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NO 36.
ysdicate offers to buy
1,000,000 COTTON BALES.
York, Sep. 1.—President
[arvie Jordan, of the Southern
ptton Association, left here last
ighfc with a proposition from
oadley Syndicate, to place before
ie executive committee of the as
iciation at their meeting in Ashe
lle N. C., September 6th to
ke one million bales of cotton at
minimum price to be fixed by
e association at the said meet
g This, together with the syn
icate’s holdings of contracts in
eW York would put them in
)sseS 9 ion of cotton and contracts
: 1 , 500,000 bales or equal to what
now the visible supply, domes
; au d foreign, of American cot
u and would insure to the far
;ers a proper price for their entire
op.
“Still further, it will be seen,
ith beli'l in south, and now gen
ally accepted elsewhere, that
ie yield of the season beginning
?ptember 1st will not exceed 10,
)0,000 bales, and with 1,000,000
radically removed from the mar
^t, through an acceptance of the
[oadley Syndicate proposition,
iere will remain only 9,000,000
jtside of the syndicate’s hold
and how much of these 9,-
1)0,000 may be marketed above
be minimum price to be named
eptember 6th and extent to which
; may be marketed in each month
hereafter, remains with those who
|ill have the cotton and what is
j bo their attitude towards worlds
jtton spinners with the strength
s they will then see to bo theirs,
ardly needs an expression of
DEATH OF MRS. BROWN.
fter a Lingering Illness Dies at
Her Daughter’s Home.
I After an illness of many months
Ind lying at the point of death
leveral weeks, Mrs. Anna Fliza
letk Brown, died at the home of
ler daughter, Mis. J. C. Flowers,
last Thursday night at 9 o’clock,
luirounded by her loved ones.
I She was seveuty-two years of
Ige and until recently an active
Ind consistent member of the
Ihurcb. She had hosts of warm
personal friends all over Newton
lounty and especially around Al
juon and Salem, where she spent
post of her life. Her suffering
pad tracted been so intense and so pro¬
that death came as a relief
>-> her.
I Mrs. Brown was married to
ptephen knd A. Brown, a prominent
well-to-do farmer of this coun¬
ty) who preceeded her to the grave
py a score of years. There arc six
phildren Flowers, still living: Mrs. J. C.
Mrs. W. S. Marbut, Mr.
F L. Brown and Mr. S. A. Brown
pllof this county, Mrs. W. T. Kil¬
patrick, W. R. Brown, of Bartow, of Dennison, Fla. and Tex. Mr.
Mrs. Browu’s interment was
Friday afternoon at the Loyal
burying ground 4 miles West of
Covington.
III With Diphtheria.
Elizabeth Cleckler, the four
' ear old daughter of Rev. R. C.
Cockier, is critically ill with
diphtheria.
She was taken ill last Wednes¬
day but not until Thursday did
the doctors pronounce i,t dyph
Ikeria.
She is being treated by Drs,
Euke Robinson and VV. D. Travis,
who are doing all that can be
' jUe Dr. Travis went to Atlanta
-
ouday to consul with specialists
rH garding the and to
case secure a
nurse.
* New clothing at Cook’s.
'0 The Enterprise
COVINGTON, GA. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5,
DESTROYED BY FIRE.
^iXItT
on Fire,
Twenty-three bales of cotton
were discovered to be on fire at 5
Sunday morning on 'the
platform at Newborn,
How the cotton caught is not
but the impression prevails
a cigarette stump fired it,
down some negroes who
supposed to have been gam
The cotton belonged to N. S.
of this city, and was cov
by insurance.
When discovered the fire had
a twelve foot square in the
and one bale had fallen
Twenty-three bales
on fire.
Mr. J. H. Padget, section fore¬
man of the Central road, hurried
to the scene with his force of work¬
men and assisted materially in
the fight.
New clothing at Cook’s.
HOUSE DESTROYED
by a Stroke of Lightning
During a Rain Storm
Friday Night.
A school house at the Cotton
was struck by lightning Fri¬
night and burned to the
in a short time.
There was a meeting in the house
the early evening which ad¬
just before the rain came
One of the large lamps was
burning and the lightning is
to have knocked over
lamp which aided in the ex¬
termination of the building.
The building was used as a
house and church and was
built two years ago. An eighty
organ and books valued at
seventy-five dollars were destroyed
Central Passenger Late.
The Central passenger train
came into Covington last Wednes¬
day night six hours late. It was
caused by the tender ot the engine
jumping the track on the bridge
near Hayston in going to Gordon
that morning. The tender was
dragged across the bridge which
came very near being a serious
wreck. No one on the train tvas
hurt.
Report Untrue.
The report which was published
in all the daily papers of the state
that Mrs. Mattie Cunningham,
was dead, is untrue.
She fell about six weeks ago
from her back porch and broke
her shoulder. She is 75 and her
extreme age and injury has left
her in a critical condit : on.
Mrs. Cunningham lives near
Salem and has a large family of
children.
Church Notes.
Rev. E. R. Pendleton preached
two sermons from his pulpit last
at the Baptist church. He
was in Washington, D. C. during
months ot July and August
a charge in the absence
the pastor.
* *
Rev. Julius Magath preached a
sermon at the Methodist
Sunday morning. There
were no services during the even¬
ing owing to sickness in the pas¬
tor’s family.
The revival services which were
to have begun at the Methodist
church this week are, therefore,
indefinitely postponed.
opinion from us
Nevertheless, it will mean in
our opinion, further announce
ments by the Southern Cotton As
sociation at their monthly meet
mgs, of half a cent advance or
more during months of October,
November, December, and month
lY VVeU int ° the nCW yeaI ‘
0 f 3,
1 his statement , . we now make, ,
should, and we believe will, have
effect of causing the withdrawal
from market of practically all cot¬
ton, not only in the south, but
everywhere on both sides of the
Atlantic until it shall be seen
what may be minimum price to
be recommended by the Southern
Cotton association to its members
for their acceptance at their next
meeting the 6th instant.
Therefore, it is hardly necessary
to suggest that the situation from
the world's cotton spinners’ point
of view, must become, under those
circumstances, a matter of very
serious moment.
Another element in the cotton
market whose position in a large
measure will be dangerious, h that
represented by the enormous short
interest in contracts not only in
New York but at New Orleans and
Liverpool, because the basis of
contracts, that is, spot cotton, be¬
ing removed from market, ekeept
at much higher prices than now,
will leave those who have had
temerity, to place themselves in
such a position, especially those
responsible for extreme and unwar¬
ranted dejline of teday in state of
innocuous desuetude.
Death of Mrs. Weaver.
Mrs. Sallie P. Weaver, of this
city, di.ed in Columbia, S. C., last
Friday of heart failure.
Mrs. Weaver left Covington sev¬
eral weeks ago on a visit to rela¬
tives in South Carolina and was
being entertained by Mr. J. D.
Blakely in Columbia at the tune
of her death.
She was in good health the day
of her death and no complaint was
heard from her.
Mrs. Weaver was 12 years of age
and had many friends iu Coving¬
ton who were pained to hear of
her death. She and her sis tor,
Mrs. Kate Agnew, lived together
here unto her death some months
ago while on a visit to Atlanta.
Mrs. Weaver was a woman of
rne-rns. She owned a brick build
ing near the postoffice and several
houses and lots in the city. Her
estate was valued at about $10,000.
Her remains were interred in
Columbia last Saturday at 10:80.
She is survived by no children.
Farmers to Hold Meeting.
The farmers of the county meet
in the court house today for the
purpose ot renewing their county
organization in the Southern Cot¬
ton Growers Association.
New officers of the local organi¬
zation will be elected, who will
take step at once to perfect the
county organization.
Heavy Rain Friday Night.
A heavy rain fell Friday night
which was accompanied by a fine
display of electricity.
This was the first rain in about
two weeks and was welcomed bj
everyone. Many of the garden
farmers got busy the day following
putting turnip seedinto the ground.
The lightning was heavy and
struck the school house at the
Cotton Mill, burning it to the
ground.
See Cook’s new add he has lots
of new goeds,
RAILROAD MEN HERE.
Officials of Central on Tour of In¬
spection.
A special train consisting
three private cars came in from
Macon over the Central of Georgia
biiday afternoon, bringing a large
party of officials of the Central of
Georgia railway company. Among
those composing the party were T.
S. Molse, general superintendent;
W. A. Winburn, vice president; C.
1. Airey, assistant general freight
agent; H. M. Steele, chief engm
eer; G. L. Candler, superintendent
Savannah division; J. H. Hall,
superintendent Macon division; H.
B. Crawford, superintendent Col¬
umbus division, and James G. Car¬
lisle, commercial agent at Macon.
The officials were on a general tbur
of inspection of the road and re¬
mained in the city only $ few
hours. They were met upon their
arrival in the city by N. S. Turn¬
er, of this city, who accompanied
them out to Portferdale and return.
i—
See Cook’s new add he has lots
of new gooes.
LIQUOR SELLER CAPTURED.
Was Fined in City Court and
Bound Over to State Court
Linder $100 Bond.
Bill Minter, a colored shoe ma¬
ker, was arrested by chief of po¬
lice Bohanan Sunday morning on
the charge of selling liquor.
He was taken before Mayor
Turner and fined $85. and bound
to the County Court under a
bond.
His case will come before Judge
Dickiu the County Court Wed¬
nesday.
Wreck on Georgia Road.
A Height train on the Georgia
road was wrecked at Aleeva last
Thursday afternoon, car sed by a
broken flangs on one of t he cais.
Capt. Juo. B. Laird, Conductor
of the train was badly bruised and
is off the road for a few days.
Superintendent Robinoou reach¬
ed the scene in about an hour and
had the track cleared by 10 o’clock.
The down passenger to Augusta
was delayed near five hours.
Physicians Hold Meeting.
The Newton County Medical So¬
ciety will hold its regular monthly
meeting at 10 o’clock today in the
council chamber.
This society has been organized
but a short while but is doing
great good and the members are
being greatly benefited. Subjects
for discussion are assigned mem¬
bers at one meeting to be read at
the following meeting.
New r King Quality shoes just
arrived at Cook’s.
ATLANTA HAS CASE
OF YELLOW FEVER.
Announcement Was Made Public
as Soon as Case Developed • mm
Placed in Detention Camp.
A case of yellow fever, brought
from Pensacola, Fla., has been dis¬
iu Atlanta and the patient,
C. Caruthers, is now at the
camp, 8 miles out from
city.
Caruthers reached Atlanta
night and stopped atone
of the smaller hotels of the city.
Friday morning he was taken ill
and during the day repaired to the
offices of the city board of health,
asking that his condition be looked
iuto. Dr. J. P. Kennedy, city
health officer, examined the man
and detected symptoms of yellow
lover.
PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY.
COVINGTON TELEPHONE CO
TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS AND THE PUBLIC i
Owing to the heavy losses we have sus¬
tained by the fire on July 10th of last
year,
and the sleet last February, and the increas¬
ed expenses per phone in an exchange of 250
to 300 over a smaller one, and because what
we have to buy has advanced, we find it neces¬
sary to raise the price of phone rent 25c per
month on residence phones and 50c per month
on busines phones. This advance will go into
effect October 1st. It is absolutely neces
sary to do this in order to keep the company
on a safe financial basis.
We now have 265 local subscribers and 150
country phones connected with our exchange.
The increase in phone rent is small compared
to the increased number of connections we
give you
We invite every subscriber to take a
share of stock with us and by this means he
can share in all the profits accruing to the
company.
The directors are unanimous in this move
and trust that all the citizens of the town
will stand up to us in the future as they have
in the past.
Respectfully,
c. C. BROOKS,
T. C. SWANN,
C. E. COOK.,
EDWARD HEARD,
C. A. HARWELL,
J. W. ANDERSON,
J.-L. STEPHENSON,
Directors of the Covington Telephone Co.
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PALMER INSTITUTE. T f.
OXFORD, GEORGIA.
L. B. SANDIFORD, Principal,
z HE Tuesday, next session September of this 12, 1905. school Preparation will begin
is given for entrance to the Freshman Class of
Emory College and other institutions of equal grade.
Two of the pupils of Palmer Institute are admitted
to Emory this year without conditions. Tuition
$r.oo or $2.00 a month, payable in advance, corre
sponding to the grade to which the pupil is assigned.
HOLD A MINUTE!
We Have Several Modern Residences,
Lying in The City of Covington,
A residence with 12 acres of ground, cheap for the
price asked.
A farm lying six miles from Covington, containinp
102 3-4 acres. 5 room house on place and near good school!
About 18 acres in good botton land and 30 acres in tim¬
bered land.
Now is The Time to Buy as All
Real Estate Values are Advancing.
SMITH & JARMAN.
COVINGTON, GA,