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01 41 NO ^5. ITTON MARKET. ots —Middling,, • • • • • • • 10c. od Middling, . • • • • ... lO^c. IVAL SERVICES BEGIN NEXT SUNDAY. R. C. Clcckler Has Arranged Scrias of Meetings at the Methodist Church. series of revival services begin ,e Methodist church Sunday ling by the pastor, Rev. C. kler. iring the week, the morning ices begin promptly at 10 ck and the evening services :80. D Monday evening he begins a is of sermons on the Ten Com dments which will probably all the week. r. Cleckler hopes for a large udauce at each service and es a special request that all ch members attend regularly. Goes to Colorado. lr. Argust Boye leaves today Kreely, Col., where he goes to her his fall crop of Irish pota [ beats and alfalfa. Mr. Boyies but on his farm in Colorado year was over 86,000 bushels rish potatoes and beats, be a very large cutting of alfalfa L seasons crop will not turnout nuch owiug to ths decrease in [acreage, but he hopes to gath ietweeu 50,000 aud 65,000 bush from this yield, lapt. Boyee will return to Cov iou in about six or eight weeks First -Bale New Cotton. Covington received its first bale hew cotton Tuesday, the 29th ng brought in by Jim Dunn, a id working negro who lives in m Creek district. Pbe bale was bought by Mr. N. Turner who paid 10 1-2 cents pound. It weighed 520 pounds is netting the negro $54.60. hater Leach, one of Starrs Ic’s b«t farmers brought in i second bale on Tuesday, just ising the first baH by two hours. ■M* Mr. Porter in Boston. Wr. John A. Porter, superiuten pt of tbe Bibb Manufacturing I, at Porterdale, left Monday \ Boston and Lowell, Mass, the object of Mr. Porter’e visit ptb Ito study at this season of the year, and famil&rise himself Kh the working of some new kchinery which will soon be in Mled at Porterdale. He will be gone about three kks, returning to Covington the Iddle of this mouth. **•< H Twenty Feet Without Injury. I Miss Adna Thompson, the fifteen lar old daughter of Mr. Sam potnpgon, fell into a well at her bme near Oak Hill one day last pelt. l*Qk which She stepped upon a rotten broke throwing her r° the well, which was twenty jet pe deep caught with hold six feet of water, of the well rope r rescued herself by climbing to P top. The most remarkable Prt of the fall is that she was not pjureci or bruised. New Firm at Mansfield. Mr. Aubrey E. Coogler and Mr. °hu H. Wood opeu a general “®rchaudi»e business at Mansfield week. ®°th of those gentlemen are 0u ag •»nd progressive and have »everal years experience with ne of the best firms iu Covington. Everybody believes that Wore will be a success. The * s-m • ♦, ... En ___ I RPRISE . COVINGTON, GA. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER I. 1905. SEMI-WEEKLY WILL BEGIN m m WITH THIS ISSUE. with this issue The Enterprise will be issued every Tuesday and Friday. Matter intended for publication in either issue must be in the of¬ fice not later than noon on Mon¬ day and Thursday, as the paper will be published on the afternoon of these days. We hope to mako the Semi Weekly feature a success. This must depend largely upon the sup port of the business men of the town, for no public enterprise can prosper without their support. Our Tourists Return. Mr. John M. Aaron returned Tuesday night after thirty days spent in circling the great West in Pullman cars. He visited Denver, Greeley, Pueblo, Colorado Springs and many other places of note. This year Covington has been well represented abroad by the leading business men of the town. Messrs. C. S. Thompson and T. G. Callaway took a spin through the North and West and surveyed the Pacific coast from Portland to San Fraucisco and thence back to Chicago on the lakes. They were gone one month and the trip was as profitable as it was pleasant. Cashier A. B. Simms, of the Bank of Newton County, spent his vacation in New York and the East. He formed the acquaintance of some of the financial leaders of New York and Wall street. He was gone about three weeks. Mr. T. C. Swanu, who, it is said, refuses the presidency of a corpo¬ ration every month, started on a pleasure trip through the Rockies, Colorado, Oregon, and iu passing through Idaho was taken from the traiu and given the presidency of a gold mine. A man never leaves his reputation at home when out traveling, and in this case his rep¬ utation for financiering companies, and being a leader, proceeded him and he was handed the presidency on a gold waiter. The visits of all these gentlemen has added to Covington’s prestige. They are leaders in the commercial life of the town and their remarks weie bound to have weight. Mr. Elbert Wheeler Dead. Mr. Elbert Wheeler, father of Mr. Sim T. Wheeler, of this sity, died Monday afternoon at 2:30 after an illness of several weeks. Mr. Wheeler was probably the oldest citizen in the county, being born on the 80th day of Oct. 1809 at Warrington, Ga. Had he lived another month he would have been 96 years of age. He raised a large family of chil¬ dren, nine of whom still survive him. S. T. Wheeler, of Coving¬ ton, A. S. of Jacksonville, J. E. of Augusta, Mrs. M. E. Paul, of Mass., Mrs. J. E. Ellis, of South Georgia, Mrs. Fannie Bloodworth, of Texas, Mrs. Amanda Brown, of Ark., Mrs. Virginia Treadwell and J. T. Wheeler, of Rockdale county. His funeral services were con¬ ducted by Rev. W. T. Grenade Wednesday at 3 o’clock and buried at Rockdale church, near Conyers. Here to Enter School. Mrs. DeLaney, Mcsers Will aud Harold DeLaney and four younger children have engaged rooms with Mrs. L. T. Biggers on Church St. Mrs. DeLaney, is from Key West and came to Ccvhigton for the purpose of educating her children. Messrs Will and Harold will enter Emory this fall while the younger children will attend the Public School As for the news, we propose to cover the field as never before. We especially ask the co-operation of the people of Covington and Newton County in securing the news. All items of local interest, such as deaths, marriages, parties and visitors coming and goiug, is of local interest and you would confer a great favor by calling U9 up over the telephone and itnpart iug the information. Many good items are overlooked each week, simply because we did not know of them. PENSION APPLICATIONS. Judge Heard Gives Notice to All Parties—Must be Made at Once. Judge G. D. Heard requested that all persons living iu Newton county, who expect to make ap¬ plication for pensions for the year 1905 do so at once. He is in receipt of a letter from Hon. J. W. Lindsay, Commission¬ er of Pensions, saying that all pension applications must be in his office by the 30th of next mouth. Should the application not be in by that time it will be another twelve months before they can be acted upon. The letter of Commissioner Lindsay to Capt. Heard is as fol¬ lows : “I earnestly request that all pension applications for consider¬ ation for 1900 be sent to the of¬ fice by 30th Sept. 1905. Those coming in after that time will go forward in the preparations for the rolls for 1907. Cook has received a large ship¬ ment of shirts. Prof. Perry Leaves Monticello. Prof. Erwin Perry, superinten¬ dent of the Public Schools of Mon¬ ticello has tendered his resignation to the Board of Trustees, same to take effect at once. Prof. Perry has been at the head of the school system of Monticello for several years and is one of the best known young educators in the state. He gives up his school work to accept a traveling position with a Chicago house carrying a line of educational specialties. The Monticello News says: “It is a source of universal re¬ gret that Prof. Erwin Perry has resigned as principal of the Mon¬ ticello High School. During his stay of two years in Monticello, Mr. Perry has greatly endeared himself to the people of the town aud county, both as an instructor and as a citizen, and his resig¬ nation was received with regret by both trustees and patrous. Mr. Perry has accepted a position with a Chicago house and will carry a line of Educational Spec¬ ialties, traveling in some ot the Southern states. His family will remain in Monticello for a few months yet. Mr. Perry’s success¬ or in the school room has not been named.” See Cook’s new add he has lots of new goods. Farmers Selling Cotton. Mr. L. D. Adams, the well known cotton buyer bought two hundred bales of cotton Wednes day from farmers at 10 1-2 cents per pound, same to be delivered in October. ___ _ ___ Cook has received a large ship ment of shirts. JARMAN S WILL PROBATED. The Document Was Short and Drawn up in a Business Like Way. The last will and testament of the late P. Boyce Jarman, who died ou the 21st, ult., was probated by JudgT Heard Wednesday, the 23rd. It was a short document, carry ing less than a page of foolscap paper, type written and drawn up in a business like'manner. There were just four items in the will. It was made on the 28th day of June, 190”), and witnessed by K. R. Fowler, E. W. Fowler and Jno. H. Wood, as commercial notary. The four items are as follows: Firstly, That my executor psy all my debts as soon as possible. Secondly, To pay my wife Pau¬ line Weaver, after the payment of ray debts, one half of all my property. Thirdly, To my mother, Mary A. Jarman, the other remaining half of whatever I may die seized and possessed and during her nat¬ ural life and at her death whatever may remain, I give to my brother, L- W. Jarman. This ono half of my property is to be paid over to her and she to have absolute con¬ trol of same. Fourthly, I do hereby appoint N. S. Turner executor of this my last will without bond and relieve him of making any returns. MANY NEW FACES. Many Chi nges Will be Recorded in the Business Houses IWs Fall. There will be more changes in the persouel of the business houses in Covington this fall than was ever known in the history of the City. There is hardly a place of business ou the square that will not have from one to two new faces. Covington merchants are mak¬ ing great preparations to handle the fall business. New goods have been arriving for two weeks now and every day finds goods boxes piled high on the side walks and clerks busy emptying them. Our merchants are going to make a great pull for the fall trade. They bought heavily be¬ lieving that the price of cotton would be a good price this fall. Mr. W. L. Adair will have with him this season in his millinery department Miss Bessie Cook, Mrs Shillings, Miss Lottie Flemister and Miss Myrtle Launiers in the dry goods department. Mr. N. S. Turner will have Mr. Robt. Trippe, James S. Gardner, C. J. Norman, Paul Lester and R. P. Lester in charge of the warehouse and superintendent of compress. Fred Effel, of New York, Mrs. Willingham and Miss Geiger will be with W. Cohen this season. % Mr. Hub B. Gaither will move to town and work for Lee & An¬ derson. Mr. Will Hooten will be with Swann-Davis Co. Last Sunday Services. The services at the Methodist church Sunday were especially good and a large crowd was pres¬ ent both morning aud evening. Rev. Mr. Cleckler preached tw0 S pi e ndi<t sermons and the ren j tuitions by the choir were espec ia u y goo d. The choir was com G f Miss Marie Evans, Mrs. Qillilard and Miss Mamie Gaillilard Misses Maggie and Carrie Beck Davis, Miss Adel Turner, Mrs. Cleckler and Messrs R. E. Everitt and A. E. Coogler. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. f* JUST RECEIVED THIRD SHIPMENT WHITE HICKORY WAGONS | v THIS SEASON. ft This wagon is a winner and when tried you are convinced that it is superior to all others. They run lighter, and last longer than some of the % SO called high grade makes that you pay more money for. & WHITE HICKORY WAGONS are made in this State manufactured, sold and delivered to c you by home people with the absolute guarantee of I satisfaction. Wc arc satisfied with small % profits too. f JRSTEPHENSON s* V KEEP COOL. v' r B TURNER’S FOUNT IS THE PLACE TO ESCAPE Is THE SWELTERING HEAT. 11 cl Nothing more refreshing than J t a mug of Miner’s Root Beer. Chocolate Milk is proving very a i popular. Our Creams the i ■ f I are V A C finest in the city. T , / DON’T TAKE a OUR WORD, I tv BUT TRY US. * I TURNER’S, & s. O/fTX m f DON’T! 0 a r< If Buy that Farm Wagon until you see the GEM and r get our terms and prices. The GSM wagon is shop IM T-TY i built and superior to factory built wagons in every $ way and cheaper in price. Any size and weight you u B ty, want aud on at short prices notice. lower than General you repair ever paid work before. a special- Yr m I will Just save see me you at money. Alliance Warehouse before you buy, Mahogany Furniture refinished equal to new. / IRVING PROCTOR. 9., 2 Mi PHONE 195. COVIOGTON, GA. m JO m *! •» m 2