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Ube Enterprise.
ESTABLISHED 1865 .
THE COVINGTON STAR EST. 1874.
CONSOLIIXATED J902.
SEMI-WEEKLY ENTERPRISE
ESTABLISHED 1905.
PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY
AND FRIDAY.
CHAS. G. SMITH
Editor and Proprietor.
SUBSCRIPTION $1 PER YEAR
Entered at the Covington Postoffice as
Second-Class Mail Matter.
Covington, Ga,, Jan.. 26. 1906.
We must build the auditori turn
at the Academy spring this year.
Senator A. O. Bacon has de¬
clined the challenge to joint debate
of the Hon. John Temple Gray a's.
We are not against a joint de¬
bate aud hope the two leading
candidates for governor may yet
lock horns on Covington soil.
Judge Dick Russell shows how
terribly in earnest he is about
running for tlm office of governor
1>V resigning a judgeship witii a
?8000 salary, says the Marietta
Journal.
Every white man in Georgia
should be allowed to take part 111
the democratic primary this year.
Everyone has an interest iu the
well fare of his state and country
and there is no good reason why
any white man should he barred
from exerting bis right as an Am¬
erican citizen. This is a white
man s country and will always be.
GEN. JNO. B. GORDON.
Brief Sketch of His Life Written
by Mrs. James W. Lee.
A Sketch of the Life of Gen. John
B. Gordon gleaned from writings
of H. W. Grady, L. L. Knight,
Mrs. Burton Smith and others,
with permission of Mrs. John B.
Gordon, arranged and condensed
by Mrs. J. W. Lee, of Covington.
John B. Gordon was born in
Upson county, Ga., Feb. 6, 1S32.
His earliest American ancestors
came from Scotland to Virginia in
the I ith century; his ancestors of
inter generations were prominent
in the Colonies and were soldiers
of the Revolutionary War, his
farther was the Rev. Zackry Hern¬
don Gordon was educated at the
University of Georgia, He read
law with his brother-in-law Logan
E. Bleckley, afterwards Chief Jus¬
tice of Georgia. In 1854 John B.
Gordon married Fannie, daughter
of the congressman, Hon. Hugh
A. Haralson, of LaGrange.
In 1861 J. B. Gordon joined the
volunteers and was elected Captaiu
of a company aud served to the end
ot the war. From Capta’n of the
Raccoon Roughs in 1861 lie stead¬
ily rose to Lieutenant General 111
command of the front wing ot the
Confederate army in 1805. lie
was called the “Chavalier Bayard
of the South. ?» At the battle of
Sliarpsburg f"u r halls passed
through Ins body, still he r cmain
* <1 with his men though bleeding
from 4 frightful wounds, then a
fifth ball struck him full in the
face and he was borne unconscious
from the field, but. said u I *'• I
’
Knight, .. . “Thanks ,
to the m'lipot paueni
and . tender .
ministrations uf his
brave aud noble wife, he was res¬
toud to his country and again in
command of the army. Mrs. Gor
dou3 devotion tothecauee of the
Confederacy constitutes one of the
most picturesque episodes of the
war. She was almost constantly
in attendance upon 1 h«r i!lu«trirmc ' u tnons
v husband OM , and , deserves .
to share with
him the homage of the world.”
It was here at Sharpsburg that
Gen. Gordon won the starsot Brig¬
adier General.
On the 12 of May 1864 at Spot
sjlvanta lor the gallant repulse of
H.ncook he M made Major Gen
s -"Jig he field the
—___
lost lines and fought with stub¬
born valor for every inch of space,
he guarded the ill fated city and
at Appomatox court house was
put at the head of 4,000 troops—
half of iLee’s army.
In the hearts of his countrymen
North and South—he ranks 2nd
only to Robert E. Lee. To Lee
than whom there is no greater
general or hero in the world of his¬
tory. • After the surrender Gen,
Gordon gathered his men around
him and exhorted them to 4 ( Bear
their trials bravely, go home in
peace, obey the laws and rebuild
the country and work for the weal
and harmony of the republic. t J
In 1867 Gen. Gordon waBcdected
Governor of Georgia but was
counted out by the reconstruction
machine.
Later Gen. Gordon was elected
to the United States Senate, de¬
feating two oi the greatest states¬
men of America, A. H. Stephens
and Benj. H. Hill.
Again in 1886 Senator Gordon
was elected Governor of Georgia
and was the 35th governor of the
Empire State of the South. In
1800 he was again elected United
States Senator from Georgia. The
seven years service of Gen. Gordon
in the United States Senate was
brilliant aud statesmanlike his
powerful eloquent speeches made
a masterful defense for the South,
exerting a most conservative in¬
fluence. He took a masterful part
in the debate with Senator Conklin
He aided L. Q. C. Lamar in
serving Mississippi and Gov.
Hampton in the stormy days of
1877 empowered Gordon to defend
the interest of South Carolina,
The great historic lecture, »1 Last
days of the Confederacy » t xvielded
an immense power for good in j
sealing the bonds of peace between
North and South.
Again to quote from L. L.
Knight, That in (Jordon was
born to command is evident from
the brilliancy and rapidity with
which he arose from the rank of
Captain to tlm exalted position of
Lieut. General, His handsome
personality, majestic bearing, his
splendid magnetism enabled t he
beloved Chieftain with liis rung
nefic presence to arouse the pent
up enthusiam of the old soldiers
to the last as he appeared before
them as the gallant commander of
the United Confederate veterans
Ccn. Gordon was a model of in¬
tegrity and Christian purity. > ?
Condensed and arranged for the
February lesson of the Daughters
of the Confederacy.
MRS. J. W. LEE, Historian
Covington and Oxford Chapters
of U. D. C.
A STRONG LETTER
On the Question of Farming by a
Well Known Farmer.
Mr- Editor: As 4 f fanning • has , |
1
been the occupation of a large por
tion of tho human 1 'amiJy since the !
days of the beginning of the his-'
tory of man, and as a very small
percent of farmers have made
farming successful, it naturally ,
makes us wonder what can be the
cause? As a rule we work hard,
our w tves atv economical and Indus- i
trious, aud still wo can scarcely
'
meet our obligations at tlm end ol
the year. Consequently farmers
are consideu il a shiftless set.
Now if farmers properly under
stoo l their biHiuess, such would
tiot be the case. While there has
1 been considerable ■ , , . progress made
along 1 agricultural lines, there i
re
mains still a vast amount of work
to be doue. 1
Every acre we cultivate should j
produce a bale ot cotton aud other !
crops iu proportion. Fannin- ,
oug | lt to be as fine paying busines” j
«s mortal man ever engaged in. I
And is for the few that know how.
« but . t for the many that do not know
how it is a miserable failure, and
will always bo so until we become
familiar with our business in every
detail. How best to put farming
on a successful basis has been n
question for master minds lor a i
longtime. Now here Jet us
at a few of (he difficulties iu
(h« way of the average farmer aud 1
ik£ FjiTllKI’Rl^ COVJSGlONt GA.
the reason for failures from year
to year. The greatest of these dif¬
ficulties are that we let the rains
wash our lands away. Each rain
carrying away the best elements of
plant food contained in the soil.
How often we have seen fine fields
cleared out of the forests and
planted in cotton from year to
year, and soon we begin to see gul¬
lies and red galled spots, and soon
a fine field is completely ruined.
All for lack of that proper degree
ot intelligence that every armer
should put in his business.
Some would say that it can not
be helped. Well, the next ques¬
tion is how can it be helped and
here is the remedy: T2RRACE
YOUR FARMS, lay off your ter¬
races on a perfect scientific dead
level, with an engineer’s level,
and then build up good aud strong,
and after one year there should
never be a single' break in them.
You ask will that prevent washing?
Yes, because, if terraces are on a
perfect level the water will be dis¬
tributed all along the entire length
of the terrace, makiug both ends
of the terrace an outlet, thereby
controlling the water easily. Be¬
sides, if terraces are properly laid
off, every one controls its own
water and never puts the one next
to it on double duty.
But some farmers will say that
with much paius they have ter¬
raced their lauds, and still have
more or less damage done their
farms by heavy rains, tome give
terraces a little fall and still the
result is not satisfactory, but there
is only one way to get the best re¬
sults from terraces and that is to
take an engineer’s level or sorne
thing equally as correct, and throw
away the old home-made aparatns
and lay them on a perfect level,
and you will be sure to save your
lands and get rid of gullies, which
is the greatest draw back to the
prosperity of the farmer that he
has ever met with.
Another trouble, is tlje way wo
plow. If we can make 50C pounds
seed cotton per acre by. using 200
pounds feitilizer and plowing five
inches deep, then by plowing ten
inches deep we ought to make 1000
pounds with the same fertilizer.
Then by plowing 15 iuchcs we
ought to make a bale. Now the
scientists tell us that 97 percent of
all vegatable matter comes from
the air and they prove it. by burn¬
ing 100pounds of vegatable matter
The result is that 97 percent goes
up in smoke and 8 percent in ashes
go back to the earth. So we see
that the soil absorbs plant food
from the air to depth that we plow.
So again we see that if we plow 5
inches and make 500 lbs of seed
cotton and other crops in propor¬
tion, that if we will plow 10 inches
we will make make 1000 pounds,
then again if we plow 15 inches,we
will make 1500 pounds.
Now the writer has demonstra
ted the prec eding statements to
oe P 03,t,Ve . f * Jctd alltl , would ... be glud , ,
t0 see hi 1111 '' 1 * do likewise and
farra for botb pIeasul '- e a8 wel1 as
-
profit.
Another trouble is that we don’t
rotate crops as we should, I feel
sure that if farmers would sow to
wheat, oats or bay one-half their
farm every year, that before l ong
we could make as mudteorn, cot
ton and other crops on half the
land we now cultivate, as we are j
making on all of it. and have the
small grain hay and the better
meat of the land thrown in as
clean profit. Now to all farmers,, j
fellow-citizens and brethren, if this
sounds like commou sense, let 11 s
put in action the foregoing plan,
and do as Harvie Jordan savs and
we are bound to succeed. Land is
U0W 100 h,gh for botch fariuin S
a,id tbls 1S uo U,nc for ^ such
fool,shuess - So Iet us a11 be up
and doing.
Plain Farmer.
Forced to Starve.
B. F. I.eek, of Concord, Kv , says
"For 20 vearr I suffered agonies, with
a sore or. my upper lip -o painful, some
times, that I could not e.it. After vainly
Irving everything else. I cured it Hilh
Buck leu’s Arnica Salve It’s great for
, , At Brooks A
smith .„dCovl„ t :„„ u,„ e Co. Oal,
eg uenU
MISCELLANEOUS WANTS.
IF YOU want something you
havn’t got, advertise for it in
the Enterprise; you’ll get it.
IF YOU have semething you
want to sell, advertise in the
Enterprise and it will go.
FOR SALE—Good rust proof
seed oats, also lumber. Apply to
Jake Anderson—4t
FOR SALE OR RENT—A good
six room brick dwelling Apply
to \V. P. Odum.—tf
FOR SALE—4 mules and 61
horses to sell or rent. Cali or see
me. H. T. Huson—tf
WANTED TO RENT—Good
two horse farm in Rocky Piains
district Apply to Jno L. Steph¬
enson—4t
WANTED—A-l salesman for
country work. Good position to
right man. Address, Box 150,
Covington, Ga.—2t.
INSURANCE—People desiring
to take insurance in the Athens
Company of the Newton county
division. In Covington every Sat¬
urday. Apply to A. Y. Poole.
3-15 06 2qio.
WANTED—A few good families
to work in Knitting Mill in a small
town whole leuls and wood are
cheap, pleasant work, good pay,
good church and School facilities,
if interested apply to, Penifield
Hosiery Mills, Penfield, Greene
County, Ga.—5t.
P. \V. Lester. R. I’. Lester.
LESTER & LESTER,
FIRE INSURANCE.
Successors to J. G. Lester. 12 of
the btfe'fc old Line Companies—
have liberal lines on all first-class
risks. Let us know when your
policies expire and we will wait or.
you. Your patronage is earnestly
desired. PHONE 15.
For Sale or Exchange for Land.
Large water power and mill with
store Building, 4 mom cottage, 88
acres of land and one of the best
mills in Cential Gengia, paving
about $1500 per year.
Address, G. \Y\, this office, —4t.
-
Cured ot Chronic Diarrhoea Alter
Ten Years of Suffering.
1 wish to say a few words in praise ot
Chainber’ain s Colic, Cholera and Diar¬
rhoea Bein'dv. ’ says .Mrs. Manic Burge,
of Martinsville, Va I suffered from
chronic diarrhoea I or 1 ten years am; uring
that time tried various medicines without
obtaining a. y permanent relief. I ast sum
mer one ot my children was taken with
cholera morbus and 1 procured a bottle of
this remedy. Only two doses were required
ber entue i-ohef. 1 then decided to
tiy the medicine myself, and did not use
a n 0 f one bottle before I was well and I
have never since been troubled with that
complaint One cannot say too much in
favor of that wonderful medicine.” 'I bis
!‘ 0,ncdjr is for ’' ale b - v al! Jru »:Ut in Cov
ington and Bibb MTg Co Porterdale
O te of the greatest clubbing of
f ers ever made to a madin- public
is tbe offer made by the Enterprise
whereby von secure the Review of
Review, Cosmopolitan Magazine
alld thfc -Woman’s Home Compute
iou and the Semi-Weekly
prise all for the price of $3,00.
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APPLICATION TO ESTABLISH
NEW ROAD.
GEORGIA— Newton County.
A. M Owens and others having applird
lor the opening and establishment of a new
public road, commencing at Allen Lev er
etts. just \Y cst o‘ M t. 1 abor CLureh in the
1249 Militia District, (Gum Creek) ol said
County, and running thence i in a \\csterly
diieui iu until it strikes the 8 peuee place.
1 'iuice in a Nortli West direction through
the Spence and Bolson lands and Ander
son and Owens back to the man.
loading from Mr. Tabor Church to
Mci»aniei's Mills on Yell w River, the
t<*tal proposed length ot said road being
about one ini’e, and the width of feet
Not.ee . hereby given _
is that said application
will be finally granted on the 19th day of
February 1906, next if no sufficient cau-e
is shewn to the contrary.
i'. C. SWANN, Chairman,
Boarl County Com n., Newton Co-
k LEGAL * ADVERTISEMENTS.
SHERIFF’S SALE.
GEORGIA, Newton County,
\\ 7 1 LL be sold before the court house
door in the city of Covington, en
the first Tuesday m February J DOG, within
the legal hours of sale, for cash, to the
highest bidder, the following property,
to wit:
Four acres of land, the property of Mrs
I. D. Hardeman, to satisfy a fi fa issued
from the Justice Court of the 547 district,
G- M , in favor of G. W. H. Stanley
aiainst Mrs. I. D- Hardeman. Said prop¬
erty pointed out bv plaintiffs attordey and
bounded as follows: East by public road
running by the Hardeman place to Coving¬
ton ; North by lands of Paul and Oti*
Hardeman; West and South by lands of
Hardeman place. Line begins at the
woods next to the public road; runs West
2>0 ytrfUt outh 95;j yards; East 210 yards
back to said road; North 9il| yards back
to starting point Written notice given
tenant in possession as required by law
Levy made and turned over to me by H.
W. King L'C. This Jan. 2, l'JJt).
S. M. HAW Sheriff.
APPLICATION FOR GUARDIAN
SHIP. !
GEORGIA. Newton County
Nettie Curry, a resident of said State, :
having duly applied to be appointed Guar-j
dian ot the person and property of George
C'unv, a Lunatic, now in the State Sanita- j
man, resident in said county. Notice is {
hereby given that said application will he!
paseed on at the next Court of Oidiuarv j
for said county, to be held on the lirst |
Monday in February, 1900- This 1st day ;
of January, 1906. |
G. D. HEARD, Ordinary.
APPLICATION LETTERS OF AD
MINISTRATION.
|
GEORGIA—Nkivton Count r. i
W. A. Skinner haying made application
to me in dde form to be appointed perma
nent administrator upon (he estate of Mar
lin T. Skinner, late of said county. Notice
is hereby given that said application will
be heard at the regular term of the Court
of Ordinary tor said county, to be lieid on
the first Monday in February, 1906. Wit
ness my hand and official signal ure, this
1 st day of Jan. 1906.
G. 1> II lv\ lil), Ordinary.
APPLICATION FOR TITLES.
GEORG 1A —Newton County.
R. R , and E. W. Fowler, transform
having made application to require titles
to fie executed to them to certain land de¬
scribed in a bond for titles thereto attached
purporting to be signed by ]’. JJ. arman,
late of said county, deceased the said ap
plication alleging that said land lias been
fully paid tor. All parties concerned are ] L
hereby notified that said application win
be heard belore the Court of Ordinary for
said county on the- 5tb day of February,
190b. 'i Ins 1st day oTJau. 1 DOG.
G. 1). II LABI), Ordinary.
APPLICATION LETTERS OF DIS¬
MISSION.
GEORGIA —Nl’wton County.
Whereas, Joseph F McCord, adminis
trator of Mis. Nancy F.Oglctrec descased.
represents to llic Court in his petition, duly
filed and entered on record, that fi. lias
fully administered Mrs. N. F. OgJctree’s
estate. This is therefore to cite all persons
c ncerncd, kindred and creditors, to show
euusc, if any they can, why .said adminis
trator should not be discharged from liis
administration, and receive letters of dis
mission. 011 the first Monday iu February,
1 'JOti. This Jan. 1st, 19
(j- D. HEARD, Ordinary.
LIBEL FOR DIVORCE.
Ola Batten. ) Libel lor Divorce.
M vs. j - Newton I'll)) r Court.
ilfiani Bat'en, March Term. 1906.
To Defendant B ILL!AM PA TTEX.
in Ihc above sf,otr,1 e, uc :
You are hereby commanded to be *,nd
appear at the March Term. BJOil of
j ton Superior Court, then and tlier e to an
I swerto the above tated ease. Witness
the Honorable L. S Roan, Judge of said
Court. This the 17th uay of Jan. plot;.
JNO. B DAVIS, CL-k.
EXECUTOR'S NOTICE TO
DEBTORS ANDlCREDITORS.
N'-tiee is hereby given to nil creditors of
! the estate «>f B. B> Jarman, late of Newton
I c unty, deceased, to render ’. 11 an account
j of their demands t o me within the
prescrilted by law, proherly made out. And
all persons indebted to said deceased i ire
hereby requested to make immediate pay
ment to the undersigned, ibis i7th day
ol January, 19ttti.
N. S. TURNER.
Esscutcr ol P- B. Jaratan.
APPLICATION FOR TITLI
GEORGIA. Newton CorsJ
E L. Jarman, having made appld tJ
to require titles to be executed to
certain land described in a bond for J
thereto attached, purporting to be J
by ?• Jj- Jrrman, late ot said county]
ceased. !be said application alleginj
said land has been fully paid for that] All
ties concerned are hereby notified
application will be heard belore the (4
of Ordinary for said comity on the 5th
of February 490l> This Jan. 1,1
G 1>. HEARD, Ordii 11 1
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ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE,
GEC KOI A—N ewton Cord
Dr virtue of an order ot the Coi;tt
Ordinary of said county, will be soil
public utcry, "tt the lirst Tuesday inf
ruary 1900. at the <■ ourt House in 1
county, between the usual hours of j
the f llowing real estate, situated in 5
ton county, to wit: Five sixth undiv
interest in a' l that tract or parcel of lj
situa'ed, lying and being in the S
District of said county, part of latiill
No. 307, in the North part of said lot, I
is particularly described by a survey J
by Geiger, county 1875, and surveyor, plat recorded |>n the ini J
day of Nov.
Clerk’s office of said c-unity, deed tool
pages 542 3 , said lot containing Bi J
more or less.. Sold for the purpoj*
paying debts and distribution amongP
at law. Terms Cash. 1 bis Jan. 5 !j
Adm R- A dm W. MJLMJj ot Jfl
County r. as r.
Gresham, dee d
ADMINISTATOR'S sale.
G EORGIA, N of ewTon the Contj Couij
By virtue ol an order
Ordinary of said county, " it be
public outcry, to the highest bidder,I
cash, between the in usual said hours unty, of saieJJ theH
the court house c on
Tuesday in I'ebruary 1900, the fullu®
real estate, situated in Newton eountvB
t »-\vit-. All that tract or parcel ol lau«
uated in the city of Covington, .said
and State, beiug part of Lot No. ■
square A, and ot metes and bounds aiB
lows: Beginning at the South Lust e*
of the plat I ground on vLie’ll tli" I
story brick store building. 1 mown
Robert W. Bagby building m iW
and running thence North lifty-f""t
more or less ; tlienee dun l'-svst twent*
feet, 11101 e < r less : tlieuee due boutli ■
four feet, more or less; thence due I
twenty two feet, more • or less, to thei.
mug point or corner. being that
land so Id and e inveyed by S It. H'-'H
R. \V. Bagby by deed of date ot Hu®
1st, 1879. Said property sold tor tluH
poses ol ilie payment of debt s and di-t^H
I 1011 union g the distributees of the c - 1
Mrs- S. L\ Weaver. -1 i - his .bin- 3d, 1
U S thompsoH
As Administrator with,the wiliu®
the estate ot Mrs. S. I*. \\ ciiver.
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APPLICATION FOR REMO'
OF DISABILITIES.
n
Edna Henderson Libel for ffi'l
vS. Newton Sept. I SuprJ emu 11
I 1\ Henderson.
Verdict for total divoice 19tli ui
September. 1905 Notice is hereby i
that, on the lltfi day of January. L - I
undersigned filed in the office of
of the Superior Court of Newton count®
application tor remov •at of disabil'tiu i»l ■
ing upon him under tin; veil diet "!
a 9' >vc stated ease, Said applic* 110
be heard at the term ol said court,
commences on the third Monday 111
lint;. ULNPffi-O]
1. 1 >.
LIBRL FOR DIVORCE
Hattie K- Stewart Lib-1 for l" vl,r l
vs. . Newton Tern' iS
O- W. Mewarl j M •* n ■h
To Defendant, O if. 877;" i ?;r '*■ I
You ure hereby comniam led to
uppwu- at the March Term. B'OG 1
| 0 n Superior Coin t tlo-n and fur rf J w Q
s ' ver to die above stated cases.
tlie Honorable L. S- Boa-n, Jud 1 m
-
Court. 'ibis the- LstU day ot Jan I B
JNO B DAVU. (le l
LIBEL FOR DIVORCE. .
Julia Ross, ) Libel For Di'<1
VS i Newton ^uprM 1 ]
Joe Bo March Term.
To the Defendant, JOE 7, 0.8''
:
011 arc hereby r commanded t<
appear at the next Term ot said '■%
(J je j ie i d on the Third Monday 1,1 J
! next, to answer the Plaintiffs l -1 j
1 li voi ce. Witness the lloiiora 1 '^ i
Jtoan, Judge oi said Court, this ■
of Jan nary, J 9(WI.
JNO B. DAVIS - 1
The Lest eloves of all k’
be hftd. pbeap at £ook ‘s