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[i business CLOSE houses ON will THANKSGIVING.
Next Thursday, the 80th, is Thanksgiving Day and is a National
uliday. houses oi Covington will observe by closing their
The business
res 011 that day. circulated and
Ap etition has been signed by every merchant in
city to ci nse their places of business all day.
Those who have signed the petition to close for the day are as
lows: M. Levin.
[ R. Stephenson. C. C. Robinson.
Lee & Anderson. J.
jwann- Davis Co. A. Wright.
l E. Everitt. Thompson & Farmer.
'ovington Hardware Co. S. F. Headen.
Is, Bradshaw & Co. Harrison Co.
\\\ Cohen. Palace Barber Shop.
Fowler Br>'S. New York Bargain Store.
p, E- Cook. Robt. Daniel.
Brooks it Smith, J. P. Sain.
Heard White & Co. C. A. Harwell.
Stephenson & Callaway. W. L. Adair.
L increase school term
ton County Voted in Favor of
Special School Taxation.
Kilton county has voted over¬
blmingly ,iu favor of special
bol taxation, the vote standing
for and 57 against, and the law
luinng only that two-thirds of
ke voting should cast their bal
I in favor of the local tax in or
to carry it.
[ounty School Commissioner M.
Brittain and those who have
li supporting him in the cam
In to carry the local tax propo
h\\ |e« Tuesday expressed them
pleased with the result, es
lally as an unusually large
nber of registered voters par
nated in tho election. In sev
■ districts the largest voto in
is was polled.
Inly one milita district in the
[re county went against the tax
I beiug Buckhead, where the
least was 20 for and 21 against,
fiany of the districts the favor
i vote was unanimous,
he election was to put into ef
the terms of the McMichael
jwhich was adopted by thepeo
Df the state as an amendment
he constitution. Under the
constitutional provision it was
jssary that two thirds of the
jstered voters should cast their
pts for local tax before it
aid become operative. This
i almost prohibitive, so the
bge was made, making the re
ement only two-thirds of those
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some instances incorporated
ns aiid cities have their own
eil h as is the case in Atlanta,
t Point, Hapeville and Oakland
In some counties militia
jricU do the sam* 2 , but the elec-
1 in Fulton county yesterday
to adopt the system for the
county outside the local
cuis just named,
ast year sixteen of the twenty
country schools of Fulton
ran nine months, but this
■ 0><I Y possible through the pay
uf tuition by pupils. Under
new regimf*, however, a tax
^Biably |Bbe levied 25 cents all on the each $100,
^■die funds over county,
c G realized will be
B |V nm to supplement ^ schools state money
ltJ for eight or
months each year.
Prof. Adams to Lecture.
°mmi 88 ioner Adams will deliv
■ lecture, subject ‘-Mammoth
e at the Covington High
km Monday morning at 8:8C
ock.
r ‘^oatus ha 9 delivered this
i^ P praise re at a Has number been ot places and
[ ts bef accorded his
* ever he has been,
he lect 11 re "ill, of be
} ^‘ course,
e P u blic and no doubt a
of his friends will gather
lesr him,
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COVINGTON, GA. n JDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1905.
Dr. W. W. WARDSWORTH.
A Committee is Investigating
Charges Against His Character.
Charges have been preferred
against Dr. W. W. Wadsworth,
one of the leading ministers of the
North Georgia Conference at the
annual conference in session at
Newnan.
The charges came as a great
surprise to the body of ministers
assembled and the people of the l
state at la 1 ge. 1 he charges in
volve the moral character of Dr.
Wadsworth.
The charges against Dr. W r iida -1
worth developed when the report
of Rev. J. W. Quillian, of the El
berton district, was made.
He made a splendid report re
garding the work, and when the
hiahop, as is customary, asked
whether there was any report
regarding the character of i
ministers of his conference, he
said all were goxl, except for “one
name, which the conference now
has. ”
When Dr. Quillian sat down, a
gentleman arose in the body of the
audience and asked Dr. Quillian if
he had reference to him in his last
remark. Dr. Quillian admitted
that he had. The man was Dr.
W. W. Wadsworth, against whom
charges had been preferred con¬
cerning his moral character, and
wh^ was recently tried by an in¬
vestigating committee at his home
Hartwell, Ga., and fouud not
guilty.
Dr. Wadsworth is well known
in Covington and ai one time pas¬
tor at the church here, where he
still numbers mauy warm friends.
The outcome of the investigation
will be watched eagerly by his
many friends here.
A. M. E. Church Appointments.
The Atlanta annual Conference
of the African Methodist church
came to a close Tuesday night > 1
Bishop Henry Turner presiding.
The appointments for the Coving¬
ton District are:
J. R. Flemming, presiding elder.
A. B. B. Gibson, Covington.
H. H. Long, Mansfield.
W. C. Gaines, Decatur.
A. L. Shaw, Conyers
J, A. Meyers, Lithonia.
Excursion Rates via Central R. R.
Tickets on sale Nov. 30th, from
Savannah, Augusta, Covington,
Lovejoy, Thomaston, Columbus,
Eufaula, Albany and intermediate
points to Macon and return, ac¬
count Athens-Auburn football
game at one fare plus 25c round
trip. Minimum rates 50c whole
tickets, 25c halves; final limit
Dec. 1, 1905. For further infor¬
mation apply to your nearest ticket
agCn t ‘
Patronize Enterprise advertisers
COnON TAKES BIG JUMP
WENT UP NEARLY I CENT.
As soon as the N tioual Ginneru
Report was made \ ublic Tuesday
afternoon at 2 o’cb ck cotton went
up more than 100 j obits and there
was the gieatest jollification among
the bulls that was, perhaps, ever
seen here. The National Ginuers’
report showed that there had been
only 7,493,107 b .1 les ginned to
November 14th, against 9,780,640
last year.
There had been all kinds of
guesses made on the amount of
cotton that would be reported on,
but none of them had the crop
dow n as low as it really was. The
majority of the guesses had it
above 8,000.000 and some c f the
nee men had it as high as 9,000,
' • The reports of T. H. Price
sent all over the country were to
the effect that the price of cotton
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NEW TRIAL l cFUSED
Mandy Mann Must Serve Life Sen
knee for Murder.
Judge Roan refused to grant a
new trial to Mandy .Mann, the ne¬
gro woman convicted of killing
Lee Pitts. She was sentenced to
life imprisonment by ]udge Roan
and the lawyers for t e defendant
asked for a new trial. The refusal
<,f Judge Roan to grant the new
trial means that Mandy Mann will
cither begin serving her sentence
or that lier lawyers will carry the
case t 0 *h e Supreme Court of Geor
gj a . The general impression is
that the case will be carried to the
Supreme Court,
BOUND OVER FOR STEALING.
Mosc Hendrick Put Under a $150
Bond by Judge Cornwell.
The commitment trial of Mose
Hendrick, the negro charged with
stealing a hale ot c tton from t : ie
Gate City ginnery, was held Tues¬
day before Justice 1 ornwell and ho
was put under a [ 9 bond.
Evidence brougl t out 111 the
commitment trial is strong against
the negro.
Valuable Property For Sale.
The Weaver and Agnew property
in Covington for sale. Some of
the best residence property in the
city. For further information ap¬
ply to L. L. MIDDLEBROOK,
or R. R. FOWLER.
A Salmagundi Party.
Miss Rose Can-c 1 was hostess
at a ‘‘Salmagundi J r.rty’ last hri
day evening. Tk ; present were,
Misses Cannon, Mi dred Kelly,Eva
and Lillian Stephaison; Messrs
Baily, Hartfield, Vilkiuson, and
A. C. Cannon.
LOST-Between E napping Sho; is
and Covington, 0 . Uopawell road,
a 5 pointed star ft Id badge, with
name, L. I. Echol > Hi hack. Suit
able reward will *>e paid for it.
Return to L. I Echols, Snapping
Shoals.
FOR SALE—Seven room house
in the citv of Covington with li
acre lot. Price $1100. Address
FRED FLEMISTER, Covington,
Ga.
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Mr T T. Lassiter has accepted
the agency of the Butler Marble
d Granite Co of Marietta, to
an , D. Hear
sue ceed Ordinary G. .
who resigned.—tf.
The Enterprise for first-class
job printing
voujd fail off a number of the
lead in g bulls on the block about 8
o’clock were preparing to send him
a telegram of condolence. They
say tb it he will have to take to
the tall teffiher s now.
I he bulls on the block were wild
in their expressions, and some of
them say that they believe spot
cotton will he 12 1-2 cents ui a few
days. ,
It was freely predicted that the
price has hoe 11 at its lowest for
this season, and from now on there
will be good prices paid for the
cotton if it was sold,
Covington cotton was quoted at
10 1-2 Tuesday at noon, hut direct
ly after the report was issued by
the government it went up, and
when it closed it was quoted at
11 1 - 4 , which is 8 4 of a cent up
MASS MEETING.
Chairman Brooks Issues Call to
Democrats for Tuesday Night
Chairman Brooks of the Demo¬
cratic Executive committee, has
issued a call to the white Demo¬
cratic voters to meet naxt Tuesday
night at 7 o’clock in the court
house. The object of the call is to
elect a new evecutive committee
which shall take charge of the
present municipal campaign.
It is important that the meeting
should be be well attended.J
The call of Chairman Brooks is
as follow*:
A mass peeling of the white
Democratic voters of the city of
Covington is hereby called to meet
111 the court room at 7 p. in., on
Tuesday, November 28th, for the
purpose of electing u new city
Democratic Execuctive committee^
C. C. BROOKS, Chairman
Executive Committee.
A.tkntion!
At n meeting of the creditors of
E. P. Clark bankrupt, held Mon¬
day N iv. 20th;, it was decided to
sell the stock a*d stand in bulk
for the sum of $2500. This offer
to remain open only 10 days. The
stock invoices $3200.
G. H. CORNWELL, Trustee.
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Shepherd’s Moving Pictures.
Among the attractions an¬
nounced for appearance at the Op¬
era House in the near future is
Archie L. Shepherd’s High Class
Moving Pictures. This attraction
needs no introduction to the thea¬
tre going public, as they have be
ictna eetr-blished among the best
in t-h-.t country in their especial
ini of amusement. This season
off, rs an entirely new and unique
->v rn m unde up of the best to be
haa in animated photographic pro
.lucticua. New mechanical effects
.ind n venuons for the reproduc
If ! ‘ if the sounds as represented
u flC j )n 0 f ^jj e sceneS( a( Jd
. naier ally to the enjoyment of the
p.; ct , jr . s . Special attention will
:>e given to the educational feat¬
ures, and excellent scenes ot travel
and history take a prominent part
in the entertainment. However,
the comedy element predominated
throughout, and there is plenty of
strong dramatic features to hold
the interest of the audience. Nov.
24th.
Moved.
I have moved my shoe shop from
the basement to my old quarters,
up stairs in the Music Hall block.
All work guaranteed. I thank my
many fneuds for past patronage
and desire a continuance of same.
J. H. BAILEY.
COT TON
The market is .Steady,
Middling: Brings u 1 - 4 C
PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY.
i COOK STOVES
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At Interestingly Low Prices..,. 5
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We are overstocked and must reduce 1
« A our line have at once. better Stoves than are han- ^
^ died you want by Dick, Tom and Harry, and if ^
C Our stock one can’t come ast right long on at and present get It. %
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Every Stove wc sell Warranted 1
a Perfect Leader.| I
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Stephenson’s Hardware Store
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7[Yf| E HAVE and will assum appreciate «l charge of TURNER'S PLACE f
your orders for FANCY >!
rj) GROCERIES, FRUITS, ETC. We propose to carry a high A
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* rade linc of S° ocls ani guarantee satisfaction and prompt V
service. v »
1 THc FOUNT will be kept up to its high standard u 1 >
of QUALITY and CLEANLINESS.
1 SMITH-VINNIG CO.
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1 HAVE just received a shipment of the nicest line of
Silverware, such as Cake Baskets, Bread Plates,
Bon Bon Dishes, Card Receivers, 3 Piece Berry Sets,
Confection Dishes, Bake Dishes, Etc., ever displayed here
Also nice line New Pattern Fancy Clocks, My
line of Matches and Jewelry is complete. I can supply
your wants. Inspect my line before buying, I’ll appre
ciate it.
JAMES P. SAIN, Jeweler,
East Side Public Square, In The Enterprise Office,
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