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Zbe Enterprise.
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COVINGTON STAR EST. 1674.
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G. H. CORNWELL,.. Editors.
E. R. GUNN,........
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Class Mail Matter at Covington Postoffice.
Covington, Ga., Apr., 13, 1906.
Primary date is fixed, off go the
office seekers.
The baseball spirit has begun to
make itself felt.
How about that railroad? Do
you think it can be gotten? Think.
Politicians galore. The people
are hiding out. When the people
speak the politicians will hide out.
Turn about is fair play.
In losing John Greer, of the
Waycross Journal, weekly news
pa perdom suffers a severe loss.
John was one of Georgia’s gems in
journalism.
The Atlanta Journal has secured
the right for this section to use tho
Chas. Dana Gibson pictures, as an
insert in their Sunday paper, be¬
ginning Sunday next. Mr. Gib¬
son is the foremost American ar¬
tists and this idea of giving the
Journal readers his pictures will
be appreciated by its patrons.
There is a great deal of stuff be¬
ing perpetrated on the innocent
readers of some of our great dailies
just now. You hear a great deal
about “ring” candidate, corpora¬
tion candidate and all other kind
of candidates. Sj Gr we have not
heard of the whisky candidate, but
suppose there is one in the race.
Have you thought anything
about improving Covington? Do
you want your city to grow? Real¬
ly don’t you think that it is big
enough? Don’t you think that if
any one else enters business here
it will hurt your business? Would
you oncourage anyone to come here
to live? We will ask no more at
present.
Cody Bryant, a negro, sold the
Almand Supply Co., of Mansfield,
one hundred and thirty bales of
cotton at the nice price of 114,C.
Cody is one of the best farmers in
this ebunty as well as one of its
b, st citizens If his race would
take him as an example , tiie race
quest; n would now be settled.
We might say that Mansfield is
O K too Not. many towns of
) ( - r it in boast of a firm that
can furnish enough cash to enter
such a large transaction. The cash
pud 1o Bryant was something like
$7,500.
We want to say that we do not
know anything much about the
citv folk's, but we do know' that
iLir> common people of Geo' - g 1 are
Iron The great majority of the
State’s white voters want- to vote
for the right man and measures
and all of this talk of someone’s
being rotten is doing no good at
al!. i |J U why. we should suppqjft
a certain measure. Don’t cuss 11 s
because we cannot see as you can.
The Enterprise is not attempting
fo fight the politicial battles, of
any candidate; it has troubles of
its ■ wn, but we want to say W3
are and believe that the voters are
• ternally tired of this charge and
counter charge of rottenness.
If yon believe what you see in
our dailies, our State is in an aw
ful fix, bound to go to the devil,|no
way to get round it. Don’t mat
ter who is elected governor, he
will be a rotten man. Now gen¬
tlemen there is not a man in the
state that believes that. Let’s stop
preaching what we dou’t believe.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
£>00,000 coal miners are out on a
strike because the mine operators
refused a raise of wages, What is
the increased rise asked? Three
cents per ton, and this was de¬
manded only when the operators
had raised the selling price to the
public $1.00 per ton 1 No reasona¬
ble argument is possible why the
three cents should not be granted
and no censure should be given the
miners for going out and staying
out until the wages are raised.
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Since Herbert Spencer wrote,
< 4 From Freedom to Bondage,” the
theory that socialism can become
a practical form of government is
a delusion to all correct thinking
persons who have read that pam¬
phlet. But that a socislistic wave
is sweeping this country cannot be
denied. What socialism really is
has not been agreed upon by poli¬
tical ecomomists, but the socialis¬
tic sentiment in some form is grow¬
ing in every part of the country.
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We do sot consider that govern¬
ment ownership of public utilities
is socialism ; if that is true, ours
is already partly socialistic because
of the government managament of
the postal system. The present
agitation of public ownership of
street railways in New York and
Chicago may •finally end in the
government ownership of railroads.
All civilized countries the world
over are considering the question,
and the United States now ahead
iu most movements, should nut lag
behind the others.
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Japan, the most progressive
country in the world, has passed
a bill for the nationalization of
railroads by her house of represen¬
tatives. $243,000,000 is required,
and, as the payment is to be made
in bonds, no difficulty is expected.
Why cannot the United States do
the same?
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Which should we adopt at the
present day, with our centuries of
learning claims of humanity, and
scientific progress of which we are
so proud, pessimism, optimism, or
meliorism? Can we adopt them all
and be consistent, or shall we be
compelled to choose one without
the other? t
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If we were to limit the data as
to the advance of the Christian
spirit of the United States govern¬
ment to the Moro affairs, where
our soldiers with repeating rifles
shot down helpless women and
children in one indiscriminate
slaughter, and to the fact that
some of our leading (?) statesmen
applaud the deed, we should be
compelled to take the side of pess¬
imism. In the first place tlj_e'- sol¬
diers have no business there; and,
if the slaughter was in self-defet. ce,
it should be no reason for rejoicing
by anyone, but should be an event
for .universal regret if not of sor
row.
WANTED—CORRESPONDENTS,
The editor and management .of
the Enterprise appreciate very
highly the support given us and
tne interest manifested by our able
corps o! county correspondents.
It is our effort and aim to m :,ke j
this department one of the best
and most readable of the paper,
and we earnestly solicit the co¬
operation of each correspondent to
this end.
We w - ant a good live representa¬
tive in each militia district in the
county—one who will give us the
happenings of interest to all. .
We furnish stamps and station
ery. Write us if you are willing
to represent us in your district.
Ureen Johnson, T , t the . popular , at
ej, nf of Monticello, who comes
up to see us quite often, has been
Jas,,.” comXTti, hj '! ’'l" 56
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Jasner J Z ; couutv ,, T
sending s th s »b able e son „„ to care for
her interests in state affatrs. We
congratulate Jasper; we congratu
late Johnson.
1BJi%ENTERPR1SE, CO VINO!ON, GA*
EMERGENCY CURRENCY.
Hor>. John L. Hamilton, of Illi¬
nois, president of the American
Bankers’ Association, is in favor
of what he calls “Emergency Cur¬
rency,” as one of the reformers of
the present national banking sys¬
tem. The issue and circulation of
this “emergency” money should
be controlled by a commission of
seven members of which the comp¬
troller of the currency should be
one. The reason for this wild
scheme is hinted at by Mr. Hamil¬
ton, when he says that $498,000,
000 of government bonds are al¬
ready on deposit at the national
treasury, and that sum covers al¬
most all the 2 per cent bonds that
have been issued.
We can easily see what the nat¬
ional baukers want. More bonds.
They have been at work for some
time to that purpose. As every
one knows, that have studied the
national banking system, it has its
foundation on government bonds.
The government has borrowed
money, given its note, and this
note or bond is returned to the
government as a deposit, and, in
lieu ot this deposit, bank notes
are issued and given to the owner
of the bond. These notes are loan¬
out to the people at any rata
interest that may be charged,
and, in that round about manner
we make a national bank. The
banker, as can be readily seen,
draws interest twice—on his bond,
and on the notes issued by the
government in place of the banks.
The government could do the
business of lending the notes di¬
rect to its subjects, and make the
interest itself, but it does not do
so. It puts its notes in the hands
ot a class of men who, by this in¬
famous scheme make millions upon
millions for themselves. But this
is not the worst. By placing the
national currency in the hands of
a few private persons, it loses con¬
trol of its currency and is at the
mercy of a favored few, who can
contract or inflate the nation’s
circulating medium at their will.
An “emergency currency 1 > would
be the very best means to enable
them to bring about this contrac¬
tion or inflation, and, it seems to
us no wilder or upjust scheme
could possibly be conceived.
Remember the commission is
only to have control, The bank
ers are to have the special privi¬
lege of issuing the “Emergency. If
It is clear that if there were en¬
ough bonds this “emergency cur¬
rency” would not -be necessary,
but the issue of bonds at present
is not so easy to secure as it was
when Grover Cleveland allowed
an issue, and went into the famous
(or infamous) midnight deal,
whereby lie enabled J. Pierpont
Morgan & Co. to make $8,000,000
at one haul out of , the taxpayers
of the country; and because of the
difficulty, there bus a arisen this
new scheme, 11 ■e merge ncy cur- !
reticy. > 5
Think of it! To allow 4-V 2 batiks
to issue money when they 5e? pro
per - And based on what? Noth¬
ing except air. Ih- bank notes
are presumed to he ba > on gov-, I
eminent bonds ; re already on de¬ I
posit, what would be. the basis ot i
of emergency qn-jeyency. j
We should like to know. 1 |
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CARNEGIE and PROSPERITY. ;
I
We have been studying Mr. |
Gregg’s of April 7th which j i
cartoon I
represents Mr. Carnegie reaching 1
for a card fastened to a bouquet. |
The card says, 4 4 May you live long j
and prosper 1 ) and Mr. Carnegie,
iu extending his hand, is smiling
pleasantly. Now, Mr. Carnegie
has already lived lout o • * f and that
that he has prospered cannot be
The wish that he may
longer is good, but one thing
“ -eemsio seems to na\e have fnrant- torgot.
..e say forgot, for everyone must
heard -ven “Atlanta ” that !
Carnfcgie is trying to die poor.
has 1,ad -no'idicd prosperity
T” rather about - it being Kid he a disgrace not say
die rich? And as he is now far
Dr. Osier’s limit, he doubt
is doing his utmost to get on
ENDURANCE.
How much mental agony can a
human being bear without death
or insanity? If the brain is not
diseased and the physical powers
ars in a healthy state, it is evident
that one can live under circum¬
stances that, are amazing, and still
retain his mental faculties unim¬
paired.
August E. Burton was buried
in the mine at Courrieeres, France
March 10, where 1000 men lost
their lives. In imagination the
explosion iteelf was enough to un¬
balance the mind of the strongest,
but this man surviving the shock
iived twenty-five days deep under
the earth, his companions dead all
around him, and in darkness which
must have been as thick as Egypt
ever knew ; and yet Burton, when
rescued, was able to talk without
incoherency, to give a rational ac¬
count ot the horrible 1 experiences
through which he passed. No
scene in Dante’s Inferno could
surpass the one of which he gisve
an account.
4 4 I was working with my aous
ni," 11 said he. “when the explosion
occurred, and we became separat¬
ed. Afterwards, alone, I groped
about in the darkness trying to
find an outlet. I first found a dead
horse, but was unable to eat any
of its flesh. Later I found food
bags which belonged to men who
had been killed by the explosion,
and I lived on the food I found in
them. I suffered from the cold,
and took clothing and shoes from
the dead. At one |ime I gave up
hope and and tried to commit sui¬
cide by opening a vein. I slept
ten times and tried to count the
days, estimating that eight days
had passed since the explosion. f 5
What a story 1 If it were fic¬
tion like the “Arabian Nights,”
we could find comfort in the sec¬
ond thought that it did not happen
after all, but in this case we can
derive no such consolation, but
must resign to its actuality.
Many of us are inclined :o worry
over our ills and troubles, and we
hear oftentimes from persous who
do not quite know themselves who
say they have more than they can
bear, but the truth is none know
what caii be indured, nor what we
could do under given circum¬
stances.
And another thought might con¬
cern us all when we read Burton’s
story. Such a disaster as occurr
ed at that particular mine, and
similar experiences to his, may
and do frequently occur, and all
who sit by warm fires in cosy
rooms should sympathize with the
men and boys who work deep in
mines somet : mes a hundred feet in
depth, delving day after day, risk¬
ing their lives, and in most in¬
stances, for wages that barely k°ep
them alive.
We are for the miners, and trust
that in every strike they will suc
ceed in getting their demands.
Ccvi “£> . I Cc r A i O 4 rd Street R.
The following schedule of the
Covington & Oxford Street Rail
road will 1 ) o run until further
notice •
Lv Covington Hotel at 5:40 a m
Lv Covington Hotel at 8:50
Lv Covin n Hotel at 10:45 a m
Lv Covington Hotel at 2:10 p m ;
Lv Covington Hotel at 4:10 p m j
Lv Covington Hotel at 6:30 p ill |
Lv C vington Hotel at 7 :30 p ni j
Tl e Oxford car inlets all trains !
at t ' e depot.
.T. F. Henderson, Pres.
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P- E- Gi inN, Sec.
the adversity side, and yeti “At¬
lanta” is wishing him long pros¬
perity ! But from Ins smiles per
Mr. Carnegie has forgot. As
or ourselves, we wish Mr. Carne
many more years, but when
eud come8 we trust \ his ' 1 r ? S
et „ s reverse -,-Atlanta’." card
to the bouquet, and wish him
pov „ ly ,” just what be himself
said he desired
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Take The Enterprise for the news
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k LEGAL • ADVERTISEMENTS., 51
SHERIFF SALES.
GEORGIA —Newton Countt.
\\ TILL be sold before the court house
' v door in the eity of Covington, en
the first Tuesday in MAY 1906, within
the legal hours ol sale, for cash, to the
highest bidder, the following property,
to wit:
All that tract or parcell of land lying
and being in the citv of Covington, county
of Newton, State of Georgia, and fronting
on the East side of an alley leaqing Wash¬
ington street, in said city, near the resi¬
dence of Joe MeCoJe. and running South
toward the home of Alf Mess, and bounded
as follows: North by Jim Pace; East by
Nettie Miller; South by Jim Pace; West by
said Alley. Said lot fronting on said Al¬
ley one hunddred feet, more or less, and
extending back East a uniform width sixty
feet, more or less, and on which is situated
a two rootu tenant house. Said property
levied on as the property of Nettie Miller,
with a Justice Court fi fa issued ffrom the
1234 district, G. M., in favor ol C. C. Rob.
inson, against Nettie Miller. Written no¬
tice given tenant in posession as required
by law. This April 2, 1906.
S. M. HAY, Sheriff.
—ALSO—
Will be sold betore the court house door
in the city of Covington on the first Tues¬
day of May, 1906, within the legal hours of
sale the following described property to wit
Two hundred and fifty acres of land, more
or less, the same being that tract or parcel
of tend situated, lying and being in the
Ninth precinct ol originally- Henry, now
Newton county, and being in the 464th
cistrict, G. M., and bounded as follows:
East by B, F- Lewis, W. P. Kitchens and
Zeal Parker ; South east by lands of J, H.
Pope; South and South west by Yellow
river; West by Thomas Aiken's place and
North west by lands of Missouri Lewis.
Said land levied on by virtue of a mortgage
execution issued from the Superior Court
of Newton county in favor of R- R. Fow
ler and R. I. Weaver, administrators of I.
W. Brown and against J. T. Connally, de¬
fendant. Tenant in p"ssession notified as
required by law. This April 3, 1906.
S. M HAY, Sheriff.
For Letters of Dismission.
GEORGIA —Newton County.
Whereas B H. Woodruff, administrator
of James M. Woodruff, represents to the
Court in his petition duly filed and on rec
ords, that he has fully administered Jam es
M- Woodruff s estate. This is therefore to
cite all persons concerned 1 indred and
creditors, to show cause, if any they cau,
why said administrator should not be dis¬
charged form his administration, and re
ceive letters of dismission on the first Mon¬
day in May, 19U6.
G. D. HEARD, Ordinary.
Leave to Sell Land.
GEORGIA—Newton County.
Notice is hereby given that the under
signed lias applied to the ordinary ot said
county for leave to sell land belonging to
the estate of Carrie A. W right, deceased,
for payment of debts and distribution
among legatees- •'“aid application will be
heaid at the regular term ol the Court of
Ordinary fo aid county to be held on the
first Monday in May 1906. This 2 nd day
of April 1906.
Executor Will Miss j. a. Wright,
Carrie A. Wright, de¬
ceased: . .
sans
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Elegantly equipped trains between all point*
Pullman Palace Cars between Atlanta, ’Augusta an<*
*5 Cliai lesion, also between Augusta and St. Louis
Charleston and Cincinnati. Fas; Fieight Service bf
tween the West and Augusta, Athens, Macon, Charles
1 I lina ton, Savannah ana all points in Southestern and Caro -
territory.
A. G. Jackson,
General Freight and Passenger Agent, Augusta,
gjarjHjKiUfi
A. S. FLOYD.
STARRSVILLE, GA., BOX 24.
BREEDER QF
BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS AND
SINGLE C0M8 COMB BROWN LEGHORNS.
Leghorn Egps for sale this season 15
75 Cents. Liberal discount if got at
Call on me, or Mr. Wells, at Fow
Bros’.—6-9-06.
Citation.
Mrs. S, GEORGIA—Newtokc E. Swann
havi n « made
tion to me in due for m to be
permanent administratrix unon ^ ti
°f T- C- Swann, late of said 6
is be hereby heard at given the that regular said appljJ
term of [
ot Ordinary for said county to b e
the hand first Monday and in May 19 ^ .
my official signature this'
of April 1906.
D - HEARD, Ordii
jc
Citation.]
GEORGIA-N ewton Co
Mrs. S, E. Swann havi n g made
tion for twelve months support
estate of T. C. Swann apprajj oat of
and
appointed to set apart the same 1
filed their returns All persons
are hereby- Vequired show com 11
to cause
the Court of Ordinary of said C IB
the first Monday in May, 1906,
application should not be granted.
2nd day of April 1906.
G. D. HEARD, Ordii
Citation.
GEORGIA—N ewton Co
Whereas J. H. Stanton, ad.aim
estate Austin Webb, represents
eourl in his petition duly filed andti
on record, that he has fully adminis
Austin VV’ebb's estate This is therei
cite all persons concerned, kindred
creditors to show cause if any they
why said administrator should not I*
charged from his administration andti
ette-is of dismission, on the first 5 ij
in May. This April 3rd 1906.
GEORGIA. NewtoxCoJ
ELECTION ORDEI
GEORGIA, Newton Cooxnj
Court of Ordinary or
said County.
It. appearing tnat Tboe,
Swann recently died and Thos
Perry removed from said com
both being members of the Ba
of Commissioners of Newton ci
ty, thereby creating two (2) vat
cies on said Board of Coramia
ers.
It is therefore ordered, as
vided by law, that an election
held on Friday, the 13th day
April, 1906, for two (2) mem
of said Board, to fill theunexpl
terms of said T. C. Swann and
Said election to be held at
places, iu the manner and ill
the laws governing elections
State.
This 12th day of March, li
G. D. HOARD, Ordinal
Newton County,
R. W. MILNER. W. H. WH.il
MILNER & WHAIEV
attorneys at law
COVINGTON, GEORGIA
Will practitic iu all courts,
State and Federal.
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