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ki n+cb!h advertisements ii* this P^p.t.ori-th-.-l.o-* r @ ur trade- ,__ _ VOL 41 NO 54 brief write-up L Newton County in the Augus ta Chronicle. i, a» agricultural and « «f rturiug county. Notmtb ‘“ steady increase in eg the produced i,mber L of balesof cotton *' year, the local factories ta.e P» S portion of the o to whatever will bunty one may please, he bd excellent farming lands and teal thy locality. Wflterpowers are so numerous the county, manufacturing es blishments may, in the near fn equal the number of school W| edifices. It is mses au d church ougb to say that the people of >wton stand for education and ligious influences. population, 1900: White 8,589; lored, 8,145. Total, 10,734 ttfjgregntte value of taxable joperty, $3,365,214 [Forest Timbers: O fc- , poplar and bond-growth pine. Agricultural Products: Cotton. L, wheat, oats, rye, barley, Ish ind sweet jotatoes, field L ground peas. haye from crab L] Bermuda irasse 3 and sugar d sorghum one, Minerals: Granite, jfhe surface of Newton countv is [ling and broken in the south-ri fl southeastern parts. The so. , stiff red clay, with some gr.-iy ids in the eastern and norther hious. attention is now being diieoied La d and piid to dairying an<l i impiovemcnt of dairy Cattle p dairies of N< tv ton countv pr-> pe annually about 5O0.00‘> .ru [s "f milk a-i i 125,000 tou t t • i r 11 Th« count;, s <! ‘VS- M ddie ! - cor 11 a-vH t n u ed ->d i 2 » e- pi »p i - *—-» • i 111 g I! i ev ix and educatin' 'V . ing!. is the un Ht impo o (•) U ‘ l>» \ i -i O \ tin ^ - ll ti - v i 'bo ■ 5 S b se -'uer at 1 : p*> 'i ib¬ is . i l mt ■ « iout At lanta ; p iittrc comm rc« ami m chan¬ ts flour, ih. Covington b s a fioo bysrem . f pled ta I public schools, banking of over $ 100 , 000 large cot . | compress, ai d at Portordale ) miles distant, n large cotton 11 , operating 80 looms and 6,000 odles consuming about 12.000 ;s of cotton per annum ibout two miles to the north r t of Covington, and connected [h the city by a horse car line,is ford, a town of about 800 peo , the seat of Emory college, one the foremost educational insti i"ns of the south, the property die North and South Georgia science of the Mah di-» Epis ,! 'l church, Soutk. nere is one granite quarry- m-ur city in operation Secretary of Board of Trade: J. 2 orley. Vx Rates 1905: htate M d 10 D' $12 60; City $7.00. AH Day Singing. P'here will h e an all day sin: iug Macedonia , church Tuesda,, D fiber - 26th to which <*vcr>b d ! "vi'td Dmn*>»• will bf eery d <• 'u* I tie tl ! 0 1 i-. t ■ , . -i ii- i r lven "n Tuesday night M" Chorus Committee is i es hsis r quested to b* P l»OS(; pr sent having “Sacred Heml” 1 confe a favor liy brmg ■iiong. f v AN t ED For ram y of four, r t 3 or 4 ' *'< lOOl 4 * 1 * Sr r t [ c il( 9 - J-i R cam Enterprise.—It. K • /**• & H &i-. m *•4 -A. COVINGTON, GA. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, <o CITY ELECTION 1 NDAY. The City Officials for the Yew 1906 Will be Duly Elected. H>e regular city eleetO,. for *™Vor, six members of the council jboaid «d two will member.of lie the city school | held Monday, : 18th inst. j In the white primary of last! Monday, the following ticket . was nominated, which will be ratified on the 18th inst: MAYOR. Lore A. Clark. COUNCILMEN. C. C. Brooks, C. A. Sock well, S. P. Thompson, W. M. Duu'ap, C. A. Harwell. John B. Davis, Jr. SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS. C. E. Cook, T. G. Callaway The affairs of the city govern ment are in good hand.? for the year 1906, All the nominees are well known and representative cit izens and identified with the city in various business enterprises. Lodges Elect Officers. The Roval Arcanum lodge met Monday night and elected officers for year 1906. Those elected are as fo ! ow«: Geo T Smith, Regent. C. A S >ekwell, Vice Regent. C A. Harwell, Orator. R P Lester, Past Regent T. d Shields, Secretary J W Peek, c -l c r R R F wler Prea^ur r W S R nns-y, Ch plait W vl Du'dap. Gu'd J B Cooe'and- Warden B Bohnnan. S-orry S. P Th ...» s tr s 1 3 i eat" i A D 1 - r i- ne resent i tive to the Grand Con cil, J. W. Pe^k. aPernate. a r< en m*>tn g < f the 0 <ld Ft- ■ l o< toe, the following officers wer- e- or d r th • **n-ui-ig y-ur; ,f Pc >, Nuoie Grand. I P. Sain, Vice Grand. J J Co.-'ey, Financial Sec. H T. Huson Trens E. R Gunn, Rec. Sec. Mansfield City Election. The city election of Mansfield will be held on the 25th inst., and judging from the Leader politics is getting warm. There are two full tickets in the field, one headed by A. E. Coogler, formerly of this city, and the other by T. M. Duke. The two tickets are ns follows: Mayor—A. E. Coogler. Council men—W. A. Curtis, C E Hard¬ man and Albert. J. Johnson. Mayor—T. M. Duke. Council men—J. A. Starr, R. G Franklin and J. C. McClendon. City School Will Close Next Week. The City public schools will close next Thursday, the 21 nd inst. and will open again on January 2. The school under the superin tendency of Prof. Forter and his able corps of teachers, has reached a high water marks in attendance. Special Notice. Tiit Mayor d Council ,ive ; ! notice that any p-r-on caught tx pl-ding fire crackers. cant'OU cruckers, dyuumite or any other noisy explosions will be fined the r «ll limit of th- law $100 00 $50 00 ftb,s imo n w ill be paid • h* porti“s who urnisbes the evi¬ dence to convict. U K' E -■? “ • Geu. 1. cuiuh ^,, c rk. MONEY FOR PUBLIC Newton CourtyTshare is $12,000. State School CommUiwer U W B Merriu has made public p „ tU „„ me , lt9 „ f u ,eco,„,„ f „ r 1SXH . The total school fund this ls «i 'J 71 . o,. ' „ a J. . JU . ClA JW ‘ e t i Jlu thal ll . Sd ""' '“ t 0 fam „ no part „ of - tl the hitt is included in it for next year. Get of the entire school Newton county will receive $12 613,04. Of this fund, $11,233 64 will the . to public schools of the and $1,370.40 is the prorata to the Covington Public system. Cotton Association to Meet. President L L Middiebrook * al,eU a ,neel in 8 of the otto ‘ l Association . in , the Saturday morning. f ' 10 P es ® ,u ^ attendance ee ' era ^ questions of vital impor tance to every farmer will brought up for discussion. Remember the date, the 16th. Purchased Desirable Home. Mr. J. C. Nixon, deputy sheriff, has purchased the Weaver resi¬ dence on Clark street, just, Iniow the Flusvers Hotel. The price paid by Mr Nixon is $2400. It is und-rst'iod that Mr. Nixon will move into it aft>-r the Imlidavs and share it with C<>1. Rogers has the place rented until next September coccocco. 00000 o MAINLY PERSONAL. o c orooooooocooo Captain .Tm>. W. Lindsey tie»n reapp mted by f'errei! ns pension for a term of three years from month Frank A Arnold, a prominent lawyer of Atlanta, died suddenly with apoplexy in his office in Century building on Tuesday. A big tobacco factory at Elktop, Ky., operated by the tobacco trust, was blown up by dynamite Mon day There was no loss of life but the damage to the factory complete. The business men of Macon contributed $100 to a lund to used in Riving the poor of that citv a big dinner Christm.a day. ... The engineers on the Central road who threaten to walk out on , strike unless a quarter of a cent ner mt e increase is given them, At t present their pay is regulated y size of the engme. Th, , . , . rCrfS RetTbS cents'per mile and those running the small engines 8 1-2 cents per mile, Fas senger train engineers get 3 14 cents per mile. Ernest Camp, one of the best known newspaper men in Georgia, has leased the Walton Tribune at Monroe Mr. Camp’s first news w.*rk was on the Wiregrass at Swafnesboro. Next he in charge of the Dublin Times then he jumped to Brunswick 1 * 4 i da 1 1 Journal v *itl> e •A l m ' k • a pap I e U5 v ■ temely lively The annual distribution of veg¬ and flower seeds by the de agriculture has been Congress appmpn $290,000 fur this purpose each \ card directed to your on" es«in-m or Si nat -r will bring desired seed. OXFORD. the spirit of Christina* is m mraad the boys are becoming restless for the home going. On next I hursday at four o’clock they will be turned loose for the holi <Uye. 1 uL G '. lu,tU " d “'>d ! ^ , ,r [r Wl "? r Murray of the ' son ho 1 more clais attended the wedding i of lhcil ‘ sister in Newnan this i week. ! Gickey ha returned from tlie * ?l0r ^ a conference and has resumed his regular dntieB at the college. i Mr. Hah, of the Alkahest Ly¬ ceum, will entertain the students at Oxford on next Saturday even ing at 8 Velock. Mr. Hale is an impersonator and conies to us well recommended Mrs. G. Murray is spending a few weeks with her parents at Clayton Ala. A crowd from Oxford spent last Monday very pleasantly an the j home of Miss Lucy Me Waters, five miles from town. Those who went wefe: Misses Fannie Sin¬ gleton and Carrie Smith; Messrs R. \y. Btfgg, C. B, Quillian, W. H. Venters, Ed Green, Ramon i Boza, W. M. Barnett and Lindsay Whitehead. Miss Lucy is a quaint and lovable old lady and gave the : people royal time. young a Mr. William Byrd is indisposed ®t Miss Lyuu Branham’s, WANTED—500 pounds clean washed cotton rags $ 1.00 per hund¬ red. The Norman Buggy Co—tf Miss Julia Hopkins, of Nor cross, 19 spending a while with her brother, Dr Hopkirs. Mrs. Carrie Anderson and Mrs. J. W. Lee have returned home af¬ ter a short visit to Mrs. Claude McKibben in Atlanta. Don’t fail to read the "double barrell love story of Newton coun¬ ty," by the famous author, Grape Vine Twist. The article is written for the benefit of our much appre¬ ciated advertisers. Our line of solid gold jewelry is the largest ever displayed Covington. Watches, chains, crosses necklaces, stick pins, buttons, lockets, watch charms, emblem pins, rings, etc. Harrison Co. V—- - 4 --- Interesting Items. »'°“ ld R° bad wlth Mr . ' Mc ' Call if he should be fired J out , from the New York Life. He says he a p 00r man. "So he is—for president. ^ j Steel Corporat.ou to be , States are equipped to tt. ««of the dry a,r blast process. It is said that the P™«» of $2a *° D and will result in a saving of from $14,000,000 to $16,000,000 a year to the corporation. “He who goeth out of common paths to look for opportunities leaves his own door and misses that of hi* neighbor. The man who treats his fellow as a mere means for the supply of his wants, ai d not as a human being with whom he has to do, is an obstruct¬ ing clod in the human circula¬ tion."— -George Macdonald. T mo- p polar j ung man in America, 1 f is what Mr. Edward j B,,k used to call liiniself because 1 of the admiration in which he is j held by womankind. Certainly Senator Reed Smoot of Utah, whom 2.000,000 American women want flung OQ t of the Senate, could j not enter the list to dispute Mr. B 'k’s self-bestored title. Advertise in the Enterprise. fOTTOK MARfCfff; Middling bringing lit -2. Market—Unsteady. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. CROCKERY—r-CROCKERY | I CROCKERY !! *.... --iMr j I Our stock of Crockery and China 5 t is entirely too large! S We are compelled to reduce it, S « even Come at a sacrifice! in and make your selection I and we will make the price to suit you. C We guarantee prices lower than 1 any in Covington, and Best Bargains I ^ Ever Offered you at j I C Stephenson’s Hardware Store I s —r ..FRESH Q 00 D 5 .. m F rants, HAVE Citron, RECEIVED Nuts, our Cranberries, new Raisins, and Cur¬ a Large Variety of other good things. EVERYTHING GUARANTEED TOJBE OF HIGHEST QUALITY AND PRICES RIGHT. Fresh Home-Made Peanut Brittle, Peanut Cream and Walnut Cream Candies. SEND US YOUR ORDERS. PROMPT SERVICE. SniTIFVININQCe 0 9 s For Wedding Presents $ 0 ) V 0 § See That Line............... €> 0 Sterling Silver $ A -0 AT P 9 6 jj) 9 ) Sain’s, £ The Jeweler. $ Subscribe for The Enterprise now mm