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jpots—Middling,.... • • • • 10c
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jity Tax Ordinance
FOR YEAR I90i.
For the support of the City of
Lington, for the year 1905 to
fray the ordinary and contingent
peases thereof, it is Ordained
the Mayor and Council as lol
rs:
gee. 1. That a tax of 50 [cents
r hundred be levied and ed¬
ited on each One Hundred Dol
rs worth (or fractional part
ereof) of all real estate in said
;y and all other property, in
,
iding merchandise, stock in
nd, money and solvent debts,
Id or owned within the limits of
lid city, on the first day of April
|05, and subject to taxation un
|r the laws of Georgia.
■Sec. 2. That for the payment
E the public schools of said city
lr the year 1905 a tax of 24 cents
tr hundred dollars on the
blue of all property enumerated
I the foregoing section, be levied
Id collected.
Sec. 3. That for the payment
f 2 Bonds of $500.00 each and of
be interests falling due January
| 1906, and July 1, 1906 on the
ntstandiog bonds of the city a tax
f 21 cents per Hundred Dollars,
ii the value of property named in
he first section of this ordinance,
e levied and collected.
All city property taxes, for the
ear 1905, as provided for by its
Irdinances, are called to be paid
|o the City Tax Collector on or
before November 5, 1905, and it
hall be the duty of said Tax Col¬
lector to issue Tax Executions
against all persons failing to pay
their taxes within the time named.
Passed at a regular meeting
Sept. 6, 1905.
M. G. Turner, Mayor.
Geo. T. Smith, Clerk.
1500 yds. 10c. percales at C 1-2
. at New York Bargain store.
WANT COLUMN.
IF havn’t the YOU Enterprise; want got, advertise something you’ll for get it you it. in
IF YOU Enterprise want to have sell, and something advertise it will in go. you the
WANTED —All persons to give
Ike Enterprise an ad. then watch
Ike result.
FOR SALE—You can get old
newspapers at this office. 20 cents
P e r hundred.
FOUND—An umbrella with
curled handle at Georgia depot last
Saturday. Owner * can get same at
Enterprise office.
I OR SALE—Good milch cow
a ud some fine beef cattle. Address
N. Hays, Mansfield, Ga., R.
P - D. No. 17.—It
^ kig lot of sample notions just
teceived to be sold at whole sale
fnee.—New York Bargain store.
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COVINGTON, GAr, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER
HALF MILLII IT BY '
FIRE IN i TANOOGA.
Flames Attack's Great Freight
Yards and Quickly Work
Immense Damage.
Chattanooga, Tenn,,3ept. 10.—
At least $500,000,is the estimated
loss in a fire which broke out to¬
night in the freight yards of the
Cincinnati, New Orleans and Tex¬
as Pacific Railway Company, to¬
tally destroying the freight depot
with its entire contents, forty-two
freight cars, most of which Were
fully loaded; two mail cars, two
baggage cars and the private car
of Superintendent M. W. McGuire
Four hours time was required by
the combined fire departments of
the city in extinguishing the
flames, which had spread rapidly
before the alarm was turned in,
and on account of the difficulty
the tracks made of reaching the
burning point.
The origin of the fire is a com¬
plete mystery. It was discovered
at 6:55 p. m. by a watchman. At
that time flames were pouring
through the roof of the freight
depot, and in a few seconds they
had attacked a number of cars
which were standing along the
tracks. An effort was made to
move some of the cars, but all
could not be gotten away on ac¬
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count of the density of the smoke
and the int&nse heat.
PONCE DebEQN COMEDY CO.
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Will Be Here* Wednesday for
Three Nights.
The Optra House will be open
for these nights this week, com¬
mencing Thursday Sept, 14, when
the Ponce De Leon Comedy Com¬
pany will be the attractive
of play and specialties nightly.
This company comes well recom¬
mended and as the prices have
been reduced to (15-25-35c) the
house will no doubt be packed at
each performance.
The opening play will be the
beautiful western comedy-drama
eutited -‘TheGirl from Tennessee”
with Miss Dorothy Wallace as
Tennessee Kent, the miners dangh
ter.
Miss Wallace has received many
complimentary notices from some
of the best dramatic critics in the
South and West for her clever
rendition of tnis part. The com¬
pany also carries five big Vaude¬
ville features, headed by the peer¬
less child actress, Baby Hope in
singing and dancing specialties.
Their challenge band and orches¬
tra will give daily concerts in
fsont ef the reserve seat sale.
Value of Farm lands.
Probably no other kind of prop¬
erty here shows a more rapid ap¬
preciation in values than does farm
lauds in and around Covington.
An instance of this very fact was
brought to sight here First Tues¬
day when 40 acres of farm land
sold for $715. This same land
was bought a few months ago for
about $400.
The long headed farmer is buy¬
ing lands with his money and the
country is on a better footing to¬
day than ever before, Farm lands
at $80 per acre are uct uncommon
in Newton.
Goes to Americus.
Mr. James E. Hightower, who
was for years agent of the Central
road at this point, has given up
the agency at Forsyth for the one
at Americas. It is understood
that the latter change is a promo¬
tion and carries with it a much
larger salary.
See the dress goods at 10c, 15c
an4 26c at New York Bargain
store.
HIGHEST TAXES IN THE
Jones County People Must
Fifteen Dollars on Every
One Thousand.
Atlanta, Sept. 6.—Jones
is going to have perhaps the high¬
est tax rate in the state this
Judge Richard Johnson, of
who has been here for several
past in arbitrator in one of the
railre id tax cases, informed Comp¬
troller General Wright today
Jones county s tax rate
probably go slightly over .$15 on
$1,000 and that the combined
and county rate would probably
be fully $20 per $1,000.
lhe cause ot this is the removal
of the county seat from Clinton,
the old site, to Grays, on the rail¬
road. Clinton is some
from the railroad, and the
of Jones wanted a railroad station
at their county seat so as to
it more accessible. All of
necessiated the building of a new
coiyt house, and recently an elec¬
tion was held on the subject of
suing county bonds to pay for
new building.
A Prize Offer.
To encourage the youth of New¬
ton county to view themselves
from a moral standpoint, I ‘shall
be pleased to give that person not
over 18 years of age any $1 book
of his own selection for the best
set of answers to the questions
given below.
Answers must be in by October
1, and some of the best ones will
be read and prize delivered on Oc¬
tober 16, the day of the Com Con¬
test exhibit.
Answer by number. It is not
necessary to write the questions.
1. What are your duties to
your parents?
2. What are your duties to the
aged?
3. What are your duties to our
country?
4. What are your duties to
pubic property, such as parks,
buildings, desks and books?
5. What are your duties to
your companions?
6. If you should find a purse
oti the road, what ought you to do
with it?
7. Name four good qualies of
character which you think are most
important?
8. Excepting God, to whom do
you owe love and obedience first of
all?
G. 0. Adams, C. S. C.
Superior Court.
Superior Court will begin Mon¬
day. 1 be criminal docket is heav¬
ier than in several years. A lull
list of the cases to be disposed of
next week will appear in Fridays
issue.
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Posted.
The lands of Mrs. \V. T. Corley
H Hays district near Starrsville
are posted and all persons are
hereby warned not to hunt with
dog or tresspass on same. This
Sept. 9tli, 1905.
Mrs. W. T. Corley.
Elizabeth ClecKler Dead.
Elizabeth, the five year old
daughter of Rev. and Mrs. R. C.
Cleckler, died Friday night short
ly after twelve o’clock of diptheria
from which it had suffered about
len days. From the very first her
suffering was intense and the dis
ease was in its worst form. The
interment was in Westview cerne
tary Saturday morning.
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Go to New York Bargain store
for lowest prices on Prints, Cotton
Checks, Sheeting, etc,
GEORGIA'S CROP SHORTEST.
Only About One-Half the Yield
Last Year.
According f o the August crop
report given out by the state de¬
partment of agriculture and made
up from data filed by nearly 1,000
correspondents in all parts of the
state on an average date of 20,
there Fas been considerable falling
oft in the average of most of the
Georgia crops. The most interest¬
ing feature of the report is the
showing made with regard to cot
ton. Georgia’s crop last year was
more than 2,000,000 bales. The
average Georgia cotton crop for
the last five years is 1,523,000
bales, lhe reports this year show
that tta crop will be slightly less
than 75 per cent of the average, or
about 1,150,000 bales. This is
considered ^rith a remarkable falling off
even the adverse weather con¬
ditions which have prevailed. In
other words, the Georgia cotton
crop this year as compared with
that of 1904, is cut just about half
iutwo.
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PICKING RUSHED RAPIDLY.
Large Percentage of the Cotton
Crop Being Gathered.
By the end of this week at least
one-third of the cotton crop in the
country tributary to Coviugton will
be gathered. Perhaps the percent¬
age will bo even greater. The
fields are white and fanners were
never busierthan at present. They
are bending their every energy to
pick qul the crop while the weath¬
er is' fair, thus insuring a fine
quality, and a great hole, so to
speaks?'ill be cut in the in the
fields this week. Up to the pres¬
ent time the weather has been very
favorable for picking cotton and
receipts for the next two weeks
will be heavy.
BAPTIST MEET HERE.
Will Hold Annual Association in
Covington Next Year.
The St. Mountain Baptist Asso¬
ciation, which was in session in
Lithoma last week, adjourned to
meet in Covington one year hence.
The invitation was extended
through Mr. C. E. Cook of this
city and it cook the Association but
a few minutes to decide the ques¬
tion.
This Association is composed of
many of the Baptist churches in
the Fifth district and is one of the
largest Baptist Associations in the
State.
The Association will meet in
Covington on the Third Wednes¬
day in September of next year.
NEW COMPRESS.
Installed and Began Duty Last
Friday—Capacity 1,000
Per Day.
The new compress ot Mr. N. S.
Turner began doing duty last
Thursday when in the space of
| eighty minutes one hundred and
fifteen bales had been compressed.
The compress is new and one of
best makes and is guaranteed to
compress a thousand bale3 of cot¬
ton per day.
Death of Mrs. Greer.
Airs. Jno. Greer, who lived near
Alcovy, died Friday morning of at j
s j x 0 ’ c i 0C k after an illness sev
era i w?e ks. Mrs. Greer was well
known over this county and was a
woaia{ j of exemplary character and
in high esteem by all. She
is survived by three children, Mrs.
J. T. Swords, Messrs Carlton and
Paul Greer. She was interred in
the cemetery here Saturday morn
ing.
PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY.
Q \ The • Greatest Stock If/ of ' ^
Guns, |
Rifles, Revolvers and Am
muni ion Ever
To This Market
r C.
C © UR stock is simply the largest and best assort- CJ ^
C the ed that has ever been shown. Our prices
on entire line is as low as the SPOT CASH
buyer can get. We have always lead the f
procession
in our line and you certainly lose an opportunity to c
save money when you fail to see our stock.
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| Just The Goods You Want, Al- 'S I
ways At The Rii*ht l |L Prices
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§ Stephenson’s Hardware Store 3 1
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PALMER INSTITUTE.
OXFORD, GEORGIA.
L. B. SANDIFORD, Principal.
z HE Tuesday, next session September of this 12, 1905. school Preparation will beirin o SSWSfc
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
$1.00 or $ 2.00 a month, payable in advance, corre
spending to the grade to which the pupil is assigned.
OPERA HOUSE
3 NIGHTS 3
—COMMENCING—
Thursday, September 14 .
THE
PONCE DeLEON COMEDY CO.
IN REPETRIERO
SUPERB BAND AND ORCHESTRA THURSDAY NIGHT.
THE GIRL FROM TENNESSEE.
5 Big Vaudeville Features 5
HEADED BY
BflPT HOPE
Prices 15c, 25c and 35c.
$)aili{ Street 9arade and free Hcneert.