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THE COVINGTON STAR EST. 1874. CONSOLIDATED 1
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Filtered at the Postoffice at Covington, Ga., as Second-Class Mall Matter.
COVINGTON, GA.. NOVEMBER 2. 1906.
It looks like* Hearst in New York.
11 Not what a man may remember, but what he cannot torget, con¬
stitutes education"—Unknown,
Diligence and perseverance and thoroughness and honesty and
Self-confidence are the greatest lessons learned in school.
( C I pity the man who is too poor or too mean to buy books for his
children. He might as well tefuse them bread and meat.”—John C.
Calhoun.
The governor of South Carolina has removed a sheriff because the
sheriff failed to do all he could to prevent a lynching of a negro who
was in his custody.
Ex-Senator Burton threatens to write a book while in prison. If
he would only spare the public that pain we would prefer to let him
have his freedom, Old Job said : “Oh that mine enemy hud written
a book”!
f i A wise mother and good books enabled me to succeed in life.
She was very poor, but never too poor to buy books for her children.
It is a mean sort of economy that starves the mind to feed the body.”
—Henry Clay.
< i If the children are untaught, their ignorance and viceS will, in
the future life, cost us much dearer] in their consequences, than it
would have done, in tln*ir correction, by a good education.”—Thomas
Jefferson. Our failure to secure the agricultural and mechanical
school for Newton, — cans that vve will continue to send away for skill¬
ed workmen, expert farmers, dairymen, etc. Lets save future costs
by spending a few dollars now.
Editor Entkrpkisk:—"C an you tell us about the origin of tho
‘‘goat” in Masonic societies"?
This question is a little too hard for us, the editor not being
familiar with tho history of free masonry, and never having been
astride the Masonic “goat”.
It is said that the use of the goat in secret initiations is an old
custom.
In Egypt the goat was held in great veneration. One of the high
and mighty gods was Capricornus, the Z diacal goat. He had under
his protection the numerous forms ol occultism. However, we must
confess that the present- day tin-can-eating descendant of the great
Capeicormis lias some what degenerated.
WHAT IS A HOBBY?
Our hobble.*-? Did >ou ever ‘top to think of them?
They exist m direct ratio to the population * f civilized count lies. Their names, there¬
fore, are legion.
The washerwoman, the woman of pink teas, the bootblack of the street and the mi !ion
aire all have their hobbies. Tney appear in a vastly diversified airay of forms—Ur forms they
have—and their lineaments afe as easily traceable as tracks in a tresli snow.
Every man has hi* hobby. .
A certain cit zen, who. f.om his standing in the community, is adjudged an intelligent
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man, . is defined ,, by another citizen as living, on a certain topic or pursuit, at least, of unsound ,
mind. The citizen making this obset vation is recognized also as being intelligent.
A third citizen comes along and tells you that the second citizen, on a certain topic or
pursuit, is of unsound mind; whiledhe liist citizen volunteers the information that the third
cit. n is perhaps wholly, orat least on a certain subject or purs»t, mentally unbalanced.
All these obsei various are made candidly, and arc, seemingly, the serious thoughts of
those giving them expression. I he query therefore arises, Is one man competent to
of the mental condition of another? Ur, as long as man lives in accordance with the rules of
public opinion and f, law, has any man a moral light to adjudge him insane?
One man embu.ces the law as Iris vocation; secondarily he becomes a sociologist and
makes that study his ehief diversion in life; another man becomes a carpenter, and incident
ally a worker in word, the latter swing as his favorite dive sio.t, his point of interest and
conversation; another man, who has been spared tl.e pam f?) of physical labor through finan
cial endowment, becomes firs', a student and dub man, incidentally a globe trotter; the cus
oms of every country interest him and form his favorite topic of conversation, as well as o f
sUuJ >'*
Because of their tenacious cdtensi-m to their favorite pursuits, the onlooker or the friend
rrrA'r :;:-%?' ..... -- u -
is it not posible ; -at me .acii in question maybe misjudged? They may not be, accoid
ing to their ciitics, mentally unbalanced* nor demented, nor witless. No! the men are sane,
and they are simply following out the human instinct of worshipping a hobby.
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trary wisdom to pass upon me Intelligence, the hobbies, of their fellows?
Long l.ve the hobby,-New V rk American.
In our little town we all have our hobbies. Lets puoh our hob*
hies until they assume a definite shape and accomplish something f 0 r
Covington. Find out what your hobby is and be proud of it. No
man ever accomplish --i a y thi-*g who did not have a hobby. Take
the great cuaiacte.s. oast At;d present, and they all have a hobby. An¬
drew Jackson's was the distraction of the National banking system,
Webster’s, the Onstitiou, Calhoun, States Rights, Bryan’s Free Sil¬
ver, McKinley, Protection, We can’t do everything ; so let’s have a
hobby.
1 HE STATE ROAD.
Ye publish in this issue a letter from Col. P. H. Bell, of Decatur,
showing Bell has the been advantages f extending the State road to the sea. Col!
working along this line a long time, and is in a position
to give something definite and tangible as to the beuefit to be derived
from an extension of the State road. As for ourselves,
we must con¬
fess .hat ve a e lot etttii: tently informed to discuss this subject at this
r :so) but we-rcm.re our readers to investigate aud give views
^ out
oomed up large on the political horizon of
is ar;-ii*e«tii ? thought out and studied by the people
* # X te St That rs* *« rra; rity do not as yet understand the subject
ft: ?c ? ra - ropose to oft' half-cocked. ;
go W e request
our reader§ fi ve Co Bell’s coaianaiication a careful perusal.
!
J *» In* a news item \ a a ppeared in The Enterprise last week
concerning; the wrecw die car at Etnt ry, a statement was made
I Tile
tfiat some of the boys' at) Emory wrecked the car. statement
should have been that it was rkporTED that some of the Emory hoys
did it. While it is generally believed that some of the boys did it,
and while it was so reported to this pap^r, yet there is no direct evi
j deuce to that effect.
j We make this correction in the interest of the good and upright
gentlemen who try to maintain a high standard of conduct at Emory.
What was said in last week’s paper could not possibly have been
construed to reflect on the student body as a whole, So far as having
worse boys at Emory than at other institutions, we think they aver
age a littln better than most colleges; but there is an element there—
we are proud to say a small one—that needs to be weeded out. 1 he
buys owe it to themselves and to the college to do all in their power
to rid the college and the community of common nuisances.
A COTTON MARKET.
Some of our subscribers and good friends from the country are
very much interested in a cotton market report trom Covington a
kind of telegraphic exchange—where they could come and know the
market during the day.
This plan strikes us as a feasible one. If there be anybody in
the world who should He interested in and know the cotton market,
that person is the man who grows the cotton. One gentleman in¬
formed ns that he loaded two wagons the other day with the same
grade of cotton and sent one to Covington and one to another town,
and he received one-eighth more per pound for the cotton he sent t<
the other town.
Covington has--alipys been considered a good market, and we
think she keeps up 'god putatiou; but there should be some tnwiius
or other to prevent stntiToccurrences as our friend related to us. Cov
ington business men can’t afford to let other towns get the business
that properly belongs here. The board <4trade should ffiok into this
matter.
WILL NEWTON MAKE GOOD ON TUESDAY ?
I ( Liberality consists less in giving profusely than in giving jttdi
ciously. > >
The people of Newton county have not been asked to give pro¬
fusely of their money to secure the agricultural school; they have
not been asked to deny themselves, to make no personal sacrifices;
but they have been shown that a little judicious investment—for that
is the proper term, it being an investment—at this time means thou¬
sands for Newton in the future. They have been shown that our
citizenship would be greatly improved and trained; that property val¬
ues will be greatly enhaif-ed ; that they can send their boys and girls
to this school to learn the practical things in life at a mtuimiim cost;
that agricultural diversification will be sure to follow; that the clas¬
sification of soils will be better understood by the farmers who are
turned out from this school, and a greater yield per acre will be ob¬
tained; that homes will be beautified and made more attractive, thus
keeping our boys and girls on the farm. All of these things have
been laid before the citizens of Newton, and if they fail to do their
small part at this crucial hour—then it means we are not as much
alive and progressive as we have professed to be and have led outsiders
to believe. The eyes of the adjoining counties are on Newton.
Will she make good *? Wo answer, Yes!
A NEW SCRIPTURE.
For school officers: Seek first oi all a good teacher and those
tllings will follow a school library, a good school house, embellished
school grounds, punctual HUd regular t&ljduilCe.
And do not ask how you are to know a good teacher? By his
uorlis is the hpat J
" ->r*is ls> me best n.lu lulu tr, to guide „.,i t„ you. Did mo i he ever convert a community
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° .... at , , . to tsh school libiary, .
e jK.t 11IH estu i a build a decent
SC L° U 1 ho ISC, beautify the SOhool grounds? Did he.ever interest inriif
ferent parents ill the education of their children, did he ever inspire
enough interest on the part of the children to cause them to love the
! sc h(;ol aud be punctual and regular in attendance? Did he
"* " ever to be
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n eri s 111 P o0r illiterate child , Jen of the Community
^ *° =e ^ UIe enough aid to put them a!I in school ! Does he spend his
| tion ill idleness does vaca
or he spend it in Sober thought fulness and
planning better work for the future? Does he know enough meetl about ^ tin f
jversal popular education to enable him to convert non
edu( ? * opponents ol SUCU c
j . atiuu ’
lOete are some oft ^ e qu p ifi n ations which any school officer Call
find _ out without formal n xam. r* ation • of the applicant for the position
of teacher. And, unless tin applicant have these qualifications it
1 >*«?^ ^«»;chu*,.<,;«; c„„: -ver *
: ZZJ£l7 tim vt th ’ “ u ,,ot wait ou u “’
william RANDOLPH hearst.
^ »«>»«-»y., rti3 „ ow un ^
j th „ L a,)d th « tl Ubts. Hearst, Lite democratic candidate, is
mga pobtica^ battle that will down wag
j - ol!tlcs th go in the history Ot Ameiican
j P « definite on record. The issues are squarely joined
j and Hearst ls discusing the issues boldly and logically dav
t ^ 0Usaiule every to
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Hearst has a record that counts. Hu forced the street railways
to issue double transfers in New York City. He his fight
the won tor
poor people against the gas tn a t. The trust had been ffin, -t be in.
* 1 '°° tor * as wher « Hearst made i ^ comply with the law and
only eighty LT ca
cents. He carried his war in to Chicago and won his
fight there. He fought the Northern Securities Company and his
light- there. He waged won
week a great fight on a certain railroad the other
and as a resiUt had the railroad lined $ 100,000 for giving
And now ho has the editor of New rebates
the York Herald indicted. Hearst
is a man tor the people, and the people will elect him
York by 100,000 majority. governor of New
He spurns the political mountebanks in both parties,
boldly that they Lie and says
may for him but he Js not for them,
nese radical . times
are and we need some radical clean
out the political debris in both men to
nostrils of decent parties; it has been s stench in the
men far a number of years.
try an ad in the
ENTERPRISE
AIM H\ 1 MCiU 1 O
Notice of School Election.
MANSFIELD, GA., Oct. 11, 1906.
Notice is hereby given to the qualified
voters of the Town of Mansfield that the
Mayor and coune.il of said town have cull¬
ed ari election to be held at the v ting
precinct in said Town within the legal
hours for holding elections on Wednesday,
November 1 f, 1906, t > determine whether,
or not, the qualified voters of said Town
will assent, by the requisite two thirds
majority to the issue of $8,000.00 of bonds
of the Town of Mansfield, to be sold, and
the proceeds thereof applied only to the
purchase of a suitable lot for a School
Building, and equipment thereof. The
bonds proposed to be issued are eight bonds
ot said Town of the denomination ot
$1,000 00 each, to run thirty years, and
bear interest at iho rate of 5 per cent per
annum. The principal and interest of said
bonds lo be payable in gold coin ol the
United >tutes of Amerie t, of the present
standard of weight and fineness, and no
part nf the principal of said bonds to be
paid before maturity, and the interest to
be payable semi annually.
The voters favoring the proposed issue
ot bonds shall have written, or printed, on
; their tickets the words : ‘‘For the issue of
I $8,000 00 of bonds for the purchase of a
j suitable lot, and the erection thereon, and
equipment of a '■chool Building, by the
j Town of Uansfiield.” and the voters op
posing the issue of said binds shall have
written or printed on their tickets the
tlie ”* 000 ' (, ° ot
bonds tor the purchase , ot a suitable lot and
fhe erecti „ n t!iereoil) atI( j equipment, of a
School Building by the Town of Mans¬
field.” The elect! n shall be conducted
under the rules governing the election of
Mayor and Oouncilmen <>f said Town.
This notice is given in pursuance of a
resolution passed by the Mayor and Coun¬
cil on the 10th day of October 1906
T. M. DUKE,
Mayor of Town of Mansfield
Leave to Sell Lands:
GEORGIA, Newton County
Notice is hereby given that the under
signed has app ied to the Ordinary of said
County for Leave to sell lands belonging
to the estate of Mrs. T. E. Duke for the
payments o! debts and distribution among
the heirs. Said application will be heard
at the regular term of the Court of Ordi¬
nary for said county to be held on the first
Monday in November 1906.
This 2nd day of October 1906.
14- W. Milner, adin’r. of Eitate
Mrs. E, P. Duke, deceased.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors.
Notice is hereby given to ail creditors of
the Estate of Kobt M. Rakestraw, bite of
said county, deceased to render in an ae
count of their demands to us within the
time prescribed by law, property made
out. And all persons indebted to said' de
ceased are hereby requested to make ini
; mediate payment to the undersigned.
This 29th day of September, 1906.
F- D. BIG GEES, IOSEPH COOK,
lb A, EAKE>TRAVV. Executors
W ill of'll.M. Rakestraw, deceased.
Executors Sale.
%
I % virtUe 0< ord
i an * r fr0m t,,p Court of
; Ordinary of Newton county passed the
first Monday in October Inst Will be
sold before the court bouse door in the
City of Covington on the first Tuesday in
November next betwein the legal hours of
I 8ftl * the lo,lowin « real estate belonging to
; t p e estate 0 f p, \j Rakestraw’ deceased,
! to wit: Two huridred and Drty four acres
of land situated - lying, and being in Hays
! district G. M. as ewton county. Bounded
°" the m ’ r,h b >‘ !ands J. WnHit
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proper¬
ty sold in two tracts one hundred and for
ty four acres in one and one hundred acres
a
distribution among the legatees " under the
will of R M Rakestraw Terms of will
tush. This Oct., 3 ]9l)6
F, 1) BlG(iERS. JOSEPH COOK.
It. A. RAKES 1 RAW, Executors,
R. 51. Rakestraw.
Administrator ••:e.
By virtue of an order ol |,
Ordinary of said county ai . >!
September ;l
term, 1006, will
the »’ourt House door in t )
iutrron. le ot
on the First Tuesday a Novo %.
lOO.'i. w.thin the legal hours 'nb#,
highest bidder, for 0 * s ,i t
cash, the ' 0 |, 4»
scrib,>d real estate, belonging lf > h.
of J“in Day, deceased '"‘tin ms, ^
• to wit S
five acres, more o r less, in 1 ''**!■
of said county, known as (}, '"M
place and being; e i,.
the place "'hereon
said John Day lived and died and
sold Mrs. for Suanna the Day lived and f J; ed > **
purpose of distrioution °
tl.e heirs and for paying the debts
estate. This October 9. 1906 ^
R. W. MILNER, Adminis,
of tne estate of John Day, deceased ratftp
Administrator’s Sale.
Br «, .i 0 ,de, b
Court of Ordinary of Newton .v tW
the January term, 1906, Coum *
I will „ '
sell betore the Court House
the legal hours of sale on the First T™
tor in November, cash the bdlowrhg 1906. to the highest hiJ ^ 4 7
. All described r ^
tow.c: that tract or parcel
situated, lying and being of
District j„ ,>.. .. 2
of said county and a part of
lot No. 307 and in the North of
and particularly described sa j,p l0t
made the 20th by a
on day ol Novembe
which plat is recorded in r
Clerk of the Superior Court, said tract
land being known j
as the Tom Q resh
land, Said sale and to containing be made 6f> acres, more or |**
as the property d
Jesse Grashain, deceased, tor the
of paying debts and distribution P U|, PW»
the heirs. This October 9 atuonj
Ii. W. MILNER, Administrator
ot th? Estate of Jesse Gresham dec^
SHERIFF SALES.
Will be so’d before the court-house do#,
in the City of Covington on the FirstT.
day in November l^j nei
next, within the
hours of sale, the following described
property, towit:- Ninety acres more or l eS |
ofland in the county of Netwon and part^
within the incorporate limits of the City f
Covington. 0
>aid land hounded as folfowr
North liy lands of the Covinpton ( ■iful
Mill, East by lands of Heard ami ai so If
Bobbie Hatcher, South Floyd Street, sol
West by lands of U W Milner and algo of J
M fearing. Said lands levied o n as ^
property of Mrs Isabel K. Roberts, oofa
and by virtue of an execution in favor cl
the Bank of Covington, Transferees
and against the said Mrs. Isabel 11 Robot
defendant, said execution issued from tbt
Superior Court of Newt >n County. Ded
for the purpose ot levy and sale having
been filed in the Clerk's office as required
by law. Tenant in possession having
been notified as required bylaw, Oct lOtk
1906.
S. M. IIAY, Sheriff.
ALSO—Will he sold before the Court
house door in the City of Covington oi
the hirst Tuesday in November 1906 with¬
in the legal hours ot sale, the following
described tract or parcel of land, towit;!
Fifteen acres more or less'situated Ivigj
ami being in Newton County and being*)
part of the home place of T 11 Smith,lat*i
of said county, deceased, said land Smithj being]
a part of the home place bf T 11
late of said county, deceased, said Ml
being bounded as follows;- North »»«
'Vest by by lands of Joe Ellington,
by lands of Sardis Church and Fast III
public road running from Covington the] ||
Walnut Grove. Said land levied on as
property of the estate of the said for !’• ad- H.j j
Smith in the hands of J. E Smith
ministration. Property pointed 10th nut Ml kjj
defendant in execution- Oct
S. M. HAY Sheriff
Marshal’s Sale.
B ill fie sold before the Court ha*
door in the city of Covington,
county, Ga. on the 1st. Tuesday in Now
her next, between the lawful hours ot sw
the following described real estate to
One vacant lot situated in the city oHc
ington said State and county- Bound
;*s iollows: On the North by L- h- ^
on the east, south, and west by So 111
son Sr said to eontain h acres more or w
levied on by virtue ot a 1i fa issued *>} ^
city of Covington, for taxes v.s Sarah
tain, trnnsferred 8atn Johnson Sr- vi
to
Sarah Brittain- Lew made and return^!
to me by R. W. Clark, Deputy Marshal
Written notice given 8am Johnson, tea
in possesion. This Oct 2nd F l|!l ’
BRADFORD BOHANfiOV Man** 1
Chief .
Leave to Sell Lands.
G EORGIA, Newton County, unte
Notce is hereby given that the
signed lias applied to the Ordinary of
belong 111 ^ ^
county for leave to sell land -
the estaTe of M. W. Harcrow t-irt* 1 ' j
meat ot debts and for distribution
application will be heard at r 2
ot Ordinary for a*
term of the Court _
county to be held on the first
November. 1 906- AdmTM.W-**' This Oct- - m - '
R. L.COWAN.
Bean the
Signature
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