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V'OL 42 NO 9.
THREE IMPORTANT CONTESTS
Commissioner Announces Three
School Contests For 1906.
Newton county should feel proud
of the contests which are held each
yea - for the benefit of her boys and
gills. bus
Each contest in the past
roved very successful, and thus
[h? promoters are encouraged to
Un' inne I hem with some added
Feature* of interest. It has been
Ir.pTying to find such general in
ere»t felt in these contests by the
itiz-ns of the county.
Th« Oratorical, held at Coving
on in the fall of 1902, was the
■first county contest of the kind
■held in Georgia. Since then prob
■ably half the counties of the state
■have held similar contests. Our
■first contest was attended by about
■1,500 people. The contests have
■so grown from year to year until
■ ant year more than 3,000 were in
■lttenduiov Indeed the OratO'i
m important
■ m>u event Alr*-nd\
■me t) lii n i lie com
lug o.ki neat, which . ill , ioba
Hilv lake place M Oxt id May i bo
th.
Besides tin usual program, which
■ remises tins year to be the best
■ f all the previous contests, the
■nipils of the county passing the
■eventh grade examinations sent
liut by the state school commis¬
sioner in March, and thus gradua¬
ting for the common schools ol
Georgia, will receive their certifi¬
cates on this day. A brass band
will be engag'd for the ucia
jsiou.
The Corn Contest of last year was
such a marked success that it will
be. repeated this year with some
additional features. We hope the
enterprising citizens of the county
will see that Newtou 1ms a credit¬
able fair this fall in which the
boys’ corn and other products will
be a conspicuous part. Rules of
the Corn Contest w ill be announc' d
soon.
Another contest uf interest, es
ptcially to those gifted with the
pen, is an essay coutest. We trust
that many of our pupils will com
pete for the prizes offered by gen¬
erous friends for good essays writ¬
ten on the subject 4 4 The Main
Events of 1801. Their Importance
and Influence.” See rules of con¬
test ii. another contest of this issue.
With these three contests for
■ this year, we hopi that every
■ school boy and girl in the county
I may enter cue or more of them.
I teachers and parents are urged to
*'ituo of the many prizes that will
given iu the above contests
liven if thev find it to be of Suuie
bltle trouble and expense, wc trust
that they will not feel that it is
tune and money wasted to thus
encourage their children.
G. C'. ADAMS, C, S. C.
laik of Organizing a New League
•
A story is going the rounds
that a new baseball league is to be
termed in Georg iu. According
the meagre information that has
•"eeu giveu out, the new orgauiza
ticn will be called the
trn Georgia league.
The league is to be composed of
I Monticello, Athens, Madison, Mil
I ledgeville, Dublin and Covington
I 1 he names of the parties back of
l t be undertaking have not been
t' given out at this time. Baseball
■ ' iithusiasm has been on the alert
■ in these small cities during the
few years and now it is rum
f i they going to if
are see
- > can support a league. It is
■ *>aid that 1 substantial parties are
I of the sch Bine and are sure of
■ making a success of it.
J he Des igner, a whole year for
nQfl C- Ogt,
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COVINGTON, GA. FRIDAY, EEBRUARY 2, 1906.
GEN. JOE WHEELER DEAD.
The Grand Cavalry Leader Was
Buried at Arlington Monday
With full military honors Gen¬
eral Joseph Wheeler, a vetetau of
two wars, former Representative
in congress and a retired officer of
the United States army, was laid
to rest ltl the National eetuelary at !
Arlington Monday afternoon.
The spot selected for his final
repose was a grassy slope to the
right of the historic Lee mansion,
which overlooks the national capi
tal.
Veterans of the two conflicts in
which General Wheeler distin¬
guished himself, personal friends,
representatives from both branches
of congress and citizens joined in
paving tribute to the dead general.
Presideut Roosevelt personally
attended fbe last bites.
A guard of honor from the Span¬
ish war veterans met ‘he body on
its arrival last night, and a‘ood as
guard in the St. John’s Episcopal
churc until ten o’clock Monday
morning, when it was replaced by
the legularnrmy guards.
The body lay m state in the
church until two o’clock, where it
was viewed by many friends.
A brief service was conducted at
the church by Rev. Ernest Stires,
who performed the same service
in New York Sunday.
TEACHERS MEET
Regular Monthly Meeting Satur¬
day Morning Will be Held.
The Teachers’ Institute will be
held at the public school Saturday
morning, beginning at 10 o'clock.
An interesting program bus been
announced.
Prof. Jno. F. Bonuell, professor
iu Emory College, will deliver a
lecture during the morning session.
The program is as follows:
j Writing—Miss Sara Turner
Nature stud}’ Miss Ola Robert
son
! The Use of Maps iu Teaching i
; History and Geography—Miss
i Pauline Martin
Spelling—E.G. Martin
Methods of Teaching Beginuers
iu Reading—Miss Nelle Lowry
Lecture—Prof. J. F. Bonuell.
- A Great Fertilizer.
Elsewhere we print the adver-
1 1
tisemeut of the F. S. Royster Gua- ^
no Co. and call the attention of
our readers to the same. The
Royster fertilizer people are the
largest of the independent maim
facturers remaining. These peo¬
ple have had a most wonderful
success iu their sales. “Farmers’
Bone’’ is their leading brand of j
cotton fertilizer, and we are told
that its sale exceeds any other
single brand of fertiliser sold in J
the South. Owing to the fact that
I they me fish fer amnioniates,
j their goods are popular everywhere
they are sold. They claim theirs
, to be the original fish guano. They
1 have larg* works at Norfork, Va.,
Tarboro, N. C., two factories iu
South Carolina, and one at Macon,
Ga., and tl eir goods are ou sale in
nearly (very every town in the
Sonth where fertilizers are used
Our readers will find it to their in
terest to consider Royster fertili
zer before making their purchases
To My Palrons.
Please let me thank my many
friends and patron 3 , especially the
ladies, for their kindness and en¬
couragement given me during the
pa9t year and 119 k a continuance ot I
the same. All packages called for
and delivered.
LEO REED,
The Laundry Bov
Take Th^jRqterpri!* for tb? d?ws
THE GEORGIA DIVISION
U. D. C. to Give Gold Medal for
Best Essay—Rules Follow.
The Georgia Division U. D. C.,
with the desire ot arousing the in¬
terest of the young people in read¬
ing and studying history,especially ;
the history of the War Between
the States,again offers a gold medal
to the student writing the best
essay on the subject.
As an additional inducement to
ent^r the contest Miss Mildred!
Rutherford, of Atlanta, promises
to give $10 to the winner of the
medal, and the contestant writing
th'- best essay from Newton county
Hon. W. B. Merritt, S. S. C.,
will give a valuable book, and G.
C. Adams, C. S. C., will give book
of some value to the one writing
second best essay from Newton
county the last two prizes being
conditioned on these being ten
written from this couuty.
RULES AND REGULATIONS.
1. Subject; The Main Events
of 1861, their importance and In¬
fluence.
2. The contest is open to all
white Schools. Institutes and Col¬
leges in the State of Georgia. Age
limit eighteen years,
8. The length of essay from
1 000 to 1,500 words, The papers
to be typewritten if passible,
though this is not essential.
4. Essay may be prepared at
home with full use of all references
5 Manuscript to be graded
ou subject matter, and style.
(}. The medal will be awatded
at the closing exercises of the
school where it is won.
It will be presented to the sne
j cessfui contestant by the president
of the local chapter U. D. C.
7. It is earnestly requested that
teachers urge and encourage
the p Up jjg to enter t j, e contest.
The principal of each school shall
appoint a committee to decide up
D1J merits of the papers, send*
mg the best but informing the
chairman how many essays were
written for the contest. Whore a
local county prize is offered the
contesting schools in the couuty
may select their committee for
judging essays. Only the wiuning
essay from county to be forwarded
to chairman of State committee.
8. Send essays to G. C. Adams,
C. S. C., by April 10, 1906.
9. Designate essays sent by
*
number of school, sending . the
at
same time in sealed envelopes, the
number, school, and name of
writer.
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Luck.
Abraham Lincoln, after beiug a
member of congress, desired to
secure a clerkship iu Washington,
but he was defeated by Justin
Butterfield. He was disappointed,
but lmd he not been defeated he j
would have spent his life iu ob
scurity instead of becoming presi
dent of the United States,
Oliver Cromwell was once on
board a ship bound for America,
but he was taken back by a con¬
stable, and the result was that he
became one of the greatest men
England ever knew.
Ulysses Grant would not have
beeu a military man had it not
been that his rival for a West Point
cadetship had beeu found to have
six toes ou each foot instead of five.
The great silver mine, the Sil¬
va - King had been discovered by
the lucky accident of a prospector ,
throwing a piece of rock at a lazy |
mule -
dust think! The Review of Re
views, Cosmopolitan Magazine,
Woman’s Home Companion and .
the Enterprise (*}| op» year for
$8,og t
LIST OF JURORS
Drawn For March Term of New¬
ton Superior Court.
Traverse Jurors drawn for the
March term, 1000:
J B Lewis W It Morgai
W D Elliott II E Lee
C O Kimble K L King
T S Kmuett A H Miluer
R O Usher G C Robinson
Carlton Poison Cr W Henderson
J P Longshore Lecuidas Loyd
W T Stark W T Thomas
W F Sherwood W T Smith
W H Sharp J A Starr
A H Smith G T Murray
H C Hyatt W P Hick*
J L Skinner E H Lew is
S G Hicks C R Rogers
Olio Pitts J C McClendon
K L Middlebrooks J L Matks
J W Osborn T J Speer
I L Mosely J A Farmer
Grand Jurors drawn for March
Term 1906.
I A Stanton J W Burns
J W Sock we 11 M G Turner
Fielder Osborn Jas W King
It M Dial .1 L Stephenson
J W Anderson J F Henderson
C E Cook li J BoggU9
W T Patrick J F Dick
J A Porter B J Anderson
J Henry Carroll W A Ellington
J J Corley L D Adams
D A Thompson jr C C Brooks
N C Carr F D Ballard
A L King WC Clark
E O Lee G,W Hill
R L Loyd A S Ellington
METRES MUST BE USED.
j People Using Electric Lights Must
Pay For What They Use.
By an ordinance passed by the
City Council at its last meetiug,
the electric lights have been put
on a new basis, beginning Feb. 1st.
They have agreed to install
metres in all places where there
are in operation 5 or more lights.
A charge of 15 cents per month
will be made for rent on metre.
Where a customer prefers flat
rate to metres, an increase of 10
cents per light will be made.
The electric lights have been
very satisfactory and by this
change the city will 'enjoy having
one of the most satisfactory plants
in Georgia, financially and in ser¬
vice. The plant will be run all
night in the future.
.
V. T. STEVENS HURT.
Thrown From His Wagon And
Painfully Injured.
Mr. V. T. Stevens, of Oxford,
driver of the Standard Oil wagon
happened to a very painful and
serious accident last Thursday,
caused by bis team running away,
The mules became frightened
and began numiug, throwing Mr.
Stevens forward. The big wagon
passing over his body.
We are glad to state that he is
improving but it will be several
weeks before he can take his posi¬
tion on the wagon again.
If you know any news—entertain¬
ments, marriages, death’s visits,
visitors, or uuusual incidents of
any kind, write us, phone us or
stop us on the streets and tell us.
Don’t keep it to yourself and then
wonder why the editor had noth
ng to say about it.
Three salesmen wanted for our
(iCW Railroadi County aud State
Survey of Georgia. Just off the
press and absolutely new. Pre¬
pared to meet the enormous de¬
mand for a map showing the new
Counties recently established. A
splendid opportunity for energetic
men. Rand, McNulty & Co. Chi
IU
COTTON MARKET,
Middling bringing ii.
Market—Unsteady.
PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY.
To My Friends And The Public. $
&
I have bought the stock of goods former¬
ly owned by the Covington Drug Co.,
and am located at their old stand, where
I will be glad to serve you. A full line
of Drugs, Toilet Articles, etc., always in
stock. I propose to keep a line of Cigars
and Smoker's Goods second to none, and
our Soda business will be run strictly up
to date. Mr. Ramsey McCalla is with me
and as a soda "jerkcr” he is IT.
Come To See Me. i i
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GEO. T. SMITH,
Formerly of Brooks & Smflh.
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Membership fee, $2.40.
Annual dues, . 1.00.
Assessments, .50.
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Membership fee, $3.60.
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