the absence of
Cashier Simms, in New York.
Mr. Ficklin is easier of a bank in
Washington, editor of the Reporter
and linds time to do a big insu¬
rance business.
Moving has been the order of
the day this week. Mr. Godfrey
has moved into bis home near the
Public School. Mr. A H. Milner
goes into the house made vacant
by Mr. Godfrey and Mr. R. L.
Loyd has moved into the residence
formerly occupied by Mr. Milner
on Floyd street.
Rev. R. C. decider, paster of
‘•he Methodist church, left Wed
nesday morning for Chautauqua,
N. Y , where he gives to attend the
Chautauqua lectures. Mr. Cleck
ler will return to Covington about
the 20th of August and lie has
made arrangements t>> have his
pulpit filled each Sunday during
his absence.
A Simple Guarantee
Of all first class work and pay¬
ment of all losses for collars, etc.,
brings me more work than all the
balance of the laundry agents in
Covington combined. I like com¬
petition, it shows my work up and
gets a hustle on business. Bring
your laundry along and leave it
with me.
Wednesday evening of every
week. It leaves the same old time.
Tis 2 cents for collars, 4 cento for
cuffs and any old shirt tor a dime
A few prices for next week: La¬
dies fancy shirt waists 10 c, white
vests 15c, ladies shirts 25c.
This should bring some business
with the ladies. Well, that’s who
the Washerwoman wants to trade
with. LOVE LEE CLARKE.
Smith-Butler.
Mr. W. E. Smith, Jr , son of
Mr. and Mrs. vV. E. Smith, of
this city, was married to Miss
Grace Butler, of Atlanta, on Sun- j
day afternoon at 2 o’clock at Pines
Memorial church in Atlanta. Rev. j
Hunnicutt performing the cere- :
moijy.
Mr. Smith is an excellent young
, business ' and holds gooJ V
man a ,
position with the Crosby Tobacco
Co., of Virginia. Miss Butler is
one ot Atlanta’s cultured young
women and is loved by all who
know her.
Mr. and Mrs. Sm’th will make
their home in Covington for the
present.
ME ° E0RG1A ENTERPRISE, COVINGTON, GA
., FRIDA Y MORNING
pay your debts.
In Leviticus 27:30 We are told
that aU tin tithe of the land
whether of the seed of the land or
of the fruit of (he tree, is the Lord’s:
it is holy unto the Lord, > > and un
til we have p ud one-tenth of what
God has given to us we have not
paid our debts (Id requires that
proprotion to he honestly set aside
for his work and worship. Giving
begins after this debt is paid.
FREEWILL OFFERING.
When we are sure that the tenth
of our income has been put into
treasury of the Lord, then we can
begin to talk about what we give
or are giving to the work of the
Lord. We ought not to give for the
reason solv of reaping a blessing,
but we are taught in the Bible,
that we are rewaded for every thing
we do for God, for we are told in
one place that ‘"since the people
have brought in the offerings into
the house of the Lord”, we have
had enough to eat, and have left
plenty, for the Lord has bless his
people and that which is left is
this great story,”
In Malachi we are told how God
complains of Israel’s ingratitude.
He tells them they have robbed
him, and they wanted to know how
they had robbed him, and he said
* \ In tithes and offerings,” and
C.od pronounced a curse on them
for this robbery, but after this he
tells them to “bring ye all the
tithes into the store house and
prove me now herewith, saith the
Lord of Hosts, if I will not open
the windows of heaven ana pour
you out a blessing that there will
not be room enough to receive it.
more to learn.
Since we have been studying
this subject, we find that it, like
most of the subjects of the Bible
is inexhaustible, the more we
study it, the more we learn, and
the more we enjoy the study, of it
It I have not helped anv one in
this study I have enjoyed it and
trust that I have been benefited
1 hereby.
Safeguard The Children.
Notwithstanding all that is done by
boards ol health and charitably inclined
I persons, the death rate among small c-lii I -
dien is very high during the hot weather
of the summer months in the large cities
There is not probably one case ot bowel
j complaint in a hundred, however, that
could not be cured by the timely use of
Chamberlain’s Colie. Cholera and Diar
rhoen Remedy For sale by all druggists
in < 'ovington and Bibb M’f'g. Co. Porter
dale.
Death of Mrs. Bonham Johnson.
Mrs. Johnson, wife of Mr. Bon¬
ham Johnson, of this city died
Monday afternoon last at the home
of her father, Mr. W. R. King, in
the western part of the county.
She was about 20 years old and
had been sick for several months,
although her death comes as a
shock to ln*r many friends. Mrs.
Johnson was a member of Bethany
church and liv-»d a beautiful Chris¬
tian li*v. She was married in
June of 1904 to Mr. Bonham John¬
son. She leaves a husband and
many relatives and friends to
mourn her death.
The bereaved husband has the
sympathies of the entire commun¬
ity in this sad hour.
The remains were laid to rest in
the family section of Bethany
cemetery Tuesday.
She Tried Five Doctors.
Mrs. Frances L. Sales, of Missouri
Valley, la., writes “I have been altlict,
ed with kidney trouble five years: bad
ve**e pains* in my hack and a frequent
desire to urinate When riding I expe- I
rienced much pam over the region of:
{he kid|;ey? r lried , ive physicians j
w j,j,out benefit and then concluded to i
try Foley’s Kidney Cure. After taking 1
three ft.00 bottles 1 was completely
euretl -
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Heard, of
Stewart, spoilt Sunday with Mr.
an 1 Mrs. F. II He?rd.
Unique were the cards sent to
the many friends of Bernice Cook,
bidding them meet her on Mrs. J.’
J. Corley's lawn last Thursday
from five to dawn, and “play
away’’ the remaining hours of her
tenth birthday.
Bernice was never happier as she
graciously received her gifts and
their givers who so eagerly respon¬
ded to her invitation.
The plasures of the party were
increased by the assistance of
Misses Ida and Ethel Higgins and
Masters Homer and Cary Cook in
the countless number of games.
Throughout the afternoon Miss
Ida Higgins saw that none were
thirsty and greatly did the “spring
of punch” please all.
At the close of the evening’s
pleasures each child was provided
with a “diamond > > of birthday
cake. * * *
Town Clock Caused Trouble.
From Fayetteville (Tenn.) Observer.
Mayor Turner, of Covington,
Ga., has demanded in the name
of the people of Covington to
know what time it is. He has
appealed to Atlanta to have noon
flashed to him on the stroke of the
clock in order that the hours, min
utes and seconds may be restored.
Just at present no one in Cov
ington is certain whether the time
is 19 minutes after 10 or 12:57,
except by the sun, and even the
old timers differ as to where the
shadow of the town hall spire
strikes at noon on any given day.
The watches of the town and the
clocks from constant setting and
resetting and correcting have be
come so mixed up that one can
walk along a street and hear clocks
striking anything from 1 to 0 any
afternoon. Arguments as to
whose clock nr watch is right have
led to serious trouble, and each
one is coiiig independent, refusing
to accept the dictates of anyone,
elsn’s watch any time. The stores
open at different hours, meals are
served at all sorts of times, and
in body knows what time it is. So
the mayor has appealed lor official
time to settle the dispute.
And all this row and ruction
over the time was caused by
pigeons.
The people of the town have for
manv yeais been in the habit of
regulat'ng their timepieces of all
sorts bv the time of the great clock
in the tower of the courthouse,
which was renowned through all
that section of the country as a
rival of the sun as a timekeeper.
A few weeks ago everybody in
town waked up one morning to
find that their clocks we-e 18
minutes slow as compared with
the town clock. Nobody thought
of disputing the time of the town
clock, so almost everybody except
Sim Wheeler changed their time
pieces to correspond with the town
dock. Two days later everybodys
clock was 28 minutes fast again.
That time a tew were suspicious,
but a« th«v all changed their own
timepiece again—except Sim, who
declared that Irs watch, which his
father bought f >r •'j>7, at Augusta
in 1872, was right, and that the
others were wrong. Knowing
Sim to he confident that he
right about everything, he was
ignored.
Two day’s later ever\body’s
clock suddenly gained another
fourteen minutes. That lime
some changed and some did not.
The janitor of the courthouse
climbed up and inspected the big
clock, and found it running away
regularly as ever.
The next day everybody’s clock
gained 23 minutes, and the follow¬
ing day 44 more, and by that time
there was a perfect Babel of times
j n £ OW rti, clocks varying over an
hour in houses standing next to
each other.
Day after day the clocks con
tinued to go wroug and the town
clock kept right on moving. The
janitor could find nothing the
matter with it.
Of course, after a couple of
weeks everybody blamed the town
dock for setting them wrong, but
STOP AND LOOK
For the next few weeks we will off some great bar
gains in Refrigerators and Sporting Goods at actual cost.
REFRIGERATORS.
313.57
I 1.50
9.86
BASE BALL GOODS.
$5.00 mitts now w
400 “ 4 « 1*0
2 00 “ 44 1.35
1.00 “ <4 66
65 “ < 4 39
50 “ 4 4 30
25 " 4 4 17
I 50 Gloves now .! 81
1.25 “ 4 i 1.00
1.00 “ 4 4 72
75 “ 4 4 50
50 4 4 4 4 34
25 4 4 4 4 18
1.50 Base Ball, Seamless 1.15
1.50 “ “ League 1.00
1.25 “ 4 4 4 4 84
1.00 » 4 4 4 4 73
75 “ 4 4 4 4 51
50 “ 44 4 4 ua
35 “ 4 4 4 4 ro
25 “ 4 4 4 4 17
15 " 4 4 4 4 08
10 “ 4 • 4 4 06
05 " 4 4 4 4 03
1.00 Bats now 64
90 4 1 4 < 60
85 “ “ 75
50 4 4 4 4 34
25 “ “ 15
10 • 4 4 4 o
05 4 < 4 4 o
We make this tremendous reduction on the above
goods in order to get rid of this line and now is the op
p portunity to buy cheap.
Covington Hardware Co.
no two could agree what time it
really was, each insisting that his
own was the more reliable watch,
as is the habit of men the world
over.
That state of affiirs continued
for several weeks, until the differ
ences in time began to disorganize
business, schools and even courts,
Nobody could tell what time it
1 was, and all a boy had to do when
he piaved hookey was turn hi«
watch back three or four hours
. and then show up claiming he was
on time,
' The strange actions of the town
clock puzzled everybody concerned
Expert clockmakers examined the
works carefully and could find
nothing wrong with them, and the
clock kept running regularly and
1 without askip. As the courthouse
was locked tight at night the sus
picion that some practical joker
| had been tampering with the clock
at night was soon discarded,
But Milt Zinc, the janitor, re
fused to believe that the fault was
\v:th the faithful old clock. He
determined to lind out the source
of the trouble, and to this end he
bid himself in the belfry of the
courthouse one evening last week,
determined to solve the mystery.
He sat all night in the belfry, and
the next morning he discovered
that the clock had lost 31 minutes.
He examined carefully to see if
anyone else had entered the court
house, and discovered that they
had not.
By that time the negroes of the
district were whimpering that the
big clock vvas bewitched. But
Milt refused to believe any such
stories. He declared that sorne
body was monkeying with the
clock, and that he intended to get
even. That night he took his
perch on a narrow ledge 15 feet
under the clock and sat there gfiz
iug up at it.
Shortly after dark he was al¬
most frightened off his perch by
a sudden rustle of wings, and,
recovering himself, he gazed up¬
ward and saw two. big pigeons
getting ready for their nights rest.
One of them alighted on the
minute hand of the clock aud
stood there, and then the other
circled around and alighted beside
it. Their combined weight push¬
ed down the minute hand until
they were forced to fly away and
find another roosting place—but
while they sat there the clock lost
12 minutes.
The next morning the janitor
reported to the mayor, and the
mayor, while waiting for a glass
front to be put over the face of the
big clock, telegraphed to get the
official time.
80 hereafter Covington will be
on time again.
Special Excursion to Tybee via
Central of Georgia Railway.
On August 8 , tickets will ba
sold from Covington to Tybee and
return at $8 25. Final limit Aug¬
ust 6 , 1905.
Through coaches to Savannah,
leave Covington 9:22 a. in.
For full information in regard
to schedules, sleeping car reserva¬
tions, etc. apply to J. E. Bogle,
Agent Covington, or nearest Ticket
Agent.
Fifteen white girls sewing mat¬
tresses in Pittsburg went on a
strike because a negro girl was
brought into the office of the fact¬
ory to work as a stenographer and
typewriter, according to an ex¬
change. They resented the idea
of the light work being done in
dark color.—Ex.
Cured of Bright s Disease.
Mr. Robert O. Burke, Elnora, N. Y,
writes: ’‘Before I started to use Foley’s
Kidney Cure I had to yet up from twelve
to twenty times a night and I was bloat¬
ed up with dropsy and my eyesight wag
so impaired I could scarcely see one of
my family across the room. I had given
up hope of living when a friend recom
mended Foley’s Kidney Cure- One 50c
cent bottle worked wonders and before
I had taken the third bottle the dropay
had gone, as well as all other syrnptonm
or Bright’s disease,
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