Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

BL. 4I- NO. 3« iottom market. jpots—Middling,.... • • • • 10c Sood Middling,........ lO^c. 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. * • : >, > • -T g> tM* is .. • * /" * Ky. ''*«» j. . 99 % *«s- 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¬ ( count of the density of the smoke and the int&nse heat. PONCE DebEQN COMEDY CO. A*.. ; 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. 4^—4 • 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. 1 -**—*•► 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. 4 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. C I | Just The Goods You Want, Al- 'S I ways At The Rii*ht l |L Prices i -■ S § Stephenson’s Hardware Store 3 1 % 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.